| This month Rough Terrain
traveled to The Noyes Museum in Oceanville, NJ to learn how found
objects can be reused and live another life through art. The ReCreation/Recreation
exhibit runs through April and features fifty artists from around
the nation, including several Pennsylvanians that delight in the
possibilities found in trash!
The art of working with recycled materials is not a recent practice.
Check out this list
of artists dating back to the late
1800's and early 1900's.
Artists used their imagination and creativity to craft intriguing
works of art from rescued objects to the theme of recreation. An
orchestra-sized collection of homemade musical instruments makes
up part of the show as well as dolls, dumbbells, slingshots, marionettes,
and table games. Tools of the trade include can openers, tin snips,
scissors, shears, chisels, saws, torches, piers, ice picks, surgical
clamps, wooden mallets, knives, soldering iron, riveting tools,
wooden and metal dowels, safety glasses and more. |
Many artists see trash as a source of free materials and although
they may not save the planet by rescuing some trash from a landfill,
they can help increase our awareness of the problem. Saving landfill
space and precious natural resources will require major changes in
our habits and how we think about the quality of recycled goods. Through
wit, creativity and remarkable craftsmanship, participants are inspired
to have fun with everyday simple things!
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