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We Belong Only to Ourselves, Hand Built and Carved Porcelain Vase
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This vessel is the first of the Unsung Muses series, and it references two compositions by Cezanne in which women are seen bathing, undisturbed by the voyeurism of the artist and/or ...
Category
2010s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Porcelain, Paint
"Ceramic #13" 2017 original handmade signed unique Talavera ceramic 22x22x2.5in
Located in Miami, FL
Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949)
"Ceramic #13", 2017
Ceramic in Uriarte's Talavera
22 × 22 × 2 2/5 in (55.9 × 55.9 × 6.1 cm)
Hand-signed by author
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Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
PNW Vessel 202
Located in Vancouver, CA
Tyler James Goin is a Vancouver-based sculptor whose work bridges the industrial and the organic through clay and metal. With a background as a millwright machinist and a decade-long...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze
Homecoming for Matt
Located in New York, NY
Stainless Steel TIG Welding Rod, Aluminum, Fishing Accessories, Wire, Paint
Jeremy Bullis after David L. Bullis
Edition 1/5
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel, Wire
$740 Sale Price
20% Off
Passage VII - intricate, hand-shaped, porcelain clay wall relief
By Paula Murray
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In her Quebec studio, ceramic artist Paula Murray uses her own recipe for porcelain clay that she hand-shapes into beautiful and intricate pieces. Inspired by forms and patterns found in nature, Murray’s work often reflects the deeply spiritual connection between humans and the natural world.
The “Passage” series of vessels are boat-like in form. Murray does own a collection of canoes. “Transition and pods are other titles I used with this series- the idea of leaving one place - for another; the shell that held a life that is no longer of use...” Paula Murray
She has received many honours and international awards and was elected into the RCA in 2006. Murray’s work has been gifted by the Canadian government to dignitaries such as US President George W. Bush and UN Secretary Kofi Annan. Murray’s pieces can be found in private and public collections including the Canadian Museum of Civilization, the Banff Centre, the Gardiner Museum, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, the Official Residence of the Prime Minister in Canada and Canada House...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Circle of Life - small, smooth surfaced, brushed aluminum, abstract sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The clean simple geometry of this minimalist sculpture by California artist Lori Cozen-Geller belies its profound meaning. The brushed aluminum piece explores the ideas of negative a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Stainless Steel
Upward (4) by Patricia Volk - Abstract ceramic sculpture, painted clay, bright
Located in Paris, FR
Upward (4) is a unique fired clay constructed, painted and mounted on MDF sculpture by contemporary artist Patricia Volk, dimensions are 52 × 23 × 23 cm (20.5 × 9.1 × 9.1 in).
The s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Clay
3D Hand Constructed Metallic Paper Sculpture, Framed, Wall Mounted, Plexi Cover
By Michael Velliquette
Located in St. Louis, MO
3D Hand Constructed Metallic Paper Sculpture, Framed, Wall Mounted, Plexi Cover
Michael Velliquette constructs stunningly intricate works made from colored paper. His choice to work...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Archival Paper
"Monstera Circle 2019" Iridescent, holographic, color changing, botanical print
By Roxana Azar
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This Mixed Media piece titled "Monstera Circle 2019" is an original artwork by Roxana Azar made of a digital print on acrylic. The piece measures approx. 23” diameter x 1”d.
Roxana...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Digital, Lucite, Pigment
Sezione Aurea A12 by Mattia Bosco - Wall sculpture, marble, gold leaf, abstract
Located in Paris, FR
Sezione Aurea A12 is a unique wall sculpture by contemporary artist Mattia Bosco. This sculpture is made of Palissandro marble and gold leaf, dimensions are 57.5 × 33 × 11 cm (22.6 ×...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
"Adansonii Leaf" Abstract Botanical with Dichroic UV Print
By Roxana Azar
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This Mixed Media piece titled "Adansonii Leafr" is an original artwork by Roxana Azar made of a digital print on acrylic. The piece measures approx. 20”h x 14”w x 1”d.
