Introduction to the Objects in the Traveling Exhibition

Introduction to the Objects in the Traveling Exhibition
Beginning in August 2008 the nonprofit Landfillart Project invited professional artists to turn a
discarded hubcap into a work of art to endorse creative reuse in the stewardship of the
environment. The effort began in Pennsylvania, resonated with artists, and quickly spread. To
date, more than 1,000 artists, from every U.S. state and 52 other countries, have responded.
At its opening in the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, Virginia, from September
7, 2014, to March 1, 2015, Second Time Around: The Hubcap as Art will present 270 of these
objects; every state in the United States and 38 other countries are represented. From
November 10, 2015, to October 20, 2018, and assuming prospective museum venues display
sufficient interest, an abbreviated version of this exhibition—35 objects representing 22 U.S.
states (four states are represented by more than one artist) and six other countries—will tour the
United States. This tour is taking place under the auspices of ExhibitsUSA, a traveling exhibition
program managed by Mid-America Arts Alliance, a nonprofit regional arts organization based in
Kansas City, Missouri.
Within the context of the restrictions of traveling, the touring exhibition seeks to represent the
opening exhibition’s wide range of sizes, mediums, and creative approaches; many objects
incorporate multiple hubcaps and additional found objects, and two objects have kinetic
qualities. In this global expression supporting creative reuse, who participated, and why, has
particular interest; for that reason, descriptions, which begin on page 4, provide brief
backgrounds about the artists and include their websites. Information regarding the selection
process, including the university faculty members, consultants, and museum professionals on
the Second Time Around exhibition team, is included in the accompanying news release.
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Table of Contents
Pg. Artist
Title of Work
#1
U.S. State
Country
4
Jim Lennox
Flight of the Corvair
10
Pennsylvania
5
Jason Blue Lake Hawk
Tiwa Sky
27
New York
6
Mike Kendall
Child’s Play
34
California
7
Boris Bally
Cap-Studded Cap
75
Rhode Is.
8
Jeb Prazak
Once Upon a Turtle’s Back
80
Wisconsin
9
Michelle Rial
Metallic Waters
83
Illinois
10
Robert Beck
Discovery
88
New Jersey
11
Jim Rogowski
Lemon on Wheels
96
Pennsylvania
12
Vivienne King
Ndebele Inspiration
104
13
Vera Curnow
Pond
105
14
Rich Dethlefsen
Red Baron
132
Denmark
15
Noel Molloy
King Queen Fool
141
Ireland
16
Eric Lankford
Opossum College Class
157
Tennessee
South Africa
Indiana
Ring
17
Pamela Druhen
Reflection
218
Vermont
18
Donald Gialanella
Loki
229
New Mexico 2
19
Kevin Caron
Mustang Sally
251
Arizona
20
Marla McLean
Witness
258
Maryland
21
Lynne Oulman
Remainders: Human
312
Washington
Legacy
1
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This column presents Landfillart acquisition numbers, which will be used to identify objects in the exhibitions.
Donald Gialanella created Loki while living in New Mexico; today he resides in California.
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22
Mark Chatterley
Oil: Is It Worth the Price
342
Michigan
23
Paul Rowntree
Wayside
405
Ohio
24
Susan van Blanken
Mati
410
25
Paul Hill
Chevy Envy
447
26
Alke Schmidt
California Dreamin’ II
516
27
Don Rash
The Landfill Art Book
517
Pennsylvania
28
Tim Campbell
Shaker Hubcaps
523
New
Netherlands
North Carolina
UK
Hampshire
29
Linda Mix Yates
Becoming Again
549
Minnesota
30
Cetin Ates
Behind the Sun
580
Louisiana 3
31
Kathy Rebek
Pasta Maker Machine
625
New Jersey
32
John Simms
Bison of = Radii
630
Wyoming
33
Keith Lo Bue
For Those Who Doubt
641
Australia
34
Ptolemy Erlington
Metal Hubcap Fish
686
UK
35
Larry Carroll
Egg in Space
687
California
36
David Medley
Hidden Treasures
699
California
37
Steve Einhorn
Pontiac 51
726
Washington
38
Sarah Thee
Scout Ship for Secret
769
Florida
Campagna
Robot Parts
/CyberCraft Robots
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Cetin Ates was raised and educated in Turkey; he now resides in Louisiana, where Behind the Sun was created.
