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![Sculpture, Consummation, Levalet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/648735_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled - 1961/1989, Denis Meyers](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1084344_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled - 1961/1989
Denis Meyers
Painting - 84 x 50 x 25 cm Painting - 33.1 x 19.7 x 9.8 inch
$4,709
![Sculpture, Valise-Mémoire 1, Olivier Sultan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/8874_1_grid.jpg)
Valise-Mémoire 1
Olivier Sultan
Sculpture - 45 x 65 x 15 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 25.6 x 5.9 inch
$1,794
![Painting, H2 La Rochelle, Caroline Godefroy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/662886_1_grid.jpg)
H2 La Rochelle
Caroline Godefroy
Painting - 60 x 60 x 0.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,682
![Sculpture, I want it all, Mary Jo McGonagle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/656403_1_grid.jpg)
I want it all
Mary Jo McGonagle
Sculpture - 46 x 81 x 7 cm Sculpture - 18.1 x 31.9 x 2.8 inch
$3,588
![Painting, Pomme I, Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/659316_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, What happen on earth stays on earth, Otto Constantin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1094211_1_grid.jpg)
What happen on earth stays on earth
Otto Constantin
Sculpture - 72 x 53 x 0.5 cm Sculpture - 28.3 x 20.9 x 0.2 inch
$3,924
![Print, Composition pour les JO, Wolf Vostell](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/21323_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Seduction, Bram Reijnders](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1523157_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Guitar Mason, Paul Richard Mason](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/273421_1_grid.jpg)
Guitar Mason
Paul Richard Mason
Sculpture - 100 x 40 x 6 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 15.7 x 2.4 inch
$9,529
![Sculpture, Branche n°5, Marianne Cresson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1907622_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Colors Head Caps I, TieRi Trademark](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/692448_1_grid.jpg)
Colors Head Caps I
TieRi Trademark
Sculpture - 27 x 27 x 2 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
$168
![Design, L'homme guitare, Odin Pigelet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148627_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Perfect Pattern Wallplate - Eyes Open, Roco Studio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1479351_1_grid.jpg)
Perfect Pattern Wallplate - Eyes Open
Roco Studio
Design - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Design - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$129
![Painting, 037/1996, Claude Viallat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195980_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pink Is The New Black, Gaëlle Wagner](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1134690_1_grid.jpg)
Pink Is The New Black
Gaëlle Wagner
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$1,009
![Sculpture, Petites plaques (Compression), César Baldaccini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/263848_1_grid.jpg)
Petites plaques (Compression)
César Baldaccini
Sculpture - 36 x 21 x 6 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 8.3 x 2.4 inch
$47,647
![Painting, Les petits gestes 2, AE2](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195714_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Des livres et moi - chapitre 8, Ender](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1522608_1_grid.jpg)
Des livres et moi - chapitre 8
Ender
Painting - 40 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,065
![Sculpture, Crayons Not Colts (light blue), Luke Newton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/259906_1_grid.jpg)
Crayons Not Colts (light blue)
Luke Newton
Sculpture - 25.4 x 35.6 cm Sculpture - 10 x 14 inch
$4,280
![Design, Round dark bronze flower, Irena Tone](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2141227_1_grid.jpg)
Round dark bronze flower
Irena Tone
Design - 40 x 39 x 2.5 cm Design - 15.7 x 15.4 x 1 inch
$841 $757
![Painting, Orange juice, Gaëlle Wagner](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1134684_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, B79596268B, Wo$h](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1791840_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Black Sun 2, Antony Squizzato](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/964824_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Vive la Révolution !, Jean-Philippe Berger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2116203_1_grid.jpg)
Vive la Révolution !
