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Medium: Found Objects
Cabinet of Curiosities - Contemporary salvaged wood found objects Sculpture
Located in DE
Lesley Hilling is a self-taught English artist known for her intricate constructions made entirely from salvaged wood and found objects. Her work reflects a deep connection to the pa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Found Objects
Song from my Father by Lesley Hilling - Contemporary salvaged wood Sculpture
Located in DE
This tower is a deeply personal piece for Lesley Hilling, dedicated to the memory of her father, Pete Hilling (1926–2016), and men like him—those who worked with their hands, repaire...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Found Objects
Remington Copper 5, Vintage Typewriter Machine Gun, conceptual wall sculpture
By Éric Nado
Located in Dallas, TX
Typewriter Machine Guns by Eric Nado - "Remington Copper Model 5 - Mitra Lettres" is created from very unusual material - a vintage typewriter. The series triggers the idea that "Wor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
American Surrealist pipes and playing cards spirit of Magritte abstract Montage
Located in Norwich, GB
I love this extraordinary American surrealist piece - a collage/montage, an assembly of objects in a velvet-clad box/frame - for a number of reasons reasons.
I love the fact that it depicts pipes, among the most iconic images of the surrealist movement, rooted in Magritte’s famous 1929 painting which depicts a pipe accompanied by the caption “Ceci n'est pas une pipe” (This is not a pipe). Marcel Duchamp loved using pipes...
Category
1930s Surrealist Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Glass, Paper, Found Objects, Wood
Biography of a Drive-By: wall sculpture by Black African-American artist
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a two-part wall mounted painting / sculpture this integrates found objects and photographs into an acrylic painting on the top, and a wooden shelf with bullet casings and coins below. This is a conceptual, abstract work of art that is a powerful homage to lives lost through calculated gun violence in American cites. signed by the artist.
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Panel, Found Objects, Mixed Media
"Crossing Paths: Rainbow I" Hand-folded and Threaded Origami Stars Wall-Hanging
By Kelly Kozma
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This sculpture titled "Crossing Paths: Rainbow I" is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma as part of her newest exhibition, "Watch Me Backflip." This collection is made up of meticulou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Conny Goelz Schmitt "Coast To Coast" 2024, wall object of vintage book parts
Located in New York, NY
Conny Goelz Schmitt
Coast To Coast, 2024
wall object of vintage book parts
26 x 20 x 6 in.
(schm080)
"I create geometric collages, assemblages and sculptures with vintage book parts...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects
"Badass with a Needle"
By Kelly Kozma
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This sculpture titled "Badass with a Needle" is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma as part of her newest exhibition, "Watch Me Backflip." This exhibition is made up of meticulously ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Paper, Found Objects, Acrylic, Panel
Two Hours at the Beach
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
During the spring of 2011, Columbia fiber and installation artist Susan Lenz spent a mere two hours along South Carolina’s coastline coll...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media, Found Objects
"Crossing Paths: Sunset" Hand-Crafted Origami Stars in Wall-Hanging Sculpture
By Kelly Kozma
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This sculpture titled "Crossing Paths: Sunset" is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma as part of her newest exhibition, "Watch Me Backflip." This collection is made up of meticulously...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Jo Yarrington, Mute-Ability_Composition 4, 2019_acrylic, steel, player piano rol
Located in Darien, CT
Jo Yarrington’s photographs, prints, works on paper, glass sculptures and architecturally-based installations have been shown in exhibitions at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Yale University, Cornell University, the Museum of Glass, the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Artists Space, St. John the Divine Cathedral, Grounds for Sculpture, the Museum of American Glass and ODETTA, among others.
International exhibitions have included Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow University, Galeria Sala Uno and Centro de las Artes de Guanajuato. She represented the United States at the Sharjah Biennial, United Arab Emirates and participated in the Berlin Biennial. in 2010 she received the Bronze Prize, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, Macedonia.