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Flight of the Corvair
Jim Lennox
Shickshinny, Pennsylvania, 2008
Hubcap, steel, acrylic enamel
H: 14” W: 44” D: 5”
Jim Lennox primarily works with hollow-form sheet metal, which he has learned over the years
to move and manipulate into compound curves. His work is in public and private collections in
Pennsylvania and California, and he creates art and offers sculpture- and furniture-building
workshops in his studio in northeastern Pennsylvania, where “any idea is fair game for
exploration by working with line, forms, abstracted shapes, and bio-morphs.” Jim has taught
sculpture at Wilkes University, Pennsylvania, and he will present his work in a solo exhibition at
that school’s Sordoni Art Gallery in October of 2013. Jim has served on the Board of Directors
of the Artists for Art Gallery in Scranton, Pennsylvania , where one of his sculptures set the
record for the highest price paid for a piece of artwork auctioned at one of the organization’s
benefit auctions. www.jimlennoxart.com
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Tiwa Sky
Jason Blue Lake Hawk
Albany, New York, 2009
Hubcap, ink, acrylic paint
H: 15” W: 15” D: 3”
Jason Blue Lake Hawk “creates a world laced with visual elements of Indian culture coupled
with elements of pop symbolism and familial relationships.” A member of the Tiwa Taos Pueblo
Nation, he earned an MFA from State University of New York-Albany and a BFA from Purchase
College, New York. He is an art instructor at The Doane Stuart School, Albany, New York, and
he served in the same capacity at the State University of New York. Jason has presented his
works in numerous solo exhibitions—including at Skidmore College, New York, and Berkshire
College, Massachusetts, and he has participated in numerous group exhibitions. Jason also has
served as curator and consultant to a number of exhibitions and projects.
www.Bluelakehawk.com
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Child’s Play
Mike Kendall
Benicia, California, 2009
Hubcaps, scrap metal
H: 14” W: 10” D: 4”
In creating Child’s Play, artist Mike Kendall remarked, “My thoughts were drawn toward the
poorer third world countries whose people manage to create a life and sometimes just an
existence repurposing and recycling the cast-offs of consumer goods. All my life, I’ve seen
pictures of children playing with toys created this way and seem to remember making playthings
myself from odds and ends. Imagination and thinking outside the box.” This artful toy rocks and
creates a sound; in the traveling exhibition, a video monitor will allow visitors to see this motion.
Studio artist Mike Kendall has widely exhibited his work, including in the Oakland Museum of
Art, a number of public venues, and numerous galleries. Mike was the 2001 Artist in Residence
of San Francisco Recycling and Disposal, Inc., and he received a Discovery Award of the Art of
California Magazine. www.mikekendall.com
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Cap-Studded Cap
Boris Bally
Providence, Rhode Island, 2009
Hubcap, recycled aluminum traffic signs, bottle caps
H: 30” W: 30” D: 5”
A discarded, graffiti-marked stop sign supports a discarded school sign topped with a hubcap
studded with jewels fashioned from bottle caps. Artist Boris Bally notes that objects made from
society’s discards contain various layers of embedded messages. This description applies to
many objects in Second Time Around and finds literal expression in this object. Boris, who
earned his BFA in Metals from Carnegie University, transforms recycled street signs and other
found materials into objects for reflection. His work is in the collections of the Victoria & Albert
Museum; the Smithsonian American Art Museum; the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National
Design Museum; the Yale University Art Gallery; the Museum of Arts & Design (MAD), New
York; The Mint Museum, Charlotte; the Brooklyn Museum; the Carnegie Museum of Art; and
many others. He has exhibited his artwork in 12 solo/duo exhibitions across the U.S. and in
England, in 18 U.S. and international exhibitions accompanied by catalogues, and in many other
exhibitions. www.borisbally.com
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Once Upon a Turtle’s Back . . .
