LACE Salon Series Events with FALLEN FRUIT: UNITED FRUIT

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  (12 August 2009) – LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) is proud to present two upcoming Salon Series Events as a part of United Fruit, the first solo show by the artists collective Fallen Fruit (David Burns, Matias Viegener and Austin Young) currently on view at LACE through 27 September 2009.

  Tuesday 15 September 2009, 8pm: Lecture with Dan Koeppel
  Author of the best-selling Banana: The Fate of the Fruit that Changed the World, Dan Koeppel discusses the controversial and often sinister history of the fruit. Adding to Fallen Fruit’s current exhibition on the banana, Dan Koeppel talks about the unique nature of the fruit and the way in which this household staple has shaped the politics of Central and South America. He will focus particularly on the doomed Cavendish variety, which is the banana 95% of the entire world eats. Visit www.bananabook.org.

  Sunday 20 September 2009, noon: Fallen Fruit Banana Meditation & Artists Talk
  Fallen Fruit members David Burns, Matias Viegener and Austin Young discuss the research behind United Fruit along with their ongoing project The Colonial History of Fruit. The collective talk about the focus of their work with the local and the way this initiative combines the particular history with the global reality of fruit. The salon will begin at noon with a guided meditation leading participants through a range of concepts related to the banana, followed by a discussion led by the artists at 1pm.
  

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