Roxana Azar’s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Digital, Lucite, Pigment
3D Hand Constructed Metallic Paper Sculpture, Framed, Wall Mounted, Plexi Cover
By Michael Velliquette
Located in St. Louis, MO
3D Hand Constructed Metallic Paper Sculpture, Framed, Wall Mounted
Michael Velliquette constructs stunningly intricate works made from colored paper. His choice to work with an ever...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Archival Paper
Conny Goelz Schmitt "Overhang" 2024, wall object of vintage book parts
Located in New York, NY
Overhang, 2024
wall object of vintage book parts
24 x 19 x 8 in.
(schm078)
"I create geometric collages, assemblages and sculptures with vintage book parts. My work is a never-endin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects
Umbra series 14, Abstract Sculpture
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Fear and insecurity came uninvited to keep the artist company. Suddenly it became necessary to release the sensations that surrounded him day and night. At times the artist felt as i...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Figure Eight Red
Located in New York, NY
This is a classic work by Roger Phillips, who is noted for his meticulously designed "kinetic" sculptures. This is a table top model meaning it is light enough and sized to be on a ...
Category
2010s Kinetic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Nature Morte N.M.1 - modern, minimal, contemporary, ceramic, wall sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This modern minimalist wall sculpture is handmade in ceramic by Marie-Ève Fréchette. The three carefully curated objects—a rock-like form and two narrow pipes are handmade from porce...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Lote de 3 composiciones modulares metálicas - Arte cinético y contructivista
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Interesante lote de 3 composiciones modulares (arte cinético) del artista Josep Navarro Vives.
De las 3 obras, solo va firmada una en la parte tra...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Play Time, Abstract 3D Original Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture, Modern Art
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan,
Work: Original Artwork,
Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture,
Year: 2024
Style: Contemporary Art,
Subject: Play Time,
Siz...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd "Magic Hand 3" from Huichol ALTERATIONS Series
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
OPEN FOR COMMISSIONS!!!
ALTERATION ART . . . is a collaboration process between Rick Wolfryd, fine artist and art dealer with over 40 years experience, and various Mexican Huichol a...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Resin, Mixed Media
Hand Made, Woven and Crocheted Abstract Fiber Sculpture, Yarn, Felt, Mixed Media
By Ethan Meyer
Located in St. Louis, MO
Hand Made, Woven and Crocheted Abstract Fiber Sculpture, Yarn, Felt, Mixed Media
Groot Foundation Grant Honorable Mention Recipient 2025
"My work, both in painting and sculpture, i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Felt, Yarn, Glass, Mixed Media
Awhi Whakapapa, Embracing Geneaology, ceramic figurative sculpture, Contemporary
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Awhi Whakapapa, Embracing Geneaology, ceramic figurative sculpture, Contemporary
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Out of the Sky- 21st century Bronze sculpture of Cheetah's running, jumping down
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Antoinette Briët
'Out of the sky'
40 x 60 x 30 cm
bronze on a plate of bluestone
This Sculpture of jumping cheetah's is made by Dutch artist Antoinette Briet. Her forms are an abs...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bluestone, Bronze
Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Al Safi', 1993 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
'Al Safi' is a contemporary abstract cast glass sculpture by David Ruth from his Internal Space series. This part of the series was inspired by astronomy and the distant galaxies an...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass
"Out of Shape" 2024, wall object of vintage book parts
Located in New York, NY
Conny Goelz Schmitt
Out of Shape, 2024
wall object of vintage book parts
21 x 19 x 5 in.
(schm076)
"I create geometric collages, assemblages and sculptures with vintage book parts. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects
Omoplata 21 in Petrol Blue
By Matt Shlian
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Omoplata 21 in Petrol Blue" is an original artwork made from manipulated paper by Matthew Shlian. This piece is shipped in the pictur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Paper
"Elevate No. 3" floating wall shelf sculpture
By Huy Lam
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This work titled "Elevate No. 3" is an original artwork by Huy Lam made of burnt wood and brass inlay. The piece measures 8" x 20" x 3.5".
