objectness

Noun

1. The state of being an object
   • As a result objects that "should" dominate in Sekiguchi's work instead look strangely anomalous, as if the painter found these isolated things--steaks cut from an animal, an eye separate from the rest of a human...
   • Like much of the work, these are surrounded by painted frames that are part of the overall composition and underscore the objectness of the artwork. - 1994 July 1, Thomas Connors, “The Inscrutable Nutt”, in Chicago...