Of repurposing cast-off items to create art, Purifoy said: “Junk art, assemblage art…it’s as close to human existence because it’s all the cast-offs we are utilizing here….So, I won’t say that assemblage art is much like itself, but it’s closer to existence than any other art form. Because it’s your sh*t that we’re remodeling …and you got rid of it. And I come along and pick it up. And you say, ‘Oh, that’s junk.’ Well fine, that’s junk, yes.”
-FROM LACMA’s Noah Purifoy Exhibition Junk Dada
Please visit these links to see works by artists re-using found materials from the desert:
| Noah Purifoy FoundationNoah Purifoy Foundation: Noah Purifoy | |
| Source: noahpurifoy.com/index.html | |
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Main : David Emitt Adams |
| Source: www.davidemittadams.com/ | |
| Nicolas Shake | |
| Source: www.nicolasshake.com/ | |
| Kyle WelkerKyle Welker is a fine artist working in site specific installations in the high desert of the Mojave | |
| Source: www.kylewelker.com/ | |
| Kim Zitzow | |
| Source: www.kimzitzow.com/real-imaginary-archive-mojave/ | |
Know of another artist to include? Contact karyl(at)dehsart(dot)com