assemblagist
noun
as·sem·blag·ist
ə-ˈsem-bli-jist 
ˌa-ˌsäm-ˈblä-zhist
: an artist who specializes in assemblages
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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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Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2019
Well, Saar was, for a time, married to key Los Angeles assemblagist Betye Saar in the 1950s and ’60s.
—Carolina A. Miranda, latimes.com, 5 July 2018
There’s the actor Dean Stockwell and [the assemblagist] Wallace Berman.
—Carolina A. Miranda, latimes.com, 14 July 2017
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Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2019
Well, Saar was, for a time, married to key Los Angeles assemblagist Betye Saar in the 1950s and ’60s.
—Carolina A. Miranda, latimes.com, 5 July 2018
There’s the actor Dean Stockwell and [the assemblagist] Wallace Berman.
—Carolina A. Miranda, latimes.com, 14 July 2017
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“Assemblagist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assemblagist. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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