Part of Fallen Fruit Presents EATLACMA, a curated exhibition 2010

We examine the curious persistence of fruit in art by assembling work from LACMA’s permanent collection, with a span of five centuries and work in several media (painting, photography, and decorative arts). This exhibition examines the symbolic, abstract and sociological aspects of fruit in art – from religious symbolism to embedded social messages. It includes a LACMA-commissioned piece from Fallen Fruit, as well as custom-designed wall paper which David, Matias and Austin assembled from fruit found growing in the streets of their neighborhood.

EATLACMA was a yearlong residency in which Fallen Fruit created new work and curated this exhibition as well as a group of artist’s gardens and a final one-day event, Let Them Eat LACMA. It was intiated by curator Charlotte Cotton and completed with LACMA curators Michele Urton and José Luis Blondet. Visit the website www.eatlacma.org for an overview of the entire project- videos, tweets, artist’s blogs and images.