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Trash Mountain
by Megan Whitmarsh

ARTIST STATEMENT

I am a child of the 70s, whose sense of futurism is informed by Star Wars (corroded, dusty robots) instead of Tomorrowland. A future with entropy and drug use and weeds growing in the cracks between the scratched plexiglass windows of the geodesic domes. Bits of yarn and dusty houseplants. If this sounds bleak, I don’t mean for it to. Perhaps the healthiest kind of futurism is one that admits entropy and flux. Perfection is suspicious; worn and dusty can mean well-loved, too. Who loves the Stepford Wife?

The visual noise of my youth wasn’t only Reagan and the Day After; it also contained optimism and complexity: Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Mork and Mindy, The Muppets and punk rock.

When I make a giant mountain of handmade trash, I am lost in the fun of making and feel like a kid building a fort. In the end, I must resign myself to the fact that I have just added more crap to the world, but this seems an inevitable part of being an artist and a human. I try to remain optimistic. I like art that is generous in spirit and amateurish, art that inspires rather than intimidates.

I consider art a practice of transformation. We cannot expect to make new energy; instead we must reinvent, recycle and transform what exists already. Making art is my attempt to synthesize my optimistic vision of the future with my pragmatic appraisal of the world I inhabit.

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Trash Mountain

by Megan Whitmarsh

archival pigment print
available framed

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    • 8"x10" 24
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      • Black Frame, recommended 115
      • White Frame 115
    • 11"x14" 60
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  • Museum quality: archival inks, 100% cotton rag paper
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These prints are created using archival pigment inks on 100% cotton rag paper with a matte finish.

The original in pencil, gouache, ink and marker on paper is 30″×40″ and is also available. Please email collector@20x200.com for more information.

Our quoted dimensions are for the size of paper containing the images, not the printed image itself. We do not alter the aspect ratio, nor do we crop or resize the artists’ originals. All of our prints have a minimum border of .5 inches to allow for framing.

We recommend a custom frame in black solid wood with UV protected plexiglass and a white archival mat. Please note: Framed art may take up to 4 weeks to ship. Available for U.S. orders only.

  • 8"x10" print offered in 14"x16.5" frame (3/4” front profile x 3/4” side profile)
  • 11"x14" print offered in 16.5"x19.5" frame (3/4” front profile x 3/4” side profile)
  • 16"x20" print offered in 22.5"x27.5" frame (3/4” front profile x 3/4” side profile)

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