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Plugs
By Matt Magee
Located in Bloomington, IL
-edged and drawn from art historical precedents, Magee conceived “Plugs”, “Bugs” and “Drugs” as an
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Plugs
H 21.5 in W 17 in
Abstract Figurative Impasto Surrealist Work
By Robert Del Rio
Located in Houston, TX
: 2019 Art Palm beach by Marcel Katz 2018 The art plug power house , curated by Marcel Katz, Miami USA
Category

Early 2000s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Champion Spark Plug", 2007
By Ian Gittler
Located in Hudson, NY
Ian Gittler’s Motor Art series-photographs of century-old engine parts, gears, sparkplugs, and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Pigment

Yellow Plug on Cedar Shake
By John Morfis
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
career in art difficult and paradoxically necessary. Fixated on making things aesthetically pleasing
Category

2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

AC Spark Plugs Advertisement, Saturday Evening Post
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Painting Signature: Unsigned Marked on the back GM Photographic The Saturday Evening Post, August 16 1947, Page 89
Category

20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paint

Fire Plug Souvenir - "Chicago August 1968" (P. 10), Claes Oldenburg
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Claus Oldenburg (1929) Title: Fire Plug Souvenir - "Chicago August 1968" (P. 10) Year: 1968
Category

1960s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic, Plaster

Clutter- 21st Century Contemporary Still-life painting with cutter plug
By Erik Zwaga
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This still-life is made by Dutch painter Erik Zwaga. The painter started in the style of the romantic school, Erik Zwaga began to search more and more for his own visual language...
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

"PLUG-N-PLAY I", stoneware glazed sculpture, green, yellow, blue, white, wheel
By Andrew Cornell Robinson
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"PLUG-N-PLAY I (Yellow, Black and White)", 2019, in wheel-formed stoneware, glaze, stain and cork
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware, Glaze

"Connect for Sound", turntable, speaker, wall plug, wires, abstract monoprint
By Patty deGrandpre
Located in Natick, MA
received multiple awards for both fine art and printmaking. Patty deGrandpre is represented by Fountain
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Color, Digital

"The Art Of Noise" Genuine Sculpted Fender Stratocaster Guitar
By Plastic Jesus
Located in West Hollywood, CA
create art that engages on many levels. This sculptural work is available as signed Artist Proof (AP) 1
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Enamel

"Mercury" NYC 1931 Bronze 5th Ave Traffic Light Sculpture American Art Deco WPA
Located in New York, NY
"Mercury" NYC 1931 Bronze 5th Ave Traffic Light Sculpture American Art Deco WPA In the late 1920s
Category

1930s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Oil Paint View Of St. Peter's Basilica With The Square and Colonnade and Obelisk
Located in Roma, IT
following centuries there were numerous intentions of the popes aimed at demolishing the plug with projects
Category

19th Century Other Art Style Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Universal Stopper 2023 - large, pop-art, stainless steel, outdoor sculpture
By Floyd Elzinga
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This fun and fanciful large outdoor pop art sculpture is by Floyd Elzinga. This piece is a massive
Category

2010s Pop Art Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Steel, Stainless Steel

THE RIBBON NEBULA (with LED lights), Mixed Media on Wood Panel
By Tiffani Buteau
Located in Yardley, PA
are customizable via a remote control, can sync with music, and works with a USB power source, plug
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

"Summer Job" photorealist oil painting of a lifeguard on the beach, umbrellas
By Rob Brooks
Located in Edgartown, MA
strip-mall hell. Nature is enveloped into a plugged-in neon-lit mindscape between Thoreau's
Category

2010s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Seasons 1981 Photo Color Copier Print Photograph Museum Collected Art Xerography
By Leslie Schiff
Located in Surfside, FL
.” David Kiehl, Curator of Prints and Special Collections The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City
Category

1980s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color

Seasons 1981 Photo Color Copier Print Photograph Museum Collected Art Xerography
By Leslie Schiff
Located in Surfside, FL
, Curator of Prints and Special Collections The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City. Lesley
Category

1980s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color

Seasons 1981 Photo Color Copier Print Photograph Museum Collected Art Xerography
By Leslie Schiff
Located in Surfside, FL
, Curator of Prints and Special Collections The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City. Lesley
Category

1980s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color

Seasons 1981 Photo Color Copier Print Photograph Museum Collected Art Xerography
By Leslie Schiff
Located in Surfside, FL
, Curator of Prints and Special Collections The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City. Lesley
Category

1980s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color

Seasons 1981 Photo Color Copier Print Photograph Museum Collected Art Xerography
By Leslie Schiff
Located in Surfside, FL
category for it.” David Kiehl, Curator of Prints and Special Collections The Whitney Museum of American Art
Category

1980s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color

Seasons 1981 Photo Color Copier Print Photograph Museum Collected Art Xerography
By Leslie Schiff
Located in Surfside, FL
category for it.” David Kiehl, Curator of Prints and Special Collections The Whitney Museum of American Art
Category

