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Mixed Media For Sale
Period: 1970s
Period: 1980s
Brutalist Sailboats Metal Wall Art Sculpture Panel by Jacques Potage
Located in Atlanta, GA
Stunning handcrafted French brutalist metal wall art sculpture panel by Jacques Potage (1931 -). Mounted on a wood plank covered with textured pewter, the metal panel features a styl...
Category

1970s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Metal

Still Life - Mixed Media by Bernadette Kelly - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life is an original mixed media, realized by Bernadette Kelly in about 1980 s. Not signed The artist depicts an intimate still life scene. Few elements, simple lines marked b...
Category

1980s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

River Pebbel
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Title: River Pebbel, ca. 1970 Technique: Original Signed Stone, Photograph, Velvet and Plexiglass Object size: 17 x 12.5 x 13.5 cm / 6.7 x 4.9 x 5.3 in Additional Information: A u...
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1970s Mixed Media

Materials

Photogram, Plexiglass

1980s "Red Vessel" Abstract Mixed Media
Located in Arp, TX
Artist unknown "Red Vessel" c. 1980s Acrylic and charcoal on paper 22"x30 unframed Unsigned Very Good Condition - Minor wear consistent with age history.
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1980s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Acrylic

Two original abstract lithographs on plate signed limited edition shopping bag
Located in New York, NY
Frank Stella The Dayton's Bag, 1984 Two (2) separate offset lithographs: one on each side of a mixed media paper shopping bag 18 1/2 × 16 × 4 inches Plate signed "Frank Stella '84" twice: once on each side of the bag (see photos) This limited edition paper shopping bag with two different color offset lithographs (one on each side) was created by Frank Stella along with his longtime publisher Tyler Graphics. The work is plate signed Frank Stella on the top of each side, and each side bears the printed text, "Dayton's Salutes the Opening of Walker Art Center's New Galleries. Premiere Exhibition Selections from Tyler Graphics, 23 September '84 to 17 May '85." This elegant work, produced with the highest quality lithography by Frank Stella at Tyler Graphics, was created in a limited quantity solely for VIP collectors at that one day's event as it was a true one-off creation. Not too many of them have survived a quarter century on, and rarely in such good condition. Not too many people you know can boast that they possess a Frank Stella shopping bag. Note that this listing is for one two sided shopping bag, each side with a different color lithograph - so it's actually two Frank Stella lithographs...
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media

Materials

Offset, Lithograph, Mixed Media

Untitled - Watercolor with Collage
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Kenjilo (Kenji) Nanao – Japanese/American (1929-2013) Title: Untitled – Watercolor with collage Date: 1989 Medium: Watercolor with collage Image size: 39.5 x 38 inches Sheet ...
Category

1980s Other Art Style Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Only the Psychic has Reality
Located in London, GB
Charcoal, ink and ink wash, and collage on paper, signed and dated (lower right), 70cm x 51cm (78cm x 59cm framed). The picture is floated within the frame, behind non-reflective UV glass. Renowned as Australia’s foremost surrealist painter and poet, James Gleeson...
Category

1970s Post-War Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Ink

1988 "Night Glow I" Abstract Drawing
Located in Arp, TX
Elaine Kaufman Feiner (1922-2018) "Night Glow I" 1988 Watercolor and pastel on paper 30"x30" unframed Signed and dated in pencil lower right, titled reverse
Category

1980s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel, Watercolor

Aubrey Penny Collage "Mind Line" Sussex Series, Signed and Dated
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aubrey Penny Collage "Mind Line" Sussex Series 10-5553, Signed and Dated 1980 Size: 19" x 24" Aubrey Penny (American 1917-2000) was an innovative California abstract artist who work...
Category

1980s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper

Kimono with Peacock Feathers Lithograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Collagraph layered with mulberry paper by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b. 1948). Numbered, dated, titled, and signed along the bottom edge, "1/5 Stage 1 Kimono 3 Patricia A Pearce" (images altered for better viewing). Presented in a new off-white mat with foam core backing. Mat size: 30"H x 25"W Paper size: 27"H x 22"W Patricia Pearce (American, b. 1948) is a California artist who attended San Francisco State and UC Irvine and was the Adjunct Professor of Fine Art at the College of San Mateo. Her early work on paper explored images of garments using various printmaking techniques. Later, she began to work mainly in collagraph and monotype prints creating singular images of kimonos and ribbons in her subtle shifting, subdued pieces are constructed in a three-step process. Awards include Grade Prize, 3rd Biennial Exhibition of Prints, Wakayama Japan; Grant, Peninsula Community Foundation. Collections: Nieman Marcus, San Francisco; Wells Fargo, San Francisco Exhibitions...
Category

1980s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Ink, Mulberry Paper, Lithograph

1980's French Abstract Original Artwork Collage Painting Portrait Womens Face
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait French School, circa 1980's signed lower left corner painting on canvas with cutout paper collage applied to canvas, unframed canvas: 18 x 15 inches the painting is in overa...
Category

1980s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Magazine Paper

Study For Bauhaus
Located in Henderson, NV
Study For Bauhaus was originally done in 1974 and has been reimagined as a beautiful printed stretched canvas.
Category

1970s Abstract Geometric Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Pigment, Canvas

Aubrey Penny Original Collage "Mind-Line" Signed and Dated
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aubrey Penny Original Collage Signed and Dated 1980 Aubrey Penny "Mind Line" Collage Sussex Series 10-5554, 1980 Aubrey Penny (American 1917-2000) was an innovative California abstr...
Category