Please note: The plant and the pot pictur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Cascade, Abstract 3D Original Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture, Modern Design
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan,
Work: Original Artwork,
Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture,
Year: 2024
Style: Contemporary Art,
Subject: Cascade,
Siz...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Canopo - Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary Sculpture, Geometric Art, Italian artist
Located in New York, NY
This striking bronze sculpture by Angelo Canevari blends ancient symbolism with contemporary design, making it a captivating centerpiece for any sophisticated interior. The work's ar...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Contemporary Cast Paper Sculpture, 'Honaunau', 2022 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
Please allow a two month turnaround time for this piece to be made.
This particular cast paper is sculpture is taken from lava fields located on Hawaii as well as ice from Palmer S...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Paper
Neolithic Flints - Tabletop limited edition abstract sculpture Bronze
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
This modern and distinctive artwork by contemporary artist and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Bronze
Coral, Abstract 3D Original Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture, Modern art
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan,
Work: Original Artwork,
Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture,
Year: 2024
Style: Contemporary Art,
Subject: Coral,
Size: 19" x 24" x 4'' inch, 48x61x10 ...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Autumn, Abstract Art, Original Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan,
Work: Original Artwork,
Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture,
Year: 2022
Style: Contemporary Art,
Subject: Autumn,
Size: 19" x 24" x 4'' inch, (49x61x1...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Rare Large Abstract Expressionist Welded Assemblage Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Large Abstract Expressionist Welded Assemblage Sculpture. it appears unsigned. it is on a found wood original base. it has a Brutalist quality to it. It commands a lot of presence
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Singing Bowl Mercury - gold, black, meditative, stainless steel garden sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Artist Marlene Hilton Moore continues to explore the theme of listening with the creation of more beautiful ‘singing bowls.’ Like ancient vessels they are intended to be objects of m...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
"Double Diddle Phlebotomy Movement #3" drawing and layered paper sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Original multicolored hand-cut paper and ink on illustration board layered paper sculpture by Charles Clary measuring 21"h x 16"w. This piece ships in the pictured black frame.
Cha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Waterco...
Materials
Paper, Ink, Illustration Board
"Double Diddle Phlebotomy Movement #2" drawing and layered paper sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Original multicolored hand-cut paper and ink on illustration board layered paper sculpture by Charles Clary measuring 16"h x 21"w. This piece ships in the pictured black frame.
Cha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Illustration Board
Large Stainless Steel Abstract Israeli Sculpture 'Three Tubes' Maquette
By Israel Hadany
Located in Surfside, FL
Israel Hadany (Israeli, 1941-). A stainless steel maquette for sculpture "Three Tubes", currently installed at the University of Pennsylvania ...
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel, Iron
"Outlier" Monochrome Wood Wall Sculpture - tan, gold, black, elegant, modern
By Scott Troxel
Located in Marmora, NJ
"Outlier" is a modern, minimalist, wood wall sculpture made from birch, washed and metallic acrylic and finished with furniture wax. The paint has been sanded back on the edges of th...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
$1,680 Sale Price
30% Off
Vesuvius
By Sally Hepler
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Vesuvius
19.5 x 15 x 14"
hand fabricated steel with patina, 4 inch tall powder coated steel base, shown in picture
There are two sides to any circle: the inside and the outside. In ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Assemblage with Cigar Box and the Letter P
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract expressionist oil painting with assembled objects by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Against a yellow and black background, the artist has attached several objects, including plastic letters, cigar boxes, and glass slides.
Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of his work.
