The Art of Found Objects: Interviews with Texas Artists (Joe and Betty Moore Texas Art Series)

“You can almost smell the turpentine, the oils, the materials an artist incorporates into his/her work. Once you begin to meet the artists through the well-considered and well-answered question, it is hard to stop reading. You can hear the voice of the artist and it is direct not filtered through others’ interpretations. This book will become a must-have for curators and others within the art world.” — Becky Duval Reese, Director (retired) of El Paso Museum of Art. It enables you to feel the work. This is a wonderful resource and it is an entertaining, charming read

After all, who can speak with more authority about the artist’s influences, motivations, methods, philosophies, and creations? Since 2010, Robert Craig Bunch has interviewed sixty-four of Texas’ finest artists, who have responded with honesty, clarity, and—naturally—great insight into their own work. None of these interviews has been previously published, even in part. Beyond the art itself, no source is more primary to understanding art and artist than the artist’s own words. In this first book of interviews with visual artists from across Texas, more than sixty artists reflect on topics from seminal influences and inspirations to their common engagement with found materials. Incorporating a striking, full-color illustration of each artist’s work, these absorbing self-examinations will stand collectively as a reference of lasting value.

But is it Art? Amazon Customer What is Found Object? This term is used as a source of material for an artist. But is it Art? That would be like me informing you that I write this review as an art critic. A good Duchamp-like pun would be: Found Object = “Art is what I can get away with” (Andy Warhol).In Mr. Bunch’s introduction to this book an insightful trove of wisdom is revealed. It diagrams the utility of inspecting the Art of Found Object as a means for the artist to express, through this medium, a sense of subjective objectivity. He ou