“Buried in Trash: Plastic is Poison for Our Planet” is a thought-provoking new art exhibit by abstract and mixed media artist Bob Thoresen that will be shown at the N.H. Art Association’s Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery for the month of November.
Using single use plastics of all types, he has created pieces inspired by abstract impressionist artists. Other pieces create awareness and convey information about how the excessive use of plastic pollutes our environment.
Working with his grandson Jackson Swartzendruber as his assistant, Thoresen collected hundreds of plastic bottles, plastic bags, plastic credit cards, plastic lids, plastic remnants, straws, and Styrofoam insulation and packing material. These materials were shaped into the various art pieces ranging in size from one foot square to three feet wide by five feet high.
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‘Buried in Trash: Plastic is Poison for our Planet’
Where: Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery,136 State Street, Portsmouth NH, and online at www.nhartassociation.org
When: Nov. 2 through Nov. 27. Opening reception at the Levy Gallery, Friday, Nov. 4, from 5 to 8 p.m.
Gallery hours: Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sundays from 12 to 5 p.m.