V Assemblage is an artistic process in

which a three-dimensional artistic

composition is made from putting
together found objects.
V uhe word "assembly" might assume, assemblage is a form
of sculpture comprised of "found" objects arranged in such a
way that they create a piece. uhese 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.
V arly 1950s, when
V Jean Dubuffet created a series
Vof collages of butterfly wings,
which he titled Õ
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.
V Joseph Cornell was an
American artist whose
assemblage work
primarily took the form of
Hotel den
box
sculptures - found
objects arranged in glass
fronted wooden cabinets.

V Cornell used broken

fragments of more
delicate items,.

Piano Forte
V auschenberg is an
American artist born in
1925. Although historically
associated with the Pop Art
.
Collection 1
V auschenberg used
discarded objects such as
car tires and license plates,
stuffed animals, doors,
bed quilts, electric light
fixtures and other more. He
combined them with
painted surfaces. Odalisque
V y the 1950s, she had
begun making assemblages,
a form of work Nevelson is
well known for:
shallow box-like units filled Dawn·s Wedding Chapel
with industrial waste wood.
y spraying these units a
uniform color --
black, gold or silver -- she
disguises the soft texture of
wood to achieve a solid
assemblage.
La Maison Magique
V In 1961, the exhibition "uhe Art of Assemblage" was
featured at the New York Museum of Modern Art.
uhe exhibition showcased the work of early
twentieth century uropean artists ,

V the curator of the exhibition, described

assemblages as being made up of preformed
natural or manufactured materials, objects, or
fragments not intended as art materials