Toys and Trinkets

Found plastic and metal objects cast in concrete bases 1 x 10 x 10 feet

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THIS HOARD OF FOUND OBJECTS embodies our throw-away culture through its most basic elements, the man-made products that permeate our daily lives. I collected these discarded items along streets and sidewalks, in parks and river banks, along beaches and mountain trails. Then I mounted each one onto a concrete base like some cheap plastic trophy or a kitsch souvenir. These colourful remnants of our daily lives are deceptively pretty. In fact, they represent some of the most pernicious aspects of our global culture: mass production, over consumption, pollution and waste.

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