1980s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper

Aubrey Penny OriginalCollage "Mind Line" Kent Series, Signed and Dated
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aubrey Penny OriginalCollage "Mind Line" Kent Series 10-5408, 1980 Size: 19" x 24" Aubrey Penny (American 1917-2000) was an innovative California abstract artist who worked in a v...
Category

1980s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper

Aubrey Penny Original Collage "Mind Line" Series, Signed and Dated
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aubrey Penny Original Collage "Mind Line" Kent Series 10-5410, 1980 Size: 19" x 24" Aubrey Penny (American 1917-2000) was an innovative California abstract artist who worked in a v...
Category

1980s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper

Aubrey Penny Original Collage "Mind-Line" Kent Series, Signed and Dated
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aubrey Penny Original Collage "Mind-Line Kent Series 10-5407, 1980 Aubrey Penny (American 1917-2000) was an innovative California abstract artist who worked in a variety of mediums....
Category

1980s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper

Aubrey Penny OriginalCollage "Mind-Line" Sussex Series
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aubrey Penny Original "Mind-Line" Collage Sussex Series 10-5558, 1980 Aubrey Penny (American 1917-2000) was an innovative California abstract artist who worked in a variety of medi...
Category

1980s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper

Dove in Flight
Located in New York, NY
21 1/2 × 30 in 54.61 × 76.2 cm
Category

1980s Mixed Media

Materials

Etching

Young Model Portrait Mixed Media On Paper
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Young Model Expressionist Portrait Rutsch is always "scribbling and scrabbling." He is an artist of the purest breed—an artist who has no choice but to paint. He is a chosen traveler of the depths of existence; a man who follows a longing to explore his inner self and relate his findings with the energy and identity of the universe. The celebrated Austrian artist approaches painting and sculpture as he lives life—with the eyes of a child and the hand of a poet. Constantly in the quest for rhythms of form and vibrations of color, he catches those "sparks in the shadow" and evidences their fullest reality and beauty in his creations. Each of his paintings is a careful construction as it is a spontaneous act of love. While he might attribute certain artistic expressions to "coincidence," his inspiration comes from such diverse sources as: memories, dreams, sounds, numbers, telephone poles and drift wood. Rutsch has an affinity to vibrant colors, strong contours and rich brush strokes which are apparent in his oils, mixed media works and ink drawings. He has a sensitivity to the unusual, the discarded and a fondness for the ugly as well as the chaotic. These, he often transforms into poignant welded steel abstractions. Rutsch has an aversion to politics, citing dates and expounding upon honors achieved. There is no talk about 'profound symbolism' in his work and as Carlo McCormick writes in the introduction to Rutsch's monograph, "Meaning is not a seed that Rutsch plants, nurtures and then harvests. It is what grows wild in a volcanic swamp of fossilized, decaying and new-born fancies—as an afterthought and aftershock." Alexander Rutsch is not concerned with interpretations; he is, however, passionate about the process of making art and surrenders his entire being as an instrument to the act of creation. The geometry of his imagination overflows with figures, profiles and penetrating strong eyes—windows to a deeper place. Their vitality and sensuality pulsate through the "dreamscapes" of Rutsch's created worlds. At times romantic, yet always wild with energy, human forms and experiences are essential to the artist's vocabulary. The son of opera singers and a singer himself, Rutsch speaks of "the art of painting as the art of silence" and the job of the painter "to dedicate himself to the silence." He adds though, "that this silence is the greatest existing sound in the universe." One wonders why then, if painting is "the art of silence," that Rutsch's paintings scream with sound. Sometimes melancholy, sometimes sensual, sometimes dissonant and sometimes whispering, the rhythms are always rich in the celebration of life and our shared humanity. Painter, sculptor and poet, Rutsch's oeuvre over the past four decades is tremendous. Celebrated and collected especially in Vienna, Paris, Brussels and New York, he studied with renowned teachers like Boeckl and Dorowsky and collaborated with such geniuses as Salvador Dali. Having left Vienna in the fifties, Rutsch moved to Paris and took the city's art scene by storm. There, Picasso was so enthralled with a portrait Rutsch has done of him that, in a state of great excitement, he countersigned it. Biography Alexander Rutsch was born in Russia in 1916 but raised in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. After studying voice in Austria he became an opera singer like his parents, but after WWII, Rutsch's love for visual expression propelled him to change careers. He was a painter, sculptor, philosopher, musician, singer and poet. His life as a romantic is reflected in his work, as he sought to perfect his soul and humanity, "I paint my dreams," said Rutsch. "My dreams are color and life. They soar in my head like millions of symphonies. I can never stop building dreams." In 1952, after studying under Josef Dobrowsky, Josef Hoffmann and Herbert Boeckl at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, Alexander Rutsch received a scholarship to study in France. There he made contacts and began collaborations with his contemporaries, Picasso and Dali. Rutsch said of his experiences with Picasso, "Picasso played a short but important moment in my life in Paris that affected my entire artistic future. I learned from him that it is not important if art is not aesthetically finished. It can be raw, uncooked, rough. If an artist feels he has said it—it is not important to polish or finish it. Because of Picasso, I learned that if I don't feel the need to finish—I don't have to." In 1954 he exhibited his work at the Salon Artistique International de Saceux and won first prize for abstract painting, the first of may awards received during his prolific career. During the 13 years he lived in Paris, Rutsch exhibited in many prominent galleries there and throughout Europe. In 1958, The City of Paris awarded him the prestigious Arts, Science and Letters Silver Medal. In 1966, Jean Desvilles presented his prize winning film "Le Monde de Rutsch" at the Cannes Film Festival and the Venice Biennial. In 1968 Rutsch moved to Pelham, New York where he continued to work in his studio and exhibit in galleries and museums worldwide. Rutsch's work, as seen through his mastery of many art forms—sculpture, painting, print-making, and drawing, and a wide variety of other media has been described as "vibrating showers of lines, bold geometries, wounded anatomically rambling scrap-wood skeletons...
Category

