found object

Example Sentences

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Dwan looked at his work — minimal, found object assemblages that hung from the ceiling and emitted sounds — and offered Anastasi the third show at her New York space.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2022

At a time when the U.S. president is facing impeachment — and the -gate suffix seems ubiquitous — the stage for the exhibition is a found object in its own right.

From Washington Post • Nov. 14, 2019

Written by Claire Kiechel and presented by the Civilians, “Paul Swan Is Dead and Gone” is more of a found object than a drama, an exhibit in a museum of unnatural history.

From New York Times • May 2, 2019

Johns said he liked it because it allowed him to treat the design of the painting as a given, a found object, and then to do various painterly things to it.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 3, 2018

Most viewers will recall a key sculpture in the series that is accidentally bumped off its plinth and broken: The work is, unsurprisingly, called “Untitled,” and consists of exactly one found object, a brick.

From Salon • Jul. 23, 2017