Plastic bags are fused together in 3 panels and hung in the doorway. + Enlarge
Curtain 2022 Plastic Bags 10ft x 5ft
Plastic bags are fused together in 3 panels and hung in the doorway. + Enlarge
Curtain(2) 2022 Plastic Bags 10ft x 5ft
Green plastic tray is suspended from the ceiling with four plastic sculpture silhouettes cut out. Lights are pointed at the objects creating two shadows on the wall. + Enlarge
Plastic Still Life 2022 Plastic Tray 17in x 12in x 3in
Statement

Rachel Stein is an artist and educator based in Baltimore, Maryland. The core of her art practice deals with her relationship to the natural environment. She presents modern environmental concerns through a juxtaposition of the body, the landscape, and plastic objects. By redefining plastic material, she invites viewers to question its new function- and by extension their own consumer reality. The transitory and mundane nature of the material creates an anti-monumental quality, giving less empowerment to the material and more power to the forces of nature that move it. 

Studio Art (Summer Low Residency MFA) Students