Artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster have taken piles of trash and turned them into interesting abstract artworks depicting people or animals. The piece above is called White Trash (With Gulls), it is comprised of six month’s worth of trash and two dead sea gulls. The image portrayed is a self portrait of the artists relaxing with a glass of wine.
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Wes
"The Trash Heap knows all!"
"The Trash Heap tells all!"
"Let's face it boys; the Trash Heap is all."
Vonskippy
So "neat" we had to see it twice eh?
//I'm making a homage of crushed diet coke cans that makes a shadow spelling out DUPLICATE.
ted
Deja vu.
Actually, I think I would have remembered something as offensive as two dead sea gulls being presented as "art".
Johnny Cat
It's pretty offensive, if only to say that white people are solely responsible for the refuse problem. As they sip their Chardonnay and contemplate the stars.
Contemplate this: If this goes on the road, do they need fresh seagull corpses?
Mytake
I see their point, but still: not art. Interesting idea for an ad perhaps. And the "White Trash" title is unnecessarily offensive and distracting.
gulli
amazing art garbage reflecting as a couple
Alex
Wow, you guys have great memory. We posted about Tim Noble and Sue Webster in 2007 ... I'm sure many new Neatoramanauts haven't seen it.
Geekazoid
There are several other artists using this form of art.
Him
One question. If they worked on it for months, how did they keep the trash? Some of the stuff they used had to have decomposed somewhat.
Sandman
I was going to ask about the repost as well, I thought I had seen it before.
Xtina
I think this is really cool! And to those who are bothered by "white trash"... This was done by an artist. An artist expressing something. An artist with an opinion. If you don't agree with it or at least appreciate it then don't look. And as for the seagulls... I doubt that he went out and strangled them with his bare hands or even tortured them for information. They are likely taxidermied animals that will not decompose. Geez!
Xtina
and you are correct, i had NOT seen this before so i enjoyed the repost! Thanks!
Mytake
Xtina, why is it that whites and whites only can be thrashed, criticized and ridiculed in modern "art" these days? How is this less racist than the usual prejudiced remarks against blacks, indians etc?
Neil
Things comprise the things of which they are COMPOSED. Nothing is ever 'comprised of' anything.
Example: This puzzle is composed of 100 pieces. Therefore, the puzzle comprises 100 pieces.
The darker side of these I'm smart pop showboating errors is that a certain critical mass of misuse forces dictionaries to redefine the misused word to include the misuse, hardly a desirable engine of language "evolution."
NotConfusedButAmused
So
if i did the same thing using KFC buckets, Colt45 cans and watermelon rinds to "Artize" a "Vision" about urban crime, it would be slobberingly praised art at as well?
ted
Neil, that was quite the run-on sentence, verging almost on incoherence.
Steve Michaelton
Toronto needs these artists now!!! The city workers have been on strike for over a month with no garbage collection and it is starting to pile up everywhere. Please come and make some artful and persuasive arrangements that lead to a settlement.
Pam Richards
@Steve
You took the words right out of my mouth! T.O. Stinks! On the "White Trash", totally unnecessary title. The name obscures any point they were trying to make.
Xtina
Mytake, they are calling this piece of art "White Trash". They are not trashing whites. Unless you have some other description of this piece I'm not sure why you are all freaking out about this.
~Xtina
p.s. I am white.
Xtina
Seriously, people. The artist (I assume) is white. The piece is COMPOSED of trash. It is a self portrait Hence, white trash. Get over it.
Xtina
And Neil - thanks for the "pop showboating errors".
Go to the link below and read the usage notes. This is what happens in the course of languages. If it didn't we would still be saying "Wherefore art thou on thy soapbox?".
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/comprised
camping table
That has got to be the coolest and most original thing I have seen in a long time. The effect on the shadow is amazing. But is that a Merlot or a Blush... LOL 
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