Craig Nutt, Carrot Bomb, 1989

“The real poet studies the world as it is: lovely, terrible, sensible, grotesque; and would ask for no other in its place. Humor is the final sign and seal of seriousness for it is a proof that reality is held in honor and in love.” -- Mark van Doren

Craig Nutt
Carrot Bomb, 1989, oil paint on carved wood. From the book Humor in Art.

This work was inspired by an ambiguously funny remark by George Bush senior during the 1988 presidential election campaign: ”We will never use food as a weapon.