Jeb Prazak
Dodgeville, Wisconsin, 2009
Hubcap, wire, newspaper, Rigid Wrap, acrylic paint, wire mesh
H: 5” W: 21” D: 16”
Many cultures contain a myth that a turtle supports the world on its back, and interpretive
content for this object will reference those myths. Julia Ellen Brownell (Jeb) Prazak earned a BA
from Gulf Park Women’s College in Gulfport, Mississippi, and a BFA from the Ringling School of
Art in Sarasota, Florida. Her body of work demonstrates a wide variety of styles and skills
working in various mediums and includes acrylics; collage/mixed media; oils; pastels; and
watercolors. She often incorporates animal themes in her work to depict human conditions. Jeb
has exhibited her works throughout the United States. Jeb founded Metropolitan Art, a large,
two-level gallery offering a variety of adult and children’s art classes, and she currently works
and teaches in her studio/gallery, Jeb Art. www.jebprazak.com
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Metallic Waters
Michelle Rial
Serena, Illinois, 2009
Hubcap, Bullseye fusing sheet glass, powders and chips
H: 15” W: 17” D: 4”
In working with a hubcap, Michelle Rial noted that, in her continuing interest to expand her
artwork’s applications by combining glass with other materials, metal seemed the next step. Her
object “is a statement for the future combining ‘fish’ living creatures in a toxic ‘metallic’
environment.” Michelle earned a BFA in Visual Communications from Northern Illinois
University. Exhibitions in which she has participated include, among many, the National Capital
Art Glass Guild Members Show, Annandale, Virginia. April through June of 2013 she is the
featured artist of the Hot Sands Gallery, Asbury Park, New Jersey, and she has won first place
in the Art Glass Festival, Lansing, Michigan, and second place in the 2013 Arts in Harmony
International Juried Art Show, Elk River, Minnesota. Today her works are available at such
places as the Illinois State Museum Thompson Center, the Springfield Illinois State Museum,
and the Southern Illinois State Museum Artisan Stores. Michelle was the featured profile in the
January 2009 issue of Glass Craftsman Magazine. www.glasstf.com
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Discovery
Robert Beck
Lambertville, New Jersey, 2009
Hubcap, oil paint
H: 15” W: 15” D: 3”
Robert Beck feels that "when the surface to be painted has a voice, the entire piece has to be in
harmony; otherwise, a chance at eloquence is lost." To this artist, as for a number of other
artists in Second Time Around, the hubcap’s original purpose and past use add impact if
referenced in the hubcap’s transformation into art. Here, the object tells the story of the artist
reaching into a trash heap to reclaim this hubcap. Robert Beck has presented his works in
numerous exhibitions, including in the James A. Michener Art Museum and the City of Trenton
Museum. He works as a fulltime painter, instructor, and lecturer, and authors an art-related
column for ICON magazine. www.robertbeck.net
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Lemon on Wheels
Jim Rogowski
Hunlock Creek, Pennsylvania, 2009
Hubcap, oil paint
H: 11” W: 11” D: 2”
There is more here than meets the eye: Lemon on Wheels tells the story of a real lemon of a car
that this artist once owned. With a BA in Art Education and Fine Arts, Jim Rogowski is a
miniaturist who typically works on a much smaller canvas. Jim has exhibited his work in
numerous exhibitions, including the World Federation of Miniaturists Exhibition, Nagano, Japan,
and the World Exhibition of Fine Art in Miniature of The Smithsonian Institution. He also teaches
art history, design, and painting on the college level. Jim is director of design at BMC Inc., which
designs interiors for some of the largest corporations in the country. For a number of years Jim
organized and hosted on-air auctions of art and antiques to benefit the public television station
serving northeastern Pennsylvania.
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Ndebele Inspiration
Vivienne King
Cape Town, South Africa, 2009
Hubcap, glass beads, glue
H: 11” W: 11” D: 3”
For their contributions to this global dialogue, many artists whose works are exhibited in Second
Time Around drew upon motifs or mediums to very specifically reference their homelands or
cultures. This object pays tribute to the Ndebele people of southwestern Zimbabwe. Vivienne
King, who began her career as a microbiologist, started studying at an art school in Cape Town
in her forties. She has exhibited her paintings in South Africa, including at the South African
National Gallery and in exhibitions of the South African Society of Artists.
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Pond
Vera Curnow
Rising Sun, Indiana, 2009
Hubcap, giclée of original, colored-pencil art, glue, spray paints, varnish, salvaged wood
H: 14” W: 29” D: 3”
Vera Curnow salvaged a piece of wood from a harp factory to incorporate into her object. She
founded the Colored Pencil Society of America, which has 1,700 members worldwide and 23
district chapters in the United States. She has authored eight books on the art of colored-pencil
art, and her articles and artworks have been published in numerous publications, including
American Artist, Art Business News, and International Artist magazine. Vera has widely
exhibited her work in numerous national juried competitions, including those of the Audubon
Artists and the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, New York. She has received the top award for
graphics at New York’s Salmagundi Club. With her works in a number of private and public
collections, Vera serves as a juror for art exhibitions and conducts workshops nationwide. She
is an invited member of the Masterworks for Nature Artists and owns the Main Artery Gallery in
Rising Sun, Indiana. www.veracurnow.com
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Red Baron
Rich Dethlefsen
Esbjerg, Denmark, 2009
Hubcap, wood, paint
H: 15” W: 15” D: 3”
Rich Dethlefsen has exhibited his paintings and mixed-media work in Belgium, Bulgaria, China,
Denmark, Italy, Korea, Germany, Norway, Poland, Russia, and Sweden. He also participated in
The International Artists at Home and Abroad Exhibition Series at Broadway Gallery in New
York. In his whimsical object, Rich incorporated the center emblem of the hubcap into the
design, turning it into the propeller of the Red Baron’s airplane. In so doing, Rich echoed his
philosophy: “I just want to have some fun with all kinds of people and from everywhere; art is an
international language, and I love it.”
