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Contemporary Mixed Media

CONTEMPORARY STYLE

Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.

Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.

The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.

Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.

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Tactile memory #128. Mixed media abstract painting, acrylic, and lace on canvas
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Tactile memory #128, by Natasha Zupan Mixed media oil, acrylic, and lace on Canvas Size: 9.5 in. H x 7.5 in. W x 3 in D. canvas on a stretcher 2022 _________________________________...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Tactile memory #120. Mixed Media: Manton de manilla silk knots, 24K gold on wood
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Tactile memory #120, by Natasha Zupan Mixed Media on wood, Manton de manilla silk knots, 24K gold, acrylic and oil Size: 18 in. H x 15 in. W x 3 in D. 2022 __________________________...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Gold

Set of 9 portraits of Pharrell Williams, LIVE FOREVER series. Mixed media
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Set of 9 portraits of Pharrell of the LIVE FOREVER series. Intervene by the artists Acrylic and oil pastel on Pigment Print Individual size: Image size: 30.5 inc x H x 23.5. W Frame...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Black and White, Archival Pigment

San Jerónimo en su estudio. Unique embroidery artwork from the Durero series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
San Jerónimo en su estudio 2020, by Ana Seggiaro From the series "Durero" Embroidery on printed cloth 61 cm. H x 83 cm. W Ana Seggiaro's training as an engraver awakens her fascinat...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Cotton, Thread, Sailcloth

Untitled, Hand Embroidery on printed cloth. From the Anatomy series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled 2015, Ana Seggiaro From the series "Anatomy" Embroidery on printed cloth 130 cm H x 90 cm W Unframed Seggiaro's fascination for the human body, for the movement of the musc...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Cotton, Thread, Sailcloth

Untitled, Hand Embroidery on printed cloth "From the series Anatomy"
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled 2015, Ana Seggiaro From the series "Anatomy" Embroidery on printed cloth 130 cm H x 90 cm W Unframed Seggiaro's fascination for the human body, for the movement of the musc...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Cotton, Thread, Sailcloth

Untitled, Hand Embroidery on printed cloth. From The Anatomy series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled 2015, Ana Seggiaro From the "Anatomy" series Embroidery on printed cloth 130 cm H x 90 cm W Unframed Seggiaro's fascination for the human body, for the movement of the mus...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Cotton, Thread, Sailcloth

The Gates (Project for Central Park, New York City) by Christo - Contemporary
Located in London, GB
*UK BUYERS WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL 5% IMPORT DUTY ON TOP OF THE ABOVE PRICE The Gates (Project for Central Park, New York City) by Christo (1935-2020) Collage, pencil, enamel paint, photograph by Wolfgang Volz, wax crayon and tape 35.5 x 56 cm (14 x 22 inches) Signed and dated lower left and inscribed on the reverse, Christo 1998 Provenance Private collection, Germany This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by Jonathan Henery on behalf of the Estate of Christo V. Javacheff. The Gates, Project For Central Park is probably one of the most iconic and most recognizable of Christo's projects and the works around it are amongst the most sought after by international collectors. Artisti biography Christo Javacheff was born in 1935 in Gabrova, in Communist Bulgaria. Dropping his surname, Christo studied at the Fine Arts Academy in Sofia (1953–56) before defecting to the West, via Prague, in 1957. That year, he spent one semester at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Vienna and moved to Paris in 1958 where he met his future wife and artistic collaborator, Moroccan-born Jeanne-Claude de Guillebon (d. 2009). Indebted to Vladimir Tatlin's Constructivist edict "real materials in real space," Christo's first artworks, dating from 1958, consist of appropriated everyday objects such as bottles, cans...
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1990s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Enamel

Folded Moon, large 3/20 - detailed, photography, shaped tondo wall relief
Located in Bloomfield, ON
As a child, Ryan Van Der Hout owned a telescope and was fascinated by the sight of the moon in the night sky. This iconic image of the moon as viewed from earth is re-imagined when V...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Mirror, Plexiglass, Digital

Geisha IV, Hand Embroidery on printed cloth. From "Piranesi" series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Geisha IV, 2021 by Ana Seggiaro From the series "Piranesi" Embroidery on printed cloth 90 cm H x 137 cm W Unframed The ambitious exercise of working with techniques such as large-fo...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Cotton, Thread, Sailcloth

