«I hit on the idea of using
everyday household paint to create striking what I call «over-the-sofa» paintings.
Not exact matches
Dine, by now considered an important young artist of the period, continued to produce highly evocative works involving the paraphernalia of
everyday life —
paintings and constructions of robes,
household utensils, ties, toothbrushes and utilitarian objects placed like props in front of various colored canvases.
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.
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».
Morton's work reflects upon historical
painting and literature, whilst also considering notions of the
everyday and alluding to the domestic through her use of found
household objects.
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.
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.