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Eating Animals (Crawling) absurdist animal painting on shaped panel
By Lori Larusso
Located in New York, NY
Lori Larusso explores humans' paradoxical relationships with the animals that exist closest to us. From pets to synanthropes (non-domesticated animals that thrive alongside humans an...
Category
2010s Pop Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Eating Animals (Watermelon Shark) absurdist animal painting on shaped panel
By Lori Larusso
Located in New York, NY
Lori Larusso explores humans' paradoxical relationships with the animals that exist closest to us. From pets to synanthropes (non-domesticated animals that thrive alongside humans an...
Category
2010s Pop Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Eating Animals (Eggplant Penguin) absurdist animal painting on shaped panel
By Lori Larusso
Located in New York, NY
Lori Larusso explores humans' paradoxical relationships with the animals that exist closest to us. From pets to synanthropes (non-domesticated animals that thrive alongside humans an...
Category
2010s Pop Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Untitled Abstract Acrylic Painting from Cartoon Series
By Robert Reitzfeld
Located in Surfside, FL
"New York artist Robert Reitzfeld has a devoted cult following, but his paintings are not nearly as
Category
1990s Pop Art Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
French Surrealist Circus Scene, Children with Balloons Oil Painting J.P. Serrier
By Jean Pierre Serrier
Located in Surfside, FL
for surrealism and absurdist art. Jean-Pierre Serrier was born in Montparnasse, Paris and attended the
Category
20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Mod Surrealist Commedia dell'arte Circus Scene Oil Painting J.P. Serrier
By Jean Pierre Serrier
Located in Surfside, FL
Jean Pierre Serrier (French, 1934-1989)
Oil on canvas painting depicting four figures
Hand signed
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Delicatessen, drawing on cauldron
Located in Miami, FL
known for the absurdist humor he embeds in his watercolors and sculptures, such as his ongoing series of
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Metal
Detectives: Sherlock Inside
By Hannah Barrett
Located in Boston, MA
Hannah Barrett’s paintings imagine a colorful, absurdist world inhabited by eccentrics of ambiguous
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Acrylic
Rustics: Spring Weekenders
By Hannah Barrett
Located in Boston, MA
Hannah Barrett’s paintings imagine a colorful, absurdist world inhabited by eccentrics of ambiguous
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Rustics: Winter Hunting Lodge
By Hannah Barrett
Located in Boston, MA
Hannah Barrett’s paintings imagine a colorful, absurdist world inhabited by eccentrics of ambiguous
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Detectives: Sherlock Outside
By Hannah Barrett
Located in Boston, MA
Acrylic on canvas.
Hannah Barrett’s paintings imagine a colorful, absurdist world inhabited by
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil
Fall Hunters
By Hannah Barrett
Located in Boston, MA
Hannah Barrett, American (b.1966), Fall Hunters, 2014
Hannah Barrett’s paintings imagine a
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
This Dream Again, Part 2 by Misha Gudwin - Color pencils on paper, 2023
Located in Basel, BS
absurdist world in this series, the artist was inspired by the visual internet subculture of Wiredcor
Category
2010s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
This Dream Again, Part 1 by Misha Gudwin - Color pencils on paper, 2023
Located in Basel, BS
absurdist world in this series, the artist was inspired by the visual internet subculture of Wiredcor
Category
2010s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
A Hippopotamus Lay Down to Die Near the Town of Clontibret
By Dermot Seymour
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
political subject matter with social realism and absurdist humor.
