Alfredo Barbini Art

This little and nice sculpture is a cardholder. Cardboard and newspaper print are the materials. The recycled paper of the newspaper represents one of the first times when the word "to recycle" was used. The tree that give a card is a gesture of love towards the nature and the men. The set is useful as placeholder. The table setting become funny and contemporary with the artworks on a dinning table. This set of sculptures...

Edgar Tafur (Colombian, 1929 - 2007) Chrome Over Bronze Sculpture Undated, signed on side near bottom, abstract sculpture Dimensions: Height: 12 3/4 inches, Width: 4 inches, Depth: 3 3/4 inches Mod Space Age Chrome over Bronze Abstract Architectural Totem Cast Sculpture Edgar Alonso Tafur, Latin American artist born and raised in Cali. Colombia, was first trained as an architect at the University of the Andes, but shortly thereafter switched his focus to sculpture. It is this work which brought Tafur to the United States, first to study at the University of Florida and then to Oklahoma where he was featured in a solo exhibition at the Oklahoma Art Center in 1966. Alluding his architectural roots, Tafurs sculptures possess a marked structural form, drawing on themes of positive and negative space. In addition to his work as a sculptor, Tafur was well known for his modernist concept designs, consisting of fountains and architectural murals commissioned by fellow architects. “Each of his works is an understatement of the principles of architecture, which is itself sculptural. Tafur’s sensitivity towards the play of light and shadow on the surfaces, his relationship of positive and negative spaces, and his fluid play of rhythms all lend themselves dramatically to an exciting visual statement. His simplicity and modernism evokes the opinion of the renowned architect, Mies Van der Rohe: ‘less is more.'” Patric Shannon, Director, Oklahoma Art Center While some of his work has a brutalist quality to it it is generally more abstract geometric, masculine with polished chrome surfaces, enamel and some with great, strong colors. This has an abstract flora, cactus like shape to it. He is from the generation of Colombian artists who rose to prominence in the mid 20th century which included Fernando Botero, Doris Salcedo, Oscar Murillo, Antonio Caro...

Vase designed by Laura de Santillana in edition for Arcade, 2001. this is from a series of tropical fruit and plant form inspired vases with the same matte, hand engraved, finish: PAPAIA, made in three different shades of green. MANGO, made in dark red glass. PASSION, made in an orange red glass. MARACUIA, made in golden yellow glass COCCO, made in brown glass Produced by maestro Simone Cenedese in Murano Mouth-blown, hand-shaped, cut glass. Country of Manufacture Italy. Signed by maker and sticker label from Arcade. Hand-Crafted LAURA DE SANTILLANA After finishing her studies, she moved to New York, where she attended the School of Visual Arts 1975 – 1977 and works with Massimo Vignelli as a graphic designer. she returned to Italy and began her active collaboration with the Venini & C, where she came in contact with many Italian and foreign artists. During this period she used the techniques of Murano to create refined works with unusual colors, perfecting the “vetro mosaico” technique. Her glassworks have received many prizes and recognitions, and are held by the most important museums of the world. She collaborated with Venini between 1976 and 1985, during which she designed a range of articles. 1995 Starts collaboration with Simone Cenedese, which continues to this day. 2001-2002 Begins working in bronze and in wax sculpture at the Fonderia Brustolin, Verona SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2018: In This Light, Galleri Glas, Stockholm 2017: Ciel Terrestre, Galerie Pierre Marie Giraud, Bruxelles 2016:Laura Diaz de Santillana, Stefan Vogdt/Galerie der Moderne, Munich Sleeves, Caterina Tognon, Venezia I fedeli, Studio Museo F. Messina, Chiesa di S. Sisto, Milano 2015: Laura de Santillana, O cha dogu, Ippodo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 2014: Tokyo-ga, Ippodo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 2013: Big Flats, Galerie L’Arc en Seine, Paris, France 2012: Laura de Santillana Meteors, David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, USA 2011: Grands Transparents, Galerie L’Arc en Seine, Paris, France Liquid Glass, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA 2010:Laura de Santillana, Prague Festival, Istituto di Cultura Italiano, Prague, Czech 2008: Laura de Santillana, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Los Angeles, CA, USA 2007: Khadi, Galleria Marina Barovier, Venice, Italy 2006: Bodhis, Galerie L’Arc en Seine, Paris, France Bodhis, Barry Friedman Gallery, New York, NY, USA 2005: New Work, Sanske Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland 2001Laura de Santillana Works, Museo Correr, Venice, Italy (catalog) Laura de Santillana Works, Barry Friedman Gallery, New York, NY, USA (catalog) Metals, Elliott Brown Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA SELECTED GROUP AND DUO EXHIBITIONS Design Basel, Galerie Pierre Marie Giraud Chromatique, MUDAC, Lausanne Living with Art_Albion Barn, Oxford UK Oltre Roma, Accademia d’Ungheria, Roma Fired up: women in glass, Toledo, Museum of Art_Charlotte, Mint Museum , USA Laura de Santillana and Alessandro Diaz de Santillana, YSP Trésors de sable et de feu. Verre et cristal aux Arts Decoratifs, XIV-XXI siècle, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France Artissima Torino, Galleria Caterina Tognon Hourglass, Galleria Marignana, Venezia, Italy I Santillana, MAK, Austrian Museum for Applied Arts/Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria Artissima Torino, Faggionato Gallery, London, UK Fire and Form: The Art of Contemporary Glass, The Norton Museum of Art, Palm Beach, Laura de Santillana, Fashion meets Art, Giorgio Armani, New York, NY, USA Translucency, Paul Hughes Fine Arts, London, UK Selected Museums Museo Vetrario di Murano, Venice, Italy The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, NY, USA Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK Metropolitan Museum of Arts, New York, NY, USA Saint Louis Museum of Fine Arts, St Louis, MO, USA Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, NY, USA Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, USA Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, USA The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, USA Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art MUDAC, Lausanne, Switzerland MAD, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY, USA Museu de Arte de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Musée des arts décoratifs, Paris, France Kunstmuseum im Ehrenhof, Düsseldorf, Germany Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, Coburg, Germany Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany Neue Sammlung, Munich, Germany IMA, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, USA Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH, USA This came from an important Northern California collection that included a wonderful selection of Murano Glass. Aldo Nason, Peter Shire and Ettore Sottsass, Murano master Gigi Toso. A descendent of the legendary Venini dynasty of glassmakers, Laura Diaz de Santillana Incalmo Vases, Lino Tagliapietra, Yoichi Ohira...

