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in 1990. The work consists of printed rolls of wallpaper featuring an orange motif, "the paper was pasted on the walls, and on the floor Gallaccio made an oblong 'carpet' comprising one ton of Valencia oranges which gradually decayed over the duration of the show." In his 2001 essay, ''Oranges and Lemons and Oranges and Bananas'', British art critic, historian and academic Michael Archer said,: "As a somewhat opportune indication that we are dealing here with continuities as much as breaks and new beginnings, it could be pointed out that Anya Gallaccio’s contribution to Bond’s ''East Country Yard Show'' was a ton of oranges spread in a large rectangular shape on the floor. It was mixed with an orange-motif wallpaper plastering one of the walls, the work made reference to the building’s past as a fruit warehouse and its planned future as a luxury residence."Michael Archer,
Oranges and Lemons and Oranges and Bananas
" In ''Acme Research Bulletin'', April 2001, unpaginated ominally p. 10/12 The work was on display at the 1990 exhibition

East Country Yard Show ''East Country Yard Show'' was an exhibition of contemporary art organized by Henry Bond and Sarah Lucas. It was on view between 31 May—22 June 1990. The exhibition was a "seminal" London group show which was significant in the subsequent dev ...

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