Consumption art

Fine Arts, Education, Acrylic Paint, Adobe Illustrator

C.E.L.E.B.R.A.T.E. 2014, paper and metallic foil board, 20" x 24" Before we are born, each of us begins to accumulate due to our location in the world:...

Photographer Gregg Segal is fascinated by the trash we make. In his artist statement about this ongoing project, he explains, "'Seven Days of Garbage' is a series of portraits of friends, neighbors and other acquaintances with the garbage they accumulate in the course of a week. Subjects are photographed surrounded by their trash in a setting that is part nest, part archeological record. We’ve made our bed and in it we lie.” “Of course, there were some people who edited their stuff. I said…

The artist talks about plastic invasion, excavator choreographies on scrapyards and how to stay sane when the world around you is sinking under piles of garbage

Lost in my Life (price tags), 2009 Talk about getting immersed in your art. Rachel Perry Welty is an artist who has created a very eye-catching series

Digital media overload. inprnt.com/gallery/miko

British artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster created spectacular shadow art from seeming heaps of trash that actually are plays on light and shadow.

Receipts, parking stubs, old newspapers, plastic bags, crumpled cans, worn down slivers of soap and hotel-size shampoo are the stuff of Gabriel Kuri’s art. Kuri has a particular fascination with…

Ahead of a major new installation at London’s Camden Art Centre, we speak to Tenant of Culture, whose art-meets-fashion practice dissects the darker sides of our material world

Add an artist statement to your blog. Create a new post or edit the post that has the image of your final piece (it is ok if the piece is still in progress). See below for writing an artist statement. Sample blog:http://chrissandrasart.blogspot.com/ Objective: You will write and artist’s statement to support the work you have created in class What is an artist's statement? Imagine a gallery has requested a statement from you or you're preparing a new brochure or résumé. Your artist's…

Love these simple recommendations from @thenewfashioninitiative as to what consumers can do to combat waste and over-consumption: 1️⃣Look…

The Conscious Style Podcast explores what it will take to create a better, more sustainable, and equitable future for fashion.

Suzanne Jongmans stumbled onto her project "Mind Over Matter" by blessed coincidence. Running out of fabric for a model's costume she was building, she stumbled upon some packing foam which she crafted into the shape she wanted. The rest, as they say, is history.

Then Jesus said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against ALL kinds of greed; life does NOT consist in an abundance of possessions.” Luke 12:15 Amen! How much time is spent in the pursuit of owning more "things" and how often do those "things" eventually own us? May God continue to bless you as you seek His face. JZ

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