Recycled/Reused Materials
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/418.jpg?0 ""Irish Spring", Bridgeport, CT")
![](https://cindytower.com/spacer.gif ""Irish Spring", Bridgeport, CT"){kind=spacer}
"Irish Spring", Bridgeport, CT
The artist spent a week installing 25' up in a tree using a suspension ladder. Instantly, upon completion, the city removed the piece due to neighborhood complaints that an artist had left garbage in their park.
These photos were thankfully taken by Debbie Hess who happened upon the scene moments before it was dismantled.
These photos were thankfully taken by Debbie Hess who happened upon the scene moments before it was dismantled.
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials Outdoors and Indoors at Serge Sorroko Gallery, NYC](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/404.jpg?0 ""Inlay", blown eggs imbedded in painted tulip tree log")
"Inlay", blown eggs imbedded in painted tulip tree log
Outdoors and Indoors at Serge Sorroko Gallery, NYC
Outdoors and Indoors at Serge Sorroko Gallery, NYC
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials Box fans, painted silk under garments, soundtrack of birds and bees](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/375.jpg?0 ""Fertility Hut" , New Haven, CT, 1/5")
"Fertility Hut" , New Haven, CT, 1/5
Box fans, painted silk under garments, soundtrack of birds and bees
Box fans, painted silk under garments, soundtrack of birds and bees
It took seven years of collecting box window fans from Brooklyn sidewalks for the artist to complete this piece.
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/376.jpg?0 ""Fertility Hut", 2/5")
"Fertility Hut", 2/5
Boy entering "Fertility Hut", New Haven Public Library, New Haven, CT
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/290.jpg?0 ""Fertility Hut", Interior view, 3/5")
"Fertility Hut", Interior view, 3/5
NOTE: At the last moment before installation, central "Viewing Hammock" was removed because building's facility manager feared homeless would take up residence inside sculpture.
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/353.jpg?0 ""Fertility Hut" Daylight interior view, 4/5")
"Fertility Hut" Daylight interior view, 4/5
Flowering trees painted on silk undergarments stretched on box fans with "birds and bees soundtrack
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/292.jpg?0 "View of man entering from inside "Fertility Hut", 5/5")
View of man entering from inside "Fertility Hut", 5/5
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials Found highway ornamentation in the midwest](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/140.jpg?0 ""Women Power", Before Shot, 1/3")
"Women Power", Before Shot, 1/3
Found highway ornamentation in the midwest
Found highway ornamentation in the midwest
Transforming critical highway eyesore into a less judgmental, and celebratory piece with styrofoam plates hollowed out.
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials Found highway installation and styrofoam plates](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/365.jpg?0 ""Women Power", In Process, 2/3")
"Women Power", In Process, 2/3
Found highway installation and styrofoam plates
Found highway installation and styrofoam plates
Collaboration with Ron Fondaw
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials Found highway installation with styrofoam plates added](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/363.jpg?0 ""Women Power", After Embellishment, 2009, 3/3")
"Women Power", After Embellishment, 2009, 3/3
Found highway installation with styrofoam plates added
Found highway installation with styrofoam plates added
Transforming highway eyesore into a lesser judgmental and celebratory piece with styrofoam plates
Collaboration with Ron Fondaw
Collaboration with Ron Fondaw
Serge Sorroko Gallery, New York City
Tower recreated her 1991 "Pretty Dot Piece" for the Serge Sorroko Gallery in 1998. All Paintings were made from reused clothing, car seats and objects.
