Melrose Botanical Garden is honored to present “ICANDY” a series of never before seen sexy & scrumptious food-art-photography-portraits by the one and only, iconic Angelyne. Curated by Lizzie Klein & Sophie Appel and opening on January 4th, 2025 at 6pm. With the remains of her meals at various Los Angeles restaurant locations, Angelyne constructs portraits, oftentimes of celebrities on her plate by channelling their spirit. She is able to harness the quality of each person in her portraits through the eyes, or facial expression, through their gaze. Her portrait of ET made from leftover beans, or Audrey Hepburn made of red cabbage leaves you able to hear the sounds of their voices. Each print is carefully hand painted and signed in glitter, rendering each photograph an original and unique work. Angelyne is a singer, actress, media personality, model, and billboard queen. She came to prominence when her first billboard went up in 1984. She was in the band Baby Blue and then began her own solo music career shortly thereafter. She has appeared in films and music videos such as Earth Girl's Are Easy (1988), Moby's "We Are All Made of Stars" (2002), & The Avalanches "Running Red Lights" (2020). She has exhibited her paintings at Plume Gallery and MODA Hollywood, among others. Angelyne is the honorary mayor of West Hollywood.