Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. On its face, art is often about beauty. From Mona Lisa’s demure ...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A grocery store featuring thousands of faux food items made entirely from discarded plastic bags opens Tuesday to the public, an artist’s non-edible creation calling attention to ...
Dutch artist Madeleine Berkhemer began making sculptures from stockings in 1997, using up to 1,000 pairs of pantyhose to make each of her taut, ethereal pieces. Initially, she didn’t worry about the ...
An exhibition in Frankfurt looks into the history of plastic in the arts, from avant-garde and Bauhaus experiments to futuristic space-age and trash works. https://p ...
DENNIS ODA / [email protected] Artist Shannon McCarthy uses small pieces of plastic collected from beach cleanups to make her mosaic art pieces. DENNIS ODA / [email protected] Artist ...
Pam Longobardi, commission for the cover of ‘Sierra’ magazine (2014) (all images courtesy the artist) Plastic has become a material of unique conceptual and physical importance to our society, and the ...
Haruhiko Kamaguchi, Zatsuran series, 2015. Photo courtesy of the artist. If you keep half an eye on the news, you must be aware that plastic is everywhere. It’s in our homes, it’s in our seas, and, ...