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Medium: Found Objects
Modeling Clay And Granular Paste Relief On Ping Pong Racket With Ocean Seascape
Modeling Clay And Granular Paste Relief On Ping Pong Racket With Ocean Seascape

Modeling Clay And Granular Paste Relief On Ping Pong Racket With Ocean Seascape

By Vera Vizzi

Located in FISTERRA, ES

Modeling clay and granular paste relief on a ping pong racket finished in acrylic, a compact mixed-media wall relief that evokes wind, sea and sudden light. This work repurposes a q...

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2010s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Paste, Clay, Acrylic, Found Objects

"You Are Here: Gold" String and Paint in Radial Pattern
"You Are Here: Gold" String and Paint in Radial Pattern

"You Are Here: Gold" String and Paint in Radial Pattern

By Kelly Kozma

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This sculpture titled "You Are Here: Gold" is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma made of thread scraps & acrylic on panel. The piece measures 4"h x 4"w x 1.75"d. Kelly Kozma is ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic, Panel

Assembler Violeta N° 1 and N°2 Diptych .Abstract Mixed Media Wall Sculpture
Assembler Violeta N° 1 and N°2 Diptych .Abstract Mixed Media Wall Sculpture

Assembler Violeta N° 1 and N°2 Diptych .Abstract Mixed Media Wall Sculpture

By Fanny Szyller Finkelman

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...

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2010s Minimalist Found Objects Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

"Infinite Purpose: Purple & Pink" Color Pencil and Acrylic Gradient
"Infinite Purpose: Purple & Pink" Color Pencil and Acrylic Gradient

"Infinite Purpose: Purple & Pink" Color Pencil and Acrylic Gradient

By Kelly Kozma

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This sculpture titled "Infinite Purpose: Purple & Pink" is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma made of retired colored pencils & acrylic on panel. The piece measures 12”h x 7”...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic, Wood

"From the Stars" Multi-colored and Patterned Paper Mounted on Panel
"From the Stars" Multi-colored and Patterned Paper Mounted on Panel

"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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Paper, Found Objects, Acrylic, Panel

American Feminist Contemporary Chair Black Red Sculpture - Brush Swivel 64
American Feminist Contemporary Chair Black Red Sculpture - Brush Swivel 64

American Feminist Contemporary Chair Black Red Sculpture - Brush Swivel 64

Located in New York, NY

Linda Stein, Brush Swivel 64 - American Feminist Contemporary Chair Black Red Sculpture Linda Stein has been addressing the theme of Power/Vulnerability for more than five decades....

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1970s Feminist Found Objects Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Plexiglass, Wood, Paper, Found Objects, Acrylic

Jesse Hickman, Note Three Twenty Seven Sixteen F, 2016, Enamel, Wood, Glue
Jesse Hickman, Note Three Twenty Seven Sixteen F, 2016, Enamel, Wood, Glue

Jesse Hickman, Note Three Twenty Seven Sixteen F, 2016, Enamel, Wood, Glue

By Jesse Hickman

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Found Objects Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Enamel

American Feminist Contemporary Chair Black Tan Sculpture - Skeletal Format 67
American Feminist Contemporary Chair Black Tan Sculpture - Skeletal Format 67

American Feminist Contemporary Chair Black Tan Sculpture - Skeletal Format 67

Located in New York, NY

Linda Stein, Skeletal Format 67 - American Feminist Contemporary Chair Black Tan Sculpture Linda Stein has been addressing the theme of Power/Vulnerability for more than five deca...

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1970s Feminist Found Objects Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Plastic, Wood, Found Objects, Acrylic

Orpheus Sculpture with Bird & Blocks
Orpheus Sculpture with Bird & Blocks

Orpheus Sculpture with Bird & Blocks

By Varujan Boghosian

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...

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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Found Objects Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Found Objects

Saturación, Luminosidad & Destornillador. From The Composition with Tools series
Saturación, Luminosidad & Destornillador. From The Composition with Tools series

Saturación, Luminosidad & Destornillador. From The Composition with Tools series

Located in Miami Beach, FL

The “Composition with Tools” series engages observers with quirky and playful truisms, gently leading them toward deeper reflections. Jose Ricardo Contreras...

