Sierra Pecheur

Tidal Heart (tar) #3

2014

A Vintage Bruno Mathsson 3-Seater Eva settee.

Michele Pred Persist, 2019 Electroluminiscent wire on vintage purse 12 x 13 x 2 1/2 inches (30.5 x 33 x 6.4 cm) Edition 2/10

Tom Friedman Styrofoamlights, 2006 Styrofoam and Christmas tree lights 42 x 37 x 7 1/2 inches (106.7 x 94 x 19.1 cm)

Michele Pred Equal Rights , 2019 Electroluminiscent wire on vintage purse 12 x 12 x 3 inches (30.5 x 30.5 x 7.6 cm) Edition 6/10

Tony Matelli Urethane on mirror, Sex, 2011 Urethane on mirror 60 x 36 inches (152.4 x 91.4 cm)

Tom Friedman Untitled (Box Cutout), c. 2000 Cardboard Framed: 31 x 28 1/4 inches (78.7 x 71.8 cm)

Eighteen bright golden chrysalis sculptures had in a grid on metal specimen pins. Each chrysalis is meticulously hand sculpted in a durable epoxy clay without the use of molds and p...

This piece was created with a real found snail shell and durable epoxy clay by New York artist, Bethany Krull to traverse the surface of the floral plate. The glistening wet snail f...

This contemporary piece from Danielle Krysa asks the viewer if beauty can be born from the wreckage of whatever each of our personal setbacks may be. The piece was created for Krysa'...

medium: installation, table, mirror, 20 glass and metal beaded clay sculptures Esperanza Cortés is a Colombian born multidisciplinary artist based in New York City. Cortés has been ...

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 ...

Vertical 4, a ceramic sculpture of wood-fired clay pigmented with oxides, is a work by New York artist Harold Wortsman. Vertical 4 was recently exhibited at "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space" at the Orange Art Foundation, February-March 2022, New York City. Note the blending of geometric and organic forms in this work – it is characteristic of his practice – warm, contemporary, uniquely crafted, yet speaks to ancient, primitive traditions of art-making that cross cultures and histories. Highly attuned to the art of Africa, the Middle East, India and Asia, his forms are organic abstracts with masculine and feminine attributes that resonate together as a pleasing enigma. They make sense immediately, yet never give up all their secrets. From Harold Wortsman – "With sculpture, my material of choice is high-fired clay. Pieces are first low-fired in an electric kiln. I do not use glazes. Instead, I use oxides applied to the bisqued (low-fired) clay. As with a tattoo, oxides permit the surface underneath to breathe. The work is then high-fired in a gas kiln with double reduction to cone 10. The final temperature is 2,300 degrees F. At a certain point, oxygen intake is reduced to the kiln. Because the fire has reached a critical mass, it needs oxygen and chemically takes it from the clay and the oxides. Like a jazz improvisation, each kiln load comes out slightly different." From Jonathan Goodman – "Wortsman has increasingly moved into his own – a place in which the relations between the abstractions of volume and the intimations of very old culture are merged in a way that is new." – Essay, "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space", Orange Art Foundation, February 2022, New York City. Harold Wortsman is a sculptor and printmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. He “creates forms that bring to mind archaic cult objects and exude a quiet concentrated strength.” (Argauer Zeitung, Switzerland). His work, an edgy mix of freedom and clarity, can be found in public and private collections in the US, including The Library of Congress, Yale University, The New York Public Library Print Collection, The New York Historical Society, Smith College, Indiana University’s Lilly Library, Brandeis University, The Newark Public Library Special Collections Division, and the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum Print Archive. Also in private and public collections in Europe, including the Municipal Collection of the City of Brugg, Switzerland. Harold studied at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, with sculptor George Spaventa...