Artist Nickolay Lamm Creates an Average-is-Beautiful Doll to Promote Positive Self-Images + Pan Seared Scallops

Artist Lamm created the normal Barbie because he "wanted to show that average is beautiful."
PHOTO: Nickolay Lamm / MyDeals.com

ART:

A MORE REALISTIC DOLL FOR YOUNG GIRLS

Artist Nickolay Lamm of MyDeals.com has created a rendering of what a Barbie doll would look like if it better resembled a real teen. He used the Center for Disease Control (CDC) measurements of the average 19 year old female in the US, to make his 3-D model. He dressed it up like Barbie, then photographed a standard Barbie doll next to his model to show the difference.

Artist Nickolay Lamm created a 3-D rendering of a "normal" Barbie (pictured at right) next to a standard Barbie by using the CDC's measurements for an average 19-year-old American woman.PHOTO: Nickolay Lamm / MyDeals.com

“I created normal Barbie because I wanted to show that the average (female) is beautiful. If average-looking Barbie looks this good and if there's even a chance of Barbie negatively influencing young girls, why not make one?”

PHOTO: Nickolay Lamm / MyDeals.com

Lamm noted that there can be “different interpretations” of what is considered an “average’’ body type, but that using the CDC measurements makes his creation “pretty close.’’

PHOTO: Nickolay Lamm / MyDeals.com

On MyDeals.com he wrote “some people say that we shouldn’t pay attention to the body proportions of Barbie because she is just a toy.” However research suggests Barbie may lead to heightened body dissatisfaction among young girls, unhealthy eating behaviors, and a desire to eat less in order to achieve her extremely slim body.

PHOTO: Nickolay Lamm / MyDeals.com

PHOTO: Nickolay Lamm / MyDeals.com

PHOTO: Nickolay Lamm / MyDeals.com

This doll is a singular prototype, created with a 3-D printer. The “Normal" doll, resembling Barbie has drawn attention for having a larger backside and singer Demi Lovato, an advocate of preventing eating disorders in young girls, has tweeted her approval of Lamm’s proportions to her 15 million+ followers. 

Nickolay Lamm says, “Normal Barbie shows you are beautiful, just the way you are.”

(Source: Nickolay Lamm / MyDeals.com)

Photo by Jack A. Atkinson

FOOD

Pan Seared Scallops

Ingredients
Sea scallops - fresh or frozen (completely thawed in fridge)
2 teaspoons unsalted butter
2 teaspoons olive oil
Steak Seasoning (pepper, salt, garlic, etc...)

Directions
- Remove the small side-muscle from the scallops
- Rinse scallops with cold water
- Thoroughly pat dry with paper towels
- Sprinkle steak seasoning on the crust side of the DRY scallops
(Prepare other parts of meal before cooking scollops.)
- Add the butter and oil to a 12 to 14-inch sauté pan on high heat. 
- Once the oil is hot, place 5 scallops seasoned side down, do not crowd. 
- DO NOT TOUCH OR MOVE to allow a crust to form. Sear the scallops for only 3 minutes on first side. 
- Flip over, you should see a golden crust
- Cook for only 1 to 1.5 minutes on the 2nd side, quickly remove from heat. (Don't overcook (1 minute is fine) the scallops should be translucent in the center, they continue to cook and become more dense the longer out of the pan.) 
- Drain on a paper towel.
- Plate and serve immediately.

Serve with wine, tossed salad and some buttered rice. 

Mmmmmm.

(Source Atkinson Family Cookbook)

Until Later, 

Jack

ARTSnFOOD, is an online publication dedicated to "The Pursuit of Happiness through the Arts and Food." ™ All rights reserved for all content. Concept, Original Art, Original Text & "Original or Assigned Photography" are © Copyright 2014 Jack A. Atkinson under all International intellectual property and copyright laws. All photographs were taken and/or used with permission. Artworks © individual artists, fabricators, respective owners or assignees

Celebrity Icons With Cartoon Eyes for Fun! + Naked Chile Rellenos Casserole

A post from "Huffington Post" that's worth repeating, their link is below:

(www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/19/rui-pinho_n_4790655.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000022&ir=Weird+News)

ART:

What Celebrity Icons

Would Look Like 

With Cartoon Eyes!

