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Oilzum Oil Can
By Karen Shapiro
Located in Carmel-by-the-sea, CA
based on current availability and may require extra handling time to deliver, please inquire. Karen
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Still-life Sculptures

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Nutella
By Karen Shapiro
Located in Carmel-by-the-sea, CA
based on current availability and may require extra handling time to deliver, please inquire. Karen
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Still-life Sculptures

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Nutella
H 11.5 in W 10 in D 8 in
Campbell's Soup
By Karen Shapiro
Located in Carmel-by-the-sea, CA
deliver, please inquire. Karen Shapiro: "My first recorded attempts at artistic expression were at the
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21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

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Kellogg's Corn Flakes
By Karen Shapiro
Located in Carmel-by-the-sea, CA
results which I hope to share with as many people as may also find them interesting and fun." -Karen
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21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Kellogg's Corn Flakes
Kellogg's Corn Flakes
H 14.5 in W 10.25 in D 4.75 in
M&M's Bag with 6 Candies: Wall Piece
By Karen Shapiro
Located in Carmel-by-the-sea, CA
I hope to share with as many people as may also find them interesting and fun." -Karen Shapiro
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21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

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Ceramic

Planter's Peanut Butter
By Karen Shapiro
Located in Carmel-by-the-sea, CA
I hope to share with as many people as may also find them interesting and fun." -Karen Shapiro
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21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Planter's Peanut Butter
Planter's Peanut Butter
H 11 in W 9.5 in D 9.5 in

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Quaker State Racing Oil Can
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"Miller High Life Beer Can"
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"Campbell's Soup Can - Tomato"
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"Viagra"
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"Xanax"
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"Xanax"
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"French's Mustard Jar"
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"Fukidol"
By Karen Shapiro
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share with as many people as may also find them interesting and fun." -Karen Shapiro, 1999 Contemporary
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"Fukidol"
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"Prozac"
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share with as many people as may also find them interesting and fun." -Karen Shapiro, 1999 Contemporary
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"Prozac"
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"Starbucks Cup"
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"Coke Can"
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share with as many people as may also find them interesting and fun." -Karen Shapiro, 1999 Contemporary
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"Coke Can"
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"Heineken Beer Bottle"
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share with as many people as may also find them interesting and fun." -Karen Shapiro, 1999 Contemporary
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"Pepsi Bottle"
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share with as many people as may also find them interesting and fun." -Karen Shapiro, 1999 Contemporary
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share with as many people as may also find them interesting and fun." -Karen Shapiro, 1999 Contemporary
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"Fukidol"
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share with as many people as may also find them interesting and fun." -Karen Shapiro, 1999 Contemporary
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"Fukidol"
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share with as many people as may also find them interesting and fun." -Karen Shapiro, 1999 Contemporary
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"M&M : Green"
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share with as many people as may also find them interesting and fun." -Karen Shapiro, 1999 Contemporary
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share with as many people as may also find them interesting and fun." -Karen Shapiro, 1999 Contemporary
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Heinz Tomato Ketchup
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results which I hope to share with as many people as may also find them interesting and fun." -Karen
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Starbucks Coffee Cup
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results which I hope to share with as many people as may also find them interesting and fun." -Karen
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Kellogg's Corn Flakes
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results which I hope to share with as many people as may also find them interesting and fun." -Karen
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Kellogg's Corn Flakes
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Kodak Verichrome 120 Roll Film and Box
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interesting and fun." -Karen Shapiro, 1999 Contemporary California ceramic artist
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Junior Mints Wall Piece with 5 Candies
By Karen Shapiro
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share with as many people as may also find them interesting and fun." -Karen Shapiro, 1999 Contemporary
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M&M Single Wall Candy, Custom Pink
By Karen Shapiro
Located in Carmel-by-the-sea, CA
them interesting and fun." -Karen Shapiro, 1999 Contemporary California ceramic artist
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M&M Single Wall Candy, Custom Pink
By Karen Shapiro
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them interesting and fun." -Karen Shapiro, 1999 Contemporary California ceramic artist
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"Prozac 20mg"
By Karen Shapiro
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raku ceramic
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"Prozac 20mg"
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"M&M: Brown"
By Karen Shapiro
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
raku ceramic
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"M&M: Red"
By Karen Shapiro
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ceramic raku
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"M&M: Red"
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"M&M: Red"
By Karen Shapiro
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raku ceramic
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"M&M: Red"
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"Bozooka Gum"
By Karen Shapiro
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Fukidol Pill
By Karen Shapiro
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Adderal 25mg
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"M&M" : green
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

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"Sprite Can"
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Contemporary California ceramic artist My first recorded attempts at artistic expression were at the ripe age of 5 years or so when I painstakingly painted the adobe brick walls su...
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Ceramic

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Larger than life -sized pharmaceutical made of ceramic
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

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Ceramic

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Karen Shapiro is a modern artist who was born in the United States in 1947, like other prominent artists such as Tatum Carlson, Ramona Rosales, David Haxton, Abram Poole and Juliet Kepes.

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Technique and materials in sculpture have changed over time. Stone sculpture, which essentially began as images carved into cave walls, is as old as human civilization itself. The majority of surviving sculpted works from ancient cultures are stone. Traditionally, this material and pottery as well as metalbronze in particular — were among the most common materials associated with this field of visual art. Artists have long sought new ways and materials in order to make sculptures and express their ideas. Material, after all, is the vehicle through which artists express themselves, or at least work out the problems knocking around in their heads. It also allows them to push the boundaries of form, subverting our expectations and upending convention. As an influential sculptor as much as he was a revolutionary painter and printmaker, Pablo Picasso worked with everything from wire to wood to bicycle seats.

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