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Style: Abstract
Medium: Found Objects
Tempest
Located in New York, NY
Stainless Steel TIG Welding Rod, Aluminum, Fishing Accessories, Wire, Paint
Jeremy Bullis after David L. Bullis
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Steel, Wire
Homecoming for Matt
Located in New York, NY
Stainless Steel TIG Welding Rod, Aluminum, Fishing Accessories, Wire, Paint
Jeremy Bullis after David L. Bullis
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Stainless Steel, Wire
Abstract I: Cross-Roads
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Living in temples and the countryside with craftsman communities in Japan for over a decade, Majio was deeply influenced aesthetically and by the content of Japanese culture. Her cra...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Metal
Seeking Arrangement
By Bobbi Meier
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This soft, pepto-bismol pink sculpture intertwined around a found traditional lamp and wrapped around the table it is sitting on reminded me of people who are look...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Found Objects, Other Medium, Oak
Paint Roller
Located in New Orleans, LA
Jerry Cabrera’s Light Painting series captures the preciousness and sacredness of light through his glowing and vibrant rectangular canvasses. Although abstract, Cabrera’s stacked ca...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Found Objects, Oil
What's It For, Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas, 2021
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
A piece about the "stuff" we buy. What's it for? Is it worth it? How do we affect nature with these decisions? Shape shifts between resembling an old ship and a mo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Canvas, Found Objects, Acrylic, Pastel, Graphite
Pile-up at The Gates of Hell
By Bobbi Meier
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Abstract forms emerge from remembrances of disco dancing, Earth Wind & Fire, darkness, heat, perspiration and glitz. Materials are twisted into ambiguous shapes, s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Wood, Found Objects, Other Medium
Miller High Life
Located in Fairfield, CT
Tom Pfannerstill recreates found objects on carved basswood and paints over them.
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Found Objects, Other Medium
Little Caesars
Located in Fairfield, CT
Tom Pfannerstill recreates found objects on carved basswood and paints over them.
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Found Objects, Other Medium
Art in the Courtyard
Located in Milford, NH
A fine abstract expressionist collage by American artist Varujan Boghosian (1926-2020). Boghosian was born in New Britain, CT and after serving in the United States Navy, he attended...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Paper, Found Objects, Black and White
Tablescape
By Bobbi Meier
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This piece is constructed from my grandmother's dressing table mirror, a found table base, and dismembered segments of a soft sculpture I had previously made and n...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Found Objects, Other Medium, Glass, Mirror, Spray Paint
Easy Chair/Failed Odalisque
By Bobbi Meier
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This chaise, originally covered in lime green cotton upholstery, sat in my studio for months, acting as a daybed for my miniature poodle. Finally after several att...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Found Objects, Other Medium
African with Brian's Note
Located in Miami, FL
Mixed media on paper, 1990, signed 'Ivan Chermayeff' and dated lower right, titled lower left.
30 x 22 in. (sheet), 36 x 28 in. (frame).
Provenance:The artist, Art Planning Consult...
Category
1990s Abstract Geometric Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
Rose & Book Fragment
Located in Milford, NH
A fine abstract expressionist collage by American artist Varujan Boghosian (1926-2020). Boghosian was born in New Britain, CT and after serving in the United States Navy, he attended...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Paper, Color, Found Objects
Traveler's Thanks
Located in Milford, NH
A fine abstract expressionist collage by American artist Varujan Boghosian (1926-2020). Boghosian was born in New Britain, CT and after serving in the United States Navy, he attended...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Paper, Black and White, Color, Found Objects
Orpheus Sculpture with Bird & Blocks
Located in Milford, NH
A fine abstract expressionist assemblage by American artist Varujan Boghosian (1926-2020). Boghosian was born in New Britain, CT and after serving in the United States Navy, he attended Central Connecticut Teachers College and the Vesper George School of Art in Boston. In 1953, he had a Fulbright grant to paint in Italy, and from 1956 to 1959, he worked with Josef Albers, geometric abstractionist, at Yale University where he earned both his BFA and MFA. Boghosian became a professor of sculpture at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, and became primarily known for his assemblages in which he uses a variety of incongruous objects such as parts of weathered barn...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Found Objects
Fruits of War
Located in Milford, NH
A fine abstract expressionist assemblage by American artist Varujan Boghosian (1926-2020). Boghosian was born in New Britain, CT and after serving in the United States Navy, he attended Central Connecticut Teachers College and the Vesper George School of Art in Boston. In 1953, he had a Fulbright grant to paint in Italy, and from 1956 to 1959, he worked with Josef Albers, geometric abstractionist, at Yale University where he earned both his BFA and MFA. Boghosian became a professor of sculpture at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, and became primarily known for his assemblages in which he uses a variety of incongruous objects such as parts of weathered barn...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Found Objects
The Letter "A"
Located in Milford, NH
A fine abstract expressionist collage by American artist Varujan Boghosian (1926-2020). Boghosian was born in New Britain, CT and after serving in the United States Navy, he attended Central Connecticut Teachers College and the Vesper George School of Art in Boston. In 1953, he had a Fulbright grant to paint in Italy, and from 1956 to 1959, he worked with Josef Albers, geometric abstractionist, at Yale University where he earned both his BFA and MFA. Boghosian became a professor of sculpture at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, and became primarily known for his assemblages in which he uses a variety of incongruous objects such as parts of weathered barn doors, antique dolls' heads, old leather, marbles, and ping-pong balls.