Jean-Philippe Berger
Sculpture - 126 x 93 x 60 cm Sculpture - 49.6 x 36.6 x 23.6 inch
$561
![Painting, 2002/182, Claude Viallat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2177290_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Child, Antony Squizzato](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/964830_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Bronze arty mirror - Flowers, Irena Tone](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2136553_1_grid.jpg)
Bronze arty mirror - Flowers
Irena Tone
Design - 40.7 x 32.3 x 3.7 cm Design - 16 x 12.7 x 1.5 inch
$841
![Painting, Roue de chantier - Immatriculation, Jérôme Mesnager](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1253877_1_grid.jpg)
Roue de chantier - Immatriculation
Jérôme Mesnager
Painting - 75 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,682
![Sculpture, Rencontre, Anne Ghez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1444908_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Lampe courgette, Jean Valera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1380528_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Child, Nathanael Koffi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/828003_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Solarflare, Nathanael Koffi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1739367_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Wall Sculpture Untitled XXVI. Set of 10 Glazed and enamel ceramic discs, Charo Oquet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1673505_1_grid.jpg)
Wall Sculpture Untitled XXVI. Set of 10 Glazed and enamel ceramic discs
Charo Oquet
Sculpture - 63.5 x 58.4 x 2.5 cm Sculpture - 25 x 23 x 1 inch
$1,000
![Painting, Your Nar-kitty, Inga Makarova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1614372_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mirror panther on black, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147906_1_grid.jpg)
Mirror panther on black
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$885
![Painting, Promesse du Jour, Rita Vandenherrewegen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156412_1_grid.jpg)
Promesse du Jour
Rita Vandenherrewegen
Painting - 39 x 39 x 1 cm Painting - 15.4 x 15.4 x 0.4 inch
$504
![Painting, Battle, Rom av J.C](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2004840_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Starskull _ blotting paper, Ron English](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/679500_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, B79596235B, Wo$h](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1799106_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Tintin x La poste, Anthony Grip](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2151066_1_grid.jpg)
Tintin x La poste
Anthony Grip
Sculpture - 60 x 45 x 26 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 17.7 x 10.2 inch
$3,363
![Painting, Voyou Gold, JP Malot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2128504_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Warning cow-boy, Maxime Andriot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2146954_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Guyodo (Frantz Jacques)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1288584_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Guyodo (Frantz Jacques)
Fine Art Drawings - 59 x 39.5 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.2 x 15.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,682
![Painting, Betty wright, Raf Urban](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2003199_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Velvet serie, Baptiste Laurent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1886187_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre, Velvet serie
Baptiste Laurent
Painting - 62 x 52 x 2 cm Painting - 24.4 x 20.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,401
![Painting, Divory, Nathanael Koffi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1775382_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Steel Skull, Ureta](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/718569_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Riflesso blue II, Daniela Pasqualini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1754229_1_grid.jpg)
Riflesso blue II
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 inch
$1,600
![Painting, Baptised through the fire, Kevin-Ademola Sangosanya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1946586_1_grid.jpg)
Baptised through the fire
Kevin-Ademola Sangosanya
Painting - 109 x 64 x 3 cm Painting - 42.9 x 25.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,803
![Sculpture, Untitled II. Wall Sculpture, Hunter & Gatti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2116746_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled II. Wall Sculpture
Hunter & Gatti
Sculpture - 175.3 x 106.7 x 22.9 cm Sculpture - 69 x 42 x 9 inch
$7,500
![Sculpture, Untitled I, Portrait tridimensional wall sculpture, Hunter & Gatti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2116584_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled I, Portrait tridimensional wall sculpture
Hunter & Gatti
Sculpture - 109.2 x 61 x 12.7 cm Sculpture - 43 x 24 x 5 inch
$7,500
![Painting, Paravent avec femme et enfant, Pascal Marlin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/872085_1_grid.jpg)
Paravent avec femme et enfant
Pascal Marlin
Painting - 160 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 63 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$10,650
![Painting, Bambous, Carine Ricard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1907967_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Skateboard - Volubilem Tabula, Rom av J.C](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2136940_1_grid.jpg)
Skateboard - Volubilem Tabula
Rom av J.C
Design - 80 x 20 x 2 cm Design - 31.5 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$392
![Sculpture, Hardea cinerea, Catherine Clare](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1656348_1_grid.jpg)
Hardea cinerea
Catherine Clare
Sculpture - 86 x 47 x 38 cm Sculpture - 33.9 x 18.5 x 15 inch
$1,233 $1,110
![Painting, Schlangentanz & Firlefanz, Aline Schwörer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1356525_1_grid.jpg)
Schlangentanz & Firlefanz
Aline Schwörer
Painting - 110 x 155 x 3 cm Painting - 43.3 x 61 x 1.2 inch
$3,812
![Painting, Carpe Diem, Em'Ji](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/85459_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Red Lotus, Zhize Lv](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2005722_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Meltdown- Another brick on the wall (red), Ralph Posset](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1477086_1_grid.jpg)
Meltdown- Another brick on the wall (red)
Ralph Posset
Sculpture - 12 x 9 x 4 cm Sculpture - 4.7 x 3.5 x 1.6 inch
$448
