Surprisingly Beautiful Junk-Food Prints Lead The Afternoon Links

Cheez Whiz and Kool-Aid and bubble gum don't necessarily bring to mind gallery walls. But artist Matthew Brandt is undaunted by your doubts.

From the series Taste Tests Cheez Wiz, 2009 Multi-layered Silkscreen Print with Cheez Whiz on Paper.

Kool-Aid 1, 2012. From the series Taste Tests in Color Silkscreen on paper with raspberry-lemonade, tropical punch, lemonade and grape Kool-Aid.

Bubble Gum 1, 2012. From the series Taste Tests in Color Silkscreen on paper with Winterfresh, Double Bubble, Juicy Fruit, Bubbilicious grape and Doublemint gum.

All prints by Matthew Brandt courtesy of Yossi Milo Gallery and Slate

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