The document discusses an art assignment asking students to use food like play-doh, balloons, ornaments, and other objects associated with childhood holidays and celebrations to construct a still life by crushing, squeezing, and pressing the food into a bag or foil. The still life is then to be painted in a photorealistic style.

1. Task 2: Contained
Fábio Magalhães is exploring important themes such as animal cruelty through this photo-
realist painting method.

2. Jeff Koons is known for working with popular culture subjects and reproductions of banal
objects. All works in ‘celebration’ reference memories of childhood, family, and holiday:
balloon animals, hanging ornaments, play-doh, an easter egg, and birthday cake.

3. Use the food to construct a ‘still
life’.
Your objects should be crushed,
squeezed and pressed into the bag
or within the foil. Ready to paint?