As a part of an ongoing commitment to promote challenging and innovative practices in the visual arts, the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA) is seeking artists to submit entries to Material Afterlife, a national juried exhibition of recycled and cycle–logic art. The exhibition demonstrates the growing relevance of artwork that examines environmental degradation, consumerism, personal value, and frugality, as well as celebrates the significance of recycling, sustainable methods, and thrift-store culture as medium and subject matter for artists. This exhibition explores the rich terrain developed by artists who address waste and need in society, are mindful of environmental cause and effect, and expand ideas of consumption through a cyclic approach of material use. This terrain has never been more fruitful than with the work of today’s artists. Material Afterlife demonstrates the influence of ecology in contemporary art practice and discourse, as well as its affect on the essential substantive qualities of eco-art.

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