Seymour's paintings often involve the
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
Located in Austin, TX
City, writing absurdist theater, poetry and hanging with influentials such as art dealer Dick Belamy
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled from Cartoon Series
By Robert Reitzfeld
Located in Surfside, FL
"New York artist Robert Reitzfeld has a devoted cult following, but his paintings are not nearly as
Category
1990s Pop Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vibrant Still Life, original oil on canvas, post-impressionist, Danish 20th C
By Karl Larsen
Located in Nutfield, Surrey
This painting is an original, oil on canvas by the Danish artist Karl Larsen (1897-1977). This
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 16.25 in W 21 in D 4 in
Medusa Augury (Round Portrait Drawing in Blue Pastel by Kahn & Selesnick)
By Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick
Located in Hudson, NY
that combine absurdist fantasy and bogus anthropology; elaborately crafted artifact, costumes and
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Crayon, Oil Pastel
Poet's Augury (Round Portrait Drawing in Blue Pastel by Kahn & Selesnick)
By Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick
Located in Hudson, NY
that combine absurdist fantasy and bogus anthropology; elaborately crafted artifact, costumes and
Category
2010s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Crayon, Oil Pastel
Der Fled Maus (Figurative Drawing of Costumed Man with Moon on Teal Paper)
By Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick
Located in Hudson, NY
absurdist fantasy and bogus anthropology; elaborately crafted artifact, costumes and sculpture, often
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Pastel, Graphite
Hummingbird Augury: Cobalt Blue Pastel Drawing on Handmade Paper w/ Gold Stars
By Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick
Located in Hudson, NY
cabaret troupe of anxious mummers and would-be mystics who catalogue their absurdist attempts to augur a
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Pastel, Handmade Paper, Graphite
Feather Augury (Crimson Pastel Drawings on Handmade Paper by Kahn & Selesnick)
By Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick
Located in Hudson, NY
mummers and would-be mystics who catalogue their absurdist attempts to augur a future that seems
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Pastel, Handmade Paper, Graphite
Scorpio Augury: Round Astrological Drawing on Handmade Paper by Kahn & Selesnick
By Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick
Located in Hudson, NY
mummers and would-be mystics who catalogue their absurdist attempts to augur a future that seems
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Pastel, Handmade Paper, Graphite
Rat King Augury: Snow White Owl Pastel on Handmade Paper by Kahn & Selesnick
By Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick
Located in Hudson, NY
-be mystics who catalogue their absurdist attempts to augur a future that seems increasingly in peril
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Pastel, Handmade Paper, Graphite
Foxglove Rabbit Augury: Round Pastel Drawing, Handmade Paper by Kahn & Selesnick
By Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick
Located in Hudson, NY
mummers and would-be mystics who catalogue their absurdist attempts to augur a future that seems
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Pastel, Handmade Paper, Graphite
Eight of Wands (Framed Watercolor Illustration on Archival Paper)
By Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick
Located in Hudson, NY
and would-be mystics who catalogue their absurdist attempts to augur a future that seems increasingly
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
The Chariot (Kahn & Selesnick’s illustrated “Madame Lulu’s Book of Fate” Tarot)
By Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick
Located in Hudson, NY
their absurdist attempts to augur a future that seems increasingly in peril due to environmental
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
The Tower
By Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick
Located in Hudson, NY
troupe of anxious mummers and would-be mystics who catalogue their absurdist attempts to augur a future
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
The Hierophant (Framed Watercolor Illustration on Archival Paper)
By Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick
Located in Hudson, NY
who catalogue their absurdist attempts to augur a future that seems increasingly in peril due to
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Without Results - China Ink Drawing on Paper by G. Grosz - 1925
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
deliberately crude form of caricature. His oeuvre includes a few absurdist works, such as "Remember Uncle
Category
1920s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
H 25.6 in W 20.67 in D 0.04 in
Mimi
Located in PARIS, FR
that includes sculpture, painting, installations, and urban interventions. Born in 1957 in Senegal, he
Category
2010s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Wild Cat
Located in PARIS, FR
that includes sculpture, painting, installations, and urban interventions. Born in 1957 in Senegal, he
Category
2010s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Elephant
Located in PARIS, FR
that includes sculpture, painting, installations, and urban interventions. Born in 1957 in Senegal, he
Category
2010s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Miu
Located in PARIS, FR
that includes sculpture, painting, installations, and urban interventions. Born in 1957 in Senegal, he
Category
2010s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Hannibal on an Elephant
Located in PARIS, FR
that includes sculpture, painting, installations, and urban interventions. Born in 1957 in Senegal, he
Category
2010s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Good Morning
By Patrick Hughes
Located in Tallinn, EE
perspective are reversed and solidified into sculpted paintings something extraordinary happens; the mind is
Category
1990s Op Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Waste Paper
By Patrick Hughes
Located in Tallinn, EE
paintings something extraordinary happens; the mind is deceived into believing the impossible, that a static
Category
1990s Op Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
