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Fanfare Star, Teal Blue, Red Colorful Botanical Paper Flower Wall Sculpture
By Jill Parisi
Located in Kent, CT
A bright and colorful paper sculpture of a fantastical botanical form in vibrant teal blue, reddish orange and light lime green and yellow. Composed of hand-colored etchings on hand-...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Handmade Paper, Tissue Paper, Pigment, Pins, Digital, Etching
Joel Urruty - Raven, Sculpture 2024
By Joel Urruty
Located in Greenwich, CT
Medium: Wood, steel, pigment
As an artist I strive to create elegant sculptures that capture the true essence of the subject matter. Form, line and surface are used as the visual la...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Joel Urruty - Crow, Sculpture 2024
By Joel Urruty
Located in Greenwich, CT
Medium: Wood, steel, pigment
(Wall hung)
As an artist I strive to create elegant sculptures that capture the true essence of the subject matter. Form, line and surface are used as ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Joel Urruty - Balta, Sculpture 2020
By Joel Urruty
Located in Greenwich, CT
Mahogany, dye, lacquer, concrete
As an artist I strive to create elegant sculptures that capture the true essence of the subject matter. Form, line and surface are used as the visua...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Dye, Pigment
Joel Urruty - State of Mind, Sculpture 2024
By Joel Urruty
Located in Greenwich, CT
Medium: reclaimed wood, pigment and lacquer
As an artist I strive to create elegant sculptures that capture the true essence of the subject matter. Form, line and surface are used a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Pigment
Joel Urruty - Winachee, Sculpture 2024
By Joel Urruty
Located in Greenwich, CT
Medium: Mahogany, pigment
As an artist I strive to create elegant sculptures that capture the true essence of the subject matter. Form, line and surface are used as the visual langu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mahogany, Pigment
Joel Urruty - Alien Fruit, Sculpture
By Joel Urruty
Located in Greenwich, CT
As an artist I strive to create elegant sculptures that capture the true essence of the subject matter. Form, line and surface are used as the visual language. The figure is abstract...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Pigment
Joel Urruty - Lithium Grande, Sculpture 2020
By Joel Urruty
Located in Greenwich, CT
Basswood, white lacquer
As an artist I strive to create elegant sculptures that capture the true essence of the subject matter. Form, line and surface are used as the visual languag...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Pigment
Joel Urruty - Blick, Sculpture 2024
By Joel Urruty
Located in Greenwich, CT
Medium: Mahogany, pigment
As an artist I strive to create elegant sculptures that capture the true essence of the subject matter. Form, line and surface are used as the visual langu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mahogany, Pigment
John Van Alstine - Rockslide '22, Sculpture 2022
Located in Greenwich, CT
Stone and metal, usually granite or slate, and found object steel are central in my sculpture. The interaction of these materials is a major focus. On the most basic level, the work ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Slate, Steel
Joel Urruty - Cocoon, Sculpture
By Joel Urruty
Located in Greenwich, CT
Cocoon
Mahogany, pigment, lacquer
9" x 19" x 8"
As an artist I strive to create elegant sculptures that capture the true essence of the subject matter. Form, line and surface are us...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Mahogany, Lacquer, Pigment
Farbenlichthaut no. 140 - contemporary modern organic sculpture painting relief
Located in Doetinchem, NL
Farbenlichthaut no. 140 is a contemporary modern organic sculpture painting relief by German artist Freddie Michael Soethout. The relief is made from a few hundred of hand-cut two mi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Silicone, Plate Glass, Pigment
Farbenlichthaut no. 167 - contemporary modern organic sculpture painting relief
Located in Doetinchem, NL
Farbenlichthaut no. 167 is a contemporary modern organic sculpture painting relief by German artist Freddie Michael Soethout. The relief is made from a few hundred of hand-cut two mi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Silicone, Plate Glass, Pigment
Joel Urruty - Rouge, Photography
By Joel Urruty
Located in Greenwich, CT
"As an artist I strive to create elegant sculptures that capture the true essence of the subject matter. Form, line and surface are used as the visual language. The figure is abstrac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Pigment
Joel Urruty - Tritan, Sculpture 2022
By Joel Urruty
Located in Greenwich, CT
mahogany, pigment, lacquer
As an artist I strive to create elegant sculptures that capture the true essence of the subject matter. Form, line and surface are used as the visual lang...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Mahogany, Lacquer, Pigment
Joel Urruty - Pinna, Sculpture 2022
By Joel Urruty
Located in Greenwich, CT
As an artist I strive to create elegant sculptures that capture the true essence of the subject matter. Form, line and surface are used as the visual language. The figure is abstract...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mahogany, Lacquer, Pigment
John Van Alstine - Schaats V, Photography 2020
Located in Greenwich, CT
