Takeout

18"x18" Archival Matte Ink Poster The Transience of Takeaway: A Modern Bodegón). - artist Cosmic Desert deftly reimagines the sensuous excess of the Dutch Golden Age still life through the vernacular cuisine of New Mexico’s fast food culture. Rich in chiaroscuro, the tableau glows with theatrical lighting, casting high drama across a humble wooden table now exalted as altar. Here, sacred icons of local appetite—burgers from Blake’s Lotaburger, tacos from Bob’s Burgers, burritos from Allsup’s—are arranged with deliberate opulence, their branded wrappings and paper vessels forming a symphony of vernacular design. Amidst this cornucopia lie Hatch green chiles like heirloom relics, a cinnamon roll gleams with lacquered glaze, and twin fountain drinks shimmer like goblets lifted from a Baroque feast. Dion’s ranch, a regional cult condiment, takes the place of imported oils or wine, completing the parody of still life’s aspiration to permanence amid decay. The brown paper bag looms in the b