Another White Trash Wedding by Diane Kurzyna aka Ruby Re-Usable
art made from repurposed plastic bags
March 16th – June 13th, 2009

Another White Trash Wedding is part of an on-going series exploring the unholy relationship we have with waste. Utilizing disposable materials such as plastic bags and vegetable netting, the “white trash” in the title is quite literally referencing the color of the junk that is most abundant in my collection of discards. It is not only a comment on a society wedded to over consumption but also a celebration of human ingenuity, a call to rethink what we throw away and make use of stuff that we normally overlook. When ordinary materials such as plastic bags and tape can be transformed into life-sized figures filled with beauty and grace, then truly anything is possible. Make Art Not Waste!

This recycled art installation includes something old, something new, something borrowed,and something blue: the new life-sized bride and groom figures (which are seated on borrowed chairs that are suspended from the ceiling, invoking the Jewish tradition of carrying the couple in chairs), plus an old 7 feet high white trash wedding cake, a blue “flower girl” (life-sized ten year old female figure made from blue plastic bags and clothed in white, cloud-like plastic bags), plastic bag flowers, and a decorative chain of mostly white crocheted plastic bags and attached plastic flotsam and jetsam measuring about 42 feet long. More Another White Trash Wedding pics on Ruby’s flickr page HERE.

Tacoma Contemporary (TaCo)

March 16th – June 13th, 2009

Woolworth Windows Urban Art Installations Program
Window 1: Diane Kurzyna aka Ruby Re-Usable
Window 2: Wayzgoose Steamroller Print Artists
Window 3: Mark Clarson
Window 4/5: Chandler O’Leary

The Woolworth Windows are located in the former Woolworth Building: 11th Street at Broadway and Commerce, downtown Tacoma, Washington

for more information about Diane Kurzyna aka Ruby Re-Usable: www.rubyreusable.com
art blog: Olympia Dumpster Divers
more Another White Trash Wedding pics on Ruby’s flickr page HERE