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11 mini-poster prints from Objects of Little Importance, each featuring 6 objects illustrated in watercolour, spread out on a dark grey tin ceiling tile.
11 mini-poster prints from Objects of Little Importance, each featuring 6 objects illustrated in watercolour, spread out on a dark grey tin ceiling tile.

Personal artifacts Personal artifacts

from artists’ spaces, captured in a series of art prints, inspiring us to reflect on our own stuff.

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Objects of Little Importance

The name Objects of Little Importance is funny because it’s true. Conceived by artist and designer David Briker, and created through engagements with 15 creatives within a specific city, the project results in art prints displaying six randomly chosen objects from the creatives’ studios or homes.

Objects of Little Importance is infused with an awareness that the objects we choose to have in our lives may eventually lose meaning and significance – and how life’s eventuality will decide which, if any, will continue to matter in the end. On a mission to travel and engage in real-life moments with creatives in their personal spaces, the project aims to make real human connections with the people behind the personal artifacts.

Fifteen artists are chosen at random in each city, and then Briker chooses six objects to paint during his visits with them. Once all the paintings are completed, an art show and hard cover book release are held in that city, seeking to inspire viewers to reflect on their own personal objects, as well as to connect with the creatives in their communities.

A grid of 4 images, featuring photographs and text. Top left: The initial painting for one of the prints, featuring a red high-top Converse sneaker (the actual object in the background), on a wooden work table surrounded by drawing and painting tools. Top right: On the left side, a print featuring illustrations of a matchbook, a pair of needle nose pliers, a red high-top Converse sneaker, a fishing lure, a small piece of wood with a charred top and a pink highlighter marker. To the right, a partial view of another print, featuring illustrations of a fedora, a fish, a pair of glasses and the back of a multi-coloured designer shoe. Bottom left: On the left side, the front of a greeting card featuring 7 objects. On the right side, the back of the greeting card. A pink rectangle with a white border, with white text in middle. The text reads: Objects of Little Importance. Bottom right: Objects of Little Importance are art prints based on a random selection of six objects from the homes or studios of creatives in Vancouver & beyond. Conceived by artist & designer David Briker.

(Photo credit: Objects of Little Importance)

 

What we like about this project

We love the folliness, the random, whimsical and everyday nature of the objects featured in these prints – seemingly insignificant little things from around each participant’s personal space are given heightened importance in a work of art. Looking at the artworks of the Objects of Little Importance series makes us think about the stuff we all have in our own spaces.

The artistic display of personal objects, combined with the philosophy of impermanence, is both unique and thought-provoking. The things that we choose to have and keep, some of which seem so important to us right now, may or may not continue to hold meaning 5, 10, 20 years from now. Something that we thought was so cool could become a treasured keepsake for a loved one or end up in a donations bin. And that’s okay. That’s life.

We love this project so much, we feature a set of their Vancouver area greeting cards and mini-posters in our shop! (Written by C.M.)

 

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We love art prints because they are an easy way to hang art in your own home. Hanging art in your own home allows you to engage with art every day. Engaging with art every day is part of the flourishing offline life Young W helps you discover: by exploring ART and the other 8 pillars of Arts & Letters, including those you may be hesitant to try.

 

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From the YW Shop

Objects of Little Importance Complete Mini Poster Set - front view

Objects of Little Importance - Complete Mini Poster Set

White greeting card featuring paintings of a set of watercolors, a used Staedtler eraser a rubber monkey toy, a bottle of Nytol sleeping pills, a wooden neck massage roller, and an envelope with Visa statement. Back of the card is a pink rectangle with white text that reads: Objects of Little Importance (Cards of Little Importance).

Objects of Little Importance Greeting Card - D. Briker

White greeting card featuring a green bendable Gumby figurine, white plastic-handled scissors, a tape measure, a necklace with grey geometric shapes, a red Pac-Man ghost, a pink suede pump. Back of the card is a pink rectangle with white text that reads: Objects of Little Importance (Cards of Little Importance).

Objects of Little Importance Greeting Card - Courtenay Webber

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