A Load of Rubbish: Eco-Artist HA Schult's

Trash People Sculptures

By David Sim

April 2, 2014 15:53 BST

Hundreds of human-sized figures made out of rubbish stand in Ariel Sharon Park near Tel
Aviv. Trash People, an exhibit created by German eco-artist HA Schult, has been travelling
the world for 18 years and opens this weekend in Israel.

Schult's eco warriors, made out of crushed cans, computer parts, bottles and more, are a
comment on our culture of constant consumption.

Hundreds of human-sized figures made out of rubbish stand in Ariel Sharon Park near Tel
AvivReuters
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German artist HA Schult poses with a couple of his Trash PeopleGetty

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Schult's Trash People have been exhibited around the world. The army of figures made of
rubbish have been seen in front of the ancient Pyramids of Giza in 2002...Reuters

...and Brussels' Grand Place in 2005Getty

HA Schult's giant public artworks have been likened to those by Christo. He has been using
garbage in his art since the late 60s. In 1974 he stole and subsequently exhibited the contents
of footballer Franz Beckenbauer 's bins.
HA Schult's previous works include the Save the Beach hotel, covered in rubbish collected on
beachesReuters

A woman looks inside a room of the Save the Beach Hotel in Madrid in January 2011Reuters
A man looks out a window in one of the bedrooms in the Save the Beach Hotel during its stay
in Rome in June 2010.AFP

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Schult's Flgelauto (winged car) is lowered by a crane onto a roof near Cologne Cathedral on
April 4, 2013 after being renovated. The work, comprising a winged gold 1989 Ford Fiesta,
was originally created in 1991Reuters
In 2001 HA Schult covered Berlin's former postal delivery office with 35,000 love
lettersReuters

HA Schult and Elke Koska pose in front of their 'Friedensspeicher' (peace storehouse) in
1998. The work consisted of a house covered with about 15,000 cardboard boxes signed with
the word 'Peace'Reuters