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Medium: Mixed Media
Reflections on Water - tall, colourful, hand-blown glass, outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Susan Rankin has captured the luminous colour of water—from pale blue and turquoise to ocean blue in her latest series of garden columns. These hand-blown glass outdoor sculptures ar...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Steel

Linda Stein Bold Quest- Contemporary Mixed Media Colorful Wonder Woman Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
This sculpture from Linda Stein’s Knights of Protection series functions both as a defender in battle and a symbol of pacifism. The series references popular and religious icons suc...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic Polymer, Archival Paper

Linda Stein, Knight of Courage 655 - Contemporary Mixed Media Fashion Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Knight of Courage 655 is from Linda Stein's Body-Swapping Armor series. These wearable sculptures are ambiguous and androgynous in form, allowing the wearer to explore new and differ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

Pillow Cloud II - Silver Three-Dimensional Lightweight Metal 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 materials. Using mostly aluminum mesh—generally found in screen doors, windows and filters—he creates contemporary abstract sculptural artworks and installations, which resemble flowers, clouds, and other natural phenomena. Working in metal, Adams effortlessly transforms rigid material into airy, effervescent artworks. This 12 by 12 by 8 inch silver metal wall sculpture...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

Maquette for Laureate (unique sculpture)
Located in New York, NY
Seymour Lipton Maquette for Laureate, ca. 1968-1969 Nickel silver on monel metal Unique 18 × 8 1/2 × 7 inches Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York Acquired from the above by the previous owner, 1969 thence by descent Christie's New York: Monday, June 30, 2008 [Lot 00199] Acquired from the above Christie's sale This unique sculpture by important Abstract Expressionist sculptor Seymour Lipton is a maquette of the monumental sculpture "Laureate" - one of Lipton's most iconic and influential works located on the Riverwalk in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Laureate is a masterpiece that was commissioned by the Allen-Bradley Company in memory of Harry Lynde Bradley and as an enhancement for the newly constructed Performing Arts Center. It is located on the east bank of the Milwaukee River at 929 North Water Street. The Bradley family in Milwaukee were renowned patrons of modernist sculpture, known for their excellent taste who also founded an eponymous sculpture park. For reference only is an image of the monumental "Laureate" one of Milwaukee's most beloved public sculptures. According to the Smithsonian, which owns a different unique variation of this work, "The full-size sculpture Laureate was commissioned by the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts in Milwaukee. In the initial drawings, Seymour Lipton combined details from the architectural plan with a wide variety of images, ranging from musical instruments to a lighthouse on the island of Tobago. He transformed the basic shapes from these sketches into a welded sculpture, which evokes a figure composed of columns, harp strings, and coiled rope. Lipton created this piece to celebrate achievement in the arts. The dramatic silhouette commands your attention, reflecting the title Laureate, which means worthy of honor and distinction. The final version of the piece is over twelve feet high and stands out against the pale, flat buildings of the arts center.,," Provenance Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York Acquired from the above by the previous owner, 1969 thence by descent Christie's New York: Monday, June 30, 2008 [Lot 00199] Acquired from the above Christie's sale About Seymour Lipton: Born in New York City in 1903, Seymour Lipton (1903-1986) grew up in a Bronx tenement at a time when much of the borough was still farmland. These rural surroundings enabled Lipton to explore the botanical and animal forms that would later become sources for his work. Lipton’s interest in the dialogue between artistic creation and natural phenomena was nurtured by a supportive family and cultivated through numerous visits to New York’s Museum of Natural History as well as its many botanical gardens and its zoos. In the early 1920s, with the encouragement of his family, Lipton studied electrical engineering at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and pursued a liberal arts education at City College. Ultimately, like fellow sculptor Herbert Ferber, Lipton became a dentist, receiving his degree from Columbia University in 1927. In the late 1920s, he began to explore sculpture, creating clay portraits of family members and friends. In addition to providing him with financial security, dentistry gave Lipton a foundation in working with metal, a material he would later use in his artwork. In the early 1930s, though, Lipton’s primary sculptural medium was wood. Lipton led a comfortable life, but he was also aware of the economic and psychological devastation the Depression had caused New York. In response, he generally worked using direct carving techniques—a form of sculpting where the artist “finds” the sculpture within the wood in the process of carving it and without the use of models and maquettes. The immediacy of this practice enabled Lipton to create a rich, emotional and visual language with which to articulate the desperation of the downtrodden and the unwavering strength of the disenfranchised. In 1935, he exhibited one such early sculpture at the John Reed Club Gallery in New York, and three years later, ACA