Yarrington is a recipient of artist grants and Fellowships from the Pollock Krasner Foundation, the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism. She has received Residency Fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, the Museum of Glass, the Museum of American Glass, the Bridge Virtual Residency/ SciArt Center, the Lucile Walton Fellow/Mountain Lake Biological Station, the Virginia Center for Creative Arts, the Anderson Center and the Ucross Foundation, among others.
International grants and fellowships have included the Banff Center for Arts and Creativity/Canada, SIMS Residency/ Iceland, Cill Rialaig Artists Residency/Ireland, the Burren College of Art Residency/Ireland and the American Scandinavian Foundation. She is a Professor of Visual and Performing Arts at Fairfield University and lives and works in New York City.
STATEMENT
In site-specific exhibitions, public art commissions, collaborative and individual projects Jo Yarrington has used varied combinations of glass, waxed surfaces, found artifacts and experimental analog photography to investigate the way we perceive – searching for, experimenting with and developing throughout a sensory-based vernacular. Her mostly translucent materials function as physical framework and symbolic membrane. Light, both natural and ambient, provides a kinetic or time-based element to her work. Scale and the integration of architecture are also pivotal components.
In the 6-part installation for the two-person exhibition Illuminated, Yarrington continues her interest in the connections between vision, sound and language. In Mute-ability: Compositions 1 – 6, her title for this light-based comprehensive work, she combines the words mute and malleability. The work focuses on found piano rolls, a music storage medium, originally conceived as coded notations or ‘note control data’ for music produced in pneumatic player pianos...
Category
2010s Conceptual Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
High Density by Lesley Hilling - Contemporary salvaged wood Sculpture
Located in DE
About the Artist:
Lesley Hilling is a self-taught English artist known for her intricate constructions made entirely from salvaged wood and found objects. Her work reflects a deep c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Found Objects
Noir - Contemporary salvaged wood Sculpture
Located in DE
Lesley Hilling is a self-taught English artist known for her intricate constructions made entirely from salvaged wood and found objects. Her work reflects a deep connection to the pa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Found Objects
Contemporary, Mixed Media, Hanging, Sculpture, Wood, Metal, Glass, Found Objects
By John Garrett
Located in St. Louis, MO
Contemporary, Mixed Media, Hanging, Sculpture, Wood, Metal, Glass, Found Objects
John Garrett was raised in southern New Mexico by parents who were both educators. They instilled i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Trinket Net No. 3, John Garrett, 2023, Wall Hanging Installation Sculpture
By John Garrett
Located in St. Louis, MO
John Garrett was raised in southern New Mexico by parents who were both educators. They instilled in him an appreciation for the handmade with their collections of Native American a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel, Copper, Brass
Specimen 21 - Framed Sea Nature Hand-dyed Violet Purple Fiber Sculpture, 2020
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary wall mounted fiber sculpture, Catherine Latson's Specimen 21 reads as an artistic rendition of a beautiful sea specimen. Rich, jewel-toned purple hand-dyed cotton t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wire
"Petroleum Bubble Sunsets" Custom ALIFE sneakers, Abstract dimensional paint
By PJ Linden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Petroleum Bubble Sunsets (pair)" is an original artwork by PJ Linden and is made from dimensional paint on ALIFE Leather Suede Sneakers. This piece measures 6.5"h x 8.5'w 11"d each shoe.
Linden uniquely refines the use of non-traditional mediums, such as the kitschy, dimensional fabric paint, oft-referred to as puff paint, seeking to transfigure the biological into the supernatural, as filtered through the prism of a consumerist culture predicated upon the synthetic and the mass-produced.
