In recent decades, artists have continued to explore ways of
incorporating readymade objects into their work, including through a strain of the approach that takes off directly from the fetishization of consumer goods.
Not exact matches
Nouveau réalistes made extensive use of collage and assemblage, using real
objects incorporated directly into the work and acknowledging a debt to the
readymades of Marcel Duchamp.
My approach to composition is to photograph
objects gathered in pre-existing display settings such as museums and shop windows, in other words «
readymade» still life groupings, from which I can isolate an image which will often
incorporate incidental reflections and chance juxtapositions of
objects.
Lavier's work often
incorporates unexpected combinations of
objects and techniques, questioning the traditional distinctions between
Readymades and works of art, and between different art movements.
Expanding on Marcel Duchamp's concept of the
readymade, Rauschenberg imbued new significance to such ordinary
objects as a patchwork quilt or an automobile tire by combining unrelated items and
incorporating them into the context of art.
The sculpture is a masterful example of how to
incorporate readymade items like the bracelets into cohesive artworks that benefit from the
objects» cultural context without entirely depending on it, a balancing act some artists twice his age still seem to be struggling with.