Vase designed by Laura de Santillana in edition for Arcade, 2001. this is from a series of tropical fruit and plant form inspired vases with the same matte, hand engraved, finish: PAPAIA, made in three different shades of green. MANGO, made in dark red glass. PASSION, made in an orange red glass. MARACUIA, made in golden yellow glass COCCO, made in brown glass Produced by maestro Simone Cenedese in Murano Mouth-blown, hand-shaped, cut glass. Country of Manufacture Italy. Signed by maker and sticker label from Arcade. Hand-Crafted LAURA DE SANTILLANA After finishing her studies, she moved to New York, where she attended the School of Visual Arts 1975 – 1977 and works with Massimo Vignelli as a graphic designer. she returned to Italy and began her active collaboration with the Venini & C, where she came in contact with many Italian and foreign artists. During this period she used the techniques of Murano to create refined works with unusual colors, perfecting the “vetro mosaico” technique. Her glassworks have received many prizes and recognitions, and are held by the most important museums of the world. She collaborated with Venini between 1976 and 1985, during which she designed a range of articles. 1995 Starts collaboration with Simone Cenedese, which continues to this day. 2001-2002 Begins working in bronze and in wax sculpture at the Fonderia Brustolin, Verona SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2018: In This Light, Galleri Glas, Stockholm 2017: Ciel Terrestre, Galerie Pierre Marie Giraud, Bruxelles 2016:Laura Diaz de Santillana, Stefan Vogdt/Galerie der Moderne, Munich Sleeves, Caterina Tognon, Venezia I fedeli, Studio Museo F. Messina, Chiesa di S. Sisto, Milano 2015: Laura de Santillana, O cha dogu, Ippodo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 2014: Tokyo-ga, Ippodo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 2013: Big Flats, Galerie L’Arc en Seine, Paris, France 2012: Laura de Santillana Meteors, David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, USA 2011: Grands Transparents, Galerie L’Arc en Seine, Paris, France Liquid Glass, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA 2010:Laura de Santillana, Prague Festival, Istituto di Cultura Italiano, Prague, Czech 2008: Laura de Santillana, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Los Angeles, CA, USA 2007: Khadi, Galleria Marina Barovier, Venice, Italy 2006: Bodhis, Galerie L’Arc en Seine, Paris, France Bodhis, Barry Friedman Gallery, New York, NY, USA 2005: New Work, Sanske Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland 2001Laura de Santillana Works, Museo Correr, Venice, Italy (catalog) Laura de Santillana Works, Barry Friedman Gallery, New York, NY, USA (catalog) Metals, Elliott...

This engaging bronze artwork was created by the Italian artist Cristiana Isoleri. This is a multiple of 1.000 specimens, numbered and signed. The title is "Reperto" translated in "Fr...

This is an interesting multiple artwork signed by the author Vanni Viviani, a well known artist of years 80' in Italy. This is a multiple of a numbered edition of 1000 pieces; we ca...

