Van Gogh recycled: Four million bottles used in Taiwan replica of ‘Starry Night’

(Source: News.xinhuanet.com)

“We were thinking of combining the idea of environmental protection with PET (recycled) bottles, and this landscape to create a piece of art, so that everyone can get to know another side of recycling,” said Aisin Yeh, who is in charge of public relations at Unison Developing Co. Ltd, which undertook the project.

Van Gogh finished the original piece in 1889 (a year before his death), using oil paint on canvas.Visitor reactions to the recycled replica have been varied.

Van Gogh’s Starry Night, on which the park design is based.

“(We) came here to have a look right after work. Looking at it, I feel that it’s very big and there are a lot of PET bottles,” said 22-year-old Fan Yu-Hsiang.

“I think it looks more beautiful in photographs, but looking at it like this is an impressive sight.”

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