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  1. Alejandro Durán is a Mexican artist who transforms plastic trash into artworks that raise awareness of environmental issues. He also teaches photography and video at MoMA and ICP, and has received several awards and publications for his project "Washed Up".

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      Beautiful Bizarre, 2015— “The Activism-Charged Installations...

    • Contact

      Por el amor al mar… © Alejandro Durán 2010-2023 All Rights...

    • Workshops

      ENVIRONMENTAL ART MAKING. Making art is an act of awareness....

    • Statement

      Over the course of this project, Durán has identified...

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      Make Simple Changes. Buy a Reusable Water Bottle. Use Totes...

    • Washed Up Photo Series

      WASHED UP PHOTO SERIES. Alejandro began this project in...

  2. Alejandro Durán is the creator of Museo de la Basura, a project that transforms plastic waste into art and awareness. Learn about his statement photo series, international flotsam speaking, and workshops on his website.

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  3. Alejandro Durán Fernández (born in San Luis Potosí, Mexico ), is a Mexican television actor .

  4. WASHED UP PHOTO SERIES. Alejandro began this project in 2010, when he encountered the situation in Sian Kaan firsthand. In response, he began collecting the colorful plastic—along with light bulbs and other objects—that have floated ashore from all over the world.

  5. Through his images, Durán “depicts a new form of colonization by consumerismin which even protected land is threatened by our relentless consumer culture of disposable products. Washed Up encourages viewers to pause and consider how our actions have far-reaching effects on the natural world.

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  6. Discover the compelling work of Alejandro Durán, an artist who collects international trash from Mexico’s Caribbean coast and transforms it into visually stunning yet thought-provoking art.

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  8. www.interaliamag.org › audiovisual › alejandro-duranWashed Up - Interalia Magazine

    Washed Up. Alejandro Durán collects the international trash washing up on the Caribbean coast of Mexico and transforms it into aesthetic yet disquieting art works that wake us to the threat of plastic pollution.