Yulem Elements in Historical Art
The first formal appreciation of naturally occurring objects can be credited to the Chinese who as early as the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220) graced their gardens with spectacular stone objects. A bit later Japan and Korea further developed the form. Today the aesthetics of Suiseki and Gongshi are well established and classified. However this oriental tradition only addresses objects of stone. There is a generalized notion of other "scholar" objects including roots and natural brush rests.
While formal treatment of yulem object aesthetics is relatively new the foundational elements of yulem objects existed in the following historical examples.
Marcel Duchamp
Andy Warhol Brillo 1964
Edward Weston Pepper, 1930
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