Artist Kelsey McDonnell in Buffalo has submitted work to Landfillart, “an international effort encompassing 1,041 artists to claim a piece of rusted metal garbage and create fine art.” Her submission, "Horse Power," is shown above.Missi Allen describes the project on the Landfillart web site:
The 1,041 pieces of rusted metal are actually old automobile hub caps from the 1930s through the 1970s. Each hub cap, after being cleaned and primed, is affectionately called a “metal canvas.” Although most “metal canvases” have been transformed by the artist using oil or acrylic paint, some have been weaved on, glued or screwed or welded to, or made into fine sculpture.
Although the project is in its infancy (I hope to have it completed by 2012,) it will evolve from a simple idea of taking forty-one old rusted hub caps and creating forty-one pieces of great art. The second phase has already started with the acquisition of one thousand additional (1000) rusted hub caps which will be turned into cleaned and primed “metal canvases. The project will continue with finding one thousand (1000) talented artists who believe in this project.
The third phase will involve publishing a book on the project showcasing all one thousand forty one (1,041) completed “metal canvases.”
The fourth and final phase will involve choosing 200 metal canvases that adequately represent the project and create a traveling show. The book and traveling show will publically portray the global art community's effort to positively impact the environment through repurposing previous metal waste into great landfillart.
Submissions:
If you are a professional artist, who would like to apply for consideration to become part of the landfillart project, please send a short biography, work samples, a description of what you'd like to create, and why you'd like to participate (please limit your descriptions to under two-hundred words) .
Send to artistsubmissions@landfillart.org. You can also mail your information (CD format is preferred) to Landfill Art, 122 South Main Street. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 18701. Call 570-823-0519.
