Fairfield University Art Museum Presents Peter Anton: Just Desserts

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Fairfield University Art Museum Presents Peter Anton: Just Desserts

The Fairfield University Art Museum announces a solo exhibition of Peter Anton’s sculpture which features enormous and inedible sweets. On view from May 10 through July 27, 2024.

FAIRFIELD, Conn. —Fairfield University Art Museum is pleased to present Peter Anton: Just Desserts, a solo exhibition of Anton’s incredibly realistic, oversized pop sculptures of desserts, on view from May 10 through July 27, 2024.

Anton’s models for his array of desserts come from products that are instantly familiar to the viewer, and evoke nostalgia for childhood (and adult) favorites. Sculptures that will be featured in the exhibition include a melting chocolate-covered ice cream pop, a gigantic box of donuts, and an enormous open box of chocolates with a few missing a bite, together with numerous crumpled brown candy cups.

Fairfield University Art Museum Executive Director Carey Weber said, “I am delighted that we are able to present this exuberantly fun exhibition featuring the work of an internationally renowned sculptor. It is particularly exciting to have this exhibition in Fairfield, Anton’s hometown, where it can be appreciated by his friends and family, as well as to introduce his artwork to those who may not be familiar with it.”

The exhibition will be in Fairfield University Art Museum’s Walsh Gallery, and accessible through the museum’s website as a video tour and a 3-D virtual tour.

The museum is celebrating the opening of this exhibition on Thursday, May 9 with a reception and lecture by Amy Nawrocki and Eric D. Lehman, who will speak about centuries of dessert-making in the Nutmeg State. Nawrocki and Lehman are the authors of A History of Connecticut Food, and the title of their talk is “Connecticut Confections.”