Mixed media

An artwork created using more than one medium or material is known as a mixed media piece of art in visual art. A frequent example of art that uses a variety of media is an assembly, a collage, and a sculpture. Paint, fabric, paper, wood, and found items are just a few of the materials that may be utilised to make mixed media art.

Mixed media art is differentiated from multimedia art, which blends visual art with non-visual components such as recorded sound, text, theatre, dance, motion graphics, music, or interaction. Multimedia art is separated from mixed media art.

Pablo Picasso's 1912 collage Still Life with Chair Caning, which combined paper, fabric, paint, and rope to create a pseudo-3D look, is considered the first contemporary work to be classified as mixed media. In the twentieth century, the impact of movements like as Cubism and Dada led to the rise in popularity of mixed media, which was embraced by artists such as Henri Matisse, Josef Cornell, Jean Dubuffet, and Ellsworth Kelly. Additionally, new developments like installation were made possible by this throughout the late twentieth century. A popular type of art for artists, mixed media continues to be explored in a variety of ways, including wet media and mark-making.