snare-picture

noun

A kind of artwork, introduced by Daniel Spoerri, in which objects found in chance positions (such as cutlery and crockery after a meal) are permanently fixed in those positions.

OriginFrench tableau-piège →
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Meanings

nounsnare-picture (plural snare-pictures)

plural snare-pictures

  1. artA kind of artwork, introduced by Daniel Spoerri, in which objects found in chance positions (such as cutlery and crockery after a meal) are permanently fixed in those positions.

Origin

  1. Frenchtableau-piège
  2. Englishsnare-picture

Calque of French tableau-piège

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Chicago

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