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Exclusively for BULL & STEIN, Lisa Pappon, an artist and designer hailing from São Paulo, Brazil, creates unparalleled, breath-taking sculptures of fruit, serving as a universal symbol of desire and sensuality. The artist employs natural resources like clay, bronze, organic pigments, and precious gems, as well as gold or silver, to craft her pieces. She reinterprets nature‘s enigmatic fruit in larger-than-life, exaggerated sculptures of apples, pears, cherries, and bananas, some of which measure up to 220 cm in diameter (86 inches).
In her artwork, Lisa Pappon has long been in search of an emblem that can bring people together, regardless of their background. The apple is a symbol that spans the globe and has been present in a diverse range of cultures for thousands of years. Lisa Pappon has brought her cultural vision to life by creating these overwhelming, colossal sculptures of fruit.
Lisa Pappon resides and works in São Paulo, Brazil.