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found art

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noun

  1. art comprised of found objects.


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"They found art to be the parachute that can save them, and they poured themselves into it, and it poured back into them."

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2024

This is found art, Taylor directing our attention to the ignored beauty of ordinary gestures of people in the street.

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2022

An exhibit of the found art will open May 5 at the Hollis Taggart galley in Southport, Connecticut, which is known for showing the works of lost or forgotten artists.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2022

Review: How this critic found art in the 11-minute episodes of Adult Swim’s ‘Joe Pera Talks With You’

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2021

The ants were, together with the New Yorkers, an abstraction, a live mobile, an action painting, a piece of found art, a happening, a parody, depending on the light.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

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