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King Queen Fool
Noel Molloy
Roscommon, Ireland, 2009
Hubcaps, pop rivets
H: 14” W: 12” D: 3” / H: 13” W: 13” D: 3” / H: 16” W: 16” D: 4”
Noel Molloy usually mixes a variety of found objects when creating his work but found the
challenge of working only with a hubcap to be exciting. Noel, who graduated from the Limerick
College of Art and Design with a degree in fine art, works in sculpture, mixed media, and
performance art. He has exhibited his art and created performance art extensively throughout
Ireland, Western and Eastern Europe, and the United States. His recognitions include Arts
Council of Ireland awards, 1991–2006, and Travel Awards from the Cultural Relations
Committee, Department of Foreign Affairs. Noel was a founder of the Working Artists
Roscommon 1990 artists group, and his works are in numerous private and public collections
internationally. www.noelmolloy.weebly.com
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Opossum College Class Ring
Eric Lankford
Burns, Tennessee, 2009
Hubcap, brass, stainless steel, epoxy, paint
H: 10” W: 15” D: 15”
Eric Lankford was inspired by a photograph showing the 1913 class of the Opossum College
School, which once existed near his home. A self-taught metal artist, Eric has been showing his
work since 2003. He has completed more than 300 sculptures using recycled metals, with steel
and brass his most-often used materials. The sizes of his artworks range from small, handheld
metal animals to seven-foot figures and life-sized raptors. Eric has exhibited his work throughout
Tennessee, and he was the subject of a documentary by Nashville Public Television. Currently
Eric is exhibiting his art at the Turning Leaf Wood Art Gallery, Blue Ridge, Georgia, and The
Artisan Company on the Row, the Factory, Franklin, Tennessee. Eric’s art is in a number of
private collections. www.ericlankford.com
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Reflection
Pamela Druhen
Northfield, Vermont, 2009
Hubcap, silk, cotton batting, rayon and silk thread, cotton backing, Jacquard silk dyes
H: 16” W: 16” D: 3”
Pamela Druhen creates representational landscapes with fabric and thread. Her “threadscapes”
explore the relationships between light, depth, color, and texture in the natural world. She uses
quilting and heavy threadwork as design elements, and most recently her work has incorporated
procion dyes, applied with a brush on silk or cotton, to create an image, which she then
embroiders and enhances with quilting. She has captured numerous awards in national and
international quilt competitions, including, among others, The International Quilt Festival, the
World Quilt Competition, the Vermont Quilt Festival, and the Deerfield Craft Fair, and her work
has been exhibited at the Henry Sheldon Museum and the Shelburne Museum, Vermont. Ms.
Druhen has published articles in the Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine, Fabric Trends Magazine,
and the AQS Show Catalogue, and she widely teaches and lectures. Of this project, she said, “I
love the idea of repurposing metal waste into great art . . . and I found the hubcap to be a
superb foundation for my work.” www.pameladruhen.com
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Loki
Donald Gialanella
Taos, New Mexico, 2009
Hubcap, German silver discs (2)
H: 14” W: 10” D: 3”
Donald Gialanella created Loki from a single hubcap. He cut and shifted its outer edges up to
create the horns, and the remaining center became the face. None of the original hubcap was
removed. Donald received a BFA in Sculpture from The Cooper Union, New York, where he
studied with Hans Haacke, Jim Dine, Milton Glazer, and Louise Bourgeois. After an Emmywinning career as a graphics producer at ABC News, he taught art and design at Bilkent
University in Ankara, Turkey. Today Donald works out of his studio in Los Angeles. After 20
years as an independent artist, his work is in public spaces, museums, galleries, and private
collections around the world. www.DonSculpture.com
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Mustang Sally
Kevin Caron
Phoenix, Arizona, 2007
Hubcaps, scrap metal
H: 14” W: 10” D: 4”
Kevin Caron creates sculptures for public and private venues. Known for his geometric and
flowing sculptures, Kevin often incorporates whimsy into his work, which has been featured in
numerous group exhibitions. These include exhibitions at the Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix;
Yuma Fine Arts Center; Pima Community College, Tucson; ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, Michigan;
South Arkansas Arts Center; Provincetown Conservation Trust, Massachusetts; and 25CPW
and Broome Street Gallery, New York, New York. In 2012 he was awarded Sculptor of the Year
Award in the Artist of the Year Competition of Art Trends magazine of Edmonton, Canada.
