From the appropriation of her stationary namesake, Claire Fontaine has utilised a vast number of found and
readymade objects in the quest to create work.
By simply placing
the readymade object in a new context, it was transformed into art.
Not exact matches
But
in Jean Arp's reliefs and
in Barnett Newman - and obviously
in the
readymade - you have this sense that the image edge and the
object edge are contiguous.
«
In her most recent work, Genzken confronts one of the prime calamities of sculpture in the present: a terror that emerges from both the universal equivalence and exchangeability of all objects and materials and the simultaneous impossibility of imbuing any transgressive definition of sculpture with priorities or criteria of selection, of choice, let alone judgment (be it artisanal skills, choice of objects or materials, or the analytical intelligence to identify the specific structure of a contextualized readymade
In her most recent work, Genzken confronts one of the prime calamities of sculpture
in the present: a terror that emerges from both the universal equivalence and exchangeability of all objects and materials and the simultaneous impossibility of imbuing any transgressive definition of sculpture with priorities or criteria of selection, of choice, let alone judgment (be it artisanal skills, choice of objects or materials, or the analytical intelligence to identify the specific structure of a contextualized readymade
in the present: a terror that emerges from both the universal equivalence and exchangeability of all
objects and materials and the simultaneous impossibility of imbuing any transgressive definition of sculpture with priorities or criteria of selection, of choice, let alone judgment (be it artisanal skills, choice of
objects or materials, or the analytical intelligence to identify the specific structure of a contextualized
readymade).
The use of common
objects in his work as seen
in Garage Renovation (Cherry Makita), whether they be fire extinguishers, pieces of cardboard or sheets of kitchen foil, comes out of the Duchampian lineage of the
readymade.
Helen Marten, also exhibiting
in this year's Turner prize, creates intense, playful and highly detailed sculptures and installations that mix the
readymade with the handmade, exploring how we build and use relationships with
objects.
Cole's work is generally discussed
in the context of postmodern eclecticism, combining references and appropriation ranging from African and African American imagery, to Dada's
readymades and Surrealism's transformed
objects, and icons of American pop culture or African and Asian masks, into highly original and witty assemblages.
The first exhibition
in its new space will be «
Readymades Belong to Everyone,» a survey of artists positioning
objects within architectural spaces curated by Fredi Fischli and Niels Olsen.
Although he saw Rauschenberg's Combines as a «preliminaries» to his own work and regarded their
object - like dimensionality and inclusion of found
objects as «radical,» Donald Judd could only see Rauschenberg's continued interest in painting as «conservative» and too closely tied to traditional representation.6 From Judd's perspective, Rauschenberg failed to understand fully the monochrome's pronouncement of the end of painting — an end that, when read in conjunction with Marcel Duchamp's readymade, authorized the move from painting to the three - dimensional realm of «Specific Objects.
objects as «radical,» Donald Judd could only see Rauschenberg's continued interest
in painting as «conservative» and too closely tied to traditional representation.6 From Judd's perspective, Rauschenberg failed to understand fully the monochrome's pronouncement of the end of painting — an end that, when read
in conjunction with Marcel Duchamp's
readymade, authorized the move from painting to the three - dimensional realm of «Specific
Objects.
Objects.»
For these works, the artist works with the classical figure
in the manner of a traditional sculptor yet drastically deconstructs and contorts each shape, inserting unexpected
readymade objects to further the abstraction.
Although the use of banal
objects draws inspiration from the
readymades of Marcel Duchamp, the improvisatory gestures employed
in applying both paint and
object to Collection owe much to the generation of «action» painters to which Still and de Kooning belonged.
In the 1950s Robert Rauschenberg used what he dubbed «combines», literally combining
readymade objects such as tires or beds, painting, silk - screens, collage, and photography.
From 2002 to 2007 she was the Chief Curator of Exhibitions at the Wexner Center for the Arts where she organized the first US retrospectives of Louise Lawler and Luc Tuymans, as well as Part
Object Part Sculpture, which examined sculpture
in the wake of Marcel Duchamp's erotic
objects and hand made
readymades of the 1960s.
Other works
in the exhibition include Jorge Pardo's handcrafted wooden palette and modernist designed furniture that question the nature of the aesthetic experience; pioneering conceptual artist Joseph Kosuth's discourse on aesthetics
in neon, An
Object Self - Defined, 1966; Rachel Lachowicz's 1992 row of urinals cast
in red lipstick, which delivers a feminist critique of Duchamp's
readymade; Richard Pettibone's paintings of photographs of Fountain; Richard Phillips» recent paintings based on Gerhard Richter's highly valued work; Miami artist Tom Scicluna's neon sign, «Interest
in Aesthetics,» a critique of the use of aesthetics
in Fort Lauderdale's ordinance on homelessness; the French collaborative Claire Fontaine's lightbox highlighting Duchamp's critical comments about art juries; Corey Arcangel's video Apple Garage Band Auto Tune Demonstration, 2007, which tweaks the concept of aesthetics
in the digital age; Bernd and Hilla Becher's photographs, Four Water Towers, 1980, that reveal the potential for aesthetic choices within the same typological structures; and works by Elad Lassry and Steven Baldi, who explore the aesthetic history of photography.