This intense bronze sculpture was made by the well known Italian artist, Aron Demetz, in 2004, Italy. This is a lost wax bronze hand painted. The title is "Guardando" translated in ...

Maxwell M.Chayat maintained a studio in Clinton, New Jersey. He was a graduate of Columbia University. He began using stones in jewelry in 1948 while li...

Peter Shire Night Studio, 1989 Welded steel and aluminum metal sculpture with anodizing and two-part polyester painting, Movable kinetic Elements: yellow vane 27 1/4" tall, 18" wide, and 15" deep. Edition of 24 (not sure if they were all produced, this is not numbered) This piece is unsigned. There is some Paint Loss present, and some small Scratches. Overall, the piece looks to be in Nice shape. Additionally, the yellow squares can turn when they are pushed, or if they are in the presence of a strong gust of air. Peter Shire (born 1947) is a Los Angeles, California artist. Shire was born in the Echo Park district of Los Angeles, where he currently lives and works. His sculpture, furniture and ceramics have been exhibited in the United States, Italy, France, Japan and Poland; Shire has been associated with the Memphis Group of designers, has worked on the Design Team for the XXIII Olympiad with the American Institute of Architects, and has designed public sculptures in Los Angeles and other California cities. Shire has been honored by awards for his contribution to the cultural life of the City of Los Angeles. He is an influential LA ceramicist along with and influenced by Ken Price and ceramic master Peter Voulkos. Of a similar mod vibe to Charlie Hewitt and Brad Howe. The Memphis Milano Group was an Italian design and architecture group founded in Milan by Ettore Sottsass in 1982 that designed Post modern furniture, fabrics, ceramics, glass, and welded, painted, metal objects from 1981 to 1988. The Memphis group's work often incorporated plastic laminate and was characterized by ephemeral design featuring colorful and abstract decoration as well as asymmetrical shapes, sometimes arbitrarily alluding to exotic or earlier styles. They drew inspiration from such movements as Art Deco and Pop Art, including styles such as the 1950s Kitsch and futuristic themes. Other members included Martine Bedin Michael Graves, Javier Mariscal, Nathalie du Pasquier, Matteo Thun and Marco Zanuso. Further reading A Neglected History: 20th Century American Craft. New York, New York: American Craft Museum, 1990. Clark, Garth. American Ceramics 1907–Present. New York, New York: Abbeville Press, 1987. Domergue, Denise. Artists Design Furniture. New York, New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1984. Fiell, Charlotte and Peter. 1000 Chairs. Italy: Taschen, 2000. Herman, Lloyd E. Art that Works. Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press, 1990. Horn, Richard. Memphis: Objects, Furniture, and Patterns. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Running Press, 1983. Radice, Barbara. Memphis. New York, New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1984. Taragin, Davara S. Contemporary Crafts and Saxe Collection, The Toledo Museum of Art. New York, New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1993. Tempest in a Teapot: The Ceramic Art of Peter Shire. New York, New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1991. Select Museum Collections: Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York Berkeley Museum, Berkeley, California Fresno Museum of Art, Fresno, California The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel The Jewish Museum, New york city Judisches Museum, Frankfurt, Germany Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, North Carolina Museum of Arts and Design, New York Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas Museum of Modern Art, Lodz, Poland Newport Art Museum, Newport Beach, California Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, California Österreichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon Sak’s Fifth Avenue, New York San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California Seattle Museum of Art, Seattle, Washington Skirball Museum, Los Angeles, California Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Total Contemporary Art Museum, Seoul, Korea Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom Selected Solo Exhibition venues Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California Chouinard Gallery, South Pasadena, California Antonia Jannone Gallery, Milan, Italy Teapots and Drawings, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, California LA Artcore Center, Los Angeles, California S.K. Josefsberg Gallery, Portland, Oregon 20th Century Collage, Dallas, Texas Toomy-Turrel Gallery, San Francisco, California Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, California Bobbie Greenfield Gallery, Santa Monica, California Diane Nelson Fine Art, Laguna Beach, California Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana S.K. Josefsberg Gallery, Portland, Oregon University of Judaism, Platt Gallery, Los Angeles, California El Centro del Pueblo, Los Angeles, California Gallery Saito, Sapporo Hokkaido, Japan Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona Daniel Saxon Gallery, Los Angeles, California David Lawrence Editions, Beverly Hills, California Art et Industrie, New York Clara Scremini Gallery, Paris, France Design Gallery Milano, Milan, Italy Lucy Berman Gallery, Palo Alto, California Parallel Gallery, Del Mar, California Davis-McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas Saxon-Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, California Traver-Sutton Gallery, Seattle, Washington Onyx Gallery, Los Angeles, California Skirball Museum, in cooperation with Saxon-Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, California Installation of the Olympic Village Entertainment Center, California State Polytechnic University in conjunction with the School of Architecture Museum of Contemporary Art, Temporary Contemporary, Los Angeles, California Hokin-Kaufman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois Hand and the Spirit Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona B.Z. Wagman Gallery, St. Louis, Miss Traver Sutton Gallery, Seattle, Washington The Morgan Gallery, Shawnee Mission, Kansas, Missouri The Art Store, Los Angeles, California American Hand Gallery, Washington, D.C Modernism, San Francisco, California Studio Alchymia, Florence, Italy Janus Gallery...

