João Leonardo

Untitled (Head # 1)

2010

Found cigarette filters, oak wood base, acrylic glass case

25 x 25 x 40.5 cm 

 

Untitled (Cigarette filter collection 

# 1

)

2010

Found cigarette filters on paper, wood frame, glass

100 x 70 cm

 

Happiness Machine #2

2010

Cigarette filters (cellulose acetate, paper) and found cigarette filters (cellulose acetate, burned paper, 

tar, nicotine) on foam board and masonite panel, wood frame, glass

52 x 52 x 4 cm

 A Theory of Waste 
Paulo Cunha e Silva , março 2011

" The work of João Leonardo takes the form of a vast theory of waste. Waste is a recently rediscovered entity (...) 
The real world is an infinite accumulation of waste. (...) "
http://www.joaoleonardo.com/