Scaled up to several feet tall, even the most mundane fruits and seeds have uncanny intrigue, as evidenced by late New York artist Ming Fay’s mixed media sculpture at Kurimanzutto. Here, an unidentified green veg resembles a jester’s cap while behind, a huge bronze cherry symbolizes love. Fay created his first fruit sculpture during a period of his life in which he commuted between his home in downtown New York and a teaching gig at the University of Pennsylvania, experiencing abrupt contrasts between urban and rural environments. Inspired by nature but alluding to symbolic meanings (peaches associated with longevity, peppers referring to passion and prosperity), Fay’s scaled-up sculptures magnify delight in and interconnectedness with nature. (On view in Chelsea through Dec 13th. Check holiday hours over the Thanksgiving weekend).
