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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<\/a>\u2019s mixed media sculpture at Kurimanzutto<\/a>.\u00a0 Here, an unidentified green veg resembles a jester\u2019s cap while behind, a huge bronze cherry symbolizes love.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Inspired by nature but alluding to symbolic meanings (peaches associated with longevity, peppers referring to passion and prosperity), Fay\u2019s scaled-up sculptures magnify delight in and interconnectedness with nature.\u00a0 (On view in Chelsea through Dec 13th<\/sup>. Check holiday hours over the Thanksgiving weekend).<\/p>\n

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Ming Fay, Untitled, mixed media, 25 x 7.5 x 7.5 inches, 1990s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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\u2019s mixed media sculpture at Kurimanzutto.\u00a0 Here, an unidentified green veg resembles a jester\u2019s cap while behind, a huge bronze cherry symbolizes love.\u00a0 Fay created his first fruit sculpture during a … <\/p>\n

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