Elegant gold gilt design metal candleholders, circa 1980, France. Signed Illegibly on bottom felt. It appears to be Elizabeth and then something else but it is not clear these candle...

Patrick BRUN was born in Paris in 1941. After obtaining his Engineering degree, he began his professional life as a teacher in mathematics and physics. After this period, he started ...

Signed, dedicated and dated by the artist on the underside. Peter Shire (born 1947) is a Los Angeles, California artist. Shire was born in the Echo Park district of Los Angeles, where he currently lives and works. His sculpture, furniture and ceramics have been exhibited in the United States, Italy, France, Japan and Poland; Shire has been associated with the Memphis Group of designers, has worked on the Design Team for the XXIII Olympiad with the American Institute of Architects, and has designed public sculptures in Los Angeles and other California cities. Shire has been honored by awards for his contribution to the cultural life of the City of Los Angeles. He is an influential LA ceramicist along with and influenced by Ken Price and Peter Voulkos. The Memphis Milano Group was an Italian design and architecture group founded in Milan by Ettore Sottsass in 1982 that designed Postmodern furniture, fabrics, ceramics, glass, and welded, painted, metal objects from 1981 to 1988. The Memphis group's work often incorporated plastic laminate and was characterized by ephemeral design featuring colorful and abstract decoration as well as asymmetrical shapes, sometimes arbitrarily alluding to exotic or earlier styles. They drew inspiration from such movements as Art Deco and Pop Art, including styles such as the 1950s Kitsch and futuristic themes. Other members included Martine Bedin Michael Graves, Javier Mariscal, Nathalie du Pasquier, Matteo Thun and Marco Zanuso. Further reading A Neglected History: 20th Century American Craft. New York, New York: American Craft Museum, 1990. Clark, Garth. American Ceramics 1907–Present. New York, New York: Abbeville Press, 1987. Domergue, Denise. Artists Design Furniture. New York, New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1984. Fiell, Charlotte and Peter. 1000 Chairs. Italy: Taschen, 2000. Herman, Lloyd E. Art that Works. Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press, 1990. Horn, Richard. Memphis: Objects, Furniture, and Patterns. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Running Press, 1983. Radice, Barbara. Memphis. New York, New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1984. Taragin, Davara S. Contemporary Crafts and Saxe Collection, The Toledo Museum of Art. New York, New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1993. Tempest in a Teapot: The Ceramic Art of Peter Shire. New York, New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1991. Select Museum Collections: Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York Berkeley Museum, Berkeley, California Fresno Museum of Art, Fresno, California The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel The Jewish Museum, New york city Judisches Museum, Frankfurt, Germany Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, North Carolina Museum of Arts and Design, New York Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas Museum of Modern Art, Lodz, Poland Newport Art Museum, Newport Beach, California Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, California Österreichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon Sak’s Fifth Avenue, New York San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California Seattle Museum of Art, Seattle, Washington Skirball Museum, Los Angeles, California Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Total Contemporary Art Museum, Seoul, Korea Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom Selected Solo Exhibition venues Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California Chouinard Gallery, South Pasadena, California Antonia Jannone Gallery, Milan, Italy Teapots and Drawings, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, California LA Artcore Center, Los Angeles, California S.K. Josefsberg Gallery, Portland, Oregon 20th Century Collage, Dallas, Texas Toomy-Turrel Gallery, San Francisco, California Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, California Bobbie Greenfield Gallery, Santa Monica, California Diane Nelson Fine Art, Laguna Beach, California Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana S.K. Josefsberg Gallery, Portland, Oregon University of Judaism, Platt Gallery, Los Angeles, California El Centro del Pueblo, Los Angeles, California Gallery Saito, Sapporo Hokkaido, Japan Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona Daniel Saxon Gallery, Los Angeles, California David Lawrence Editions, Beverly Hills, California Art et Industrie, New York Clara Scremini Gallery, Paris, France Design Gallery Milano, Milan, Italy Lucy Berman Gallery, Palo Alto, California Parallel Gallery, Del Mar, California Davis-McClain...