Geisha VI, Hand Embroidery on printed cloth. From Piranesi series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Geisha VI, 2021 by Ana Seggiaro From the series "Piranesi" Embroidery on printed cloth 135 cm H x 100 cm W Unframed The ambitious exercise of working with techniques such as large-f...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Cotton, Thread, Sailcloth

Untitled
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A mixed media collage by John Stezaker. “Untitled” is a film portrait collage in black and white by artist John Stezaker. The artwork is unsigned. John S...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Maximilianus, Hand Embroidery on printed cloth. From the series Durero
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Maximilianus, 2018 by Ana Seggiaro From the series "Durero" Embroidery on printed cloth 110 cm H x 90 cm W Unframed Ana Seggiaro's training as an engraver awakens her fascination fo...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Cotton, Thread, Sailcloth

Feast
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A mixed media work by Merion Estes. "Feast" is a contemporary abstract, acrylic and glitter on canvas in a palette yellows by American female artist Merion Estes. The artwork is unsi...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Untitled, Hand Embroidery on printed cloth. From The Anatomy series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled 2016, Ana Seggiaro From the series "Anatomy" Embroidery on printed cloth 130 cm H x 112 cm W Unframed Seggiaro's fascination for the human body, for the movement of the mus...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Cotton, Thread, Sailcloth

Untitled. Unique embroidery artwork from the Durero series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled 2019, by Ana Seggiaro From The series Durero Embroidery on printed cloth 35 cm. H x 30 cm. W Unframed Ana Seggiaro's training as an engraver awakens her fascination for the...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Cotton, Thread, Sailcloth

Untitled, (Diptych). From the series Books . Hand Embroidery
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled, (Diptych) 2011 by Ana Seggiaro From the series "Books" Ink and embroidery on printed paper Overall size: 10 cm H x 14 cm W individual page 10 cm H x 7 cm W Unframed The am...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Paper, Cotton

Becoming 1 - vivid, blue, green, silver, iridescent abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The energy of the oblong orb is viscerally palpable as it rises and appears to unfold and extend outside of the canvas plane as it reaches the top. Housed in a rich cerulean blue the mass of energy is ever-so-slightly tethered to the bottom through the suggestive grounding of the green line...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Canvas, Oil Crayon, Wax Crayon, Acrylic

Untitled. Unique embroidery artwork from the Durero series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled 2019, by Ana Seggiaro From The series Durero Embroidery on printed cloth 35 cm. H x 30 cm. W Unframed Ana Seggiaro's training as an engraver awakens her fascination for th...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Cotton, Thread, Sailcloth

Geisha I, Hand Embroidery on printed cloth. From the series "Piranesi"
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Geisha I, 2021 by Ana Seggiaro From the series "Piranesi" Embroidery on printed cloth 156 cm H x 90 cm W Unframed The ambitious exercise of working with techniques such as large-for...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Cotton, Thread, Sailcloth

Mutation 10 - small, white, geometrical, 3D, felt, fabric, biomorphic, wall art
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Fabric artist Chung-Im King’s series of felt tapestries called “Mutation” consist of striking geometrical shapes that mimic designs found in nature. The artist has cut pure white fel...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Felt, Thread, Mixed Media

Untitled, Hand Embroidery on paper. From the series "Cartographies"
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled, 2012 by Ana Seggiaro From the series "Cartographies" Embroidery on paper 25 cm H x 36 cm W Unframed In the mid-2000s, Ana Seggiaro made her first small-scale collage works on paper. Starting from pages of books, maps, and scores, she carries out the first series intervened through embroidery and painting. In these works she finds the universe of cartography, using maps as supports for the construction of imaginary geographies. This search leads her to tackle larger works. Thus, she recovers old school maps...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Cotton, Thread, Paper

Fuera de órbita. Unique embroidery artwork from the Durero series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Fuera de órbita 2020, by Ana Seggiaro From the series "Durero" Embroidery on printed cloth Image size: 11.8 H x 9.8 in W Frame size: 12.5 in H x 10.5 in. W Wood frame Ana Seggiaro'...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Cotton, Thread, Sailcloth

Storm Surge Tondo Cobalt - glossy, blue, impasto, abstract, acrylic on aluminum
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Created in dynamic layers of glossy cobalt, this Storm Surge tondo by Shayne Dark envelops the viewer. Its turbulent and mesmerizing surface swirls and flows like fast moving water....
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Metal

Mutation 7 - small, white, geometrical, 3D, felt, fabric, biomorphic, wall art
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Fabric artist Chung-Im King’s series of felt tapestries called “Mutation” consist of striking geometrical shapes that mimic designs found in nature. The artist has cut pure white fel...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Felt, Thread, Mixed Media

