Examples of contemporary artists who appropriate ready-made objects
into their artwork:
Tom Friedman: Cups, tube socks, toothpicks,
and other ready-made objects are some of the
items Tom Friedman used to create his artworks.
He did not create these objects, but he used
multiple items of the objects and appropriated to
create a unique work of art.
Tom Friedman: Untitled 1995. Sculpture
made with toothpicks.
Jason Dodge:
Jason Dodge had an
exhibit at the Henry Art Gallery and his
installation displayed work in different
places around the room. It made you
wonder what is this room trying to
explain to us, what is he trying to tell
us? We know most of these ready-made
objects, for example a pillow, and we can
guess that someone must have used that
pillow to sit on or sleep on. You would
really have to stop and think of the uses
of the objects and why he placed it the
way that he did.
Jason Dodge: What We Have Done. 2013-2014. Installation. This
is the setup of where a group of performers used to sleep.
Keith Tyson: 300 sculptures into one
installation. A majority of the sculptures Keith
Tyson included in there are ready-made objects.
And each one has a different meaning so this
whole installation has several perspectives that
are represented in the work; it's like each
sculpture added together as a whole describes
people all over the world, that we all are
different and unique but we're united as one.
Keith Tyson: Large Field Array 2006-2007.
Multiple sculptures in an installation.
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