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HDPE

Reclamation XX Reclamation XX No, Oh, No No, Oh, No Eco Fair Installation, May 2010
Support HDPE, Thank You Support HDPE, Thank You Signs Signs
Rome
Support HDPE, Thank You - shopping cart, fused recycled shopping bags, thread
40 x 23 x 40 inches (cart) - 2010

Alison Starr: HDPE - Artist Statement

“I am fascinated by the tension that exists between natural objects and the over-abundance of those that are manmade, especially as it is revealed in the imprint we leave on everything around us. My early pieces contrasted production-line redundancy and inflexibility with the organic nature and fragility of slip-cast porcelain. Recent work incorporates more mundane, discarded materials to address the conflict I feel over making work while minimizing my own impact in the world: I find redemption in collecting plastic shopping bags and laminating them into a fabric for my constructions. In the repetitive process of making multiples, I find a space for meditation, and in turn create one for the viewer who will contemplate the subtle evolution (or is it de-evolution?) in the progression from the natural to the hand-made to the manufactured.”

- Alison Starr, 2010

Alison Starr - gallery portfolio (coming soon)
Alison Starr - resume (.pdf, 177k)