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 Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Glass, Plastic, Paper, Oil, Found Objects
Conny Goelz Schmitt "Flaming Buttress" Vintage Book Parts Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
"I create geometric collages, assemblages and sculptures with vintage book parts. My work is a never-ending story where I play with deconstruction and reconstruction, and changing di...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects
tabletop sculpture, indoor sculpture, metal, colorful, "Shelter - Bilbao"
Located in Milwaukee, WI
tabletop sculpture, indoor sculpture, metal, colorful; “Shelter – Bilbao” is from my Shelter Series of tabletop sculptures. They make reference to the basic design of the human shelt...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Abstract 3D wall sculpture "Wood Work" #1235, layered collage aesthetic w/ pink
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an abstract 3D wall sculpture in wood, acrylic, and ink. it is from artist Paul Cava's "Wood Work" series, which applies the collage aesthetic he has incorporated into his ph...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Archival Ink, Acrylic
Assembler Gris. Abstract Mixed Media Wall Sculpture
Located in Miami Beach, FL
For many, rusty materials, pieces of glass or plastic fragments are not rubbish that should be left in the trash can.Finkelman's creative sensitivity has made these materials irrepla...
Category
2010s Minimalist Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Arctic, Abstract 3D Original Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture, Modern Art
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan,
Work: Original Artwork,
Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture,
Year: 2024
Style: Contemporary Art,
Subject: Arctic,
Size: 19" x 24" x 4'' inch, 49x61x10...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Cosmos, Abstract 3D Original Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture, Modern Design
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan,
Work: Original Artwork,
Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture,
Year: 2024
Style: Contemporary Art,
Subject: Cosmos,
Size...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Strong Female Form
Located in New York, NY
This is a great sculpture with real gravitas and elegance. A great conception in terms of the forms and planes. Can be a star piece in a room - stone and surface are very attractive! Active primarily in the mid to late 20th century, Leo De Beer...
Category
1960s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
61-Marcheur - Giovanni Gelmi - contemporary patinated Steel Corten sculpture
Located in DE
A stunning and dynamic contemporary sculpture crafted from patinated corten steel, perfect for both indoor and outdoor spaces. This exquisite piece is designed to elevate any environ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Composition IV by Delphine Brabant - Abstract geometric bronze sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Composition IV is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Delphine Brabant, dimensions are 48 × 24 × 12 cm (18.9 × 9.4 × 4.7 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Carta Series, Paper Imbeds" Experimental Printmaking Wall Sculpture
Located in Soquel, CA
"Carta Series, Paper Imbeds" Experimental Printmaking Wall Sculpture
Handmade paper sculpture by Harold Paris (American, 1925-1979). This piece exemplifies post-minimalist and exper...
Category
1970s Post-Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Cotton, Handmade Paper
$1,080 Sale Price
20% Off
Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Ras Algethi', 1995 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
'Ras Algethi' is a contemporary abstract cast glass sculpture by David Ruth from his Internal Space series. This part of the series was inspired by astronomy and the distant galaxies and stars. David fused various colored glass creates a layered, suspended, and vibrant three-dimensional space within an spiral form.
About the Internal Space Series:
David’s experiments with sheet glass and fusing led him to try to make the glass thicker to see more interior space. It was during this time a professor pointed out that he was working with a metaphor, for which the internal space of the glass was the equivalent to the internal life of the mind. This became his operating mantra but also forced him to come to terms with the casting of thick sections.
“Creating those internal spaces came with some problems. Other than telescope mirrors, I did not know that anyone annealed glass in a kiln for more than a day or two. When pieces cracked after five...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Arctic, Original Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture, modern art, Handmade
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan,
Work: Original Artwork,
Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture,
Year: 2022
Style: Contemporary Art,
Subject: Arctic,
Size: 19" x 24" x 4'' inch, 49x61x10...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Coral, 3D Modern Art, Original Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan,
Work: Original Artwork,
Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture,
Year: 2022
Style: Contemporary Art,
Subject: Coral,
Size: 19" x 24" x 4'' inch, 48x61x10 ...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Cosmos, Modern Art, 3D Original Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan,
Work: Original Artwork,
Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture,
Year: 2022
Style: Contemporary Art,
Subject: Cosmos,
Size: 19" x 24" x 4'' inch, 46x61x10...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Cascade, Abstract, Modern, Original Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan,
Work: Original Artwork,
Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture,
Year: 2022
Style: Contemporary Art,
Subject: Cascade,
Size: 19" x 24" x 4'' inch, 48x61x1...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Indian Bronze Elephant Bell
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Elephant bell and clapper that rings with a deep rich tone and cast in bronze. Having acquired a verdigris patina and presented on a rustic wood and hide swing.
