So pretty and so ugly at the same time. Sometimes arts that way.
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Re: Washed up Art.
Posted by Carol Lopez on April 18, 2015, 4:17 pm, in reply to "Washed up Art."
Interesting how this points to what art does not have to be - beautiful, useful, saleable, take-home-and-put-on-my wall-able. It really doesn't have to be anything to be art.
When we were teaching children to re-use and recycle stuff to make art, they still ended up making objects that were potential pollution. Unless it was so precious that their parents wanted to hang on to it and display it indefinitely, it still ended up in the garbage, and it was just the process of creativity that was important.
A friend in Canada is resolving this issue with a show of art that will biodegrade very quickly - quite different than using plastic that will take a long time to break down; however, the plastic is there already and exists because of our 'needs' re consumption and convenience.
Posted by Peggy Scott on April 23, 2015, 11:28 am, in reply to "Re: Washed up Art." 168.212.67.88
Those are very good. Love the texture.
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Re: Washed up Art.
Posted by Judy Horan on April 23, 2015, 11:58 am, in reply to "Re: Washed up Art." 159.16.66.124
Reminiscent of Andy Goldsworthy's work...as least visually-perhaps conceptually. Goldsworthy uses "washed up" leaves and flowers,stones and twigs and even ice, so no pollution left behind. I have his documentary, Rivers and Tides, and will be happy to share with anyone who'd like to see it. Inspiring! Judy Horan
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Re: Washed up Art.
Posted by Carol Lopez on April 23, 2015, 12:38 pm, in reply to "Re: Washed up Art." 189.164.247.224
Have you walked down the beach to just past the big cross - Barry was doing environmental 'arrangements' of twigs, stones, etc. - and further down were Deni's natural found object sculptures, that were the environment for 'Burning Wood'.
Inside, everyone is an artist. And this place encourages it to come out and play.