From 2002 to 2007 she was the Chief Curator of Exhibitions at the Wexner Center for the Arts where she organized the first US retrospectives of Louise Lawler and Luc Tuymans, as well as Part
Object Part Sculpture which examined sculpture produced
in the wake of Marcel Duchamp's erotic
objects and hand made
readymades of the 1960s.
Taking note from Marcel Duchamp, who first utilized the found
object as
readymade, Broodthaers reworked its implementation and used groups of
objects and even entire exhibitions as
readymades, as
in Section des Figures (1972), installed by his «fake» art museum referenced above.
Beat Zoderer, who both, radically reworks
readymade materials, often transforming everyday
objects from a wide range of cultures into startling works of art is at the same time a sensitive and spectacular sculptor
in the more formal sense.
In Brian Griffiths» work traditional genres of sculpture are re-thought through the assisted
readymade or the fabricated found
object.
Perhaps this way of working has something
in common with the
readymade: the artist lets someone else — it doesn't matter who — do the work of making the
object, and the real work lies
in observing the thing and deciding whether it's any good» (G. Richter, quoted
in «Interview with Jonas Storsve, 1991»
in D. Elgar and H - U.
In the early 1980s, Weiwei moved to New York where he got influenced by pop art and started creating conceptual artworks made of altered
readymade objects that brought him worldwide exposure.
The exhibition brings together more than 100 works created by more than 20 artists from France, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Great Britain and the United States from the «20s to the «50s, rebalancing the traditional views about Surrealist sculpture by placing equal emphasis on organic abstraction which originated
in the whimsical reliefs of Jean Arp, and the of found -
object assemblage, which originated
in the Assisted
Readymades of Marcel Duchamp and became a surrealist passion.
But if you're able to snag a few moments at these stations, you'll see the
objects on view
in the aesthetic and cultural context of significant artworks, monuments, and movements: Marcel Duchamp's 1913
readymade Roue de bicyclette [Bicycle Wheel]; the Crystal Palace at the 1851 World's Fair; Pop Art's embrace of mass - media messaging.
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.
2017, Through the Lens:
Readymade / Found
Object, CentralTrak Gallery, Dallas, Texas 2016, Nanjing International Art Festival, Baijia Art Museum, Nanjing, China 2016, FORMAT Photo Festival, Quad Galleries, Derby, UK 2016, PHOTO London, Lensculture Magazine, Somerset House, London, UK 2016, reGeneration 3: New Perspectives
in Photography, Centrol National de las Artes, Mexico City, Mexico 2015, Sensuous World, Eastfield College, Gallery 2019, Mesquite, TX 2015, reGeneration 3: New Perspectives
in Photography (
in conjunction with Foto Mexico), Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico 2015, Destination Unknown, Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas, TX 2015, Rendezvous, Keystone Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2015, My Favorite Intern, Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX 2015, reGeneration 3: New Perspectives
in Photography, Musee de l'Elysee, Lausanne, Switzerland 2014,
Object Object!
As museums
in the age of the
readymade increasingly resemble cabinets of curiosities (or sometimes of banalities), the separation of fine art from every other kind of
object seems less and less tenable.
Chronologically, this exploration begins with Marcel Duchamp, whose invention of the
readymade in 1913 gave birth to the separation of found or handmade
objects from the more limited world of sculpture, usually confined to plaster, bronze, marble and occasionally carved wood that had previously represented, exclusively,
in the realm of the third dimension
in art.It continues through Arp, Man Ray (with an assortment of works from his New York, Paris and California periods), Dalí (represented by two works of major importance: Objet escatalogique de fonctionnement symbolique (Le soulier de Gala) and Vénus de Milo aux Tiroirs)
The combination of internal materials of our buildings» infrastructures and
objects and images from the urban landscape develops a space for evaluation and refection of Cruzvillegas» acquired
readymades contained within the spacial constructs
in each piece.
I am altering most of the
objects I use, so they are not
readymades in the classic Duchampian sense.
Key to her photography is the drama and intimacy of the close - up that highlights emotional content
in specific moments, as well as capturing
readymade objects «made» by forces of nature such as wind, sun, or the trampling of feet.
The show will be of «
readymades», of sorts: The mass produced multiple
in the form of the cuboid metal frames, and what Griffiths refers to as the «fabricated found
object»
in the form of the tarpaulins covering them; these being singular, touched, expressive yet understated surfaces.
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.
The use of found
objects such as barbed wire, neon lights, or glass shards indicates the crucial role the
readymade plays
in his work.
In the midst of working on his two - part installation for the show, Olaf takes the time to explain his inspiration and thinking behind his mini army made of
readymade objects and a recreation of a 1932 photograph.
