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Medium: Metal
Deity Red Abstract Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Deidad (Deity) edition 17/20, 1988, signed with certificate.
Edgard Negret studied at the School of Fine Arts in Cali between 1938 and 1943. The followi...
Category
1970s Abstract Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Nailed It
Located in Nottingham, GB
Fantastic sculpture made entirely from nails.
Presented on a solid slate base
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Stainless Steel
"Pojagi Construction I" Jin-Sook So, Contemporary Korean mixed media artwork
By Jin-Sook So
Located in Wilton, CT
This abstract geometric mixed media piece was done by fiber artist, Jin-Sook So (b. 1950, Korea). So grew up in Seoul, Korea where she received a master's degree in textile art, afte...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Silver, Steel, Gold Leaf
Signs and Writings No. 7 by Martine Demal - Bronze sculpture, abstract
Located in Paris, FR
Signs and Writings No. 7 is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Martine Demal, dimensions are 34 × 33 × 17 cm (13.4 × 12.9 × 6.7 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Lion's Den" Abstract, Bronze Metal Tabletop Sculpture by Kevin Barrett
Located in New York, NY
"Lion's Den" Abstract Metal Sculpture by Kevin Barrett
Unique bronze tabletop sculpture
Barrett is noted for creating unique, rhythmic, abstract indoor and outdoor sculpture and wal...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Birdman 7/9
By JD Hansen
Located in Napa, CA
jd Hansen is an American sculptor whose work explores the tension and interplay between vulnerability and strength, using human and animal forms rendered in bronze and stainless stee...
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$49,000
Cotton Candy Cumulus Navy Green Red - Abstract Three-Dimensional Wall Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Atticus Adams' organically composed modern metal sculptures embody the transformative power of art, illustrating the creation of beauty, meaning, and emotional impact from industrial...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Wire
Slender - tall, modern, abstract, contemporary, aluminum outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Elegant curves create an imposing sculpture in this new work by Quebec artist Stéphane Langlois. The column, cut and welded out of aluminum narrows as it reaches a spire. The center ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
“Tiny Celadon Green Jacket, ” Steel Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Upon discovering a weathered steel drum that had been warped to resemble the sleeve of a garment, artist Gordon Chandler was inspired to embark on a series of kimono sculptures formed from found metal scraps. With an eye to the aesthetic possibilities of this humble material, Chandler invests the reclaimed steel with sculptural fluidity and a wry sense of form.
Flattened with the center portion rolled out and the sides left open, this discarded barrel takes on the look of a miniature jacket. Coated with a mint green finish, the eroded metal appears as draped fabric, folded back to form a simple collar. The sculpture is finished with the artist's initials stamped...
Category
2010s Modern Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Rapio A/P
Located in Napa, CA
The sculptures of Damon Hyldreth appear both static and fluid, rigid and flexible, strong and smooth, effectively blurring the line between nature and structure. By crafting organic ...
Category
2010s Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel, Bronze
$4,750
"Bouquet", Abstract, Steel Metal Sculpture by Bill Barrett
By Bill Barrett
Located in New York, NY
"Bouquet" by Bill Barrett
Fabricated cor-ten steel
Bill Barrett is considered a central figure in the second generation of American metal sculptors and is internationally known for ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel
David Hostetler Female Figurative Sculpture BMW Car Paint Art Deco Commission
Located in Nantucket, MA
By Commission. Casting and custom paint will take approximately 4 months. I have to get in line with my paint expert. Cape Lady is a polished bronze casting painted with Glasurit, a hand sprayed car paint. It is BMW white and BMW black. It is a limited edition of 15 with 2 artist proofs. The current edition available would be 6/15. It was cast from an original wood carving by David Hostetler...
Category
2010s Art Deco Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Angelo Di Benedetto Mid-Century Abstract Metal Sculpture, Signed, Brutalist Art
Located in Denver, CO
This striking mid-century modern abstract sculpture is a rare, original work by acclaimed American artist Angelo Di Benedetto (1913–1992). Crafted in industrial metal, the piece mast...
