Upside Down Mushroom Sculptures by Carsten Holler
In 2000, the Upside Down Mushroom sculptures shown at Fondazione Prada in Milan, created by artist Carsten Holler. Viewers got to feel like Alice in Alice in Wonderland as they walked through a side room filled full with huge fungi. The typical mushrooms are halves of two random mushrooms. Some, like the large red-and-white agaric fungus, are believed to have psychoactive elements.
Carsten Holler's giant mushrooms are now back at Frieze 2014. For the Gagosian Gallery's stand at Frieze, Holler has created an installation that mimics a playground for children. Within it, visitors will find a giant mushroom that's asking to be played with. It rocks from side-to-side.
