What’s for Dinner

Mural in 798 Art District in Beijing, China

Commissioned by Contesthink (in cooperation with the Embassy of The Kingdom of the Netherlands in Beijing).

Toyism won first price in the competition Beautiful Beijing set up by the embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and organised by Contesthink.  This resulted in a 5 x 10 meter mural with the title “What’s for Dinner?” in 751D park. It became the backdrop to the opening of the Beijing design festival. Present were officials from embassies including the cultural officer of the embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. 

A beautiful art print of the prize winning artwork is now available here: What’s for dinner

What’s for Dinner

With its eight tentacles the octopus embraces the world cuisine and shows more than just one face. He extracts ingredients from the eating habits of different cultures and his tentacles are a true quest for worldly dishes. He invents the most special creations that are based on the plant and animal kingdoms, like his famous sugar coated shark cake, his slow baked turtle burger, his robust potato chips horse, his flying rice grains, his kiwi candies or the mouse tart, they are all unique and world class dishes. Let’s eat!

 

 

 

 

Similar Posts

  • Uppspretta

    Water Tower in Iceland Commissioned by the municipality of Reykjanesbaer, Keflavik, Iceland. The legend of UPPSPRETTA Once upon a time there was a little puffin. He was named Uppspretta because he always was bursting of energy. Living with his parents in a nice clean nest in Keflavik, Iceland, he was very curious to discover the…

  • 25th Anniversary Toyism

    25th Anniversary Toyism Art Movement In the run-up to the anniversary party, toyism has given various guided tours and presentations to small (+/- 10 people) and large groups (+/- 80 people) interested parties. As well as a presentation and workshop at Parcival College in Groningen, where toyists gave a lecture on toyism as an art…

  • Flower Frogs and Lady Bugs

    Dialysis Centre Commissioned by Scheper Hospital, Dialysis Centre. In the green factory of life ladybugs doctors and ladybugs nurses are taking care of patients flower-frogs. Blue and violet ladybugs are flying above ground with large stethoscopes. A large Kolff machine is busy trying to exchange a liquid dissolved in water. The machine is a bit…

  • Tree of World Cultures

    Tree Of World Cultures Mural in 798 Art District, Beijing, China In the current era of globalization and multicultural integration, the importance of art as a bridge of cultural exchange has become increasingly prominent. Toyism, as an emerging art movement, has attracted wide attention from all over the world with its unique artistic language and…