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Medium: Found Objects
Surreal Contemporary Figurative Mixed-Media Sculpture Found-Object American
Located in Buffalo, NY
One of a kind mixed-media sculpture by Philip Kuznicki from the Spirit exhibition. Comes in its original frame. Born in Dunkirk NY, Kuznicki started his career working for artists su...
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2010s Surrealist Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects, Mixed Media

At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites 11 (celestial blue, texture, organic, sea)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites 11 (horizontal) is a richly textured, mixed-media painting from Melisa Taylor Metzger’s decade-long series At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites...
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Acrylic, Oil

The Lovers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "The Lovers" is an original artwork made from oil on double vintage portrait paintings on wood by André Schulze. This piece...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Wood, Found Objects, Oil

Coin Cunt XXVII
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is an original navy blue sculpture from Suzanna Scott's ongoing "Coin Cunt" series made from a kisslock coin purse and thread. The piece measures approximately 4in x 4in. ABOU...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Thread, Found Objects

Assemblage with Cigar Box and the Letter P
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract expressionist oil painting with assembled objects by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Against a yellow and black background, the artist has attached several objects, including plastic letters, cigar boxes, and glass slides. Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of his work. Unframed. Image size: 20"H x 24"W Bay Area artist and art educator Michael Pauker was born in New York in 1957 and knew he wanted to be an artist from the age of 15. He earned a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts at SUNY Purchase in his native state of New York. In 1989 he went on to earn an M.F.A at Mills College in Oakland and was awarded the City of Oakland Artist Fellowship in Painting. He has been a Bay Area resident since 1988. His work has been exhibited widely across the U.S., as well as in Japan and Costa Rica, and is included in the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Exhibitions include: 2007 Contemporary Art Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica 2007 “The Ebay Art Project,” Works/San Jose, San Jose, CA 2003 “Found Imagery: The Art of Collage,” Fresno Art Museum,Fresno, CA 2003 “Cut, Copy, Paste,” De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA 2003 “20th Annual Exhibition,” Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA 2002 “40 by 40...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Canvas, Glass, Plastic, Paper, Oil, Found Objects

"Cornbread Tags De Telegraaf: First Element of Hip Hop 1965", Acrylic on Paper
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This artwork titled "Cornbread Tags De Telegraaf: First Element of Hip Hop 1965" is an original artwork by Cornbread made of acrylic paint on newspaper. The piece measures 58cm x 41c...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic, Newsprint

Mystery Friends
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This figurative sculpture titled "Mystery Friends" is an original artwork by Debra Broz made of secondhand ceramics and mixed media. The individual sculptures measure 3.5"h x 2.5"w x...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects, Ceramic

"Expecting to Fly", Found Object assemblage, reconstructed egg
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Expecting to Fly" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from 30 repaired chicken eggs, brass, rubber, steel, plastic, and mica. This piece measures app...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Brass, Steel

"An Exact Record Of How It Happened", Green, Red, and White Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This free-standing sculpture titled "An Exact Record Of How It Happened" is an original artwork by Jedediah Morfit made of plaster, paint, wax, thermoplastic, epoxy, wood, rope. This piece measures 33.25"h x 10"w x 14"d. BIO Jedediah Morfit received his MFA in sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2005, where he was awarded the Sylvia Leslie Herman Young Scholarship and the Award Of Excellence. He was a Fellow at the Center For Emerging Visual Artists from 2007-2009, and received a New Jersey Council On the Arts Fellowship for sculpture in 2009. He received the Louise Kahn Award for Sculpture from the Woodmere Art Museum in 2006, and was awarded the Dexter Jones Award for Bas Relief from the National Sculpture Society in 2011 and 2012. In 2013, he was commissioned to create a series of new work for Artlantic:Wonder, which was named one of the 50 best...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Wood, Plaster, Paint, Wax, Epoxy Glue, Found Objects

"High and Low I" Abstract Patterns, Geometric Abstraction, Woodcut, Monoprint
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Waves" is an original piece by Alexis Nutini and is made from a woodcut monoprint mounted on panel. This piece measures 14.5"h x 9.5"w. As a woodcut printmaker, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects, Panel, Monoprint, Woodcut

