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Medium: Found Objects
Joker, Found Objects and Oil Paint on Canvas and Wood by Mihail Sorin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mihail Sorin Title: Joker Year: 2000 Medium: Oil on Canvas with Wood Frame adorned with Mini Playing Cards Size: 27.5 x 19.75 in. (69.85 x 50.17 cm) Frame Size: 54 x 42.5 x...
Category

Early 2000s Surrealist Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Found Objects, Oil

Colourful Rusted Metal Composition "Abstract Colours"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Nyasha Mashumba, having been the apprentice of Mark Hilltout, has now started to carve out a career for himself as artist and designer, utilizing the medium and craft he has mastered...
Category

2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Metal, Steel, Iron

Sunrise Over Money: framed painting / collage by Black African American artist
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"Sunrise Over Money" is an acrylic painting of an abstracted, dream-like landscape with collaged found objects and photographs. It is an homage to Emmitt Till, who is pictured at ce...
Category

2010s Abstract Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel, Found Objects

Canopy Vase, 2024 - Abstract Oil Painting on Found Book Cover, White + Red
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Canopy Vase, 2024 oil on found book cover 20 x 15 cm 7 7/8 x 5 7/8 in signed, titled and dated verso Daisy Cook is a British painter of landscape and still life. Cook creates abs...
Category

2010s Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, Oil

R.I.P. Kobe
By Ruby Silvious
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This purple, white, beige and orange painting titled "R.I.P. Kobe" is an original artwork by Ruby Silvious made of watercolor and gouache on used tea bag. This...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, Watercolor, Gouache, Tea

"Untitled (Blue Dots)" Contemporary Pastel Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract expressionist oil painting by contemporary Houston artist Benji Stiles. The work features a book page surrounded by gestural marks in pastel blue and orange set against a pink background. Currently unframed, but options are available. Artist Biography: Born in New Orleans, Robert Benjamin Stiles (Benji) is a multidisciplinary artist and educator who lives and works in Houston. He holds a B.A. from the University of St. Thomas, with a major in Art History and a minor in Studio Arts, and is currently an MFA candidate at MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art). His work ranges from non-representational painting focusing on diverse mark-making and color theory to conceptual sculpture and assemblage using historical and found objects. Since 2019, Stiles has established a successful art practice at Hardy and Nance studios while exhibiting work throughout the region including three solo shows (Hardy & Nance Gallery 2020, Lonestar College 2021, G-Contemporary 2022). Recent group shows include Collect it For the Culture 2021 (curated by Robert Hodge...
Category

2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Found Objects, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Graphite

Picture Clock I
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Picture Clock I" is an original artwork by Andre Schulze made of oil paint on board. It measures 14"h x 12.5"w and ships in the pictur...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, Oil, Board

At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites I1
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites I1" is a textured mixed-media painting that explores the connection between the ancient and the celestial. Created with acrylic, latex, copper ...
Category

2010s Abstract Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Bronze, Copper

Joker, Found Objects and Oil Paint on Canvas and Wood by Mihail Sorin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mihail Sorin Title: Joker Year: 2000 Medium: Oil on Canvas with Wood Frame adorned with Mini Playing Cards Size: 27.5 x 19.75 in. (69.85 x 50.17 cm) Frame Size: 54 x 42.5 x...
Category

Early 2000s Surrealist Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Found Objects, Oil

I'll Show You Mine, If You Show Me Yours
Located in New Orleans, LA
Medium: house-paint on upcycled WWII era quilt Becca Fuhrman (b. 1988, Boise, ID) is an interdisciplinary artist who specializes in multimedia large-sca...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, House Paint

"Keeping Time" Contemporary Pastel Pink & Yellow Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Exhibited in "Benji Stiles: A Human Day" at Reeves Art + Design. In “A Human Day,” a solo show dedicated to the work of contemporary multidisciplinary artist Benji Stiles, we explor...
Category

2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Gesso, Textile, Oil Crayon, Found Objects, Acrylic

Tree Shape II, 2024 - Abstract Oil Painting on Found Book Cover, Blue and White
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Tree Shape II, 2024 oil on found book cover 18.5 x 15 cm 7 1/4 x 5 7/8 in signed, titled and dated verso Daisy Cook is a British painter of landscape and still life. Cook create...
Category

