found object

Johns and Rauschenberg introduced found objects, text, photographs and the operations of chance.

The labyrinth is internal in Zofie King’s cabinet filled with photos and found objects, which hint that memory is a jigsaw puzzle.

The dolls are adorned with found objects that represent hard labor, such as tufts of cotton, as well as with talismans of freedom, including feathers, dried flowers and the gold oblongs that embellish the quilted “Moon Dancer.”

The artists often employ found objects, frequently scavenged from nature and reimagined with a playful eye.

These found scenes were rendered with found objects, including real Alabama dirt.