Right On
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This fabric work titled "Right On" is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma made of hand embroidery and collage on rag paper. The piece measures 13”h by 13”w framed. Kelly Kozma is a m...
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21st Century and Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Fabric, Thread, Found Objects

"An Invasion", Chicago, Woman figure, social change, Acrylic on Wood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"An Invasion" is a piece by Qiaira Riley made from acrylic paint and beads on found wood. This piece measures measures 24"h x 24"w unframed. "Inspired by the changing visual landscape of my hometown of Chicago, I created these works to explore how the gentrification of the south-side disrupts intimate, private memories associated with public spaces in the name of urban "renewal," even creating commodifiable opportunities to make community memories public and profitable, yet not sacred. I was attending a suburban private liberal arts college; many classmates often seemed obsessed with fantastical, cheap narratives about my community and the folks in it that deeply contrasted the memories of love and care I had grown up with. These works remember and reclaim these spaces while showing off my favorite public treasures, sights, and delicacies. There are also odes to the sweet parts of my adolescence that I hope urban development will not shift: running around the city with my father, who has worked for the Chicago Park District for over 25 years, my mom getting me a 6 piece from Harold's Chicken whenever I got a good report card, or stopping by Zberry, the city's first black-woman owned froyo shop to get a treat after school. I moved to Philadelphia that same year with just two suitcases, my art supplies storage...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Wood, Acrylic, Found Objects

"Fault Lines: Bantam #B7", reconstructed egg sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Fault Lines: Bantam #B7" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshells, mica, and PVA. This piece measures 2”h x 1.5”w x 1.5”d and ships with th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Mica, Acrylic, Organic Material, Found Objects, Glue

Baby
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This figurative painting titled "Baby" is an original artwork by André Schulze made of oil paint on a vintage found photograph. The piece measures 8"h x ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Oil, Found Objects, Photographic Paper

Get Free
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This fabric work titled "Get Free" is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma made of hand embroidery and photographs on paper. The piece measures 13”h by 13”w framed. Kelly Kozma is a m...
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21st Century and Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Fabric, Thread, Found Objects

Richard Klein, Expo 67, 2017, Found and altered objects assemblage
Located in Darien, CT
In the mid 1990s Richard Klein started working with found glass objects, including bottles, drinking glasses, ashtrays, and eyeglasses. Initially, Klein rejected any object with commercial or advertising content, but in 2015 he became fascinated with the promotional content that was screen printed on ashtrays from the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s. This period was before smoking was looked at as being primarily a negative habit, and iconic American businesses, including Howard Johnson’s, International House of Pancakes (iHop) and Holiday Inn, all produced promotional ashtrays printed with their graphic identity. By the time Klein became interested in these objects, the businesses had either ceased to exist, or had changed their logos, and many of their signature buildings, which where examples of classic, “Pop” roadside architecture, has been torn down or repurposed. The artist wanted to connect the glass objects with the business’s sites that were still recognizable and spoke of their history, so he began researching where original buildings still stood. Klein then embarked on a series of road trips to photograph these sites with the intention of combining the photographs with the promotional glass objects. This led him to as far south as Maryland and as far north as upstate New York from his home in Connecticut. In the case of Holiday Inn, it wasn’t their buildings, but their iconic illuminated sign that appeared on ashtrays, so he sought out a standing example of the sign he could photograph. As it turned out all had been removed years before from the hotels' properties and the only working example was indoors at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. He did, however, find out that there was one still standing, surprisingly, in Beruit, Lebanon. He found an image of it on the web and used it to make Holiday Inn (Beruit). In 1973 Holiday Inn changed their tagline from “The Nations Innkeeper” to “The World’s Innkeeper” as they expanded overseas, including the Mideast. For the hotel chain it was bad timing: the disastrous Lebanese civil war began in 1975. In the war, the different Lebanese militias involved in the conflict, including the Nasserites, Christian Phalangists, and the Lebanese National Movement engaged in what came to be called “The Battle of the Hotels” where they each occupied a major high-rise hotel in central Beruit. The Phalangists commanded the Holiday Inn, which they used to fire with both light arms and heavier weapons at the militias in neighboring hotels. Klein used the photo of the heavily damaged Holiday Inn sign as I thought it spoke in a curious, offhanded way about American cultural imperialism in juxtaposition with an ashtray that proclaimed Holiday Inn to be “The World’s Innkeeper.” In the work Holiday Inn (Nocturne) the artist utilized a found, 35mm slide of a Holiday Inn sign at night at an unknown location as the basis of the photograph in the work. Richard Klein is a Connecticut-based artist, independent curator and writer. As an artist, he has exhibited widely, including the Neuberger Museum of Art at SUNY Purchase; Caren Golden Fine Art, New York; the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI; Hales Gallery, London; Gavlak Gallery, Palm Beach, FL; deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA; James Barron Art, Kent, CT; The Portland Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA), Portland, OR; Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA; Stephan Stoyanov Gallery, NY; Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY; Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, VT; Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, NY; Exhibit by Alberson Tulsa, OK; Incident Report/Flow Chart Foundation, Hudson, NY; ICEHOUSE Project Space, Sharon, CT; Kenise Barnes Fine Art in Kent, CT and with ODETTA Gallery at the Equity Gallery in New York City.. Reviews of his work have appeared in Two Coats of Paint, Whitehot Magazine, The New York Times, Sculpture Magazine, Art in America, and The New Yorker. In the summer of 2024 he will be the first Artist-In-Residence at Peck Ledge Light...
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2010s Assemblage Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Metal

