One Person's Trash Is This Woman's Art

Argentinean artist Elisa Naranja Metalica Insua lives in a world of color picked out of the garbage

The 24-year-old specializes in mixed media art, which refers to the use of more than one medium to create an art piece. In Elisa Insua's case, using small, everyday items — things she calls "resurrected trash" — and arranging them to create beautiful and fascinating works.

Insua began working with mixed media as a teenager. She began to create collages with random items she collected, and eventually her interest grew into an art form. "I was inspired by Argentinean artists Antonio Berni, Jorge de La Vega and Grupo Mondongo, who also played with mixed media. I grew to adore this technique and I let it evolve with me," she said. Read more...