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Style: Contemporary
Medium: Driftwood
Concentric, Amagansett, NY, 2020
Located in Hudson, NY
ABOUT
“There’s no color in my work,” says Shlafer, “I either burn it, bleach it, or leave it alone.” Shlafer’s sculptures are designed with rudimentary material such as pine, oak, and spruce salvaged as driftwood on the Eastern end of Long Island. The artist started this body of work during the pandemic after he stumbled upon the charming discoveries while traveling on foot by the coastline. Always a wayfarer at heart, he drew inspiration from his youth of traveling on a motorcycle through Southern Africa and seeing indigenous art made from ordinary earth objects within local villages.
“Wishbone 1” a 5 Foot sculpture, charred white oak with a tinted aqua resin base that reflects an omen of resilience and hardiness in light of the hardships of the past pandemic year, In another “Tune” a bleached spruce fence post narrowed into a tuning fork shape with a slate base. It welcomes a ceremonial vibe. “At the end of the day, that’s the energy we all crave,” says Shlafer, “who doesn’t respond to that?”
“Mushroom #3” a charred white oak sculpture that is versatile in design so it can act as an end table or a stool. It is masterfully crafted and brings to mind the redwood stools...
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Comedia dell'Arte by Michel Tornare - Sculpture en Bois - 50x15x60 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Self-taught and born in Geneva in 1943, Michel L.Y. Tornare transforms forgotten pieces of wood into true works of art. Inspired by his love of nature and keen sense of observation, ...
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Wishbone 1, Amagansett, NY, 2021
Located in Hudson, NY
ABOUT
This wishbone is charred white oak with a tinted aqua resin base.
“There’s no color in my work,” says Shlafer, “I either burn it, bleach it, or leave it alone.” Shlafer’s sculptures are designed with rudimentary material such as pine, oak, and spruce salvaged as driftwood on the Eastern end of Long Island. The artist started this body of work during the pandemic after he stumbled upon the charming discoveries while traveling on foot by the coastline. Always a wayfarer at heart, he drew inspiration from his youth of traveling on a motorcycle through Southern Africa and seeing indigenous art made from ordinary earth objects within local villages.
“Wishbone 1” a 5 Foot sculpture, charred white oak with a tinted aqua resin base that reflects an omen of resilience and hardiness in light of the hardships of the past pandemic year, In another “Tune” a bleached spruce fence post narrowed into a tuning fork shape with a slate base. It welcomes a ceremonial vibe. “At the end of the day, that’s the energy we all crave,” says Shlafer, “who doesn’t respond to that?”
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Shrine, wood block print, Japan, yellow, brown, black, graphic, Karhu
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Shrine, wood block print, Japan, yellow, brown, black, graphic, Karhu
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Driftwood
Carlos Betancourt Sculpture Spray Paint Painting Miami Latin American Modern Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Carlos Betancourt, American (Born 1966)
Abstract Sculpture
Spray Paint and hand Painted Sculptural Wall Applique.
Hand signed.
Dimensions: 23 X 23 inches approximately
Three dimensional neo primitive wall relief I believe this is from The Sounds Symbols Project (2000), a monumental ephemeral installation in the sand in Miami Beach.
Carlos Betancourt (born San Juan, Puerto Rico 1966) is an American multi-disciplinary artist. His artworks explore issues of memory, and his own experiences, while also dwelling in issues of nature, the environment and matters of beauty, identity and communication. He has worked as a curator, furniture designer and has collaborated in with Louis Vuitton as well as on architectural and site-specific private and public commissions with architect Alberto Latorre.
Betancourt artwork is in part inspired by his relationship with nature as well as by the diverse cultures and history of the Caribbean basin, Florida and the Americas. Also by artist Ana Mendieta interventions, Robert Rauschenberg assemblages, Andy Warhol perceptions, Neo Rauch compositions, and a Federico Fellini-esque cast of characters for his photo assemblages. Additionally, he relates to some of theorist Jean Baudrillard views about art and his philosophy on objects; French artist Gustave Courbet's idea that "the only possible source for living art is the artist's own experiences", as well as the Martinican writer and theoretician, Edouard Glissant's belief that ..."the past resides in material objects that only release their hidden meanings when encountered imaginatively and sensuously. Betancourt admires the works of diverse artists such as Fernando Oller, Cisco Jimenez, Bill Viola...
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Mushroom #3, Amagansett, NY, 2021
Located in Hudson, NY
ABOUT
This Charred white oak mushroom acts as a stool or end table.
