The cake

This large painting is based on about 15 photos that Weidenbaum took during a visit to a dance festival for children from all over the world. After their dance performance, the children are offered a cake by a number of chefs in uniform with large chef's hats.

The performance is reminiscent of the style of the Italian master Caravaggio. Nevertheless, the composition is rather contemporary. The spectator who looks with more attention notices that all the depicted figures have turned in on themselves. There is no contact between the various painted characters. A reference by the painter to loneliness. The event should be seen as a social act, namely the distribution of the cake to the children.