Lili Song makes things you want to eat and things you want to look at, and more often than not, both at once.
Based in New York City, the food artist works with fruit, gelatin, sugar and cream, creating carefully composed works that exist somewhere between dessert and sculpture. Her signature fruit jelly cakes are celebrated for their remarkable clarity and precision, transforming everyday ingredients into objects that explore colour, form and material with an almost architectural sensibility.
Whether created for private commissions or gallery settings, each piece is considered in relation to its surroundings. The table, the light and the objects nearby become as much a part of the composition as the work itself.
We visited Lili in her home to explore the Mud pieces she lives with every day.