Category
20th Century American Modern Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Sculptural Metal Floor Lamp - Design, 2024 – 'Okinawa'
Located in Bruxelles, BE
"MIES" is a sculptural floor lamp designed by Iskandar Jani, inspired by the structural columns of the German Pavilion, designed by Mies van der Rohe for the 1929 International Expos...
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Gymnast (bust), Bronze Sculpture
Located in Aventura, FL
Bronze sculpture with marble base. Incised artist signature and date. Sculpture size 13.5 x 7 x 6 inches (including base). Sculpture is in excellent condition (marble base has a c...
Category
1980s Surrealist Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$4,875 Sale Price
25% Off
Feminist Figurative Mixed Media Contemporary Sculpture Warrior Waging Peace 1284
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Warrior Waging Peace: Addressing Strength 1284 - Feminist Figurative Mixed Media Black and Colorful Contemporary Sculpture
Free-standing contemporary sculpture with v...
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Quadrato
Located in Miami, FL
Jesus Rafael Soto (1923-2005)
Quadrato 1974
Editions Denise Rene
46 of 75
Acrylic/aluminum with painted metal rods
17,5 x 15,7 x 12,5 in
Signed and dated
Provenance:
Editions Galeri...
Category
1970s Op Art Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Blue Tones Mixed-media circular wall sculpture in foam clay and acrylic on wood
By Vera Vizzi
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Mixed-media circular wall sculpture in foam clay and acrylic on wood exploring a blue palette, bas-relief texture and miniature figures. This circular mixed-media wall sculpture comb...
Category
2010s Abstract Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
"Embrace" by Kevin Barrett, Abstract Bronze Metal Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
"Embrace" by Kevin Barrett
Bronze metal sculpture
Kevin Barrett is noted for creating unique, rhythmic, abstract indoor and outdoor sculpture and wall reliefs.
Organic Bronze Metal...
Category
2010s Abstract Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Deep Roots - Original Elegant Organic Abstract Redwood Sculpture with Maple Base
By Joe Garnero
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Joe Garnero’s medium of choice for his winding abstract wood sculptures is reclaimed Redwood roots, which he finds along the northern California coast. The distinct curving shapes of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Medium Abstract Ceramic Sculpture with Fiber: 'Stephanie'
By Ak Jansen
Located in New York, NY
This is part of a new collection work that encompasses ceramics and textiles by Ak Jansen. Born in the Netherlands, Jansen’s work occupies queerness on both poetic and political term...
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Gold
Sezione Aurea A7 by Mattia Bosco - Marble and gold leaf abstract wall sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Sezione Aurea A7 is a unique sculpture by contemporary artist Mattia Bosco. This sculpture is made of Palissandro marble and gold leaf, dimensions are 72 × 53.5 × 4 cm (28.3 × 21.1 ×...
Category
2010s Abstract Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
"Slinky" by Kevin Barrett, Unique Abstract Metal Sculpture in Bronze
Located in New York, NY
"Slinky" by Kevin Barrett
Bronze indoor/outdoor sculpture
Kevin Barrett is noted for creating unique, rhythmic, abstract indoor and outdoor sculpture and wall reliefs.
Bronze Metal...
Category
2010s Abstract Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Mirror “with fold” I by Franck K - Stainless steel sculpture, reflection, light
Located in Paris, FR
Mirror “with fold” I is a unique mirror-polished stainless steel sculpture and base by contemporary artist Franck K, dimensions are 77 × 73 × 20 cm (30.3 × 28.7 × 7.9 in).
The sculp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Tango by Yann Guillon - Bronze dancers sculpture, semi-abstract, contemporary
By Yann Guillon
Located in Paris, FR
Tango is a bronze sculpture on a base by contemporary artist Yann Guillon. Dimensions are 26 x 19 x 17 cm (10.2 × 7.5 × 6.7 in), dimensions of the base are 14 x 22 x 14 cm (5.5 x 8.7...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Presence of Absence – Female (I) by Tom Price - Coal sculpture, nude
By Tom Price
Located in Paris, FR
The Presence of Absence – Female (I) is a unique coal, stainless steel and epoxy resin sculpture by contemporary artist Tom Price, dimensions are 170 × 50 × 50 cm (66.9 × 19.7 × 19.7...
