# Self-Loathing Pop Sculptures Neil Wax's Artwork Considers Consumerist Behaviour By Marie | Published 2011-12-04 | Pop Culture Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/neil-wax References: [booooooom](http://www.booooooom.com/2011/12/01/sculptures-by-artist-neil-wax/) & [skidmorecontemporaryart](http://skidmorecontemporaryart.com/neil-wax.htm) In a consumer-driven society, the increasing amount of products produced that promise fulfillment and a better life can become overwhelming, which is what the [pop art](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lego-campbells-soup) of Neil Wax aims to portray. Using high-density polyethylene containers and vinyl graphics, the California-based artist creates sculptures that evoke the sentiments often responsible for irrational buyer behavior. By incorporating [familiar shapes, colors and product imagery](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/andrew-rae), Neil Wax delivers his message in a bold yet incredibly relatable way, forcing the viewer to confront their own inner consumer turmoil. If you're looking for art that really has something to say, and is incredibly relevant for the current economic issues pressing the world, check out these thoughtful and self-reflective sculptures by Neil Wax. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 0.9/10 - Popularity: 16% | Activity: 4% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Pop Culture](https://www.trendhunter.com/popculture) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Consumerist Critique Sculptures:** Pop art sculptures that critique consumerist behavior through familiar product imagery. - **Self-reflective Art:** Art that forces the viewer to confront their own inner consumer turmoil. - **Materials Upcycling in Art:** Using high-density polyethylene containers and vinyl graphics in creating art, encourages the upcycling of materials. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Art and Sculpture:** The art industry can leverage the use of familiar product imagery to address consumer behavior. - **Advertising and Marketing:** Marketing professionals can use these sculptures as a tool to critique their own industry's role in promoting consumerism. - **Sustainability and Recycling:** Using upcycled materials in art serves as encouragement to people to recycle and to make something creative out of what they consider trash. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Crystal-Adorned Crushed Cans](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sam-keller.md) - [Surreal Love-Themed Sculptures](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/joakim-ojanen.md) - [Upcycled Sculptural Exhibitions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/eps-expanded-polystyrene-serie.md) - [Wooden Identity Art Forms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/hughmanity.md) - [Human Embraced-Inspired Sculptures](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/wallmounted-sculpture.md) - [Collaborative Sculptural Art Sets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/neojomon-biomorphic-fantme.md) - [Otherworldly Wooden Art](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/wooden-sculptures-1.md) - [Upcycled Plastic Furniture Series](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/crafting-plastic.md) - [Waste-Incorporated Chair Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/knoll-chairs.md)