Apple muralist

September 4, 2005 12:37 AM

Brief gallery of the works of a Brazilian mural artist who works using the medium of apples of varying colors.
posted by jonson (18 comments total)

The look of the art reminds me of the Corn Palace in a way. Very cool.

That red obelisk is sorta disturbing, though.
posted by BoringPostcards at 12:51 AM on September 4, 2005

Cool thing. Limits the palette, and looks a bit work intensive, but i imagine it's kind of like pixel painting, or lite-brite. Lite-brite!
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 12:51 AM on September 4, 2005

I know that the medium is the message, but I am struggling to find the core meaning to the fruits of his labour.
posted by nthdegx at 1:38 AM on September 4, 2005

Outsider artist, in cider art!

(Sorry about that.... Nice link!)
posted by maryh at 1:56 AM on September 4, 2005

the "red obelisk" is, i believe, meant to be a blood-covered washington national monument.
posted by Hat Maui at 3:27 AM on September 4, 2005

Ah, you pipped me to the cider pun, maryh.
posted by nthdegx at 4:41 AM on September 4, 2005

How d'ya like them apples?
posted by Joeforking at 6:29 AM on September 4, 2005

Ok, so what happens when the apples go bad? Does he lacquer them (or something) to prevent them from turning brown?
posted by oddman at 6:43 AM on September 4, 2005

That's awesome.
posted by PigAlien at 8:40 AM on September 4, 2005

yeah, this is beautiful.

I'm also curious about whether these pieces are long-lasting - do we know the name of the artist?
posted by mdn at 8:45 AM on September 4, 2005

...just thinking about the hungry people who'd love one of those apples!
posted by lorbus at 9:17 AM on September 4, 2005

This is actually from the Apple Festival in Kivik, Sweden, which takes place 24–25 september
posted by growabrain at 9:37 AM on September 4, 2005

thanks, growabrain! I wrongly assumed it was Brazilian because of the page it was hosted on.
posted by jonson at 10:00 AM on September 4, 2005

Sweet! Here is a little more information (in English) about the Kivik festival and the artist, Helge Lundström.

There's more colorful art than you can shake a peeler at on antique apple crate labels (I like this one.)

The murals also bring to mind the illusionist paintings of Renaissance artist Giuseppe Archimboldo.
posted by cenoxo at 11:05 AM on September 4, 2005

Do they rot? It would be extra cool to watch them rot. He should take a daily picture of the monuments and make it into a short film.
posted by Citizen Premier at 11:05 AM on September 4, 2005

On another note, it seems like the pixel is gaining a lot more respect in the art world...Are computers becoming more like us, or are we becoming more like computers?
posted by Citizen Premier at 11:06 AM on September 4, 2005

...are we becoming more like computers?

Well, we've already been pixelated:

Images from Digital Humans CD-ROM

When the Visible Human datasets were released to the public a decade ago, I developed programs for segmenting and reconstructing 3D models using voxel-based computer graphics techniques. It's my intention to put into the public domain the full content of the CD-ROM, including a series of videos showing the actual digitization of the cadavers.
posted by cenoxo at 11:30 AM on September 4, 2005

On another note, it seems like the pixel is gaining a lot more respect in the art world...Are computers becoming more like us, or are we becoming more like computers?

mosaics were a primary form of art in the ancient world, so it's not exactly a new idea... at least one of those apple mosaics looked like it was paying homage to an ancient mosaic, too.
posted by mdn at 7:07 AM on September 12, 2005