All of the backgrounds images are original photographs of
ordinary objects found within the kitchen including, pots, bowls and the kitchen sink.
Through a meticulous mise - en - sce ̀ne, the artist critically unfolds the perception of a series of
ordinary objects found in his urban drifts, articulating with them minimal installations in which the elements that configure them are deprived from their conventional meaning.
Not exact matches
Engineers have
found ways to endow
ordinary materials with intricate microstructures, creating «metamaterials» that can curve light around very small
objects and make them invisible.
Unlike many
ordinary objects that shrink when squeezed, the metamaterial — a synthetic structure designed to exhibit properties not typically
found in natural materials — expands at higher pressures.
Despite the scary monster, this has children's tale written all over it, and unless you're ready to succumb to a temporary state of ignorance, you'll
find it's very hard to enjoy the flick without constantly inquiring how
objects from the extraordinary can interact with those from the
ordinary.
Rombaldi Seppey often uses
ordinary or
found objects, such as phone books or maps, to create her work.
Richard Hughes is known for his exceptional skill to turn
ordinary, sometimes slightly repulsive
objects that might be
found in a hovel of a rooming house or unceremoniously dumped by the side of the road «'' bleak monuments to abused domestic or public spaces «'' into narrative sculptures.
Rather than
finding beauty in traditional hierarchies, he
finds potential in all manner of
ordinary materials and
objects found in the world around us.
His works often feature a variety of
found objects, peripheral items like key chains, price tags, torn newspaper pages, cigarettes, matches and many other
ordinary trinkets.
Working primarily with the recycled children's toys and
found materials, Stephen Ives creates intricate scenes and narratives rich in details, breathing a breath of fantastic and surreal into the
ordinary objects.
The inspiration for Cristina Tufino comes from her everyday surroundings and discarded,
ordinary objects that she
finds particularly fascinating.
Celebrated for her multimedia collages, box assemblages, altars, and installations consisting of
found materials, Saar has explained, «I am intrigued with combining the remnant of memories, fragments of relics and
ordinary objects, with the components of technology.
She renders the minute details of
ordinary objects,
finding beauty in the mundane.
His materials are diverse and
ordinary —
found objects, plastic, wood, Plexiglas, Formica, and such.
The oversized, hyperrealistic renditions of
ordinary objects made by Claes Oldenburg and his wife Coosje Van Bruggen can be
found around the world, but perhaps his most famous artwork is on view at the Walker Art Center and Minneapolis Sculpture Garden.
When asked about the motivation for the sculpture Hank Willis Thomas mentioned Claes Oldenburg and his oversized recreations of
ordinary and everyday
objects one
finds in ones living environment.
Ordinary Things locates Lucas» works firmly in this history, with the works pointing to the canon of sculpture, ranging from third century Italian votives, Bernini's classical statuary, the figures of Henry Moore and the natural materials of Barbara Hepworth, to the Arte Povera strategies of Mario Merz and the
found objects of Robert Filliou.
Video works in Chen Sai Hua Kuan Sei's «Space Drawing» series are his intuitive reflection on a specific time and place by deconstructing typical perceptions of
ordinary items,
found objects and existing situations in a playful way, according to Osage Gallery.