MEG HARTWIG
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REFUSE

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Refuse I _ Pillar
849 Gallery, Kentucky College of Art + Design, Louisville, KY
Ballpoint pen, paper, wood, metal
9’ x 5’w x 5’d    
2017
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Refuse II
849 Gallery, Kentucky College of Art + Design, Louisville, KY
Ceramic, wood, metal, plastic, paper, rope, found and significant objects
6’ x 8’ x 15’
2017
Refuse in concept and labor is inquisition of “value.” 

Refuse I is a ball point pen drawing of a Pillar of trash. 

The Pillar was sculpted from scavenged refuse, lit for high contrast, and then looked at for hundreds of hours while meticulously being drawn. The time spent looking and laboriously recording the pillar left a physical memory, a memorial of sorts, of these objects. 

Refuse II is a trash trailer loaded with Hartwig’s Artwork of the past 15+ years. 
This work was created in an attempt to process my own value.   After spending countless hours sculpting and drawing the waste of others, I was driven to reflect on my own value in relation to my identity as a working Artist. This has forced me to go through the process of self-examination of the value of Art, my art, my labor, and myself in relation to my work.

Refuse in concept and labor is about reclamation. 

​Reclaiming refuse.
Reclaiming value.
Reclaiming disillusionment.
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  • Home
  • Works
    • 2017 >
      • Refuse
      • Use - Value
    • 2015 >
      • See what you are looking at
    • 2014 >
      • Counting to Ten
      • Preserve
    • 2013 >
      • Bullroarers
      • Ubiquitous Assimilation
      • Capture the Flag
      • 2003 - 2013
      • Lined Paper
      • Building an Exit Wall
      • Pile of Bricks
    • 2012 >
      • Tractor Pull
      • Load
      • Splay
      • ON : It's OPEN
      • …and they all fall down
    • 2011 >
      • Beacon Series
      • Field Dressing
    • 2010 >
      • Scent, Rub, Mark, Scrape, Claim Space
  • Past Works
    • 2001-2005 >
      • Ceramic >
        • Yummm and Mmmmhh
        • Pillars of Faith
        • Fear Series
        • Ferris Wheel
        • Petrified and Can't Move
        • Censored
        • Puppeteering
        • Daily Comforts
        • Self-Love
        • Back 'N Forth
        • Neither of us were wearing helmets
        • Knives for Hands
        • God Bless America
        • I love myself
        • I am not white
        • #1 Rat Race
        • Burnt
      • Drawing >
        • All Drawings
    • 2005-2007 >
      • Ceramic >
        • Alphabet Soup
        • Circus Acts
        • Connections
        • Corn Cob Teeth
        • Loss?
        • Put this on..
        • Strap-on-Refrigerator
        • Workin' Bees Get Er' Done
        • Wrath
      • Drawing >
        • Home?!...?
    • 2007-2008 >
      • Ceramic >
        • Piled Water Lines #1
        • Piled Water Lines #2
        • MoneyHole WonderBoy
        • Yes/No. Okay, ..., Stop/Go
        • Rock Collection
    • 2009-2010 >
      • Ceramic >
        • Puppeteering Hamster Play
        • Dissonance
      • Drawing >
        • ThereYet?
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