Category
Early 20th Century Aesthetic Movement Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Organic Abstract Cast Paper Sculpture Relief Painting Suzanne Anker
By Suzanne Anker
Located in Surfside, FL
"Cocoon (1990)" by Suzanne Anker
Suzanne Anker (born August 6, 1946) is an American visual artist and theorist. Considered a pioneer in Bio Art. She has been working at the relationship of art and the biological sciences for more than twenty five years. Her practice investigates the ways in which nature is being altered in the 21st century. Concerned with genetics, climate change, species extinction and toxic degradation, she calls attention to the beauty of life and the "necessity for enlightened thinking about nature’s 'tangled bank'.” Anker frequently works with "pre-defined and found materials"botanical specimens, medical museum artifacts, laboratory apparatus, microscopic images and geological specimens.
Suzanne Anker was born in Brooklyn, New York on August 6, 1946. She earned a B.A. in Art from Brooklyn College of the City of New York and an M.F.A. from the University of Colorado in Boulder (1976). She also completed independent Studies with Ad Reinhardt (1966-1967) and studied at the Brooklyn Museum Art School (1968). She lives with the artist Frank Gillette in Manhattan and East Hampton, NY.
During the mid 70s to the mid 80s, Anker worked almost exclusively on sculptural handmade paper reliefs. She started papermaking in 1974 on the basis of reading Dard Hunter's and Claire Romano's books. In 1975 she worked with Garner Tullis at the Institute of Experimental Printmaking in Santa Cruz, California. The paper reliefs produced at his institute were exhibited at the Martha Jackson Gallery in New York City in 1976.[ The same year, she participated in the North American Hand Papermaking exhibition organized by Richard Minsky at the Center for Book Arts in New York City.
From a background as a printmaker, Anker initially worked with cast paper, made in latex molds. Subsequently, she incorporated limestone and fossils in her experiment with combinations of paper and stone. For her 1979 solo exhibition at the Walker Art Center, Anker installed large limestone planks that extended from the interior to the exterior of the gallery. The same year, she presented an installation of limestone and its residual chalk dust at P.S. 1’s "A Great Big Drawing Show" curated by Alanna Heiss with artists Vito Acconci, Alice Aycock, Frank Gillette, Sol LeWitt, Robert Morris, Bruce Nauman, Dennis Oppenheim, Richard Serra, and others.
Suzanne Anker is considered "one of the pioneers in the broader field of art, science, and technology", particularly in the burgeoning field of Bio Art.
In 1994, Suzanne Anker curated Gene Culture: Molecular Metaphor in Visual Art – one of the first art exhibitions on the subject of art and genetics – at Fordham University’s Lincoln Center Campus in New York. The exhibition investigated "the ways in which genetic imaging operates as aesthetic signs".
From 2004 to 2006, Suzanne Anker hosted twenty episodes of the Bio-Blurb Show, a 30-minute-long internet radio program originally broadcast on WPS1 Art Radio, in collaboration with MoMA. The show focused on the intersection of art and the biological sciences, and the ethical and aesthetic dimensions therein. It is currently archived on Alanna Heiss’ Clocktower Productions.
In 2006, Anker co-curated the exhibition Neuroculture: Visual Art and the Brain, at the Westport Arts Center with Giovanni Frazzetto. The exhibition presented an investigation of aspects of the human brain, and its attendant representations.
