A museum masterpiece but make it butter 🧈 In 1875, Antoine Vollon painted Mound of Butter, a surprisingly iconic still life that’s become one of the National Gallery’s most beloved paintings. Nearly 150 years later, New York photographer ruthiedarling painstakingly recreated the entire scene using real butter under hot studio lights (essentially a race against physics). Then she reimagined the painting as a modern grocery product: wrapped it in plastic, added an ingredients label, and slapped on a price tag. “Vollon painted butter when butter was just butter,” Ruthie says. “Now it’s artisanal. It’s heritage. It’s small-batch churned. It somehow has seventeen ingredients. Butter didn’t get better in 150 years. It got corporate.” #OpenCall __ 🖼 Antoine Vollon, “Mound of Butter,” 1875/1885, oil on canvas, 19 x 24 in., Chester Dale Fund #art #food #explorepage