By Artist Rui Pinho

You should try your own celeb/cartoon combos 

created from photos found online. Or, better yet,

try out your family and friends with cartoon eyes!

1. Alfred Hitchcock with Casper eyes!

2. Amy Winehouse with Belle eyes!

3. Brigitte Bardot with Snow White eyes!

4. Charlie Chaplin wuth Bart Simpson eyes!

5. Cristiano Ronaldo with Sonic the Hedgehog eyes!

6. Yuri Gagarin with Buzz Lightyear eyes!

7. Jacques Cousteau with Nemo eyes!

8. Kate Moss wirh Betty Boop eyes!

9. Marilyn Monroe with Sleeping Beauty eyes!

10. Michael Jackson with Simba eyes!

 (source: Portuguese artist Rui Pinho)

FOOD:

Naked Chile Rellenos Casserole

Ingredients:

- 12 to 24 flame roasted Poblano Peppers

- Mexican Blend or Cheddar (pre-grated cheese)

- Jar of Medium heat Tomato Salsa (use a tomatillo salsa if you prefer)

- Can of Chopped Black Olives

- Green Onions (fresh/chopped)

- Optional ground turkey (pan cook the meat with salt & pepper before adding)

- Sour Cream

Preparation

- Buy a bag of mild roasted Poblano Peppers from your local farmer's market or 
- Roast the pepper over the open flame of your stove or your bbq grill until blackened all over.

- Remove skins, stem ends and tough veins

- wash away all seeds and any left over skin

- Use a 9 x 9 glass baking dish sprayed with pam

- Lay down a layer of roasted Poblano pepper flesh

- Cover with a layer of salsa
- (Optional layer of ground turkey)

- (Optional layer of sour cream)
- Sprinkle a layer of chopped black olives

- Sprinkle on a layer of green onions

- Cover with a solid layer of grated cheese

- Repeat all layers one or two more times with cheese on top

- Bake in a 400º oven for 30 minutes

- Cut casserole into squares with a sharp knife (to cut through the peppers) 

(If not using options above, serve with a dollop of sour cream on the side)

Mmmmmmmm!

(Source: Original Recipe - Atkinson Family Cook Book)

Until Later, 

Jack

ARTSnFOOD, is an online publication dedicated to "The Pursuit of Happiness through the Arts and Food." ™ All rights reserved for all content. Concept, Original Art, Original Text & "Original or Assigned Photography" are © Copyright 2014 Jack A. Atkinson under all International intellectual property and copyright laws. All photographs were taken and/or used with permission. Artworks © individual artists, fabricators, respective owners or assignees

Richard Hambleton, The Godfather of NYC's Street Artists + Moist Turkey Meatballs in a Rich Tomato Sauce

Hambleton's Art on the Berlin Wall.

Hambleton's "Marlboro Man"

Hambleton's "Shadow Man"

ART

Richard Hambleton

NYC, in the late 1970′s and early 1980′s, was the canvas for a street artist named Richard Hambleton. Long before "graffiti" was considered as "art", long before graffiti art stars like Banksy came on the scene and long before organized art tours were created to see the graffiti of New York City, artist Richard Hambleton painted black figures, in bold brushstrokes, on many of the walls and back alleys of Manhattan.

The artist calls his life-sized paintings “Shadow Men”. One art researcher said, "His art was originally inspired by the shadows of victims vaporized in the atomic blast at Hiroshima, Japan, implying: in the end, all that is left of us are our shadows, or what we project onto this world."

Richard's start came as a part of a famous trio of artists who worked together and regularly gathered to discuss their latest street artworks - even collaborating at times. The other two artists in this fabled group were the legendary Keith Haring and Jean Michel Basquiat. 

These works of street art are now long gone, but these three artists were the first to interest and engaged the art world in "Street Art" during the 1980s. Although Richard Hambleton has been given the unofficial title "Godfather of Street Artists", he is the "Shadow Man" of this collective. Now is the time to place Richard Hambleton's contribution and influence into the art world's bright spotlight!