2010s Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, Oil

Momoiro I, 2024 - Minimalist Abstract Oil + Ink on Vintage Book Pages on Canvas
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Jane Skingley paints seascapes and landscapes in oils. Her first exhibition was a huge success and since then she has gone from strength to strength exhibiting in galleries and art s...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Found Objects, Ink, Oil

"Dripping Dots - Rainbow Surf" Colorful Abstract Oil Painting on a Surf Board
Located in New York, NY
With layers of bright oils and whisking brush strokes, the paint is able to shine and shimmer in a very unique pattern. The artist uses thick textured oils and hand embellished piece...
Category

2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, Oil

3-part painting construction by Black African American artist, w/ found objects
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an 3-part painting / construction (assemblage) created from acrylic paint, wood, glass, and found objects. It includes several historic photograph of figures as well as many scenes from Black African American cultural history. Each piece measures 23" x 7.75" x 2.5", and they can be hung close together or far apart, depending on the buyer's preference. All pieces are wired with the appropriate hanging hardware and are ready to install, no additional framing needed. PROVENANCE: Exhibited in "Portals + Revelations: Richard J. Watson," the African American Museum in Philadelphia, Oct 2021 - Mar 2022. "Most of my works are supported by memories of the past and suggested realities. Issues of social politics, ancestral references, and astral projections are presented with fragmented elements of 'real life' collaged and collapsed, as dreams are prone to do. If connections are made, all the better. I feel that life should remind us of our dreams." - Richard J. Watson Richard J. Watson is an icon in the Philadelphia art world. Much of his work relates to his experiences as a Black African American man. He is a graduate of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1968), has taught at his alma mater, and has served in the Exhibitions Department at the African American Museum in Philadelphia since the 1980s. He has been exhibiting his work for decades, and has an extensive bibliography. His work is held in the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; the Uniworld Corporation; Sony; the Federal Reserve Bank; the City of Philadelphia; Sprint; the Church of the Advocate; the poet Dr. Sonia Sanchez; and the Woodmere Museum...
Category

2010s Abstract Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Glass, Wood

The Battle (of Grunwald) -- geometric abstract mixed media collage painting
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Mat Tomezko's "Price" series of mixed media collage paintings are constructed from periodicals, circulars, acrylic, asphalt, graffiti, and coal on panel. Using mostly found materials...
Category

2010s Abstract Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic, Panel, Wood Panel, Magazine Paper, Newsprint, As...

Large Abstract Metal Composition "Four Torsos: Study 4"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. Car dumps fascinate him - he is attracted to the broken edge, not the pe...
Category

2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Metal, Steel, Iron

Abstract Tree Rusted Metal Composition "Trees Series: 1A"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Nyasha Mashumba, having been the apprentice of Mark Hilltout, has now started to carve out a career for himself as artist and designer, utilizing the medium and craft he has mastered...
Category

2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Metal, Steel, Iron

HUBLOT NACRE (thick paint round off-white biophilic textured painting sand shell
Located in Quebec, Quebec
HUBLOT NACRE is a small-scale, mixed-media assemblage on wood that captures the raw materiality and ephemeral beauty of the natural world. Created following a trip to the Caribbean, ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Wood, Driftwood, Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Acrylic, P...

HUBLOT CARIBBEAN BLUE (thick paint round biophilic textured painting sand shell)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
HUBLOT CARIBBEAN BLUE is a small-scale, mixed-media assemblage on wood that captures the raw materiality and ephemeral beauty of the natural world. Created following a trip to the C...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Wood, Driftwood, Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Acrylic, P...

"Commentariorem", Contemporary Chine Colle Watercolor with Found Object Collage
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful abstract expressionist collage/ painting by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Beige and black are layered with found objects like vintage stamps and paper ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Found Objects

"Cornbread Tags De Telegraaf: Cornbread Philly", Acrylic on Newspaper, Graffiti
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This artwork titled "Cornbread Tags De Telegraaf: Cornbread Philly" is an original artwork by Cornbread made of acrylic paint on newspaper. The piece measures 58cm x 41cm / 22.75in x...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic, Newsprint

