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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 4551810, member: 8267"]I would call it "found object art" rather than mixed media.</p><p><br /></p><p>"A <b>found object</b> (a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calque" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calque" rel="nofollow">loan translation</a> from the French <i>objet trouvé</i>), or <b>found art</b>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Found_object#cite_note-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Found_object#cite_note-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Found_object#cite_note-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Found_object#cite_note-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Found_object#cite_note-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Found_object#cite_note-3" rel="nofollow">[3]</a> is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art" rel="nofollow">art</a> created from undisguised, but often modified, items or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_(business)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_(business)" rel="nofollow">products</a> that are not normally considered materials from which art is made, often because they already have a non-art function."</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Found_object#:~:text=A%20found%20object%20(a%20loan,have%20a%20non%2Dart%20function" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Found_object#:~:text=A%20found%20object%20(a%20loan,have%20a%20non%2Dart%20function" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Found_object#:~:text=A found object (a loan,have a non-art function</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 4551810, member: 8267"]I would call it "found object art" rather than mixed media. "A [B]found object[/B] (a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calque']loan translation[/URL] from the French [I]objet trouvé[/I]), or [B]found art[/B],[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Found_object#cite_note-1'][1][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Found_object#cite_note-2'][2][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Found_object#cite_note-3'][3][/URL] is [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art']art[/URL] created from undisguised, but often modified, items or [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_(business)']products[/URL] that are not normally considered materials from which art is made, often because they already have a non-art function." [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Found_object#:~:text=A%20found%20object%20(a%20loan,have%20a%20non%2Dart%20function']https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Found_object#:~:text=A found object (a loan,have a non-art function[/URL].[/QUOTE]
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