a South Dakota artist's work is getting some International attention thanks to a new documentary John Lopez is featured in the new film scrap the good news it's shining a spotlight not only on his amazing work but also on the small South Dakota town he calls home Charlie cruzman reports John Lopez spends a lot of time here in this Workshop it's where the world renowned artist creates scrap metal sculptures his art can be found all over the Dakotas and as far away as Qatar they all have a story n
ow his story will be shared on the big screen the lemon South Dakota artist is one of several Salvage artists from around the world featured in the new film scrap it's a project Canadian filmmaker Stacy Tenenbaum has been working on since 2018. I wanted to to look at different ways that we could reuse these things um and and make and you know give them new lives scrap tells the stories of people who have a connection to objects that have reached the end of life we consume and discard and raises
awareness about giving New Life to things we might otherwise throw away my sculptures are made out of found objects discarded farm equipment that I find a new rebirth I I find a way to reuse these old discarded pieces equipment and that's what her documentary is about is basically repurposing things that have been discarded for Lopez his love for his hometown International audience I was so tickled that we get to feature lemon and the different people that live here and our little town I'm honor
ed I I pinch myself I can't believe that my work has reached to this level and might Inspire others to see things in a whole new light in lemon South Dakota I'm Jody kurzman reporting for your News Leader you can watch the documentary this weekend at The Palace Theater in lemon showtimes for 7 P.M mountain time on Saturday 2 p.m Sunday we've got details including how to purchase Advanced tickets on our website
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