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To round out the fair, the Design section is curated by industrial designer and curator Cecilia León de la Barra who will link the art and design worlds with limited editions of utilitarian objects by cutting edge designers.

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Dine, by now considered an important young artist of the period, continued to produce highly evocative works involving the paraphernalia of everyday life — paintings and constructions of robes, household utensils, ties, toothbrushes and utilitarian objects placed like props in front of various colored canvases.

Many of his works play with the forms of utilitarian objects and take a «finish fetish» approach to commercial and industrial materials not typically used by artists of his generation.

Holdings include body adornment and utilitarian objects; religious items such as Coptic scrolls from Ethiopia and an Islamic prayer board from Uganda; and modern paintings, sculptures, and ceramics by artists such as Wangechi Mutu, Amir Nour, Ibrahim El - Salahi, and Magdalene Odundo.

He was not interested in fabricating utilitarian objects, such as the workers» uniforms designed by Aleksandr Rodchenko or the teacups and saucers made by second - rate Productivists.

Intrigued by the term utilitarian, Gary Schott finds himself drawn toward creating objects that balance between aesthetics and function; wearable and non-wearable.

The exhibition opened with MoMA's first decade, including such iconic works as Edward Hopper's House by the Railroad (acquired in 1930), Paul Cézanne's The Bather (acquired in 1934) Constantin Brancusi's Bird in Space (acquired in 1934), as well as Walker Evans's Posed Portraits, New York (acquired in 1938), Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie (acquired in 1936), and utilitarian, machine - made objects, such as an outboard propeller, a flush valve, and a self - aligning ball bearing (acquired in 1934).

The Art Center first exhibited her work in 1987 as part of a three - person exhibition also organized by Richard Born who then described her tapestries as «simultaneously utilitarian objects and works of independent beauty intended both for use and appreciation at the same time.»

The title of the exhibition refers to the philosophical ethos of Mingei which champions the everyday, ordinary and utilitarian objects created by nameless and unknown craftsmen.

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.

Tran's practice is defined by the use of artifacts found in passed - over places and in this exhibition he inventively recombines common utilitarian objects to make them decorative and strange.

Ryan Fenchel's paintings depict vessels — universal, utilitarian objects used by every ancient culture.

Traditionally painted by the women of the tribes, parfleche were made as utilitarian objects for the Native Americans themselves to carry things like clothes, tools, food, and medicine on horseback — and as souvenirs sold to European Americans touring the West.

In addition to the traditional galleries in the Main Section, the fair will also invite 19 galleries to present solo projects by artists under the age of 35 in New Proposals, 21 galleries presenting work that confronts social identity in the world in Zona MACO South, 6 galleries focusing on Modern Art, and 22 galleries that fuse art and design by presenting limited editions of utilitarian objects.

Curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, the exhibition brought together artists from Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Austria and America with an extraordinary selection of works that functioned on two levels — as utilitarian objects and as works of art.

An architect and designer who specialized in shop and restaurant interiors, which are by nature ephemeral, and furniture and utilitarian objects, Kuramata brought a lyrical dreaminess to his work that proves infectious even after the unreality of Japan's «bubble economy» for which it was created has long since burst.

Inspired equally by Abstract Expressionism and fashion, Mack integrates function with form in his work, using pegboards, moving blankets and other utilitarian objects in lyrical and unexpected ways.

EXHIBITION ART 358 UTILITARIAN SCULPTURE by students in Nick Hunsinger's class Aug. 21 — Sept. 8, 2017 Commons Gallery Exhibition Information: ART 358 Utilitarian Sculpture is a class focused on teaching students how to design and create functional objects oUTILITARIAN SCULPTURE by students in Nick Hunsinger's class Aug. 21 — Sept. 8, 2017 Commons Gallery Exhibition Information: ART 358 Utilitarian Sculpture is a class focused on teaching students how to design and create functional objects oUtilitarian Sculpture is a class focused on teaching students how to design and create functional objects out of wood.

Dutch artist Reus's architectural sculptures — the latest body of which has been co-commissioned by and shown at the Hepworth Wakefield, SculptureCenter, Westfälischer Kunstverein, and the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo — repurpose utilitarian materials (wire hangers, refrigerators, aluminum pots, steel rods, PVC - coated folding chairs, old food packaging) into structured works that reimagine the objects» original forms and functions.

With their contrasting white pitched roofs and black bases, the toilets, especially in the bright primary colors chosen by Slominski, transform from ordinary utilitarian objects into playful sites of refuge.

By obsessively ordering, rearranging and reassembling these apparently low - value, purely utilitarian materials, Leirner creates artworks that are both aesthetically pleasing and which tell stories about the overlooked objects that surround us.

By turns witty, poetic and outrageous, these designers reinterpret utilitarian objects in ways that upend expectations and delight the...

Two works by conceptual artist William Anastasi feature everyday utilitarian objects — a radiator and a block and tackle, neither of which are working but both of which are accompanied by recorded sounds you would associate with them.

As for the transformation part, «Circumstance» shakes up spacial expectations by morphing the museum into a maze of intersecting installations, where craft, found, utilitarian, historical design, and everyday objects sit beside works of art.

The exhibition features a rich cross-section of works across several mediums — opening with displays of pioneering non-objective paintings, prints, and drawings from the years leading up to and immediately following the Revolution, followed by a suite of galleries featuring photography, film, graphic design, and utilitarian objects, a transition that reflects the shift of avant - garde production in the 1920s.

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.