SF Recycled

SF Recycled is currently on display in the Art Center's Main Gallery now through January 26, 2008. Eight artists were chosen by exhibit curator Jim Edwards; all have participated in the Artists in Residence Program at SF Recycling and Disposal, a waste and recycling facility in San Francisco, California. During their time in the program, each worked in studio space on site and had access to the trash and recycling waste that is brought to the facility for sorting and transport. They have each taken objects from "the Dump" and transformed them into works of art.

The image above is of Andrew Junge's Pandora's Box, made with an old toolbox and neon in 2005. Andrew has said: "Objects have power, they are invested with meaning and purpose by their makers. They carry with them sotries of past use, past users and often a history we, as their temporary custodians, can only guess at. This point becomes ever more poignant in the face of our capitalist/consumerist culture. We throw so much stuff away. Cool stuff."

If you've visited the show, leave a comment about your favorite piece or your overall reaction to the exhibit. If not, write about your own recycling experiences and practices.

Visit the Salt Lake Art Center tonight as a part of the Salt Lake Gallery Association's Holiday Gallery Stroll from 6 to 9 pm. For more information, visit http://www.gallerystroll.org/.