A project centered around mutated fruits and vegetables doesn’t sound immediately appealing, but artist Uli Westphal’s project Mutato, proves that there’s immense beauty even in the most dynamically shaped produce. The artist highlights that the “complete absence of botanical anomalies in our supermarkets has caused us to regard the consistency of produce presented there as natural.” And though markets may prefer the uniform appearance of vegetation, there’s a certain beauty in all of the naturally occurring shapes and sizes that produce can be found in. The project leaves one wondering what happens to all of these “deformed” beauties once they’re rejected for supermarket sales? Something to be pondered!

– Julie Rose