Magnificent Metal Mosaics

Posted on | May 18, 2010 | No Comments

In tin and aluminum cans, David Wasserman saw pure potential. The vivid colors and transform-ability of the metals, as well as their easy acquisition provided him with the perfect materials to pursue his vision of separating himself from the sea of painters by creating something different.

Wasserman and his wife Betty would spend days rummaging through landfills and trash bins, looking for cans with the perfect colors on them, and went so far as to drink cases of a particular soda that provided the spot-on orange of a tiger’s coat.

Apparently Wasserman, who passed away in 1999, saw no reason to show his work. “To show in a gallery, you have to be willing to sell your paintings,” he said. “I don’t know what could be more enjoyable with the money I would get than having them around to look at.”