Art by Medium: Found Objects

HUBLOT CARIBBEAN BLUE is a small-scale, mixed-media assemblage on wood that captures the raw materiality and ephemeral beauty of the natural world. Created following a trip to the C...

"At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites II2" is a textured mixed-media painting that explores the connection between the ancient and the celestial. Created with acrylic, latex, copper...

Lonnie Holley Untitled - Face , circa 1989 Mixed media sculpture, found and assembled objects 25 x 16 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches Since 1979, Holley has dedicated his life to the realm of improvisational creativity. His artistic expressions and musical works, emerging from adversity and challenges, but even more so from a relentless curiosity and innate need, have taken form in various mediums such as drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, performance, music, and filmmaking. Holley’s sculptures are crafted from found objects, reflecting the ancient traditions of African American sculpture...

TONY DAGRADI is an internationally recognized jazz performer, artist, composer, author, and educator. For over three decades he has made his home in New Orleans, performing on tenor ...

Original mixed media painting attributed to the French artist, Yvon Prevel. Composed of painted rope with oil paint attached to a textured painted canvas on a wooden stretcher. Uns...

"Rift Valley, Sonde 1" is a textural and elemental abstract painting on canvas. It explores the hybridization of chance-derived color-fields with bas-relief aesthetics. Various techn...

Nir Adoni's metal vessels sculptures have become his signature art and are displayed in public buildings around the world. We are offering limited editions ...

"Poetry Creature" is an original oil pastel drawing on a safeway grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece in the lower right and dated it on the back. It features ...

Aparici's work is characterized by simplicity, since most of his pieces bring together few elements, resulting in very elegant compositions with simple lines, which together with his...

Rod Lathim’s Cantabile transforms a repurposed cello into a radiant sculpture where light and music converge. Painted in luminous white with edges subtly traced in black, the instrum...

Rod Lathim’s Euphonic Flame transforms a repurposed trombone into an illuminated sculpture that blurs the boundaries between object, sound, and spirit. Rising vertically like a ritua...

Aerosol, oil and wood stain on reclaimed oak wood by street artist and muralist RH Doaz. Earth tones, metallic, folk art style, inspired by Hungarian textiles...

"Swans," 2013. Found materials collage. Figurative, abstract, pattern, swans, yellow, orange, red, purple, black, blue, and white.

This wood statue, used as a fetish, was created by an unknown Bacongo artist in Zaire. The Kongo people (also Bakongo) are a Bantu ethnic group primarily defined as the speakers of K...

Nir Adoni's metal vessels sculptures have become his signature art and are displayed in public buildings around the world. We are offering limited editions ...

The intricate retablos of contemporary artist Patrick Fitzgerald are his means of paying homage to the musicians that inspired him throughout his life. Derived from Mexican votive...

Agudelo (XX), Abstract Composition, Mixed Media Assemblage on Board, 1966, signed and dated right side center, partial wood frame. Overall: 48.25" H x 32.75" W x 1.25" D. Provenanc...

A unique wheat pasted photograph onto found wood by American conceptual artist Max Collins (b.1988). This work was featured in a unique exhibition curated...

An original concrete and found object sculpture by American contemporary artist Jonathan Casey.

Tethered to the Echos of You Ink, Charcoal, Embers & Natural Mixed Media on Buried Canvas by Katherine Filice Tethered to the Echos of You is a 39.5 x 27 x 3‑inch work on buried canv...

A 16” x 22” x 3” Magical Realism Acrylic Portrait Painting executed on Wood Panel with Custom Framing and Found Objects by artist Christopher Polentz. A certificate of authenticity w...

"Lounging Reader" is an original oil pastel drawing on a Safeway grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower right and signed & dated it on the verso. This ...

A 2010 documentary on Harald focused on his impressive exhibition in the Chelsea art district of New York City. In this heavily textured abstract painting, Harald M. Olson uses oil...

