Los Angeles-based artist Kim Abeles addresses social, political, and environmental issues in her innovative works of art. In this talk, she describes her work, process, and inspiration. Discover how Abeles created works of art from the particulate matter in the air and one day's worth of trash from an elementary school. This video was excerpted from the 2012 Culminating Event of the Getty Museum's Art & Language Arts program. Watch more videos of this event. youtu.be/tRIsXStcB4Q youtu.be/4ooxlaEs-WY Love art? Follow us on Google+ to stay in touch: bit.ly/gettygoogleplus Learn more about Kim Abeles. www.kimabeles.com Learn more about the Art & Language Arts program on the Getty Museum's Web site. www.getty.edu/education/teachers/professional_dev/ala/index.html