MIXED MEDIA ART

MIXED MEDIA

In visual art, mixed media describes artwork in work more than one
medium or material has been employed. Assemblages, collages, and
sculpture are three common examples of art using different media.
Materials used to create mixed media art include, but are not limited to
paint, cloth, paper, wood, and found objects.
Mixed media art is distinguished from 
multimedia art which combines visual art with
non-visual elements, such as recorded sound,
literature, drama, dance, motion graphics,
music, or interactivity.
Mixed media art can be differentiated into distinct
types, some of which are:

• Collage
• Assemblage
• Found object art
• Altered books
• Wet and Dry Media
• Collage: This is an art form which involves combining different
materials like ribbons, newspaper clippings, photographs etc.
to create a new whole. While it was a sporadic practice in
antiquity, it became a fundamental part of modern art in the
early 20th century, due to the efforts of Braque and Picasso.
Assemblage: this is a 3-dimensional variant of the collage with elements jutting in or out
of a defined substrate, or an entirely 3-D arrangement of objects and/or sculptures.
Found object art: these are objects that are found and used by artists and incorporated into artworks
because of their perceived artistic value. It was popularized by the conceptual artist Marcel Duchamp.
Altered books: this is a specific form where the artist will reuse a book by
modifying/altering it physically for use in the work. This can involve
physically cutting and pasting pages to change the contents of the book
or using the materials of the book as contents for an art piece.
Wet and dry media: wet media consists of materials such as paints and
inks that use some sort of liquidity in their usage or composition. Dry
materials (such as pencils, charcoal, and crayons) are lacking this
inherent liquidity. Using wet and dry media in conjunction is considered
mixed media for its combination of inherently differing media to create
a finalized piece.