Source: CCTV.com

11-27-2008 09:11

There's a Chinese artist, who has become adept at recreating masterpieces of Western art. After each exquisite reproduction is finished, Ju Duoqi, chops, slices and eats it. Ju Duoqi is the creator of such Epicurean delights as "Mona Tofu" and "Cabbage Monroe."

Standing at her kitchen table, peeling an onion, Chinese artist Ju Duoqi mutters she feels more like the host of a cooking show than an artist.

Sichuan-born, Ju's creations add vitality and distinction to vegetables that otherwise would be indistinguishable, one from another. Lumpy potatoes acquire expressive facial features. Radish roots are transformed into Botticelli's Venus.

Sichuan-born, Ju's creations add vitality and distinction to vegetables that otherwise would be indistinguishable,  one from another.

Ju carefully selects her vegetables. Then she slices and carves them, then she assembles her works with toothpicks. Each scene takes about two weeks to complete. Vegetables prone to wilt are added to the creations last.

The thirty-five-year-old, who worked as a web site and computer game designer, says she wants to bring art into everyday life. She thinks the kitchen is a good place to start.