Ready-made items that fix to the wall are a compromise.
In practice, though, a sampler plate of ready-made items can be had for the asking.
The two-story space, which opens on Friday, has counters for food to order, cases of ready-made items and a bar that serves drinks, including organic beers and wines, and snacks.
In "Gabriel Orozco," the pieces displayed range from slight, ready-made items like "Empty Shoebox" (1993) through the singular "Black Kites" (1997), a human skull etched with a checkerboard design, to the monumental whale sculpture.
At www.janetjewelry.com there is a series of sterling silver pendants and rings that can be personalized ($35 to $48), ready-made items in all the usual jewelry categories and belly chains (around $30).
What's more, the company lists dozens of ready-made items for the home — from book shelves to wall art — at prices comparable to High Street stores.
Along with SoundCloud — a service popular with artists that has been described as YouTube for music — Tumblr is offering the Spotify widget as a ready-made media item that can be plopped into any page with a click of the "audio" tab, thus guaranteeing that Spotify's songs and playlists will proliferate next to vintage artwork and videos of cute cats.
The Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood, Fla., is one of several properties in the chain that have added restaurants called Ingredients — subtitled Some Assembly Required — in their lobbies, with ready-made breakfast items, sandwiches and salads.
You would think that by the fact that there's a "special edition" sticker on the box would make all of those special, limited edition Barbie dolls a ready-made collector's item.
The FFQ comprised 134 items, categorised into nine major food groups: grains; fruits; vegetables; meat poultry fish eggs; dairy products; fats; beverages (alcoholic and non-alcoholic); ready-made meals; miscellaneous items (online supplementary Table S1).