Category

2010s Abstract Found Objects Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Wood, Found Objects

"Let’s Hear Your Battle Cry" Found and Patterned Wrappers by Kelly Kozma
"Let’s Hear Your Battle Cry" Found and Patterned Wrappers by Kelly Kozma

"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

"Have A Day" Layered Plastic Take Out Bags Mounted on Wood Panel
"Have A Day" Layered Plastic Take Out Bags Mounted on Wood Panel

"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

"You Are Here: Pink" Spiral Threads and Acrylic on Panel
"You Are Here: Pink" Spiral Threads and Acrylic on Panel

"You Are Here: Pink" Spiral Threads and Acrylic on Panel

By Kelly Kozma

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This sculpture titled "You Are Here: Pink" is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma made of thread scraps & acrylic on panel. Kozma's work is supported by her practice of collecting...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic, Panel

"You Are Here: Purple" Thread and Acrylic in Wavy Pattern on Panel
"You Are Here: Purple" Thread and Acrylic in Wavy Pattern on Panel

"You Are Here: Purple" Thread and Acrylic in Wavy Pattern on Panel

By Kelly Kozma

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This sculpture titled "You Are Here: Purple" is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma made of thread scraps & acrylic on panel. Kozma's work is supported by her practice of collecti...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Thread, Panel, Acrylic, Found Objects

"Get Free" Hand Embroidery and Collaged Photographs on Paper by Kelly Kozma
"Get Free" Hand Embroidery and Collaged Photographs on Paper by Kelly Kozma

"Get Free" Hand Embroidery and Collaged Photographs on Paper by Kelly Kozma

By Kelly Kozma

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This fabric work titled "Get Free" is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma made of hand embroidery and photographs on paper. The piece measures 13”h by 13”w framed. Kelly Kozma is a m...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Fabric, Thread, Found Objects, Paper, Photographic Paper

Havabanana Sleep Diptych Sculpture, Acrylic and Found Objects, 2010+
Havabanana Sleep Diptych Sculpture, Acrylic and Found Objects, 2010+

Havabanana Sleep Diptych Sculpture, Acrylic and Found Objects, 2010+

By Hyland Mather (X-O)

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
"Blind Spot" Abstract Relief with Numismatic Patterns Sculpture

"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

"Oldies Swing", Abstract Patterns, Geometric Abstraction, Woodcut, Monoprint
"Oldies Swing", Abstract Patterns, Geometric Abstraction, Woodcut, Monoprint

"Oldies Swing", Abstract Patterns, Geometric Abstraction, Woodcut, Monoprint

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece titled "Oldies Swing" is an original piece by Alexis Nutini and is made from a woodcut and and found object stencil monoprint mounted on panel. This piece measures 19"h x ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Found Objects, Wood Panel, Monoprint, Woodcut

"Was Happy Cancelled?", Wall-Hanging Sculpture, Rainbow, Bright Colors, Smile
"Was Happy Cancelled?", Wall-Hanging Sculpture, Rainbow, Bright Colors, Smile

"Was Happy Cancelled?", Wall-Hanging Sculpture, Rainbow, Bright Colors, Smile

By Kelly Kozma

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This wall-hanging sculpture titled "Was Happy Cancelled?" is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma made of assorted & repurposed punched paper, hand-stitc...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Thread, Paper, Found Objects

Shoes
Shoes

Tim HawkinsonShoes, 1993

$24,000Sale Price|20% Off

Shoes

By Tim Hawkinson

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

"The Artist's Floor" - Abstract Assemblage
"The Artist's Floor" - Abstract Assemblage

"The Artist's Floor" - Abstract Assemblage

By Michael Pauker

Located in Soquel, CA

Abstract expressionist assemblage with found objects typical of an artist's studio floor by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Applied paint brushes, caps and tubes of paint, a few letters, putty knife, with splashes of color on wood. Unsigned. From the collection of the artist's work. Unframed. Image size: 11.25"H x 25.75"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 Abstract Sculptures

Materials

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

Offerings: Contemporary Wall-Hanging Sculpture: 21st Century Paper & Thread Art
Offerings: Contemporary Wall-Hanging Sculpture: 21st Century Paper & Thread Art

Offerings: Contemporary Wall-Hanging Sculpture: 21st Century Paper & Thread Art

By Kelly Kozma

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This wall-hanging sculpture titled "Offerings" is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma made of credit card offer envelopes & assorted paper, hand-stitched together with embroidery thre...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Thread, Paper, Found Objects

Coin Cunt XXVII: Navy Blue Sculpture with Thread and Found Objects
Coin Cunt XXVII: Navy Blue Sculpture with Thread and Found Objects

