Trash Art

Tim Noble And Sue Webster Are Junkyard Royalty

Posted 02.07.2012

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Tim Noble and Sue Webster create insouciant masterpieces that flaunt a meticulous eye for detail. Their incredible shadow projections are irreverent s...

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PHOTOS: Haiti's Ghetto Biennale

MutualArt | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Photography, Atis Rezistans, Haiti Earthquake, Mutualart, Ghetto Biennale, Trash Art, Sculpture, Haiti, Slidepollajax, Arts News
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In December 2009, a group of local and international artists presented at the first-ever biennial in the Haitian capital of Port-Au-Prince, mixing art...

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Sculpting Shadows Out Of Trash

Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Shadows, Sue Webster, Tim Noble, Tim Noble and Sue Webster, Trash Art, Mutual Art, Controversial Art, Arts News

Their works range from effervescent, large-scale light installations to graphic art illustrations, to jaw-dropping sculptures made from materials like...

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Modern Art Is Garbage

Madeleine Crum | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Art Books, Sue Webster, Art Trash, Consumerism, Art Garbage, British Rubbish, Modern Art, Trash Art, Garbage Art, Rubbish-Collection, Tim Noble, Video, Books News

Trash doesn't have to be garbage. When examining human waste, artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster decided to make something out of what they call th...

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PHOTOS: Artist Creates Sculpture Using 500 Pounds Of River Garbage

Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: Minnesota State Fair, Art Trash, Video, Recycled Art, Mcad, Trash Art, Green Art, Sculpture, Arts, River Trash, Green News

Some sculptors work with marble or bronze. For one artist in Minnesota, trash proved to be another medium that leaves a lasting impression. Raina B...

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Will & Kate Wedding Portrait Made Of Garbage

The Observer | Tom Lamont | Posted 06.18.2011

Read More: Royal Wedding, Prince William, Trash Art, Observer, Bob and Roberta Smith, Sculpture, British Art, Work Gallery, Kate Middleton, London, You Should Be in Charge, Arts News

Of all the cultural figures we approached to pay tribute to the royal wedding, Bob and Roberta Smith chose arguably the most abstract approach. The ea...

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Artist Turns Cigarette Butts Into Beautiful Woven Rug

Treehugger | Jaymi Heimbuch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reclaimed-Materials, Cigarette Butts, Cigarette Butts Rug, Puerto Rican Artist, Junk Art, Woven Rug, Jesus Bubu Negron, Trash Art, Sharjah Biennale, Green News

Puerto Rican artist Jesus Bubu Negron ... roped street cleaners into collecting cigarette butts so he could make the rug shown above. ...

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Junk Art (PHOTOS): 10 Amazing Artists Using Recycled Materials

Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Art, Junk Art, Recycled Materials, Trash Art, Slidepollajax, Trash, Artists, Junk, Reclaimed Materials, Green News

Junk can be a beautiful thing, if you have the eyes to see it. From litter off the streets to odds and ends in the house, these artists from around th...

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Artist Tim Burke Recycles Detroit History, And Rescues Himself (PHOTOS)

Diane Tucker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Historical Artifacts, Slideshows, Detroit Artists, The Unconscious, Comerica Park, Urban Art, Steve Buscemi, Yves Tanguy, Recycling, Environmental Art, Art Therapy, Lucy Thurman YWCA, Heidelberg Street, Industrial Art, Diane Tucker, The Inner Life, Detroit Landmarks, Eco-Friendly Art, Dreams in Art, Green Living, Alcoholism, Ford Field, Tim Burke, Slideshow, Recycled Art, Careers, Hudson?S Department Store Implosion, Reuse of Refuse, Detroit Industrial Gallery, Faces in the Hood, Tyree Guyton, Surrealism, Detroit Institute of Arts, Joan Miro, No Impact Week, Dreams, Outsider Art, Trash Art, F-15 Fighter Jets, 1967 Detroit Riots, Pablo Picasso, Addiction & Recovery, Motor City Artists, The Heidelberg Project, Small Business, Wayne State University, Photo Galleries, Triumph, Green News
Diane Tucker

Detroiter Tim Burke calls himself an artist, a scavenger, and a non-practicing alcoholic. Devoted to the reuse of refuse, the 40-something sculptor us...

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