Born 1985 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. PJ Linden is a New York City and Pennsylvania-based fine artist known for her abstract, three-dimensional work. She paints with machine-like precision, creating microscopic patterns on found objects, fashion, and technology. Linden got her start working with Patricia Field, creating custom, one-of-a-kind art and fashion under the name Wonderpuss Octopus. At Field's iconic, namesake boutique, Linden's work caught the eye of celebrity clients including Beyonce, Willow Smith, Kelly Osborne, and Solange Knowles...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Textile, Paint, Leather
"J.P.'s Trip", Abstract Patterns, Geometric Abstraction, Woodcut Monoprint
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "J.P.'s Trip" is an original piece by Alexis Nutini and is made from a woodcut and and found object stencil monoprint mounted on panel ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Panel, Monoprint, Woodcut, Paper
"A FLATNESS IN THE EYES", Assemblage Wall-Hanging, Found Objects, Threat, Paint
By Jim Houser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This artwork "A FLATNESS IN THE EYES" is an original assemblage artwork by Jim Houser. Incorporating various dimensional elements and techniques, such as painting and found objects, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Thread, Found Objects, Acrylic
Sweet Confection Finale, John Garrett, 2023, Wall Hanging Installation Sculpture
By John Garrett
Located in St. Louis, MO
John Garrett was raised in southern New Mexico by parents who were both educators. They instilled in him an appreciation for the handmade with their collections of Native American a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Ubik by Lesley Hilling - Contemporary salvaged wood Sculpture
Located in DE
This piece gradually transitions in tone from white through grey into black, creating a delicate and intricate structure that houses small artifacts of memory. The found objects and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Found Objects
Andra Samelson, Pemarom, 2013-2022, 1300 + cds, Edition of 5, Abstract Sculpture
Located in Darien, CT
The word in Tibetan for lotus is “Pema.” In Buddhism the lotus is a symbol of purity. The lotus is planted and rooted in the mud, but grows up through the water and into the vast sky...
Category
2010s Conceptual Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mirror, Plastic, Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Other Medium
Superpowers
By Kelly Kozma
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This fabric work titled "Squeaking By" is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma made of hand embroidery, stickers, glitter paper and acrylic paint on paper. The piece measures 13”h by 1...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Thread, Found Objects
Vintage 1970s Pop Art Americana Patriotic American Flag Denim Jeans Hand Sewn
By Jean Jacques de la Verriere
Located in Surfside, FL
Pop Art American Flag in Handsewn Patchwork Denim.
I had another with a label from OK Harris Gallery verso. This one does not have that label or the label Label from Pratt verso (Pratt MFA '75)
Not positive of the year
Hand signed
Genre: Modern
Medium: Denim Jean Textile Fabric, Mixed Media
Country: United States
Dimensions: 14 X 28 inches
This is a textile wall hanging tapestry "painting" made from vintage jeans.
JJ had a masters (MFA) from Prat and studied at Hunter college for many years. He was a master jeweler and goldsmith for 50 years, a musician and a photographer. He made a living working with photography, jewelry, bronze sculpture and antique restoration. An artwork in denim fabric by a French Post War & Contemporary artist living in New York City, Jean de la Verrière, An untrained, art brut, 'outsider' artist, now 85. He sold some of his denim patriotic flag works through OK Harris gallery in Soho in the 1980s, one went directly to Ralph Lauren, according to the artist. He is also known for sculpture. particularly his working model, fully functional guillotine sculptures. Artist says he was influenced by Pop Art particularly Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns works. He was in the New York art world along with his artist friends Bernar Venet, Arman and Claude Gillie. He fabricated and cast jewelry for some of his friends. This has a Sterling Ruby feel to it but was done a generation earlier. This is assembled like a quilt and was influenced by early American folk art. Jean Jacques De La...
Category
20th Century Pop Art Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Cotton, Cotton Canvas, Found Objects, Mixed Media
Moss Body, textile, patterned, pink, red, blue, green, organic, ceramic, white
Located in New York, NY
Glazed ceramic, recycled fabric, glass beads, crystal head pins, thread, batting
6 x 4 x 6 inches
Artist Statement
I hand-sew compound sculptural forms that are constructed from cl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Textile, Thread, Found Objects
After 77 Years, Again in Fear? - Mixed Media Assemblage on Canvas
By Irena Orlov
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Title: "After 77 Years, Again in Fear?" - Mixed Media Assemblage on Canvas
Discover the powerful and thought-provoking artwork "After 77 Years, Again in Fear?" by acclaimed contemporary artist Irena Orlov. This original mixed media assemblage, measuring H34" x W57", masterfully incorporates various dimensional elements and techniques, including painting and found objects, to create a captivating abstract piece with a profound global message.
