#3 August 31st (3D Artist)

Man Ray- not just a photographer. He too, like many artists, successfully tested his hand at ready made art.

This piece called "Gift" is a combination of a flat iron and 13 nails glued to the bottom. The two objects represent opposite functions and connotations. When the two objects are combined, they bring forth new meaning and often a juxtaposition to fully make aware of the objects on their own.



In this case a flat iron is often associated with femininity and female gender roles. Nails and power tools represent male gender roles and masculinity.

The humor in this piece is that an iron that is used to iron out wrinkles in clothing is utterly useless if it were to have nails on the bottom. So the idea of this being a gift is hilarious, much like a gag gift.

you can see another work of his here