nan jun paik kinda

Ravioli Loisaida

Derek Lerner

Found while driving an inner city street in Houston, Tx. A house was being redone and a roll off dumpster was in the front yard, loaded with items that had once been inside the home. The bear looks so forlorn.

Brian Hill

NYCorette.

M.Steed

M.O.P! U.S.A! U.S.A!

-M.Steed

Divorced

-M.Steed

Someone gave up on their crafting project.

By Chiara Alberetti.

the town musicians of bremen (rendered in trash)

Randall Lane.

Study in Brown and White

By Chiara Alberetti.

Support

By Tim Leeds.

The pile is growing.

By Chiara Alberetti.

Contrashed

By Randall Lane.

Nature's Return

Housing Boom
Gingerbread, milk, and spearmint on West Village cement. 2008

Snow Patrol

The Primaries: Change of Choice

This piece is a comment on the historic political choice facing the American people. The two interpretations of the life giving, change/growth inducing medium- milk, represents, on one side, the nurturing/ protective femininity of Hillary Clinton and, on the other, the sweetened, easily digested rhetorical flair of Barack Obama.

Michael Steed. 2008

We have different times.

Created during the celebration of Chinese New Year, this assemblage illustrates pan cultural traditions colliding in hyper fabricated socioeconomic environments.

Confetti, mylar, eggplant and cloth on Cement. 2-17-2008

Grains, Trains and Automobiles

This poignant combination of bread, condoms and cigarette buds further illustrates the tensions that exist between man and animal within urban environments. The skillful marriage of synthetic, sexual, and organic materials within a minimalist context, challenges the viewer by forcing them to walk around this nasty shit to get to the train.

A Pavilion of Precision

Informed by everyday items arranged in an impermanent fashion, this piece reflects upon the dogmas of daily rituals and the institutions that support them.

We Shoot Wooden Bullets

This seminal installation challenges the notion of postmodern transformations in public restrooms.

Reeses Pollock

Dynamic and energetic, this discarded Reeses bag pushes the genre of trashed wrappers. Inspired by Jackson Pollock

Receipt, Line, and Paint.

The juxtaposition of grocery store receipt and spray paint stress the complex cultural divide brought about by gentrification in urban neighborhoods. Inspired by Anselm Kiefer

United Straps

Covered #4

Inspired by Christo

Covered #3

Inspired by Cristo

Run My Fingers

Divided Throne

Objective yet personal, this composition addresses the complex dynamics of bodily functions and a safe place to express them in an urban environment.

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Wrapped Forest

The wrapping of wood and cardboard by synthetic fibers further causes the viewer to reflect on the relationships between industrialization and nature. Inspired by http://www.christojeanneclaude.net/

Sweet Chip

Discarded Instrument