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Medium: Found Objects
Study in Green with Pearls, 2021, Matt Smith
Located in London, GB
MATT SMITH (BRITISH) Study in Green with Pearls, 2021 Black Parian, Found Ceramic, Freshwater Pearls 29 x 14 x 14 cm 11 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (MS206) £ 4,000.00 UK-born Matt Smit...
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2010s Old Masters Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Ceramic, Found Objects

Hokusai Ocean Blue III - Abstract Mixed Media Work in White + Blue on Book Pages
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Jane Skingley b. 1963 Hokusai Ocean Blue III, 2024 mixed media on vintage book pages laid onto canvas 50 x 50 cm 19 3/4 x 19 3/4 in signed and titled verso Jane Skingley paints seas...
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21st Century and Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Canvas, Found Objects, Mixed Media

Sylvia Schwartz 4, 2018, fabric, silk, wool, 14"H x 13"W
Located in Darien, CT
Schwartz received a degree in fine art from the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, Australia, and later studied sculpture at Columbia University. Her work has been shown in...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Fabric, Found Objects, Wool, Silk

"Keeping Time" Contemporary Pastel Pink & Yellow Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Exhibited in "Benji Stiles: A Human Day" at Reeves Art + Design. In “A Human Day,” a solo show dedicated to the work of contemporary multidisciplinary artist Benji Stiles, we explor...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Canvas, Gesso, Textile, Oil Crayon, Found Objects, Acrylic

Arrival, Shipyards tales. Iron vessel wall sculpture. 49x42"
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
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 ...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Metal, Steel, Iron

"#56 – BOTH WOUNDED A LITTLE", ink, pencil, gouache, collage, found text, poetry
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"#56 – BOTH WOUNDED A LITTLE" is from Amy Williams' series A Farewell to Arms – wherein the artist is working directly onto page 56 of a found copy of Ernest Hemingway's WWII romance...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Paper, Found Objects, Ink, Gouache, Pencil

"Pompeii, " Mixed Media Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Stone

The Greatest Show On Earth
Located in New Orleans, LA
It is a sign of an unhealthy society when fringe personalities are increasingly found not on the fringe but in its mainstream. They bring with them ignorance, prejudice, and irration...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Found Objects, Mixed Media

Heads or Tails
Located in New Orleans, LA
"Call it in the air, heads or tails?" "Heads or Tails" is painted on re-purposed drop cloth, embellished with peach fringe and hung on custom brass hardware. Becca Fuhrman says of ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Brass, Copper

"Duty Free"
By Chakaia Booker
Located in Astoria, NY
Chakaia Booker (American, b. 1953) "Duty Free", 2010, rubber tire assemblage sculpture, signed and dated on back, with two signed wooden cleats. 24" H x 24" W x 9" D. Provenance: Mus...
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2010s Assemblage Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Rubber, Found Objects

Hitchhiker
Located in New Orleans, LA
"Better late than never." "Hitchhiker" is painted on re-purposed drop cloth, embellished with teal fringe and hung on custom brass hardware. Becca Fuhrman says of her work... My w...
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21st Century and Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Brass, Gold Leaf

Cloud
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: found aluminum cans, wire Available in multiple color/finish options (inquire with gallery). Installations are made to order, sizes and shapes of butterflies vary. Unique, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Stainless Steel

"Wire Songs", Contemporary, Mixed Media, Sculpture, Plied Wire, Aluminum, Metal
Located in St. Louis, MO
John Garrett was raised in southern New Mexico by parents who were both educators. They instilled in him an appreciation for the handmade with their collections of Native American a...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Metal, Wire

Contemporary, Mixed Media, Hanging, Sculpture, Wood, Metal, Glass, Found Objects
Located in St. Louis, MO
Contemporary, Mixed Media, Hanging, Sculpture, Wood, Metal, Glass, Found Objects John Garrett was raised in southern New Mexico by parents who were both educators. They instilled i...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Metal

