Artist: Donnie Byrne
Title: Unlocking the flavours
Medium:
Miniature objects, wine glass, key
Location: Cafe 27 Deakin Ave
Artist statement:
Sommeliers are famous for the
language they use when describing the flavours, aromas and colours of wine.They use myriad euphemisms to
describe the flavour of wine from honey to sour cream , and from green
raspberries to mud; words to describe the aroma, smell or bouquet of the wine can vary from orange
blossom to dirty socks, or kerosene to freshly mown grass; and the colour of
wine, well it is in the eye of the beholder...In my work, I have collected many
miniature objects to represent only the flavours of the words I have heard used
to describe the flavour of wine. Words
such as bananas, raspberries, oranges, chocolate, liquorice, lemons, sand,
sugar and strawberries, to name just a few.The tiny keys represent the unlocking
of these flavours when the wine hits the Sommelier's palate, and also to
symbolise the untapped flavours still concealed.
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