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Contact:
Jeffrey Scott Holland, jshpaint@gmail.com




"PROJECT EGG" INTERNATIONAL ART INSTALLATION CANCELLED OVER
ANTI-PLASTIC CONCERNS


Jeffrey Scott Holland, neo-expressionist and Stuckist
artist, has officially cancelled his successful "Project Egg"
series of art installations, citing his concerns about
releasing the plastic easter eggs into the environment.

In April 2006 and April 2007, green plastic eggs containing
Holland's miniature artwork were hidden throughout the
United States. Project Egg Phase Three had been slated
for April 2008 and was to have taken the artsy egg hunt
worldwide, with the eggs being hidden in all continents of
the globe.

After learning of the massive pools of decaying plastic
garbage polluting areas of the ocean by not completely
biodegrading, Holland made a decision to end the popular
egg hunt for the sake of the environment.

Holland says of the problem, "Throughout the planet,
there are places where you can dip a cup of water from
the ocean, and when you analyze it, you find it's filled
with invisible molecules of plastic. The human race is
literally turning the ocean into liquid plastic. Even if
we stopped manufacturing plastics right now, I'm not
sure whether it's too late."

"The majority of the eggs in Project Egg don't actually
get found, and my concern is that the eggs could
end up washed into storm drains and ultimately wind
up in the ocean. I cannot, in good conscience, be a
party to that."

As for the thousands of green plastic Easter eggs
already obtained for the event, Holland vows to find a
means to permanently recycle them, including
grinding them into a particulate material to blend into
his paintings, thereby keeping them indoors and out
of landfills and oceans.


http://www.jeffreyscottholland.com/

http://www.jshdc.com/



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