Untitled. Unique embroidery artwork from the Durero series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled 2019, by Ana Seggiaro From The series Durero Embroidery on printed cloth 35 cm. H x 30 cm. W Unframed Ana Seggiaro's training as an engraver awakens her fascination for the...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Cotton, Thread, Sailcloth

Untitled, Hand Embroidery on printed cloth From the series Anatomy
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled 2015, Ana Seggiaro From the series "Anatomy" Embroidery on printed cloth 130 cm H x 90 cm W Unframed Seggiaro's fascination for the human body, for the movement of the musc...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Cotton, Thread, Sailcloth

Untitled, Hand Embroidery on paper. From "Partituras" series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled, 2012 by Ana Seggiaro From the series "Partituras" Embroidery on paper 32 cm H x 50 cm W Unframed Seggiaro is part of the textile field in an unconventional way, from a non...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Thread, Paper, Cotton

Going Deeper - rich, colourful, layered, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Going Deeper has a novel orientation in relation to the rest of Teichert's Connectivity series and with this orientation she has achieved a distinct feeling of falling - or possibly ...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Canvas, Oil Crayon, Wax Crayon, Acrylic

Geisha III, Hand Embroidery on printed cloth. From "Piranesi" series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Geisha III, 2021 by Ana Seggiaro From the series "Piranesi" Embroidery on printed cloth 147 cm H x 90 cm W Unframed The ambitious exercise of working with techniques such as large-f...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Cotton, Thread, Sailcloth

Become Revolution
Located in New York, NY
Sewn paper collage
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Thread, Paper

Iluminado
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An artwork by Carlos Luna. "Iluminado" is a contemporary byzantine mosaic in a palette of blues, whites, and pinks by Latin American artist Carlos Luna. The artwork is unsigned. Carl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

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Mosaic

Be Still
Located in New York, NY
Sewn paper collage
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Thread, Paper

Umbilical. Hand Embroidery on printed cloth. From the Durero series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Umbilical, by Ana Seggiaro From the series "Durero" Embroidery on printed cloth Frame size: 12.5 in H x 10.5 in. W Image size: 11.8 H x 9.8 in W Ana Seggiaro's training as an engrav...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Cotton, Thread, Sailcloth

El Mago. Hand Embroidery on printed cloth. From the Durero series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
El Mago, by Ana Seggiaro From the series "Durero" Embroidery on printed cloth Frame size: 12.5 in H x 10.5 in. W Image size: 11.8 H x 9.8 in W Ana Seggiaro's training as an engraver...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Cotton, Thread, Sailcloth

The Flowers of the Street of Spirits
Located in Dallas, TX
Artist Statement: How many ways can I depict a flower? I can draw it, paint it, and photograph it. Then I can manipulate those images on a printer. I can enlarge it. Make it smaller. Make the negative. Make the positive. Change the color. My mornings in Santa Fe start with a walk around the garden to see what has bloomed overnight. Two summers ago, I rented an adobe guest house that is surrounded by Hollyhocks, Roses, Poppies, and Yellow Thistles. The flowers have crept into my vision. The first summer, I painted the flowers using oil on canvas. The second summer I became more experimental, combining drawing, photography, and painting. Mixing the media all in one artwork, I abandoned canvas for transparent Lucite panels. The new works are essentially mixed media collage applied to Lucite. Working on front and back, layered to see through to the next. Creating a real space with real shadows but in an ambiguous world. The flowers are dense but there is an identity and clear shape of each. These works are labor intensive, requiring precise cutting of the paper and careful application. In "The Flowers of the Street of Spirits," black Hollyhocks stand tall with turquoise Firewheels and magenta Coneflowers. Real and unreal. Cut paper and paint come together in a surreal garden...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

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Acrylic, Lucite, Paper

Pharrell Williams 3 and 4, Portraits, Intervened by the artists
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Pharrell Williams #3 and #4, (Diptych) by Hunter & Gatti Black and White Photography with broken glass on top of the image. Overall size: Image size...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Glass, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment

