Kelly Bugden + Van Wifvat

Large Mirror Sculpture; 'Sphere Mirror'

2016-18

“When I was sixteen I was in a serious car accident that left me with a traumatic brain injury (TBI). As a result, I spent years in psychiatric hospitals before the condition was par...

My art mirrors natural forms with biomorphic dystopian edges. In the viewer’s mind the shapes are familiarly organic yet there is a tension as one struggles to comprehend the life cy...

My art mirrors natural forms with biomorphic dystopian edges. In the viewer’s mind the shapes are familiarly organic yet there is a tension as one struggles to comprehend the life cy...

The artistic collaboration of Kelly Bugden + Van Wifvat has produced a thought-provoking body of sculptures, paintings, and constructions. Nature, childhood memories, and everyday archetypes take shape in unexpected combinations of materials. The works emerged as the tactile and visual senses channeled the ritualistic power and materiality of selected artifacts. The resulting objects exist in a space between what they were originally and what they could become. A wheel, for example, is distorted as if seen through a prism. Their collaboration grew out of years of shaping materials into one-of-a-kind objects. Intuitively, the process of creating with their hands took an inward turn. Prism is a travelogue through memories and dreams, yielding abstract forms that capture moments of transformation. Van Wifvat grew up with eight siblings and studied sculpture and environmental design in Minneapolis at MCAD. In 1979, he opened a storefront art gallery to promote the work of local artists. The space featured printed materials—art books, periodicals, fanzines, and postcard’s. Wifvat moved to New York in 1983 to study at the Fashion Institute of Technology and Parsons. In 1987, he co-founded Van Gregory & Norton design studio, specializing in convex mirrors and curtain hardware...

Jacques Jarrige created this hand-hammered aluminum sculpture as a floating, kinetic frame for a fireplace mirror. The form is evocative of the human body—its curves and gestures ...

“Shattered” wall mirror IV is a unique mirror-polished stainless steel sculpture by contemporary artist Franck K, dimensions are 200 × 200 × 5 cm (78.7 × 78.7 × 2 in). The sculpture...

In the collection titled Material Distortion, Recchia reinterprets the historical practice of embedding glass in metal, a technique that dates back to the stained-glass traditions of...

Neal Small mirrored art sculpture with wall mount bracket. Unusual rectangular shape and can be installed horizontal or vertical. Add some serious modern style to your home.