Editing Found object (section)

==Criticism==
The found object in art has been a subject of polarised debate in Britain throughout the 1990s due to the use of it by the [[Young British Artists]]. It has been rejected by the general public and journalists, and supported by public museums and art critics. In his 2000 Dimbleby lecture, ''Who's afraid of modern art'', [[Nicholas Serota|Sir Nicholas Serota]] advocated such kinds of "difficult" art, while quoting opposition such as the ''[[Daily Mail]]'' headline "For 1,000 years art has been one of our great civilising forces. Today, pickled sheep and soiled beds threaten to make barbarians of us all". A more unexpected rejection in 1999 came from artists&mdash;some of whom had previously worked with found objects&mdash;who founded the [[Stuckism|Stuckists]] group and issued a manifesto denouncing such work in favour of a return to painting with the statement "Ready-made art is a polemic of materialism".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Guru |first1=Ella |title=The Stuckists manifesto |url=http://www.stuckism.com/stuckistmanifesto.html#manifest |website=www.stuckism.com}}</ref>