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"Urban Planning" Painting

Michal Shapiro, United States

Painting, Plastic on Canvas

121.9 W x 61 H cm

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This is another work made from recycled supermarket styrofoam containers. I buy so much food in these containers and they do not degrade; there is no way to recycle them so I make art from them, giving them a second life. The containers are painted, then cut into pieces and glued. I wanted to make s...

Year Created:

2017

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Painting, Plastic on Canvas

Rarity:

One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:

121.9 W x 61 H x 4.3 D cm

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Not Applicable

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Not Framed

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Michal Shapiro

About the Artist

Michal Shapiro

United States

I was born in Israel but have been living in NYC since I was 1 year old. (I guess that qualifies me as a real New Yorker.) I’ve been painting for most of my life, and in the past fifteen years I’ve also been working with cast away items that in some cases do not degrade. Things like discarded CDs, used wrapping paper and supermarket styrofoam trays are all things that I have recycled and incorporated into my work.
Green is more than a color to me.
Still, conservation aside, I just want to make good art; something that enhances life. My work is abstract, but it is easy to enjoy. It has been influenced by great abstract artists; Richard Diebenkorn, Willem De Kooning, Thornton Willis, and figurative artists as well, such as Matisse and Vuillard.
Color is probably the most mysterious of elements to me, the way we react to it, and the truly infinite combinations possible to create a memorable passage.
My work is mostly improvisational and frequently created by turning the canvas upside down and sideways in order to break myself out of clichés, and to perceive new perspectives. My paintings and collages evolve out of this process, and are a constant surprise to me.

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