Hambleton (above), Basquiat & Haring
worked closely inventing 1980's Street Art

Street Artist Jean Michel Basquiat

Street Artist Keith Haring

Hambleton - A Version of Shadow Man

Hambleton - A Version of Shadow Man

Hambleton - A Version of Marlboro Man

Hambleton - A Version of Shadow Man

Hambleton - A Version of Shadow Man

Hambleton - A Version of Shadow Man

 A Colaboration of Shadow Man by Hambleton & Basquiat

Hambleton - A Version of Shadow Man

Richard Hambleton Video  (1)

Richard Hambleton Video  (2)

Hambleton - A Version of Shadow Man

Hambleton - A Version of Shadow Man

Hambleton - A Version of Shadow Man

Hambleton - A Version of Shadow Man

Hambleton - A Version of Shadow Man

Hambleton - A Version of Shadow Man

Hambleton's Gallery Show at Woodward Gallery, NYC

Hambleton - A Version of Shadow Men

Hambleton - A Version of Shadow Man

Richard Hambleton's art on the Berlin Wall

Richard Hambleton's art on gallery walls. 

Richard Hambleton Video (3)

Richard Hambleton (born June, 1954) is an artist-painter currently living and working in the Lower East Side of New York City. Richard Hambleton is the surviving member of a group who, together with Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, had great success coming out of the New York City art scene during the booming art market of the 1980′s. Much of Hambleton’s work is compared to graffiti art, however, Hambleton considers his work to be “public art”.

(Sources: The Museum of the City if New York, Phillips de Pury & Company, Woodward Gallery, NYC, CNN & YouTube)

FOOD

Moist Turkey Meatballs 

in a Rich Tomato Sauce

Ingredients

1/3 LOAF of Sara Lee 45 calories Healthy Multi-Grain bread cut into cubes (8 slices of a 1 lb 4 oz loaf), crust left on.

1 cup whole milk

1 pound ground turkey 

2 large eggs

2 tbs dried chives 

5 Grinds of salt

1 teaspoon ground black pepper

1 teaspoon dried summer savory seasoning

3 tablespoons butter 

2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil

1 cup white wine

1 bottle (24 oz) of tomato sauce (Classico Spicy red Pepper Pasta Sauce)

1 tsp of Pickapepper sauce

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F. 

Combine bread pieces and whole milk in medium bowl, pressing on bread to submerge; let stand until milk is absorbed, about 10 minutes. Squeeze out most of milk from bread; discard milk. Place bread in large bowl. 

Add ground turkey, 2 eggs, 2 tbs chopped chives, 1 tbs dried basil, 5 grinds of salt, 1/2 tsp black pepper,  3 shakes of red Tabasco sauce, 2 tsp steak seasoning, 2 shakes of Southwestern Seasoning and 1 tbs dried summer savory seasoning.

Mix well with clean hands. 

Transfer meat mixture to blender and process until well blended - mixture will become a paste.

Drop large spoonfuls of the loose mixture into mounds (meatballs) into small muffin pan cups or onto a cookie sheet. 

Bake meatballs 10 minutes. Set meatballs aside.

Melt 2 tbs butter with 2 tbs olive oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Working in batches, add meatballs to skillet and sauté until brown on all sides, about 1.5 minutes per side. 

On med-high heat, whisk 1/2 cup of white wine, tomato sauce, 1 teaspoon of Pickapepper sauce, and a knob of butter into the skillet - bring to boil. 

Add the meatballs into the sauce and continue boiling (stirring frequently) for 5 minutes. 

Reduce heat to medium and simmer uncovered for 15 minutes, sauce will  thicken (stirring frequently). 

Transfer meatballs to a serving bowl and sprinkle lightly with dried parsley flakes.

Serve.

Makes 24 meatballs.

(Source: Original Recipe, Atkinson Family Cookbook)

Until Later, 

Jack
ARTSnFOOD, is an online publication dedicated to "The Pursuit of Happiness through the Arts and Food." ™ All rights reserved for all content. Concept, Original Art, Original Text & "Original or Assigned Photography" are © Copyright 2014 Jack A. Atkinson under all International intellectual property and copyright laws. All photographs were taken and/or used with permission. Artworks © individual artists, fabricators, respective owners or assignees