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Tony Berlant

Tony Berlant (Born 1941) is active/lives in California.  Tony Berlant is known for Assemblage.

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A California artist known for his collages and assemblages composed of colored metal pieces that have been nailed together to form a single image, Tony Berlant uses discarded metal and tin scraps from cookie tins to TV trays.

Berlant was born in New York City in 1941 but moved to California at a young age. He studied at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles for one year in 1959. He then attended the University of California Los Angeles from which he graduated with a Master's Degree in Fine Art in 1964.

While Berlant studied art as an undergraduate, he became interested in collage and influenced by prolific artists at the time such as Robert Rauschenberg and Edward Kleinholz. He restricted himself to the medium of found metal, cutting and bending them, then hammering the bits to a plywood base. His early work reflects the influences of Jim Dine and Claes Oldenburg. His pieces have a unique textural element in that they are nailed together by steel brads, giv   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1896 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Tony Berlant

A California artist known for his collages and assemblages composed of colored metal pieces that have been nailed together to form a single image, Tony Berlant uses discarded metal and tin scraps from cookie tins to TV trays.

Berlant was born in New York City in 1941 but moved to California at a young age. He studied at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles for one year in 1959. He then attended the University of California Los Angeles from which he graduated with a Master's Degree in Fine Art in 1964.

While Berlant studied art as an undergraduate, he became interested in collage and influenced by prolific artists at the time such as Robert Rauschenberg and Edward Kleinholz. He restricted himself to the medium o  ...  Displaying 750 of 1896 characters.

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