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The Forbidden Fruit by Los Angeles artist Tom Pergola is an original mixed-media pop art sculpture blending everyday objects, humor, and contemporary art. Part of his signature Assemblage Plastique collection, this playful contemporary artwork transforms everyday objects into a distinctive statement piece for art collectors, modern interiors, and fine art galleries.
Tom Pergola Fine Art also offers a gallery business opportunity for partners interested in featuring his work or opening a gallery centered around his one-of-a-kind art collection.
The Forbidden Fruit
$1,600 + shipping charges
The Forbidden Fruit by Los Angeles artist Tom Pergola is an original mixed-media pop art sculpture blending everyday objects, humor, and contemporary art. Part of his signature Assemblage Plastique collection, this playful contemporary artwork transforms everyday objects into a distinctive statement piece for art collectors, modern interiors, and fine art galleries.
Tom Pergola Fine Art also offers a gallery business opportunity for partners interested in featuring his work or opening a gallery centered around his one-of-a-kind art collection.
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The Forbidden Fruit — by Tom Pergola
Price: $1600 (contact for current availability)
Dimensions: 1′ x 1′ x 4″
Medium: Mixed-media assemblage featuring real apples, sculptural hardware, bold industrial paint, and glossy resin; elegantly mounted in a floating gallery frame.
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Artwork Overview
“The Forbidden Fruit” reinvents classic symbolism through Tom Pergola’s signature Assemblage Plastique style. This sculptural tableau explores temptation, consequence, and cultural myth—combining apples, locks, metallic accents, and resin beneath a sculptural, richly textured surface.
Conceptual depth: Recontextualizes familiar symbolism—apple shapes, hardware, and mixed media—into a dramatic reflection on desire and caution.
Tactile drama: Vivid textures, layered paint, contrasted with smooth resin surfaces to create visual tension and pop-cultural commentary.
Museum-quality finish: Presented in a sleek floating frame that emphasizes layered depth and signature industrial aesthetic.
Why Collectors Are Attracted to It
Narrative richness: A visually compelling meditation on age-old themes of temptation and consequence—perfect for conversation-starting installations.
Exclusive presentation: One-of-a-kind original. Signed, framed, and ready to anchor a gallery wall or statement interior.
Bold presence: Designed to deliver visual punch in living rooms, galleries, or corporate spaces.
Product Details
Materials: Sculpted apples, hardware elements, acrylic/industrial paint, resin seal.
Finish: UV- and dust-resistant high-gloss resin delivering long-term preservation.
Mounting: Custom floating gallery-grade frame; installation hardware included.
Availability: Original edition only—reach out for shipping options, commission inquiries, or framing customization.
Ideal For
Collectors, interior designers, and curators seeking art with layered symbolism and bold visual impact. Ideal for gallery exhibits, modern lobbies, creative workspaces, or visitors drawn to meaning-laden contemporary sculpture.
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ABOUT LOS ANGELES ARTIST TOM PERGOLA
Tom Pergola is an established Los Angeles fine artist and sculptor known for his original pop art, mixed-media sculptures and signature Assemblage Plastique art style.
Pergola has spent decades in the fine art industry as an artist, gallery executive, curator, artist manager and art entrepreneur. Before developing his own distinctive body of work, Tom served for eight years as General Manager of Martin Lawrence Limited Editions during its growth into one of the country’s largest fine art gallery organizations.
His career has included exhibitions and art events throughout Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Las Vegas, New York and other major U.S. markets. His work was selected for a special Los Angeles County Museum of Art event, and major brands including Kellogg’s and Corona Beer commissioned Tom to create limited-edition artwork.
Tom’s work has also entered the collections of prominent entertainers, business leaders and collectors, including Kevin Costner, Robert De Niro, Jay Leno, Bette Midler, Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone, Bruce Willis and others.
ORIGINAL POP ART AND MIXED-MEDIA ART IN LOS ANGELES
Tom Pergola’s artwork combines pop culture, familiar objects, humor, nostalgia and social commentary. His signature three-dimensional Assemblage Plastique pieces turn recognizable objects and everyday imagery into original collectible works of art.
Each Tom Pergola piece offers collectors something distinctive for a home, private collection, gallery, corporate environment, hotel, restaurant or entertainment space.
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Where can I buy original pop art in Los Angeles, California?
Art collectors looking to purchase original pop art in Los Angeles can explore the online collection of artist Tom Pergola.
His fine art portfolio includes contemporary paintings, pop art sculptures, Assemblages Plastiques, and large-scale mixed-media artwork.
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Is Tom Pergola looking for a partner to open an art gallery in Los Angeles?
Yes. Tom Pergola is seeking a business partner interested in opening a dedicated contemporary art gallery in Los Angeles, California.
The proposed gallery would showcase his extensive collection of original pop art paintings, contemporary sculptures, Assemblages Plastiques, and large-scale fine art.
Tom is proposing a partnership offering a 50% share of profits from qualifying artwork sales, subject to mutually agreed partnership terms.
Gallery owners, entrepreneurs, art investors, and individuals interested in establishing a Los Angeles art gallery are invited to contact Tom directly.
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