https://artssoutheast.org/drivethruart
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About the Artist:
Harry DeLorme, Jr. is an artist, curator, educator, and currently Director of Education and Senior Curator at Telfair Museums in Savannah, GA. DeLorme holds Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts degrees, both in Drawing and Painting from the University of Georgia in Athens. He has curated more than thirty exhibitions with areas of focus including digital and time-based art as well as work by self-taught artists of the coastal South. DeLorme has shown his paintings and installations for over 30 years at venues in Savannah, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, and in the State of Veracruz, Mexico. DeLorme and his wife, artist Rachel Green, have created numerous collaborative, site-specific installations on environmental themes. He is represented in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA, Telfair Museums, and the public art collection at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as well as corporate and private collections. Recycled materials have been part of DeLorme’s work for decades. His current work speaks to the global issue of plastic pollution. DeLorme intercepts discarded plastic from coastal waterways, creating paintings and assemblages to draw attention to the problem of post-consumer waste hiding in plain sight.
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About the Project:
Harry DeLorme’s project for the Drive Through Art Box transforms plastic debris, most of it retrieved from Savannah-area waterways and beaches, into a visualization of consumption and accumulation. In this work, found plastic leftovers of drinks and meals - plasticware utensils, straws, mugs, cups, prescription medicine containers, and particularly bottle caps - speak to the omnipresence of this material in our lives. “Poured” from a variety of containers, the candy-colored sediment shown here demonstrates the allure of these objects, which persist in the natural environment. Sometimes these objects remain nearly intact. Plastic bags and candy wrappers have been found in the depths of the Mariana Trench and sully the deepest ocean floors. In waterways and oceans throughout the world, small plastic objects are consumed by and K*ll seabirds and fish. Other objects break down into even more pervasive microplastics. This sediment can accumulate in human bodies, where plastic particles have been detected in the brain and other organs. Avoiding plastic in our daily lives is very difficult but not entirely impossible. Making choices that reduce the flow of these attractive and convenient but ultimately harmful materials will slow the buildup of this pernicious artificial sediment.
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Happy Hour Artist Talk: Wednesday, November 19th, 6PM at ARTS Southeast
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About the Drive Thru Art Box:
The Drive Thru Art Box was started in 2012 by Matt Hebermehl and Mike Williams as part of the SeeSAW (See Savannah Art Walls) Project, a public arts initiative. Jessica Leigh Lebos led the way with the first yarn bomb installation. ARTS Southeast is proud to continue this unique way of presenting public art to the local community. The Drive Thru Art Box is always on view at 2430 Habersham St. in the parking lot of Green Truck Pub. To have your work featured in the box visit our call for proposals at artssoutheast.org/the-drive-thru-art-box
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The Drive Thru Art Box is sponsored in part by Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. Georgia Council for the Arts also receives support from its partner agency - the National Endowment for the Arts.
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2301 Bull St, Savannah, GA, United States, Georgia 31401
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