n.
Three-dimensional construction made from household materials such as rope and newspapers or from any found materials.
The term, coined by Jean Dubuffet in the 1950s, has been applied to collage , photomontage, and sculptural assemblage. The Dadaists and Surrealists produced ready-made assemblages and elevated them to art by simply exhibiting them. Later artists who have worked with the technique include Louise Nevelson and Robert Rauschenberg .