When I think of assemblage, I think of Dada. I personally like the messages of Dada, but I don’t always like the art because I tend to idealise looks.
Above is Raoul Hausmann’s collage ‘The Art Critic,’ which was made in mockery of art, in art itself. I like to think that collage is like a 2D assemblage. Everyday images and text gathered together to create their own form. That’s assemblage.
This is another of Hausmann’s infamous works, and very notable in the world of Assemblage. At the time of it’s creation, it would’ve been extremely controversial and questioning of what really counts as art.
Man Ray’s sculpture ‘The Gift’ is a far simpler assemblage, but with a strong presence. I admire how the two types of objects made together are so contrasting, yet come together so elegantly. The photograph is also so brilliantly posed (Man Ray was better known as a photographer).