Kevin Caron’s public commissions include sculptures for the cities of Chandler, Avondale,
Litchfield Park, and Tucson, all Arizona, and Temple, Texas. www.kevincaron.com
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Witness
Marla McLean
Silver Spring, Maryland, 2009
Hubcap, reclaimed metal, vine, paint on paper (drawing), house paint
H: 15” W: 15” D: 5”
Marla McLean views the sparrow as “symbolic of our global connections . . . and collaboration
because sparrows partner and build/defend as a community,” clearly a “witness to both creation
and devastation of our planet worldwide.” Marla has a BA in Social Art and Education from
Godard College, Plainfield, Vermont; an Associate degree in Photography/Multi-Media from the
Art Institute of Pittsburgh; and an MA in Studio Art from New York University. Winner of
Outstanding Art Teacher, the Mayor’s Arts Awards, the District of Columbia Commission on the
Arts and Humanities, she currently is an art teacher at School-Within-School, a DC alternative
public school, and a member of the Adjunct Faculty of the Corcoran College of Art and Design.
Her commissions include, among others, creating organic and found-material sculptural signs
for the children’s garden of the National Horticultural Society. She exhibits her art nationally and
internationally. Awards include a Jurors Award for her entry in Native Landscapes of the
Maryland Eastern Shore, Adkins Arboretum Gallery, Maryland.
www.marlamclean.com
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Remainders: Human Legacy
Lynne Oulman
Bellingham, Washington, 2009
Hubcaps, wood scraps
H: 26” W: 20” D: 5”
A large number of objects in Second Time Around reference specific environmental issues. For
artist Lynne Oulman, the endangerment of the world’s natural-wood resources is a touchstone.
She believes that “all our resources are interlinked and important to all living species” and that
“abuse of the environment degrades the habitat for all.” Lynne earned a BA in Sculpture and
Foreign Languages and an MFA in Sculpture. As a Fulbright Scholar, she studied at Zagreb
University in Yugoslavia, and she has served on the faculties of the departments of art of the
University of Oregon, Pacific Northwest College of Art, and Northern Arizona University. Lynne
has presented her work in 14 solo exhibitions and in numerous group exhibitions at museums
and public and private galleries, as well as in a traveling exhibition sponsored by the Arizona
Commission on the Arts. Distinctions include a Governor’s Arts Award, the Arizona
Commission on the Arts, and awards by the Arts in Oregon Council. www.lynneoulman.com
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Oil: Is It Worth the Price
Mark Chatterley
Williamston, Michigan, 2009
Hubcap, bullet shells, glue
H: 16” W: 16” D: 4”
Mark Chatterley says that he is “doing work of our time for our time.” A figurative sculptor, Mark
received his BA and MA from Michigan State University. He has exhibited his work in museums
and galleries across the United States, as well as in Taiwan, New Zealand, and Korea. His work
is in a number of public collections nationally and internationally and has been published in
American Art Collector: Juried Competition of New Work; Ceramic Sculpture: Inspiring
Techniques; American Art Collector; andThe Figure in Clay, to name a few. Among his
distinctions are the Silver Purchase Award at The Sixth Taiwan Golden Ceramics Awards in
Taipei, Taiwan; First Place in Sculpture, Festival of the Masters, Walt Disney World Lake Buena
Vista; and Best Sculpture Award, Michigan Ceramics 2008. www.chatterley.com
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Wayside
Paul Rowntree
Columbus, Ohio, 2009
Hubcap, wood, Plexiglas, Velcro, pastels, cut paper
H: 17” W: 17” D: 6”
Paul Rowntree paints landscapes and startlingly realistic images of reeds and grasses. He
studied painting at St. Martin's School of Art in London, England, and has worked in Montreal,
New York, and New York’s Hudson Valley as an illustrator and graphic designer for more than
30 years. Paul has twice exhibited his oil paintings in the Salmagundi Club, New York, and he
also has exhibited in numerous galleries throughout Connecticut, Rhode Island, Ohio, and
Texas. With his work purchased by such corporate giants as IBM, Whirlpool, and Volkswagon,
he is interested in “the reality of a small section of the landscape—the hidden world revealed. . .
the moments between realism and illusion.” www.paulrowntree.com
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Mati
Susan van Blanken
Hilversum, The Netherlands, 2009
Hubcap, mosaic glass
H: 11” W: 11” D: 3”
Susan van Blanken long worked in Greece, where a Mati (Greek for “eye”) is a traditional
symbol that many homes display to protect people and property against evil. She says, “I would
like to use my Mati to protect us from our own worst enemy: ourselves. As long as we are ‘being
watched,’ we more carefully consider our actions.” Based on this philosophy, says Susan, she
would like to place a Mati in the remaining forests of Greece, Sumatra, and South America.