Gallery mounted Lipton’s first solo show, which featured these social-realist-inspired wooden works. In 1940, this largely self-taught artist began teaching sculpture at the New School for Social Research, a position he held until 1965. In the 1940s, Lipton began to devote an increasing amount of time to his art, deviating from wood and working with brass, lead, and bronze. Choosing these metals for their visual simplicity, which he believed exemplified the universal heroism of the “everyman,” Lipton could also now explore various forms of abstraction. Lipton’s turn towards increasing abstraction in the 1940s allowed him to fully develop his metaphorical style, which in turn gave him a stronger lexicon for representing the horrors of World War II and questioning the ambiguities of human experience. He began his metal work with cast bronze sculptures, but, in 1946, he started welding sheet metal and lead. Lipton preferred welding because, as direct carving did with wood, this approach allowed “a more direct contact with the metal.”[ii] From this, Lipton developed the technique he would use for the remainder of his career: “He cut sheet metal, manipulated it to the desired shapes, then joined, soldered, or welded the pieces together. Next, he brazed a metal coating to the outside to produce a uniform texture.”[iii] In 1950, Lipton arrived at his mature style of brazing on Monel metal. He also began to draw extensively, exploring the automatism that abstract expressionist painters were boasting at the time. Like contemporaries such as Jackson Pollock, Lipton was strongly influenced by Carl Jung’s work on the unconscious mind and the regenerative forces of nature. He translated these two-dimensional drawings into three-dimensional maquettes that enabled him to revise his ideas before creating the final sculpture.The forms that Lipton produced during this period were often zoomorphic, exemplifying the tension between the souls of nature and the automatism of the machine. In the years following the 1950s, Lipton’s optimism began to rise, and the size of his work grew in proportion. The oxyacetylene torch—invented during the Second World War—allowed him to rework the surfaces of metal sculptures, thus eliminating some of the risks involved with producing large-scale finished works. In 1958, Lipton was awarded a solo exhibition at the Venice Biennale and was thus internationally recognized as part of a small group of highly regarded avant-garde constructivist sculptors. In 1960, he received a prestigious Guggenheim Award, which was followed by several prominent public commissions, including his heroic Archangel, currently residing in Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall. A number of important solo exhibitions of his work followed at The Phillips Collection in Washington, DC (1964); the Milwaukee Art Center and University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (1969); the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond (1972); the Everson Museum in Syracuse, NY (1973); the Herbert E. Johnson Museum of Art of Cornell University in Ithaca, NY (1973); the National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution (now the Smithsonian American Art Museum) in Washington, DC (1978); and a retrospective in 1979 at The Jewish Museum in New York. In 1982 and 1984 alone, two exhibitions of his sculpture, organized respectively by the Mint Museum (Charlotte, NC) and the Hillwood Art Gallery of Long Island University (Greenvale, NY), traveled extensively across museums and university galleries around the nation. In 2000, the traveling exhibition An American Sculptor: Seymour Lipton was first presented by the Palmer Museum of Art of Pennsylvania State University in University Park. Most recently, in 2009, the Ackland Art Museum in Chapel Hill, NC mounted The Guardian and the Avant-Garde: Seymour Lipton’s Sentinel II in Context. Since 2004, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery has been the exclusive representative of the Estate of Seymour Lipton and has presented two solo exhibitions of his work—Seymour Lipton: Abstract Expressionist Sculptor (2005) and Seymour Lipton: Metal (2008). In 2013, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery presented Abstract Expressionism, In Context: Seymour Lipton, which included twelve major sculptures by the artist, along with works by Charles Alston, Norman Bluhm, Beauford Delaney, Willem de Kooning, Jay DeFeo, Michael Goldberg, Adolph Gottlieb, Hans Hofmann, Lee Krasner, Norman Lewis, Conrad Marca-Relli, Boris Margo, Alfonso Ossorio, Richard Pousette-Dart, Milton Resnick, Charles Seliger...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Metal, Silver

Hypomnema 3, Wall sculpture. Handmade from an oriental rug.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Hypomnema. A term that is composed of the ancient Greek preposition Hypo-Mneme and literally means “commemorative memory.” It is the meeting of several layers in an object, the memor...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Textile, Mixed Media

Escalier au Ciel bronze wood abstract
Located in Palm Desert, CA
These sculptures were inspired by the spirituality of the twelve-step programs and the eight-fold path of Buddhism.  Meshing these philosophies with meditation led me to express these small sculptures to achieve the connection between art and spirit. Wire figures...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Mexican Huichol Beaded Art " La Gioconda " Sculpture
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
ALTERATION ART . . . is a collaboration process between Rick Wolfryd, fine artist and art dealer with over 40 years experience, and various Mexican Huichol artists and Mexican Huicho...
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2010s Pop Art Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

