OPEN CALL:
LEND US YOUR FRUIT OBJECTS!
FALLEN FRUIT OF UTAH
June 11 – September 1, 2011
Salt Lake Art Center
www.slartcenter.org
Objects must be submitted by May 9 at noon and received by May 15, 2011
As part of our upcoming exhibition on the history of fruit in Utah, we are looking to include objects of art and everyday objects that represent fruit in some way. This may include aprons, or family pictures of picking fruit or jars of home-made jam from last summer. We are interested in creating a collection of objects that tell the story of fruit in Utah families – both current and throughout history. The pieces we assemble will be shown at Salt Lake Art Center from June 11th, 2011 to September 01, 2011. Please consider your family as a valuable representative of Utah and the spirit of the pioneers!
The materials loaned for this exhibition will be compiled and displayed by the three artists known as Fallen Fruit: David Burns, Matias Viegener and Austin Young. Fallen Fruit has collaborated on fruit and art-related projects around the world for more than 7 years. This is their first exhibition in Utah.
Things we are interested in finding
We are interested in everyday objects, drawings, paintings, photographs or mementos that tell a story about your family and it must relate to fruit in one way or another (regardless of how abstract). Maybe your grandfather has a collection of fruit trees? Are there special dishes that have fruit painted on them? Or heirloom furniture with carved fruit ornamentation? Or earrings, or jewelry? Waxed fruit, paintings- old or new, personal or collected art, handwritten or typed recipes from your great aunt. Was canning or jamming central to your family? Maybe there is an orchard close by? Maybe your aunt or uncle photographed landscapes and some of those pictures are of fruit trees? We are interested in all kinds of fruit-related objects for this exhibition!
How to get involved
Please submit jpg photographs of your family fruit relics by email to fallenfruit@SLartcenter.org with a brief description of the object and its meaning. The submission materials may be recent or historic however, they must be able to be hand-delivered or sent by USPS or UPS to Salt Lake City by May 15th 2011. Please include your contact name, email, and preferred phone number. There is no limit to the jpg’s you may submit, and all pieces included in the exhibition will be insured by the Salt Lake Art Center, and returned to you at the conclusion of the exhibition.
Fallen Fruit of Utah
Fruit trees were planted across the plains of the western United States as a means of sustenance and survival. In 1847, Brigham Young traveled west to Salt Lake City bringing with the pioneers not only personal and familiar artifacts and tools, but fruit trees for planting. We’re interested in what these trees symbolize “the desire for self-sufficiency, not depending on others or outsiders, but also the desire for an earthly paradise” blooming in this case in the desert.
We are excited about the possibility of reorganizing the “Fruit of Utah” into one large exhibition for the summer of 2011 at the Salt Lake Art Center. The Fallen Fruit of Utah draws from the permanent collections of the LDS museum, the Daughters of the Utah Pioneer Museum and The Fairview Museum to name a few. The concept behind this project is bring a selection of historic depictions of fruit in the state of Utah into one place in Salt Lake City. Whether in form of handicrafts, everyday objects or fine art, we hope these objects will speak for themselves to some degree, creating a dialogue on the meaning of fruit to the pioneers and to those who followed.
The objects will evoke the symbolic and practical significance of fruit. Some will be handmade and familiar, others are masterfully painted or sketched. The exhibition creates a different kind of history of the pioneer and the expansion westwards across North America. We’re interested in ideas of place (“this is the place”) and of destiny, making what seems empty full. Our ancestors not only brought hope, but also aspirations, objects of art, family history and of course fruit!
fallen fruit of Utah!