Medium and Materials:
This extraordinary artwork is a mixed media assemblage on fine art canvas, skillfully hand-stretched over 1" deep wood stretched bars. The artist's creative vision weaves together an intriguing combination of materials, including plastic, original World War 2 chemical gas masks, copper mesh, and small metal round container...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$60,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Waiting to Exhale, Accumulation Cigar Sculpture by Arman
Located in Long Island City, NY
A unique sculpture by the French artist, Arman. This collection of world-class cigars encased in clear resin is a quintessential piece from Arman's 'Accumulations' period in which he...
Category
1990s Modern Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Mixed Media, Found Objects
Contemporary Mixed Media Wall Sculpture, Installation, Crocheted Found Material
By John Garrett
Located in St. Louis, MO
John Garrett was raised in southern New Mexico by parents who were both educators. They instilled in him an appreciation for the handmade with their collections of Native American a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media, Other Medium
Mermaid
Located in New York, NY
Recycled textiles, thread, batting, wood, chair legs, acrylic paint
40 x 50 x 22 inches
Artist Statement
I hand-sew compound sculptural forms that are constructed from clothing, fur...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
$4,160 Sale Price
20% Off
After 77 Years, Again in Fear? - Mixed Media Assemblage on Canvas
By Irena Orlov
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Title: "After 77 Years, Again in Fear?" - Mixed Media Assemblage on Canvas
Discover the powerful and thought-provoking artwork "After 77 Years, Again in Fear?" by acclaimed contempo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$60,000 Sale Price
20% Off
N2
Located in New York, NY
Found objects, repurposed textiles
Statement
In work that integrates the theories and methodologies of both fine art and craft, I transform domestic cast-offs, such as old furnitu...
Category
2010s Abstract Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Textile, Found Objects
$1,380 Sale Price
20% Off
Garden Variety
Located in New York, NY
Recycled textiles, thread, batting, glazed ceramic, metal table, spray paint
34 x 22 x 18 inches
Artist Statement
I hand-sew compound sculptural forms that are constructed from clot...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Textile, Thread, Found Objects, Spray Paint
$3,680 Sale Price
20% Off
Diary 2 by John Garrett, 2017, Mixed Media Wall Hanging Sculpture, Contemporary
By John Garrett
Located in St. Louis, MO
John Garrett was raised in southern New Mexico by parents who were both educators. They instilled in him an appreciation for the handmade with their collections of Native American a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Plaster, Wood, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Other Medium
Patricia Miranda, Dreaming Awake, 2020, nightdress, cochineal dyes, plaster,
Located in Darien, CT
Patricia Miranda's work includes interdisciplinary installation, textile, paper and books. The textiles incorporated in these new pieces are vintage linens from her Italian and Irish grandmothers and sourced from friends and strangers around the country. Each donation is documented and integrated into the work. Textile as a form that wraps the body from cradle to grave. The role of lacemaking in the lives of women both economically and historically is packed with metaphorical potential. The relationship of craft and women’s work (re)appropriated by artists today to environmental and social issues is integral to the artist's research.
Her work is process oriented; materials are submerged in natural dyes from oak gall wasp nests, cochineal insects, turmeric, indigo, and clay. She forages for raw materials, cook dyes, grind pigments, ecofeminist actions that consider environmental impacts of objects. The process is left visible as dyestuff is unfiltered in the vat and finished work. Sewn into larger works, Miranda incorporates hair, pearls, bone beads, Milagros, cast plaster. The distinct genetics and environmental and cultural history of each material asserts its voice as collaborator rather than medium.
