Meanings
- uncountableArt consisting of found objects.
Rick Lowe of Project Row Houses [in Houston] has evolved from a young, hard-working artist whose found art is cultural preservation.
2016, Robert Craig Bunch, The Art of Found Objects: Interviews with Texas Artists, page 763 more examples
The fundamental principle of found art is the fact that the source of the esthetic impulse is found not in the objet d'art but in the eye of the beholder of the objet d'art.
2005, John Robert Colombo, All the poems of John Robert Colombo, volume 3, page 691Found art is created when odd, disparate, unlikely, even long-abandoned castoffs are put together with other similarly unexpected remnants to create something new and, if all goes as planned, lovely.
2009, Leeana Tankersley, Found Art: Discovering Beauty in Foreign Places, page 13Found art is made out of natural (or sometimes unnatural) things that you find when out and about exploring. If you want some examples look at the sculptures of Andy Goldsworthy […]
2009, Steve Mynard, Learning through Adventurous Activities, page 108
Translations
French art trouvé
- art trouvéart consisting of found objects
Polish ready-made
- ready-madeart consisting of found objects
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