Assemblage and Artifacts/Edward Kienholz

The work of Edward Kienholz is brash. Assembled from the detritus of society and given implications of unease with the establishment. His materials were mostly scavenged from sidewalks and thrift stores and assembled in a hyper-realistic fashion that is eerily haunting.

His powerful imagery is so environmental and present that it leaves me pondering the question, “Does 2-dimensional art really do enough to incorporate the viewer?”