Welcome!
Welcome to Bekah’s Art Gallery! We are located on the beautiful Art Road in Pilot Hill, CA. Inside, you will find amazing works of art that are not so typical; meaning the pieces you find here are not usually made with ordinary art materials. Your host, and gallery manager, will be yours truly Bekah Monge.
Recycle 2.0
Welcome to our new exhibition titled, Recycle 2.0! We are so excited to introduce you to another world of art. Here you will see works of art that all contain cast away items. Many artists here have chosen to express themselves through the use of trash, recyclable items, and some even have been found in the ocean. When I selected the artists for Recycle 2.0, not everyone made the cut. Only the best will be displayed in the exhibition; and only those that give meaning to the viewer were chosen. You could say that these artists all shared one thought, "One mans trash is another ones treasure."
1-Aurora Robson
Title: Updroplet
Media: plastic debris (PET), rivets, tinted polycrylic and mica powder
Dimensions: 30” x 24” x 24"
Date: 2012
Info: Aurora Robson was born in Toronto, Canada in 1972. She grew up in Maui, HI.
Statement: Robson said that the bright colors and fun shapes draw viewers in, but once they arrive to the piece and notice her work is made entirely out of trash, it sometimes generates a visceral negative reaction in them, and this is exactly the response she hopes to achieve. Not only does she “interrupt the waste stream” instead of creating more unnecessary stuff.
Background Info: Robson collects her own PET bottles or creates job opportunities for street people who collect bottles in shopping carts. Sometimes she even uses waste collected at the various firms that commission her to do pieces, creating a special awareness for their employees, who see their inconsequential trash transformed into something that is very nearly mythical. She uses no synthetic materials and the non-toxic water-based colors are airbrushed on.
Theme: This piece by Aurora Robson connects to the theme of "Recycle 2.0" because it is made from plastic bottles.
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