Potatohead People

By Queuebot in Art on May 19, 2009 at 11:13 am

To Lebanese artist Ginou Choueir, potatoes are a lot like humans. Each potato has a distinct personality which he reveals by painting portraits on them. He’s painted hundreds of them. Why potatoes?




“I chose the potato to portray human faces because of the many striking parallels. Not only is their skin porous like ours, but their skin texture and color is very similar, and like us, they come in different sizes, shapes and forms. Potatoes grow, live, and then decay, mirroring the ephemeral existence and fragility of our own human nature.”

Link – via coldmud

From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by Marilyn Terrell.


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  1. ted
    May 19th, 2009 at 1:13 pm

    My skin ain`t that colour.

  2. LisaL
    May 19th, 2009 at 1:37 pm

    That’s not creepy at all…….. O_O

  3. vonskippy
    May 19th, 2009 at 4:03 pm

    How ironic. I know a guy that takes people’s faces and paints potatoes on them.

  4. seefish3
    May 19th, 2009 at 8:05 pm

    I hate “artspeak” justifications. Just drawing something that looks good is never enough. Great work doesn’t need the yadder…

  5. fritz
    May 19th, 2009 at 8:54 pm

    creepy as hell


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