About

Sculptor, performance artist, and curator, Vernita Nemec finds fascination in the weathered beauty of broken and discarded objects, drawing inspiration from the Japanese philosophy Wabi-Sabi, which embraces the value of imperfection and material transience. Evil Plastic Blues features her latest series Eco-Plasticism, which includes vacuum-formed bas relief collages and small sculptures created from deformed plastic packaging. By repurposing overlooked and discarded plastic, transforming it into artwork Nemec brings attention to the vast quantities of refuse contributing to our current …