Pipe Dreams: African American collage painting w/ photographs figures, objects
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an abstract collage / painting created from acrylic and found objects. It is framed in a wide, dark wooden frame with gold accents. It includes several manipulated historic photograph of figures in many guises, arranged as if on stage. It is signed and dated by the artist lower left. PROVENANCE: Exhibited in "Portals + Revelations: Richard J. Watson," the African American Museum in Philadelphia, Oct 2021 - Mar 2022. "Most of my works are supported by memories of the past and suggested realities. Issues of social politics, ancestral references, and astral projections are presented with fragmented elements of 'real life' collaged and collapsed, as dreams are prone to do. If connections are made, all the better. I feel that life should remind us of our dreams." - Richard J. Watson Richard J. Watson is an icon in the Philadelphia art world. Much of his work relates to his experiences as a Black African American man. He is a graduate of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1968), has taught at his alma mater, and has served in the Exhibitions Department at the African American Museum in Philadelphia since the 1980s. He has been exhibiting his work for decades, and has an extensive bibliography. His work is held in the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; the Uniworld Corporation; Sony; the Federal Reserve Bank; the City of Philadelphia; Sprint; the Church of the Advocate; the poet Dr. Sonia Sanchez; and the Woodmere Museum...
Category

2010s Abstract Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic, Mixed Media

Passing By, Canadiana history and cottage life in a postmodern juxtaposition
Located in Toronto, Ontario
PASSING BY is a classic Canadiana paintiong in postmodern style by Peter Husband, with acrylic paint, oil pastel, and found images on stretched canvas. I...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Found Objects, Photographic Paper

Loosing Fear of the Consequences Series, Mixed Media by Contemporary Artist
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
A. K. Douglas - Loosing Fear of the Consequences Series Mixed Media, 15 x 11 inches, 2020 Born in India1979, 2015: MFA from Prachin Kala Kendra, Chandigarh, India. Show / workshops/ symposium /biennale • 2020: Solo Show at SPC kunstrum gallery, Copenhagen Denmark. • 2020: Group show CALTART Caltabellotta Contemporary Art Project,Sicily. • 2020: Open Studio with marc Rayner, Sweden. • 2020: Group show, Galerie 6, Mairie de Montreuil, France. • 2020: Open 7,International art exhibition, at magazzini Dell Art contemporanea, Trapani Italy. • 2019: Group show-University Art museum Chungcheongbuk-do South Korea. • 2019: De Colore. Leonardo e l”interpretazionecontemporane, Milano Italy. • 2019: Kaleidoscope, international art exhibition, at magazzini Dell Art contemporanea, Trapani Italy. • 2019: 9th Biennale de SarriaSalon International d'Art,Spain • 2019: International artist residency for River Democracy, MahakumbhMela, PrayagrajIndia. • 2019: Group Show of Vasudhaivakutumbakam at Allahabad Museum India. • 2019: International coordinator for Dhanbad Art Fair, Dhanbad India. • 2018: 2nd Bodhgaya Biennale, Bodhgaya India. • 2018: Group show, Governor House Patna, in association with Govt. of Bihar (workshop)& Bihar Museum,India. • 2018: Group show,Gallerie Sonia Monti, Paris, France. • 2018: Arthshila International Artist Symposium Group Show, Bihar Museum Patna, India. • 2017: AMP TWOFOUR54, group show, October & November edition, Abu Dhabi,UAE. • 2017: 9th Biennale de SarriaSalon International d'Art,Spain. • 2017: ZeeArts, M gallery, The Retreat Hotel Palm Jumeirah. Dubai, UAE. • 2017: Group show, Magnetikzone International Art Project, Polo Museale “A.Cordici” Italy. • 2017: New media group show, Korean culture centre New Delhi, India. • 2017: Collective exhibition in Erice, Italy. • 2017: New media group show, Schema Art Museum Cheongju, South Korea. • 2017: Konst pa vag group show, Sweden. • 2017: Dual show,lugar 34 & Circa, TromsoNorway. • 2017: Dual show,Magazzinidell'ArteContemporanea,TrapaniSicily. • 2017: Group show, Anima Mundi at OrtoBotanico di Napoli, NaplesItaly. • 2016: Open studio with Marc Rayner, Sweden. • 2016: Magnetic zone, International Art Project, at MuseoCivico di Torre di Ligny, Trapani Italy. • 2016: Art Dubai, Mojo art gallery Dubai. • 2016: Landscape at SpazioPorta Mazzini Viale G, Mazzini 1, Rome, Italy. • 2015: International art camp, exhibition- The Al Asmakh Art Symposium, Qatar. • 2015: Biennale D’ArteContemporanea di Trapani secondaedizione, Italy. • 2015: Salon Generations, Hanger Art Center- Opera House Cairo- Egypt. • 2015: UpCycled Art Festival, Aviation Industry, Art Takes Wing, Art Hub Liwa, UAE. • 2015, 14, 13: Project Director for VashudhaivaKutumbakam artist residency. •2011, 17: Project manager for Buddha Enlightenment art...
Category

2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Textile, Yarn, Wood, Adhesive, Acrylic Polymer, Found Objec...