The lace inserts a visceral femininity into the pristine gallery, and exerts a ghostly trace of the history of domestic labor. The combination of earth and lace references human and environmental devastation and the conflation of nature and women’s bodies as justifications for exploitation. Mournful and solastalgic, they are lamentations to the violence against women and the earth.
Patricia Miranda is an interdisciplinary artist, curator, educator, and founder of The Crit Lab, graduate-level critique seminars and Residency for artists, and MAPSpace project space. She has been Visiting Artist at Vermont Studio Center, the Heckscher Museum, and University of Utah; and been awarded residencies at I-Park, Weir Farm, Vermont Studio Center, and Julio Valdez Printmaking Studio.
She received an Anonymous Was a Woman Covid19 Artist Relief Grant, an artist grant from ArtsWestchester/New York State Council on the Arts, and was part of a year-long NEA grant working with homeless youth.
Miranda currently teaches graduate curatorial studies at Western Colorado University, and develops programs for K-12, museums, and institutions such as Franklin Furnace.
Her work has been exhibited at ODETTA, NYC; ABC No Rio, NYC; Alexey von...
Category
2010s Feminist Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Thread, Dye, Found Objects, Plaster
"Pelvic Pelt" Abstract, dimensional paint on found object
By PJ Linden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Pelvic Pelt" is an original artwork by PJ Linden and is made from dimensional paint on found object. This piece measures 22”h x 25”w x 6”d.
Born 1985 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. PJ Linden is a New York City and Pennsylvania-based fine artist known for her abstract, three-dimensional work. She paints with machine-like precision, creating microscopic patterns on found objects, fashion, and technology. Linden got her start working with Patricia Field, creating custom, one-of-a-kind art and fashion under the name Wonderpuss Octopus. At Field's iconic, namesake boutique, Linden's work caught the eye of celebrity clients including Beyonce, Willow Smith, Kelly Osborne, and Solange Knowles...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Paint, Found Objects
Contemporary, Mixed Media, Hanging, Sculpture, Wood, Metal, Glass, Found Objects
By John Garrett
Located in St. Louis, MO
Contemporary, Mixed Media, Hanging, Sculpture, Wood, Metal, Glass, Found Objects
John Garrett was raised in southern New Mexico by parents who were both educators. They instilled i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel
"Wire Songs", Contemporary, Mixed Media, Sculpture, Plied Wire, Aluminum, Metal
By John Garrett
Located in St. Louis, MO
John Garrett was raised in southern New Mexico by parents who were both educators. They instilled in him an appreciation for the handmade with their collections of Native American a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Wire
Embrace
Located in New York, NY
Recycled textiles, thread, batting, welded steel, found objects, polymer clay, rope, snap hook
48 x 32 x 20 inches
Artist Statement
I hand-sew compound sculptural forms that are con...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
$3,960 Sale Price
20% Off
Paintbrushes I
By Arman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Arman, French/American (1929 - 2005)
Title: Paintbrushes I
Year: 1991
Medium: Paintbrushes and Oil Paint in Epoxy Resin Sculpture, Signature and number inscribed
Edition: 20,...
Category
1990s Dada Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Oil
$15,000
"Everlast" Contemporary Pastel Abstract Boxing Glove Wall Sculpture
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 Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Found Objects, Acrylic
"Iridescence, " Mixed Media Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Based in Chicago, IL, contemporary artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites, collages and mixed media works assembled from material fragments of past and present collected in his travels. In his ongoing series of memory jugs, Thompson adorns stoneware vessels with a kaleidoscope of ceramic shards, found objects, and pocket-sized trinkets he collected over the course of his life.
Also known as forget-me-not jugs or spirit jars...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone
"Caress of Water, " Mixed Media Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Based in Chicago, IL, contemporary artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites, collages and mixed media works assembled from material fragments of past and present collected in his...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone
"Beach-Combed Mochaware, " Mixed Media Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Based in Chicago, IL, contemporary artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites, collages and mixed media works assembled from material fragments of past and present collected in his travels. In his ongoing series of memory jugs, Thompson adorns stoneware vessels with a kaleidoscope of ceramic shards, found objects, and pocket-sized trinkets he collected over the course of his life.
