Everyday objects database
Welcome to our database featuring a collection of artworks depicting everyday objects!
It features 50 everyday objects depicted in 58 artworks. The database is organized by object type.
Apple:
Christopher Williams, Bergische Bauernscheune, Junkersholz Leichlingen
Bed:
Belt:
Matt Keegan, Have you seen my language?
Bicycle:
Blanket:
Judith Karasz, Material Structure (Anyagstruktúra)
Books:
Boots:
Pope.L, How Much is that Nigger in the Window a.k.a. Tompkins Square Crawl
Box:
Gabriel Orozco, Empty Shoe Box
Bread:
Matt Keegan, Have you seen my language?
Breakfast:
Martin Parr, Untitled (from the British food series)
Brush:
Matt Keegan, Have you seen my language?
Buns:
Martin Parr, Untitled (from the British food series)
Cake:
Torbjørn Rødland, Crossed Confections
Martin Parr, Untitled (from the British food series)
Candy:
Eyal Burstein, Michele Gauler, Beta Tank, Eye Candy from the Sensory Plasticity project (Models)
Chair:
Wolfgang Tillmans, Chair (part 1)
Chairs and table:
Robert Therrien, No Title (Table and Four Chairs)
Richard Artschwager, Table and Chair
Clock:
Ruth Ewan, We could have been anything that we wanted to be (red version)
Cildo Meireles, Insertions into ideological circuits: Coca-Cola project
Cup:
Stephen Shore, Granite, Oklahoma
Martin Parr, Untitled, from the series British Food
Door:
Martin Boyce, There was a Door
Eggs:
Matt Keegan, Have you seen my language?
Fork:
Matt Keegan, Have you seen my language?
Freezer:
William Eggleston, Untitled (Freezer)
Fruits:
Garbage:
William Eggleston, Untitled from Troubled waters
Glass:
Heart dummy:
Jeans:
Wolfgang Tillmans, Grey jeans over stair post
Knife:
Jannis Kounellis, Untitled (Hanging Knife)
Meat:
Martin Parr, Untitled (burnt chicken legs), from the series British Food
Milk:
Harold Edgerton, Milk drop falling into reservoir of milk
Oven:
William Eggleston, Untitled (Oven), Memphis
Painting:
Stephen Shore, Farmington, New Mexico
Piano:
William Eggleston, Untitled
Pills:
Plate:
Matt Keegan, Have you seen my language?
Plant:
Stephen Shore, Palm Beach, Florida
Shirt:
Rodney Graham, White Shirt (for Mallarmé)
Shower:
William Eggleston, Untitled (Memphis)
Soap:
Matt Keegan, Have you seen my language?
Sofa:
Statue:
Stephen Shore, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Stroller:
Matt Keegan, Have you seen my language?
Stairs:
Joe Goode, Shoes, shoes, shoes
Toaster:
Matt Keegan, Have you seen my language?
Telephone:
Martin Boyce, Long distance (present tense)
Toilet:
Matt Keegan, Have you seen my language?
Toothbrush:
Robert Watts, Chromed Toothbrush
TV:
Mark Dickenson, Untitled (Clothes)
Stephen Shore, Granite, Oklahoma
Vacuum cleaner:
Matt Keegan, Have you seen my language?
Window:
Sabine Hornig, Window with door