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Composition V by Delphine Brabant - Abstract geometric bronze sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Composition V is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Delphine Brabant, dimensions are 33 × 30 × 11 cm (13 × 11.8 × 4.3 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of...
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Signs and Writings No. 8 by Martine Demal - Bronze sculpture, abstract, dark
Located in Paris, FR
Signs and Writings No. 8 is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Martine Demal, dimensions are 39 × 26 × 11.5 cm (15.3 × 10.2 × 4.5 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
EIGHT (SCULPTURE)
Located in Aventura, FL
Enamel and steel sculpture. Measures 18 x 18 x 10 inches (with base). Stamped 'R. Indiana' with edition, date and foundry. Edition 2/8.
Artwork is in excellent condition. All ...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Santiago Medina - BLUE LIFE (INDOOR SCULPTURE), Photography 2020
Located in Stamford, CT
Italian stainless steel with blue tint and granite base. Harvard University has one of the editions permanently.
This sculpture will be shipped directly from the artist's studio.
A...
Category
2010s Abstract Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Sezione Aurea 59-2020 by Mattia Bosco - Marble and silver leaf sculpture, rock
Located in Paris, FR
Sezione Aurea 59-2020 is a unique sculpture by contemporary artist Mattia Bosco. This sculpture is made of black Palissandro marble and silver leaf, dimensions are 57.5 × 37 × 13 cm ...
Category
2010s Abstract Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
Linda Stein, Shaman 635 - Contemporary Bronze Indoor or Outdoor Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Shaman 635 - Contemporary Bronze Indoor or Outdoor Sculpture
Shaman 635 is one of Linda Stein's most iconic works. It is from her Knights of Protection series, which s...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$68,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Space Churn with Squares
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Space Churn with Squares" is an abstract Post War kinetic sculpture in stainless steel sculpture by George Rickey in 1969. The artwork is 35 1/2 x 20 x 13 inches, weighing less than...
Category
20th Century Post-War Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Paper Sculpture, Wall Hanging: 'Meret 2'
Located in New York, NY
Samuelle Green’s work has always been multidisciplinary. Throughout all her mediums; painting, drawing, sculpture, and installation, there is a common thread of subject matter – that...
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Amazing Original Fahri Aldin Bronze Sculpture. Limited Edition Stunning New Work
By Fahri Aldin
Located in Belleville, CA
An Amazing New Piece at an Incredible Price by renowned Canadian Artist Fahri Aldin. This Stunning Beauty titled 'The Proud Stallion' is Limited Edition 3 out of 27. From his latest ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Achondrite – Eucalyptus & Bronze by Oliver Ashworth-Martin - Sculpture, nature
Located in Paris, FR
Achondrite – Eucalyptus & Bronze is a unique bronze and wood sculpture by contemporary English sculptor Oliver Ashworth-Martin, dimensions are 18 x 17 x 16 cm (7.1 × 6.7 × 6.3 in...
Category
2010s Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Granite Sail - Abstract Wall Sculpture in Wood, Resin, and Aluminum
Located in Soquel, CA
Granite Sail - Abstract Wall Sculpture in Wood, Resin, and Aluminum
Whimsical and fluid abstract composition by Craig French (American, b. 1959). Cast re...
Category
1990s American Modern Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Herringkel MK2
Located in Nottingham, GB
Original Aircraft Sculpture - Created in Bronze
2nd in the series of the Herringkel in the Aerogenic series of sculptures,
This piece is a mela...
Category
2010s Abstract Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Synthesis S by Tom Price - Resin, tar, acrylic, steel and LED sculpture
By Tom Price
Located in Paris, FR
Synthesis S is a sculpture by the English artist Tom Price. Resin, tar, steel, acrylic, LED. 200.5 cm × 40 cm × 40 cm (Dimensions include the stand).
In the Synthesis series, Tom Pr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Event 02.2000.015, Abstract Sculpture (Steel, Bronze, Ceramic) , 2020
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Event 02.2000.015 is a one of an ongoing series of sculptures exploring my envisioning cosmic events and their existence in spacetime. This piece is also an exploration of combining different materials into sculpture.
