How a Humble Pineapple Became Art

How a Humble Pineapple Became Art
Others saw hidden meaning in the pineapple, Mr. Gray said, including an art professor at the university who, he said,
had enthusiastically lauded the "purposeful way" in which the display case had pressed down on the fruit’s leaves.
When they returned a few days later to the exhibition — part of the Look Again festival, which aims to highlight Aberdeen’s cultural heritage
— they were shocked to discover their pineapple protected by a glass display case, instantly and mysteriously transformed into a work of art.
Jack said that It just goes to show the ludicrousness of conceptual art and how anything can become art,
After one of the students, Lloyd Jack, 22, who studies business, put a photograph of the pineapple on Twitter, along with the words,
"I made art," the image was shared widely on social media, turning the fruit, fairly or not, into a cultural sensation.
And there are no cultural connections between Scotland and pineapples
that I am aware of — we grow potatoes or turnips." The artistic aggrandizement of the pineapple has echoes in art history, including the tradition of found objects becoming art.
Mr. Jack said he and the other student, Ruairi Gray, also 22, had been stunned by the attention afforded the pineapple, which he said the
two had put on the table in a moment of lighthearted whimsy, slanted slightly to the left to give it a bit more gravitas and flair.