[Republicanprofessor]

I heard this on NPR on the evening commute home tonight. I knew that FReepers would love this art. There may be more on the audio at the NPR link.

[Republicanprofessor]

Art ping.

[Cagey]

Artist Richard Fleeger receives a check in the amount of $35,000 for his winning masterpiece, "NJ Meadowlands, Hill #237".

[SoDak]

We had a crazy neighbor on a neighboring farm that created this sort of 'art'. People would cross the street to avoid running into him.

[Joe 6-pack]

Many US Army MPs deployed to Guantanemo during the early 90's due to the mass exodus of Haitians, many of whom were given refuge at the Naval base. While I didn't deploy I knew quite a few soldiers who did. Some of them were astounded by a few Haitian artisans who would melt down brown MRE bags and other scraps of plastic into blocks and then make some of the most delicate carvings from it...

Sounds kind of campy, but I saw photos and some of these were quite impressive.

[edpc]

One man's junk is another man's........art?

That doesn't sound right.

[xJones]

Haitian Artists Bring Garbage to Life

More PC than zombies, I guess.

[Checkers]

This sounds like "Derelicte" from Zoolander.

[Sabatier]

Some of this art is ingenious. It resembles early American folk art, which is very charming, and very valuable.
There's a school of art called "outsider" because the artists are self-taught. Often their work is way, way better than that produced in the New York scene, where everyone is trying too hard to be "cool".