Diptych Tango Paper Dolls with Dog Tags-acrylic paint, decorative and handmade paper collage, found objects, and vintage paper doll. The first image in the diptych is the sensual emb...

PAUL VILLINSKI has created studio and large-scale artworks for more than three decades. Villinski was born in York, Maine, USA, in 1960, son of an Air Force navigator. He has lived and worked in New York City since 1982. A scenic route through the educational system included stops at Phillips Exeter Academy and the Massachusetts College of Art, and a BFA with honors from the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in 1984. He lives with his partner, the painter Amy Park, and their son, Lark, in their studios in Long Island City, NY. His work has been included in numerous exhibitions nationally. A mid-career retrospective, “Farther,” is currently on view at The Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke, VA, through July, 2018. Recent solo exhibitions include “Paul Villinski: Burst” at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, TX and “Passage: A Special Installation,” at the Blanton Museum, University of Texas, Austin. Recent group shows include “Material Transformations” at the Montgomery Museum of Art, Montgomery, AL; “Re: Collection,” at the Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY; “Making Mends,” at the Bellevue Museum of Arts, Bellevue, WA; and “Prospect .1,” an international Biennial in New Orleans, LA. “Emergency Response Studio,” a FEMA trailer transformed into an off-the-grid mobile artist...

Sharon Brooks, the imaginative creator of the mixed media assemblage sculpture "Too Much Tea," describes it as a whimsical and delightful artwork. The centerpiece of this piece is a silver tray, cleverly supported by pounded silver cones that securely hold a wooden plate in place through drilled holes. This arrangement not only provides stability but also adds a touch of resilience to the sculpture. In her creative manipulation, Brooks has added a playful twist by incorporating the head of a doll sitting atop a teapot. It appears as if the doll is emerging from the teapot, with her arms playfully sticking out of the snout. This unique concept adds a sense of charm and intrigue to the artwork, reinventing the traditional tea-serving experience. The sculpture is further enhanced by the presence of multiple trays...

TONY DAGRADI is an internationally recognized jazz performer, artist, composer, author, and educator. For over three decades he has made his home in New Orleans, performing on tenor ...

"At Sea between Fossils and Satellites 9" is a textural and elemental abstract painting on canvas. It explores the hybridization of chance-derived color-fields with art deco aestheti...

Crows, Red/black Japanese hanafuda gambling card, fertility and silver charms. The worn spot beneath the curved wire asks what’s missing? In this five-piece mixed-media series on wo...

Ackrill presents to us his humor in "Water Melon." A juicy slice floats gently above a surreal body of water, beneath a blue sky. The composition is centered within a vintage, plasti...

Frog/goddess of transformation is flanked by a single bean believed to carry the souls of ancestors to connect with the past and ensure lineage. In this five-piece mixed-media series on wood...

Roni Nicholson (American, XX), "The Child (Aids)", Mixed Media on Linen with Assemblage Elements, 1991-1992, signed, titled, dated, and exhibition form verso, unframed. 53.5" H x 54...

Roni Nicholson (American, XX), "Argentina", Mixed Media on Linen with Assemblage Elements, 1985, signed, titled, dated, and inscribed "Red painting with child's black shirt" verso, u...

Blue, black and red assemblage painting created with found materials and acrylic paint. Work is titled by the artist and dated 2011. Artist Biography: Lucinda Cobley was born in 19...

An antique serving platter with a miniature realist painting by American surrealist artist, Anthony Ackrill. Tiny trompe l'oeil, still-life of loose red grapes and a daisy peeking ou...

Peyton Pickenpaugh says of her work… In my work, I explore the hidden histories of women, feminist reinterpretations of myth, and the spiritual resonance of materiality. Through lay...

Miquel Aparici's work is characterised by simplicity, since most of his pieces bring together few elements, resulting in very elegant compositions with simple lines, which together w...

"Contrast Form" is an original oil pastel on a Safeway grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower left as well as signing & dating it on the back. 13" x ...

"Global Refusers Sought" is an original oil pastel drawing on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower left as well as signing and dating it on the back. I...

