The readymade, or "found art" (or "trash art"), is the brainchild of Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968), one of my favorite artists. His idea is that art is art because an artist calls it art. An example is his "sculpture" The Fountain (below), which was a urinal he signed and put on display in a gallery.
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| Fountain, Marcel Duchamp |
The beauty of this concept is that art is all around us, you just have to recognize it.
For this topic, I'm looking for photographs illuminating the everyday objects around us. Perspective and post-processing are a plus.
(And, since it is freezing in Seattle right now, you don't even have to go outside to find a readymade.)
http://imgur.com/mZRui
ReplyDeleteTaken with MyTouch camera, International Rose Test Graden, Portland, OR.