Invasion of the Giant Fruits ( and a couple vegetables)

The Artist Harvest, a series of large-scale fruit and vegetable sculptures featuring the artworks of famous artists, is now on display in Livingston. Sponsored by the township and the nationwide Food Day program, these sculptures created by The Messy Artist, an art studio for kids and adults, are in front of Livingston Town Hall, Livingston Library, and Livingston Community Center through mid November.

Donna Bernstein, owner of The Messy Artist and Millburn resident, was motivated to create these sculptures as a way to inspire a love of healthy eating and an interest in famous artworks. She was fortunate to have a wealth of talented staff, students, and Livingston residents to help out. Creating these five sculptures – each about 6 feet tall – has been a creative challenge: sometimes funny, usually messy, and always interesting.

Students and staff from over 10 towns were part of the team that helped create the sculptures, first designing and building them with wire and plaster, and later painting them in the style of famous artists.

On the sculpture building team were the following staff members and advanced art students:

• Belleville: Sarah Formoso
• Berkeley Heights: Jessica Vicendese
• East Hanover: Juliana Salus, Nicole Zarillo
• Livingston: Alexis Barckley, Alexis Cohen, Taylor Dannis, Kayla Felner, Benjamin Nikpour, Joelle Sonet, Ryan Stecklow, Lilly Steiner, and Ryan Tepper
• Millburn: Donna Bernstein, AJ Chriss, Rose Cawley, Victoria Plummer
• Parsippany: Anthony Castellano, Ashton Moraski
• Roseland: Riley Friedman
• South Orange: Fran Saliani, Michelle Schwartzbard
• Springfield: Viviana Maciel
• Teaneck: Anthony Castellano
• West Caldwell: Charley Albert
• West Orange: Luisa Henao, Jack Berman, Michael Catanzarit
• Whippany: Jane Chan

On display in Livingston are:

• The Pearcasso (inspired by Tete d’une Femme Lisant, by Pablo Picasso)
• The Munch-Room (inspired by The Scream, by Edward Munch)
• The Vincent Van Gogh Bananas (inspired by Starry Night, by Vincent Van Gogh)
• The Peppered Pollock (inspired by Number 8, by Jackson Pollock)
• The Straw-Dali (inspired by Persistence of Memory, by Salvador Dali)

For more information, please see https://www.facebook.com/LivingstonFoodDay or http://themessyartist.com/artistharvest/

The Artist Harvest by The Messy Artist.

Five Large Scale Sculptures of Fruits and Vegetables

On exhibition in Livingston: September 15 to Mid-November, 2015

Livingston Town Hall, 375 S Livingston Ave, Livingston, NJ 07039

Livingston Library, 10 Robert H Harp Dr, Livingston, NJ 07039

Livingston Community Center, 204 Hillside Ave, Livingston, NJ 07039