The “Cavallo Point Prints” bring a fresh perspective to the story of plastics. Using colorful plastic debris fragments from Kehoe Beach in California, Richard and Judith Lang assembled the many toys, barrettes, toothbrushes etc. they found into statements of art. They hope this artistic repurposing will bring out issues of global plastic pollution. Cavallo Point Prints Exhibition Date: 12/04/2017 – 12/05/2017 Venue: Inspiring Gallery, Lung Fu Shan Environmental Education Centre [Map: http://www.sustainability.hku.hk/lfseec/zh/images/map_b.jpg] *With gratitude to Ocean Recovery Alliance (http://www.oceanrecov.org) for the production and loan of these prints Artist Statement “In 1999 we started collecting plastic debris that washes up onto Kehoe Beach, a remote stretch of the Point Reyes National Seashore, in Northern California. We were attracted to bright colorful shards and fragments that would show what is happening on the beaches and in the oceans around the world. Back in our studio we clean, sort and categorize the pieces then create photo tableaus that focus attention on the problem of plastic pollution. Years before this project began we were each at work in our own studios making paintings, drawings, prints and constructions. We’ve used our artistic training to create this suite of prints, but rather than paint or pencil we use shards of plastic as our medium. While making the arrangements, the plastic is seen only for color and form, not the things they once were - a toy soldier, a barrette, a shampoo bottle. They become akin to strokes of paint coming off a palette. Often at the beach we will find ourselves “shopping” for a certain color or size to fill out an abstract idea. We never think of making a story with our work, aside from the larger story of plastic in our lives.”