1980s Expressionist Mixed Media

Materials

Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Watercolor

STATUE OF LIBERTY
Located in Aventura, FL
Original acrylic painting on canvas. Hand-signed in acrylic on front by Peter Max. Peter Canvas size 71.75 x 35.75 inches. Custom framed with hand painted filet. Frame size approx 86 x 50 inches. Max studio catalog number and year on verso. Artwork is in excellent condition. Gallery Art issued Certificate of Authenticity included. All reasonable offers will be considered. About the Artist: Peter Max (American, born 1937) is a German artist known for his unique brand of rainbow-hued prints and paintings, which he has created since the early 1960s. Employing painterly strokes, his illustrations incorporate a wide spectrum of colors and patterns as seen in his Umbrella Man series. “I'm just wowed by the universe. I'm just glad to do something I love to do. I love color, I love painting, I love shapes...
Category

1980s Pop Art Mixed Media

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

"Reaching, " Mixed Media Collage with Fabric by Jean Olds, 1983
Located in Long Island City, NY
This colorful abstract paper and fabric collage was created by American artist Jean Olds. Olds is known for her work with collages and flat mixed-media sculptures. This work in her t...
Category

1980s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Fabric, Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Senza Titolo, 1983, Tecnica mista su Cartone, Plexiglas, Pittura Analitica
Located in Milano, IT
Mixed media on cardboard in Plexiglas box. The work can be beautifully acquired with other pieces of the same size in order to create an installation, as shown in the photographs of the show. “Cardboard has been one of the most stimulating materials for me, […] it can be used in a thousand ways and with different procedures, but its structure, which I like to be part of the work, always remains intact”. (Paolo Masi...
Category

1980s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Plexiglass, Mixed Media, Cardboard

"Kabbalah" Modern Blue, Green, and Red Hebrew Inspired Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern colorful abstract gouache painting by Texas based artist Dee Wolf. The work features blue, red, and green diamond patterns overlayed with white accents. Titled "Kabbalah," the piece refers to the ancient Jewish tradition of mystical interpretation of the Bible. Signed, titled, and dated on reverse. Currently unframed, but options are available. Artist Biography: Dee Wolff is a Minnesota native, and studied at University of Houston; the Glassell School at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston; the C.G. Jung Center, Houston; and at the Oomoto School of Traditional Art in Japan. She has shown over 90 one-woman shows from 1977 to the present; some of these venues include the Dallas Museum of Art; Houston Museum of Fine Arts; Aspen Art...
Category

1980s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Gouache

Clarrisa
Located in New York, NY
Eric Rhein “Clarrisa” 1989 Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity Wire, suede, brocade fabric, and found objects 16.5 x 17.5 x 8.5 inches (41.9 x 44.5 x 21.6 cm) This work...
Category

1980s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Wire

Mixed Media Piece by Mexican Artist "Untitled"
Located in Troy, NY
This portrait of a woman in a green blouse shows Jorge Alzaga's beautiful skill with pastels. The way Alzaga used pastel adds a certain kind of softness to the portrait while still a...
Category

1980s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Pastel, Mixed Media, Pencil

Composition - Mixed Media by Patrick Lavaud - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is a contemporary artwork realized by Patrick Lavaud in 1982. Mixed media. Monogram of the artist and date on the lower margin. Hand signed on the back. Includes frame.
Category

1980s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

My Latin Heritage / El Cansearch Presidente
Located in New York, NY
A photographic mixed media piece created collaboratively by Jimmy DeSana and Diego Cortez. Jimmy DeSana (1949-1990), a key figure in the New York downtown scene of the 1970s and 80s...
Category

1970s Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Signed and dated 76 "Untitled" wood and paper collage by artist Louise Nevelson
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Untitled" wood and paper collage by artist Louise Nevelson. Hand-signed and dated Louise Nevelson -76. Framed under glass.
Category

1970s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Wood, Paper

Basquiat 1983 Beat Bop Vinyl Record
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Basquiat Beat Bop 1983: Original Beat Bop Vinyl Record, 1983 with music produced & arranged by Jean Michel Basquiat (see record label in photo for Jean Michel credit). 12x12 inches (30.48 x 30.48 cm). 1983. Record: Minor wear. Good overall vintage condition. Further Background: Jean-Michel Basquiat’s history with rap music runs deep. That connection was most visible in the “Beat Bop” 12-inch, a ten-minute sparring match between MCs/graffiti artists K-Rob and Rammellzee, which the legendary Brooklyn artist produced in 1983. Related Categories Basquiat beat bop. Vintage Basquiat. Basquiat 1983...
Category

1980s Pop Art Mixed Media

Materials

Plastic

Mixed media composition (1979) by Jack Thiack - 23x23 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Mixed media with frame and "passe-partout" Total size with the frame: 60x50x2 cm
Category

1970s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

Centennial Medal for the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Located in New York, NY
Frank Stella Centennial Medal for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1970 17 Color enamel on rhodium plated bronze plaque (incised signature an...
Category

