Timothy Washington is a key figure in the Los Angeles assemblage movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Born in 1946, Washington has lived and worked in Los Angeles his whole life. He took early inspiration from Simon Rodia's Watts Towers, near which he grew up, and he often gathered discarded objects he found in the Wattsneighborhood. While workig as a scenic painter for companies such as NBC and Disney, Washington turned to making sculpture as a means of personal expression. This work grew out of the larger L.A. movemet and in conversa... Read more

Timothy Washington is a key figure in the Los Angeles assemblage movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Born in 1946, Washington has lived and worked in Los Angeles his whole life. He took early inspiration from Simon Rodia’s Watts Towers, near which he grew up, and he often gathered discarded objects he found in the Wattsneighborhood. While workig as a scenic painter for companies such as NBC and Disney, Washington turned to making sculpture as a means of personal expression. This work grew out of the larger L.A. movemet and in conversation with his peers and friends, including John Outterbridge, Betye Saar, and David Hammons.