Total Trash?

Artist Stuart Haygarth turns our trash into treasure. In his new show at Haunch of Venison, pieces of debris collected from the shore of Dungeness beach in Kent are suspended in glittering chandeliers that wink like jewels, while 350 smashed wing-mirrors gathered from the Rotherhithe tunnel become revolving mirror-balls. Scavenged from regular trips to flea markets, beaches and car boot sales, his found objects are meticulously sorted and graded by color and material and his resulting work invests seemingly banal, overlooked objects with a startling new significance, recalling the hidden stories and emotions they once held.