At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites I1
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites I1" is a textured mixed-media painting that explores the connection between the ancient and the celestial. Created with acrylic, latex, copper ...
Category

2010s Abstract Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Bronze, Copper

Debra Smith "Shifting Vision #4" -- Abstract Vintage Silk Collage
Located in New York, NY
Debra Smith Shifting Vision #4, 2017 pieced vintage silk 18 x 15 in. This original textile collage by Debra Smith features bold red silk squares carefully stitched with with layers ...
Category

2010s Abstract Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Silk, Found Objects, Mixed Media

Assemblage #5 (Ornithology Illustrations & Glass Slide with Silver, Gold Paint)
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract expressionist found object assemblage on wood with highly expressive silver and gold paint by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Against the raw woodgrain, the artist has attached several objects, including paper fragments of ornithological illustrations of birds...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Glass, Plastic, Wood, Paper, Oil, Found Objects, Acrylic

Rift Valley, sonde 8 (texture abstract canvas bronze metallic burgundy wine red)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
“Rift Valley, Sonde 8” is a striking mixed-media composition that harmonizes Color-field staining, impasto-relief techniques, and gestural painting to create an immersive, multilayer...
Category

2010s Color-Field Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic

"Son Temps", Contemporary Abstract Found Object Collage with Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful contemporary abstract expressionist collage/oil painting by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Antique stamps, currency, and letters from different places a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Found Objects

Large Abstract Rusted Metal Composition "De Stahl Study 3"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. Car dumps fascinate him - he is attracted to the broken edge, not the perfectly straight line. For th...
Category

2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Metal, Steel, Iron

Large Abstract Rusted Metal Composition "Matisse 1 Study 7"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. Car dumps fascinate him - he is attracted to the broken edge, not the perfectly straight line. For th...
Category

2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Metal, Steel, Iron

The Lovers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "The Lovers" is an original artwork made from oil on double vintage portrait paintings on wood by André Schulze. This piece...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Wood, Found Objects, Oil

Sunrise Over Money: framed painting / collage by Black African American artist
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"Sunrise Over Money" is an acrylic painting of an abstracted, dream-like landscape with collaged found objects and photographs. It is an homage to Emmitt Till, who is pictured at ce...
Category

2010s Abstract Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel, Found Objects

“Video Editing Keyboard 1 - 2 - 3” (Archeology series) Video Keyboard Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Daniel Fiorda in this new series of sculptures, continues in many ways the themes that have infused his previous work. For the last several years, Fiorda has dealt with technology, obsolescence, with the trail of discarded tech that humanity leaves behind and what it says about us. The new work takes this thematic one step further. These new wall pieces feature barely concealed found objects, almost fully engulfed by concrete, and yet still eerily discernible: industrial gears, computer keyboards, objects that evoke industrial post-digital eras. This piece is a set of 3 artworks that showcases a video editing keyboard on a white background, embedded in resin and they can be arranged for display in a variety of layouts. They come ready to hang with hanging hardware and they are signed by the artist on verso. Art measures 7 x 7 x 1.75 in (each) The overall sense is dystopian rather than apocalyptic. In Fiorda’s previous work, found objects were displayed as if unearthed from a bed of clay by a tacit anthropologist, perhaps decades into the future. A typewriter would be partially buried by dry soil and weathered by the passing of time. The underlying narrative was that of a future civilization unearthing the objects left by ours. Destruction or extinction was implied. In the new work, the obsolete technology is not found but rather engulfed by a new technology. Concrete, as a material and as a technology, has the capabilities to fully encase and envelope. In Fiorda’s new work, uniformity and the appropriation of old/new technology into new structures suggests a historical and technological challenge right around the corner, mirroring the ones in our recent past: the digital age fully replacing the analog world. These astounding sculptures, with embedded objects, are here to examine closely, and make connections between theme, material, and shape. Daniel Fiorda was born in 1963 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Of Italian ancestry, his lineage includes a grandfather highly respected as a wood craftsman, also his father was a craftsman in addition to being a musician and poet. Because a privileged life was not his, there was no university for Fiorda. In the Old World tradition of passing on knowledge from parent to child, he learned about machinery form his father, who recognized his son's talent and encouraged it. With some private tutoring, he began sculpting in high school using found objects. The press reviews of his first exhibit, at age 20, stated that Fiorda had a definite “poetic feeling”. With this encouragement, he continued to pursue his art. After leaving Argentina, he arrived in Miami Beach via a circuitous route and set up his studio in the South Florida Art Center. He has exhibited widely throughout the US including the OK Harris Gallery, Allan Stone Gallery in New York as well as the Heriard Cimino Gallery in New Orleans, Lélia Mordoch Gallery in Paris France and Lilac Gallery in New York City. Daniel was one of the winners in the 7th Annual Sculptures Competition (2003) held at Washburn University in Topeka , Kansas. Selected on the inaugural 2006 Palm Beach International Sculpture Biennale, and exhibited for the 3rd time in Sculpture Key West. He is an alumni Artist of ArtCenter/South Florida. Two Pieces from his “Convertible Couch projects...
Category

