found art

found art (uncountable)

1. Art consisting of found objects.
   • 2005, John Robert Colombo, All the poems of John Robert Colombo, volume 3, page 691:

     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.

   • 2009, Leeana Tankersley, Found Art: Discovering Beauty in Foreign Places, page 13:

     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, Steve Mynard, Learning through Adventurous Activities, page 108:

     Found art is made out of natural (or sometimes unnatural) things that you find when out and about exploring. If you want some examples look at the sculptures of Andy Goldsworthy […]

   • 2016, Robert Craig Bunch, The Art of Found Objects: Interviews with Texas Artists, page 76:

     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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