Susan exhibits her work throughout Europe and the United States. In 2008, her work won first
prize at the Opus Mosaic Exhibition for UNESCO Year of Planet Earth. She says that, as an
artist, “it is an extraordinary feeling, working with the same briefing on the same metallic canvas
as artists from all over the world.”
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Chevy Envy
Paul Hill
Wilmington, North Carolina, 2010
Hubcap, metal, aluminum, cast iron
H: 27” W: 10” D: 8”
Metal sculptor Paul Hill works in steel, stainless steel, bronze, and copper and incorporates
found objects. He has exhibited his work widely throughout North Carolina, with venues
including, among others, the Fayetteville Museum of Art; the Cameron Art Museum; the Willow
Walk Sculpture Park in Burlington; Pedestrian Art, a display of public sculpture in Wilmington;
the 15th Annual Sculpture Invitational, Hillsborough; North Carolina Veterans Park; and the Cary
Visual Art Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition. Paul’s work is included in numerous private, corporate,
and museum collections, including the Children’s Museum of Wilmington.
www.absolutearts.com/metalforms
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California Dreamin’ II
Alke Schmidt
London, United Kingdom, 2010
Hubcap, acrylic paint
H: 15” W: 15” D: 3”
Alke Schmidt, who earned an MA in Fine Art from London Guildhall University, describes her art
as an “ongoing exploration of the subversive potential of art’s aesthetic dimension.” Fusing
painting with found objects and materials, she aims to create beautiful works to convey
challenging themes that center on social and environmental injustice. Alke has widely exhibited
her work in solo and group exhibitions in private galleries and museums in London and the
United Kingdom, including, to name a few, the Freud Museum; the William Morris Gallery; and
London City Hall. She also has exhibited in Germany, the United States, and South Africa. Her
work is in private and public collections in Europe and the United States. She comments, “I like
the trans-boundary aspect of this project, having hubcaps coming in from all over the world. I
feel there are way too many cars, which creates all sorts of environmental and social problems,
but I also love the shapes of hubcaps.” www.alkeschmidt.com
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The Landfill Art Book
Don Rash
Plains, Pennsylvania, 2010
Hubcaps, acrylic paint, leather, hand-made paper, book-binder’s board
H: 11” W: 10” D: 5” (closed) / H: 11” W: 20” D: 5” (open)
Don Rash earned a BA in American Studies from the University of Delaware and then worked
as bookbinder and library conservator at Haverford College (PA) before establishing his bindery
in 1997. His work has been presented in numerous exhibitions, among themThe Guild of
Bookworkers Centennial Exhibition (New York); One Book Many Interpretations (Chicago Public
Library); Contemporary American Bookbindings (Paris, Brussels, and New York); and Book Arts
in the USA, an invitational exhibition co-sponsored by the Center for Book Arts and the U.S.
Information Agency. He was a medalist in the exhibition Prima Mostra Internazionale di
Rilegatura, presented in Italy, Belgium, and Paris. He also has exhibited in The Art of the Book
exhibitions. Don has served as a juror for Guild of Book Workers Exhibitions, including the
Centennial Exhibition, and he is in demand as a lecturer. Clients include Independence National
Historical Park and a number of universities. www.donrashfinebookbinder.com
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Shaker Hubcaps
Tim Campbell
Keene, New Hampshire, 2010
Hubcaps, metal, wood
H: 13” W: 37” D: 4”
Tim Campbell exhibits and sells his work in galleries throughout New England and in Atlanta
and San Francisco. His work is in the collection of the American Folk Art Museum, New York,
and in private collections around the world. Prints of his George & Martha Washington painting,
as well as those of others of his primitive portraits, are featured in the widely distributed
Sturbridge Yankee Workshop Catalogue. A number of publications have featured Tim’s work,
and he has been included in the Directory of Traditional American Crafts, published by Early
American Life, as determined by a panel of experts, including curators from the Colonial
Williamsburg Foundation; Hancock Shaker Village; National Trust for Historic Preservation; Old
Sturbridge Village; Strawberry Banke Museum; and Winterthur Museum.
