Here is how
[Wiktionary](http://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%96%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7)
defines
[オブジェ](http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=%E3%82%AA%E3%83%96%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7)
in the context of art:

> 表現の対象となるもの、前衛美術では，幻想的効果のために取り入れられる物体。

My very hesitant attempt at a translation:

> It depends on the represented target, but in avant-garde art it is an object
> that has been transformed in order to produce an illusionary effect.

  1. Could you improve my translation of the Wiktionary definition?
  2. Is the result a good definition of オブジェ?
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Art: What is オブジェ and what is not?
Here is another, (but similar,) approach... but combining both possible
definitions of "objet" in the original context:

> 表現の対象となるもの、前衛美術では，幻想的効果のために取り入れられる物体。
>
> An expression transformed into an object (used to surreal effect, in avant-
> garde art.)

_Note: "surreal" is used here to demonstrate a different approach for that
part of the translation, though, something having to do more with the word
"illusion" would probably be more accurate._

Also, (and as already noted in the comments on the question,) this part: `It
depends on the represented target,` doesn't seem to be in the original
writing.

As long as the definition fits with the definition of ["objet" in
French](http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objet), the translation into English
should be fine.
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> A target of depiction. In avant-garde art, an object introduced to create an
> illusory effect.

This might not be the best translation, but it avoids the pitfalls that others
seem to have fallen into.

The first comma is a listing comma separating two definitions of the word.

[となるもの](http://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=%E3%81%A8%E3%81%AA%E3%82%8B%E3%82%82%E3%81%AE)
doesn't have much meaning, except for maybe taking an fairly abstract word
(対象) and explicitly creating an instance of it.

幻想的 I find hard to translate, since I feel it's somewhere between "dreamy" and
"illusory", both of which have slightly different connotations in English.
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