American Story No.1921
Located in New Orleans, LA
KAT FLYN is a self-taught assemblage artist working presently out of San Diego. She began her career as a costume designer in Southern California. Over the years she amassed a trove of artifacts and collectables which she began using to create assemblage art in the 1990’s. In 2000 she sold her business and moved to Cuyamaca, a remote community in the mountains outside of San Diego to devote herself exclusively to her artwork. In 2003 her work was interrupted when the Cedar Fire swept through San Diego county and destroyed the forest, her home & studio along with almost all of her collections and works of art. Following the fire she relocated to San Francisco, where she spent a decade concentrating on her art in her studio in SOMA and exhibiting at galleries in the Bay Area. In 2015 she returned to San Diego and now works out of her studio in La Jolla, exhibiting there and in Los Angeles. Kat Flyn refers to herself as an Assemblage Sculptor and her works as Political Art or Protest Art. She separates herself from other assemblage artists in that she only employs “saved” as opposed to “found” objects in her work; and her pieces always have a political or cultural narrative to them rather than being surreal or abstract. She also constructs or refashions many of the pieces which she uses in her art, for example she turns a soft drink box...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Wood, Found Objects, Mixed Media

Untitled
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Robert Mapplethorpe's (1946-1989) place in the canon was earned from his incredible output of images that ranged from beautiful to brutal. Though known for his unrivalled output in...
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1960s Post-Modern Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects, Pencil, Color Pencil

Hokusai Covers I - Abstract Mixed Media on Found Book Cover, Green + White
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Jane Skingley b. 1963 Hokusai Covers I, 2025 oil and collage on book cover 28 x 18 cm 11 x 7 1/8 in signed, titled and inscribed on a label attached verso Jane Skingley paints seasc...
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21st Century and Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects, Mixed Media

"Beach-Combed Mochaware, " Mixed Media Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Stone

Garden Variety
Located in New York, NY
Recycled textiles, thread, batting, glazed ceramic, metal table, spray paint 34 x 22 x 18 inches Artist Statement I hand-sew compound sculptural forms that are constructed from clot...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Ceramic, Textile, Thread, Found Objects, Spray Paint

Garden Variety
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Biography of a Drive-By: wall sculpture by Black African-American artist
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a two-part wall mounted painting / sculpture this integrates found objects and photographs into an acrylic painting on the top, and a wooden shelf with bullet casings and coins below. This is a conceptual, abstract work of art that is a powerful homage to lives lost through calculated gun violence in American cites. signed by the artist. PROVENANCE: Exhibited in "Portals + Revelations: Richard J. Watson," the African American Museum in Philadelphia, Oct 2021 - Mar 2022. "Most of my works are supported by memories of the past and suggested realities. Issues of social politics, ancestral references, and astral projections are presented with fragmented elements...
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Acrylic, Panel, Found Objects, Mixed Media

Hoyt Lake Buffalo New York
By Max Collins
Located in Buffalo, NY
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...
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2010s Conceptual Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects, Photographic Paper

American Story No.1776
Located in New Orleans, LA
KAT FLYN is a self-taught assemblage artist working presently out of San Diego. She began her career as a costume designer in Southern California. Over the years she amassed a trove of artifacts and collectables which she began using to create assemblage art in the 1990’s. In 2000 she sold her business and moved to Cuyamaca, a remote community in the mountains outside of San Diego to devote herself exclusively to her artwork. In 2003 her work was interrupted when the Cedar Fire swept through San Diego county and destroyed the forest, her home & studio along with almost all of her collections and works of art. Following the fire she relocated to San Francisco, where she spent a decade concentrating on her art in her studio in SOMA and exhibiting at galleries in the Bay Area. In 2015 she returned to San Diego and now works out of her studio in La Jolla, exhibiting there and in Los Angeles. Kat Flyn refers to herself as an Assemblage Sculptor and her works as Political Art or Protest Art. She separates herself from other assemblage artists in that she only employs “saved” as opposed to “found” objects in her work; and her pieces always have a political or cultural narrative to them rather than being surreal or abstract. She also constructs or refashions many of the pieces which she uses in her art, for example she turns a soft drink box...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Wood, Found Objects, Mixed Media

"Smile Park, " Oil Pastel on Grocery Bag signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Smile Park" 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 fall foliage on the ...
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1990s Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Oil Pastel, Found Objects

Highly conceptual mixed media wall sculpture Contemporary Cat charm rabbit foot
Located in Buffalo, NY
No Fear (Trapper Keeper) UV print on aluminum, chain, jewelry, keychain, sticker, Croc Jibbitz, rabbit’s foot, Tamagotchi 18x48” 2019 $975 Eternal Flame i...
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2010s Conceptual Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Metal

"Tomato and Anvil" hyperrealist, tender tomatoes atop stiff, cold, heavy metal
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Trompe l'oeil still life of tomatoes resting atop an anvil, with a sledgehammer in the background, painted on an old cabinet door. Anthony Ackrill was born in Alaska in 1958, but sp...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects, Oil

