The Landfillart Project – Turning Hubcaps into Works of Art:
The
Landfillart Project is an artistic endeavor that tries to get people thinking about the amount of trash they generate, by repurposing
hubcaps as unique artworks. The idea was thought up by Ken Marquis, from
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, who has spent the last three years convincing other artists from all the US states and 52 foreign countries to give old hubcaps the artistic treatment. Ken got the idea to use hubcaps while attending an auto show near Allentown, where a collection of 41 rusted wheel covers inspired and got him thinking they could be repurposed. He bought the entire cache for $82, and just a few weeks later acquired 1,000 more, from a collector in
Quakertown.
`You want me to find a hubcap in my own country and pay for that, and you want me to pay for (the materials to make) this piece of great art, and then you want me to ship it to you at my expense, and then you want me to gift it to you? Am I understanding you correctly? OK, yeah, I’m in.’” “Artists get it”, Ken says.
Source: Associate Press via Artdaily
Photos via The Landfillart Project (check it out to see the whole collection)
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