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English Artist Brightens the Sidewalk By Painting Stuck Chewing Gum

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Ben Wilson is an English artist best known for his unique brand of chewing gum art. That’s what he’s up to in that photo above; Wilson paints the dried chewing gum stuck to the ground. He’s has been doing this for about ten years now and has even been arrested a couple times, though all charges were dropped when it was determined that no law forbids the painting of rubbish. 

Here’s a terrific Flickr album of his art.

And here are some great resources if you’d like to learn more about Ben Wilson.

Photo credit: DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered / Wikimedia Commons

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