2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Concrete

Abstract Tree Rusted Metal Composition "Trees Series: 1A"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Nyasha Mashumba, having been the apprentice of Mark Hilltout, has now started to carve out a career for himself as artist and designer, utilizing the medium and craft he has mastered...
Category

2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Metal, Steel, Iron

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

2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Metal, Steel, Iron

Rift Valley, sonde III (texture abstract painting canvas bronze Earthy organic )
Located in Quebec, Quebec
“Rift Valley, Sonde III” is a richly textured mixed-media composition that captures the interplay between natural and abstract forms, evoking the raw beauty of nature while offering ...
Category

2010s Color-Field Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic

"His Name Was Writ in Acrylic Paint" - Abstract Assemblage
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract expressionist oil painting with assembled objects by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Splashes of gold paint are applied to a wood panel, with a few bits of burnt umber. Several objects - including a paint tube, cotton balls, and a miniature painting - are attached to the panel. Signed "Michael Pauker", titled "His Name Was Writ in Acrylic Paint", and dated "2017" on verso. There is a note from the artist that this is the top of a two-part piece, but the whereabouts of the bottom half are unknown. Unframed. Image size: 20"H x 24"W Bay Area artist and art educator Michael Pauker was born in New York in 1957 and knew he wanted to be an artist from the age of 15. He earned a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts at SUNY Purchase in his native state of New York. In 1989 he went on to earn an M.F.A at Mills College in Oakland and was awarded the City of Oakland Artist Fellowship in Painting. He has been a Bay Area resident since 1988. His work has been exhibited widely across the U.S., as well as in Japan and Costa Rica, and is included in the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Exhibitions include: 2007 Contemporary Art Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica 2007 “The Ebay Art Project,” Works/San Jose, San Jose, CA 2003 “Found Imagery: The Art of Collage,” Fresno Art Museum,Fresno, CA 2003 “Cut, Copy, Paste,” De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA 2003 “20th Annual Exhibition,” Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA 2002 “40 by 40...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Glass, Plastic, Paper, Found Objects, Cotton, Wood Panel

Push Off Float Away
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Push Off Float Away" is an original artwork made from acrylic, aerosol, ink, lost objects, string, & pins on canvas by Still Life Crew. This piece is shipped in the pictured wooden frame and measures 24.75”h x 32.5”w. The artists behind the joint "Gardening Above" collection, Mando Marie...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Found Objects, Ink, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Pins

At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites II2
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites II2" is a textured mixed-media painting that explores the connection between the ancient and the celestial. Created with acrylic, latex, copper...
Category

2010s Abstract Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Bronze, Copper

Rift Valley, sonde III (texture abstract painting canvas bronze Earthy organic )
Located in Quebec, Quebec
“Rift Valley, Sonde III” is a richly textured mixed-media composition that captures the interplay between organic and abstract forms, evoking the raw beauty of nature. The earthy pa...
Category

2010s Color-Field Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic

Debra Smith "Shifting Vision #5" -- Abstract Vintage Silk Collage
Located in New York, NY
Debra Smith Shifting Vision #5, 2017 pieced vintage silk 18 x 15 in. This original textile collage by Debra Smith features graphic shapes crafted with layers of vintage silk in vari...
Category

2010s Abstract Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Silk, Found Objects, Mixed Media

