Cardboard Abstract Sculptures

Paisley and floral patterned wall sculpture by Jessica Godisak (American, b. 1977). This dimensional piece is constructed of several wood forms joined together. There is empty space ...

The two artists and industrial designers, Ampi Arozarena and Elena De La Fuente describe form and color as their core of exploration. They admire the dual identity the two elements c...

Seymour Fogel Untitled Oil on illustration board construction 10 x 7 1/2 inches Provenance: Estate of the artist Charles and Faith McCracken Larry and Trish Heichel Private Collection Seymour Fogel was born in New York City on August 24, 1911. He studied at the Art Students League and at the National Academy of Design under George Bridgeman and Leon Kroll. When his formal studies were concluded in the early 1930s he served as an assistant to Diego Rivera who was then at work on his controversial Rockefeller Center mural. It was from Rivera that he learned the art of mural painting. Fogel was awarded several mural commissions during the 1930s by both the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and the Treasury Section of Fine Arts, among them his earliest murals at the Abraham Lincoln High School in Brooklyn, New York in 1936, a mural in the WPA Building at the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair, a highly controversial mural at the U.S. Post Office in Safford, Arizona (due to his focus on Apache culture) in 1941 and two murals in what was then the Social Security Building in Washington, D.C., also in 1941. Fogel's artistic circle at this time included Phillip Guston, Ben Shahn, Franz Kline, Rockwell Kent and Willem de Kooning. In 1946 Fogel accepted a teaching position at the University of Texas at Austin and became one of the founding artists of the Texas Modernist Movement. At this time he began to devote himself solely to abstract, non-representational art and executed what many consider to be the very first abstract mural in the State of Texas at the American National Bank in Austin in 1953. He pioneered the use of Ethyl Silicate as a mural medium. Other murals and public works of art done during this time (the late 1940s and 1950s) include the Baptist Student Center at the University of Texas (1949), the Petroleum Club in Houston (1951) and the First Christian Church, also in Houston (1956), whose innovative use of stained glass panels incorporated into the mural won Fogel a Silver Medal from the Architectural League of New York in 1958. Fogel relocated to the Connecticut-New York area in 1959. He continued the Abstract Expressionism he had begun exploring in Texas, and began experimenting with various texturing media for his paintings, the most enduring of which was sand. In 1966 he was awarded a mural at the U.S. Federal Building in Fort Worth, Texas. The work, entitled "The Challenge of Space", was a milestone in his artistic career and ushered in what has been termed the Transcendental/Atavistic period of his art, a style he pursued up to his death in 1984. Painted and raw wood sculpture...

"You Have the Right to Remain Silent" Wood Panel Original Painting and Carving Elaborate collage, painting and carved sculpture by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 20th century). In Yo...

For you Francophiles...! Puzzle #2 by David E. Peterson is part of an ongoing series featuring beautiful, exotic woods and abstract painting. This 3-dimensional wall sculpture is painted using the colors of the French flag. David E. Peterson Artist Statement “Industrial Design informs my work. Inspiration might come from a brightly coloured sneaker, an eye- catching dress, an intricate watch...

This textured abstract diptych by Teodora Guererra features a light, cool palette with subtle warm pink accents throughout. The artist layers thick strokes of paint using a palette k...

This blue work is by Korean artist, Jaena Kwon. Her dimensional relief work is concerned with painting components and how painting space is constructed. She treats painting as an ima...

Puzzle 74 by David E. Peterson is part of an ongoing series featuring beautiful, exotic woods and abstract painting. David E. Peterson Artist Statement “Industrial Design informs my work. Inspiration might come from a brightly coloured sneaker, an eye- catching dress, an intricate watch...

Puzzle 94 by David E. Peterson is part of an ongoing series featuring a beautiful, exotic woods and abstract painting. These 3-dimensional wall sculptures look amazing, they are colored purple, navy and yellow, with natural wood showing through. David E. Peterson Artist Statement “Industrial Design informs my work. Inspiration might come from a brightly coloured sneaker, an eye- catching dress, an intricate watch...

Semi Truck T10 by David E. Peterson features sculpture as abstract painting. This 3-dimensional wall sculpture looks bright, contemporary and amazing. Davi...

This textured abstract diptych by Teodora Guererra features a light blue-green palette with warm yellow accents throughout. The artist layers thick strokes of paint using a palette k...

Puzzle 92 by David E. Peterson is part of an ongoing series featuring a beautiful, exotic Zebrawood and abstract painting. David E. Peterson Artist Statement “Industrial Design informs my work. Inspiration might come from a brightly coloured sneaker, an eye- catching dress, an intricate watch...