The term found object or object trouve in French refers to an object with non-artistic functions that are presented as works of art.

Many artists believe that the ordinary, everyday objects they find have aesthetic qualities.

Marcel Duchamp is often cited as the first who elevated found objects as art objects. In 1913, he created his now-famous Bicycle Wheel (1913), a bicycle wheel put atop a kitchen stool.

Pablo Picasso had made Still Life with Chair Caning (1912). In this artwork, Picasso used a rope to frame the elliptical 2-D canvas.

The husband-and-wife tandem of Alfredo and Isabela Aquilizan stacked the contents of 140 balikbayan boxes for their Project another Country: Address (2008).

Philippine traditional arts are essential to the personal, religious, sociopolitical, and lives of the ethnic groups in the country.

Traditional artworks are not only used in daily life, but also in special ceremonies and rituals. The meanings of these works are defined by their materials, as well as their motifs, patterns, and color.

Ethnic designs are largely based on the things that the indigenous people see in their environment.

The motifs and patterns in traditional arts reflect the people’s way of life, belief systems, as well as their heritage.

Ethnic designs typically feature repeated, alternated, or radical lines and shapes.