Keywords: abstract, welded metal,
Artist Biography:
Fred Klingelhofer, a primarily self-taught artist, grew up in a Chicago south side neighborhood. He received a BS degree in physics from Roosevelt University and worked as an engineer for 30 years. During those years he enrolled in art workshops and classes at a nearby community college completing courses in figure drawing, 2D and 3D design, ceramics, sculpting the figure, welding and metal sculpture. His focus has been on creating sculpture since 2006. Fred has exhibited his sculpture in a number of group exhibitions with Chicago Sculpture International, Art Prize (Grand Rapids, Michigan), Sculpture in the Park (St Charles, Illinois), Sculpture Walk Sioux Falls...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Stainless Steel
Abstract Sculpture by Urano Palma Simbiosi
Located in Brescia, IT
Urano Palma is an Italian artist who starts to create his artworks following the philosophy of Lucio Fontana.
He specially worked to the sculptured furniture, inventing a casting tec...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bay Laurel #2
By Michael Mancarella
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mancarella's sculptures are from the series titled "Elements". Formal design principles are the basis for Mancarella's work which is typically made of wood and metal. Taken individua...
Category
2010s Abstract Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Split Disc on Two Squares, kinetic sculpture
Located in New York, NY
These sculptures are automatic room changers. They bring playfulness, sophistication and a slightly more structured "Calder type" Contemporary classiness to an environment. Kinetic ...
Category
2010s Kinetic Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Enamel, Stainless Steel
New Breath, Hand Carved Italian Alabaster Stone Sculpture
Located in Doylestown, PA
Presented is a one-of-a-kind single edition sculpture by female sculptor artist Sherry Rossini. Hand carved by the artist from alabaster stone that was ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
British Contemporary Sculpture by Philip Hearsey - Saturday Sun
Located in Paris, IDF
Wall mounted bronze
Series of variations
Stamped with monogram signature and numbered 677A
The sculpture is supplied with everything required for hanging.
Weight 11.7kgs
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
“Shattered” wall mirror II by Franck K - Stainless steel sculpture, reflection
Located in Paris, FR
“Shattered” wall mirror II is a unique mirror-polished stainless steel sculpture by contemporary artist Franck K, dimensions are 125 × 125 × 3 cm (49.2 × 49.2 × 1.2 in).
The sculptu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
"Untitled" David Hare, Surrealist, Anthropomorphic, Modernist, Ab-Ex Sculpture
By David Hare
Located in New York, NY
David Hare
Untitled, circa 1949
Bronze
25 x 8 x 7 inches
Provenance
Kootz Gallery, New York
Collection of Samuel Kootz New York
Estate of the above
Collection of Dr. Joyce Kootz, Ne...
Category
1940s Surrealist Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Untitled
By Yaacov Agam
Located in New York, NY
Stainless steel and marble.
Signed and numbered from edition of 350.
Category
1970s Kinetic Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Stainless Steel
Escher-Inspired Mobius Strip II by Zadora-Gerlof
Located in New Orleans, LA
Crafted by the famed jeweler and sculptor Andreas von Zadora-Gerlof, this compelling stainless steel and polymer sculpture brings to life the work of the gr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Copper, Stainless Steel
Geminis Yellow Metal Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Geminis 2/6 edition, signed with certificate.
Edgard Negret studied at the School of Fine Arts in Cali between 1938 and 1943. The following year, he met...
Category
1970s Abstract Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Boat III, Large Bronze and Wood Sculpture of Inverted Balancing Figure
Located in Chicago, IL
Inspired by the Shoulder Stand in Yoga, aka Sarvangasan, Curiá brings an abstraction to the pose as the figure's legs morph into a wooden boat. The figure has a beautiful green pati...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Loren Eiferman, Satellite, 2010, 125 pieces of wood, copper, patina
Located in Darien, CT
Over many decades Loren Eiferman has created and mastered a unique technique of working with wood—her primary material.
First, she begins with a drawing of an idea. Then she take...