At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites II2
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"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...
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Bronze, Copper

Catching Blessings: shadow box painting & collage w/ figures & found objects
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a shadow box construction approx. 13" x 9" x 2.5" with painted and collaged materials including historic photographs of Black figures and other found objects. Encased in a dark wood frame under glass. It is signed and dated along the lower edge. PROVENANCE: Exhibited in "Portals + Revelations: Richard J. Watson," the African American Museum in Philadelphia, Oct 2021 - Mar 2022. "Most of my works are supported by memories of the past and suggested realities. Issues of social politics, ancestral references, and astral projections are presented with fragmented elements...
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic, Glass

Rift Valley, sonde IV (texture abstract painting canvas bronze Earthy organic )
Located in Quebec, Quebec
“Rift Valley, Sonde IV” is a richly textured mixed-media composition that captures the interplay between natural and abstract forms, evoking the raw beauty of nature while offering a...
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2010s Color-Field Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic

Welcome Mat (from Gross Domestic Product) - Street Art, Urban Art
Located in Hamburg, DE
Banksy Gross Domestic Product (after) Banksy Welcome Mat, 2020 Medium: Doormat and refugee life vest Dimensions: 24.6 x 17.7 x 1.4 in (62.5 x 45.0 x 3.5 cm) Edition size: Undisclos...
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21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Fabric, Organic Material, Polyester, Found Objects

Hokusai Ocean IV - Abstract Blue + White Mixed Media Work on Book Covers
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Jane Skingley b. 1963 Hokusai Indigo IV, 2025 mixed media on vintage book pages laid onto canvas 100 x 100 cm 39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in signed, titled and dated on reverse Jane Skingley pa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Canvas, Found Objects, Mixed Media

Cat Is Very Smart, Contemporary Mixed Media Painting by Konstantin Bokov
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Konstantin Bokov, Ukrainian/American (1940 - ) Title: Cat is Very Smart Year: 1999 Medium: Acrylic on Board and Found Art Collage, Signed and dated Size: 20 x 16 in. (50....
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1990s Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic, Board

Hokusai Indigo IV - Abstract Mixed Media Calligraphy Painting on Vintage Pages
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Jane Skingley b. 1963 Hokusai Indigo IV, 2025 mixed media on vintage book pages laid onto canvas 100 x 100 cm 39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in signed, titled and dated on reverse Jane Skingley pa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Canvas, Found Objects, Mixed Media

"Surf Board Guitar" Hybrid Instrument Wall Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
This sculpture created by Ken Butler is part guitar part surfboard. It is made in the spirit of absurdity many surrealists embraced using found objects in functional scenarios. signe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects, Mixed Media

"As the Crow Flies" -- Assemblage by Kat Flyn
Located in New Orleans, LA
KAT FLYN is a self-taught assemblage artist working presently out of San Diego. She began her career as a costume designer in Southern California. Over the years she amassed a trove ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Wood, Found Objects, Mixed Media

Well Before….the Trusty S.C.O.R.E.* Crows
Located in Buffalo, NY
Peenemunde 1943—During World War II, German rocketeers developed Vergeltungswaffen or "V" weapons at the German rocket facility Peenemunde, built in 1937. The first civilian employee...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Canvas, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Oil

Bronze Relief of Construction Blocks in Wooden Cart, 2025 - 'Big Set'
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Conrad Willems’ “Big Set” is a bronze sculpture that reimagines the wooden construction blocks central to his artistic practice. Encased in one of the small wooden carts the artist u...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Bronze

"Everlast" Contemporary Pastel Abstract Boxing Glove Wall Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Exhibited in "Benji Stiles: A Human Day" at Reeves Art + Design. In “A Human Day,” a solo show dedicated to the work of contemporary multidisciplinary artist Benji Stiles, we explor...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Plaster, Wood, Found Objects, Acrylic

"Deliverance" -- Assemblage by Kat Flyn
Located in New Orleans, LA
KAT FLYN is a self-taught assemblage artist working presently out of San Diego. She began her career as a costume designer in Southern California. Over the years she amassed a trove ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Wood, Found Objects, Mixed Media

"Psalm 63:4...While I Live, " Oil Pastel signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Psalm 63:4...While I Live" is a religious original oil pastel drawing on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed and titled the piece lower right. This piece illustrates...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Oil Pastel, Found Objects