1980s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color

Seasons 1981 Photo Color Copier Print Photograph Museum Collected Art Xerography
By Leslie Schiff
Located in Surfside, FL
of American Art, New York City. Lesley Schiff (born 1951) is an American fine artist. Schiff studied
Category

1980s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color

Seasons 1981 Photo Color Copier Print Photograph Museum Collected Art Xerography
By Leslie Schiff
Located in Surfside, FL
American Art, New York City. Lesley Schiff (born 1951) is an American fine artist. Schiff studied painting
Category

1980s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color

Seasons 1981 Photo Color Copier Print Photograph Museum Collected Art Xerography
By Leslie Schiff
Located in Surfside, FL
category for it.” David Kiehl, Curator of Prints and Special Collections The Whitney Museum of American Art
Category

1980s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color

Seasons 1981 Photo Color Copier Print Photograph Museum Collected Art Xerography
By Leslie Schiff
Located in Surfside, FL
American Art, New York City. Lesley Schiff (born 1951) is an American fine artist. Schiff studied painting
Category

1980s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color

Seasons 1981 Photo Color Copier Print Photograph Museum Collected Art Xerography
By Leslie Schiff
Located in Surfside, FL
category for it.” David Kiehl, Curator of Prints and Special Collections The Whitney Museum of American Art
Category

1980s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color

Seasons 1981 Photo Color Copier Print Photograph Museum Collected Art Xerography
By Leslie Schiff
Located in Surfside, FL
American Art, New York City. Lesley Schiff (born 1951) is an American fine artist. Schiff studied painting
Category

1980s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color

Seasons 1981 Photo Color Copier Print Photograph Museum Collected Art Xerography
By Leslie Schiff
Located in Surfside, FL
category for it.” David Kiehl, Curator of Prints and Special Collections The Whitney Museum of American Art
Category

1980s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color

Seasons 1981 Photo Color Copier Print Photograph Museum Collected Art Xerography
By Leslie Schiff
Located in Surfside, FL
category for it.” David Kiehl, Curator of Prints and Special Collections The Whitney Museum of American Art
Category

1980s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color

Seasons 1981 Photo Color Copier Print Photograph Museum Collected Art Xerography
By Leslie Schiff
Located in Surfside, FL
category for it.” David Kiehl, Curator of Prints and Special Collections The Whitney Museum of American Art
Category

1980s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color

Seasons 1981 Photo Color Copier Print Photograph Museum Collected Art Xerography
By Leslie Schiff
Located in Surfside, FL
category for it.” David Kiehl, Curator of Prints and Special Collections The Whitney Museum of American Art
Category

1980s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color

Seasons 1981 Photo Color Copier Print Photograph Museum Collected Art Xerography
By Leslie Schiff
Located in Surfside, FL
category for it.” David Kiehl, Curator of Prints and Special Collections The Whitney Museum of American Art
Category

1980s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color

Seasons 1981 Photo Color Copier Print Photograph Museum Collected Art Xerography
By Leslie Schiff
Located in Surfside, FL
.” David Kiehl, Curator of Prints and Special Collections The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City
Category

1980s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color

Seasons 1981 Photo Color Copier Print Photograph Museum Collected Art Xerography
By Leslie Schiff
Located in Surfside, FL
category for it.” David Kiehl, Curator of Prints and Special Collections The Whitney Museum of American Art
Category

1980s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color

Seasons 1981 Photo Color Copier Print Photograph Museum Collected Art Xerography
By Leslie Schiff
Located in Surfside, FL
category for it.” David Kiehl, Curator of Prints and Special Collections The Whitney Museum of American Art
Category

1980s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color

Seasons 1981 Photo Color Copier Print Photograph Museum Collected Art Xerography
By Leslie Schiff
Located in Surfside, FL
.” David Kiehl, Curator of Prints and Special Collections The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City
Category

1980s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color

Seasons 1981 Photo Color Copier Print Photograph Museum Collected Art Xerography
By Leslie Schiff
Located in Surfside, FL
of American Art, New York City. Lesley Schiff (born 1951) is an American fine artist. Schiff studied
Category

1980s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color

Seasons 1981 Photo Color Copier Print Photograph Museum Collected Art Xerography
By Leslie Schiff
Located in Surfside, FL
category for it.” David Kiehl, Curator of Prints and Special Collections The Whitney Museum of American Art
Category

1980s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color

Seasons 1981 Photo Color Copier Print Photograph Museum Collected Art Xerography
By Leslie Schiff
Located in Surfside, FL
.” David Kiehl, Curator of Prints and Special Collections The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City
Category

1980s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color

The Beatles BookScape Colorful Photograph / Max Steven Grossman
By Max Steven Grossman
Located in Greenwich, CT
and bookshelves. LED lights and standard plug in; no hardware needed. Illuminated bookshelves
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Photographic Paper

"Summer Night" oil painting of a couple in a VW bus on the beach in moonlight
By Rob Brooks
Located in Edgartown, MA
strip-mall hell. Nature is enveloped into a plugged-in neon-lit mindscape between Thoreau's
Category

