Artigianati.com

One of Fontenot's creations. Before (left): Two pairs of handwoven Guatemalan pants. After (right): Two stuffed bears.

...L.A. artist Robert Fontenot was intrigued by this, and by the general lack of artists’ voices in the debate surrounding deaccessioning. So, true to form, he decided to make an art project about it. Thus was born “Recycle LACMA,” for which Fontenot bought more than 60 costume and textile items from the auctions of LACMA material, the first of which was held at Bonhams in February. He set to work transforming them into new, more offbeat pieces with completely different uses: one item, formerly a Claire McCardell dress, has become three witch’s hats; a traditional Korean jacket has been turned into two Barbie outfits; a handwoven Turkish textile, a wastepaper basket; and a multicolored crocheted cap,....

Read more at -  http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/32171/robert-fontenot-on-recycling-lacma/