found object
Example Sentences
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The Readymade—the found object transformed into art—has its roots in the Picasso’s and Braque’s Cubist collages, which incorporated scraps of newspaper, textiles, sheet music and wall paper.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
Shamus Skoch, a found object artist, displays his work.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025
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
The idea that you could prepare dinner like a luminary gastronome using a found object took hold and would not let go.
From Salon • Jul. 24, 2019
It is not the only found object she has used in collages.
From New York Times • Jul. 22, 2018
