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Hugo McCloud
Contemporary Art
Hugo McCloud assembled this work using hundreds of scraps that he cut from single-use plastic bags and then melted together with an iron. The image reflects McCloud’s interest in the ways that plastics travel from mass manufacturing and distribution to consumption and disposal. He sources the bags from recycling yards and landfill companies or finds them littered on the street and retains glimpses of the logos and text that speak to the prior lives of his chosen material.
MEDIUM
Plastic merchandise bags on wood panel
DATES
2020
DIMENSIONS
73 1/2 × 49 1/2 × 2 in. (186.7 × 125.7 × 5.1 cm)
frame: 73 1/2 × 49 1/2 × 2 in. (186.7 × 125.7 × 5.1 cm)
ACCESSION NUMBER
2020.10
CREDIT LINE
Purchase gift of Stephanie and Tim Ingrassia
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
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