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#* '''2016''', Robert Craig Bunch, ''The Art of Found Objects: Interviews with Texas Artists'' (page 76) #*: Over a period of years David brought me a series of '''found objects''' to use in my work. I treasure those objects too much to use them. Rick Lowe of Project Row Houses [in Houston] has evolved from a young, hard-working artist whose found art is cultural preservation.
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"Found object" derives from "objet trouvé" (note the term "objet", meaning "object") and attestations for "found object" vastly outnumber attestations for "found art", therefore our entry should differentiate between the standard term and the nonstandard term.
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Revision as of 05:05, 11 February 2020

English

Etymology

A calque of French objet trouvé.

Noun

found object (plural found objects)

  1. A natural object, or one manufactured for some other purpose, considered as a work of art.
    • 2016, Robert Craig Bunch, The Art of Found Objects: Interviews with Texas Artists (page 76)
      Over a period of years David brought me a series of found objects to use in my work. I treasure those objects too much to use them. Rick Lowe of Project Row Houses [in Houston] has evolved from a young, hard-working artist whose found art is cultural preservation.

Synonyms

Nonstandard