Found objects in art is objects you find that is pleasing to the eye or provide meaning. For example a sea shell is an object from nature that you find in the sand or ocean, you find the shell pleasing to the eye so you keep it for decoration or you can keep it for lucky.
The bushmen of the Kalahari collect ostrich eggshells for drinking vessels and they decorate the shells for design. These shells are found in nature and kept for a specific purpose of holding water for them. This gives the art piece everyday experience and value. Another example of an individual found object is a natural design such as a cliff that looks pleasing to the eye. The found objects do not have to be portable or small to hold, they can be objects you drive to see. When I think of this type of found objects I think of a waterfall scene or the red rocks. The book talks about the Queen’s Head in the Yehliu, Taiwan which is made from naturally eroded rock formation. The design was made from natural sources such as the erosion of the local sandstone from water and wind. The head is consisted of a harder rock which gives it a head and neck look. It is beautiful to see and to think about, the piece was made by god himself.
You can create art out of just about anything and it can look completely crazy but if it pleases the eye and the mind then it will work. Many artist use junk sculpture to recycle and reuse object to create something new and pleasing. This is the most creative aspect of art, you can create a whole new story, image, and meaning to an object. This amazes me and I hope to do that with my projects in this class. I am not a wasteful person and I hate throwing things away and wasting materials so this type of art is something I enjoy. It is a new creative form of recycling.
Zelanski, Paul, and Mary Pat Fisher. Shaping space: the dynamics of three-dimensional design. Australia: Thomson Wadsworth, 2007. Print.
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