“San Francisco-based artist Hannah Rothstein imagines Thanksgiving dinners as plated by famous artists throughout history.”
“The National Turkey Federation estimates Americans eat approximately 46 million turkeys on a single Thanksgiving Day.* 46 Million Turkeys is a participatory art project which aims—with help from the community—to create an artistic remembrance of each one of those turkeys. You are invited to participate by creating and submitting a turkey portrait. You do not have to be an artist to contribute.”
Thanksgiving by John Currin, 2003
“Although the title Thanksgiving refers to the American holiday when turkey is traditionally served, the highly mannered style of this work – as well as the somewhat anachronistic clothing and décor depicted – seems to recall the tradition of northern European Renaissance painting.”
Turkey by Roy Lichtenstein, 1961
“Roy Lichtenstein was one of the most influential and innovative artists of the second half of the twentieth century. He is preeminently identified with Pop Art, a movement he helped originate, and his first fully achieved paintings were based on imagery from comic strips and advertisements and rendered in a style mimicking the crude printing processes of newspaper reproduction.”
Let’s Turkey Trot by Little Eva