Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Joel Elgin, Athraigh Studio. COVID-19. Small Exhibitions: Support Those Still Working at Your Favorite Food and Drink Hang Outs.



Today's post features a selection of prints curated in celebration of those good people who bravely prep, serve and cook for us in our favorite shops, cafés, bars, pubs and restaurants. Please support them and please share this video with them.


Do you remember where you used to hang out for coffee, tea, drinks and/or food?


Artist Unknown
Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth: By The Hair Of Their Heads
1916
Lithograph



Do you remember the people who prepared or served your coffee, tea, drinks and/or food?

In this time of COVID-19 those fine people need your support. So please order some food or drinks and pick it up or have it delivered. Here’s a “printmakerly” shout out to all those who continue to bravely prep, serve cook and clean up for us!


Edmund Blampied, 1886-1966
The Chef   (ca. 1910–1930)   
Drypoint



Edmund Blampied, 1886-1966
Chef and Diners  (ca. 1910–1958)   
Drawing


James Gillray,  1756-1815
Dumourier Dining in State at St. James's on the 15 May, 1793
Print



Helen Noel, (1912-1989)
The Fountain, 1939
Lithograph



Leonard Pytlak, (1910-1998)
Quick Lunch, 1936
Lithograph






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