Saw blade painting
Barn
Serge Sorroko Gallery, New York City
Western" inspired Installation. Artist had been a resident of the Ucross foundation in Wyoming. In response to the obsessively repetitious hilly surrounds, the artist collected any polka dotted material or circular objects to paint on from local Wyoming thrift shops (including clothing, furry toilet seat covers, sliced wood, car seats, saw-blades, hats and even eggs)
Mountain Snow Scene
Tee-pee dress painting
Wood pile
Detail showing Egg Box
"Pretty Dot Piece" Remake 1998, Serge Sorroko Gallery, New York, NY
Trojan
Oil on cowboy shirt
Oil on cowboy shirt
Alligator painting
Hey
Hay
Installation Detail
Hat painting
Red Barn
Felicity
Art Net
Art Net, page two
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/470.jpg?0 ""Tank", Night, San Antonio, TX")
"Tank", Night, San Antonio, TX
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/494.jpg?0 ""Chio Torso"")
"Chio Torso"
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/440.jpg?0 ""Black-Eyed Susans"")
"Black-Eyed Susans"
Tracing Paper and Hefty Garbage Bags, 10'x40'x10'
Tracing Paper and Hefty Garbage Bags, 10'x40'x10'
One Main Street Gallery, Dumbo (Brooklyn), New York
Apparition
1989
Bubble Wrap, Scaffold Fence
1989
Bubble Wrap, Scaffold Fence
Apparition was left on the Tijuana border to greet passersby
Recession Tree, 2010
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/96.jpg?0 ""Potato Chip Torso"")
"Potato Chip Torso"
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/95.jpg?0 ""Potato Chip Torso" detail")
"Potato Chip Torso" detail
15' x 4' x 4'
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/81.jpg?0 ""Irish Spring"")
"Irish Spring"
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/90.jpg?0 "Installing "Orb", New Haven, CT")
Installing "Orb", New Haven, CT
TV Suck
2006
Ceramic
2006
Ceramic
Life-sized cast TV with nipple
TV Suck
2006
Ceramic
2006
Ceramic
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/93.jpg?0 "Installation shot of "Rapunzel"")
Installation shot of "Rapunzel"
Tower wore a wig as she chain-sawed this sculpture in a vacant lot in the middle of a Hasidic neighborhood in Williamsburg's Southside. It is a tradition for Hasidic women to cut their hair and wear wigs upon matrimony. Neighborhood residents are well acquainted with the myth of Rapunzel.
Shown in Brooklyn, NY at the pioneering gallery, Epoche (First Gallery in Brooklyn) located under the Williamsburg bridge in the early nineties.
Shown in Brooklyn, NY at the pioneering gallery, Epoche (First Gallery in Brooklyn) located under the Williamsburg bridge in the early nineties.
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/92.jpg?0 ""Rapunzel" detail of head")
"Rapunzel" detail of head
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/91.jpg?0 ""Rapunzel" detail")
"Rapunzel" detail
1990
1990
Chainsawed logs and altered pallet
Shown in Brooklyn, NY
Shown in Brooklyn, NY
Flemish Pile
Ward's Island, New
Painted and Burnt Logs
Ward's Island, New
Painted and Burnt Logs
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/405.jpg?0 ""Flemish Pile", Ward's Island, NYC")
"Flemish Pile", Ward's Island, NYC
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/406.jpg?0 ""Flemish Pile" and tree Painting, NJ Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ")
"Flemish Pile" and tree Painting, NJ Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials Pink Panther Brand Insulation and Steel](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/115.jpg?0 "Transporting "Dio-Llama"")
Transporting "Dio-Llama"
Pink Panther Brand Insulation and Steel
Pink Panther Brand Insulation and Steel
Installation of this piece became a performance in itself as the sculpture was driven across the country with the artist periodically taking "breaks" on truck hood.
