THE ART OF GOING "WITHOUT" BREAD AND FLOUR, GLUTEN FREE MUSEUM

What would works of art, films and cartoons be without carbohydrates? A new Tumblr shows us with a touch of irony, presenting paintings and memorable scenes from the most famous films first with and then without all the flour.

Imagine Paul Cézanne's painting "Bread and Eggs", but with the bread no longer in it. Or Edouard Manet's "Luncheon on the Grass", in which the picnic no longer includes the tasty loaf in the foreground. Or again, the famous "Milkmaid" by the Flemish painter Jan Vermeer, in which the details of the wholemeal loaves baked in the wood oven, placed in the basket in the foreground, disappear. Or the famous farmer in Grant Wood's "American Gothic", who no longer holds his pitchfork, because there is no hay to bale. And more: the black-and-white photo of Picasso at the table, taken by Doisneau, the famous photographer of "The Kiss", in which all the carbohydrates vanish from the tablecloth and with them that charming game the painter plays with his fingers replaced by small baguettes. And what would happen if, while watching the cartoon Lady and the Tramp, in the famous scene of the plate of spaghetti shared by the two, the pasta itself were missing? In short, what kind of world would it be if art - paintings, photos, but also films and cartoons - were for once gluten-free?

That is what a French advertising man and blogger, Arthur Coulet, asked himself. He opened a Tumblr, the image-based blogging platform, called Gluten Free Museum (click here), devoted to a very particular art collection: works of art without gluten. 
He chose dozens of paintings, film scenes and photos well known to the general public, retouched them with a graphics program and placed them next to the originals, completely stripped of grain, flour and gluten-based products. From the glass of malt beer to the sugar and flour of doughnuts, by way of hay bales and the tools used to work them, bread on the table, pasta, sandwiches and so on. 
The "Gluten Free Museum" collection grows day by day with creations that in turn become small works of art. All to be seen in the photo gallery in this article.

Coulet's idea, as well as being entertaining, makes you think about how widespread gluten-related conditions have become, about the many campaigns that disparage gluten and about the new products that can help those who suffer from it. For once, though, the spirit is one of fun.