Celebrate America's love affair with the automobile, and explore its impact on American life and society.

During the first decades of the 20th century, America was transformed by the automobile -- and by the 1960s the automobile had become a necessity for living.

For the first time in their lives, most people -– no matter what struggles or situations they faced -– could hop in their cars, hit the road and escape from the places and circumstances that bound them. The car gave people freedom – freedom to travel, freedom to explore, and freedom to see new ways of living.

The automobile transformed America -- where we live, how we work, how we travel, what the cities and suburbs look like, our environment – everything was profoundly shaped by the car.
In this book, you can see how 150 artists from around the world have transformed discarded metal wheel coverings and hubcaps into works of art -- and turned them into objects of wonder and whimsy.

Artists have long used junkyards and trash heaps as sources of inspiration, taking something discarded and turning it into something beautiful, compelling or provocative.

And like a trip down memory lane, we can enjoy how artists from the LandfillArt Collection have celebrated a unique era during the first half of the 20th century. A great book to give to your car loving friends or anyone that is interested in the early 20th century.