assemblage
uniting difference
To join various materials that are not normally associated together can give new meaning to regular media. Artists in the 20th century found that the combinations of materials would better reflect a depth of texture and experience. Assemblage can communicate a new aesthetic, whether tough or fragile, springing out of new life styles and beliefs associated with modernism.
Assemblage
Sometimes using one material does not transmit the idea or convey enough meaning in the mind of an artist.
Assembling materials may give a layered texture or depth to a concept. A sculptor (and his or her team) might fasten, fold, stitch, solder, weld, bolt, tie, wind, or twist to connect both raw materials and found objects.
2010 Florentijn Hoffman, Dutch, in Sao Paolo Pixel Show
