Photo credit: Alejandro Duran

Washed Up is an ongo­ing project by Mexican-born, New York-based artist Ale­jan­dro Durán that addresses the issue of plas­tic pol­lu­tion mak­ing its way across the ocean and onto the shores of Sian Ka’an, Mexico’s largest federally-protected reserve. With more than twenty pre-Colombian archae­o­log­i­cal sites, this UNESCO World Her­itage site is also home to a vast array of flora and fauna and the world’s sec­ond largest coastal bar­rier reef. Unfor­tu­nately, Sian Ka’an is also a repos­i­tory for the world’s trash, which is car­ried there by ocean cur­rents from many parts of the globe.

When: Octo­ber 29, 2014 to Feb­ru­ary 28, 2015

Hours: Tues­day — Sat­ur­day, 12:00–5:00 P.M.

Where: Hunter Col­lege East Harlem Art Gallery, 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street New York NY 10035

For more infor­ma­tion, please visit: http://​www​.hunter​.cuny​.edu/​e​a​s​t​h​a​r​l​e​m​-​a​r​t​g​a​l​l​ery