Advertisement
Advertisement
objet trouvé
[ awb-zhe troo-vey ]
objet trouvé
/ ɔbʒɛ truve /
noun
- any ordinary object considered from an aesthetic viewpoint
Word History and Origins
Origin of objet trouvé1
Example Sentences
Viewed at a certain level, "Casual" is a work of objet trouve, constructed from a mélange of currently popular TV tropes down to Silver Lake as the new Brooklyn.
Today, Fassbender is both Magneto in the ‘‘X-Men’’ series and a darling of critics and intellectuals; he’s somehow a pinup and an objet trouvé and also playing Steve Jobs.
The online, social equivalent of Duchamp’s readymade art, or objet trouvé.
And, for the most part, Téchiné—whose natural mode is melodrama, as in such films as “French Provincial” and “My Favorite Season”—gives the objet trouvé just enough polish to showcase its natural allure.
Flarf harvested strange language from Google searches and then presented it newly as kitschy objet trouvé.
Advertisement
Related Words
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse