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32 pages : colour illustrations Contents: What Is Junk Sculpture? -- Why Use Junk? -- The WEEE Man -- Ready-Made Sculpture -- David Mach -- Cadillac Ranch -- Choosing the Materials -- Tin Can Art -- Paper Sculpture -- Scarecrows -- Toy Sculptures -- Scrapyard Art -- Is Junk Sculpture Art? Summary: Some artists believe anything can be art - even trash! Junk sculpture is a new, complex mode of art that combines the wastefulness of modern living with finding beauty in what others consider ugly. Readers learn how artists create such pieces and are asked to consider whether junk sculpture can be called art in the same way a painting or drawing is. A colorful layout full of many pictures of junk sculpture introduces readers to the many forms junk sculpture may take, such as fashion, pillars formed from plastic, and more"--Publisher's description Is it really art?