Suzanne Anker is the Chair of the School of Visual Arts (SVA)'s BFA Fine Arts Department in New York City (2005-present). She previously chaired the SVA BFA Art History Department (2000-2005). In 2011, Anker founded the SVA Bio Art Lab, the first Bio Art laboratory in a Fine Arts Department in the United States. The SVA Bio Art Lab is located in Chelsea, New York City and has been conceived as a place where "scientific tools and techniques become methodologies in art practice".
Anker has participated in lectures and symposia in prominent institutions around the world, including Harvard University, Boston; University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Yale University, New Haven; Art-Sci UCLA, Los Angeles; Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York; Museum of Arts and Design, New York; Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; London School of Economics, London; European Molecular Biology Laboratory- EMBL, Monterotondo, Italy; Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden; Leiden University, NL; Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin; Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee; Courtauld Institute of Art, London; Banff Art Center, Alberta; The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington, D.C.; Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Berlin;[ University of Amsterdam, NL; New York Academy of Sciences, Institute for the Humanities, New York University; DLD, Munich.
Selected artworks
Gene Pool
Anker’s interests in the natural world extended her investigation into the microscopic domain of chromosomes and genes. Appropriating scientific images, she created Gene Pool in 1991, a body of work that includes suspended pigment on large vellum sheets and expansive sculptural arrays employing metallic fibers of stainless steel, copper, aluminum and bronze.
Other works that reflect scientific representations of chromosomes include Chromosome Chart of Suzanne Anker –a presentation of her own DNA sequence as a self-portrait– and Cellular Script, in which she displays chromosome patterns as a kind of calligraphy.
Biota (2011) is a sculptural installation by Suzanne Anker composed of porcelain sculptures and silver-leaf figurines. The porcelain objects are fabricated by immersing natural sea sponges into a mixture of kaolin, feldspar, and quartz. "The organic material of the sponge burns away in the process, leaving behind only the perfect replica of nature".
Exhibitions
Selected one-person exhibitions
"The Biosphere Blues Mending an Unhinged Earth", O'NewWall, Seoul, Korea (2017).
“Culturing Life”, Sam Francis Gallery...
Category
1990s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Algas 45-IV. From the series Mareas. Cyanotype photograhs Mounted
By Paola Davila
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Water is constant in the artist's visual investigation, for her water is no longer the stage in which the body's memory bursts, but rather the environment and protagonist, constant o...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Plexiglass
Atlantian Continuum
By Terry Poulos
Located in Chicago, IL
A time traverse mechanism with antecedents in mythological Atlantis. Legend speaks of a Minoan connection to Atlantis. The time machine's fictional narrative builds upon the latest in archeological finds and a growing body of circumstantial evidence hinting of an advanced society lost to history. Perchance, dare say, one which developed methods defying the very forward arrow of the space time continuum. The Atlantian Continuum narrative tells of it originally being buried in volcanic ash (thereby preserved) after a catastrophic event altered the earth's magnetic polarity. A broken piece of Minoan-Atlantian continental land mass drifted thousands of miles south (based upon recent real-life scholarly posits), further protecting the device in the permafrost of the Antarctic. Metrics of time manipulation employed are aligned with many of Einstein‘s theories including Relativity, Light Quanta, entanglement, curvature of space and infinite time loops. The sculpture portends an original scientific perspective replete with esoteric symbols, equations, formulai and multi-dimensional geometry, all portending a series of radical posits. These heuristic, intuitive theories expand upon the latest cutting-edge scientific, mathematical and philosophical insights into "visiting" the past.
SPECS: Vintage spot welded cast-iron gears, cogs, sprockets and other pieces of used farm implements. Total of 49 individual pieces, all antique and vintage dating as far back as 1920. Antique plano-convex glass ball clock housed in brass. Antique brass transit surveyor. Antique brass car oiler. Antique iron padlock...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum, Metal
1970s Steel Modernist Abstract Kinetic Puzzle Sculpture "The Test" William King
Located in Surfside, FL
"The Test (1970)" Man holding a woman steel sculpture with attachable pieces by William King. signed with cipher, numbered and dated 1970.
William Dickey King...
Category
1970s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
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