This abstract expressionist collage includes an antique handwritten...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Paper, Found Objects, Color
Lost in the Stars
Located in Milford, NH
A wonderful abstract expressionist three dimensional construction by American artist Varujan Boghosian (1926-2020). Boghosian was born in New Britain, CT and after serving in the United States Navy, he attended Central Connecticut Teachers College and the Vesper George School of Art in Boston. In 1953, he had a Fulbright grant to paint in Italy, and from 1956 to 1959, he worked with Josef Albers, geometric abstractionist, at Yale University where he earned both his BFA and MFA. Boghosian became a professor of sculpture at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, and became primarily known for his assemblages in which he uses a variety of incongruous objects such as parts of weathered barn doors, antique dolls' heads, old leather, marbles, and ping-pong balls. This construction consists of antique lithographs laid on board, including a shooting target sheet, and metal jacks, all presented on an antique celestial map...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Found Objects, Laid Paper, Lithograph, Adhesive, Wood Panel
Businessman, Boats, & Clocks
Located in Milford, NH
A fine abstract expressionist collage by American artist Varujan Boghosian (1926-2020). Boghosian was born in New Britain, CT and after serving in the United States Navy, he attended...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Paper, Found Objects, Black and White
Portrait of an African - Collage
Located in Miami, FL
Mixed media on paper, 1990, signed 'Ivan Chermayeff' and dated lower right, titled lower left.
30 x 22 in. (sheet), 36 x 28 in. (frame).
Provenance:The artist, Art Planning Consult...
Category
1990s Abstract Geometric Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
Breathe A New 4 : mixed media collage
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary collage by Roxane Hollosi.
In her art Hollosi documents the emotional, social and environmental energies she encounter in the moment of creation. The artist founds her ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Mixed Media, Plastic, Thread, Found Objects
Breathe A New 11 : mixed media collage
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary collage by Roxane Hollosi.
In her art Hollosi documents the emotional, social and environmental energies she encounter in the moment of creation. The artist founds her ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Fabric, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Thread, Found Objects
African with Brian's Note
Located in Miami, FL
Mixed media on paper, 1990, signed 'Ivan Chermayeff' and dated lower right, titled lower left.
30 x 22 in. (sheet), 36 x 28 in. (frame).
Provenance:The artist, Art Planning Consult...
Category
1990s Abstract Geometric Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
Span, Copper Abstract Sculpture, 2020
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This piece is made from a truck tire with metal and pvc running through it that touches each side of the space.
Keywords: abstract, yellow, tire, canes
Artist Biography:
Mia Capodilupo is a sculptor and installation artist originally from Boston, MA. She received a BA from University of Chicago, studied sculpture at Massachusetts College of Art and received an MFA in Sculpture from the San Francisco Art Institute. She has participated in solo and group shows and residencies in museums, galleries and alternative spaces around the country. She has received several grants from the City of Chicago...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Copper
Vanity (sin 7), Original Abstract Painting, 2020
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
A piece playing with the ideas surrounding vanity and youth, and the influence of it at a young age. The makeup carries a toy quality and the baby rattles blend in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Acrylic, Pastel, Found Objects
Concrete form tube series #2, Original Abstract Sculpture, 2020
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This is from a series of sculptures created by casting different materials into a concrete form tube (sonotube) and combining that wit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Wire
Conversation Piece (erect)
By Bobbi Meier
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Remembering formal dinners my mother would arrange in our modest midwestern, suburban home, this piece and it's companion, Conversation Piece...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Wood, Found Objects, Other Medium
Paint Roller
Located in New Orleans, LA
Jerry Cabrera’s Light Painting series captures the preciousness and sacredness of light through his glowing and vibrant rectangular canvasses. Although abstract, Cabrera’s stacked ca...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Found Objects, Oil
Paint Roller
Located in New Orleans, LA
Jerry Cabrera’s Light Painting series captures the preciousness and sacredness of light through his glowing and vibrant rectangular canvasses. Although abstract, Cabrera’s stacked ca...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Found Objects, Oil
Paint Roller Series
Located in New Orleans, LA
Jerry Cabrera’s Light Painting series captures the preciousness and sacredness of light through his glowing and vibrant rectangular canvasses. Although abstract, Cabrera’s stacked ca...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Found Objects, Oil
Concussion Garden
Located in New York, NY
Dionisios Fragias is a New York -based artist born on the Greek island of Kefalonia and raised in New York City. He is the protege of the artist Jeff Koons whose years-long mentorshi...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Steel
Price Upon Request
Monochrome Accumulation No. 3001
By Arman
Located in New York, NY
Monochrome Accumulation No. 3001, 1988 by Arman (1928-2005)
Acrylic paint tubes and acrylic paint on canvas
40 ¼ x 32 ⅞ inches framed (102.235 x 83.5025 cm)
36 ¼ x 28 ¾ inches unframed (92.075 x 73.025 cm)
Inscribed (SA) and numbered (3001) on the reverse
Provenance:
A.H. Graphics, Stockholm
Private Collection, Europe
Sotheby's, London, Contemporary Art, 20 March 1997, Lot 74
Description:
This mixed media work titled "Monochrome Accumulation No. 3001" by Armand Pierre Fernandez, typically styled as "Arman," is a brilliant collage of found objects and traditional painting techniques. The bright, monochromatic yellow...
Category
1980s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Found Objects, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Memory of Saigon
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic and found objects.
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Found Objects, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
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