Environmentally sustainable artworks are top of the heap during “Trash: Treasure” on view at Atta Gallery to March 13.
Environmentalists have long been lamenting that we humans create trash much faster than it can be properly managed. The air and water pollution problems we face today are a result of the mishandling and mismanaging of surplus trash.
The slogan “Rethink, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” encourages a more sustainable lifestyle and many people have started to align their lives with the general principle.
In the art field, materiality has become important towards strengthening artistic concepts. Indeed some artists actively search for materials they can use to make their artworks more environmentally sustainable.
For this exhibition, seven artists collected various material types — with emphasis on low-value material or what’s otherwise…
