Document Type
Multimedia
Publication Date
2-15-2025
Abstract
In “My Art is Garbage,” I describe three recent art projects where garbage is both a theme and an artistic medium used to critique the overuse of and inability to reuse or safely dispose of plastics we use every day. The first work, Untitled (Plastic Film Balls), uses non-recyclable single-use household plastic made to form an installation of shimmering balls and alludes to the environmental footprint of the artworld. Plastic Shores, a series of monotype prints, reminds us that plastics in the environment are deleterious to species that we see every day. Finally Plastic Pests, a series of mini-sculptures constructed from plastic found in agricultural soil warns that plastic is everywhere in the food production system.
Recommended Citation / Citation recommandée
Shepherd, Beth.
"My Art is Garbage."
The Goose, vol. 20
,
no.
2
, article 21,
2025,
https://scholars.wlu.ca/thegoose/vol20/iss2/21.
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