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That’s Bananas!

Phil Hansen is an artist who create beauty from bananas, transforming the potassium-filled fruit into virtual works of art. Observe:

The Creation of Adam, Michelangelo

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Edgar Degas’ famous dancers

edgar degas famous dancers

The Birth of Venus, Sandro Botticelli

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Skull with burning cigarette, Vincent van Gogh

Interesting medium for art, no? Definitely creative. Here is a quick mini tutorial for how to create your own beauty from the skin of this fruit…it’s a process called “Banana Oxidation Art” or pointillism, and you use a push pin to outline your picture…the banana (and the air we breathe) does the rest, oxidizing the skin and turning brown where it was pressed, so your artwork gradually appears. Voila- beauty! Art! Masterpiece! Yummy!

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