“There’s no color in my work,” says Shlafer, “I either burn it, bleach it, or leave it alone.” Shlafer’s sculptures are designed with rudimentary material such as pine, oak, and spruce salvaged as driftwood on the Eastern end of Long Island. The artist started this body of work during the pandemic after he stumbled upon the charming discoveries while traveling on foot by the coastline. Always a wayfarer at heart, he drew inspiration from his youth of traveling on a motorcycle through Southern Africa and seeing indigenous art made from ordinary earth objects within local villages.
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Birimbao
Located in Nashville, TN
Philippe Guillerm began his professional life in Paris, France, where he was born in the late 1950s. He has traveled around the world on his forty-ei...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Driftwood
Materials
Driftwood
Vibration, Amagansett, NY 2020
Located in Hudson, NY
ABOUT
“There’s no color in my work,” says Shlafer, “I either burn it, bleach it, or leave it alone.” Shlafer’s sculptures are designed with rudimentary material such as pine, oak, and spruce salvaged as driftwood on the Eastern end of Long Island. The artist started this body of work during the pandemic after he stumbled upon the charming discoveries while traveling on foot by the coastline. Always a wayfarer at heart, he drew inspiration from his youth of traveling on a motorcycle through Southern Africa and seeing indigenous art made from ordinary earth objects within local villages.
“Wishbone 1” a 5 Foot sculpture, charred white oak with a tinted aqua resin base that reflects an omen of resilience and hardiness in light of the hardships of the past pandemic year, In another “Tune” a bleached spruce fence post narrowed into a tuning fork shape with a slate base. It welcomes a ceremonial vibe. “At the end of the day, that’s the energy we all crave,” says Shlafer, “who doesn’t respond to that?”
“Mushroom #3” a charred white oak sculpture that is versatile in design so it can act as an end table or a stool. It is masterfully crafted and brings to mind the redwood stools...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Driftwood
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Wood, Driftwood
Density by Michel Tornare - Sculpture en Bois - 15x70x15 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Driftwood
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In Tune, Amagansett, NY, 2021
Located in Hudson, NY
ABOUT
“There’s no color in my work,” says Shlafer, “I either burn it, bleach it, or leave it alone.” Shlafer’s sculptures are designed with rudimentary material such as pine, oak, and spruce salvaged as driftwood on the Eastern end of Long Island. The artist started this body of work during the pandemic after he stumbled upon the charming discoveries while traveling on foot by the coastline. Always a wayfarer at heart, he drew inspiration from his youth of traveling on a motorcycle through Southern Africa and seeing indigenous art made from ordinary earth objects within local villages.
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Mars by Michel Tornare - Sculpture en Bois - 50x20x15 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Self-taught and born in Geneva in 1943, Michel L.Y. Tornare transforms forgotten pieces of wood into true works of art. Inspired by his love of nature and keen sense of observation, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Driftwood
Materials
Wood, Driftwood
Barca Pez (Fish Boat) - wood sculpture by Chilean artist Pilar Ovalle
By Pilar Ovalle
Located in Glen Ellen, CA
Chilean artist Pilar Ovalle's sculpture "Barca Pez," or "Fish Boat," is crafted with driftwood collected from lake shores in Chile combined with dimensional Alerce, a native Chilean wood. It can be suspended as shown or a custom bracket (not included) can be designed based on the site to make it into an exciting wall sculpture. In Ovalle’s imagination, boats embody animal forms, reinforcing the imaginative versus physical nature of the boat as a representation of travel. Ovalle says of her work, "As I work directly with Nature, combining wood already ‘worked’ by wind, water and time, with ‘elaborated’ - sawn - wood, I do this with a critical scope, dealing with ecology and progress, with emotion and poetry somehow set against rationality and technology, or setting ‘wisdom’ against mere information."
This sculpture is suspended from two wires, but could also be wall hung with a custom bracket (not included). We would be happy to assist with the design of this custom bracket.
Ovalle traveled to Southern Chile to study with boat builders and learn the traditional skills of the trade, which is evident in the graceful curve of the hulls she has built with traditional joinery and wood "stitches" and without the use of nails.