"Shop" James Bassler, brown paper Trader Joe's shopping bags, cut and twisted, with yellow and red waxed linen thread, 16" x 11" x 5", 2009. "Shop", by ...

Peyton Pickenpaugh says of her work… In my work, I explore the hidden histories of women, feminist reinterpretations of myth, and the spiritual resonance of materiality. Through lay...

Rafael says of his work… "The damn circumstance of water everywhere..." Born and raised on an island like Cuba, with all its peculiarities, my work borders on an obsession with themes such as insularity, identity and freedom. I frequently make both historical and everyday symbols my own to describe and question the environment that surrounds me through work with a marked social cut. I make art with any resource and/or material within my reach while taking advantage of the energy of recoverable objects and mixing them with traditional and contemporary supports and technologies. ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ Rafael Pérez...

"Truth and Virtue's Room" is an original oil pastel drawing on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower right and dated it on the back. It features two peo...

Based in Chicago, IL, contemporary artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites, collages and mixed media works assembled from material fragments of past and present collected in his travels. In his ongoing series of memory jugs, Thompson adorns stoneware vessels with a kaleidoscope of ceramic shards, found objects, and pocket-sized trinkets he collected over the course of his life. Also known as forget-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one who has recently passed. Small tokens and mementos of the deceased are gathered and affixed to the exterior of a jug or vase, an abundance of memories that celebrates a life lived to the fullest. Michael Thompson applies this tradition to his own practice, creating tactile assemblages of this and that. Formed in the manner of collage, each jug honors the lost memories of generations past and his own memories of personally discovering each item. With varied sources for materials including Kyoto, Turkey, and Mexico, a great number of the found shards are 18th and 19th century ceramics...

Despite international acclaim as one Cuba’s foremost living artists, Havana born Hector Frank never received a professional artistic education yet specialized in electronics. Now, in...

"Concrete Gardens" is a body of work that translates Patrick Burns' deep love of the land and complicated past into richly textured, mixed-media paintings with reverberating, monochr...

ANASTASIA PELIAS was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native and ancestral roots in New Orleans, LA...

"Off to the Suburbs" is an original oil pastel drawing by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower right. It features a man on a motorcycle riding...

"Floor Phobic" is an original oil pastel drawing by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower right as well as signing & dating it on the back. This piece depicts a gree...

"Senufo (Gbon) Statute of Royalty" is a sculpture by thr Senufo peoples of Gabon. It is wood, mixed fiber, textiles, and cowry shells. 14" x 8" x 3" The...

"Cradle to Cradle" apple, commercial wood, screws, 16" x 30" x 30", 2007. This mixed media sculptural vessel was done by San Francisco-based artist, Gyöngy Laky...

Katie Yaquinto says of her work… My practice is rooted in identity and transformation. Working primarily with found and repurposed textiles, I assemble fragments into large, patchwo...

Katie Yaquinto says of her work… My practice is rooted in identity and transformation. Working primarily with found and repurposed textiles, I assemble fragments into large, patchwo...

Katie Yaquinto says of her work… My practice is rooted in identity and transformation. Working primarily with found and repurposed textiles, I assemble fragments into large, patchwo...

"Concrete Gardens" is a body of work that translates Patrick Burns' deep love of the land and complicated past into richly textured, mixed-media paintings with reverberating, monochr...

"Destiny Bridge" is an original oil pastel on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower right as well as signed and dated it on the back. This piece depicts...

"Venerable Truth - Breathe" is a mixed media sculpture by David Saunders. For this series of works, he collected imported cans discarded near his studio in Soho, NY and constructed c...

medium: reclaimed button-down shirts on birch plywood panel Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, CARLTON SCOTT STURGILL received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea Co...

Framed dimensions: 23.25 x 21 in Signed along lower edge center in gold pen "David Barnett"

KX2 is a collaboration combining the strengths of artists and sisters Ruth Avra and Dana Kleinman who create mathematically inspired sculpture merging metal and painting. From a dist...