Installed at Petrosino Park, Soho District, New York, New York
Installed at Petrosino Park, Soho District, New York, New York
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/116.jpg?0 ""Dio-Llama" with Italo Scanga")
"Dio-Llama" with Italo Scanga
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/88.jpg?0 "model for "Dio-Llama"")
model for "Dio-Llama"
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/407.jpg?0 ""Dio-Llama Study", Pink Panther Brand Insulation, 1988")
"Dio-Llama Study", Pink Panther Brand Insulation, 1988
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/419.jpg?0 ""Fan Flowers", "Gardenia Exhibition", New Jersey Center for the Arts, Summit, NJ")
"Fan Flowers", "Gardenia Exhibition", New Jersey Center for the Arts, Summit, NJ
Transforming fans into flowers
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/112.jpg?0 ""Walk in the Woods"")
"Walk in the Woods"
Mixed
Mixed
Islip Museum, Long Island, New York
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials Vines, Left-over fabric from Jeffrey Deitch Project](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/113.jpg?0 "Detail of "Walk in the Woods"")
Detail of "Walk in the Woods"
Vines, Left-over fabric from Jeffrey Deitch Project
Vines, Left-over fabric from Jeffrey Deitch Project
Islip Museum, Long Island, NY
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials Oil paintings and sculpture](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/123.jpg?0 ""What To Do With Old Boyfriends", Patrice Landau Gallery, New York, NY")
"What To Do With Old Boyfriends", Patrice Landau Gallery, New York, NY
1994
Oil paintings and sculpture
1994
Oil paintings and sculpture
Head sprouting Fungi (After a decade in storage)
Necklace Details
Wood, rope and brass
Wood, rope and brass
Patrice Landau Gallery, New York, NY
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/97.jpg?0 ""Necklace" with old boy friend pearls of wisdom")
"Necklace" with old boy friend pearls of wisdom
Patrice Landau Gallery, New York City
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/496.jpg?0 ""Bottle Forest Two"")
"Bottle Forest Two"
Funnel
2009
Wedding Dress and Mixed Media
4.5' x 5' x 5'
2009
Wedding Dress and Mixed Media
4.5' x 5' x 5'
"Funnel" is an inside-out wedding gown with seams exposed. The waste-band functions as a giant funnel or squeeze-shoot through which a wedding party is strained. The piece may simply be read as a mulch-pile of matrimony.
Details of Funnel interior
2009
Mixed
4.5' x 5' x 5'
2009
Mixed
4.5' x 5' x 5'
Wedding gown with entire wedding party strained through waistband
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials Mixed](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/114.jpg?0 ""Burden of Art History", LaJolla, CA")
"Burden of Art History", LaJolla, CA
1988
Mixed
1988
Mixed
Censorship
painted 55-gallon drums, metal
painted 55-gallon drums, metal
Rebuilt by Sheboygan Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials Mixed](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/85.jpg?0 ""Birth"")
"Birth"
Mixed
Mixed
Caren Golden Gallery, New York City
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/495.jpg?0 ""Sunflower Log Pile"")
"Sunflower Log Pile"
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials Collaboration with Andy Yoder](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/441.jpg?0 ""Nice Day", NYC")
"Nice Day", NYC
Collaboration with Andy Yoder
Collaboration with Andy Yoder
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/420.jpg?0 ""Puma Rug", Brooke Alexander Gallery, NYC")
"Puma Rug", Brooke Alexander Gallery, NYC
Carved Avocado log and swept Eucalyptus bark
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/442.jpg?0 ""Tom Moving Out"")
"Tom Moving Out"
Painted portrait of Tower's boyfriend moving out on found object.
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/467.jpg?0 ""Screen Series", Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY")
"Screen Series", Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/466.jpg?0 ""Rug Series", Sibley Dome Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY")
"Rug Series", Sibley Dome Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/465.jpg?0 ""Rug Series", Photo of Paul Canfield and Carroll Todd helping with Tower's work")
"Rug Series", Photo of Paul Canfield and Carroll Todd helping with Tower's work
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/464.jpg?0 ""Screen series", Ithaca, NY")
"Screen series", Ithaca, NY
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/497.jpg?0 ""Topiary Figures", Chainsawed wood")
"Topiary Figures", Chainsawed wood
![Cindy Tower Recycled/Reused Materials mixed media with museum painting](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/cindytow/thumb/498.jpg?0 ""St. Catharine's Doormat",")
"St. Catharine's Doormat",
mixed media with museum painting
mixed media with museum painting
