Artists Remember County's Farming Past in 'Seeing Food' at Kramer Gallery
Local painters, filmmakers and photographers were challenged to explore food and culture in the latest exhibit at the Silver Spring Civic Center.
Is there any other necessity in American society more culturally significant than food? Consider the dozens of tongue-twisting ways we now describe where our food comes from—locally grown, organically sourced, grass-fed, free-range, farm-to-table and so forth—not to mention the television shows, magazines, books and radio programs dedicated to cooking, farming and eating. That's what Dr. Michele Cohen, curator of the Betty Mae Kramer Gallery inside of the Silver Spring Civic Center was thinking when she brought Seeing Food, the gallery's latest exhibition, to the neighborhood. “Seeing Food reminds us of Montgomery County’s agricultural roots and explores the ways in which artists have both viewed and manipulated food, whether in paint, …