It's Only a Game
Located in New Orleans, LA
Medium: very old hand-carved bat, old handmade ball, hand-carved wood toy plane, Old wood handmade toolbox, one photo of young men gathered to play baseball ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects, Mixed Media

Woke
Located in New Orleans, LA
KAT FLYN is a self-taught assemblage artist working presently out of San Diego. She began her career as a costume designer in Southern California. Over the years she amassed a trove of artifacts and collectables which she began using to create assemblage art in the 1990’s. In 2000 she sold her business and moved to Cuyamaca, a remote community in the mountains outside of San Diego to devote herself exclusively to her artwork. In 2003 her work was interrupted when the Cedar Fire swept through San Diego county and destroyed the forest, her home & studio along with almost all of her collections and works of art. Following the fire she relocated to San Francisco, where she spent a decade concentrating on her art in her studio in SOMA and exhibiting at galleries in the Bay Area. In 2015 she returned to San Diego and now works out of her studio in La Jolla, exhibiting there and in Los Angeles. Kat Flyn refers to herself as an Assemblage Sculptor and her works as Political Art or Protest Art. She separates herself from other assemblage artists in that she only employs “saved” as opposed to “found” objects in her work; and her pieces always have a political or cultural narrative to them rather than being surreal or abstract. She also constructs or refashions many of the pieces which she uses in her art, for example she turns a soft drink box...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Wood, Found Objects, Mixed Media

"American" Hand Crafted French Knot Embroidery on American Gothic Poster
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "American" is an original piece by Han Cao and is made hand embroidery on found vintage art print from 1979, with cotton and silk thread. This piece measures 25.25...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Thread, Found Objects, Photographic Paper

Everyone gets Due Process, Right?
Located in New Orleans, LA
KAT FLYN is a self-taught assemblage artist working presently out of San Diego. She began her career as a costume designer in Southern California. Over the years she amassed a trove ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Wood, Found Objects, Mixed Media

At sea between fossils and satellites 7 (blue organic copper abstract texture)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea between Fossils and Satellites 7" is a textural and elemental abstract painting on canvas. It explores the hybridization of chance-derived color-fields with art deco aestheti...
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2010s Color-Field Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic

"Turkey Pie-Roy Lichtenstein Homage, " Serigraph, D. Pearson & R. Lichtenstein
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Turkey Pie - Roy Lichtenstein Homage" is an original serigraph by Roy Lichtenstein embellished by Dennis Pearson. This work is signed by both Lichtenst...
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1960s Pop Art Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects, Screen

"Rushmore Rocks" French Knot Embroidery on Vintage Postcard by Han Cao
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Rushmore Rocks" is an original piece by Han Cao and is made from hand embroidery on a found vintage postcard from the 1940s, with cotton thread. This piece measur...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Thread, Found Objects, Photographic Paper

"Iridescence, " Mixed Media Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Stone

American Feminist Contemporary Chair Black Tan Sculpture - Skeletal Format 67
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Skeletal Format 67 - American Feminist Contemporary Chair Black Tan Sculpture Linda Stein has been addressing the theme of Power/Vulnerability for more than five deca...
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1970s Feminist Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Plastic, Wood, Found Objects, Acrylic

"Mandala CXCII" - mixed media, assemblage, pattern, circle, found objects, color
Located in Atlanta, GA
This work features hues of orange, yellow, and red. Columbia, South Carolina-based artist, Susan Lenz uses needle and thread for self-expression. Her ongoing series Found Object Man...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Fabric, Found Objects

"Kobe", by Street Artist Sean 9 Lugo, In Memoriam, Kobe Bryant
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Kobe" is an original contemporary wall-hanging artwork by Sean 9 Lugo, known artistically for his gallery artwork, murals, and street art. The piece features the artist's signature ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Paper, Found Objects, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Permanent Marker, Aquatint

"Senufo (Gbon) Statute of Royalty, " Wood, Ivory, & Cowry Shells created c. 1940
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"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...
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1940s Tribal Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Wood, Found Objects

"Hello, My Name Is: Shrimp" miniature pictograph oil painting on paper, clever
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Anthony Mastromatteo re-introduced himself to the Grenning Gallery with his 2023 exhibition "Hello, My Name Is: Anthony Mastromatteo." The works included in the show were incredibly intricate trompe l'oeil oil paintings ranging in size from 7 x 5 inches to 48 x 36 inches. In supplement to the exhibition, Mastromatteo painted 10 pictographs on the recognizable "Hello My Name Is" nametags and put them in plastic sleeves one would clip on their person for any kind of large function. There is always a bit of tongue and...
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2010s Photorealist Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Plastic, Paper, Found Objects, Oil

