This post is actually to announce a new collection that I have added to my pages section. It’s more of an experiment…an idea that I have had for a while and only just now put it together. Plastic bottles are objects that I have been photographing at the Falls of the Ohio for a couple of years now. I see so many of these that I decided to order my image collection roughly by what color the bottles are. I remember seeing works by Tony Cragg that were made with fine gradations of colored plastic in fact our local Speed Museum used to exhibit one in their permanent collection. So, I guess I’m counting his work among the influences for this piece along with your standard box of crayons! Most of these bottles originally contained soap solutions (laundry detergent, shampoo, dish washing liquid) or various car care products (oil, anti-freeze, gas treatments, etc…). Of course, since they are all made of plastic, they are also derived from petroleum. I think the best way to view this collection is to stroll down fairly quickly. I think I will try to add to this collection as I go along throughout my Falls of the Ohio Project and see where it goes. Look under my Pages section and look for the Plastic Bottle Color Spectrum tag. Thanks!
I’m looking forward to seeing these Al! Do you mean this (re: Tony Cragg recycling sculpture)
http://tinyurl.com/26asdqd
I loved the found paintings and signs collection!
I was thinking about some earlier work that Cragg did that was actually figurative. Our local museum has one that’s a wall “mosaic” made from found plastic that the artist created the image of a policeman with. I do, however, like the piece featured in your link.