Also known as forget-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one who has recently passed. Small tokens and mementos of the deceased are gathered and affixed to the exterior of a jug or vase, an abundance of memories that celebrates a life lived to the fullest.
Michael Thompson applies this tradition to his own practice, creating tactile assemblages of this and that. Formed in the manner of collage, each jug honors the lost memories of generations past and his own memories of personally discovering each item. With varied sources for materials including Kyoto, Turkey, and Mexico, a great number of the found shards are 18th and 19th century ceramics...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone
"Pompeii, " Mixed Media Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Based in Chicago, IL, contemporary artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites, collages and mixed media works assembled from material fragments of past and present collected in his travels. In his ongoing series of memory jugs, Thompson adorns stoneware vessels with a kaleidoscope of ceramic shards, found objects, and pocket-sized trinkets he collected over the course of his life.
Also known as forget-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one who has recently passed. Small tokens and mementos of the deceased are gathered and affixed to the exterior of a jug or vase, an abundance of memories that celebrates a life lived to the fullest.
Michael Thompson applies this tradition to his own practice, creating tactile assemblages of this and that. Formed in the manner of collage, each jug honors the lost memories of generations past and his own memories of personally discovering each item. With varied sources for materials including Kyoto, Turkey, and Mexico, a great number of the found shards are 18th and 19th century ceramics...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone
"Bouquet, " Mixed Media Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Based in Chicago, IL, contemporary artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites, collages and mixed media works assembled from material fragments of past and present collected in his travels. In his ongoing series of memory jugs, Thompson adorns stoneware vessels with a kaleidoscope of ceramic shards, found objects, and pocket-sized trinkets he collected over the course of his life.
Also known as forget-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one who has recently passed. Small tokens and mementos of the deceased are gathered and affixed to the exterior of a jug or vase, an abundance of memories that celebrates a life lived to the fullest.
Michael Thompson applies this tradition to his own practice, creating tactile assemblages of this and that. Formed in the manner of collage, each jug honors the lost memories of generations past and his own memories of personally discovering each item. With varied sources for materials including Kyoto, Turkey, and Mexico, a great number of the found shards are 18th and 19th century ceramics...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Ghost Gear (diptych)
Located in New Orleans, LA
KX2 is a collaboration combining the strengths of artists and sisters Ruth Avra and Dana Kleinman who create mathematically inspired sculpture merging metal and painting. From a dist...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Enamel, Stainless Steel
"Let’s Hear Your Battle Cry" Found and Patterned Wrappers by Kelly Kozma
By Kelly Kozma
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This artwork titled "Let’s Hear Your Battle Cry" is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma as part of her newest exhibition, "Watch Me Backflip." This collection is made up of meticulous...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Acrylic, Panel
Manifestation II
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This kinetic artwork is intended as a gently rotating, dimensional mandala. It has a baroque-upcycled aesthetic that playfully transcends the utility of the can-tab. Sparkling moiré patterns emerge as the artwork rotates slowly. One can experience the artwork as a sparkling, crystalline mystery from a distance, then as a familiar but incalculable marvel up close. Fun fact: it is powered by a disco ball motor
Keywords: kinetic art,sensory art, suspended art, upcycled, sparkling , metal
Details: A kinetic, sensory sculpture made from post-consumer can-tabs, safety pins, steel armature and ceiling mounted motor. 84"l x 44"w x 44"d x 40 lbs. rotates at 1 to 1-1/2 rpm
Artist Biography:
Since 2002, award winning artist Virginia Fleck...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Kinetic Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects
Empty - White Gold Glass Jug Wall Sculpture Copper Metal Plated Mushrooms, 2018
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary wall-mounted sculpture, copper and brass plated bracket, or shelf fungi line the sides of a glass jug with a handle on the spout hanging upside down, mirrored wi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
Havabanana / Sleep (diptych)
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Havabanana / Sleep (diptych)" is an original artwork by Hyland Mather made of lost objects, acrylic, aerosol, abandoned papers, laser engraving, string, nails, wood box frame measur...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Thread, Wood, Paper, Found Objects, Acrylic, Engraving
"Blind Spot" Abstract Relief with Numismatic Patterns Sculpture
Located in Soquel, CA
"Blind Spot" Abstract Relief Sculpture
Carved sculpture and painting by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 20th century). This large-scale relief sculpture features a central circular sh...