Untitled
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Mixed media on paper mounted on paper, c. 1990's Signed by the artist in pencil lower right (see photo) Condition: Excellent Image size: 8 5/8 x 10 1/4 inches Support Sheet size: 11 1/4 x 12 3/4 inches Provenance: Estate of the Artist Dehn Heirs Virginia Dehn From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Virginia Dehn Virginia Dehn in her studio in Santa Fe Virginia Dehn (née Engleman) (October 26, 1922 – July 28, 2005) was an American painter and printmaker. Her work was known for its interpretation of natural themes in almost abstract forms. She exhibited in shows and galleries throughout the U.S. Her paintings are included in many public collections. Life Dehn was born in Nevada, Missouri on October 26, 1922.] Raised in Hamden, Connecticut, she studied at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri before moving to New York City. She met the artist Adolf Dehn while working at the Art Students League. They married in November 1947. The two artists worked side by side for many years, part of a group of artists who influenced the history of 20th century American art. Their Chelsea brownstone was a place where artists, writers, and intellectuals often gathered. Early career Virginia Dehn studied art at Stephens College in Missouri before continuing her art education at the Traphagen School of Design, and, later, the Art Students League, both located in New York City. In the mid-1940s while working at the Associated American Artists gallery, she met lithographer and watercolorist Adolf Dehn. Adolf was older than Virginia, and he already enjoyed a successful career as an artist. The two were married in 1947 in a private ceremony at Virginia's parents house in Wallingford, Connecticut. Virginia and Adolf Dehn The Dehns lived in a Chelsea brownstone on West 21st Street where they worked side by side. They often hosted gatherings of other influential artists and intellectuals of the 20th century. Among their closest friends were sculptor Federico Castellón and his wife Hilda; writer Sidney Alexander and his wife Frances; artists Sally and Milton Avery; Ferol and Bill Smith, also an artist; and Lily and Georges Schreiber, an artist and writer. Bob Steed and his wife Gittel, an anthropologist, were also good friends of the Dehns. According to friend Gretchen Marple Pracht, "Virginia was a glamorous and sophisticated hostess who welcomed visitors to their home and always invited a diverse crowd of guests..." Despite their active social life, the two were disciplined artists, working at their easels nearly daily and taking Saturdays to visit galleries and view new work. The Dehns made annual trips to France to work on lithographs at the Atelier Desjobert in Paris. Virginia used a bamboo pen...
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1990s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Untitled, Hand Embroidery on paper. From the series Partituras
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled, 2012 by Ana Seggiaro From the series "Partituras" Embroidery on paper 32 cm H x 50 cm W Unframed Seggiaro is part of the textile field in an unconventional way, from a non...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Cotton, Thread, Paper

Untitled. Hand Embroidery on printed cloth. From the Durero series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled, 2019 by Ana Seggiaro From the series "Durero" Embroidery on printed cloth 35 cm H x 30 cm W Unframed Ana Seggiaro's training as an engraver awakens her fascination for the...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Cotton, Thread, Sailcloth

Pharrell Williams, Portrait 3. Intervened by the artists.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Pharrell Williams #3 by Hunter & Gatti Black and White Photography with broken glass on top of the image. Image size: 45.2 in. H x 32.5 in. W Frame s...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment, Glass

Pharrell Williams, Portrait 4. Intervened by the artists.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Pharrell Williams #4 by Hunter & Gatti Black and White Photography with broken glass on top of the image. Image size: 45.2 in. H x 32.5 in. W Frame s...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Glass, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment

Naufragos inminentes, Hand Embroidery on printed cloth. From the series Durero
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Naufragos inminentes, 2020 by Ana Seggiaro From the series "Durero" Embroidery on printed cloth Image size: 30 cm H x 25 cm W Framed Ana Seggiaro's training as an engraver awakens h...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Cotton, Thread, Sailcloth

Untitled, From the series Books. Hand Embroidery
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled, 2011 by Ana Seggiaro From the series "Books" Embroidery on printed cloth 19 cm H x 14 cm W Unframed The ambitious exercise of working with techniques such as large-format ...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Cotton, Thread, Sailcloth

Untitled, From the series Books. Hand Embroidery
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled, 2011 by Ana Seggiaro From the series "Books" Embroidery on printed cloth 19 cm H x 14 cm W Unframed The ambitious exercise of working with techniques such as large-format ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Cotton, Thread, Sailcloth

