The jurors also refrained from pursuing any particular esthetic biases, selecting examples of numerous styles and media, from Asian brush painting to found-object sculpture.

Ms. Gallaccio's work is, of course, a kind of found-object sculpture - what Duchamp would have called an "assisted readymade."

Nemo Gould (b. October 3, 1975) is an American artist and sculptor known widely for his kinetic found-object sculpture as well as two-dimensional graphic work.

Drexler began making found-object sculptures while living in Berkeley, California where her husband was finishing his art degree.

"Long Island Found," a wide-ranging selection of found-object sculpture by Richard Gachot, illustrates the artist's clever and engaging recycling process.

This kind of found-object sculpture is often a jumble, but Mr. Gachot always manages to pull it together well.

By the mid-1980s his work had diversified to include paintings and recycled found-object sculptures.

He is known for his often large-scale abstract paintings and found-object sculptures.

Luiz Coelho's scrap metal figures continue the tradition of found-object sculpture, adding an individual and amusing twist that vitalizes human and animal caricatures.

Charles Balth, a Sag Harbor carpenter and contractor, began to make found-object sculpture after his retirement in 1973, when he was 80.