Mount plastic (yellow)

2020

Wire mesh and melted plastic lids

70 x 50 x 53 cm

Unique

Estimated value between R5000 & R8500

Artist statement: 

Mount Plastic Yellow speaks to the environmental challenges we face in a way that is bright, engaging, and meaningful. The synthetic colourful “rock” sculptures juxtapose the concept of “natural” landscapes with the “artificial” plastic destined to be entombed in the earth.

Our sea and our land have become a dumping ground for waste.
There is so much plastic, that even when it is supposedly recycled it sometimes ends up in the earth or sea. These plastic rocks remind us of the danger to the environment.

For every bottle top I reuse there is one bottle top less in the ever-growing landfill. The plastic I use, I personally recycle, and I also purchase from a validated recycling plant, which uses a community-based development approach.

The colour palette is deliberately monochromatic, and I am forced to work with the range of colours at hand, resulting in “natural” variation, as with rocks themselves.

About the artist: 

Born in South Africa and raised in South Africa, Belgium and the Netherlands, I studied Dramatic Art at Wits University, and worked as a producer and director, for a national television broadcaster and advertising agencies.  I am now an artist working with a variety of materials, including found, reclaimed and recycled objects, and have exhibited as part of the following shows:
Waka Waka, Gallery Agog, Johannesburg, 2016
Joburg Fringe, 2017
Alliance Française, Johannesburg & Pretoria, 2019
100% Design, 2019 
Weapons of Mass Seduction, Art@Africa, V&A Waterfront, 2019
In Conversation with Colour Symphony, Rupert Museum, Graaff-Reinet​, 2021
Rooftop X at the Viewing Room Gallery, 2021
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