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John Olsen
A Recipe for Art
Author Leanne Santoro
Publisher Art Gallery of NSW with Thames & Hudson
(ISBN 9780500500859)
Published in 2016
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John Olsen, one of Australia's greatest living artists, made a life-changing discovery as a young man: Mediterranean cuisine, �??the cuisine of the sun'. Fresh, seasonal produce and its preparation has been central to his life and a key ingredient in his creativity and his art, from his famous paella paintings to lively sketches in his diaries. Born in Newcastle in 1928, Olsen embarked on his first overseas trip in 1956. His life and art have been strongly influenced by place, food and friendship.
'A recipe for art' embarks on the journey of Olsen's passion for cooking from his time in Spain on the island of Majorca, to Australia, France, Portugal and Italy, amongst other places, mapping Olsen's life through recipes, quotes, paintings and photographs captured along the way. It also draws extensively on Olsen's journals. He has lived in a remote Spanish cottage without electricity, in the Portuguese village of Castelo de Vide with his young family, on a rural property in Hill End, NSW, at an artists' commune in country Victoria, as well by the harbour in Sydney's Watsons Bay, all the while drawing on his local environment in his art practice and cooking.
Featuring some 40 recipes by or loved by Olsen, 30 related paintings, over 50 sketches and drawings, and over 65 photographs of places, family and friends.
Hard cover - 148 pages