One man’s art is another man’s trash, yet in the 5 images of artwork that I chose, collaborators Tim Noble and Sue Webster have created art OUT OF trash. Their sculptures originally appear to be discarded piles of rubbish, yet when a light is shown on them properly, they unveil their secret. Each creation’s shadow tells a story; revealing that things are not what they may originally seem to be, and that art can be found even in the most disgusting dumpster. Their art is unexpected, yet simultaneously, it evokes an emotion, interest, and contemplation. In this piece, Noble and Webster create a shadow that turns out to be merely the sum of its parts. The motorcycle might be merely be made of bolts and scrap metal, yet it yearns for the road.
Noble and Webster actually construct their own shadows. Noble embodies power and strength, while Webster radiates a certain tiredness of spirit. Yet both pieces are constructed out of the same medium: garbage. 
Again, Noble and webster utilize trash to create their own shadows. The piled garbage is disgusting, yet it is art because they have created something thought provoking. One wonders what the characters, with their wine an cigarette, are doing, and why they hide behind the trash.
The trash that the pair used in this piece embodies the silhouette that they created from it. The mechanical pieces are old-fashioned and look complicated, while the man looks high tempered, persnickety and endearing.
Noble and Webster yet again portray themselves in an interesting "light".
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