1970s Pop Art Mixed Media

Materials

Metal, Enamel

"Gate of Hekhalot Visions, Sage Covered with Seals" Modern Neutral Tone Abstract
Located in Houston, TX
Modern neutral toned abstract gouache painting by Texas based artist Dee Wolff. The work features Hebrew text from Hekhalot literature surrounded by colorf...
Category

1980s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Gouache

'Abstraction in Coral, Aqua and Gold', 1970's American School Abstract Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
American School, unsigned and painted circa 1975. A vivid and upbeat oil abstract comprising discrete areas of golden-yellow, coral and aqua-turquoise...
Category

1970s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Chalk, Pastel, Acrylic

Portrait of A Young Model Work On Paper
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Young Model II Expressionist Portrait Rutsch is always "scribbling and scrabbling." He is an artist of the purest breed—an artist who has no choice but to paint. He is a chosen traveler of the depths of existence; a man who follows a longing to explore his inner self and relate his findings with the energy and identity of the universe. The celebrated Austrian artist approaches painting and sculpture as he lives life—with the eyes of a child and the hand of a poet. Constantly in the quest for rhythms of form and vibrations of color, he catches those "sparks in the shadow" and evidences their fullest reality and beauty in his creations. Each of his paintings is a careful construction as it is a spontaneous act of love. While he might attribute certain artistic expressions to "coincidence," his inspiration comes from such diverse sources as: memories, dreams, sounds, numbers, telephone poles and drift wood. Rutsch has an affinity to vibrant colors, strong contours and rich brush strokes which are apparent in his oils, mixed media works and ink drawings. He has a sensitivity to the unusual, the discarded and a fondness for the ugly as well as the chaotic. These, he often transforms into poignant welded steel abstractions. Rutsch has an aversion to politics, citing dates and expounding upon honors achieved. There is no talk about 'profound symbolism' in his work and as Carlo McCormick writes in the introduction to Rutsch's monograph, "Meaning is not a seed that Rutsch plants, nurtures and then harvests. It is what grows wild in a volcanic swamp of fossilized, decaying and new-born fancies—as an afterthought and aftershock." Alexander Rutsch is not concerned with interpretations; he is, however, passionate about the process of making art and surrenders his entire being as an instrument to the act of creation. The geometry of his imagination overflows with figures, profiles and penetrating strong eyes—windows to a deeper place. Their vitality and sensuality pulsate through the "dreamscapes" of Rutsch's created worlds. At times romantic, yet always wild with energy, human forms and experiences are essential to the artist's vocabulary. The son of opera singers and a singer himself, Rutsch speaks of "the art of painting as the art of silence" and the job of the painter "to dedicate himself to the silence." He adds though, "that this silence is the greatest existing sound in the universe." One wonders why then, if painting is "the art of silence," that Rutsch's paintings scream with sound. Sometimes melancholy, sometimes sensual, sometimes dissonant and sometimes whispering, the rhythms are always rich in the celebration of life and our shared humanity. Painter, sculptor and poet, Rutsch's oeuvre over the past four decades is tremendous. Celebrated and collected especially in Vienna, Paris, Brussels and New York, he studied with renowned teachers like Boeckl and Dorowsky and collaborated with such geniuses as Salvador Dali. Having left Vienna in the fifties, Rutsch moved to Paris and took the city's art scene by storm. There, Picasso was so enthralled with a portrait Rutsch has done of him that, in a state of great excitement, he countersigned it. Biography Alexander Rutsch was born in Russia in 1916 but raised in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. After studying voice in Austria he became an opera singer like his parents, but after WWII, Rutsch's love for visual expression propelled him to change careers. He was a painter, sculptor, philosopher, musician, singer and poet. His life as a romantic is reflected in his work, as he sought to perfect his soul and humanity, "I paint my dreams," said Rutsch. "My dreams are color and life. They soar in my head like millions of symphonies. I can never stop building dreams." In 1952, after studying under Josef Dobrowsky, Josef Hoffmann and Herbert Boeckl at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, Alexander Rutsch received a scholarship to study in France. There he made contacts and began collaborations with his contemporaries, Picasso and Dali. Rutsch said of his experiences with Picasso, "Picasso played a short but important moment in my life in Paris that affected my entire artistic future. I learned from him that it is not important if art is not aesthetically finished. It can be raw, uncooked, rough. If an artist feels he has said it—it is not important to polish or finish it. Because of Picasso, I learned that if I don't feel the need to finish—I don't have to." In 1954 he exhibited his work at the Salon Artistique International de Saceux and won first prize for abstract painting, the first of may awards received during his prolific career. During the 13 years he lived in Paris, Rutsch exhibited in many prominent galleries there and throughout Europe. In 1958, The City of Paris awarded him the prestigious Arts, Science and Letters Silver Medal. In 1966, Jean Desvilles presented his prize winning film "Le Monde de Rutsch" at the Cannes Film Festival and the Venice Biennial. In 1968 Rutsch moved to Pelham, New York where he continued to work in his studio and exhibit in galleries and museums worldwide. Rutsch's work, as seen through his mastery of many art forms—sculpture, painting, print-making, and drawing, and a wide variety of other media has been described as "vibrating showers of lines, bold geometries, wounded anatomically rambling scrap-wood skeletons...
Category

