An object—often utilitarian, manufactured, or naturally occurring—that was not originally designed for an artistic purpose, but has been repurposed in an artistic context.
Works
12 works online
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David Hammons Untitled (Night Train) 1989
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Guadalupe Maravilla Disease Thrower #5 2019
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Robert Rauschenberg First Landing Jump 1961
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Kurt Schwitters Merz Picture 32 A. The Cherry Picture (Merzbild 32 A. Das Kirschbild) 1921
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Marcel Duchamp Bicycle Wheel New York, 1951 (third version, after lost original of 1913)
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Jimmie Durham The Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan is the World’s Largest Gothic Cathedral. Except, of course, that it is a fake; first by the simple fact of being built in Manhattan, at the turn of the century. But the stone work is re-inforced with steel which is expanding with rust. Someday it will destroy the stone. The Cathedral is in Morningside Heights overlooking a panoramic view of Harlem which is separated by a high fence. 1989
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Mark Dion Cabinet (from Project 82 - "Rescue Archeology: A Project for The Museum of Modern Art") 2004
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Mike Kelley Untitled 1990
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Joseph Cornell Untitled (Bébé Marie) early 1940s
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Rachel Harrison Alexander the Great 2007
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Carol Bove Disgusting Mattress 2012
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Meret Oppenheim Object Paris, 1936
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