ROWS OF TRASH BAGS

As with most art, the art of TRASH has been redefined by its adherents to reflect the moment. At times we keep it proudly displayed in cans or bins in our homes. However, when it is ripe we take it outside and place it in a toter for our neighbors to view. While pop art focused on consumer products as both the subject and the commodification of art as concept; TRASH ART utilizes post-consumer waste and TRASH as subject, while recycling aesthetic qualities of Dadaism to form a "new work that reflects the standard notions of art”. This is the cycle of TRASH ART. It has come to mean anything from the variety of waste we create from our homes and from the 'art' we see in the form of human was...View all