Australian Baroque Table

Australian Baroque Table Exhibition: Part of Head On Photo Festival Open Program

Australian Baroque Table is an exhibition of Australian culinary seafood photos by Kate Ireland in a conversation with the Baroque still life paintings of Jan Davidsz. de Heem, running as part of the Head On Photo Festival Open Program.

The Open Program highlights a diverse range of independent, artist-run exhibitions. Selected for their artistic vision and commitment, they form the lively, community-driven core of the festival, honouring the wide-ranging talent that drives the photographic scene beyond the Festival’s limited Featured program placements.

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Australian Baroque Table Exhibition Details

Venue: Balmain Watch House 179 Darling St, Balmain NSW 2041
Cost: Free Entry
Dates: 24 – 29 Nov
Open: Daily 11am-5pm
Launch Event: 24 November, 5.30-7.30pm
Prints Sale: Contact Kate or email kate@peckofpickles.com.au

Australian Baroque Table

Australian Baroque Table opens the sumptuous world of Australian seafood, from local Blue Swimmer Crab to Sydney Rock Oysters, Balmain Bug, and King Prawns. Inspired by the Baroque still life paintings of Jan Davidsz. de Heem, this series embraces the transience of seafood and traces food rituals within an Australian context. It moves from the changing colour of Blue Swimmer Crab as it cooks, to dressing Oysters with Australian Native Finger Lime Caviar, cutting a Balmain Bug down the centre to free the meat, to the curiosity of my son’s black cat Co Co when I am preparing King Prawns by removing their shells for eating. Each frame looks at Australian seafood through a contemporary Australian Baroque lens, where intimate everyday moments of food preparation become food art that celebrates local foodways.

Artist Biography: Kate Ireland

Kate Ireland is a Sydney based photographer telling textural visual stories of drinks, food, and travel. Her work has been recognised by the Head On Photo Festival and the World Food Photography Awards.