We continue with the Junk and in this opportunity, we will see another amazing way of transforming urban spaces only with garbage and some paint, I like this subject very much because I have found super interesting proposals and I will not waste the opportunity to bring them to light, let's start.
Artur Bodalo, also known as Bordalo II, was born in Lisbon in 1987. During his youth, he discovered himself between two worlds: in one he saw his grandfather, the painter Real Bordalo, painting watercolors, and in the other he experienced the consequences that illegal graffiti can bring. Little by little, he transformed his habits and built and evolved the artistic work he presents today.
The Portuguese artist Artur Bordalo has revolutionized art by using various materials found in the garbage, creating a somewhat particular urban art because it takes advantage of everything that is discarded, placing it in degraded or aged scenarios.
Beauty is so relative and extensive that it can be anywhere, even in broken pieces, garments we no longer use, used toys, everything depends on where it is placed and the perspective we have.
Well, they say that the trash of some is the treasure of others. For this artist, garbage is the raw material of his work.
Artur Bordalo tackles several urban problems, both the remains of various garbage and desert areas or that suffer degradation. Using burned cans, aluminum, old tires, leftover wood, toilets, and abandoned appliances, he adds a touch of color to the corners: a new dimension to old garbage.
We are part of an extremely consumerist, materialistic and interested generation. The education we have received is aimed at exaggerated consumption. Due to the excessive production of things, especially technological material, but also to the production of "garbage" and unused objects, there is an increase proportional to the exaggerated consumerism of those same things. And I say "garbage", because it is a very abstract definition. One man's garbage is another man's treasure.
"Ojos de la lechuza" (Eyes of the Owl) was assembled from tractor tires, corrugated sheet metal and other pieces of junk and urban garbage. Bordalo created the piece as part of the wool, an annual festival held in Covilhã to promote urban arts.
"Eyes of the Owl" was assembled from tractor tires, corrugated sheet metal, and other pieces of junk and urban garbage. Bordalo created the piece as part of the wool, an annual festival held in Covilhã to promote urban arts.
This series of works by Artur Bordalo (known by the artistic name of Bordalo II) seeks to draw attention to a current problem that people have to forget, trivialize or consider a necessary evil. This problem has to do with production waste, materials that are not reused, pollution and its effects on the planet.
The idea is to show nature itself, in this case, are animals made with the same materials that are responsible for their destruction. These works were built with materials at the end of their useful life: most were found in landfills, abandoned factories or by chance. Some were obtained from companies that are in the process of recycling.
Damaged bumpers, burned garbage bins, tires and appliances are some of the objects that can be identified when you look at the works. They are camouflaging the result of our unecological habits that do not even cause social alarm.
As we can see, art with garbage is still the subject to be dealt with, you can see it as a trend or as a genuine way to criticize the production of garbage worldwide, and how artists like Bordalo do everything possible to rescue spaces in the city beautifying them with elements that were discarded.
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