Fruit is Not as Exciting as It Used to Be

For this cornucopia, photographer Andrzej Maciejewski bought some supermarket fruit. He laid out and lit it as decadently as a Dutch Master. With the sticker tags and plastic wrappers still on, the series subverts the original context of “Oh, Lord, the bounty! Num num num” to more of a “Womp womp.”

Forgetting something, Maciejewski? A tiny dribble of rot or a trail of ants to symbolize the transience of mortal life? Or maybe, just slap a milk carton with a visible expiration date in there. Consumerism is the new spiritualism after all. “Garden of Eden,” Andrzej Maciejewski, Aug 20 – Sep 23, The Camera Work Gallery, Warsaw, Poland

Related: Roses, Drowned Dutch Master-style and the great horn of greasy junk.


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