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Through their imaginative approaches to medium, method and technique, these artists are producing work that is ingenious, inquiring and conscious of its relationship to the natural world, and in the process redefining the materials of art for the 21st century.
Some of the artists have invented new techniques, while others have broken new ground in the presentation of their work, creating fresh, dynamic forms of display.
Low-cost, low-tech media and original techniques often produce work that defies categorization and pushes the boundaries of art itself. Some repurpose utilitarian or scrap materials such as flip-flops, broken bottles and skateboards. Others use established media such as paper, stone, concrete and steel, or are drawn to traditional craft techniques to make art that is tangible, tactile and highly skilled.
The ingeniously crafted and thought-provoking results showcased in this book range across a broad spectrum, from intimate paper collages to large public sculptures constructed from discarded wood.
Despite the diversity of the artists’ methods and ideologies, their work shares an underlying current: it uses resources that would otherwise be wasted, reflecting contemporary concerns about the environment.
Artists
Felipe Barbosa
Andrés Basurto
Zadok Ben-David
Robert Bradford
Peter Callesen
Monica Canilao
Klaus Dauven
Gabriel Dawe
Baptiste Debombourg
Brian Dettmer
Elfo
Ron van der Ende
Faile
Rosemarie Fiore
AJ Fosik
Fumakaka
Sayaka Kajita Ganz
José Enrique Porras Gómez
Hiroyuki Hamada
Haroshi
Valerie Hegarty
Luiz Hermano
Florentijn Hofman
Michael Johansson
Anouk Kruithof
Jae-Hyo Lee
Luzinterruptus
Maria Nepomuceno
Henrique Oliveira
Erik Otto
Mia Pearlman
Lionel Sabatté
Chris Silva
Lucas Simões
Yuken Teruya
Luis Valdés
Felipe Yung
Carlos Zúñiga |