ARTmonday: Amy Stevens Cake Photos

I just finished putting together a sidebar of affordable art picks for the May issue of HGTV Magazine. It will accompany the feature on our Boston condo, which will focus on our art, which is everywhere. They chose 8 affordable artworks out of 25 choices I provided, so there were a lot of leftovers. I’ll eventually post all 25 picks, but in the meantime here is an expanded look at artist Amy Stevens’ cake photographs.

Stevens cake photo series, called Confections, started in 2005 as a response to her 30th birthday. She says, “It was a celebration of birthdays, color, pattern, and obsessive absurdity.”

Her original idea was to bake 30 birthday cakes for herself and photograph them. She ordered a cake decorating kit online, watched an instructional video, and quickly discovered her cakes were going to be imperfect. She decided to leave them in what she describes as “their exuberantly imperfect states.”

In the course of eight years, the series evolved into more of a humorous, feminist, conversation on life and the struggle for perfection. Amy Stevens is based in Berks County, Pennsylvania, earned a BFA from Arizona State, and an MFA from Temple University.

Food Photography Cake Photos Amy Stevens

Confections #65, 2008

Food Photography Cake Photos Amy Stevens

Confections #57, 2007

Food Photography Cake Photos Amy Stevens

Confections #54, 2007

Food Photography Cake Photos Amy Stevens

Confections #42, 2006

Food Photography Cake Photos Amy Stevens

Confections (Adorned) #22, 2011

Food Photography Cake Photos Amy Stevens

Confections (abroad) #7, 2010

Food Photography Cake Photos Amy Stevens

Confections (adorned) #20, 2010

Food Photography Cake Photos Amy Stevens

Confections (adorned) #15, 2010

Food Photography Cake Photos Amy Stevens

Confections (adorned) #25, 2012

Food Photography Cake Photos Amy Stevens

Confections (adorned) #14, 2010

A few of Amy Stevens cake photos are available at:
20×200
Eye Buy Art
ArtStar

Author: StyleCarrot

Marni Elyse Katz is a design writer and editor who lives in Boston and Cape Cod with her husband, two sons, and a cat. She blogs about design at www.stylecarrot.com

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