Stone and metal, usually granite or slate, and found object steel are central in my sculpture. The interaction of these materials is a major focus. On the most basic level, the work ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Steel
"Toroid", Contemporary, Abstract, Mixed Media, Ceramic, Sculpture, PVC, Pigment
Located in St. Louis, MO
Maxwell Mustardo is a ceramic artist whose highly textured forms are the result of meticulous research into the chemistry of kiln firing. He includes materials such as glass, metals,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, PVC, Pigment
"Orange Mound", Contemporary, Abstract, Ceramic, Sculpture, Porcelain Assemblage
Located in St. Louis, MO
"I work with a simple elemental form, a curve made from the most basic natural material, clay. I make and build with hundreds or thousands of these forms. The clay curve connects me ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Porcelain, Glaze, Pigment
"Green & Blue 08", Mixed Media Ceramic Sculpture with PVC Flocked Surface
Located in St. Louis, MO
Maxwell Mustardo is a ceramic artist whose highly textured forms are the result of meticulous research into the chemistry of kiln firing. He includes materials such as glass, metals,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Plastic, PVC, Pigment
Earth and Sky Star, Colorful Botanical Paper Wall Sculpture, Light Orange Maroon
By Jill Parisi
Located in Kent, CT
In this bright and colorful paper sculpture, a fantastical botanical form in light orange with dark burgundy, magenta and light brown in the center is composed of hand-colored digita...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Handmade Paper, Tissue Paper, Pigment, Pins, Digital, Etching
Tea Garden, Crystals, Acorns Multicored Mixed Media Wall Mounted Sculpture
By Julie Maren
Located in Kent, CT
Large, vertical wall sculpture consisting of a meandering installation of acorn caps on brass pins filled with acrylic paint, natural crystals and mica, glass, glitter, brass, and sy...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Fruit of Poet (Abstract Olive Green Leaf Shaped Minimalist Wall Sculpture)
By Dai Ban
Located in Hudson, NY
"Fruit of Poet" by Dai Ban, 2021
42" X 22" X 12"
Foam Board, Venetian Plaster, Beeswax, Pigment
Dai Ban designed this dynamic abstracted wall sculpture in his studio in the Berkshi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Foam Board, Pigment
She Carried Water (Minimalist Standing Sculpture in Shades of White and Gray)
By Dai Ban
Located in Hudson, NY
"She Carried Water", 2019 (Abstract Free Standing Tabletop Sculpture in Shades of White, Grey and Black)
31 x 12 x 8 inches
Precision board, Venetian plaster, pigments, beeswax
The ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Roots and Ashes - modern, contemporary, ash, walnut, stained wood wall sculpture
By Rod Mireau
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This stunning contemporary wall sculpture is by Rod Mireau. Using both traditional and modern woodworking techniques the Peterborough based artist has created a tondo of stained ash ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Ink, Pigment
Joel Urruty - Jibjab
By Joel Urruty
Located in Greenwich, CT
As an artist I strive to create elegant sculptures that capture the true essence of the subject matter. Form, line and surface are used as the visual language. The figure is abstract...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Mahogany, Lacquer, Pigment
Space - black blue contemporary modern abstract sculpture painting relief
Located in Doetinchem, NL
Space is a unique contemporary modern sculpture painting by Dutch artist Michiel Jansen. This wall relief is made from dozens of indivually cut strips of pure grey black slate. First...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Slate
"Blurple Pitcher", Contemporary, Mixed Media, Ceramic, Sculpture, Non Functional
Located in St. Louis, MO
Maxwell Mustardo is a ceramic artist whose highly textured forms are the result of meticulous research into the chemistry of kiln firing. He includes materials such as glass, metals,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, PVC, Pigment
Pyxis (Tower)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Pyxis
Bronze and Red Pigment
13" x 14" x 9"
Stone and metal, usually granite or slate, and found object steel are central in my sculpture. The interaction of these materials is a ma...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Orange Pitcher #3", Contemporary, Ceramic, Mixed Media, Sculpture, Stoneware
Located in St. Louis, MO
Maxwell Mustardo is a ceramic artist whose highly textured forms are the result of meticulous research into the chemistry of kiln firing. He includes materials such as glass, metals, and plastic in the glazing and post-firing process, resulting in deconstructed vessels with unique surfaces, such as crystallized metallics or lush neon moss.
Maxwell has earned multiple awards for his work including an Award of Excellence from the James Renwick Alliance, an ARGUS grant for materials research, a Levine Endowment grant to study material culture in Japan & South Korea, and as the SUNY-wide finalist in the visual arts category for the Thayer Fellowship in the Arts as an undergraduate student. He has been a resident artist at the Takaezu Studio, the Mendocino Art Center, the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, the Sonoma Community Center, the New Harmony Clay Project, & the C.R.E.T.A. Rome International Center.