www.tcampbellart.com
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Becoming Again
Linda Mix Yates
St. Paul, Minnesota, 2010
Hubcap, dishes, mirror, beads, glass tile, Italian glass Millefiori, polymer clay
H: 16” W: 16” D: 4”
Linda Mix Yates has a BA in Architectural Studies from the University of Minnesota and an AAS
from St. Catherine University, St. Paul; she is a professional artist who also works as an
occupational therapy assistant. Linda creates modern mosaic working in the folk tradition of
picassiette—from pique assiette, French slang for “plate stealer”—or mosaic made with broken
dishes. This tradition particularly expresses the concept of reuse, celebrating the “becoming
again” that occurs when broken, discarded objects assume new life and purpose as art. Linda
describes her phoenix—symbol of rebirth—as a tribute to the role that dishes play in our lives,
as well as to life after picking up the pieces. Her work has been part of Mosaic International, the
annual show of the Society of American Mosaic Artists, and she received an Honorable Mention
at the Bits and Pieces Contemporary Mosaic Exhibition at the Gateway Regional Arts Center,
Mount Sterling, Kentucky. www.LindaMixYates.com
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Behind the Sun
Cetin Ates
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2010 4
Hubcap, metal
H: 27” W: 24” D: 10”
With BA and MA degrees in Sculpture from Turkish universities, Cetin Ates uses an arc-welding
technique to create sculpture that is concurrently whimsical and thought provoking, and he often
uses the key metaphor. Cetin worked as a high-school art teacher in Turkey, was a visiting
lecturer at the University of California, moved to the United States, and now teaches sculpture
to youth in Baton Rouge. He has exhibited his work extensively in Turkey and now is doing so in
California and Louisiana. Cetin believes that “metal will stay warm as long as it serves art.”
www.cetinates.com
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Cetin was born and educated in Turkey.
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Pasta Maker Machine
Kathy Rebek
Englewood, New Jersey, 2010
Hubcap, latex tubing, 3-D lettering
H: 29” W: 14” D: 5”
Numerous Second Time Around artists approached the hubcap-art challenge with an eye
toward having fun with the medium. Kathy Rebek, who graduated from the Layton School of Art
and Design with a degree in illustration and design, has designed a line of party goods for
Gibson Greeting Cards, package designs for Helena Rubenstein, Inc., and Yardley of London,
and has illustrated a children’s book for Prentice Hall. She also exhibits her work, currently in
Rites of Spring, Gallery at 14 Maple, Morristown, New Jersey.
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Bison of = Radii
John Simms
Jackson, Wyoming, 2010
Hubcap, steel, flatbar
H: 24” W: 36” D: 6”
John E. Simms’s work is in private and public collections, including Art for the New Millennium,
Colorado; Omniplex Oklahoma City; Bellevue City Park, Washington; Hudson Gardens,
Colorado; and the Teton County Library and Highway 390, Jackson, Wyoming. One of John’s
sculptures, Imploding Cube, has become an icon of The Indianapolis Art Center, and he was a
finalist in the competition to create a sculpture for the Tulsa campus of Oklahoma State
University. John studied at Hobart College in Geneva, New York, and the International
Sculpture Center, California. He has presented his work in a number of solo exhibitions, and he
has been included in numerous group exhibitions in Wyoming, Colorado, Washington, and
Oklahoma. His awards include Jurors Choice, Garden of Sculpture Show, Colorado; First Place,
Third Place, and Artists Choice Awards, Summer Art ’94, Steamboat Springs, Colorado; and
People’s Choice and Merit Award, Sculpture in Manitou, Colorado. John also has worked as a
professional ski patrolman who received a Special Service Award from the American Avalanche
Association for outstanding achievement in the service of North American snow avalanche
activity. www.johnesimms.com
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For Those Who Doubt
Keith Lo Bue
Marrickville, Australia, 2011
Hubcap, brass, Fresnel lens, image-fused antique float glass, waxed linen thread, mice, sapphires, cicada
wings, sterling silver, glass galls, mammal bones, “Frozen Charlotte” porcelain doll, gate element,
copper, plywood, sealant, steel wire, soil
H: 15” W: 15” D: 6”
Keith Lo Bue has exhibited his found-object artwork in numerous solo exhibitions across the
United States. His wearable art premiered in an exhibition at the Society of Arts and Crafts in
Boston, and several books feature his work, including One of a Kind: American Art Jewelry
Today, Abrams; The Fine Art of the Tin Can, Lark Books; and The Art & Craft of Collage, Aurum
/ Watson Guptill. Metalsmith Magazine published an in-depth survey of his work in 1999. His
“oddments” are exhibited throughout the U.S. and abroad, and his work is in the collections of,
to name a few, the Museum of Arts & Design (MAD) in New York; the Carnegie Museum of Art;
the Smithsonian’s American Art Museum; and the Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh.
