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1 week ago

This art is rubbish: why artists meticulously recreate our trash so well they even confuse cleaners

Contemporary artists meticulously recreate discarded everyday objects as artworks, transforming refuse into playful, high-value sculptures that challenge perceptions of value and objecthood.
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
2 weeks ago

Old Portland Hardware Redux: The Secret Life of Salvage * Oregon ArtsWatch

As a photographer I am interested in people, places, and things. These interests did not change with the pandemic and sequestration, but the opportunity to pursue them did. The people I was sequestered with were not all that eager to be photographed over and over again, and the places I was sequestered in tended to be private rather than public. As a photographer trying to stay photographically fit, I was obliged to rely almost exclusively on "things" as subjects - on still lifes.
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