Lost and Found : Assemblage Artists of Northern California

The artists featured in this book have embarked on the strange and risky path where they never quite know what they are making until it is finished. In treating us to their personal artistic vision, they throw off old societal rules regarding what art should be. They create pieces that might remind you of something you had once yourself imagined.

Lost and Found: Assemblage Artists of Northern California fits into the assemblage market because it 1) is 100% dedicated to assemblage art and artists, 2) lays out each artist’s inspirations and process and 3) includes an eight-page section on the history of assemblage art as well as key artists from northern California since the 1950s. It stands out as a differentiator because 1) it has the word ‘assemblage’ in the title while other books do not, (Found Art, Junk Art, Recycled Art) and 2) it features artists residing in a highly creative geographic region of the country, northern California, where artists, musicians, directors, producers of all persuasions thrive and find inspiring as a home. Their mission is promoting and celebrating assemblage art, artists’ lives and their work striving towards a more creative world through their works and words. This book is important because it connects with people on a deeply emotional level inspiring creativity, curiosity and wonder while shifting the reader’s perspective on what’s possible.