Over the years, we often get a lot of questions about our mediums and techniques, particularly when it comes to my visual artwork. I work a lot of with mixed media and assemblage techniques, inspired by Joseph Cornell and Betye Saar. Thought it would be fun to post a few definitions about what 'mixed media' and 'assemblage' mean to me in art. Enjoy! :)
mixed media
–noun
1.
multimedia.
2.
artistic media, as pen and ink, chalk, and graphite, used in combination: an old master drawing in mixed media.
mixed media
pl.n. (used with a sing. verb)
1. A technique involving the use of two or more artistic media, such as ink and pastel or painting and collage, that are combined in a single composition.
2. The combined use of media, such as television, radio, print, and the Internet, as for advertising or publicity.
as·sem·blage Audio Help [uh-sem-blij; for 3, 4 also Fr. a-sahn-blazh] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1.
a group of persons or things gathered or collected; an assembly; collection; aggregate.
2.
the act of assembling; state of being assembled.
3.
Fine Arts.
a.
a sculptural technique of organizing or composing into a unified whole a group of unrelated and often fragmentary or discarded objects.
b.
a work of art produced by this technique. Compare collage, found object,ready-made (def. 4).
as·sem·blage Audio Help (?-s?m'bl?j) Pronunciation Key
n.
1. The act of assembling.
2. The state of being assembled.
1. A collection of people or things; a gathering.
2. A collection of items from a single datable component of an archaeological site.
3. A fitting together of parts, as those in a machine.
4. A sculptural composition consisting of an arrangement of miscellaneous objects or found materials.
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