Private collectors of his work include actors Robin Williams and Robert De Niro; musicians
Laurie Anderson and David Bowie; and designer Gloria Vanderbilt. Keith has presented his
workshop—Precious Little: Poetics of the Found Object—at dozens of prestigious art and crafts
schools in the United States, New Zealand, and Australia. www.lobue-art.com
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Metal Hubcap Fish
Ptolemy Erlington
Brighton, United Kingdom, 2011
Hubcaps, pop rivets
H: 19” W: 25” D: 6”
In their artwork, many artists whose work is displayed in Second Time Around expressed
concern for the world’s waters and animals. Ptolemy Erlington remarked, “My fish try to say
things about our wasteful society and about our prejudices towards value. Hopefully they will
encourage people to reconsider before they discard something which apparently has no
purpose.” This artist derives the raw material for his art almost exclusively from discarded
hubcaps, of which he says, “Automatically rubbish when on the side of the road, but with a little
effort and imagination I transform them into something which gives people a great deal more
pleasure.” Ptolemy’s work, often monumental in scale, is exhibited and in public and private
collections throughout the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Greece. www.hubcapcreatures.com
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Egg in Space
Larry Carroll
Hermosa Beach, California, 2011
Hubcap, oil paint over gesso
H: 12” W: 12” D: 3”
Suggesting the fragility of our planet, this object also opens the door for educators to reference
the famous “egg in space” experiments of NASA astronaut Don Pettit. With a BA in Art from the
University of Florida, Larry Carroll is a respected and successful film and television
director/producer. He also is on the faculty of the University of Southern California, where he
teaches directing and producing to graduate students in the School of Cinematic Arts. Larry’s
many distinctions include the Gold Award at Worldfest Houston, the Chris Award at the
Columbus International Film Festival (for a feature-length documentary which aired on HBO),
and the Telly for Best Documentary and Best Director Award, the New York International Film
and Video Festival. Larry paints daily, thinking “in terms of wide shots and close-ups.” He has
exhibited his series of oil paintings, Soldiers, at the Group W Artists Exhibition in the Berkshires
of Massachusetts. www.larrycarroll.net
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Hidden Treasures
David Medley
Mariposa, California, 2011
Hubcap, wood, silver leaf, metal, plastic BBs
H: 34” W: 34” D: 8”
Turn the wheel and BBs inside cascade down interior ledges to create a sound alluding to our
“trash flow.” David has exhibited his work widely, including solo presentations at the Fresno Art
Museum, the Art Gallery at Merced College, and the Multicultural Arts Center in Merced, CA. He
also has taken part in numerous group exhibitions at museums and private galleries throughout
California and in Chicago, New York, and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. David’s work has
won numerous awards at the Cal Expo of Sacramento and Los Angeles County Fairs, and it has
been featured in periodicals; catalogues include David Medley and His Useless Machines
(Fresno Museum of Art) and A Survey of Kinetic Sculpture, 1992. David has served as the
Artist-in-Residence, Fresno Museum of Art, and currently teaches at Cathey’s Valley Charter
School in California. David is married to distinguished artist Karen LeCocq, whose work is
included in the opening Second Time Around exhibition.
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Pontiac 51
Steve Einhorn
Olympia, Washington, 2011 5
Hubcap, guitar neck, assorted guitar parts, photos of rusty logging-truck parts, garbage-pail lid, half of a
mandolin
H: 40” W: 16” D: 16”
Steve Einhorn collects all sorts of discarded objects and then converts them into playable
musical instruments. Steve studied sculpture at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, and he
studied painting with the legendary Benny Andrews at the New School for Social Research,
New York. These studies preceded Steve’s 25-year career as owner of Artichoke Music in
Portland, Oregon. That musical-instrument shop provided a wealth of discarded instruments and
countless possibilities for musical sculptures, each with its own nature and voice. Here, a 1951
Pontiac hubcap provided the perfect body for an electric resonator guitar. A video in Second
Time Around will allow museum visitors to see Steve talking about and playing this instrument.
www.qualityfolk.com
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Steve now resides in Seattle, Washington.
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Scout Ship for Secret Robot Parts
Sarah Thee Campagna / CyberCraft Robots
St. Petersburg, Florida, 2011
Hubcaps, industrial and found objects
H: 10” W: 11” D: 11”
Sarah Thee Campagna began her artistic career making “serious art with a message” and then
founded CyberCraft Robots. She now describes her earthly mission as spreading joy as the
Primary Robot Creator and the mission of her company as “searching the earth for secret robot
parts to reassemble them into the marvelous robots they were meant to be.” In constructing the
robots, Sarah uses fasteners, with no welding. In 2013, Sarah’s robots will be exhibited in the
exhibition Art of the Robot, Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, Florida. Her robots also have
established a permanent earth outpost in the store of the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg,
Florida. www.cybercraftrobots.com
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