1936 Lithograph Interregnum Street Riot Protest Small Edition Weimar Germany
By George Grosz
Located in Surfside, FL
–17) was the first of his many paintings of the modern urban scene. Other examples include the
Category
1930s Modern Interior Prints
Materials
Lithograph
1936 Lithograph Interregnum Portfolio Windblown Man Small Edition Weimar Germany
By George Grosz
Located in Surfside, FL
–17) was the first of his many paintings of the modern urban scene. Other examples include the
Category
1930s Modern Interior Prints
Materials
Lithograph
1936 Lithograph Interregnum, Cigar, Kid w Toy Gun, Small Edition Weimar Germany
By George Grosz
Located in Surfside, FL
–17) was the first of his many paintings of the modern urban scene. Other examples include the
Category
1930s Modern Interior Prints
Materials
Lithograph
1936 Lithograph Interregnum Portfolio Butcher Shop Small Edition Weimar Germany
By George Grosz
Located in Surfside, FL
–17) was the first of his many paintings of the modern urban scene. Other examples include the
Category
1930s Modern Interior Prints
Materials
Lithograph
1936 Lithograph Interregnum portfolio Artist Studio small edition Weimar Germany
By George Grosz
Located in Surfside, FL
–17) was the first of his many paintings of the modern urban scene. Other examples include the
Category
1930s Modern Interior Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Andy Warhol A Retrospective" Art Book MOMA First Edition 1989
By Andy Warhol
Located in San Diego, CA
-city subculture, Warhol offended in so many ways. His cheerful, absurdist pop images of Campbell's soup
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Portrait of Bob Pettis, SIGNED Lt. Ed with COA from publisher, Olympic Committee
By Garry Winogrand
Located in New York, NY
. He studied painting at City College (1947-48) and at Columbia University (1948-51), where he learned
Category
1980s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset, Felt Pen
Large George Grosz 1923 Lithograph Die Rauber German Expressionism WPA Realism
By George Grosz
Located in Surfside, FL
–17) was the first of his many paintings of the modern urban scene. Other examples include the
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Large George Grosz 1923 Lithograph Die Rauber German Expressionism WPA Realism
By George Grosz
Located in Surfside, FL
–17) was the first of his many paintings of the modern urban scene. Other examples include the
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Large George Grosz 1923 Lithograph Die Rauber German Expressionism WPA Realism
By George Grosz
Located in Surfside, FL
–17) was the first of his many paintings of the modern urban scene. Other examples include the
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Agit-Okno No. 49, Russian Anti-Nazi Poster, Okna-Tass Studio
Located in Long Island City, NY
, the artists established an assembly-line method of production, painting posters in sections on
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Stencil
Raggy (Circular Color Photograph of Red Mythical Figure in an Arctic Landscape)
By Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick
Located in Hudson, NY
of anxious mummers and would-be mystics who catalogue their absurdist attempts to augur a future that
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tulip Mania (Circular Color Photograph of Figures & Flowers)
By Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick
Located in Hudson, NY
of anxious mummers and would-be mystics who catalogue their absurdist attempts to augur a future that
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Andy Warhol A Retrospective, Hard-Cover Coffee Table Book, 1989
By MOMA Museum New York, (after) Andy Warhol
Located in North Hollywood, CA
, absurdist pop images of Campbell's soup cans, Jackie Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, and the electric chair made
Category
20th Century American Moorish Books
Materials
Paper
1936 Lithograph Soldiers in battle World War I small edition
By George Grosz
Located in Surfside, FL
–17) was the first of his many paintings of the modern urban scene. Other examples include the
Category
1930s Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Tanja Ritterbex, Familytime, 2019 (portrait, family, painting)
By Tanja Ritterbex
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Tanja Ritterbex has been called the Lady Gaga of contemporary art. She makes bolds paintings
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Tanja Ritterbex, Partnerlook, 2017 (painting, portrait, people, figurative)
By Tanja Ritterbex
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Tanja Ritterbex has been called the Lady Gaga of contemporary art. She makes bolds paintings
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tanja Ritterbex, Stairs, oil painting on canvas (figurative, color)
By Tanja Ritterbex
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Tanja Ritterbex has been called the Lady Gaga of contemporary art. She makes bolds paintings
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 66.93 in W 47.25 in D 0.79 in
Tanja Ritterbex, Selbstbedienung, oil painting on canvas (figurative, color)
By Tanja Ritterbex
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Tanja Ritterbex has been called the Lady Gaga of contemporary art. She makes bolds paintings
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 35.44 in W 47.25 in D 0.79 in
Tanja Ritterbex, Balagan, 2016, oil on canvas (painting, portrait, figurative)
By Tanja Ritterbex
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Tanja Ritterbex has been called the Lady Gaga of contemporary art. She makes bolds paintings
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 35.44 in W 27.56 in D 0.79 in
Tanja Ritterbex, Costume Ball, oil painting on canvas (figurative, colorful)
By Tanja Ritterbex
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Tanja Ritterbex has been called the Lady Gaga of contemporary art. She makes
bolds paintings
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tanja Ritterbex, Lunch with Moon light, oil painting on canvas (figurative)
By Tanja Ritterbex
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Tanja Ritterbex has been called the Lady Gaga of contemporary art. She makes bolds paintings
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 19.69 in W 27.56 in D 0.79 in
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