Such a beautiful plant, if I had a garden I’d probably want to grow some tobacco. In my collage fodder boxes I found this old photos of a pair tobacco farmers. By the size of the original photo I am figuring it is from the 1930’s or 1940’s. Alas, it is a beautiful plant, but as most of us have figured out, smoking it is a pretty bad idea. If you’re not convinced, the FDA has a released a new series rather gruesome images of the effects of smoking. They are coming to a cigarette pack near you in 2012.
The 2011 Project is a work by San Francisco artist Tofu. Each day in 2011 he created a 4”x4” mixed media piece. The finished project was made up of 365 smaller mixed media pieces. In 2013 the individual pieces will be distributed to project supporters. The project also acted as sketchbook for new ideas, which continue to be incorporated into new work For more information please visit 2011project.com
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
June 22, 2011 – Tobacco
Labels:
Art,
collage,
Map,
mixed media,
North Carolina,
Tobacco
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