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Art made by gluing junk together until it means something.

means A collection of things gathered or fitted together into a single whole — whether a sculpture of scavenged parts or a cluster of unrelated objects grouped as one.

from Borrowed from French assemblage, itself from assembler ('to bring together'), tracing back to Latin assimulare/ad- + simul ('together, at the same time'). The French art term entered English usage in the 20th century to describe works built from found objects — a sense that rode in on the same word that simply meant 'a gathering' for centuries before artists got their glue out.

origin
French word for putting together, naturally
key figure
Joseph Cornell boxed the idea into fame
vs collage
collage is flat, this one has depth
material
trash, bones, bottle caps all welcome
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