2010s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Menemsha Daybreak, a massive framed still life of an ice cooler by the beach
By Rob Brooks
Located in Edgartown, MA
into a plugged-in neon-lit mindscape between Thoreau's contemplative wilderness and the hallucinatory
Category

2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Samba Sherbet" oil painting of a green VW bus on the beach at sunset
By Rob Brooks
Located in Edgartown, MA
strip-mall hell. Nature is enveloped into a plugged-in neon-lit mindscape between Thoreau's
Category

2010s Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Outdoor Cuboid for floating pots - "Cuboid Large" - unique garden ornament
By Stefan Traloc
Located in Winterswijk, NL
designed in 2010. Also available to order in stainless steel. The pot hangs in the plug-in cuboid
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Secret Stash, 2012 (stained glass lamp)
By TF Dutchman
Located in Jersey City, NJ
the glass pieces. Elements of graffiti and sneaker culture add contemporary street art flair
Category

2010s Street Art More Art

Materials

Metal, Copper

Outdoor Cuboid for floating pots - "Cuboid Large" - unique garden ornament
By Stefan Traloc
Located in Winterswijk, NL
designed in 2010. Also available to order in stainless steel. The pot hangs in the plug-in cuboid
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Autoportrait dans un Coeur
Located in Toronto, Ontario
and photography, pop culture and art history, kitsch and glamour. Subjects are costumed and situated
Category

Early 2000s Pop Art Photography

Materials

Mirror, Photographic Paper

Homage to NTEL, 2014
By TF Dutchman
Located in Jersey City, NJ
bulb, electrical wire, plug and toggle switch are included with the lamp. Fully functional home decor
Category

2010s Street Art More Art

Materials

Metal, Copper

Homage to NTEL, 2014
Homage to NTEL, 2014
H 15.5 in W 7.5 in D 7.5 in
Landscape View Of St. Peter's Basilica Oil Paint Rome Grand Tour Style 19th
Located in Roma, IT
following centuries there were numerous intentions of the popes aimed at demolishing the plug with projects
Category

19th Century Other Art Style Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"You Complete Me" Colorful Graffiti Style Abstract Artwork with Real Neon Lights
By Amber Goldhammer
Located in Baltimore, MD
be aware that neon if very fragile and should be plugged in and kept on often. A nearby electrical
Category

2010s Street Art Mixed Media

Materials

Wood, Neon Light, Mixed Media

Can Man (Make Graffiti Fun Again), animatronic dancing spray can, black & gray
By NTEL
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Animatronic spray can sculpture by NTEL that dances and shakes its hips when plugged in. Made with
Category

2010s Street Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Felt, Found Objects, Acrylic, Polymer

"I'm Always Sunshine" Abstract Colorful Graffiti Style Painting with LED Lights
By Amber Goldhammer
Located in Baltimore, MD
. It will need to be plugged in with a standard 2-prong power brick that is included with a white cord
Category

2010s Street Art Mixed Media

Materials

Wood, LED Light, Mixed Media

Blue & White Checkerboard Pendant
By TF Dutchman
Located in Jersey City, NJ
wall plug. Baby blue streaky and whiteglass. Ready to hang. Multiples available but each one is
Category

2010s Contemporary More Art

Materials

Brass

Green on Green Origami Pendant
By TF Dutchman
Located in Jersey City, NJ
plug. Green and lime green glass. Ready to hang. Multiples available but each one is slightly unique
Category

2010s Contemporary More Art

Materials

Brass

Purple & White Origami Pendant
By TF Dutchman
Located in Jersey City, NJ
plug. Purple and white glass. Ready to hang. Multiples available but each one is slightly unique by
Category

2010s Contemporary More Art

Materials

Brass

Blue on Blue Origami Pendant
By TF Dutchman
Located in Jersey City, NJ
plug. Turquoise and slate blue glass. Ready to hang. Multiples available but each one is slightly
Category

2010s Contemporary More Art

Materials

Brass

Moonflower Checkerboard Lantern
By TF Dutchman
Located in Jersey City, NJ
cord with wall plug . Pink streaky and white glass. Ready to hang. Multiples available but each one is
Category

2010s Contemporary More Art

Materials

Brass

Sunburst IV
By TF Dutchman
Located in Jersey City, NJ
plug. Red, pink and orange streaky glass. Ready to hang. Multiples available but each one is slightly
Category

2010s Contemporary More Art

Materials

Brass

Sunburst IV
Sunburst IV
H 11.75 in W 11.25 in D 5.5 in
Sunburst III
By TF Dutchman
Located in Jersey City, NJ
plug. Red, pink and orange streaky glass. Ready to hang. Multiples available but each one is slightly
Category

2010s Contemporary More Art

Materials

Brass

Sunburst III
Sunburst III
H 11.75 in W 11.25 in D 5.5 in
“Dawn Patrol” illustrative oil painting depicting surf boards and horizon
By Rob Brooks
Located in Edgartown, MA
strip-mall hell. Nature is enveloped into a plugged-in neon-lit mindscape between Thoreau's
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil

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