assemblagist

[uh-sem-bluh-jist, as-ahm-blah-zhist]

noun

1. an artist who produces works of art using the techniques of assemblage.

Word History and Origins

Origin of assemblagist¹

First recorded in 1960–65; assemblage + -ist

Example Sentences

Saar is one of the icons of the Black Arts Movements, a Los Angeles assemblagist known for taking some of the ugliest pieces of our culture’s detritus and making out of them things that are stirring and beautiful.

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And my weekly Datebook is back, with a key survey of the late L.A. assemblagist John T. Riddle Jr. at Craft Contemporary.

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Paintings that explore concepts of love, plus an overdue survey of work by a key L.A. assemblagist.

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Among them: renowned assemblagist Betye Saar.

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Well, Saar was, for a time, married to key Los Angeles assemblagist Betye Saar in the 1950s and ’60s.

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