El Dorado - Sculptural Geometric Abstract Gold Painted Wood Wall Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hugo Urrutia’s “El Dorado”, a striking 46-inch tall by 58-inch wide wall sculpture, seamlessly merges art, architecture, and technology into a dynamic and captivating visual experien...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Mixed Media, Oil

SCARY (Hand painted Skateboard Skate Deck) Signed 1/10 British Pop Street Artist
Located in New York, NY
Ben Eine SCARY (Hand painted Skateboard Skate Deck), 2017 Hand painted with blue skate deck on 100% Canadian maplewood Boldly signed and dated on the front in black marker; numbered ...
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2010s Street Art Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Maple, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Permanent Marker

The Fast The Furious & The Nothing Ducati
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
The Fast The Furious & The Nothing : Real Racing Ducati 900 motorcycle Artist signed, title on the back. Federico Brondi Zumino (UMA) is an Italian artist, born in Genoa on March 24th, 1972. At the age of five he took his first music lessons in guitar and piano. Federico received his first painting classes from hi mother, Laura De Micheli, the Genoes painter. Upon the age of eleven he began to draw and paint. At the age of 18 he obtained his high school diploma from the Nicolo Barbino artistic High School in Genoa with exemplary marks. At the age of 19 he devoted himself to the study of piano for many years becoming an excellent composer. At age 21 he attended La Linguistica Academia Delle Belle Arti in Genoa, whose president at the time was the artist Raimondo Sirotti...
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2010s Conceptual Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel

"My Heart Will Go On" from Huichol ALTERATIONS Series
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
ALWAYS OPEN FOR COMMISSIONS!!! ALTERTATION ART . . . is a collaboration process between Rick Wolfryd, fine artist and art dealer with over 40 years experience, and various Mexican H...
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2010s Pop Art Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Glass, Mixed Media

"Threaded Infusion Block in Gold, Purple and Red", Blown and Kiln Cast Glass
Located in St. Louis, MO
Jamie Harris straddles the disciplines of painting and glass blowing approaching his work, “more from a painterly perspective than as a traditional glassblower.” His work is primaril...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Steel, Stainless Steel

Scandal - Modern White Minimalist 3-D Abstract Wall Sculpture Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Artist Len Klikunas paints to modify experienced reality through visual perception. His art is a mix of art and architecture, hovering between painting and sculpture. It employs shiz...
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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Gesso, Canvas, Mixed Media, Wood

"Baggage" Norma Minkowitz, Contemporary, Figurative mixed media wall sculpture
Located in Wilton, CT
This figurative mixed media textile wall sculpture was done by American fiber artist, Norma Minkowitz (b. 1937). The interlacing technique that Minkowi...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Textile, Thread, Resin, Mixed Media

Feminist Contemporary Black/Silver Leather Metal Torso Sculpture - In Charge 694
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, In Charge 694 - Feminist Contemporary Black/Silver Leather Metal Torso Sculpture Starting in 2007, the artist Linda Stein began to...
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2010s Feminist Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

American Contemporary Mixed Media Sculpture - Linda Stein, Knight of Triumph 530
Located in New York, NY
This sculpture from Linda Stein’s Knights of Protection series functions both as a defender in battle and a symbol of pacifism. The series references popular and religious icons suc...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Metal

One Dollar Ring 139 - Mixed Media Assemblage Contemporary Art Wall Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, One Dollar Ring 139 - Mixed Media Assemblage Contemporary Art Wall Sculpture One Dollar Ring 139 is from artist Linda Stein's Brush Assemblage series, where she combine...
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1980s Assemblage Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

Lick
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This Mixed Media piece titled "Lick" is an original artwork by Roxana Azar made of a laser-cut acrylic. The piece measures approx. 27”h x 22”w x 1”d. Rox...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Mixed Media, Lucite, Pigment

Huichol "Magic Hand 3" Beaded Sculpture from Huichol ALTERATIONS Series
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
OPEN FOR COMMISSIONS!!! ALTERATION ART . . . is a collaboration process between Rick Wolfryd, fine artist and art dealer with over 40 years experience, and various Mexican Huichol a...
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2010s Pop Art Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Glass, Resin, Mixed Media