1980s Expressionist Mixed Media

Materials

Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Watercolor

Portrait Of A Young Model Work On Paper
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Portrait Of A Young Model Work On Paper Rutsch is always "scribbling and scrabbling." He is an artist of the purest breed—an artist who has no choice but to paint. He is a chosen traveler of the depths of existence; a man who follows a longing to explore his inner self and relate his findings with the energy and identity of the universe. The celebrated Austrian artist approaches painting and sculpture as he lives life—with the eyes of a child and the hand of a poet. Constantly in the quest for rhythms of form and vibrations of color, he catches those "sparks in the shadow" and evidences their fullest reality and beauty in his creations. Each of his paintings is a careful construction as it is a spontaneous act of love. While he might attribute certain artistic expressions to "coincidence," his inspiration comes from such diverse sources as: memories, dreams, sounds, numbers, telephone poles and drift wood. Rutsch has an affinity to vibrant colors, strong contours and rich brush strokes which are apparent in his oils, mixed media works and ink drawings. He has a sensitivity to the unusual, the discarded and a fondness for the ugly as well as the chaotic. These, he often transforms into poignant welded steel abstractions. Rutsch has an aversion to politics, citing dates and expounding upon honors achieved. There is no talk about 'profound symbolism' in his work and as Carlo McCormick writes in the introduction to Rutsch's monograph, "Meaning is not a seed that Rutsch plants, nurtures and then harvests. It is what grows wild in a volcanic swamp of fossilized, decaying and new-born fancies—as an afterthought and aftershock." Alexander Rutsch is not concerned with interpretations; he is, however, passionate about the process of making art and surrenders his entire being as an instrument to the act of creation. The geometry of his imagination overflows with figures, profiles and penetrating strong eyes—windows to a deeper place. Their vitality and sensuality pulsate through the "dreamscapes" of Rutsch's created worlds. At times romantic, yet always wild with energy, human forms and experiences are essential to the artist's vocabulary. The son of opera singers and a singer himself, Rutsch speaks of "the art of painting as the art of silence" and the job of the painter "to dedicate himself to the silence." He adds though, "that this silence is the greatest existing sound in the universe." One wonders why then, if painting is "the art of silence," that Rutsch's paintings scream with sound. Sometimes melancholy, sometimes sensual, sometimes dissonant and sometimes whispering, the rhythms are always rich in the celebration of life and our shared humanity. Painter, sculptor and poet, Rutsch's oeuvre over the past four decades is tremendous. Celebrated and collected especially in Vienna, Paris, Brussels and New York, he studied with renowned teachers like Boeckl and Dorowsky and collaborated with such geniuses as Salvador Dali. Having left Vienna in the fifties, Rutsch moved to Paris and took the city's art scene by storm. There, Picasso was so enthralled with a portrait Rutsch has done of him that, in a state of great excitement, he countersigned it. Biography Alexander Rutsch was born in Russia in 1916 but raised in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. After studying voice in Austria he became an opera singer like his parents, but after WWII, Rutsch's love for visual expression propelled him to change careers. He was a painter, sculptor, philosopher, musician, singer and poet. His life as a romantic is reflected in his work, as he sought to perfect his soul and humanity, "I paint my dreams," said Rutsch. "My dreams are color and life. They soar in my head like millions of symphonies. I can never stop building dreams." In 1952, after studying under Josef Dobrowsky, Josef Hoffmann and Herbert Boeckl at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, Alexander Rutsch received a scholarship to study in France. There he made contacts and began collaborations with his contemporaries, Picasso and Dali. Rutsch said of his experiences with Picasso, "Picasso played a short but important moment in my life in Paris that affected my entire artistic future. I learned from him that it is not important if art is not aesthetically finished. It can be raw, uncooked, rough. If an artist feels he has said it—it is not important to polish or finish it. Because of Picasso, I learned that if I don't feel the need to finish—I don't have to." In 1954 he exhibited his work at the Salon Artistique International de Saceux and won first prize for abstract painting, the first of may awards received during his prolific career. During the 13 years he lived in Paris, Rutsch exhibited in many prominent galleries there and throughout Europe. In 1958, The City of Paris awarded him the prestigious Arts, Science and Letters Silver Medal. In 1966, Jean Desvilles presented his prize winning film "Le Monde de Rutsch" at the Cannes Film Festival and the Venice Biennial. In 1968 Rutsch moved to Pelham, New York where he continued to work in his studio and exhibit in galleries and museums worldwide. Rutsch's work, as seen through his mastery of many art forms—sculpture, painting, print-making, and drawing, and a wide variety of other media has been described as "vibrating showers of lines, bold geometries, wounded anatomically rambling scrap-wood skeletons...
Category

1980s Expressionist Mixed Media

Materials

Watercolor, Charcoal, Oil Pastel

Jean-Michel Basquiat, (monograph, Hand signed and numbered by Basquiat)
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1985 Limited Edition Artist's Book with Offset Lithographs. Hand signed and numbered by Jean-Michel Basquiat Hand signed and numb...
Category

1980s Pop Art Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media, Offset

"Gate 5 Hekhalot Visions Flaming Letters, Fiery Creatives" Modern Abstract
Located in Houston, TX
Modern colorful abstract gouache painting by Texas based artist Dee Wolff. The work features Hebrew text from Hekhalot literature surrounded by yellow burs...
Category

