This painting reinterprets the Dutch Golden Age still life tradition, where lavish displays of fruits, bread, wine, and flowers once symbolized wealth, mortality, and the passage of time. Here, those emblems of refinement and reflection are replaced by the icons of our present day: Coca-Cola, Pringles, instant noodles, ketchup, and candy—factory-made, instantly recognizable, and mass-produced.

The composition mimics the grandeur of the old masters, yet its subjects reflect a world of speed and convenience. The swirling distortions that cut through the image suggest a culture in constant motion, where permanence is replaced by disposability and meaning is blurred by excess. Food, once a symbol of patience, craftsmanship, and contemplation, now speaks of immediacy, global uniformity, and a hunger satisfied in minutes.

This generation doesn’t wait. Fast food, fast love, fast living. Everything instant, nothing lasting. Connections fade as quickly as they’re made.

The Other Still Life asks us to consider how values have shifted across generations. Both then and now, food represents life and desire—but in a fast, disposable world, does abundance still carry meaning, or has it become empty consumption?