Talk:Found art

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Contents 1 Found art as a title 2 Image 3 Jake and Dinos 4 Found humor

[edit] Found art as a title

Shouldn't it be Found Art (google reveals this is mostly the case) as opposed to Found art, or, as a title, in apostrophes or italics? Thoughts please.

Tyrenius 06:11, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

This page should really be "found object art" because "found art" is something different entirely, and doesn't appropriately describe that these are arts made with found and reused objects. Found art on the other hand is art that is FOUND and rescued such as the art that is thrown out and subsequently rescued from the trash, art that is left behind by various outsider artists because of the nature of the situation that makes them 'outsider', and art that is purposefully left in public places to be fo found (often done by educated artists.) Sometimes "found art" is also used to refer to art found and rescued from second-hand and thrift stores.

This page could also possible be merged with assemblage(art) --Centerone 18:21, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

I was hoping to find some result for the do-it-yourself ReadyMade magazine but I came to this page. Can someone start a new article for ReadyMade?

[edit] Image

I love the toilet image, I think it's a good example of the concept and a keeper Fulvius 15:52, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jake and Dinos

I've removed this from the article:

An exception in 2003 was the Chapman Brothers use of a set of Francisco Goya prints, The Disasters of War, which they "adapted" by collaging clown and puppy faces onto the figures. The prints were valuable already in their own right, but sold for a considerably higher sum after they had been altered. [1]

The reference does not support the claim that the works sold for more than the purchase price.--Ethicoaestheticist 22:43, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

I've reinstated the part the reference does justify. Tyrenius 02:20, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Found humor

I hate to sully an article discussing Duchamp and Man Ray with Dave Barry and Jay Leno, but it seems to me there may a place here or perhaps in its own article to discuss found humor: jokes built around found language artifacts such as haiku formed from Internet spam, turns of phrase that become inadvertently hilarious, or even cultural phenomena that are unintentionally funny. This is of course where the slippery slope gets especially steep, sliding quickly past Spamusement, Engrish, the Dave Barry Christmas Gift Guide, and Jay Leno's headlines, and landing in a heap amongst Star Wars boy, Numa Numa and the like. Put another way, there's a fine line between art and ridicule.--NapoliRoma (talk) 22:05, 11 January 2008 (UTC)