What is a Found Art Object?

Found Art Objects...the Definition and History

Found Art Defined

Based on Wikipedia...

Found art object, found art, art from found objects, 3-d art from found objects, and recycled art all refer to the same thing. They originate from a French term found object (French: objet trouvé: ob•jet trou•vé (ôb-zhā' trū-vā' n., pl. ob•jets trou•vés (ôb-zhā' trū-vā').

What is Found Art

The terms describes art works created from everyday common objects that are not in and of them selves normally considered to be art.

The significance of found art comes from the context into which it is applied or used.

The result is a blurring the traditional concept of what is art and what is not art. It also challenges the nature of what is considered art.

It goes beyond folk art and it many times becomes a form of Pop Art.

History of Found Art

Marcel Duchamp used the term readymade in 1915 as a description of his found art. His piece, Fountain, which was a urinal that bore his signature, the pseudonym "R. Mutt", challenged the sensibilities of the art world in 1917.

The Society of Independent Artists rejected the submission to their 1917 art show.

Artists Embracing Found Art

Pablo Picasso also used found art objects as the basis for the creation of Baboon and Young.

Some of the many contemporary artists using found art in their creations...

• Arman • Salvador Dalí • Marcel Duchamp • Pablo Picasso

In Poetry

Poets, too, create art out of non-literary writing. Cordelia McGuire turned a funeral home classified advertisement into a poem entitled Embalmer by adding line breaks.

In Film

Found art objects are featured in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's film Amelie.

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Note...There are high end stores that will allow you to furnish your entire home or office with found art. Everything from personal items to furniture are made from recycled art objects or found art.

Unlike traditional furnishings, these not only have the ability to maintain their value, they can even increase in value.

Found Art Object Gear Mirror is a car part art work by Jonathan Steele. It is made from a car flywheel.

Found Art Gear Mirror is a car part art mirror that can serve as art and decoration.

Found Art Kiss in Lipstick Red are lips hammered from a car hood. The metal sculpture is a 3-d wall hanging sculpture.



Lipstick Red hammered steel lips made from car hood.




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