The manipulation of everyday objects by artists can be traced back to art gestures by Marcel Duchamp ‘s Ready-mades and the activities of the Dadaists. The surrealists focused on the poetic possibilities of objects. Another field I have been exploring is Arte Povera- with its concerns with process, unmediated and no precious materials is a source of inspiration for my own work.

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