Another Unrendered Quasi-Articulated Substitution, Wall Sculpture by R. Melee
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Melee Title: Another Unrendered Quasi-Articulated Substitution Year: 2006 Medium: Beer bottle caps, Plaster and Enamel on Wood, signed verso Size: 40 inch Diameter
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Enamel

"Chimaera: Green #8", reconstructed egg sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Chimaera: Green #8" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshells, mica, and PVA. This piece measures 2.75”h x 2”w x 2”d and ships with the pict...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Glue, Found Objects, Mica, Organic Material, Acrylic

Girl / Boy (diptych)
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Girl / Boy (diptych)" is an original artwork by Hyland Mather made of lost objects, acrylic, aerosol, abandoned papers, laser engraving, string, nails, wood box frame measuring appr...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Thread, Wood, Paper, Found Objects, Acrylic, Engraving

"And Then There Were Two", Hand Embroidery, Antique Textiles, Depiction of Stars
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "And Then There Were Two" is an original piece by Lindzeanne and is made from hand embroidery, white cotton thread, and antique textiles This piece measures 17.25”h...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Textile, Cotton, Thread, Found Objects

"Day in the Life: Chimaera #16", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Day in the Life: Chimaera #16" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshell, mica, and acrylic. This piece measures 4”h x 2.5”w x 2.5”d, and is ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Glue, Found Objects, Acrylic, Mica, Organic Material

Jabón Azul. From The Composition with Tools series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The “Composition with Tools” series engages observers with quirky and playful truisms, gently leading them toward deeper reflections. Jose Ricardo Contreras...
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Found Objects, Acrylic, Oil

Moon Dance
Located in New Orleans, LA
"Cowgirl dancing by herself under the moonlight." "Moon Dance" is painted on re-purposed drop cloth, embellished with black fringe and hung on custom brass hardware. Becca Fuhrman ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Brass, Copper

3-part painting construction by Black African American artist, w/ found objects
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an 3-part painting / construction (assemblage) created from acrylic paint, wood, glass, and found objects. It includes several historic photograph of figures as well as many scenes from Black African American cultural history. Each piece measures 23" x 7.75" x 2.5", and they can be hung close together or far apart, depending on the buyer's preference. All pieces are wired with the appropriate hanging hardware and are ready to install, no additional framing needed. 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 of 'real life' collaged and collapsed, as dreams are prone to do. If connections are made, all the better. I feel that life should remind us of our dreams." - Richard J. Watson Richard J. Watson is an icon in the Philadelphia art world. Much of his work relates to his experiences as a Black African American man. He is a graduate of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1968), has taught at his alma mater, and has served in the Exhibitions Department at the African American Museum in Philadelphia since the 1980s. He has been exhibiting his work for decades, and has an extensive bibliography. His work is held in the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; the Uniworld Corporation; Sony; the Federal Reserve Bank; the City of Philadelphia; Sprint; the Church of the Advocate; the poet Dr. Sonia Sanchez; and the Woodmere Museum...
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Glass, Wood

