2024 Muswellbrook Art Prize

Throw me in the Garbage

Shaun Hayes

Throw me in the Garbage, 2023 mid fire ceramic and glaze 33 x 14 x 11 cm

'Throw me in the Garbage' challenges viewers to confront the paradoxical beauty inherent in the detritus of our throwaway society. Through a meticulous process of selection and arrangement, I have transformed discarded objects into a thought-provoking commentary on consumerism and environmental degradation.

The juxtaposition of traditional Chinese ceramic aesthetics with contemporary plastic objects serves to underscore the interconnectedness of past and present, old and new.