Category
1990s Modern Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Handmade Paper, Resin
"Have A Day" Layered Plastic Take Out Bags Mounted on Wood Panel
By Kelly Kozma
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This sculpture titled "Have A Day" is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma as part of her newest exhibition, "Watch Me Backflip." This collection is made up of meticulously fabricated ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Acrylic, Panel
Jesse Hickman, Note Three Twenty Seven Sixteen F, 2016, Enamel, Wood, Glue
Located in Darien, CT
Over the past few years, Jesse Hickman has been making minimal abstract paintings on wood with few constraints. He calls this series Notes, thinking of these pieces as drawn sketches...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
"From the Stars" Multi-colored and Patterned Paper Mounted on Panel
By Kelly Kozma
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This work titled "From the Stars" is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma as part of her newest exhibition, "Watch Me Backflip." This collection is made up of meticulously fabricated a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Paper, Found Objects, Acrylic, Panel
"What If I Told You I Believe in You?" Mounted Sewing Needle with Pastel
By Kelly Kozma
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "What If I Told You I Believe in You?"is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma as part of her newest exhibition, "Watch Me Backflip." This exhibition is made up of met...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Paper, Oil Pastel
Conny Goelz Schmitt "Dust in The Wind" 2025, wall object of vintage book parts
Located in New York, NY
Conny Goelz Schmitt
Dust in The Wind, 2025
wall object of vintage book parts
23 x 20 x 5 in.
(schm079)
"I create geometric collages, assemblages and sculptures with vintage book par...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects
"Late Bloomer" 2024, wall object of vintage book parts
Located in New York, NY
Conny Goelz Schmitt
Late Bloomer, 2024
wall object of vintage book parts
20 x 13 x 8 in.
(schm077)
"I create geometric collages, assemblages and sculptures with vintage book parts. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects
Shoes
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An abstract sculpture by Post War artist Tim Hawkinson depicting yellow shoes encased in plaster in a red shoe box. Signed underneath, "Tim Hawkinson, Tim...
Category
1990s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Plaster, Cardboard
$24,000 Sale Price
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Union Leader
Located in Milford, NH
A fine abstract expressionist assemblage by American artist Varujan Boghosian (1926-2020). Boghosian was born in New Britain, CT and after serving in the United States Navy, he attended Central Connecticut Teachers College and the Vesper George School of Art in Boston. In 1953, he had a Fulbright grant to paint in Italy, and from 1956 to 1959, he worked with Josef Albers, geometric abstractionist, at Yale University where he earned both his BFA and MFA. Boghosian became a professor of sculpture at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, and became primarily known for his assemblages in which he uses a variety of incongruous objects such as parts of weathered barn doors, antique dolls' heads, old leather, marbles, and ping-pong balls.
This three piece assemblage includes a Union Leader tobacco can...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects
"Modus Volito Rusticus 14", Abstract, Found Object, Free-Standing Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This free-standing abstract sculpture titled "Modus Volito Rusticus 14" is an original artwork by Hyland Mather made of lost objects, acrylic, aerosol, steel and is ink signed on the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Found Objects abstract sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Found Objects abstract sculptures 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 Abstract sculptures 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, orange, red, green 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 Kelly Kozma, Jo Yarrington, John Garrett, and Bobbi Meier. 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 abstract sculptures, so small editions measuring 0.25 inches across are also available
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