With the insertion of artist edition kitsch into the second-hand store industry I attempt an analysis of commodity flow and second-hand 
bric-a-brac capitalism and
simultaneously generate critique of art object value (the thrift store is momentarily converted into venue for the avant-garde and the 
second-hand shopper inadvertently
becomes collector of fine art).

One ceramic E.T. figure is slipcast everyday from a single plaster mold purchased from a second-hand store in 2009. Once glazed and serialized The E.T.s are then
circulated through donation to area thrift stores where they are priced, shelved and sold to the public.

If you have found yourself looking at this webpage because you happened upon and purchased one of these objects please email me at joe@joeyorty.com.