MIXED MEDIA ART

Mixed media art refers to a

WHAT IS visual art form that combines a
MIXED MEDIA variety of media in a single
ART?
artwork, (“art-is-fun.com”, n.d.).
 Mixed media is very closely related to other art
WHAT IS forms such as assemblage and collage.

MIXED
Assemblage is a 3-dimensional sculptural form, in
which found objects are "assembled" together in a

MEDIA quirky and unique way. Collage involves a

rearrangement of pre-existing elements, such as
ART? cut-up paper of all sorts glued to the surface of the
paper, canvas, or wood, (“art-is-fun.com”, n.d.).
The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living
Artwork by
Damien Hirst The Physical
Media used Impossibility
Preserved Tiger Shark, of Death in
Steel, Glass the Mind of
Quality Someone
Poorly preserved, “big
enough to eat you”
Living
Content
Mr. Hirst often aims to The Physical
fry the mind (and misses Impossibility
more than he hits), but he of Death in
does so by setting up the Mind of
direct, often visceral
experiences, of which Someone
the shark remains the Living
most outstanding.
In keeping with the
piece's title, the shark is
simultaneously life and The Physical
death incarnate in a way Impossibility
you don't quite grasp of Death in
until you see it, the Mind of
suspended and silent, in
its tank. It gives the Someone
innately demonic urge to Living
live a demonic, deathlike
form.
 Technique The Physical
Its technical Impossibility
specifications are: of Death in
"Tiger shark, glass, steel, the Mind of
5% formaldehyde
solution, 213 × 518 × 213 Someone
cm." Living
Reference:
Damien Hirst. (2012). Retrieved February 18, 2019, from
http://www.damienhirst.com/the-physical-impossibility-of