"Day in the Life: Green #49", Reconstructed egg sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "This piece titled "Day in the Life: Chimaera #12" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshell, mica, and acrylic. This piece measures 4”h x 2.5...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Glue, Found Objects, Acrylic, Mica, Organic Material

"Cornbread Tags De Telegraaf: King of Graffiti", Acrylic on News Paper, Graffiti
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This artwork titled "Cornbread Tags De Telegraaf: King of Graffiti" is an original artwork by Cornbread made of acrylic paint on newspaper. The piece measures 58cm x 41cm / 22.75in x...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Found Objects, Acrylic, Newsprint

"Chimaera: Brown #4", Reconstructed egg sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Chimaera: Brown #4" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshells, mica, and PVA. This piece measures 3.75”h x 2”w x 2”d and ships with a displa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Glue, Found Objects, Mica, Organic Material

"Day in the Life: Green #90", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Day in the Life: Green #90" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshell, mica, and acrylic. This piece measures 4”h x 2.5”w x 2.5”d, and is shi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Glue, Found Objects, Acrylic, Mica, Organic Material

"Chimaera: Brown #2", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Chimaera: Brown #2" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshells, mica, and PVA. This piece measures 3.75”h x 2”w x 2”d and ships with the pict...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Mica, Acrylic, Organic Material, Found Objects, Glue

"Oldies Swing", Abstract Patterns, Geometric Abstraction, Woodcut, Monoprint
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Oldies Swing" is an original piece by Alexis Nutini and is made from a woodcut and and found object stencil monoprint mounted on panel. This piece measures 19"h x ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Found Objects, Wood Panel, Monoprint, Woodcut

"Cornbread Tags De Telegraaf: Cornbread Philly", Acrylic on Newspaper, Graffiti
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This artwork titled "Cornbread Tags De Telegraaf: Cornbread Philly" is an original artwork by Cornbread made of acrylic paint on newspaper. The piece measures 58cm x 41cm / 22.75in x...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic, Newsprint

Assembler Violeta N: 3, and N: 1. Abstract Mixed Media Wall Sculpture
Located in Miami Beach, FL
For many, rusty materials, pieces of glass or plastic fragments are not rubbish that should be left in the trash can.Finkelman's creative sensitivity has made these materials irrepla...
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2010s Minimalist Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Metal

"Day in the Life: Green #82", reconstructed egg sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Day in the Life: Green #82" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshell, mica, and acrylic. This piece measures 4”h x 2.5”w x 2.5”d, and is shi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Glue, Found Objects, Acrylic, Mica, Organic Material

"The Kiss (Pretzel)", reconstructed egg assemblage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "The Kiss (Pretzel)" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshells, mica, PVA. This piece measures 6”h x 11.5”w x 8”d. Kate VanVliet is a sculpt...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Glue, Found Objects, Mica, Organic Material, Acrylic

"Lisa's Trip", Abstract Patterns, Geometric Abstraction, Woodcut Monoprint
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Lisa's Trip" is an original piece by Alexis Nutini and is made from a woodcut monoprint mounted on panel. This piece measures 14.5"h x 19"w. Born in Mexico City,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Found Objects, Panel, Monoprint, Woodcut

"The Tickler", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "The Tickler" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshells, mica, and PVA. This piece measures 2.5” x 5”x 3.5”. Kate VanVliet is a sculptor and...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Glue, Found Objects, Mica, Acrylic

"NNNAPES!" Abstract, wall hanging sculpture, found objects
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "NNNAPES!" is an original artwork by Jim Houser and is made of assembled objects. This piece measures approximately 30.5”h x 30.5”w x 7”d and ships in the pictured ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Found Objects, Acrylic