At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites II2
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites II2" is a textured mixed-media painting that explores the connection between the ancient and the celestial. Created with acrylic, latex, copper...
Category

2010s Abstract Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Bronze, Copper

Rift Valley, sonde IV (texture abstract painting canvas bronze Earthy organic )
Located in Quebec, Quebec
“Rift Valley, Sonde IV” is an evocative mixed-media composition that captures the raw essence of nature through its textured, multilayered surface. The earthy palette—browns, ochres,...
Category

2010s Color-Field Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic

"Son Temps", Contemporary Abstract Found Object Collage with Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful contemporary abstract expressionist collage/oil painting by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Antique stamps, currency, and letters from different places a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Found Objects

In the Nick of Time: African American collage painting w/ found objects & figure
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"In The Nick Of Time" is an abstract collage / painting created from acrylic and found objects on leather mounted on round MDF panel. The work itself is 20" diameter, framed to 23" diameter in a wide, dark brown round wooden frame with two bronze painted rings. It includes several photograph of figures. It is signed and dated along the lower edge. PROVENANCE: Exhibited in "Portals + Revelations: Richard J. Watson," the African American Museum in Philadelphia, Oct 2021 - Mar 2022. "Most of my works are supported by memories of the past and suggested realities. Issues of social politics, ancestral references, and astral projections are presented with fragmented elements of 'real life' collaged and collapsed, as dreams are prone to do. If connections are made, all the better. I feel that life should remind us of our dreams." - Richard J. Watson Richard J. Watson is an icon in the Philadelphia art world. Much of his work relates to his experiences as a Black African American man. He is a graduate of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1968), has taught at his alma mater, and has served in the Exhibitions Department at the African American Museum in Philadelphia since the 1980s. He has been exhibiting his work for decades, and has an extensive bibliography. His work is held in the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; the Uniworld Corporation; Sony; the Federal Reserve Bank; the City of Philadelphia; Sprint; the Church of the Advocate; the poet Dr. Sonia Sanchez; and the Woodmere Museum...
Category

2010s Abstract Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic, Panel, Leather, Fiberboard

Metal Composition "Colour Study B5"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. Car dumps fascinate him - he is attracted to the broken edge, not the pe...
Category

2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Metal, Steel, Iron

The Lovers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "The Lovers" is an original artwork made from oil on double vintage portrait paintings on wood by André Schulze. This piece...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Wood, Found Objects, Oil

Large Abstract Metal Composition "Four Torsos: Study 4"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. Car dumps fascinate him - he is attracted to the broken edge, not the pe...
Category

2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Metal, Steel, Iron

"Pink Hair Lady", Portrait of Black Woman in Sewn Textile Collage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Pink Hair Lady" is an original artwork by Eustace Mamba and measures 14"h x 11"w x 1.25"d. The artists cuts, arranges, sews, and collages fabric and paints to create layers of textu...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Textile, Paint, Mixed Media, Canvas, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic, Gouache

At Sea Between Fossils & Satellites (large-scale textured painting sand organic)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites" is a large-scaled textured mixed-media painting that explores the connection between the ancient and the celestial. Created with acrylic, late...
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2010s Abstract Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Bronze, Copper

Whistle A Happy Tune: shadow box painting & collage w/ figures & found objects
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a shadow box construction approx. 13" x 9" x 2.5" with painted and collaged materials and found objects. Encased in a dark wood frame under glass. It is signed and dated twice, at different orientations. PROVENANCE: Exhibited in "Portals + Revelations: Richard J. Watson," the African American Museum in Philadelphia, Oct 2021 - Mar 2022. "Most of my works are supported by memories of the past and suggested realities. Issues of social politics, ancestral references, and astral projections are presented with fragmented elements...
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2010s Abstract Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Glass, Found Objects, Acrylic

The Battle (of Grunwald) -- geometric abstract mixed media collage painting
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Mat Tomezko's "Price" series of mixed media collage paintings are constructed from periodicals, circulars, acrylic, asphalt, graffiti, and coal on panel. Using mostly found materials...
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2010s Abstract Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic, Panel, Wood Panel, Magazine Paper, Newsprint, As...

