Mixed Media
Mixed-media tends to refer to artworks that use a combination of materials in their construction. For example, a work on canvas that combines paint and ink as well as collage.
The use of mixed media can be seen to be rooted in the Cubist Collages and constructions of Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque.
The choosing and application of various materials with mixed media works is essential in creating quality and integrity in the piece.
Artists working in mixed media are afforded a great deal of creative freedom. For example, found objects can be used in conjunction with more conventional media, such as paint and graphite, challenging our preconceptions about the materials which can be used in the making of works of art.
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Oriel Glasfryn Gallery, South Street, Caerwys, Mold, Caerwys, Flintshire, CH7 5AF
Shetland Museum & Archives, Hays Dock, Lerwick, Shetland, ZE1 0WP
South Gate Gallery & Specialist Picture Framers, 64 South Street, Exeter, Devon, EX1 1EE
National Trust, Cotehele House, Cotehele, Saltash, Cornwall, PL12 6TA
Liberation Art Gallery, 38 Meeting House Lane, Brighton, East Sussex, BN11HB
The Rutland Gallery, 27 High Street East, Uppingham, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 9PY
Southwark Park Galleries, 1 Park Approach, Southwark Park, London, London, SE16 2UA
Danby Lodge National Park Centre, Lodge Lane, Danby, Whitby, North Yorkshire, YO21 2NB
Laura I.Gallery, Icehouse Court, Abbey Road, Barking, Essex, IG11 7BT
Railway Cottage, Behind Bass Warehouse, Off Castle Street, Manchester, M3 4LZ
Unit 3C, Mardleybury Farm, Mardleybury Road, Datchworth, Hertfordshire, SG36SG
Tamarisk Gallery, The Parade, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, TR21 0LP
Art of Protest Gallery, 11 Walmgate, York, North Yorkshire, YO1 9TX
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF4 4LG
The Ropewalk, Maltkiln Road, Barton upon Humber, North Lincolnshire, DN18 5LT
24 Church Street, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 3EG
St Anne's Court, 59 North Street, BT1 1NB, Belfast, Antrim, BT1 1NB
The Paragon Gallery, 4 Rotunda Terrace, Montpellier Street, Cheltenham, GL50 1SW
Hang-Up Pictures Ltd, 10D Branch Place, Regents Canal, Hoxton, London, N1 5PH
Outside In, PO Box 810,, Chichester,, PO19 9WF, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 9WF
83-85 Town Street, Sandsgate Building, Farsley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS28 5UJ
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, 75 Belford Road, Edinburgh, EH2 2EL
45 Eldon Garden Shopping Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE1 7RA
Royal West of England Academy, Queens Road, Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1PX
Gallery Q Dundee, Queens Hotel Buildings, 160 Nethergate, Dundee, Angus, DD1 4DU
30 Gray Street, Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Broughty Ferry Dundee, Angus, DD5 2BJ
Edinburgh Printmakers, Castle Mills, 1 Dundee Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH3 9FP
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