Interestingly, Jones adds, theuse of
everyday household materials — now so integral to theLittle Shop aesthetic — wasn't anoriginal focus.
Not exact matches
Her transformations of
everyday household objects, from furniture to clothing, are infused with human emotion and rawness, and also show a playfulness of
material and language that is both subtle and ambitious.
Lee creates poetic object - based installations fashioned from
everyday materials and
household items such as soap, towels, cardboard boxes, and plastic containers, which he transforms through subtle gestures of painting, drawing, and placement.
Art like this recycles the scraps of
everyday existence, from
household materials to pop imagery.
Inspired as much by poetry and philosophy as by the affecting
material qualities of sculpture, Salcedo subtly and painstakingly transforms
everyday household objects and garments - symbols of a vanished existence and of the human tragedies that are its cause.
Recycling ready - made
materials, repurposing common
household items and creating art from the refuse of
everyday life are classic strategies of the modern and postmodern avant - garde, from early - 20th - century Cubist collages of newspaper clippings and the ephemera of popular culture to today's recycling...
Yet upon further inspection, it is evident that their purposes run parallel; each piece — a stacked pyramid of crumpled rice paper, a pile of woven baskets, archival
material and oiled canvases — seems to be the embodiment or reflection of what Zhu has maintained throughout his career, regardless if the media were
everyday household items, objects of suburban life, or what the critic Li Tuo has deemed «thick paintings».
During the same period he started on his best - known works - mixed - media combinations of paintings or sculptures, to which he attached
everyday items, such as clothes, kitchen appliances,
household materials, scrap paper, and so on.
Lambie specialises in colourful sculptural installations made from
everyday modern
materials including pop culture objects, such as posters and album covers, and
household accessories.
Known for transforming
household objects into dynamic sculptural installations through the addition of ceramics, paint, and found
materials, Hutchins» practice examines the artistic potential of the
everyday.