Consumption art

#blindnyc (blind consumerism in NYC) created by Ivan Farias

Digital media overload. inprnt.com/gallery/miko

Artist Christine Rose Curry In an effort to bring awareness to plastic waste in our oceans she makes art from plastic waste. What can we do to make a change?Spread awareness, be mindful of plastic consumption, demand more plastic be made biodegradable—buying only plastic items that are. Be creative about making a change!

Classical art and artists were sort of the influencers back in the day. Therefore, the concept of reimagining some of those icons as trendsetters of today's world is not far-fetched. Tiago, an artist from Portugal did exactly that.

Photographer Gregg Segal is fascinated by the trash we make. In his artist statement about this ongoing project, he explains, "'Seven Days of Garbage' is a series of portraits of friends, neighbors and other acquaintances with the garbage they accumulate in the course of a week. Subjects are photographed surrounded by their trash in a setting that is part nest, part archeological record. We’ve made our bed and in it we lie.” “Of course, there were some people who edited their stuff. I said…

Photographer Gregg Segal wanted to put a human face on the trash problem in the US. Cold numbers and statistics can only have so much of an impact,

Fine Arts, Education, Acrylic Paint, Adobe Illustrator