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Garbage→Art: Hand-painted creations of waste paper boxes that outline the taste of hometown

Garbage→Art: Hand-painted creations of waste paper boxes that outline the taste of hometown

Those torn cardboard boxes take up space if you keep them, and they feel wasteful if you throw them away. How should we deal with them?

Garbage→Art: Hand-painted creations of waste paper boxes that outline the taste of hometown

Garbage→Art: Hand-painted creations of waste paper boxes that outline the taste of hometown

Chinese artist Wenyi recently had a rather "smelly" creative project. He was wandering around his hometown of Dali, Yunnan Province, walking through the streets and alleys, collecting discarded cardboard from "broken ditches" and using it as a canvas. Unleash your irrepressible talents.

Garbage→Art: Hand-painted creations of waste paper boxes that outline the taste of hometown

Garbage→Art: Hand-painted creations of waste paper boxes that outline the taste of hometown

What’s interesting is that Wenyi’s creative content is where he found waste cardboard. Whether it was a black and white corner or a colorful settlement, he freely painted the nearby environment on the “garbage” to depict the atmosphere of his hometown. Special silhouette. Moreover, after he completed the works, he did not take them home to treasure, but deliberately left them in their "birthplace" (that is, the garbage dump), allowing garbage and art to coexist in one place.

Garbage→Art: Hand-painted creations of waste paper boxes that outline the taste of hometown

Garbage→Art: Hand-painted creations of waste paper boxes that outline the taste of hometown

Garbage→Art: Hand-painted creations of waste paper boxes that outline the taste of hometown

Garbage→Art: Hand-painted creations of waste paper boxes that outline the taste of hometown

Garbage→Art: Hand-painted creations of waste paper boxes that outline the taste of hometown

“I hope people can see art in their daily lives, even if it’s on a piece of discarded corrugated paper.” Wenyi said. The editor feels that his creations can not only integrate art into daily life, but also trigger everyone to think: Are there any opportunities to reuse these unwanted things?