In celebration of the culinary arts, Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945 – 1980 announces a new program Art As An Appetizer, featuring fare inspired by art in Pacific Standard Time exhibitions. In addition to the secret menu available at the acclaimed restaurants Playa and Rivera, are a series of Food Truck meet-ups at three Pacific Standard Time museum exhibits. The first event this past Saturday at LACMA’s California Design exhibit included Aunties Fry Bread, Kings Corner BBQ, No Tomatoes, Coolhaus, and the Lobsta Truck. Each truck featured a special menu item inspired by the LACMA PST exhibit.
This Saturday’s exhibit of “Beatrice Wood: Career Woman-Drawings, Paintings, Vessels, and Objects” at the Santa Monica Museum of Art/Bergamot Station features the trucks (11am-3pm on Michigan Ave) Global Soul, Pnut Butter Truck, Tailgate Truck, Smokin Willies Truck and Asian Cravings.
Then on March 3 at the Pasadena Museum of California Art with a featured work entitled “L.A. Raw: Abject Expressionism in Los Angeles, 1945-1980, From Rico Lebrun to Paul McCarthy.” Trucks in attendance (11am-3pm on Union Street) include Border Grill, Casablanca Truck, Go Chew, Flat Iron Truck and Gourmet Genie.
*Photos by Jonathan Nafarrete
Auntie’s Fission Berry Fry Bread was inspired by a screen designed by Greta Magnusson Grossman.
No Tomatoes was inspired by Louis Ipsen and Victor F. Hauser’s stacking storage dishes for their Chicken Tikka Masala and Biryani Rice (pictured here).
Coolhaus picked the Charles and Ray Eames’s living room for their Tribute to Mintalism. The entire room was disassembled and then recreated entirely for the exhibition.
The Lobsta Truck took inspiration from Mary Ann DeWeese’s 1949 two-piece swimsuit for their dish, Lobster Exposed.
King’s Corner BBQ chose the beautifully designed Merle Armitage Book of Food for their Malay Curry of Prawns
It was a great afternoon of art and food at LACMA.
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