"Care Bear" from Huichol ALTERATIONS Series
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
ALTERATION ART . . . is a collaboration process between Rick Wolfryd, fine artist and art dealer with over 40 years experience, and various Mexican Huichol artists and Mexican Huicho...
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2010s Pop Art Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Glass, Plastic, Mixed Media

Bemis 3
Located in Mill Valley, CA
An abstract artwork of a figure using mixed media by Robert Brady.
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

"Innocence", Contemporary, Mixed Media, Hanging Sculpture, Metal, Plastic, Glass
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...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Steel

Mexican Huichol Astro Boy Toy Beaded Sculpture
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
ALWAYS OPEN FOR COMMISSIONS!!! AP. 2025 ALTERTATION ART . . . is a collaboration process between Rick Wolfryd, fine artist and art dealer with over 40 years experience, and variou...
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2010s Pop Art Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Glass, Mixed Media

Interweave - White, grey, silver, abstract, three dimensional, wall sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Maki's work is influenced by early Modernist Abstraction, while her combination of materials and technique make the pieces uniquely her own. This work, in subtle shades of white, gra...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

"October Shimmer", Mixed Media Wall Sculpture, Tapestry, Metallic, Found Objects
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...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Brass, Copper, Steel, Wire

"Diary 2", Mixed Media Sculpture Suspended from Ceiling or Wall Mounted Bracket
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...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Fabric, Plaster, Wood, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Other Medium

"Shohin", Contemporary, Mixed Media, Ceramic, Sculpture, Hand Painted, Bonzai
Located in St. Louis, MO
Patrick Bergsma (b. 1965) is a Dutch sculptor and ceramicist currently working in Heerhugowaard, Netherlands, known for constructing verdant growth emerging from antique pottery. The...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic, Plastic, Mixed Media

"Salon 13" is a collection of 13 small mixed media pieces with electric lighting
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Salon (13)“ is a collection of 13 small-scale works by artist Heather Nicol. The installation of 13 assemblages is variable. The artist will personally consult with the buyer and can be on site for the installation. The 13 mixed media pieces include delicate lighting elements that shift and change via arduino electronic devices, or utilize picture lights throwing a soft roll of light across the artwork. These works are linked through their wiring, which is enveloped in a white umbilical cord-like fabric casing, creating an organic, unifying code of display. Heather Nicol is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice includes immersive sound installation, small-scale discrete object making, and independent curating. Her large site-specific interventions explore the architectural, sonic, historic and operational conditions across a wide range of locations. These include concourse atriums, rail terminus, lobbies, a theatre, a public school building, a theme park...
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21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Wire

Linda Stein, Knight Spirit 555 - Contemporary Mixed Media Metal Stone Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Knight Spirit 555 from Linda Stein’s Knights of Protection series functions both as a defender in battle and a symbol of pacifism. This sculpture is made of wood, metal, stone and m...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Metal

Linda Stein, Protection 469 - Contemporary Mixed Media Metal Wall Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Protection 469 - Contemporary Mixed Media Metal Wall Sculpture Protection 469 is from Linda Stein’s Knights of Protection series, which she started after being forced ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

"Burst and Bloom", Contemporary, Abstract, Ceramic, Sculpture, Biomorphic, Glaze
Located in St. Louis, MO
“My work reflects on experiences of transformation, alchemy and the sublime, manifesting in sculptures that undulate between soft and hard, alive and static, real and imagined. These...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic, Porcelain, Glaze, Mixed Media

1970s French Brutalist Welded Steel and Raw Mineral Specimen Sculpture Signed
By Jacques Lerebourg
Located in Surfside, FL
Jacques Lerebourg hand made abstract metal sculpture in welded and polished metal with inclusion of a natural quartz or crystal mineral specimen. part of a distinguished group of Fre...
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1970s Arte Povera Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Sweet Confection Finale, John Garrett, 2023, Wall Hanging Installation Sculpture
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...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

"Pojagi Construction I" Jin-Sook So, Contemporary Korean mixed media artwork
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...
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Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Metal, Silver, Steel, Gold Leaf

"Soul Bond" Satirical Bond Paperwork Collage
Located in Soquel, CA
"Soul Bond" Satirical Bond Paperwork Collage Elaborate collage by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 20th century). Soul Bond takes the form of a satirical contract, darkly parodying the...
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1980s Post-War Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Glue, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Magazine Paper

Copper Plate Bruce Shadow Box Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
The Bruce High Quality Foundation Copper Plate Bruce Shadow Box Sculpture, 2017 Customized wooden shadow box featuring a copper printmaking plate with hand-painted Bruce face. Accomp...
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2010s Pop Art Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Copper

