As she describes it, I have been collecting driftwood and assorted debris all my life, finding beauty and order in the disorder and disintegration of our treasured or
discarded everyday objects.
Romilly Saumarez Smith transforms the stories contained in
discarded everyday objects, such as dress pins found in the mud of the Thames, into beguiling works of art.
Subject to Change centers around seven artists who use traditional photographic processes to revive lost or
discarded everyday objects.
Highlights among the new acquisitions include Marc Camille Chaimowicz's groundbreaking Partial Eclipse 1980 — 2006, for which there will be a weekly live performance every Saturday afternoon at 15.00, and Cathy Wilkes's (We are) Pro Choice 2008, a large - scale installation which brings together
discarded everyday objects to create an unsettling tableau.
Not exact matches
When we enter an artist's studio, we seek hidden clues to better grasp his or her idiosyncratic world: preparatory studies on a wall, works from their artist friends,
discarded trials that mingle with their
everyday objects, and of course, their books.
He utilizes the
objects as central anchors in sculptural frameworks and armatures loaded with vintage decoration, kitsch, antiques, and other
discarded everyday items from many Americans» common past.
Hecker's practice seeks to re-contextualize overlooked,
discarded and beat up
objects of the
everyday.
Like her film, Cwynar's photographs highlight the residual power of
everyday,
discarded objects and images.
Arman's «poubelles» — glass cases filled with rubbish — and Spoerri's «tableaux - pièges» — vertical presentations of meal debris — have much in common with Casserole and Closed Mussels in their use of
discarded materials and their focus on
everyday objects and events.
The inspiration for Cristina Tufino comes from her
everyday surroundings and
discarded, ordinary
objects that she finds particularly fascinating.
Her installations, created with rubbish,
discarded objects and the detritus of
everyday life, combine the anonymous and banal nature of the materials (wood, stone, cement, metal) with a sense of the immediacy, spontaneity and poetry that pervades them.
Tony Feher (1956 - 2016) was known for his use of common household and
everyday objects usually overlooked and generally
discarded.
Bertozzi & Casoni create intricate, realistic tableaux filled with identifiable,
everyday objects: egg shells, gasoline canisters,
discarded paper cups.
There, he reinterpreted Alexander Calder's kinetic sculptures in the form of
everyday objects like Reebok Classic trainers and the remnants of a
discarded lunch.
Setting the
discarded trails of rubbish into motion, and giving the modest
everyday objects new life, Christian Marclay transforms his chance encounters with trash and uses his daily routine to create his new, animated visual poetry.
The painter, collagist, typographer, and poet Kurt Schwitters (1887 - 1948) was the creator of MERZ - art, which is two and three dimensional collage - like works using paper and
discarded objects of
everyday use.
Currently, Joanne is exploring the use of
everyday objects to produce whimsical sculptures, using screws, bolts and other items that might otherwise be
discarded.