"Orange Pitcher...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, PVC, Pigment
Coral Ocean in Grey
Located in Mexico City, MX
"The ideal state is not one which everyone has access to the same amount of wealth, but in proportion to their contribution to the general wealth"
This piece was handmade in the hea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Gesso, Resin, Varnish, Pigment
"Crocheted Porcelain Tea Cup Number 110", Contemporary, Porcelain, Sculpture
Located in St. Louis, MO
Jeremy R. Brooks was born in Detroit, MI in 1979. He received his BFA from Grand Valley State University & MFA from Alfred University. Jeremy has balanced his career between working as an artist & teaching. Some of his honors include receiving the emerging artist award from the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), being selected as a guest of honor at the XXIst International Biennial of Vallauris, France, & being selected as a finalist for the 2017 Elizabeth R. Raphael Founder’s Prize. Jeremy is currently an Assistant Professor of Ceramics at Coastal Carolina University and resides in Conway, SC.
"Crocheted Porcelain Tea Cup...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Pigment
Contemporary Abstract Three Dimensional Bright Blue Geometric Wall Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract wall sculpture featuring three dimensional geometric shapes painted with bright blue paint. The uniqueness of this blue does not derive from the ultra...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic, Pigment
"Crocheted Porcelain Tea Cup Number 107", Contemporary, Porcelain, Sculpture
Located in St. Louis, MO
Jeremy R. Brooks was born in Detroit, MI in 1979. He received his BFA from Grand Valley State University & MFA from Alfred University. Jeremy has balanced his career between working as an artist & teaching. Some of his honors include receiving the emerging artist award from the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), being selected as a guest of honor at the XXIst International Biennial of Vallauris, France, & being selected as a finalist for the 2017 Elizabeth R. Raphael Founder’s Prize. Jeremy is currently an Assistant Professor of Ceramics at Coastal Carolina University and resides in Conway, SC.
"Crocheted Porcelain Tea Cup...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Pigment
"Untitled (Traffic Cone)" Contemporary Pastel Plaster Hyperrealist Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary pigment tinted plaster sculpture of a traffic cone by local Houston artist Benji Stiles. Currently featured in the show "Septet" at Reeves Ar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Pigment
Contemporary Abstract Bright Blue Geometric Linear Groove Painting / Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract wall sculpture painting featuring intersecting linear grooves painted with bright blue paint. The uniqueness of this blue does not derive from the ult...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic, Pigment
"Toroid", Contemporary, Abstract, Mixed Media, Ceramic, Sculpture, PVC, Pigment
Located in St. Louis, MO
Maxwell Mustardo is a ceramic artist whose highly textured forms are the result of meticulous research into the chemistry of kiln firing. He includes ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, PVC, Pigment
En Face, Mica and Steel Woven Wall Hanging and Installation, Agneta Hobin
By Agneta Hobin
Located in Wilton, CT
En Face, Agneta Hobin, mica and steel, 70" x 48", 2007.
This 7-piece mica and steel hanging installation and sculpture is by Finnish artist, Agneta Hobin...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
"Green & Blue 08", Contemporary, Ceramic, Mixed Media, Sculpture, PVC Plastic
Located in St. Louis, MO
Maxwell Mustardo is a ceramic artist whose highly textured forms are the result of meticulous research into the chemistry of kiln firing. He includes ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Plastic, PVC, Pigment
Paisleys and Thistles Star Flower, Bright Botanical Wall Sculpture in Teal, Pink
By Jill Parisi
Located in Kent, CT
In this bright and colorful paper sculpture, a fantastical botanical form in vibrant teal green, dark magenta with gold and marbled pink, green, yellow and blue is composed of hand-c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Handmade Paper, Tissue Paper, Pigment, Pins, Etching
"Y2R" Stack, Contemporary, Ceramic, Sculpture, Colored Porcelain, Abstract
By Kyle Johns
Located in St. Louis, MO
Kyle began his studies at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE). Following undergraduate, he received his Master of Fine Arts degree from Ohio University. While at Ohio Un...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Pigment
"Inside Out Vases", Contemporary, Abstract, Porcelain, Sculpture, Ceramic
By Kyle Johns
Located in St. Louis, MO
Kyle began his studies at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE). Following undergraduate, he received his Master of Fine Arts degree from Ohio University. While at Ohio Un...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Pigment
"MIDNIGHT BLUE", sculpture, clay, relief, abstract, contemporary, ceramic
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Midnight Blue, a ceramic relief sculpture of high-fired porcelain pigmented with oxides, paint and epoxy, is a recent work by New York artist Harold Wortsman. This sculpture is ready to be mounted to the wall. Note the artist's hand in the mark-making – cuts and radiating lines, the suggestion of maps, geometry and counting systems – it is characteristic of Wortsman's practice. Warm, contemporary, uniquely crafted, yet speaks to ancient, tribal traditions of art-making that cross cultures and histories. Highly attuned to the art of Africa, the Middle East, India and Asia, his forms are organic abstracts with masculine and feminine attributes that resonate together as a pleasing enigma. They make sense immediately, yet never give up all their secrets.
