Art by Medium: Precious Stone

Pastel on paper Framed 85 x 65 cm

Pastel on paper Framed 85 x 65 cm

Pastel on paper Framed 85 x 65 cm

Pastel on Arches paper

MATT SMITH Joey (Spout with pearls), 2021 Black Parian, Freshwater pearls 20 x 12 x 7 cm 7 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. (MS211)

This unique and colorful painting has natural texture with natural pigmented soils on wood. It is Textured with 10 year seasoned slaked lime. Minerals from iron and copper mine. Pyri...

MATT SMITH Aiden (Spout with pearls), 2021 Black Parian, Freshwater pearls 20 x 12 x 6 cm 7 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 2 1/4 in.

The artist says of her work... Arrested Symphony is an exhibition incorporating sculptures, reliefs, drawings and hanging works that explore the theme of injustice that is at the roots of the predatory gem and mineral excavation industry. While at a residency in Knoxville, Tennessee, I discovered that Oakridge was only 30 miles away. Oakridge played a key role in the development of the Atom Bomb and the Manhattan Project. I began an exploration and comparison of Uranium and Emeralds. These minerals look very much alike, beautiful but dangerous on their effect on civil conflict. Colombia my birthplace, has the finest Emeralds in the world. The mining of Emeralds was an important element in the continued colonization of the region. Emeralds have helped to fund the more than 60-year conflict which has taken over 450,000 lives and displaced about 5.7 million people. Uranium has brought destruction to a level which altered the future of warfare. The developments made during the Manhattan Project led to the death of about 700,000 people and its effects are still felt around the world. I use Colombia as an example, however this situation is repeating itself in many parts of the world. Sierra Leone, Liberia, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo are all involved in brutal civil conflicts fueled by Blood Diamonds. This project will make visual the human cost extracted with these minerals, once exposed to the light of day they can never be unearthed. My practice is an ongoing object-based exploration through which I create artworks which are organic and improvisational constructions that are infused with hope and renewal. The hand-crafted artworks are poetically and intricately crafted, creating an intimate repository for the individual and collective memory and implement the human body as a symbol and expression of nature, vulnerability and power. The work encourages viewers to reconsider social and historical narratives especially when dealing with the aftermath of Colonialism and raises critical questions about the politics of erasure and exclusion. ESPERANZA CORTÉS is a Colombian born contemporary multidisciplinary artist based in New York City. Cortés has exhibited in the United States in solo and group exhibitions in venues including Smack Mellon Gallery, Neuberger Museum of Art, Bronx Museum of Art, Queens Museum, El Museo Del Barrio, MoMA PS1, Socrates Sculpture Park and White-box Gallery in New York City. Nationally Cortes exhibitions include Cleveland Art Museum, OH, CSU Galleries at Cleveland University, OH, Helen Day Art Center, VT and The Lorenzo Homar...

aurèce vettier, an art project founded in 2009 by Paul Mouginot (b. 1990), derives its alias from an algorithm to highlight its unique artistic identity with a collaborative, hybrid ...

Artist Commentary: I let my instincts lead me. After laying a background of color and stamping, the piece called for the addition of string that wound around the surface. The windm...

Artist Commentary: An old disliked cityscape was painted over! It was as if a fog swept over the underpainting and muted it. I had to pay close attention to creating space and light...

Continuance Ring 4 is a one-of-a kind wearable art piece by Alexandra Forsythe and part of the Instantiating Time Collection. A body of work reflecting objects...

Artist: Yvonne Love Title: From the series Alluvial Size: 48" x 36" Medium: Modeling Paste and Resin Year: 2021 ​Yvonne Love is an American sculptor and ...

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MATT SMITH (BRITISH) Jeff (Spout with pearls), 2021 Black Parian, Freshwater pearls 29 x 12 x 10 cm 11 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 4 in. (MS212) UK-born Matt Smith is well known for his site-spec...

Follow up photo we be replace the enclosed as all the detail is washed out from the flash. Additional photos if requested . A photo certificate accompanies this painting. It is frame...

Hard Carved Afghani blue Lapis Alia Ali is a Yemeni-Bosnian-US multi-media artist. Her work explores cultural binaries, challenges culturally sanctioned oppression, and confronts th...

Hard Carved Afghani blue Lapis Alia Ali is a Yemeni-Bosnian-US multi-media artist. Her work explores cultural binaries, challenges culturally sanctioned oppression, and confronts th...

Houben R.T is an Avant-garde painter and draftsman with his own unmistakable voice. Houben was born in Bulgaria and graduated with a degree in painting from the Conservative Art Acad...

A pastel drawing by Peter Lobello from 1991. An abstract drawing of multiple layered line strokes. Signed and framed in light wooden frame. Artist: Peter Lobello Title: Gold Ve...