found art
found art noun: art consisting of found objects.
Noun
found art (uncountable)
- Art consisting of found objects.
- The fundamental principle of found art is the fact that the source of the esthetic impulse is found not in the objet d'art but in the eye of the beholder of the objet d'art.2005, John Robert Colombo, All the poems of John Robert Colombo, volume 3, page 691
- Found art is created when odd, disparate, unlikely, even long-abandoned castoffs are put together with other similarly unexpected remnants to create something new and, if all goes as planned, lovely.2009, Leeana Tankersley, Found Art: Discovering Beauty in Foreign Places, page 13
Examples of found art in a sentence
- Found art is made out of natural (or sometimes unnatural) things that you find when out and about exploring.2009, Steve Mynard, Learning through Adventurous Activities, page 108:
- Rick Lowe of Project Row Houses [in Houston] has evolved from a young, hard-working artist whose found art is cultural preservation.2016, Robert Craig Bunch, The Art of Found Objects: Interviews with Texas Artists, page 76:
Questions about found art
- What does found art mean?
- Found art means art consisting of found objects.
- How do you use found art in a sentence?
- Found art is made out of natural (or sometimes unnatural) things that you find when out and about exploring.
- What part of speech is found art?
- Found art is a noun.
Words near found art in the dictionary
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