Coin Cunt XXVII: Navy Blue Sculpture with Thread and Found Objects

By Suzanna Scott

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This is an original navy blue sculpture from Suzanna Scott's ongoing "Coin Cunt" series made from a kisslock coin purse and thread. The piece measures approximately 4in x 4in. ABOU...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Thread, Found Objects

"Lisa's Trip", Abstract Patterns, Geometric Abstraction, Woodcut Monoprint
"Lisa's Trip", Abstract Patterns, Geometric Abstraction, Woodcut Monoprint

"Lisa's Trip", Abstract Patterns, Geometric Abstraction, Woodcut Monoprint

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece titled "Lisa's Trip" is an original piece by Alexis Nutini and is made from a woodcut monoprint mounted on panel. This piece measures 14.5"h x 19"w. Born in Mexico City,...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Found Objects, Panel, Monoprint, Woodcut

"NNNAPES!" Abstract, wall hanging sculpture, found objects
"NNNAPES!" Abstract, wall hanging sculpture, found objects

"NNNAPES!" Abstract, wall hanging sculpture, found objects

By Jim Houser

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece titled "NNNAPES!" is an original artwork by Jim Houser and is made of assembled objects. This piece measures approximately 30.5”h x 30.5”w x 7”d and ships in the pictured ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic

"Pelvic Pelt" Abstract, dimensional paint on found object
"Pelvic Pelt" Abstract, dimensional paint on found object

"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

"Modus Volito Rusticus 14", Abstract, Found Object, Free-Standing Sculpture
"Modus Volito Rusticus 14", Abstract, Found Object, Free-Standing Sculpture

"Modus Volito Rusticus 14", Abstract, Found Object, Free-Standing Sculpture

By Hyland Mather (X-O)

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

Diptych: Quiver & Multi-Cut Tool, Contemporary Mixed Media Sculpture
Diptych: Quiver & Multi-Cut Tool, Contemporary Mixed Media Sculpture

Diptych: Quiver & Multi-Cut Tool, Contemporary Mixed Media Sculpture

By Katie VanVliet

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece titled "Diptych: Quiver & Multi-Cut Tool" is an original artwork made from Mixed media: #11 steel blades, sinew, copper, and hardwoods (Multi-Cut Tool). Horsehair, plastic vials, sinew, copper, brass, hardwoods (Quiver) by Katie VanVliet. This piece measures 24"h x 60"w x 7"d. Katie VanVliet (she/her) is a sculptor and printmaker practicing from her home studio in Elkins Park...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Brass, Steel, Copper

"Modus Volito Rusticus 17", Abstract, Found Object, Free-Standing Sculpture
"Modus Volito Rusticus 17", Abstract, Found Object, Free-Standing Sculpture

"Modus Volito Rusticus 17", Abstract, Found Object, Free-Standing Sculpture

By Hyland Mather (X-O)

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This free-standing abstract sculpture titled "Modus Volito Rusticus 17" 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

"Thinking About the Old Carpet & the Air Hockey Table" Hand Embroidery & Collage
"Thinking About the Old Carpet & the Air Hockey Table" Hand Embroidery & Collage

"Thinking About the Old Carpet & the Air Hockey Table" Hand Embroidery & Collage

By Kelly Kozma

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This fabric work titled "Thinking About the Old Carpet & the Air Hockey Table" is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma made of hand embroidery and photogr...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Fabric, Thread, Found Objects, Paper, Photographic Paper

"New Address" Contemporary Hand Embroidery and Collage
"New Address" Contemporary Hand Embroidery and Collage

"New Address" Contemporary Hand Embroidery and Collage

By Kelly Kozma

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This fabric work titled "New Address" is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma made of hand embroidery and photographs on paper. The piece measures 13”h by 13”w framed. Kelly Kozma is ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Fabric, Thread, Found Objects

"An Exact Record Of How It Happened", Green, Red, and White Sculpture
"An Exact Record Of How It Happened", Green, Red, and White Sculpture