1980s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Gouache

Feliciano Bejar REHILETE #2 Mixed Media Avant Garde Artwork
By Feliciano Béjar
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Latin American Subject: Abstract Medium: Mixed Media, Collage Country: Mexico Dimensions w/Frame: 16.75 x 16.5 Feliciano Béjar Ruíz (1920 – February 1, 2007) was a Mexican artist and artisan, best known for a style of sculpture called “magiscopios” which involved various materials along with crystals and/or lenses to play with light or create distorted visions. He was born in rural central Mexico and was completely self-taught as an artist. He was creative as a young child, drawing and creating his first sculpture like pieces from papier-mâché. His art career began in New York, where he had travelled and lived for a time in Hell’s Kitchen. His drawing the attention of Arthur Ewart and Frances Coleman, with the latter helping him have his first exhibition and whose husband helped sponsor his time in Europe. In his later life, Béjar withdrew from the art world for about sixteen years, disillusioned with it and retreating to his ranch in the State of Mexico. He returned in 1998, with a retrospective of his work in Mexico City and continued to show his work until shortly before his death. He worked as an assistant to a carpenter, sweeping out the shop in exchange for wood scraps. He used these to create toys and even large imaginary cities. When he was fifteen, he began to teach himself art using various scrap materials. At this time muralist José Clemente Orozco was in his town to paint scenes of the Mexican Revolution on the town library. Bejar brought him some drawings to show, he did not want to see them. Later in life he stated that he did not think well of the muralists and considered them false and frauds. He said that their work was supposedly for the people but they could not be understood without interpretation and the main ones (Rivera, Siqueiros and Orozco) shut out other artists. When he got to New York in the 1940s, he was disappointed and thought it ugly. He wanted to return but had no money so he had to work menial jobs and live in Hell’s Kitchen. During this time in New York, he was put in touch with English painter Arthur Ewart who encouraged him to get back to art, particularly painting. He also met socialite Frances Colman, while copying paintings...
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1980s Modern Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

'Cascade' — Contemporary African American Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Ralph Arnold, 'Cascade', mixed media: acrylic, pencil, conté crayon, marker, oil; 1986-88. Signed 'Arnold' and dated '86-88' in pencil, lower right. A fin...
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1980s Abstract Geometric Mixed Media

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Conté, Oil, Acrylic, Felt Pen

Girl - Mixed Media By Antonio Bueno - 1970s
By Antonio Bueno
Located in Roma, IT
Girl is an original modern artwork realized by Antonio Bueno in 1970s. Bounded bronze framed. Signature and specimen inscribed on the lower margin. Edi...
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1970s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Bronze

Homage to Futurism - Mixed Media by Stefania Lotti - 1976
Located in Roma, IT
Homage to futurism is a mixed media artwork realized by Stefania Lotti in 1976. Hand signed by the artist on the right margin. The artwork is framed (36.5 x 2 x 48.4 cm). The w...
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1970s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Mickey Mouse - Collage by John S. Fawcett - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Mickey Mouse is an original modern artwork realized by John S. Fawcett in 1972. Mixed colored collage on paper. Hand signed and dated on the lower margin. Includes frame: 36 x 28....
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1970s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Mixed Media, Paper

Up the Avenue, Geometrical Ovoid Abstract Acrylic & Collage Cityscape
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Up the Avenue, 1979 Acrylic and collage on paper Signed and dated lower right 15 x 11 inches A surrealist mid-century figural abstract...
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1970s American Modern Mixed Media

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Acrylic, Mixed Media

1970's French Pop Art Collage Cut Out Artwork Underground Music Man
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French School, circa 1970's paper stuck on canvas with cut out magazine shapes 21.5 x 15 inches provenance: from a private collection in Paris, France The painting is in sound condit...
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1970s Pop Art Mixed Media

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Magazine Paper, Canvas

The Female Figure Sleeping - Mixed Media by Bernadette Kelly - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
The Female Figure sleeping is an original mixed media drawing, realized by Bernadette Kelly in 1980s. Is not signed. The artist depicts a sensual figure of a woman lying down, whil...
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1980s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Israeli Contemporary Abstract Geometric Pigment, Oil Painting Aharon Gluska 1985
Located in Surfside, FL
Aharon Gluska (b. 1951) Pigment and oil paint, mixed media painting on archival paper. Dimensions (H, W, D): 22.5"h, 13"w image; 32"H, 24"w frame Provenance: Siegel Collection, Florida. The Siegels' collection was acquired under the guidance of Lawrence Salander of Salander-O'Reilly Gallery in New York in the late 1980s. Aharon Gluska (born 1951) is an Israeli–American painter. Gluska was born in 1951 in Hadera, Israel. He studied at the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris and Avni Institute of Fine Arts in Tel Aviv. Grants Gluska received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Jackson Pollock- Lee Krasner Foundation. Awards Gluska was one of two winners along with Moshe Kupferman, of the 1996 Zussman Prize for artists dealing with the Holocaust, from the Yad Vashem museum, for his paintings of prisoners at Auschwitz based on photographs of them taken by their Nazi guards. Exhibitions: Bertha Urdang Gallery, NY, USA 1983 Aharon Gluska: Painting and Drawings 1985-1986 Bertha Urdang Gallery, NY, USA 1986 Group Exhibitions The Disciplined Spirit, Exit Art, New York, USA Artists: Nahum Tevet, Micha Ullman, Aaron Gluska, Jacob El Hanani, Moshe Kupferman, Gilad Ophir, Joshua Neustein, Bertha Urdang Gallery, NY, USA Artists: Larry Abramson, Yosef Zaritsky, Zelig Segal...
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1980s Abstract Geometric Mixed Media

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Paper, Mixed Media, Oil, Pigment

Aubrey Penny Mind Line Series Collage #3504
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original collage signed and dated by Aubrey Penny. Aubrey Penny (American 1917-2000) was an innovative California abstract artist who worked in a variety of mediums. Owner of the No...
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1970s Abstract Mixed Media

