junk art

American  

noun

1. sculptural assemblage constructed from discarded materials, as glass, scrap metal, plastic, and wood.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• junk artist
  noun

Etymology

Origin of junk art

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

These days in South Los Angeles, it can feel as if there is no refuge for the kind of imaginative act that Purifoy envisioned via his junk art.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2021

Meanwhile, everyone loses everything that matters, while the world fills up with junk bonds, junk mail, junk education, junk food and junk art.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2020

Television still had a hangover reputation as a junk art form.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 19, 2016