"An Exact Record Of How It Happened", Green, Red, and White Sculpture

By Jedediah Morfit

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This free-standing sculpture titled "An Exact Record Of How It Happened" is an original artwork by Jedediah Morfit made of plaster, paint, wax, thermoplastic, epoxy, wood, rope. This piece measures 33.25"h x 10"w x 14"d. BIO Jedediah Morfit received his MFA in sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2005, where he was awarded the Sylvia Leslie Herman Young Scholarship and the Award Of Excellence. He was a Fellow at the Center For Emerging Visual Artists from 2007-2009, and received a New Jersey Council On the Arts Fellowship for sculpture in 2009. He received the Louise Kahn Award for Sculpture from the Woodmere Art Museum in 2006, and was awarded the Dexter Jones Award for Bas Relief from the National Sculpture Society in 2011 and 2012. In 2013, he was commissioned to create a series of new work for Artlantic:Wonder, which was named one of the 50 best...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Plaster, Paint, Wax, Epoxy Glue, Found Objects

Nudo. Abstract Polished metal, metal knot, metal, and Glass. Wall sculpture
Nudo. Abstract Polished metal, metal knot, metal, and Glass. Wall sculpture

Nudo. Abstract Polished metal, metal knot, metal, and Glass. Wall sculpture

By Fanny Szyller Finkelman

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 irreplaceable when she creates her sculptures. From The Assembler series Polished metal, metal knot...

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2010s Minimalist Found Objects Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

ELLA Assemblage Artwork, Contemporary Acrylic on Wood, 21st Century
ELLA Assemblage Artwork, Contemporary Acrylic on Wood, 21st Century

ELLA Assemblage Artwork, Contemporary Acrylic on Wood, 21st Century

By Jim Houser

Located in Philadelphia, PA

"ELLA" is an original assemblage artwork by Jim Houser measuring 10" x 10". Jim Houser was born in 1973 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the city where he currently resides. He is a s...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Found Objects, Acrylic

"Marginal Madonna" Abstract Relief with Rorschach Patterns Sculpture
"Marginal Madonna" Abstract Relief with Rorschach Patterns Sculpture

"Marginal Madonna" Abstract Relief with Rorschach Patterns Sculpture

Located in Soquel, CA

"Marginal Madonna" Abstract Relief Sculpture Carved sculpture and painting by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 20th century). This large-scale relief sculpture features The central fig...

Category

1990s Other Art Style Found Objects Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Found Objects, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Handmade Paper

"Wire Songs", Contemporary, Mixed Media, Sculpture, Plied Wire, Aluminum, Metal
"Wire Songs", Contemporary, Mixed Media, Sculpture, Plied Wire, Aluminum, Metal

"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

"His Name Was Writ in Acrylic Paint" - Abstract Assemblage
"His Name Was Writ in Acrylic Paint" - Abstract Assemblage

"His Name Was Writ in Acrylic Paint" - Abstract Assemblage

By Michael Pauker

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 Abstract Sculptures

Materials

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

Argumento - 21st Century, Contemporary Art, Abstract Sculpture, Iron, Objects
Argumento - 21st Century, Contemporary Art, Abstract Sculpture, Iron, Objects

Argumento - 21st Century, Contemporary Art, Abstract Sculpture, Iron, Objects

By Lukas Ulmi

Located in Barcelona, Catalonia

Lukas Ulmi’s work unveils the hidden beauty of shapes taking stones, seemingly static forms, incomplete or meaningless objects and turning them into authentic sculptures where weight...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Iron

Butterfly Girl

Butterfly Girl

By Eric Rhein

Located in New York, NY

Eric Rhein “Butterfly Girl” 1992-1995 Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity Steel, brass, and gold-filled wire, thread, glue, and found object...

Category

1990s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Brass, Steel, Wire

Liz Sweibel, Untitled (Scrapings #10), 2016, Wood, Paint, Found Objects
Liz Sweibel, Untitled (Scrapings #10), 2016, Wood, Paint, Found Objects

