Junk sculpture
Works composed primarily of industrial and modern consumer-culture waste, usually presented as assemblages of found objects. It sits within the wider heading of found object sculpture. The name also appears as Junk art, Scrap art, Scrap sculpture.
Also recorded as Objects, Junk (Art) · Scrap art · Junk constructions (Art) · Constructions, Junk (Art)
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Here are entered works on sculpture composed primarily of industrial and consumer waste, usually presented as assemblages of found objects. Established heading in Library of Congress Subject Headings.
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- Junk sculpture
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- junk sculpture
Scholarly · Getty Research Institute
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Junk sculptureLibrary of Congress
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junk sculptureGetty Research Institute
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 14 August 2026.
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22,760 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
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- Justice High SchoolOrganisation
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