Junk Artists

Have you ever thrown away an empty can of pop, wrapper, or paper bag thinking its just trash? Well there are artists who can take our garbage and turn them into master pieces. I think junk art is fascinating, considering my own mother uses empty champagne bottles she finds at family celebrations and thrown out furniture.My mom paints, sands, and glues until she has a work of art that reflects her own personality. For today's blog I'm going to share with you viewers two junk artists who's work has stood out to me.


Leo Sewell grew up in Annapolis, Maryland; as a kid he lived near a Navy Dump, were he collected objects that intrigued him, and sparked new ideas into his young mind. Now as an adult, he lives in Philadelphia, where he believes its trash is his inspiration, creating pieces such as: Eagle, Bison, Teddy bear and many more. It takes real skill to try to mold objects into different shapes.











Sarah Lucas was born in Holloway England; she expresses her quirky humor in her art. The themes of her work is usually gender,death, and sexuality; she usually makes furniture and found objects resemble human body parts. Cigarettes is the main object that she uses in her pieces; but also collaborates her photography skills with her objects.










Junk artist are examples of how there is no strict rules in art; the sky's the limit. These artist have showed you, uses objects that people discard and give them life.


For more info about these artists check out:

Leo Sewell
www.leosewell.net/about.php



Sarah Lucas
http://metroartwork.com/popup_all-artists_info.php?manufacturers_id=124