Everyday objects database

Welcome to our database featuring a collection of artworks depicting everyday objects!

It features 50 everyday objects and 58 artworks. The database is organized by object type.

Apple:

Christopher Williams, Bergische Bauernscheune, Junkersholz Leichlingen

Bed:

Stephen Shore, Kanab, Utah

Stephen Shore, Dayton, Ohio

Belt:

Matt Keegan, Have you seen my language?

Bicycle:

William Eggleston, Memphis

Blanket:

Judith Karasz, Material Structure (Anyagstruktúra)

Books:

R.B. Kitaj, Men and 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:

Stephen Shore, New York

Garbage:

William Eggleston, Untitled from Troubled waters

Glass:

Neil Winokur, Glass of Water

Heart dummy:

Robert Gober, Heart in a Box

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:

John Bock, Untitled

Plate:

Matt Keegan, Have you seen my language?

Plant:

Stephen Shore, Palm Beach, Florida

Thomas Ruff, Interior 1 D

Shirt:

Rodney Graham, White Shirt (for Mallarmé)

Shower:

William Eggleston, Untitled (Memphis)

Soap:

Matt Keegan, Have you seen my language?

Sofa:

Guillermo Kuitca, Untitled

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:

Marcel Duchamp, Fresh Widow

Sabine Hornig, Window with door