Daycamp children at the Brooklyn Museum find tree growing from a piano very weird and interesting. Sanford Biggers (American, born 1970). Blossom, 2007. Steel, plastic and synthetic fibers, wood, MIDI player piano system, Zoopoxy, paint, dirt, modeling clay, polyurethane foam, 12 x 18 x 15 feet In Sanford Biggers’ Blossom, a piano fused with a tree plays “Strange Fruit” (in an arrangement by the artist). The song, popularized in the 1930s by Billie Holiday, protests the atrocity of lynching:

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Size: 4032px × 3024px
Location: Brooklyn, New York City, USA
Photo credit: © David Grossman / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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