Liz Sweibel, Untitled (Scrapings #10), 2016, Wood, Paint, Found Objects

By Liz Sweibel

Located in Darien, CT

The freestanding sculptures in this portfolio are made from the “sticks”: a pile of found wood that Sweibel has been pulling from to make new works since about 2002. The pile consisted of more than a dozen four- to seven-foot lengths of hardwood, each an uneven inch in depth and width. The sticks were warped, with worn yellow paint on one side and raw wood on the other three. Over the years she has painted the raw sides of the sticks, cut the wood into shorter lengths, and sliced paint off – and kept the residue from these actions. Sweibel has also made sculptures ranging from full-length sticks to tiny stick splinters. She built these sculptures using sliced-off paint. Timeworn materials and objects have an intelligence that the artist looks for and listens to. Shaping and reshaping material to find new form and elicit new insights in the material itself is the territory she is mining. The limitations of the process are its strengths. Her work is concerned with fragility, precariousness, adaptability, and strength. It is a visual response to powerful yet unseen forces - like wind and thoughts - that threaten, propel, ruin, and protect. Liz Sweibel is a multidisciplinary artist working in drawing, sculpture, installation, and digital photography and video. Her spare, personal language of abstraction transforms ordinary materials into statements about connectedness and responsibility: every action has an impact, the effects persist in space and over time, and we are accountable. By drawing attention to simple, ordinary “stuff of life” and referencing both shared and personal history, Sweibel’s work explores and reflects back fundamental experiences in response to our world and relationships. Her intention is to reinvigorate viewers’ awareness of the everyday – in its raw beauty and precariousness – in hopes that they might bring heightened senses of sight and care to their daily lives. Sweibel has participated in solo, two-person, and group exhibits in New York, Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, Michigan, and Tennessee since 1998. In 2016, Sweibel’s work was in the group shows Lightly Structured at Sculpture Space NYC, Precarious Constructs at the Venus Knitting Art...

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Found Objects Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paint, Found Objects

Jo Yarrington, Mute-Ability_Composition 6, 2019_acrylic, steel, player piano rol
Jo Yarrington, Mute-Ability_Composition 6, 2019_acrylic, steel, player piano rol

Jo Yarrington, Mute-Ability_Composition 6, 2019_acrylic, steel, player piano rol

By Jo Yarrington

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

Patricia Miranda, Florilegium Series, 2016, cochineal dyes, antique books, pearl
Patricia Miranda, Florilegium Series, 2016, cochineal dyes, antique books, pearl

Patricia Miranda, Florilegium Series, 2016, cochineal dyes, antique books, pearl

By Patricia Miranda

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...

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2010s Feminist Found Objects Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Fabric, Thread, Plaster, Dye, Found Objects

Patricia Miranda, Florilegium Series, 2016, cochineal dyes, antique books, pearl
Patricia Miranda, Florilegium Series, 2016, cochineal dyes, antique books, pearl

Patricia Miranda, Florilegium Series, 2016, cochineal dyes, antique books, pearl

By Patricia Miranda

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, Plaster, Dye, Found Objects

Margaret Roleke, Pop pop, 2018, spent shot gun shells, wire, zipties, steel box
Margaret Roleke, Pop pop, 2018, spent shot gun shells, wire, zipties, steel box

Margaret Roleke, Pop pop, 2018, spent shot gun shells, wire, zipties, steel box

By Margaret Roleke

Located in Darien, CT

Margaret Roleke has created the sculpture “Pop,pop” specifically for the Las Gravitas exhibition at ODETTA. The title refers both to the fun and colorful hues of the piece that pop ...

Category

2010s Pop Art Found Objects Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel, Wire

Jo Yarrington, Orchestrations, 2016, Found Objects, Plexiglass
Jo Yarrington, Orchestrations, 2016, Found Objects, Plexiglass

Jo Yarrington, Orchestrations, 2016, Found Objects, Plexiglass

By Jo Yarrington

Located in Darien, CT

The installation, Orchestrations, explores the vernacular in vintage piano roles. The physical perforations in the piano roll paper, coded notations for sound, act as a vehicle for l...

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2010s Post-Minimalist Found Objects Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Plexiglass, Found Objects

Jo Yarrington, Mute-Ability_Composition 5, 2019_acrylic, steel, player piano rol
Jo Yarrington, Mute-Ability_Composition 5, 2019_acrylic, steel, player piano rol

Jo Yarrington, Mute-Ability_Composition 5, 2019_acrylic, steel, player piano rol

By Jo Yarrington

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

Liz Sweibel, Untitled (Splinter 2 ), 2014, Wood, Paint, Found Objects
Liz Sweibel, Untitled (Splinter 2 ), 2014, Wood, Paint, Found Objects

Liz Sweibel, Untitled (Splinter 2 ), 2014, Wood, Paint, Found Objects

By Liz Sweibel

Located in Darien, CT

Liz Sweibel primarily makes sculpture, installations, and drawings. She uses a spare, personal language of abstraction to explore liminal spaces and unseen forces: wind, history, va...

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2010s Minimalist Found Objects Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paint, Found Objects

Assemblage with Cigar Box and the Letter P
Assemblage with Cigar Box and the Letter P

Assemblage with Cigar Box and the Letter P

By Michael Pauker

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Found Objects Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Canvas, Glass, Plastic, Paper, Oil, Found Objects

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