A New Value
Inanimate objects are an example of things that can create and hold memories. For individuals they can be quite sentimental and be a large part of someones life. We are constantly surrounded by objects that contribute to our lives, and even when it is thought these objects no longer have personal value, it can be recycled and have a new purpose. Certain artists have allowed me to see the possibilities of what can be seen as useless rubbish, turn into works of art.
Even though these art pieces are not exactly pure photography, some have be formed with photographs, which is something I can think about for my photography project.
Derek Gores
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| Collage 09 |
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| Collage 17 |
Derek Gores recycles magazines, labels, data and assorted found analog and digital material to create his works.
This is a great example of objects that had use at some point, and now have a completely different purpose.
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| Collage 07 |
Erika Iris Simmons
Erika uses cassette tape to create portraits of celebrities, creating interested 3D/textured pieces.
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| The Beatles |
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| Michael Jackson |
Jane Perkins
This has a similar style to Derek Gores collages, however Perkins uses objects instead to create portraits of well known individuals. The pieces were made up of objects collected from charity shops, boots sales and recycling centres and included things like buttons, lego pieces, old bits of toys and random plastic pieces.
Kyle Bean
Although this piece may have less relevance to my photography project, I wanted to look at the possibility of creating art with rubbish. I think this particular model is effective as not only a chicken has be carefully crafted out of egg shells, it plays on the idea of 'what came first, the chicken or the egg?'.
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| What came first |
