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…