41 Old Hubcaps Leads to International Landfill Art Campaign
In 2008, Ken Marquis, a Pennsylvania picture framer, had an epiphany while milling around an automobile show. “I started rushing up and down vendor aisles buying old hub caps. I bought 41 rusted old hub caps that day. My friend thought I was crazy. I said ‘I have an idea.’” Marquis’ idea has led to the largest non-profit international art initiative of its kind, The Landfillart Project. (www.landfillart.org)
Wilkes Barre, PA, November 29, 2014 --(PR.com)-- In 2008, Ken Marquis, a Pennsylvania picture framer, had an epiphany while milling around an automobile show. “I started rushing up and down vendor aisles buying old hub caps. I bought 41 rusted old hub caps that day. My friend thought I was crazy. I said, ‘I have an idea.’”
Marquis’ idea has led to the largest non-profit international art initiative of its kind, The Landfillart Project. 1,041 hubcap “metal and plastic canvasses” are now 1,041 exceptional works of art -- kindling a powerful message of sustainable, green living and the transformational power of Art.
1041 artists from every state in the U.S. and 52 countries – places like Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, and Denmark among many other nations - have re-claimed a discarded hubcap. The range of contributing artists is hard to characterize. They encompass every age and ethnicity and also include disabled veterans, at-risk youth, persons with special needs, and Native Americans.
The collection of 1,041 is owned by the 501-c-3 non-profit, Landfillart, and will never be sold. Landfillart’s goal is to reach as many global communities as possible to experience the collection first-hand. Landfillart’s efforts now also include securing a partnership with the right institution to manage and care for the Landfillart collection in perpetuity.
On June 1, 2011, an Associated Press story about the Landfillart collection broke over the international wire service to over 1000 major print, television, radio, and digital news organizations.
The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley recently launched Landfillart’s first-ever public showing, “Second Time Around: The Hubcap as Art,” in September, 2014. “Second Time Around” opened to record crowds in its first week and will be on display through March 2015.
The art almost defies description. The largest contributed art piece, "The Raven," currently at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, is by Pattie Young of New Plymouth, Idaho. The Raven stands over 7 feet tall and weighs more than 600 pounds.
Artist, Michelle Allee, from Pass Christian, Mississippi lost many of her paintings in Hurricane Katrina. Allee transformed an old Ford hub cap into a large whimsical figurine featuring a doll’s head shrouded with angel wings and robot-like bejeweled arms and legs.
The smallest piece, "Au Coeur Du Monde," by Bertrand Sallard from LaTagniere, France, is less than 6 inches in diameter.
Jason Blue Lake Hawk Martinez, a Native American artist of the Tiwa Taos Pueblo Nation, created a work that symbolizes "... conflict with heritage, mortality and personal relationships."
"The Landfill Art Project is a continuation of the effort to stem the waste stream flow away from the landfill and redirect materials into the creation of art," says sculptor, Mike Kendall, who works with the Historical Arsenal Community.
Marquis’ idea has led to the largest non-profit international art initiative of its kind, The Landfillart Project. 1,041 hubcap “metal and plastic canvasses” are now 1,041 exceptional works of art -- kindling a powerful message of sustainable, green living and the transformational power of Art.
1041 artists from every state in the U.S. and 52 countries – places like Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, and Denmark among many other nations - have re-claimed a discarded hubcap. The range of contributing artists is hard to characterize. They encompass every age and ethnicity and also include disabled veterans, at-risk youth, persons with special needs, and Native Americans.
The collection of 1,041 is owned by the 501-c-3 non-profit, Landfillart, and will never be sold. Landfillart’s goal is to reach as many global communities as possible to experience the collection first-hand. Landfillart’s efforts now also include securing a partnership with the right institution to manage and care for the Landfillart collection in perpetuity.
On June 1, 2011, an Associated Press story about the Landfillart collection broke over the international wire service to over 1000 major print, television, radio, and digital news organizations.
The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley recently launched Landfillart’s first-ever public showing, “Second Time Around: The Hubcap as Art,” in September, 2014. “Second Time Around” opened to record crowds in its first week and will be on display through March 2015.
The art almost defies description. The largest contributed art piece, "The Raven," currently at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, is by Pattie Young of New Plymouth, Idaho. The Raven stands over 7 feet tall and weighs more than 600 pounds.
Artist, Michelle Allee, from Pass Christian, Mississippi lost many of her paintings in Hurricane Katrina. Allee transformed an old Ford hub cap into a large whimsical figurine featuring a doll’s head shrouded with angel wings and robot-like bejeweled arms and legs.
The smallest piece, "Au Coeur Du Monde," by Bertrand Sallard from LaTagniere, France, is less than 6 inches in diameter.
Jason Blue Lake Hawk Martinez, a Native American artist of the Tiwa Taos Pueblo Nation, created a work that symbolizes "... conflict with heritage, mortality and personal relationships."
"The Landfill Art Project is a continuation of the effort to stem the waste stream flow away from the landfill and redirect materials into the creation of art," says sculptor, Mike Kendall, who works with the Historical Arsenal Community.
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