Eve de Jong is a Johannesburg-based artist working with a variety of materials, including found, reclaimed and recycled objects. She uses these materials – such as recycled plastic waste – to create sculptures and 3D works.
Recycled plastic lids and bottle tops are reshaped and transposed to speak to the environmental challenges we face in a way that is bright, engaging and meaningful. Mimicking natural objects, De Jong’s work juxtaposes the concept of “natural” landscapes with the “artificial” plastic destined to be entombed in the earth, but instead shaped into art objects, beautiful and filled with meaning.
The sea and land have become a dumping ground for waste. So much plastic, even that that is supposedly recycled sometimes ends up in the earth or sea. De Jong’s works remind us of the danger to the environment.
De Jong is inspired by the concept of the bricoleur, working with the objects at hand to create something novel, something unexpected. Her work talks to the possibility of reinvention and second chances – for objects, ourselves and our planet
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