Fallenfruit

United States  • 1970

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David Allen Burns and Austin Young, born in 1970 and 1966, live in Los Angeles and have worked together since 2004.

The ground you are standing on was once filled with fruit trees. From 1681 until the museum was built in 1857, this was the site of a famous nursery that supplied fruit trees to gardens around the country. Fallen Fruit's wallpaper brings back a burst of fruit to the space. The artists created it by foraging depictions of fruits that grow in the UK within the V&A collections. It highlights the cultural resonance of fruit and serves as inspiration to re-imagine the city as a generous and productive public space.

Fallen Fruit, 2019

'We typically create our patterns with photographs of fruits and flowers that we discover along the pavements and pathways of a particular city. In this case we selected prints and drawings of fruits, insects and birds from the V&A collections - another kind of public space. We consider this work to be a portrait of the V&A and it represents the legacies of the gardens and orchards that predate the development of Kensington. Fruit is always a product of culture.'

David Burns and Austin Young, artists


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Design, From the Garden and Field, commissioned by the V&A, Fallenfruit

From the Garden and Field, commissioned by the V&A

Fallenfruit

Design - 140 x 120 cm

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Who is the artist?

David Allen Burns and Austin Young, born in 1970 and 1966, live in Los Angeles and have worked together since 2004.

The ground you are standing on was once filled with fruit trees. From 1681 until the museum was built in 1857, this was the site of a famous nursery that supplied fruit trees to gardens around the country. Fallen Fruit's wallpaper brings back a burst of fruit to the space. The artists created it by foraging depictions of fruits that grow in the UK within the V&A collections. It highlights the cultural resonance of fruit and serves as inspiration to re-imagine the city as a generous and productive public space.

Fallen Fruit, 2019

'We typically create our patterns with photographs of fruits and flowers that we discover along the pavements and pathways of a particular city. In this case we selected prints and drawings of fruits, insects and birds from the V&A collections - another kind of public space. We consider this work to be a portrait of the V&A and it represents the legacies of the gardens and orchards that predate the development of Kensington. Fruit is always a product of culture.'

David Burns and Austin Young, artists

When was Fallenfruit born?

The year of birth of the artist is: 1970