Jo Yarrington, Mute-Ability_Composition 1, 2019_acrylic, steel, player piano rol
Located in Darien, CT
Jo Yarrington’s photographs, prints, works on paper, glass sculptures and architecturally-based installations have been shown in exhibitions at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Yale University, Cornell University, the Museum of Glass, the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Artists Space, St. John the Divine Cathedral, Grounds for Sculpture, the Museum of American Glass and ODETTA, among others. International exhibitions have included Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow University, Galeria Sala Uno and Centro de las Artes de Guanajuato. She represented the United States at the Sharjah Biennial, United Arab Emirates and participated in the Berlin Biennial. in 2010 she received the Bronze Prize, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, Macedonia. Yarrington is a recipient of artist grants and Fellowships from the Pollock Krasner Foundation, the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism. She has received Residency Fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, the Museum of Glass, the Museum of American Glass, the Bridge Virtual Residency/ SciArt Center, the Lucile Walton Fellow/Mountain Lake Biological Station, the Virginia Center for Creative Arts, the Anderson Center and the Ucross Foundation, among others. International grants and fellowships have included the Banff Center for Arts and Creativity/Canada, SIMS Residency/ Iceland, Cill Rialaig Artists Residency/Ireland, the Burren College of Art Residency/Ireland and the American Scandinavian Foundation. She is a Professor of Visual and Performing Arts at Fairfield University and lives and works in New York City. STATEMENT In site-specific exhibitions, public art commissions, collaborative and individual projects Jo Yarrington has used varied combinations of glass, waxed surfaces, found artifacts and experimental analog photography to investigate the way we perceive – searching for, experimenting with and developing throughout a sensory-based vernacular. Her mostly translucent materials function as physical framework and symbolic membrane. Light, both natural and ambient, provides a kinetic or time-based element to her work. Scale and the integration of architecture are also pivotal components. In the 6-part installation for the two-person exhibition Illuminated, Yarrington continues her interest in the connections between vision, sound and language. In Mute-ability: Compositions 1 – 6, her title for this light-based comprehensive work, she combines the words mute and malleability. The work focuses on found piano rolls, a music storage medium, originally conceived as coded notations or ‘note control data’ for music produced in pneumatic player pianos...
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2010s Conceptual Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Steel

Andra Samelson, Pemarom, 2013-2022, 1300 + cds, Edition of 5, Abstract Sculpture
Located in Darien, CT
The word in Tibetan for lotus is “Pema.” In Buddhism the lotus is a symbol of purity. The lotus is planted and rooted in the mud, but grows up through the water and into the vast sky...
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2010s Conceptual Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Mirror, Plastic, Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Other Medium

"Cornbread World Stage Shield", Acrylic on Vintage Street Sign, Graffiti
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This artwork titled "Cornbread World Stage Shield" is an original artwork by Cornbread made of acrylic paint on a retired Amsterdam street sign. The piece measures 60cm / 23.5in diam...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic

Coin Cunt XL
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Coin Cunt XL" is an original artwork made from kiss-lock coin purses and thread by Suzanna Scott. This piece measures approx. 4"x4", size varies Suzanna Scott is ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects, Thread

"Cornbread The First Element Shield (Brug)", Acrylic on Street Sign, Graffiti
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This artwork titled "Cornbread The First Element Shield (Brug)" is an original artwork by Cornbread made of acrylic paint on a retired Amsterdam street sign. The piece measures 80cm ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic

Large Red and Yellow Abstract African Rusted Metal Composition "Red Abstract 2"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Nyasha Mashumba, having been the apprentice of Mark Hilltout, has now started to carve out a career for himself as artist and designer, utilizing the medium and craft he has mastered...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Metal, Steel, Iron

"Philly Street IX (framed)", Abstract Patterns, Monoprint, Woodcut
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Philly Street IX" is an original piece by Alexis Nutini and is made from a woodcut and found object stencil monoprint. This piece meas...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Found Objects, Monoprint, Woodcut

"Egg Canoes: Duck #9-11", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "SEgg Canoes: Duck #9-11" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshell, mica, 3-D printed PETG, acrylic, pine. This piece measures 4”h x 10”w x 2...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Wood, Found Objects, Acrylic, Mica

"Day in the Life: Double Yolk #1", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Day in the Life: Double Yolk #1" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshell, mica, and acrylic. This piece measures 4”h x 2.5”w x 2.5”d, and i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Glue, Found Objects, Acrylic, Mica, Organic Material