Category
2010s Abstract Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Copper
ViVa
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 3/3
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to a Greek immigrant mother and a first generation Greek-American father. She received her BFA from the Newcomb College of T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
$136,000
Geometric Circles - Abstract Blue Wall Copper Mosaic
Located in Boston, MA
Geometric Circles
36.0 x 36.0 x 1.0, 21.0 lbs
Copper, mixed media
Hand signed by the artist
Artist's Commentary:
"Overlapping circles of translucent blue form multiple patterns in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Suzanne Benton, 1974, Pelvic Woman, Copper, Coated Steel
Located in Darien, CT
In 1972, the women’s movement was in full flower. Suzanne Benton had been an early activist, a founder and organizer of NOW Chapters, CT Feminists in the Arts, Women, Metamorphosis 1 (in New Haven, CT, the first women’s art festival in the USA). She'd already been creating metal sculpted masks and working with them in mask tale performances of Women of Myth and Heritage. Her inaugural performance of Sarah and Hagar n 1972 took place at Lincoln Center in NYC.
Benton then became the artistic director and producer of an evening on Broadway, Four Chosen Women (performers included herself as mask tale performer, author Anais Nin, actress Vinie Burroughs and dancer Joan Stone). The evening took place at the Edison Theatre, November 22, 1972. While developing the evening on Broadway, Benton met renowned Swedish actress and Hollywood star, Viveca Lindfors.
Viveca was then working on her solo performance, I AM A WOMAN, and was looking for a unique theatre set for the show. The happenstance that brought Viveca and Suzanne together. At that same time, recent travel to Macchu Picchu inspired her with the mountain’s great stones sitting on the edge of precipices. These vast stones led her to create welded steel Seated Sculpture Works. Viveca was intrigued by the concept and let her own imagination fly. Imagining a set of welded steel sculpture, she took the leap in commissioning Suzanne with complete faith in artist's ability to fulfill her mandate. Benton created groups of welded sculptures for two theater sets.
Protection is one of three sculptures in first set created in 1973. Mother and Child, Pelvic Woman, Facing Each Other are three of five works from the 1974 second set. The first toured with her shows throughout the East Coast and into Toronto, Canada. The second set, created to nest together could travel as checked baggage for international and domestic airline travel. They flew to Denmark in 1980 for her performance at the UN sponsored 1980 Women’s International Conference, Copenhagen.
In addition to creating the theatre sets, Benton mounted exhibitions of her masks and sculptures in the lobbies of theatres where she performed (NYC and Northampton). Continuing on with this theme, Becoming is her 1975 Seated Sculpture Work. The theatre sets were returned at the final end of its long run. These Seated Sculpture Works have often been featured in exhibitions, including both the 2003 and 2005 retrospectives. They are part of an oeuvre of 797 sculptures and masks.
What attracted her to welded sculpture? This excerpt from her book, The Art of Welded Sculpture, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1975 speaks of its lure:
"Early in my life, when I had decided to become an artist, I had had an inner vision of being able to hold the physical material of my art in such a way as to bring it into existence with my hands. In welding, I wear a mask, a heavy apron, and gloves. I heat the metal and make it bend so smoothly and gracefully; I cut the metal, rigid metal, into endless shapes; I join the pieces by causing them to flow together with the heat of the flame. Welding was a return to my adolescent vision. It was fulfillment. At that beginning time I felt that even if I went no further, this experience in itself gave me astounding satisfaction. It was as thrilling as the moment of birth. It was my birth."
(Pelvic Woman and Protection are illustrated in the book):
What began in 1965 became by 2017 an oeuvre of 797 sculptures and masks. The magic of the welding mask...
Category
1970s Feminist Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Copper, Steel
Suzanne Benton, Facing Each Other, 1974, Copper, Coated Steel
Located in Darien, CT
In 1972, the women’s movement was in full flower. Suzanne Benton had been an early activist, a founder and organizer of NOW Chapters, CT Feminists in the Arts, Women, Metamorphosis 1 (in New Haven, CT, the first women’s art festival in the USA). She'd already been creating metal sculpted masks and working with them in mask tale performances of Women of Myth and Heritage. Her inaugural performance of Sarah and Hagar n 1972 took place at Lincoln Center in NYC.
