“Probably like 15 seconds,” Little Havana resident Guilermo Ortas said when asked how long it took him to recognize where the piece was located. “You see already the reactions that are happening in real time,” he said after posting an image of his latest work.
Just by posting the picture with an emoji, that’s enough for collectors to seek them out. Once Anasagatsi finds the perfect piece, he paints it, takes a picture, and then posts it on social media. Usually the big pieces of trash are right by signs that say no dumping.” “I wouldn’t be surprised if we find some couches, some wall units, some more larger stuff. You can’t obviously pick up everything, but we’re trying, dude,” he said. “There’s plenty of stuff to paint on here that could be picked up. Local 10 News’ Louis Aguirre hit the heavily littered streets of Little Havana with Anasagatsi to see how it all goes down in real time. “If you walk into my house, pretty much every inch of the walls, ceilings, and furniture even, was formerly trashed. “I have pieces scattered throughout my backyard and my garden, like big rocks and signage and tires,” said collector Alec Constantin. The eyes of the artist saw beyond the litter, and instead perceived new canvases with which to create his art - turning trash into treasure, right there on the spot. “And just that pureness of getting back in touch with, like, the city, going around it and seeing all these different things, and I saw a bunch of trash.” “I got on a bike and I started loving the high of getting out there,” he said. This is an integral component of “Geographies of Trash,” a project that Anasagatsi launched during the pandemic. His paintings sell for upwards of $10,000, but, if you’re lucky, you can also find his art on the street for free.
“I dedicated my complete, entire space to him, because he’s really the artist I’ve been looking for,” said Frame Art Brickell owner Alfred Zayden. It’s the work of Cuban-American artist David Anasagasti, aka “Ahol Sniffs Glue.” If you look closely around Miami, you can see eyes everywhere, from signs to skyscrapers to busses to art galleries. On Wednesday, we featured a celebrated and collected local artist, who’s taken that same mission to a whole new level, turning street litter into highly valued works of art. MIAMI – When Local 10 News first launched Don’t Trash Our Treasure on Earth Day 2021, we did so with the intention of engaging more people to be mindful about how and where they dispose of their waste and hopefully be more conscious of the environmental footprint their everyday choices leave behind.
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