"Chimaera: Green #7", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Chimaera: Green #12" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshells, mica, and PVA. This piece measures 3.5”h x 2.5”w x 2.5”d and ships with the ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Glue, Found Objects, Mica, Organic Material, Acrylic

"Chimaera: White #1", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Chimaera: White #1" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshells, mica, and PVA. This piece measures 3.5”h x 2.5”w x 2.5”d and ships with the p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Glue, Found Objects, Mica, Organic Material, Acrylic

"Philly Street V", Abstract Patterns, Geometric Abstraction, Woodcut Monoprint
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Philly Street V" is an original piece by Alexis Nutini and is made from a woodcut and found object stencil monoprint. This piece measures 40"h x 29.5"w and ships u...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects, Monoprint, Woodcut

'BOX KING" Assemblage, found objects, painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "BOX KING" is an original artwork by Jim Houser and is made of assembled objects. This piece measures approximately 32”h x 8.25”w x 3.5”d....
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic

"Day in the Life: Green #22", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Day in the Life: Green #22" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshell, mica, and acrylic. This piece measures 4”h x 2.5”w x 2.5”d, and is shi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Glue, Found Objects, Acrylic, Mica, Organic Material

"Philly Street VII", Abstract Patterns, Geometric Abstraction, Woodcut Monoprint
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Philly Street VII" is an original piece by Alexis Nutini and is made from a woodcut and found object monoprint. This piece measures 40"h x 29.5"w and ships unframe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Found Objects, Monoprint, Woodcut, Paper

USA (The Sciences): Abstract Colored Pencil & Postage Stamp
Located in Hudson, NY
USA (The Sciences), 2019 : Abstract Colored Pencil & Postage Stamp by Andrea Moreau 11" X 11" paper size colored pencil and postage stamp on paper 15 x 15 x 1 inches framed This co...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Found Objects, Archival Paper, Color Pencil

"Was Happy Cancelled?", Wall-Hanging Sculpture, Rainbow, Bright Colors, Smile
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This wall-hanging sculpture titled "Was Happy Cancelled?" is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma made of assorted & repurposed punched paper, hand-stitched ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Thread, Paper, Found Objects

"WELCOME TO MY BOOK COLLECTION" Vibrant Assemblage, Still life sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "WELCOME TO MY BOOK COLLECTION" is an original artwork by Jim Houser and is made of assembled objects. This piece measures approximately 2...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Found Objects, Acrylic

"Surge", Portrait, Figurative, Embroidery on Vintage Photograph
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Surge" is an original piece by Han Cao and is made from embroidery, inkjet print, and a vintage photograph. This piece measures 15.25"h x 12.25"w framed and is shi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Thread, Found Objects, Inkjet

Assembler Naranja N°1 and N°2. Abstract Mixed Media Wall Sculpture
Located in Miami Beach, FL
For many, rusty materials, pieces of glass or plastic fragments are not rubbish that should be left in the trash can.Finkelman's creative sensitivity has made these materials irrepla...
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2010s Minimalist Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Metal

"DUMPING GROUNDS" Abstract, paint drip sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "DUMPING GROUNDS" is an original artwork by Jim Houser and is made from acrylic, latex, and oil paints, steel can. This piece measures app...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Found Objects, Acrylic

Curios
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Curios" is an original artwork made from found object plates printed in relief and intaglio on Somerset by Katie VanVliet. This piece is shipped in the pictured wh...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Paper, Found Objects, Intaglio

"Diptych: Egg Bag & Insect Net" framed found object assemblage, hanging maquette
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Diptych: Egg Bag & Insect Net" is an original artwork made from beeswax, quail eggs, mica, plastic, copper, linen, and silverpoint, mounted ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Copper

Found Objects art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Found Objects 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. If you’re looking to add art created with this material to introduce a provocative pop of color and texture to an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, green, purple and other colors. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Reginald K. Gee, Katie VanVliet, Melisa Taylor Metzger, and Kat Flyn. 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 Found Objects art, so small editions measuring 0.01 inches across are also available

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