Fallen Fruit/ David Allen Burns, Matias Viegener, and Austin Young

'EatLACMA, Los Angeles'

2010

Digital print 

60 x 40 inches

Edition of 6

Certificate of Authenticity provided by the artist

From the artists’ solo exhibition project called EatLACMA, the artwork is made from public fruit (all citrus), gathered by walking around the neighborhood of Silverlake in one afternoon, the background resembles the colors of a California sunset. There are also other little things to find like a bee coming out of one of the oranges.  

EATLACMA was a year-long investigation into food, art, culture and politics. Fusing the richness of LACMA's permanent collection with the ephemerality of food and the natural growth cycle, EATLACMA's projects consider food as a common ground that explores the social role of art and ritual in community and human relationships.  EATLACMA unfolds seasonally, with artist's gardens planted and harvested on the museum campus, hands-on public events, and a concurrent exhibition, Fallen Fruit Presents The Fruit of LACMA (June 27-November 7, 2010). It culminated in a day-long event (November 7, 2010) in which over fifty artists and collectives activated, intervened, and re-imagined the entire museum's campus and galleries. EATLACMA is curated by Fallen Fruit—David Burns, Matias Viegener and Austin Young—and LACMA curators Michele Urton and Jose Louis Blondet