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Collage (/ k ə ˈ l ɑː ʒ /, from the French: coller, "to glue" or "to stick together"; [1]) is a technique of art creation, primarily used in the visual arts, but in music too, by which art results from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole.
Mixed media art can be differentiated into distinct types, [7] some of which are: Collage: This is an art form which involves combining different materials like ribbons, newspaper clippings, photographs etc. to create a new whole.
Renee Fotouhi Fine Art; Reg Case's Saatchi Online Gallery "Collage: Assembling Contemporary Art", Craig, Blanche, (Ed.), Blackdog Publishing. Current book surveying the history of collage, Reginald Case included; Link to artist's current exhibition of collage assemblage at the Butler Institute of American Art; Link to Collage Art page
Found objects derive their identity as art from the designation placed upon them by the artist and from the social history that comes with the object. This may be indicated by either its anonymous wear and tear (as in collages of Kurt Schwitters ) or by its recognizability as a consumer icon (as in the sculptures of Haim Steinbach ).
He returned to Paris in 1950 and studied art history and philosophy at the Sorbonne. Bearden's early work focused on unity and cooperation within the African-American community. After a period during the 1950s when he painted more abstractly, the theme reemerged in his collage works of the 1960s.
Gordon Wagner (1915–1987), was a pioneer in American assemblage art, who was known for his bazaar art, painting, poetry and writing. Jeff Wassmann (born 1958), an American-born contemporary artist who works in Australia under the nom de plume of the pioneering German modernist Johann Dieter Wassmann (1841–1898).
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Postmodern art is a body of art movements that sought to contradict some aspects of modernism or some aspects that emerged or developed in its aftermath. In general, movements such as intermedia, installation art, conceptual art and multimedia, particularly involving video are described as postmodern.