Week 4-Assemblage

Assemblage, funnily enough, is the act of assembling things.  In art, it generally refers to taking a series of objects not specifically intended for art work, and combining them into a new context.  The Merriam-Webster dictionary describes these objects as "junk", but hey, one man's trash is another man's treasure, right?

Artists associated with this type of work include Kurt Schwitters, Marcel Duchamp, Hans Bellemer and Pablo Picasso.  Using scraps of paper, wire, mesh, and found objects both natural and man made, these artists created 2 and 3 dimensional compositions providing commentary on a variety of issues including criticism of the art world itself.

Examples:

My hackneyed attempt using the dictionary's definition of materials (i.e. junk):