"Crimson Garden 01" Mixed Media Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
"Concrete Gardens" is a body of work that translates Patrick Burns' deep love of the land and complicated past into richly textured, mixed-media paintings with reverberating, monochr...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Concrete

Abstract Metal "Black Square"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. Car dumps fascinate him - he is attracted to the broken edge, not the perfectly straight line. For th...
Category

2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Iron, Metal, Steel

Large Abstract Rusted Metal Composition "De Stahl Study 3"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. Car dumps fascinate him - he is attracted to the broken edge, not the perfectly straight line. For th...
Category

2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Metal, Steel, Iron

Drawing from the 1990's #364
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Purvis Young (1943 - 2010) Drawing from the 1990's #364 Acrylic paint on paper 11 x 8.50 in
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1990s Outsider Art Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Paper, Found Objects, Acrylic

Large Abstract Rusted Metal Composition "Red Matisse Study"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. Car dumps fascinate him - he is attracted to the broken edge, not the perfectly straight line. For th...
Category

2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Metal, Steel, Iron

At sea between fossils and satellites 7 (blue organic copper abstract texture)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea between Fossils and Satellites 7" is a textural and elemental abstract painting on canvas. It explores the hybridization of chance-derived color-fields with art deco aestheti...
Category

2010s Color-Field Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic

At sea between fossils and satellites 7 (blue organic copper abstract texture)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea between Fossils and Satellites 7" is a textural and elemental abstract painting on canvas. It explores the hybridization of chance-derived color-fields with art deco aestheti...
Category

2010s Color-Field Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic, Acrylic Polymer

Large Pink, Cream & Red Abstract Rusted Metal Composition "Razor Wire: Study 1"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. Car dumps fascinate him - he is attracted to the broken edge, not the perfectly straight line. For th...
Category

2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Metal, Steel, Iron

Metal Composition "Arum Lilies"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. Car dumps fascinate him - he is attracted to the broken edge, not the perfectly straight line. For th...
Category

2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Metal, Steel, Iron

Abstract Rusted Metal Composition "Broken Forms in Blue"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. Car dumps fascinate him - he is attracted to the broken edge, not the perfectly straight line. For th...
Category

2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Metal, Steel, Iron

Rift Valley, sonde IV (texture abstract painting canvas bronze Earthy organic )
Located in Quebec, Quebec
“Rift Valley, Sonde IV” is a richly textured mixed-media composition that captures the interplay between natural and abstract forms, evoking the raw beauty of nature while offering a...
Category

2010s Color-Field Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic

Metal Composition "Arum Lilies"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. Car dumps fascinate him - he is attracted to the broken edge, not the perfectly straight line. For th...
Category

2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Metal, Steel, Iron

"Crimson Garden 02" Mixed Media Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
"Concrete Gardens" is a body of work that translates Patrick Burns' deep love of the land and complicated past into richly textured, mixed-media paintings with reverberating, monochr...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Concrete

“Tip-toeing Under the Dark Veil” Contemporary Black Found Object Shoe Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Black abstract found object painting by Houston, TX artist Tra' Slaughter. The painting features a shoe wrapped with string on a painted canvas. This piece was included in Tra's solo...
Category

2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Latex, Found Objects, Mixed Media

"Ultrablue Garden 04" Mixed Media Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
"Concrete Gardens" is a body of work that translates Patrick Burns' deep love of the land and complicated past into richly textured, mixed-media paintings with reverberating, monochr...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Concrete

Rift Valley, sonde 2 (texture copper bronze gold emerald green abstract wine red
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Rift Valley, Sonde 2" is a textural and elemental abstract painting on canvas. It explores the hybridization of chance-derived color-fields with textural topography. Various techniq...
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic

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

2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

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

World Of Chaos, Original Painting in Acrylic on Canvas, 2021
Located in Boston, MA
World Of Chaos, Original Painting in Acrylic on Canvas, 2021 Artist Commentary: This piece highlights the relationship between nature and humans. Keywords: light, day, abstract, wa...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas, Pastel, Found Objects

"Express Train", Solitary Woman Figure on Public Transport in Textile Collage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Express Train" is an original piece by Eustace Mamba and measures 36"h x 48"w x 1.5"d. This piece is made from cutting and sewing loose canvas and found materials together. Mamba cr...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Foil

Found Objects paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Found Objects paintings available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. If you’re looking to add paintings created with this material to introduce a provocative pop of color and texture to an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, pink, purple, red and other colors. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Melisa Taylor Metzger, Sylvia Schwartz, Sean 9 Lugo, and Lydia Viscardi. Frequently made by artists working in the Contemporary, Abstract, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Found Objects paintings, so small editions measuring 0.1 inches across are also available

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