The disturbance of
everyday objects calls into question the system in which they exist.
A.B. Wells loved to collect unusual,
everyday objects he called «oddities.»
Laid out according to subject rather than chronology, the effect is that of a forensic case study, tracing a path from
the everyday objects she called her «models» to her «portraits» — incisive studies she made across media — to her paintings, where the original subject is less abstracted than obscured by the history of her experimentation and transformations.»
Not exact matches
Now 31, the Los Angeles - based Kamkar hosts a popular YouTube channel
called Applied Hacking, where he exploits security weaknesses in
everyday objects like combination locks, locked cars and locked computers.
Devices to harvest ambient mechanical energy to convert to electricity are widely used to power wearable electronics, biomedical devices and the so -
called Internet of Things (IoT)--
everyday objects that wirelessly connect to the internet.
This week, Khloé Kardashian announced a new series of posts on her app
called Khlo - C - D Week, in which she shares «lazy - girl hacks for cleaning
everyday objects» and «major secrets to staying organized.»
It simply means looking through today's eyes, and these shows match a wave of younger artists at play with Minimalism and household
objects — what one shows
calls «
Everyday Abstract — Abstract
Everyday» and I might
call Neo-Minimalism.
For over forty years, the artist has been making work that's like The Feminine Mystique come to life, transforming
everyday household
objects into what her gallery, JTT,
calls «nightmarish and fantastical dreamscapes.»
Jim Dine's
calling in life has been to create art, and his art, although much of it of seemingly random
everyday objects is, in fact, personal and autobiographical, allowing him to express his emotions and feelings:
In his so
called «semi-functional image -
objects,» we find canvases combined with
everyday objects.
Local artist and educator Donna Castellanos collects and transforms
everyday objects — which she
calls «once loved things» — into a bold hands - on exhibit.
Based on the analysis of a given space and on the use and reuse of
everyday objects and shapes, Cevdet Erek «s work is above all a sonic and three dimensional investigation about the structure of the so
called «natural» and «human made» spaces and times, and the way we try to measure, organize and materialize these concepts.
Known for creating site - specific environments from
everyday objects like toothpicks, sponges, light bulbs and plastic bottles, she made a series of rooms filled with foraged things, in an exhibition
called «Triple Point.»
Duchamp himself had contributed to the movement, largely by depicting what he
called «ready - mades,» (utilitarian articles such as snow shovels and bottle racks) signing the resulting pictures, and presenting the result as
objects of art rather than
objects made for
everyday use.
Johns has often been misread as the gravedigger of Abstract Expressionism, and he and Rauschenberg were frequently
called «neo-Dadaists,» a misnomer that stemmed from their interest in
everyday objects and a dissolution of the distinction between art and life.
Popularized in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s by artists like Robert Rauschenberg (b. 1925) and Jim Dine (b. 1935), Assemblage is a form of three - dimensional visual art whose compositions are formed from
everyday items, usually
called «found
objects» (objets trouvés).
Some highlights: Erwin Wurm's larger - than - life sculpture of two figures
called «Big Disobedience»; Tony Tasset's monumental sculpture of arrows; David Adamo's small bronze sculptures of
everyday objects (flip flops, styrofoam cups etc.); and a street light by Wagner Malta Tavares that will glow in the dark.
For the past 20 years, the Austrian artist Mr Erwin Wurm has been creating what he
calls «One Minute Sculptures» — temporary artworks created by members of the public by following a series of instructions within a gallery setting, using
everyday objects that they find to hand.
Meanwhile, the 300e Chromebook supports an advanced technology
called Enhanced Touch that basically lets you interact with its 11.6 - inch multi-touch display using «
everyday objects.»