found object

Example Sentences

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The partly curved shape of the semi-wooden upright might seem to emulate a found object, but it was actually generated with geographic-information-system data.

From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2023

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

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

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