Object Art
Object Art - The Art Hidden in Everyday Objects
Bicycles, newspapers, chairs, irons, fruit, or tin cans - in object art, objects that surround us in everyday life are transformed into works of art. The concept is based on taking everyday objects out of their intended or familiar context. They are modified, sometimes more, sometimes less, and placed in an unusual or bizarre context. In this way, they take on a new meaning and are called into question, but they also pose questions about the way we deal with them and our perceptions. Today's object art has its origins in 20th-century Europe. Collages, assemblages, conceptual art and found objects are considered its forerunners and pioneers. Important object art artists were Marcel Duchamp, Jean Tinguely, Arman, Daniel Spoerri and Claes Oldenburg.
Object Art - Techniques and Related Genres
Object art not only arranges objects in a new context but usually also works on them. Object art artists often create their works in a crossover of techniques. In the process, the classical genre boundaries of sculpture, painting and installation are dissolved. The objects are, for example, painted, sprayed, scratched, set with precious stones, cut up, welded anew, provided with other additional elements, or partially destroyed. By reworking (or not reworking) and presenting in new contexts, object art has many things in common with other genres, for example, collages, kinetic sculptures, conceptual art, installation, ready-mades, mobiles, or assemblages.
Buy Object Art at ars mundi
Here, at ars mundi, you can buy object art, in which everyday objects of daily use are transformed into works of art. Even today, many contemporary artists present their original object art ideas. For example, Thomas Judisch and his coffee mugs and sausage cardboards that are cast in bronze, or the German conceptual artist Ottmar Hörl, who turns a stylised rose into an art object. Paul Wunderlich combines a woman's shoe with a man's shoe in one of his objects, and Albert Hien shows short words or phrases with neon tubes in the style of illuminated advertising. Jan M. Petersen also plays with language when he engraves words in shiny gold bronze plaques, and Klaus Dupont combines animals or skulls with precious stones and antique designs for his objects.