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Abe Bruckman

Craft, Design / Digital, Jewelry, Multidisciplinary, Multidisciplinary Art, Multimedia, Public Art, Sculpture / Installation, Visual / Media

I often transform trash into art.  Shouldn't we all?  Wouldn't the World be a better place with more art and less trash?

There is an emphasis and interest to my personal art for the recycling of found objects- the material waste from other processes, consumer packaging, and/or discarded objects with historic imagery, and what that can suggest.

I also love the collaborative process and working with others / helping others achieve artistic goals and / or projects needing creative design resources to advance and succeed.

About the Artist

I have had an interdisciplinary studio practice for 35+ years, with work experience and influences that include: Fine arts / architectural training.  Theater craft (Set design and construction. Properties. Scenic Painting. Show posters and related graphics). Museum exhibit projects. Visual merchandising for regional store chains. Art gallery collaborative membership.   Public art & installations. Assemblage - furniture or household items. Painting & collage/graphic design comingled with digital-photo techniques.  This production experience and travel have influenced my personal work.   My personal influences include Kurt Schwitters and hardware stores.   I have often worked as a production artisan or used applied visual presentation techniques to support my other vocational track.  Though I have personal visions to pursue, I also love the collaborative process and working with others / helping others.  There is an emphasis and interest to my personal art for the recycling of found objects-material waste from other processes - discarded objects with historic imagery and what that can suggest.   I often transform trash into art.  Shouldn't we all?  Wouldn't the World be a better place with more art and less trash?

Featured Work

Photos

Assemblage made from discarded framing and furniture remnants.
Assemblage-sculpture using found and reworked objects, some remnants from other art production process.
Created for a show titled 'Recycle Millenia', this piece is one of an ongoing series. The work re-uses 70 pieces of plastic product packaging, painted then collaged into a framed space. When this piece was displayed in a gallery setting or elsewhere, I've seen how this piece becomes something of a guessing game with people quizzing each other about what had been inside each of these shapes. I also hope it serves as an environmental statement, asking a viewer to reconsider how much packaging waste we encounter on a daily basis.
A statement of our time for our time.
Art for our time about our time. This piece is one of an ongoing series.
Salvaged front of a discarded Mid-Century TV given a new life - set on a wood plinth and within a lacquered frame

Booking

Booking Price: $500-$1,000