A pair of artists with wild ideas about the materials they use are sculpting naturalistic animals so gorgeous you won’t believe what they’re made of.
A stunningly realistic portrait of a pair of lions in loving embrace are rendered with such elegant detail and finesse, it’s hard to fathom they’re made of old, used, worn out packaging cardboard.
This strange and bewildering juxtaposition between art and the artists’ chosen medium — what most people would consider trash — has a sensible, even profound, reason behind it.
It makes perfect sense to New York-based artist collaborators Sue Beatrice and Andy Gertler: How better to showcase nature than by making use of what ails her — landfill waste — and upcycling it into something that celebrates her natural beauty? This is recycling at its finest. Art with a dialogue….