Born in Santiago, Chile, Pilar Ovalle began her studies in 1989 at the Instituto de Arte Contemporáneo de Santiago. She studied with the Instituto through the early '90s, during which time she also won Third Prize at the XV Concurso de Arte Joven (Young Art Contest) and received grants from Fondart (National Fund for the Arts) for her projects “Sculpture with Shattered Wood” and “Curved Wood Sculpture...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Driftwood
Materials
Wood, Driftwood
Carlos Betancourt Sculpture Spray Paint Painting Miami Latin American Modern Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Carlos Betancourt, American (Born 1966)
Abstract Sculpture
Spray Paint and hand Painted Sculptural Wall Applique.
Hand signed.
Dimensions: 28.75" x 26.5"
Three dimensional neo primitive wall relief I believe this is from The Sounds Symbols Project (2000), a monumental ephemeral installation in the sand in Miami Beach.
Carlos Betancourt (born San Juan, Puerto Rico 1966) is an American multi-disciplinary artist. His artworks explore issues of memory, and his own experiences, while also dwelling in issues of nature, the environment and matters of beauty, identity and communication. He has worked as a curator, furniture designer and has collaborated in with Louis Vuitton as well as on architectural and site-specific private and public commissions with architect Alberto Latorre.
Betancourt artwork is in part inspired by his relationship with nature as well as by the diverse cultures and history of the Caribbean basin, Florida and the Americas. Also by artist Ana Mendieta interventions, Robert Rauschenberg assemblages, Andy Warhol perceptions, Neo Rauch compositions, and a Federico Fellini-esque cast of characters for his photo assemblages. Additionally, he relates to some of theorist Jean Baudrillard views about art and his philosophy on objects; French artist Gustave Courbet's idea that "the only possible source for living art is the artist's own experiences", as well as the Martinican writer and theoretician, Edouard Glissant's belief that ..."the past resides in material objects that only release their hidden meanings when encountered imaginatively and sensuously. Betancourt admires the works of diverse artists such as Fernando Oller, Cisco Jimenez, Bill Viola...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art by Medium: Driftwood
Materials
Wood, Driftwood, Paint, Spray Paint
Falling in Love in Virgin Gorda
Located in Nashville, TN
Philippe Guillerm began his professional life in Paris, France, where he was born in the late 1950s. He has traveled around the world on his forty-ei...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Driftwood
Materials
Driftwood
"Grey Streak Transparency", Waxed Linen Sculpture with Mixed Media, Copper, Iron
By Mary Giles
Located in St. Louis, MO
Mary Giles (1944-2018) received her BS in Art Education from Mankato State University in Minnesota. After receiving her degree she began exploring various textile processes. She ho...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Driftwood
Materials
Copper
Mobius, Amagansett, NY, 2021
Located in Hudson, NY
ABOUT
“There’s no color in my work,” says Shlafer, “I either burn it, bleach it, or leave it alone.” Shlafer’s sculptures are designed with rudimentary material such as pine, oak, and spruce salvaged as driftwood on the Eastern end of Long Island. The artist started this body of work during the pandemic after he stumbled upon the charming discoveries while traveling on foot by the coastline. Always a wayfarer at heart, he drew inspiration from his youth of traveling on a motorcycle through Southern Africa and seeing indigenous art made from ordinary earth objects within local villages.
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Driftwood
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Portrait of young boy on driftwood: 'Nepal (Body and Soul)'
Located in New York, NY
Francesco Minuti, is an Italian Painter. ( Cosenza, 11/05/1992 ) Minuti, after his Diploma, graduated at the Academy of fine Arts. As a painter, he ha...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Driftwood
Materials
Driftwood, Oil
Portrait of young woman on driftwood: 'POLENA'
Located in New York, NY
Francesco Minuti, is an Italian Painter. ( Cosenza, 11/05/1992 ) Minuti, after his Diploma, graduated at the Academy of fine Arts. As a painter, he ha...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Driftwood
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Portrait of young boy on driftwood: 'Sydney (Body and Soul)'
Located in New York, NY
Francesco Minuti, is an Italian Painter. ( Cosenza, 11/05/1992 ) Minuti, after his Diploma, graduated at the Academy of fine Arts. As a painter, he ha...
