assemblage art(kristopher's report)

8/9/2019 Assemblage art(Kristopher's report)

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yAssemblage is an artistic process in

which a three-dimensional artistic

composition is made from puttingtogether found objects.


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y The word "assembly" might assume, assemblage is a form

of sculpture comprised of "found" objects arranged in such away that they create a piece. These objects can be anything

organic or man-made. Scraps of wood, stones, old shoes, -

or any of the other 84,000,000 items not here I mentioned

Whatever catches the artist's eye, and fits properly in the

composition.


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y Early 1950s, when

y Jean Dubuffet created a seriesyof collages of butterfly wings,

which he titled assemblagesd'empreintes.


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y Joseph Cornell was anAmerican artist whoseassemblage workprimarily took the form of

boxsculptures - foundobjects arranged in glassfronted wooden cabinets.

y Cornell used brokenfragments of moredelicate items,.

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Piano Forte


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yBy the 1950s, she hadbegun making assemblages,

a form of work Nevelson is

well known for:

shallow box-like units filledwith industrial waste wood.

By spraying these units a

uniform color --

black, gold or silver -- shedisguises the soft texture of

wood to achieve a solid

assemblage.

Dawns Wedding Chapel

La Maison Magique


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y In 1961, the exhibition "The Art of Assemblage" was

featured at the New York Museum of Modern Art.

The exhibition showcased the work of early

twentieth century European artists ,

y the curator of the exhibition, described

assemblages as being made up of preformed

natural or manufactured materials, objects, orfragments not intended as art materials

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