Found object is translation from French, 'object trouve' that means objects or products with non-art function that transferred to art context and made part of an artwork. In 1900s, the artist merged the found object into sculpture as an artistic gesture. One example is Marchel Duchamp's Fountain, 1917, which is the inverted placement of porcelain urine and signed on as R MUTT. (Artspace LLC, 2017)
Figure 1: Fountain (Marchel Duchamp, 1917)
Figure 2: Bottle Rack (Marchel Duchamp, 1914)
The artist finds an abondoned object or from garbage and tranform them into an artwork by either combining or manipulating them until it has an artistic value. Typical found objects includes earth, stone, sand, shell, wood, newspaper cuttings, piece of glass, fragment of metals, pieces of textile fabric, bicycle handbar, and etc which normally the object is from a part of something. Found objects are used in many form of arts such as painting, assemblage, installation art and sculpture. One example is 'Head of bull' by Pablo Picasso which is made using cycle handle bar and saddle. (visual-arts-cork.com, 2017)
Figure 3: Head of bull (Picasso, 1943)
Figure 4: Bicycle wheel (Marchel Duchamp, 1913)
Figure 5: Fur-lined Teacup (Meret Oppenheim, 1936)
The artist must see an aesthatic element in that found object.
Reflection:
From the research, the researcher learned about found object and the art behind it.
Reference:
ArtSpace, 2017, The History of Found Object in Art, artspace.com, accessed on 25 April 2017, url: http://www.artspace.com/magazine/art_101/art_market/the-history-of-the-found-object-in-art-52224
visual-arts-cork.com, 2017, Found Objects, visualartscork.com, accessed on 25 April 2017, url: http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/definitions/found-objects.htm
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