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Poseidon's Throne
Located in New Orleans, LA
Materials: tree trunk, horseshoe, oil paint, square nails
ANASTASIA PELIAS was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identit...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Driftwood
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Steel
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By Maria Elena González
Located in New York, NY
Cuban-born artist María Elena González is an internationally recognized sculptor based in Brooklyn, NY, and San Francisco, CA. González interweaves the conceptual with a strong dedic...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Driftwood
Materials
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Driftwood
Materials
Clay, Canvas, Spray Paint
Elizabeth Art Candy"Lemon". Sculptural Hexagonal Wall Art in Clay from Fake Marshmallow Series, 2024
H 11.42 in W 9.85 in D 2.37 in
Fake Marshmallow Series. "Red". Vibrant Contemporary Pop Art Sculpture in Clay
Located in FISTERRA, ES
"Red" is a striking piece from Elizabeth Art Candy’s latest series dedicated to "Marshmallows", inspired by the evocative power of "sweet memories". This contemporary wall sculpture ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Driftwood
Materials
Clay, Canvas, Spray Paint
H 11.42 in W 9.85 in D 2.37 in
Leaf
Located in New Orleans, LA
This image is #17 of an edition of 35
Born in Charleroi, Belgium, Ravaux is an artist who mirrors her surroundings in the mezzotints she creates. She has portrayed see more . . .
th...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art by Medium: Driftwood
Materials
Mezzotint
Gulpiyuri - large scale landscape photograph by Massimo Vitali (artist framed)
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph of Gulpiyuri, a flooded sinkhole with inland beach in Northern Spain, by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographica...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Driftwood
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
H 61.25 in W 79.11 in D 2.55 in
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Oil painting portrait on canvas & driftwood: 'IL NAUFRAGIO DEGLI DEI'
Located in New York, NY
Francesco Minuti, is an Italian Painter. ( Cosenza, 11/05/1992 ) Minuti, after his Diploma, graduated at the Academy of fine Arts. As a painter, he ha...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Driftwood
Materials
Wood, Driftwood, Oil, Canvas
Horse #8
By Joe Brubaker
Located in Park City, UT
Joe Brubaker received his B.A. from Sacramento State University, then attended UCLA where he earned his MA and MFA. Joe describes his work in the following words, "My work ranges f...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Driftwood
Materials
Driftwood, Found Objects
Comet 150, Mixed Media Textile Sculpture with Waxed Linen, Wood, and Minerals
Located in St. Louis, MO
"this work is from self-taught traditional textile techniques begun in childhood and pursued throughout my domestic life. Knotting is a recent acquisition in my skill set and came from direct observation of the work of Jane Sauer, a former studio mate and decades-long friend and colleague. I have studied non-Western art forms, especially Survival Arts of the Pyramid Lake Paiutes by Margaret M. Wheat, and basketry of American and Canadian native tribes, global contemporary basketry, and the earth-focused spiritual aesthetic of Australian aboriginal artists. Vernacular African architecture...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Driftwood
Materials
Wire
Project 341 - Black and White Lacquered Wood - 1989
By Marcello Morandini
Located in Roma, IT
Project 341 is an original artwork realized by Marcello Morandini in 1989.
White and Black lacquered wood.
Hand-signed, titled and numbered on the back: M. Morandini 341 - 1989...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art by Medium: Driftwood
Materials
Driftwood, Lacquer
H 13.78 in W 13.78 in D 0.04 in
Phenakistoscope
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A sculpture by William Kentridge. "Phenakistoscope" is a
brass, wood, vinyl records, four plate lithograph prints on white Arches paper with chine collé atlas sculpture by contempora...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art by Medium: Driftwood
Materials
Brass
Gridlock Series Blue Column
By Shayne Dark
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A column of intersecting lengths of ironwood is patinated in an eye-popping blue by Shayne Dark. The artist dances with form and light in this sculpture, with cast shadows creating a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Driftwood
Materials
Driftwood, Pigment
Natural Root Form on Stand
Located in Tulsa, OK
The Natural Root Form on Stand is a contemporary brown unique and natural piece of driftwood on an beautiful iron black stand that measures 75 x 24 and is...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Driftwood
Materials
Iron
Bebe
By Rita Dee
Located in Westport, CT
Beautiful, carefully constructed, sturdy driftwood sculpture. Young horse, foal, graceful, natural, organic, nature, animal.
Rita Dee is a master sculptor creating monumental driftwood horses...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Driftwood
Materials
Driftwood, Wood
Three By Ten By Tree
By Paul Kruger
Located in Kent, CT
Paul Kruger
Three By Ten By Tree, 2014
New York City Hudson River driftwood
55 x 10 x 3 inches
$4,500
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Driftwood
Materials
ABS, Driftwood
Driftwood art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Driftwood art available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Kojun, Rudolf Kosow, Bethany Krull, and Jane Parkes. Frequently made by artists working in the Contemporary, Abstract, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Driftwood art, so small editions measuring 0.01 inches across are also available
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