The art of the edible

Megan Backhouse, The Border Mail
Slotted between the de Kooning bronze and the Leger mosaic in the NGV sculpture garden is an art installation of a different kind. It changes daily, needs watering and is fit for eating. Composed of edible plants growing out of vessels concocted from former advertising banners, concrete and plastic, this living exhibit will be tended and harvested over the next four months as part of the wide-ranging exhibition, Melbourne Now … READ MORE