Three of a kind: consumables

Next time you’re at the checkout, consider the items of your daily life. Dishwashing powder, soap flakes, bottles, cans, bags – what could be made with them? From soapy fruit to paper-bag lungs, the artists below have some ideas to get you started.

Fiona Hall Cash crop 1998 (detail)
80 carved soap, painted bank notes, dimensions variable, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Contemporary Collection Benefactors 2000 © Fiona Hall
Fiona Hall
Cash crop 1998
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Fiona Hall Cash crop 1998 (detail), 80 carved soap, painted bank notes, dimensions variable, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Contemporary Collection Benefactors 2000 © Fiona Hall
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