Inside, are
functional objects made by artists and designers.
Not exact matches
For example, performing a deadlift is a lot like picking up a heavy
object and that
makes the deadlift a very
functional exercise.
Functional exercises like walking, sprinting, etc are free and you can even lift weights with sandbags or homemade
objects or
make a pull - up bar in your home (I use this one).
A backpack
made of Monogram Canvas and shearling designed by Industrial Designer Marc Newson which in a truly
functional object.
It
made me come up with two hard and fast rules: If an
object enters my home, it must be
functional and it must be beautiful.
This
making process — along with the idiosyncrasies, imperfections, and errors of the handmade — is vitrified and sealed into distinctive
functional ceramic
objects.
Made possible under Creative Commons Zero (CC0), this initiative represents yet another techno - utopic step toward the re-materialization of art
objects (and «
objects» feels like the operative term, given that so many of the CC0 - friendly works consist of pottery, textiles, costumes, and other
functional objects often individually unattributed and classified as decorative arts) as virtual assets, freely shared and distributed.
And needless to say, there's nothing wrong with craft ceramics; in fact, all of the ceramicists discussed here continued to
make functional objects their entire careers.
This is one of the starkest yet most conceptually rich works in the exhibition — a
functional object frozen into an artwork, a fact
made invisible in the light of day.
In the case of artist -
made functional objects by Nico Yektai, the description is apt.
Also, just as the lithograph was about one set of
objects (namely man -
made chimneys also acting as trees), the collaged ukulele would be a
functional musical instrument also being an art
object, so I felt that there existed interesting parallel sets of ideas to play with about one set of images that can suggest something entirely different or about an
object that can be transformed into something else with different associations.»
Works of art range from stunning quilts, drawings and paintings, to wooden and metal sculptures, and
functional objects such as bird houses — all
made in Alabama and several neighboring states.
Functional objects, such as his infamous sculpture Fountain (1917), were divorced from their utilitarian purpose and designated — as opposed to
made — by Duchamp as works of art.
Many highly regarded artists are designing
functional art
objects that would
make perfect gifts for the art lovers on your list.
Dwyer is a ceramic artist who
makes socially engaged ceramic sculptures and
functional art
objects.
Return to Function brings together contemporary artists who
make functional objects based on theoretical principles.
Celmins began using found photography as her source material in the mid-1960s, during the period when she was also engaged in
making sculpture based on everyday
functional objects.
«I'm looking to people who aren't really in the design tradition, even if they're
making functional objects.»
Inspired by a gag nutcracker of Hillary Clinton, Rubell's life - size and fully
functional nutcracker sculpture
made from a recumbent mannequin engages with the popular caricatures of women as sexualized
objects or aggressively anti-man.
A collaboration between MCASD and successful design retailers Brooks Hudson Thomas and Blaire Dessent, Product Porch will offer accessories,
functional objects, and furniture
made by a new generation of creative talents from all over the world.
Combining mark -
making and sculptural processes with everyday materials she produces artworks that hover between states of being such as painting and sculpture, 2 - D and 3 - D,
functional thing and aesthetic
object.
The majority of the slip cast
objects I
make take the shape of tools, architectural components, infrastructure and other
functional objects.
All works stem from concepts such as recycling, memories and
making everyday
objects go beyond their
functional life to become thoughtful and exclusive compositions.
Handwoven textiles, carpets, steel, and sculptural works point to the distinctions that we
make between art (a conceptual
object) and design (a
functional object); painting (two - dimensional) and sculpture (three - dimensional); and representation (illusion) and reality (the actual
object).