Benton then became the artistic director and producer of an evening on Broadway, Four Chosen Women (performers included herself as mask tale performer, author Anais Nin, actress Vinie Burroughs and dancer Joan Stone). The evening took place at the Edison Theatre, November 22, 1972. While developing the evening on Broadway, Benton met renowned Swedish actress and Hollywood star, Viveca Lindfors.
Viveca was then working on her solo performance, I AM A WOMAN, and was looking for a unique theatre set for the show. The happenstance that brought Viveca and Suzanne together. At that same time, recent travel to Macchu Picchu inspired her with the mountain’s great stones sitting on the edge of precipices. These vast stones led her to create welded steel Seated Sculpture Works. Viveca was intrigued by the concept and let her own imagination fly. Imagining a set of welded steel sculpture, she took the leap in commissioning Suzanne with complete faith in artist's ability to fulfill her mandate. Benton created groups of welded sculptures for two theater sets.
Protection is one of three sculptures in first set created in 1973. Mother and Child, Pelvic Woman, Facing Each Other are three of five works from the 1974 second set. The first toured with her shows throughout the East Coast and into Toronto, Canada. The second set, created to nest together could travel as checked baggage for international and domestic airline travel. They flew to Denmark in 1980 for her performance at the UN sponsored 1980 Women’s International Conference, Copenhagen.
In addition to creating the theatre sets, Benton mounted exhibitions of her masks and sculptures in the lobbies of theatres where she performed (NYC and Northampton). Continuing on with this theme, Becoming is her 1975 Seated Sculpture Work. The theatre sets were returned at the final end of its long run. These Seated Sculpture Works have often been featured in exhibitions, including both the 2003 and 2005 retrospectives. They are part of an oeuvre of 797 sculptures and masks.
What attracted her to welded sculpture? This excerpt from her book, The Art of Welded Sculpture, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1975 speaks of its lure:
"Early in my life, when I had decided to become an artist, I had had an inner vision of being able to hold the physical material of my art in such a way as to bring it into existence with my hands. In welding, I wear a mask, a heavy apron, and gloves. I heat the metal and make it bend so smoothly and gracefully; I cut the metal, rigid metal, into endless shapes; I join the pieces by causing them to flow together with the heat of the flame. Welding was a return to my adolescent vision. It was fulfillment. At that beginning time I felt that even if I went no further, this experience in itself gave me astounding satisfaction. It was as thrilling as the moment of birth. It was my birth."
(Pelvic Woman and Protection are illustrated in the book):
What began in 1965 became by 2017 an oeuvre of 797 sculptures and masks. The magic of the welding mask...
Category
1970s Feminist Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Copper, Steel
Combahee Night - Abstract Black Sculptural Original Three-Dimensional Wall Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Atticus Adams' organically composed modern metal sculptures embody the transformative power of art, illustrating the creation of beauty, meaning, and emotional impact from industrial...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Wire
"The Rust' Three Sculptures by Japanese Artist Aijiro Wakita
Located in Dallas, TX
Three sculptures from the series "The Rust" by renowned Japanese artist Aijiro Wakita, from a very prominent collection in Dallas The sculptures, were created in pieces of corten ste...
Category
1980s Modern Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
"DARKNESS BECKONS" Abstract Wall Sculpture 21" x 16" x 23" in by Shawn Kolodny
Located in Culver City, CA
"DARKNESS BECKONS" Abstract Wall Sculpture 21" x 16" x 23" in by Shawn Kolodny
Medium: Stainless Steel & Automotive Paint
Creating art to reflect the times we live in, Kolodny ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Pas de Deux, 88" tall stainless steel sculpture
Located in Loveland, CO
"Pas de Deux" by Mark Leichliter
Abstract Sculpture
88x22x10 Stainless Steel signed and numbered3/10
Shipping price includes the custom packing necessary ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Metal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
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Otto Van Veen
Oval Dog Painting
P English Paintings