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GARBAGE FLOWER                    GARBAGE FLOWER
                 ECO  SCULPTURE                   MAGENTA  (DETAIL)
                 MIXTURE OF BOTTOM COAL ASH, WOOD
                 TRIMMINGS AND COMPOST FROM GRAPES   GARBAGE FLOWER
                 RESIDUE AND SEPARATED COW MANURE AS
                 GROWTH MEDIUM FOR GROWING PLANTS  TURQUIZ 1 (DETAIL)
                 M. 60 (LENGTH)                    GARBAGE FLOWER
                 TEL AVIV
                                                  TURQUIZ 2  (DETAIL)
                 (GENERAL VIEW)












































                                                                     GARBAGE FLOWER

                                                                     THE WHOLE TO FLOWER, ECO  SCULPTURE (GENERAL VIEW)
                                                                     Eco-art sculpture comprises steel cages with waste materials from the city streets.
                                                                     This work represents the artist’s concept of creating a bridge between the “end of
                                                                     the road” and renewed flowering. The search for renewal cycles in the modern and
                                                                     industrialized urban environment led the artist to the landfill where he picked the
                                                                     “raw” materials for generating positive and useful solutions for the discarded waste
                                                                     materials. The wood trimmings, the bottom coal ash from energy production, the
                                                                     compost from grape residue, and the separated cow manure were all combined to
                                                                     form the infrastructure and growing media for growing new plants and flowers. Thus
                                                                     the symbolic art piece inspires the optimistic aspects for renewal, even from the
                                                                     kinds of waste that represent for our society the sad end of life and emptiness.



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