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How many aluminum cans are used in the US in thirty Seconds?

 

Cans Seurat, 2007 –the work below is by photographer Chris Jordan of Seattle. Jordan’s photo art illustrates US consumption and other significant issues. A much more extensive sampling from his works may be viewed and his books purchased at http://www.chrisjordan.com/

 

Ed. Note: This example of Chris Jordon’s work is published here under the fair usage doctrine for the explicit purpose of calling attention to Jordon’s exceptional work, which is art that transcends art in the service of humankind.

 

With Appreciation to Robert Louis Chianese, Prof. of English Emeritus, California State U., Northridge, CA, who first called my attention to Jordan’s URL. It is Dr Chianese who is fond of saying, “Art Awakens Us From the Consensus Trance.”

 

 

60”x92”  -  Depicts 106,000 aluminum cans, the number used in the US every thirty seconds.

 

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“Cans Seurat” replicates Georges Pierre Seurat’s “Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.” 1884. It is an example of Neo-impressionist pointillism and is considered to have altered the direction of modern art.  JRG

 

 

 

The Chickasaw Plum  -  Volume VI - Number 5 - May 2009

 

 

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