Contemporary Mixed Media Wall Sculpture, Installation, Crocheted Found Material
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...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Found Objects, Mixed Media, Other Medium

Modern Abstract Mixed Media Steel and Wood Organic Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract mixed media sculpture by Texas artist McKay Otto. The work features steel arms twisting out of a wood center pillar that is attached to a cement base. Signed, dated, ...
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1990s Modern Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Mexican Huichol Beaded Art Horses Sculpture
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
ALTERATION ART . . . is a collaboration process between Rick Wolfryd, fine artist and art dealer with over 40 years experience, and various Mexican Huichol artists and Mexican Huicho...
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2010s Pop Art Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

"Pojagi Construction II" Jin-Sook So, Contemporary Korean mixed media artwork
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...
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Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Silver, Steel, Gold Leaf

Tantra in Blue #10: minimalist abstract sculpture / painting w/ madala circles
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Antonio Puri's "Tantra in Blue" sculptural painting is one of 100 intimately-scaled minimalist round mandala circles built from tiny glass seed beads adhered to canvas in a range of ...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

1967 Pop Art, May Wilson, Surrealist Feminist Junk Assemblage Painted Sculpture
By May Wilson
Located in Surfside, FL
May Wilson (1905–1986) was an American artist and figure in the 1960s New York City avant-garde art world. A pioneer of the feminist and mail art movement, she is best known for her Surrealist junk assemblages and her "Ridiculous Portrait" photo collages. Wilson was born in Baltimore, Maryland, into an underprivileged family. Her father died when she was young. She was reared by her Irish Catholic mother, who sewed piecework at home. Wilson left school after the ninth grade to become a stenographer/secretary to help support her family. When she turned 20, she married a young lawyer, William S. Wilson, Jr., and give birth to her first child. She continued to work until the birth of her second child, after which she devoted her energies primarily to mothering and homemaking. In 1942, the couple had prospered enough to move to Towson, Maryland, where she began to take correspondence courses in art and art history from several schools, including the University of Chicago. In 1948, after the marriage of their daughter, the couple moved to a gentleman's farm north of Towson, where she pursued painting and gave private art lessons to neighbors. She exhibited her paintings, scenes of everyday life painted in a flat, purposefully primitive manner in local galleries and restaurants. In 1952 and 1958, she won awards for work submitted to juried exhibitions at the Baltimore Museum of Art. In 1956, her son, the writer Williams S. Wilson, gave to Ray Johnson, the founder of the New York Correspondence School, his mother's address. This began a friendship and artistic collaboration between Johnson and Wilson, which would last the remainder of her life. Wilson became an integral part of Johnson's mail art circle and was initiated into the New York avant-garde through letters and small works that she exchanged with Robert Watts, George Brecht, Ad Reinhardt, Leonard Cohen, Arman, and many others. When her marriage dissolved, she moved to New York City in the spring of 1966, aged 61, taking up residence first in the Chelsea Hotel and then in a studio next door, where she threw legendary soirées and became known as the "Grandma Moses of the Underground". By the time she arrived, Wilson was already working with photomontage collage techniques. Encouraged by Johnson, who had sent her magazines through the mail, she scissored patterns into images of pin-up girls and muscle men until they resembled doilies or snowflakes, as Wilson called them. She decorated her hotel room and later her studio on West 23rd Street with these and other manipulated, found object images. Around this time, she also began her series of neo Dada "Ridiculous Portraits", for which she would ride the subway to Times Square, where she made exaggerated faces in photo booths. She then would cut and paste her photo-booth face onto postcards, along with Old Master reproductions, fashion shoots, and softcore Playboy magazine pornography. Long before artists such as Cindy Sherman and Yasumasa Morimura embarked on similar critical projects, Wilson's "Ridiculous Portraits" sent up the ubiquitous sexism and ageism that exists in popular and fine-art images of women. At the age of 70, she converted a nude photograph of herself into a stamp that she pasted on envelopes. Her collages and humorous self-portraits were made as gifts and mail-art items for her friends and were not widely known until after her death. Her work was contemporaneous with the Arte Povera artists Jannis Kounellis and ‎Michelangelo Pistoletto. She was also an innovator of junk art assemblages that incorporated real objects, such as high-heel shoes, bed sheets, sauce pans, toasters, liquor bottles, ice trays, and wrapped baby dolls. Her sculptures were inspired by Surrealist and Dada practices and are similar in spirit to Yayoi Kusama's contemporary accumulations. Wilson was the subject of a 1969 experimental documentary by Amalie R. Rothschild, "Woo Hoo? May Wilson". Since her death, May Wilson's work has been featured in numerous exhibitions and retrospectives at the Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland; Gracie Mansion Gallery, New York; the Morris Museum, Morristown, N.J.; the Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York City; and The University of the Arts, Philadelphia. Selected Exhibitions 2010 "Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists, 1958-1968", University of the Arts, Philadelphia (traveling exhibition) 2008 "1968/2008: The Culture of Collage", Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, City 2008 "Ridiculous Portrait: The Art of May Wilson", Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey 2008 "Woo Who? May Wilson", Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York City 1995 [Retrospective], The Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland 2001 "May Wilson: Ridiculous Portraits and Snowflakes", Gracie Mansion Gallery, New York, City 2001 "Inside Out: Outside In-The Correspondence of Ray Johnson and May Wilson", Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, California 1991 "May Wilson: The New York Years", Gracie Mansion Gallery, New York City 1973 "Sneakers", Kornblee Gallery, New York City 1973 "Small Works: Selections from the Richard Brown Baker Collection of Contemporary Art", RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode Island 1971 Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 1970 "Sculpture Annual 1970", Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City 1965 The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland 1962 The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 1957 Bookshop Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland Public collections Whitney Museum of American Art (New York City) The Baltimore Museum of Art (Baltimore, Maryland) Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn, New York) References William S. Wilson, "May Wilson: Constructing Woman (1905-1986)", in Ann Aptaker, ed., Ridiculous Portrait: The Art of May Wilson, ed. Ann Aptaker, Morristown, N.J.: Morris Museum, Camhi, Leslie, "Late Bloomer", Village Voice, December 18, 2001 Giles, Gretchen, "Cosmic Litterers: Artists Ray Johnson and May Wilson: Taking the Cake", "Northern California Bohemian," June 14–20, 2001 McCarthy, Gerard, "May Wilson: Homespun Rebel", Art in America, vol. 96, no. 8, September 2008, pp. 142–47 Sachs, Sid and Kalliopi Minioudaki, Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists, 1958-1968. Philadelphia: The University of the Arts, 2010, ISBN 978-0789210654 Wilson, William S. Art is a Jealous Lover: May Wilson: 1905-1986, andy warhol...
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1960s Surrealist Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

