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Eco-art is a form of contemporary art that improves our relationship with the environment. A growing field, examples of eco-art range from using reclaimed and sustainable materials for sculpture and furniture to education and advocacy through poetry and photography.

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Articles about Eco-art

A truly trashy textile

Mon, Apr 05 2010 at 2:05 PM

Puerto Rico's Jesus Bubu Negron creates a gorgeous woven rug out of the most unlikely recycled materials: Cigarette butts.
'Strange Worlds': More than meets the eye

Mon, Apr 05 2010 at 8:48 AM

Artist Matthew Albanese raids the spice cabinet — and other areas of the home — for his series of super realistic mock landscape photographs.
Rising Currents: MoMA exhibit explores how New Yorkers will live when sea levels rise

Tue, Mar 30 2010 at 7:39 PM

Après Magritte, le déluge! New York's Museum of Modern Art dedicates an exhibit to a more watery, post global-warming New York.
Recycled furniture a la cart

Tue, Mar 30 2010 at 10:38 AM

Los Angeles-based artist Ramon Coronado transforms abandoned shopping carts into a three-piece furniture set — chair, side table and floor lamp — for the Mercado Negro project.
A glorious gallery of rot: Compost as art

Mon, Mar 22 2010 at 3:16 PM

Composting is a beautiful thing -- it'll enrich your garden, give your old food new life, and you may enjoy admiring it as much as these photographers did.
From 'Dirt!' to 'Lunch': D.C.'s Environmental Film Festival focuses on food

Wed, Mar 03 2010 at 2:09 PM

The 18th annual event will feature more than 155 eco-themed films at 56 venues in the nation's capital.
Putting the quirk into quilt

Mon, Mar 01 2010 at 7:40 AM

Two Brooklynites collaborating under the name of Fort Makers make "quilt pantings" using recycled blankets found on eBay and at flea markets and garage sales.
Art imitates life: Waiting to take the escalator

Thu, Feb 25 2010 at 9:23 PM

Why do people wait to take the escalator when there is a perfectly good set of steps? Who cares; it's funny.
Eco artists: Win a chance to exhibit in NYC

Thu, Feb 25 2010 at 12:23 PM

A new Environmental Art Prize will give one green-minded artist a chance to exhibit at Nabi Gallery in New York City.
Hommu Wall Stickers: I'm stuck on you

Fri, Feb 19 2010 at 9:30 AM

Not many things can make this normally restrained green design blogger reach the 'drooling stage.' Recyclable vinyl wall stickers from Spain's Hommu have done the trick.

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Eco-art

Articles about Eco-art

A truly trashy textile

'Strange Worlds': More than meets the eye

Rising Currents: MoMA exhibit explores how New Yorkers will live when sea levels rise

Recycled furniture a la cart

A glorious gallery of rot: Compost as art

From 'Dirt!' to 'Lunch': D.C.'s Environmental Film Festival focuses on food

Putting the quirk into quilt

Art imitates life: Waiting to take the escalator

Eco artists: Win a chance to exhibit in NYC

Hommu Wall Stickers: I'm stuck on you

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