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| David Batchelor, Pink Pimp Mix, 2006 |
The Everyday and Extraordinary is at
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery until 9 September 2018.
From the BMAG website:
The Everyday and Extraordinary explores the potential of objects to
be transformed and seen in new and insightful ways. Showcasing over
seventy modern and contemporary artworks, this exhibition celebrates the
wonder of physical objects in a predominantly digital age where
artistic creativity helps us all to see the world in extraordinary ways.
Found objects have been transformed in many ways and for different
reasons by artists; used to communicate a particular idea or concept
such as Surrealism’s use of humour and satire, or Pop Art’s direct
appropriation of items from popular culture. It is the relationship
between the found object as artistic material, content and
subject-matter that provides the basis for this exhibition which
presents a Wunderkammer (a room of wonder) of artworks drawn from the
Arts Council Collection and Birmingham Museums.
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| Patrick Caulfield, Found Objects, 1968 |
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| Tony Cragg, New Stones - Newton's Tones, (detail), 1978 |
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| Jim Dine, Red Beard, 1973 |
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| Mona Hatoum, + and -, 1994 |
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| Kurt Hickson, The Wall, 2005-18 |
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| Richard Patterson, Motocrosser, 1995 |
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| Richard Wentworth, Toy, 1984 |
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