"Experience", Contemporary, Mixed Media, Hanging, Sculpture, Wood, Metal, Glass
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...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Tantra series: suite of 4 red minimalist mandala wall sculptures / paintings
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a suite of four 12" x 12" canvas panels in Antonio Puri's "Tantra" sculptural painting series of intimately-scaled minimalist round mandala circle...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

15'' San Miguel Arcangel / Wax Sculpture Mexican Folk Art
By Marco Antonio Miranda Razo
Located in Jesus del Monte, MX
FREE SHIPPING TO WORLDWIDE! Artisan: Marco Antonio Miranda Razo MASTERPIECE Figures made and shaped with bee wax; dressed with feathers of different types of birds. *Special Permis...
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2010s Folk Art Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Wax, Mixed Media, Other Medium

Feminist Contemporary Black/Silver Leather Metal Torso Sculpture - MascuFem 681
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, MascuFem 681 - Feminist Contemporary Black/Silver Leather Metal Torso Sculpture Starting in 2007, the artist Linda Stein began to ...
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2010s Feminist Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

Waiting for Spring - contemporary, hand-blown glass and steel outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary, hand-blown glass and steel outdoor sculpture is by Susan Rankin. Susan Rankin’s elegant and colorful hand-blown glass art has been exhibited across North America i...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Steel

Linda Stein, Dark Knight 692 - Contemporary Mixed Media Resin Metallic Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
This sculpture from Linda Stein’s Knights of Protection series functions both as a defender in battle and a symbol of pacifism. The sculpture is constructed from metallic resin, wood...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Resin, Wood, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Little Lion
Located in Bozeman, MT
'We surround ourselves with elements from nature in the form of manicured lawns, sculpted trees, and our domesticated companions. We bend the natural world to our tastes and create a...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

Paisajes del Pensamiento III. Mixed Media Wall Sculpture
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The Landscapes of Thought project is inspired by the impermanent nature of all things. Observing the continuous transformation of the environment, of time, of thought, is one of the ...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Fabric, Textile, Mixed Media

Huichol " Large Money Cat " Beaded Sculpture from Huichol ALTERATIONS Series
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
THE ARTIST IS ALWAYS OPEN FOR COMMISSIONS FOR YOU!!! ALTERATION ART . . . is a collaboration process between Rick Wolfryd, fine artist and art dealer with over 40 years experience, ...
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2010s Pop Art Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Glass, Resin, Mixed Media

