OBJECTS  &  ARTWORKS  

P. Picasso, Still life with caning chair, 1912

READY-­‐MADE

M. Duchamp, Bottle rack, 1914

M. Duchamp, Fountain, 1917

SURREALIST  OBJECTS

“as beautiful as the chance meeting on a dissecting-table of a sewing-machine and an umbrella!“

Isidore Ducasse

Man Ray, L’enigme d’Isidore Ducasse, 1920

Man Ray, Gift, 1921

Man Ray, Indestructible Object, 1921

M. Oppenheim, Object (Breakfast In Fur), 1936

FETISHES

Nkisi Nkonde, Congo, late 19th century wood, natural fibers, nails, intimate garments, Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Allen Jones, Chair, 1969, Tate, London

IMAGES  AND  OBJECTS

Man Ray, E. Lee Miller’s Neck, 1930

R. Magritte, La trahison des images, 1928

Kazimir Malevič , Black Square, 1915, Tret’jakov gallery, Moscow

J. Kosuth, One And Three Chairs, 1965

COMMODITIES

A. Wahrol, Campbell’s soup cans, 1962

C. Oldenburg, French fries and ketchup,

H. Steinbach, Supremely Black, 1985

Studio 65, Bocca (lips sofa), 1970

John Armleder, Don’t Do It! (Ready Made of the 20th Century) F.S. (Furniture Sculpture), 1997/2000

MINIMALISM

A work by Robert Morris in the exhibition Primary Structures, Jewish Museum New York, 1966

Gavin Turk, Robert Morris Untitled1965-72, 1990

HANDCRAFTS

Wim Delvoye, Tire

object  funcBon  material  labour  context  value  artwork  

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