Untitled
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Mixed media with collage elements on paper, c. 1990's Signed by the artist in pencil lower right (see photo) Condition: Excellent Image size: 7 1/16 x 6 inches Support sheet size: 10 9/16 x 8 3/8 inches Provenance: Estate of the artist Dehn Heirs Virginia Dehn From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Virginia Dehn Virginia Dehn in her studio in Santa Fe Virginia Dehn (née Engleman) (October 26, 1922 – July 28, 2005) was an American painter and printmaker. Her work was known for its interpretation of natural themes in almost abstract forms. She exhibited in shows and galleries throughout the U.S. Her paintings are included in many public collections. Life Dehn was born in Nevada, Missouri on October 26, 1922.] Raised in Hamden, Connecticut, she studied at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri before moving to New York City. She met the artist Adolf Dehn while working at the Art Students League. They married in November 1947. The two artists worked side by side for many years, part of a group of artists who influenced the history of 20th century American art. Their Chelsea brownstone was a place where artists, writers, and intellectuals often gathered. Early career Virginia Dehn studied art at Stephens College in Missouri before continuing her art education at the Traphagen School of Design, and, later, the Art Students League, both located in New York City. In the mid-1940s while working at the Associated American Artists gallery, she met lithographer and watercolorist Adolf Dehn. Adolf was older than Virginia, and he already enjoyed a successful career as an artist. The two were married in 1947 in a private ceremony at Virginia's parents house in Wallingford, Connecticut. Virginia and Adolf Dehn The Dehns lived in a Chelsea brownstone on West 21st Street where they worked side by side. They often hosted gatherings of other influential artists and intellectuals of the 20th century. Among their closest friends were sculptor Federico Castellón and his wife Hilda; writer Sidney Alexander and his wife Frances; artists Sally and Milton Avery; Ferol and Bill Smith, also an artist; and Lily and Georges Schreiber, an artist and writer. Bob Steed and his wife Gittel, an anthropologist, were also good friends of the Dehns. According to friend Gretchen Marple Pracht, "Virginia was a glamorous and sophisticated hostess who welcomed visitors to their home and always invited a diverse crowd of guests..." Despite their active social life, the two were disciplined artists, working at their easels nearly daily and taking Saturdays to visit galleries and view new work. The Dehns made annual trips to France to work on lithographs at the Atelier Desjobert in Paris. Virginia used a bamboo pen to draw directly on the stone for her lithographs, which often depicted trees or still lifes. The Dehns' other travels included visits to Key West, Colorado, Mexico, and countries such as Greece, Haiti, Afghanistan, and India. Dehn's style of art differend greatly from that of her husband, though the two sometimes exhibited together. A friend of the couple remarked, "Adolf paints landscapes; Virginia paints inscapes." Virginia Dehn generally painted an interior vision based on her feelings for a subject, rather than a literal rendition of it.] Many of her paintings consist of several layers, with earlier layers showing through. She found inspiration in the Abstract Expressionism movement that dominated the New York and Paris art scenes in the 1950s. Some of her favorite artists included Adolf Gottileb, Rothko, William Baziotes, Pomodoro, and Antonio Tapies. Dehn most often worked with bold, vibrant colors in large formats. Her subjects were not literal, but intuitive. She learned new techniques of lithography from her husband Adolf, and did her own prints. Texture was very important to her in her work. Her art was influenced by a variety of sources. In the late 1960s she came across a book that included photographs of organic patterns of life as revealed under a microscope. These images inspired her to change the direction of some of her paintings. Other influences on Dehn's art came from ancient and traditional arts of various cultures throughout the world, including Persian miniatures, illuminated manuscripts, Dutch still life painting, Asian art, ancient Egyptian artifacts...
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1990s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Other Medium

SUPERHEROES
Located in New York, NY
4 minute animation. Edition of 20. Dimensions are of a tv or monitor of average size. Individual drawings are also available.
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Early 2000s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Video

Helio - blue, silver, violet, yellow, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Bright white and radiating heat, and somehow contentedness, Helio shines like the sun on a blissfully hot summer afternoon. Teichert's painterly line, like the smooth, continuous, os...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Oil Crayon, Wax Crayon, Acrylic

PAPERDOLLS #115
Located in New York, NY
acrylic paint on photograph on paper Feeling that older women seemingly disappear in our society, Brown has created an army of them. In this series, Paperdolls, the artist began wi...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Acrylic, Photographic Paper

PAPERDOLL #18
Located in New York, NY
acrylic paint over photograph on paper. Feeling that older women seemingly disappear in our society, Brown has created an army of them. In this series, Paperdolls, the artist began ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Acrylic, Photographic Paper

PAPERDOLL #11
Located in New York, NY
acrylic paint over photograph on paper. Feeling that older women seemingly disappear in our society, Brown has created an army of them. In this series, Paperdolls, the artist began...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Acrylic, Photographic Paper