Cumulus - Mixed Media Abstract Sculptural Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kristina Fjellman, a Minnesota-based visual artist and performer, seamlessly blends sculpture and performance art in her captivating work. She has garnered recognition with exhibitio...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Music Sonata In A Shadow Box
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Music Sonata In A Shadow Box 2023 Mixed Media, artist signed, front Plexiglas. This sculpture is perfect for the wall or a coffee table. This 3D music diorama found its home in a drawer from an antique Tansu Chest. Some of the 3D elements were made by Erikson. Antique materials achieve a vintage and interesting aesthetic. The depth of the case creates a stage like atmosphere as sort of a visual guide for the viewers eye. The overlapping and juxtaposition of the elements creates a intriguing and appealing composition. Very often Erikson art echoes and fuses antiquity and modernity. Erikson’s central imagery concerns itself with intrigue and a sense of surprise. His body of work is often dispersed with visual, tactile and intellectual delights that lead the viewer on their own form of discovery. Erikson’s awareness of the aesthetic in sending things back in time is a result of studying the Renaissance and other periods of art history. This infusion of historical art references has had a vital effect on his body of work. Heavily influenced by the well known New York art dealer Allan Stone (who represented, among other giants, Joseph Cornell, and Willem de Kooning, Erikson has never departed from Stone’s insistence that “surprise” should remain with a piece of art no matter how long it is viewed. The discipline of archeology decodes messages of the past to find meanings of objects and classify them. This observation takes the viewer on a deeper understanding of the interplay. As a curator of his own “museum cases” in other work, Erikson’s personal vocabulary evokes images of extreme preciousness combined in miniature settings. Despite its minute scale his work commands presence and a sense of vastness. In his body of work, Erikson attempts to introduce sculpture to painting as a way of integrating the second and third dimensions. Exhibited: Allan Stone Gallery - New York, New York Elaine Baker Gallery - Boca Raton, Florida Renata Fine Arts Gallery - West Palm Beach, Florida Winfield Gallery...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Wood, Paper, Mixed Media

Large Handmade Tapestry Textile Wall Hanging Wool Mixed Media Marlene Richard
Located in Surfside, FL
Eclectic, mixed media wall hanging textile tapestry by Marlene (Marlen) Richard featuring abstract embroidery atop free hanging locks of fabric over a black background embellished with gilt fabric accents. Hand made and hand embroidered. This had a paper artists label but it has since become detached. Overall image resembles a colorful pop art sunset over ocean waters. Hanging cords in various fabrics, colors and textures. Her work bears the influence of Sheila Hicks and bears similarities to Latin American, Colombian textile artists Olga de Amaral and Stella Bernal. Hand made, hand woven felt and wool spectacular textile wall hanging fabric sculpture by Miami woman artist Marlene Richard. It consists of long hanging pods...
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20th Century Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

Extra-large Post-War Inspired Structured Metal Assemblage From Late 20th Century
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
Presenting an extraordinary and commanding work of art, an extra-large metal assemblage in post-war style which truly makes a statement. The patinated metal objects create a rich, darkened and golden metallic nuances that are deep and saturated. The physical three-dimensionality arising from the of the metal assemblage further enriches the overall depth, creating an intensely dramatic and captivating visual experience. Due to its size and volume this piece is both remarkable and rare, and will without a doubt stand out in any interior. Within the assemblage, a diverse array of scrap metal objects and plates of varying sizes and forms coexist alongside intriguing remnants, including a leather sole, large leather straps, fragments of a robe, and vintage nails...
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Late 20th Century Assemblage Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

Linda Stein, Essentials for Moving 1133- Contemporary Mixed Media Wood Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
This work from Linda Stein's Displacement From Home series draws from the tradition of wunderkammer/cabinets of curiosities to highlight the global displacement and traumatic memory ...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

"Red Pine Blues", Contemporary, Mixed Media, Ceramic, Sculpture, Delft
Located in St. Louis, MO
Patrick Bergsma (b. 1965) is a Dutch sculptor and ceramicist currently working in Heerhugowaard, Netherlands, known for constructing verdant growth emerging from antique pottery. The...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic, Mixed Media

"Flower in my Garden" from Huichol Alteration Series
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
ALTERATION ART . . . is a collaboration process between Rick Wolfryd, fine artist and art dealer with over 40 years experience, and various Mexican Huichol artists and Mexican Huicho...
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2010s Pop Art Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Glass, Mixed Media

