The things we are doing to our ocean by and large ain’t pretty. From “plastic soup” to dead albatross babies, we’re stomping through the wild places of the world, leaving a trail of destruction and some really trashy driftwood. But a whole lot of ugly didn’t stop these four artists from making some top-notch art from actual junk. We could call it upcycled … but that would be sugarcoating a massive global problem. Instead, these artists are taking up the tools at hand to make pictures that are worth a thousand words — or a thousand plastic soccer balls, bottlecaps, and assorted gewgaws, as the case may be.