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Paper, Tape, Archival Paper

Very Large Coffee Cup Painting by Aaron Fink
Located in Surfside, FL
Aaron Fink (American, b. 1955) Coffee Cup Signed and dated "Aaron Fink 84" lower right. framed. Provenance: From an important Massachusetts corporate collection. Floated against a foam core backing so that the edges of the sheet are visible. The two tiny tears are probably at site of old tack holes, where the tacks pulled through the paper due to the weight. Born in Boston, Fink received his BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and his MFA from the Yale University School of Art. His work has been exhibited widely throughout the U.S., Europe, Japan and Australia. He has been the subject of solo exhibitions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Muskegon Museum of Art, Michigan, the Rockford Art Museum, Illinois, and Colorado State University, Fort Collins. In 2002 a monograph on Fink’s work, Out of the Ordinary, was published, with text by Eleanor Heartney. In 1983 Fink met the collector John...
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1980s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

“The Dance Lesson”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original media media of watercolor, gouache and oil pastel on archival paper by the master pastel artist, Frank Frederico. Circa 1980. Signed by the artist top left. Condition is excellent. The subject is a children’s dance class with rich, vibrant colors. The artwork is housed in a thin brass toned metal frame with linen liner. UV clear plexiglass protects the artwork. Overall framed measurements are 26.25 by 38.25 inches. Provenance: Sarasota, Florida estate. Frank Federico ” I believe that art is as capricious as nature’s own whims. It is as permanent as the endless striving for universal harmony, but In a constant flux. My technique is varied with mood and empathy for the subject matter or motif. Nature provides the catalyst — human or otherwise — with this constant flux of rhythms, shapes and boundless energy. Each painting speaks for itself and has a life of its own. I am the stoker of energy, the catalyzer.” Artists Awards 2002: 2nd Prize, Louisiana Watercolor Society Annual National Exhibition; The Great American Art Works Fantastic Award, Pastel Society of North Florida Annual; 2001: Jack Richeson Award, Pastel Society of Painters on Cape Cod International Exhibit; Daler Rowney Gift Certificate, CPS Eighth Annual National Renaissance in Pastel; President’s Solo Exhibit Award, Kent Art Association. 2000: J. R. Reeves Award, CPS Renaissance in Pastels Annual Exhibit; 2nd Prize New England Pastel Society Annual; 1st Prize Watercolor, Artists Academic 50th Annual Exhibition; James G. Saunders Memorial Award, North Shore Art Association Open Juried Show 2000; Hahnemuhle Pastel Paper Award, PSA 28th Annual Open 2000; 2nd Prize, New England Watercolor Society Open Juried Show 2000; Best in Watercolor, Academic Artists Open Juried Show 2000, 1st Prize Watercolor, Academic Artists National, Springfield, MA; Portrait Award Pastel Journal 100 annual, Albuquerque, New Mexico 1999: Best in Show CT Pastel Society Annual Renaissance in Pastels; Honored as Master Pastellist by Pastel Society of America; National Renaissance in Pastel Award; inner Catalog Cover Contest for the IAPS 1999 Convention in Albuquerque, NM; Grumbacher Gold Medal Award, CA Watercolor Assoc 31st National; First prize pastels 199 SCAN Juried Art Show; Kemper Association Architects Award for Design, 1999 West Hartford league Open Juried Show. 1998: Pastel Society of American – 26th Annual Pastel Exhibition – Uschi Grueterich Memorial Award; Kent Art Association – Kent Fall Show – Best in Show (Pastel); National Watercolor Society – 8th Annual – Daler Rowney Merchandise Award (also elected signature member); Piedmont Hall Art Exhibit (Somers, CT ) 1st Prize Watercolor; Louisiana Watercolor Society Award – Edward Dupont Award; Society of Creative Artists of Newtown (SCAN) 1st Prize Watercolor; Rockport Art Association – Marguerite Pearson Gold Medal Award in painting, graphics or sculpture 1997: Society of Pastel Painters on Cape Cod – Landscape Award; Connecticut Pastel Society – B & S Publications Award Prior to 1997 Mr. Federico has received many outstanding awards including the Bronze, Silver and Gold Grumbacher medals. Selected Exhibitions International / National The National Gallery – Tokyo, Japan National Society of Painters in Casein & Acrylic Gallery Vallhall – Stockholm, Sweden Allied Artists of America Salmagundi Club Pastel Society of America New England Watercolor Society National Watercolor Society Regional PS Gallery – Litchfield, CT Copley Art Society – Boston, MA John Slade Ely House – New Haven, CT Greene Art Gallery – Guilford, CT . Current Teaching Affiliations West Hartford Art League – West Hartford, CT Greenville Arms – Greenville, NY Rockport Art Association – Rockport, MA North Shore Art League – Gloucester, MA Selected Articles Publications Plein Air Painting with a Fauvist Touch, Pastel Society of America Newsletter (April 2000) A Colorist Approach to Pastel, The Pastel Journal (Nov/Dec 1999) A Workshop Experience, The Pastel Journal (Nov/Dec 1999) Odyssey of a Mural’ by Frank Federico Litchfield Living – Profile of an Artist, September 1994 (cover story) Forman School 1991-1992 Annual Report Waterbury Republican-American – Mural Reflects Diversity of UConn Campus – May 1992 The Hartford Courant – UConn Mural Marks Change – June 1992 Gallery Affiliations Soho Gallery – Branchville, CT Elaine Beckwith Gallery – Jamaica, VT PS Gallery – Litchfield, CT The Gallery – Burlingame, CA Collections Selected Corporate Private IBM – New Orleans, LA Edward G. Robinson Gulf Oil – Houston, TX Natalie Wood Hart Development Corp Dick Ebersol & Susan St. James Brunei M/M Chris Berman Jack Eckerd Corp. – FL Dr. William Taylor CT School of Broadcasting Murals University of CT – Storrs Gorton Seafood Co – Rockport, MA YMCA – New Orleans, LA Detail fromSnow Scene . Street Scene Selected Signature Memberships 2002: Signature Member Status, North Shore Arts Association, Gloucester, MA National Society of Painters in Casein & Acrylic Connecticut Watercolor Society Connecticut Pastel Society Pastel Society of America Allied Artists of America, Kent Art Association Degas Pastel...
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1980s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Oil Pastel, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Abstract Painting Red Pink, Gold Leaf and Blue Royal Society of Arts Africa
Located in Norfolk, GB
Anthony Benjamin, 'Intitled', acrylic and gouache on gold leaf board, image size 8" x 10", 1999. Artist Estate Stamp on verso Provenance: From the Artist Estate A Gallery Certificat...
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1980s Abstract Geometric Mixed Media

