mixed media and the found object
DESCRIPTION
Glenn Hirsch, Instructor www.glennhirsch.comTRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: Mixed Media and the Found Object](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022070319/55852e76d8b42a3a308b4b67/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Found Objects
Glenn Hirsch
![Page 2: Mixed Media and the Found Object](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022070319/55852e76d8b42a3a308b4b67/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Working on a found object creates another “layer of meaning.”
In this piece, a face painted on a ping pong paddle.
Serious expression, goofy object.
Which can also be held in front of the face as a mask.
Dassi Weinstein
![Page 3: Mixed Media and the Found Object](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022070319/55852e76d8b42a3a308b4b67/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Painted figure on an old suitcase says something about ‘personal baggage.’ (Numo Jaeger)
![Page 4: Mixed Media and the Found Object](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022070319/55852e76d8b42a3a308b4b67/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
A Renaissance portrait painted on the back of a broken guitar (which has the shape of a head).
Mo Seder
![Page 5: Mixed Media and the Found Object](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022070319/55852e76d8b42a3a308b4b67/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Three skatboards hung together on a wall, with an oil portrait on top for an object about gritty urban realities.
![Page 6: Mixed Media and the Found Object](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022070319/55852e76d8b42a3a308b4b67/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
A ‘bouquet’ of razor blades create an “edge” for a funny Valentine.
![Page 7: Mixed Media and the Found Object](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022070319/55852e76d8b42a3a308b4b67/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Broken dishes glued to a piece of wood, with a painted the portrait on top.
Julian Schnabel
![Page 8: Mixed Media and the Found Object](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022070319/55852e76d8b42a3a308b4b67/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Robert Rauschenberg
Art using ‘found objects’ became popular in the 1930’s with DaDa and in the 1950’s with pop art.
![Page 9: Mixed Media and the Found Object](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022070319/55852e76d8b42a3a308b4b67/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Even abstract expressionism embraced found objects.
Here the found objects are parts of wrecked automobiles welded together to make an abstract painting.
John Chamberlain
![Page 10: Mixed Media and the Found Object](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022070319/55852e76d8b42a3a308b4b67/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Very different elements seem to “go together” when they repeat shape and color.
Here, “lines” tie it all together: the grain in the wood, the stick, the ruler and the photograph with cast shadow.
![Page 11: Mixed Media and the Found Object](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022070319/55852e76d8b42a3a308b4b67/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
The collage in the old box and the fish are connected with “light”
![Page 12: Mixed Media and the Found Object](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022070319/55852e76d8b42a3a308b4b67/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Here the objects are all painted with one color to abstract and unite them into one piece.
Louise Nevelson
![Page 13: Mixed Media and the Found Object](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022070319/55852e76d8b42a3a308b4b67/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Like an alchemist, the artist uses the brush to transmute cardboard trash into an exquisite art object.
![Page 14: Mixed Media and the Found Object](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022070319/55852e76d8b42a3a308b4b67/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
Working on found objects, accidents happen, as here the clown appears next to the universal product code on the bottom of an old box , becoming the universal product clown.
![Page 15: Mixed Media and the Found Object](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022070319/55852e76d8b42a3a308b4b67/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
The subtext is music.
![Page 16: Mixed Media and the Found Object](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022070319/55852e76d8b42a3a308b4b67/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
On top of a “carpet” of old postcards glued to cardboard a figure is then painted on top.
Robert Marosi
![Page 17: Mixed Media and the Found Object](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022070319/55852e76d8b42a3a308b4b67/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
On top of a “carpet” of old postcards glued to cardboard a figure is then drawn with pastel and paint on top. (Kevin Dame)
![Page 18: Mixed Media and the Found Object](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022070319/55852e76d8b42a3a308b4b67/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
A swimmer painted on the bottom of an Easter basket
![Page 19: Mixed Media and the Found Object](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022070319/55852e76d8b42a3a308b4b67/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
A piece of lace (owned by the artist’s grandmother) is stretched and glued on to canvas, and then an oil portrait is painted on top.
Susannah Bayne
![Page 20: Mixed Media and the Found Object](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022070319/55852e76d8b42a3a308b4b67/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
Transparency on top of computer chips and steel mounted on shaped painted plywood.
Pamela Lanza
![Page 21: Mixed Media and the Found Object](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022070319/55852e76d8b42a3a308b4b67/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
Canvas stretched over an old wood crate, with paint on top … then the canvas is cut and pulled back with wires to reveal the structure underneath.
![Page 22: Mixed Media and the Found Object](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022070319/55852e76d8b42a3a308b4b67/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
An oil painting of a giant hand on top of a canvas lawn chair.
Allison Goss
![Page 23: Mixed Media and the Found Object](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022070319/55852e76d8b42a3a308b4b67/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
An oil painting of a giant hand on top of a canvas “director’s chair.”
![Page 24: Mixed Media and the Found Object](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022070319/55852e76d8b42a3a308b4b67/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
Pieces of Chinese gold incense paper, painted with a stencil of Anne Frank’s face, and installed in an old trunk.
Jeremiah Schaeffer
![Page 25: Mixed Media and the Found Object](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022070319/55852e76d8b42a3a308b4b67/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
![Page 26: Mixed Media and the Found Object](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022070319/55852e76d8b42a3a308b4b67/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
Collage applied to a piece of wood molding from an old house creates an unusual shape.
![Page 27: Mixed Media and the Found Object](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022070319/55852e76d8b42a3a308b4b67/html5/thumbnails/27.jpg)
Left: Pastel on handmade paper stretched over chicken wire; Right: with the lights off and a candle placed within.
![Page 28: Mixed Media and the Found Object](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022070319/55852e76d8b42a3a308b4b67/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)
Sophia Denler, student