Untitled, From the series "Books". Hand Embroidery
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled, 2011 by Ana Seggiaro From the series "Books" Embroidery on printed cloth 19 cm H x 14 cm W Unframed The ambitious exercise of working with techniques such as large-format ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Cotton, Thread, Sailcloth

Future Garden
Located in London, GB
Bruce McLean Untitled 2019 Screenprint and acrylic on paper collage on plywood 151.6 x 120 x 1.5 cms (48.2 x 36 x 6 ins)
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Acrylic, Screen

Untitled, Hand Embroidery on paper. From the series "Partituras"
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled, 2012 by Ana Seggiaro From the series "Partituras" Embroidery on paper 32 cm H x 50 cm W Unframed Seggiaro is part of the textile field in an unconventional way, from a non...
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Cotton, Thread, Paper

Gatorade
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A mixed media piece by Donna Huanca. "Gatorade" is a contemporary plaster and 3D paint on canvas in a palette of white by process-oriented, American artis...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Plaster, Paint

Untitled, Hand Embroidery on paper. From the series "Cartographies"
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled, 2012 by Ana Seggiaro From the series "Cartographies" Embroidery on paper 25 cm H x 36 cm W Unframed In the mid-2000s, Ana Seggiaro made her first small-scale collage works on paper. Starting from pages of books, maps, and scores, she carries out the first series intervened through embroidery and painting. In these works she finds the universe of cartography, using maps as supports for the construction of imaginary geographies. This search leads her to tackle larger works. Thus, she recovers old school maps...
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Cotton, Thread, Paper

Untitled
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Mixed media with collage elements on paper, c. 1990's Signed by the artist in pencil lower right (see photo) Condition: Excellent Image size: 7 x 6 1/2 inches Support sheet size: 10 1/2 x 8 3/8 inches Provenance: Estate of the artist Dehn Heirs Virginia Dehn From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Virginia Dehn Virginia Dehn in her studio in Santa Fe Virginia Dehn (née Engleman) (October 26, 1922 – July 28, 2005) was an American painter and printmaker. Her work was known for its interpretation of natural themes in almost abstract forms. She exhibited in shows and galleries throughout the U.S. Her paintings are included in many public collections. Life Dehn was born in Nevada, Missouri on October 26, 1922.] Raised in Hamden, Connecticut, she studied at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri before moving to New York City. She met the artist Adolf Dehn while working at the Art Students League. They married in November 1947. The two artists worked side by side for many years, part of a group of artists who influenced the history of 20th century American art. Their Chelsea brownstone was a place where artists, writers, and intellectuals often gathered. Early career Virginia Dehn studied art at Stephens College in Missouri before continuing her art education at the Traphagen School of Design, and, later, the Art Students League, both located in New York City. In the mid-1940s while working at the Associated American Artists gallery, she met lithographer and watercolorist Adolf Dehn. Adolf was older than Virginia, and he already enjoyed a successful career as an artist. The two were married in 1947 in a private ceremony at Virginia's parents house in Wallingford, Connecticut. Virginia and Adolf Dehn The Dehns lived in a Chelsea brownstone on West 21st Street where they worked side by side. They often hosted gatherings of other influential artists and intellectuals of the 20th century. Among their closest friends were sculptor Federico Castellón and his wife Hilda; writer Sidney Alexander and his wife Frances; artists Sally and Milton Avery; Ferol and Bill Smith, also an artist; and Lily and Georges Schreiber, an artist and writer. Bob Steed and his wife Gittel, an anthropologist, were also good friends of the Dehns. According to friend Gretchen Marple Pracht, "Virginia was a glamorous and sophisticated hostess who welcomed visitors to their home and always invited a diverse crowd of guests..." Despite their active social life, the two were disciplined artists, working at their easels nearly daily and taking Saturdays to visit galleries and view new work. The Dehns made annual trips to France to work on lithographs at the Atelier Desjobert in Paris. Virginia used a bamboo pen...
Category

1990s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

L'Éternel Recommencement &Temporaire. Pharrell Williams LIVE FOREVER Mixed media
Located in Miami Beach, FL
L'Éternel Recommencement & Temporaire, 2020, by Hunter & Gatti Acrylic and oil pastel on Pigment Print Overall size: 76 cm. H x 122 cm. W Individual Size: Image size: 76 cm. H x 61 ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Black and White, Archival Pigment

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