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Gold Leaf

Second Mesa (Hopi Pueblo, Arizona), Multicolored Southwest Mixed Media Landscape
Located in Denver, CO
'Second Mesa (Hopi Pueblo, Arizona)' is a watercolor, ink, and charcoal on paper by Bert Van Bork (1928-2014). Signed by the artist in the lower right co...
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1980s American Modern Mixed Media

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Charcoal, Archival Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Viva, Warhol and Ultra Violet
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Viva, Warhol and Ultra Violet Collage on board, 1973 Signed with estate stamp on reverse (see photo) The original photograph used in this collage depicts ...
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1970s Pop Art Mixed Media

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Other Medium

New York State Governor's Arts Award, unique signed painted bronze sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Nancy Graves New York State Governor's Arts Award, 1988 Bronze, polychrome patina and baked enamel on base with Award plaque 10 1/4 × 7 × 10 1/4 inches Ha...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media

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Bronze, Enamel

In this Society Children See Adults Smiling While Missing That Spiritual Eye
By Lonnie Holley
Located in Chattahoochee Hills, GA
One-Person Exhibitions 2022 Coming From the Earth, curated by Peter Doroshenko, Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, TX The Growth of Communication, Edel Assanti Gallery, London, UK 2021 The Influence of Images, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR Tangled Up in de Kooning’s Fence, South Etna, Montauk, NY Everything That Wasn’t White, Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY 2019 Somewhere in a Dream I Got Lost, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC 2017 The Weight of Everything, James Fuentes, New York, NY I Snuck Off the Slave Ship, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA Which Do We Drop First, the Baby or the Bomb?, James Fuentes, New York, NY 2015 Something to Take My Place, Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, Charleston, SC Supported by the Power, John Hope Franklin Center, Duke University, Durham...
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1980s Mixed Media

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Wood, Plywood, House Paint

1980s Abstract "Wild" Collage and Painting on Wood
Located in Arp, TX
Rubio "Wild" 1989 Collage and paint on board 23x41.75" Signed and dated in paint on reverse Very Good Condition - Minor wear consistent with age and history
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1980s Abstract Mixed Media

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Fabric, Wood, Oil

The Big Door - Mixed Media by Leo Guida - 1986
Located in Roma, IT
The Big Door (La Grande Porta) is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1986 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Relief ...
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1980s Abstract Mixed Media

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Wood, Mixed Media

“Wrongrong” publication [Based on “Un Cadaver” by André Breton, 1924]
Located in New York, NY
“Wrongrong” publication [Based on “Un Cadaver” by André Breton, 1924] 1987 Newsprint publication 15 x 12.5 inches This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
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1980s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Paper

Interior with Night vVsion - Mixed Media by Bernadette Kelly - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Interior with night vision is an original mixed media, realized by Bernadette Kelly in about 1980 s. Hand signed on the lower right margin The artist depicts a scene of an interior...
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1980s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

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Mixed media is distinct from multimedia, which describes art involving electronic media, including video, computers and digital elements. Artists combine painting, drawing, photography and sculpture for mixed media art. Instead of sticking to one form, they aim to break boundaries and create unique pieces. Pop art is one of the vibrant periods for mixed media art, with Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg among its most fabled producers. Rauschenberg, like many mixed media artists, used found objects in his work, from cast-off furniture to newspapers.

Collage is one of the most well-known areas of mixed media. Artists use various types of paper, fabric, photographs and more to create one cohesive work. A type of collage is assemblage, which involves 3D objects.

While artists may use fabric in collage, it can be the very substance of the art itself. Fabric art makes extensive use of texture. Artists may paint or embroider on fabric to create layers of texture and color to evoke a specific feeling. They can also transfer photos onto fabric for innovative ways to display visuals.

Resin-based art has clean, sharp lines and a definitive shape. Resin is a liquid that hardens to a high-gloss surface and is used to seal wood, counters and floors. Resin can also seal artwork, and many artists tint it using pigment powder, ink, spray paint and other vivid materials. If water is added, the resin will turn milky instead of being completely transparent. It’s common for artists working in mixed media to use resin on nontraditional surfaces like glass, wood, metal and stone. This creates a shine that’s perfect to brighten a dull space in the home or office.

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