Snowshoe - Spring
Located in Bozeman, MT
'We surround ourselves with elements from nature in the form of manicured lawns, sculpted trees, and our domesticated companions. We bend the natural world to our tastes and create a...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

Original HAND SIGNED AND NUMBERED 7/30 Pumpkin (Red) Sculpture on base with box
Located in New York, NY
Yayoi Kusama Original Limited Edition hand signed and numbered Pumpkin (Red), 1998 Painted cast resin on ceramic tile in the original wood box, display plate and paper box Signed and...
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1990s Pop Art Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic, Resin, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker

"Rock on Fire" 2020
Located in New York, NY
David Paul Kay "Rock on Fire" 2020 12x16x10 inches. Mixed media on a rock. Includes the marble stand. About the artist About the Artist David Paul Kay is an American contempora...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Marble

Linda Stein, W 629- Contemporary Mixed Media Silver Black Metal Armor Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
W 629 from Linda Stein’s Knights of Protection series functions both as a defender in battle and a symbol of pacifism. The series references popular and religious icons such as Wond...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

American Contemporary Mixed Media Sculpture - Linda Stein, Knight of Dreams 531
Located in New York, NY
This sculpture from Linda Stein’s Knights of Protection series functions both as a defender in battle and a symbol of pacifism. The series references popular and religious icons suc...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Stone, Metal

Silver Sheep Study
Located in Bozeman, MT
'We surround ourselves with elements from nature in the form of manicured lawns, sculpted trees, and our domesticated companions. We bend the natural world to our tastes and create a...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

Snowshoe - Fall
Located in Bozeman, MT
'We surround ourselves with elements from nature in the form of manicured lawns, sculpted trees, and our domesticated companions. We bend the natural world to our tastes and create a...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

Mixed Media Pop Art Abstract Painting on Vinyl Record LP Wall Sculpture Weege
Located in Surfside, FL
William Weege (b. 1935). American Pop Art Artist. Colorful mixed media on a vintage vinyl LP record Hand signed and dated 1976 recto. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1935, Weege studied printmaking, collage and sculpture at the University of Wisconsin. In the late 60's Vietnam war era his politically charged radical anti war posters...
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1970s Pop Art Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Mixed Media, Acrylic

15 Black Boxes, Wall Sculpture by Jin-Sook So
Located in Wilton, CT
This abstract geometric wall sculpture was done by fiber artist, Jin-Sook So (b. 1950, Korea). So’s work is informed by her time spent in Korea, Sweden and Japan. She uses transpar...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Silver, Gold Leaf, Steel

Huichol " ULTRA RARE BATMOVIL " from Huichol Alterations
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
SPECIAL COLLECTIBLE BATMAN ITEM UNIQUE IN THE WORLD!! 1/1 THE GOTHAM CITY'S SON . . . a more traditional HUICHOL style sculpture. Looks great on any wall in any room!!! ALTERATION ...
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2010s Pop Art Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Mixed Media

Soul of a Big Blue Bowl, Contemporary Wall Sculpture by Jin-Sook So
Located in Wilton, CT
Jin-Sook So’s work is informed by her time spent in Korea, Sweden and Japan. She uses transparent steel mesh cloth, which she burns, paints, electroplates in gold or silver, sews an...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Silver, Gold Leaf, Steel

"Framed & Draped: Material Collection" Lia Cook, Contemporary Wall Textile
Located in Wilton, CT
"Framed and Draped: Material Collection", acrylic on abaca, dyes on rayon; woven, 63" x 38", 1989. This contemporary abstract mixed media tapestry was done by California-based Ameri...
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1980s Abstract Geometric Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Fabric, Tapestry, Thread, Dye, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Holocaust Remembrance Logo Pin enamel Pendant in bespoke box incised artist name
Located in New York, NY
Judy Chicago Logo Pin and Pendant, 1993 Enameled pin with pendant loop in original presentation box 2 1/2 × 2 1/2 × 1/5 inches Judy Chicago's incised name and date on the verso Comes...
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1990s Abstract Geometric Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Metal, Enamel

Sage Goat
Located in Bozeman, MT
'We surround ourselves with elements from nature in the form of manicured lawns, sculpted trees, and our domesticated companions. We bend the natural world to our tastes and create a...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

Mixed Media abstract sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Mixed Media 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, red, pink, purple 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 Atticus Adams, Elisia Nghidishange, Len Klikunas, and Eileen Braun. 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 Mixed Media abstract sculptures, so small editions measuring 0.25 inches across are also available

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