Garlic cloves, dabbed with paint. How could this work so well?

painted garlic moss and fog

You’ll either find this art tasty and aromatic, or overly pungent. Using garlic and other vegetables as canvas, artists Tessa Dóniga and Christian Baumgartner have created colorful, stylish, and slightly humorous art to create expression.  Via CreativeBoom:

“The result is a visual representation of unique structures that are placed into minimalistic scenes in order to enhance and focus the viewer’s attention on the new singular plasticity created.”

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Ben VanderVeen is the founder and editor of Moss & Fog, one of the web’s longest-running visual culture destinations. Since 2009, he’s been finding and framing the most beautiful, surprising, and thought-provoking work in art, architecture, design, and nature — reaching over 325,000 readers each month. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

2 Comments

  1. arcb42633

    Very interesting. I would not have thought of using a garlic as a piece of art.
    Thanks for sharing it with me. I enjoyed it.

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