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Fallen Fruit Presents EATLACMA

June 27, 2010–November 11, 2010

EATLACMA is 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 culminates in a day-long event (November 7, 2010) in which over fifty artists and collectives will activate, intervene, and re-imagine the entire museum's campus and galleries. EATLACMA is curated by Fallen Fruit—David Burns, Matias Viegener and Austin Young—and LACMA curator Michele Urton.

EATLACMA was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and made possible by a Museum and Community Connections Grant from MetLife Foundation. Additional support was provided by the Ralph M. Parsons Fund and Paramount Citrus.

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The Gardens of LACMA

Promiscuous Production: Breeding is Bittersweet
The National Bitter Melon Council (south of Japanese Pavilion)

The Way Potatoes Go
Åsa Sonjasdotter (between Art of the Americas and Ahmanson buildings)

Food Pyramid
Didier Hess (east of Pavilion for Japanese Art)

Islands of LA Presents Roots of Compromise
John Burtle, Ari Kletzky, and the collective Owen Driggs (traffic island, Wilshire Blvd. and S. Curson Ave.)

Public Fruit Theater
Fallen Fruit—David Burns, Austin Young, and Matias Viegener (6th St. and Fairfax Ave.; opening November 7, 2010)

Building 209, Garden Folly / Indexical Strawberry Flag, 2010
Lauren Bon and Metabolic Studios (Times Mirror Courtyard, Los Angeles VA Hospital)

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