![Painting, Spring pond water heating, Zhize Lv](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2039043_1_grid.jpg)
Spring pond water heating
Zhize Lv
Painting - 69 x 34.2 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.2 x 13.5 x 0 inch
$300 $270
![Fine Art Drawings, N°5-250E, Evelyne Postic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1906407_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Nine Oceans, Sven Pfrommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1284822_1_grid.jpg)
Nine Oceans
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 150 x 210 x 3 cm Photography - 59.1 x 82.7 x 1.2 inch
$8,408
![Painting, Surface de la mer 26, LN Le Cheviller](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/652209_1_grid.jpg)
Surface de la mer 26
LN Le Cheviller
Painting - 102 x 110 x 0.5 cm Painting - 40.2 x 43.3 x 0.2 inch
$1,581
![Painting, Sub-Statio-III, Stanislav Bojankov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1186518_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Floating Colors, Soumisha Dauthel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2168568_1_grid.jpg)
Floating Colors
Soumisha Dauthel
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$2,691
![Painting, Tête de panneau, Odin Pigelet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1583688_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Super héros, AC 5](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1911942_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Bidon street, AC 5](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1994040_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Aucun avenir n°3, L'enfant Sauvage](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1959066_1_grid.jpg)
Aucun avenir n°3
L'enfant Sauvage
Painting - 100 x 100 x 7 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2.8 inch
$2,747
![Painting, Aucun avenir, L'enfant Sauvage](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1959054_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Colin maillard, Brigitte Dravet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171051_1_grid.jpg)
Colin maillard
Brigitte Dravet
Sculpture - 67 x 40 x 30 cm Sculpture - 26.4 x 15.7 x 11.8 inch
$6,727
![Design, Perfect Pattern Wallplate - Eyes Closed, Roco Studio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1479375_1_grid.jpg)
Perfect Pattern Wallplate - Eyes Closed
Roco Studio
Design - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Design - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$129
![Painting, Des livres et moi - chapitre 11, Ender](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1527345_1_grid.jpg)
Des livres et moi - chapitre 11
Ender
Painting - 30 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,009
![Painting, Sèrie Albades. Albada 08, Oriol Texidor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1300926_1_grid.jpg)
Sèrie Albades. Albada 08
Oriol Texidor
Painting - 37.5 x 15 x 2 cm Painting - 14.8 x 5.9 x 0.8 inch
$521
![Painting, Sèrie Albades. Albada 07, Oriol Texidor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1300923_1_grid.jpg)
Sèrie Albades. Albada 07
Oriol Texidor
Painting - 37.5 x 15 x 2 cm Painting - 14.8 x 5.9 x 0.8 inch
$521
![Sculpture, Favorite, Brigitte Dravet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173692_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Peachy pink melts my heart, Clotilde.MJ](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198494_1_grid.jpg)
Peachy pink melts my heart
Clotilde.MJ
Design - 21.6 x 81.5 x 1.5 cm Design - 8.5 x 32.1 x 0.6 inch
$1,065
Unusual Supports
In art history we often talk about a painting on canvas or wood, a marble engraving, drawings on papyrus, a fresco on plaster, or even a “body painting" on skin. Art has often been defined by its medium and support. In plastic art this support can be passive (a statue on a socle), active (where it modifies the work it supports) or productive (the fold in paper that gives the artwork its shape). Therefore supports are integral to artworks, they accentuate the piece like a frame
Even during the Paleolithic, clay was moulded and then fired; changing its colour and material. This method increased the number of “accidental" artworks in the 19th century, like Gauguin's ceramic self-portrait which became a “pot de tabac" (tobacco tin) after the clay sagged during the firing process. Designers, painters and watercolourists also explored various supports for their artworks. This exploration can also be seen in marginalia, where monks would draw in the margins of the manuscripts they were transcribing, therefore providing vital insight into relevant or lost texts. Nowadays artist collectives like Bad Ass, explore more unique supports for their artworks like the surface of skateboards. The skateboard is engraved, painted and stripped of its wheels; turning into a conceptual design, piece of furniture or playful decoration. As plastic art practices developed so did the the attitude towards it, making it increasingly popular in the domestic sphere.
However art isn't supposed to be convenient, especially contemporary art. “Found object" is an art concept initiated by Marcel Duchamp in 1917, where his “ready-made" work Fountain, continues to affect contemporary artists and the art world even after a century. Such thinking raises the question that if a found object can be labelled an artwork by an artist, then does this apply to all objects from our daily lives?
Art and creative expression is everywhere: on traffic signs, on walls, across pavements, filling public spaces and buildings. Daily life is transformed when these objects are graffitied or mocked, and are often met with strange feelings of enchantment and transformation. Therefore what would happen if objects like receipts, drink cans, fire extinguishers, even suitcases, were tagged and turned into derisions? Does this reinvent their purpose and meaning? One thing's for sure, it would certainly upset the established order and social chaos would probably ensue.
However there is no chaos or panic surrounding the following selection of works, just an emergence of new meanings that can be derived from these abstract pieces. Petros Chrisostomou invites viewers to reevaluate the importance that material objects, like a pair of shoes or a phone hold in their lives. Meanwhile Guillaume Lamazou questions what exactly clothing is through abstract photography. Is it a way to establish our identity in society? Simply a means to make people laugh like the caricatures and clowns written about by Bergson? A weapon of seduction if we are to believe the infinite makeover programmes that adorn our television screens? Or simply a work of art or an unusual support for an artwork?
Overall, it's not so much the art that questions its support but the support that questions the art. The artists displayed below explore the contours of art, sculpture, painting, photography and drawing: demonstrating how the objects that support the art also create new forms of art themselves.