Andrews referred to Duchamp when she described these props as «truer»
readymades, claiming, «The inclusion of
readymades have become so standard
in artistic practice that the question of whether or not the artist made the
object is of little consequence.»
Drawing on readily - available
objects utilised
in daily life, Morrison's composite sculptures begin as disparate Duchampian
readymades: weather balloons, bullets, mannequin busts and shopping carts, just to list a few.
Alexander Gray Associates presents Luis Camnitzer: Short Stories, featuring new work
in a variety of media, including: video, printmaking, and modified
readymade objects.
Titled after Marcel Duchamp's
readymade of a ball of string containing a mysterious sound - making
object hidden
in its folds, With Hidden Noise brings together evocative sounds, some recognizable from traditional instruments and field recordings, and others masked through electronic processes.
With Hidden Noise is an exploration of sound art that invites gallery and museum visitors to spend time listening with ears they may not know they have... Titled after Marcel Duchamp's
readymade of a ball of string containing a mysterious sound - making
object hidden
in its folds, this Exhibition
in a Box brings together evocative sounds, some recognizable from traditional instruments and field recordings, and others masked through electronic processes.
Arranged with minimal simplicity, Steinbach's seemingly random assortment of
readymade objects forms part of his ongoing enquiry into the ways
in which meaning is structured and modified.
L.A. native Ry Rocklen follows
in Duchamp's tradition of taking familiar
objects and presenting them as
readymade (often humorous) sculptures.
In her most iconic works, she utilized wooden
objects that she gathered from urban debris piles to create her monumental installations - a process clearly influenced by the precedent of Marcel Duchamp's found
object sculptures and «
readymades.»
The artists do not aim to create an original; rather they follow
in the tradition of Marcel Duchamp, who famously designated ordinary mass - produced
objects as «
Readymade» works of art, and Jasper Johns, who,
in the late 1950s, chose to paint images «the mind already knows,» such as targets and the American flag.
IN THE CREATION of his Urinal, 1984, Robert Gober referred more explicitly to Marcel Duchamp's
readymades (specifically Fountain, 1917) than any other artist now creating sculpture derived from the everyday
object.
In «New Geometries,» one of Gibson's shaped canvas paintings uses the armature of an old ironing board multivalent in meaning: a readymade, shaped canvas; an homage to his grandmother who was a meticulous housekeeper; and the transformation of a domestic object into a power object — a shiel
In «New Geometries,» one of Gibson's shaped canvas paintings uses the armature of an old ironing board multivalent
in meaning: a readymade, shaped canvas; an homage to his grandmother who was a meticulous housekeeper; and the transformation of a domestic object into a power object — a shiel
in meaning: a
readymade, shaped canvas; an homage to his grandmother who was a meticulous housekeeper; and the transformation of a domestic
object into a power
object — a shield.
He started making such
readymades — found
objects presented as art, a term coined by Duchamp himself — during his M.F.A. at Yale, with slicker
objects like gold - plated basketball nets stacked vertically
in reference to Donald Judd.
By Proxy includes Marcel Duchamp's assisted
readymade With Hidden Noise, a ball of string with an unknown
object rattling inside it; embroidery works by Alighiero Boetti; three drawings from John Cage's 1990 series River Rocks and Smoke,
in which chance operations are performed by smoke settling
in the fibers of the paper; Oliver Laric's Yuanmingyuan Columns, a new work created with 3D scans of Chinese cultural artifacts ensconced
in Bergen, Norway; Yoko Ono's seminal chess set and war allegory Play it By Trust; and a work from Xu Zhen's recent Eternity series, which juxtaposes the East and West by mounting headless replicas of key Hellenistic and Buddhist sculptures neck to neck.
Alone
in his studio he created his first
readymade by selecting and presenting a found
object, Bicycle Wheel.
The latter - who
in addition to achieving considerable fame as a Cubist painter, was also an important of Junk art - impressed Gleizes with his «
readymades» series of found
objects.
The most famous series of «found
objects» were Duchamp's «
readymades», an early form of junk art, including works like: Bicycle Wheel (1913), Bottle - Rack (1914), and Fountain (1917, a urinal) both
in the Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; and In Advance of the Broken Arm (1915, Replica in Moderna Museet, Stockholm; a regular snow shovel on which Duchamp had painted its title, together with the words «from Marcel Duchamp 1915»
in the Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; and
In Advance of the Broken Arm (1915, Replica in Moderna Museet, Stockholm; a regular snow shovel on which Duchamp had painted its title, together with the words «from Marcel Duchamp 1915»
In Advance of the Broken Arm (1915, Replica
in Moderna Museet, Stockholm; a regular snow shovel on which Duchamp had painted its title, together with the words «from Marcel Duchamp 1915»
in Moderna Museet, Stockholm; a regular snow shovel on which Duchamp had painted its title, together with the words «from Marcel Duchamp 1915»).
During this time Duchamp began exhibiting «
readymades» (everyday
objects found or purchased and declared art) such as a bottle rack, and was active
in the Society of Independent Artists.