to go along with Garbage (A. R. Ammons’ book-length poem we’ve been in contemporary poets), Karla had us check out some different artists’ work that’s made entirely from trash. Tim Noble & Sue Webster are two thirty-something London-based artists who work together to make some really brilliant stuff:
about this one, Sue said, “Tim’s mum bought some kittens three years ago. The cats started bringing in their prey almost every day. We collected their remains in a box marked with a skull and crossbones, which we called ‘Dead Things.’ Soon we had a few hundred rotting creatures — mice, rats, voles, even a squirrel and a toad. Walking through the British Museum, we were struck by the Egyptians’ use of mummification, their obsession with animals and animal parts, and how good at sculpture they were. And suddenly we knew what to do with our mummified animals!”
Karla neglected to share the last one with our class… maybe because it’s not made out of trash… (?) unless someone just so happened to throw away dozens of pink rubber fingers and penises…
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