No piece of work can be divorced entirely from its cultural or technical context. Some pieces manage to
turn the expected interpretations of its signifiers into a new idea.
These artist reimagine the use
of everyday objects. They give us an unexpected item in an expected place.
They play upon the expectations of history, of the canon of work, leading the
viewer to impose old stories on new images.
What are the cultural references and influences that tell us what to see?