Compass
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: found aluminum cans, wire, Flashe paint Available in right and left orientations. Available in multiple color/finish options (inquire with gallery). Installations are made t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Metal, Wire

Momoiro I, 2024 - Minimalist Abstract Oil + Ink on Vintage Book Pages on Canvas
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Jane Skingley paints seascapes and landscapes in oils. Her first exhibition was a huge success and since then she has gone from strength to strength exhibiting in galleries and art s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Canvas, Found Objects, Ink, Oil

Memo (Night)
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: aluminum (found cans), wire, soot Unique, open edition Available in multiple color/finish options (see second image on listing for options). Installations are made to order, sizes and shapes of butterflies vary and can be oriented leftward or rightward. Ships with installation template and loaner tool kit. Installation can be arranged with JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY. Paul Villinski is a professional visual artist who 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, recently including the solo exhibition “Passage: A Special Project,” at the Blanton Museum, University of Texas, Austin; “Making Mends,” at the Bellevue Museum of Arts, Bellevue, WA; “Second Lives: Re-purposing the Ordinary,” at the Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY; and “Prospect .1,” an international Biennial in New Orleans, LA. “Emergency Response Studio,” a FEMA trailer redesigned and rebuilt into a solar-and wind-powered mobile artist’s studio, was the subject of a solo exhibition at Rice University Art Gallery, Houston, TX; the exhibition also travelled to Ballroom Marfa, in Marfa, TX; Wesleyan University’s Zilkha Gallery, Middletown, CT; and the trailer was featured in the New Museum’s “Festival of Ideas for the New City”, in New York, NY. Villinski’s work is widely collected, including major public works created by commission. His studio is currently at work on “SkyCycles,” three full-scale “flying...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Metal, Wire

Frankenstein
Located in New Orleans, LA
"Trans Youth - Body of a boy/girl, mind of a monster, soul of an unearthly thing. Prejudice against transgender people is widespread." KAT FLYN is a self-taught assemblage artist working presently out of San Diego. She began her career as a costume designer in Southern California. Over the years she amassed a trove of artifacts and collectables which she began using to create assemblage art in the 1990’s. In 2000 she sold her business and moved to Cuyamaca, a remote community in the mountains outside of San Diego to devote herself exclusively to her artwork. In 2003 her work was interrupted when the Cedar Fire swept through San Diego county and destroyed the forest, her home & studio along with almost all of her collections and works of art. Following the fire she relocated to San Francisco, where she spent a decade concentrating on her art in her studio in SOMA and exhibiting at galleries in the Bay Area. In 2015 she returned to San Diego and now works out of her studio in La Jolla, exhibiting there and in Los Angeles. Kat Flyn refers to herself as an Assemblage Sculptor and her works as Political Art or Protest Art. She separates herself from other assemblage artists in that she only employs “saved” as opposed to “found” objects in her work; and her pieces always have a political or cultural narrative to them rather than being surreal or abstract. She also constructs or refashions many of the pieces which she uses in her art, for example she turns a soft drink box...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Wood, Mixed Media, Found Objects

"3 Pallets" Hand-Crafted Miniature Wooden Pallets
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "3 Pallets" is original artwork made from coffee stirrers, basswood, pastel, watercolor by Drew Leshko. This piece measures 5”h x 1”w x 5”d. Drew Leshko is a Phila...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Wood, Found Objects, Watercolor

"Cigar" Crafted Wall-Mounted Miniature Storefront Hanging Sign by Drew Leshko
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Cigar" is original artwork made from paper, inkjet print, enamel, wire, chain, aluminum tube, pastel, toy cigar by Drew Leshko. This piece measures 12”h x 1”w x 7....
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Metal, Enamel, Wire

"Vagabond", Miniature Paper and Found object Sculpture, Rusted Camper Truck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This miniature paper sculpture titled "Vagabond" is an original artwork by Drew Leshko made of paper, PVC, basswood, acrylic, enamel, pastel, watercolor, inkjet prints, aluminum. The...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Metal, Enamel

"Airplane Pool" Small Scale Superstructure Sign Made of Wood and Paper
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Airplane Pool" is original artwork made from paper, acrylic, enamel, PVC, inkjet prints, basswood, pastel, reindeer moss by Drew Leshko. This piece measures 15”h x...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Metal, Enamel, Wire

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