Midnight Blue was recently exhibited at Harold Wortsman: Time and Space, Orange Art Foundation, New York City, February 2022.
From Harold Wortsman – "With sculpture, my material of choice is high-fired clay. Pieces are first low-fired in an electric kiln. I do not use glazes. Instead, I use oxides applied to the bisqued (low-fired) clay. As with a tattoo, oxides permit the surface underneath to breathe—like naked skin. The work is then high-fired in a gas kiln with double reduction to cone 10. The final temperature is 2,300 degrees F. At a certain point, oxygen intake is reduced to the kiln. Because the fire has reached a critical mass, it needs oxygen and chemically takes it from the clay and the oxides painted on. Like a jazz improvisation, each kiln load comes out slightly different."
From Jonathan Goodman – "Wortsman has increasingly moved into his own – a place in which the relations between the abstractions of volume and the intimations of very old culture are merged in a way that is new." – Essay, "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space", Orange Art Foundation, February 2022, New York City.
Harold Wortsman is a sculptor and printmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. He “creates forms that bring to mind archaic cult objects and exude a quiet concentrated strength.” (Argauer Zeitung, Switzerland). His work, an edgy mix of freedom and clarity, can be found in public and private collections in the US, including The Library of Congress, Yale University, The New York Public Library Print Collection, The New York Historical Society, Smith College, Indiana University’s Lilly Library, Brandeis University, The Newark Public Library Special Collections Division, and the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum Print Archive. Also in private and public collections in Europe, including the Municipal Collection of the City of Brugg, Switzerland.
Harold studied at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, with sculptor George Spaventa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pigment, Other Medium, Porcelain, Epoxy Resin
Dusty Rose Sage (2022), terracotta concrete abstract face sculpture, metal wire
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Dusty Rose Sage (2022), terracotta concrete abstract face sculpture, metal wire
Biomorphic and earthy yet industrial style wall sculpture, she...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Concrete, Wire
Speckled Sage (2022), gray concrete abstract face sculpture, metal wire, earthy
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Speckled Sage (2022), gray concrete abstract face sculpture, metal wire, earthy
Biomorphic and earthy yet industrial style wall sculpture, she...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Concrete, Wire
Red Clay Sage (2022), terracotta concrete abstract face sculpture, metal wire
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Biomorphic and earthy yet industrial style wall sculpture, shelf sculpture or tabletop sculpture. Abstracted face sculpture made with concrete, pigment and wire. The piece is smoot...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Concrete, Wire
Glow - Fan , Woven mica and bronze wall sculpture by Agneta Hobin
By Agneta Hobin
Located in Wilton, CT
Agneta Hobin of Finland is best known for impressive works in which yellow mica has been woven into metal warp; the technique and materials are the artist...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Whitewashed Sage (2022), gray white concrete face sculpture, metal wire, earthy
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Whitewashed Sage (2022), gray and white concrete abstract face sculpture, metal wire, earthy
Biomorphic and earthy yet industrial style wall sculpture, shelf sculpture or tabletop s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Concrete, Wire
Marbled Sage (2022), gray concrete abstract face sculpture, metal wire, earthy
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Marbled Sage (2022), gray concrete abstract face sculpture, metal wire, earthy
Biomorphic and earthy yet industrial style wall sculpture, shel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Concrete, Wire
Wristie
Located in New York, NY
Wristie, a small assemblage atop a block of sandstone, is comprised of a sweater sleeve, a fragment of woven basket and a piece of blasted tree bark all cast in concrete or plaster. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Concrete, Sandstone
"VERTICAL 1", sculpture, clay, ceramic, abstract, tribal, pattern, tower, column
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Vertical 1, a ceramic sculpture of wood-fired clay pigmented with oxides, is a work by New York artist Harold Wortsman. Vertical 1 was recently exhibited at "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space" at the Orange Art Foundation, February-March 2022, New York City.
Note the blending of geometric and organic forms in this work – it is characteristic of his practice – warm, contemporary, uniquely crafted, yet speaks to ancient, primitive traditions of art-making that cross cultures and histories. Highly attuned to the art of Africa, the Middle East, India and Asia, his forms are organic abstracts with masculine and feminine attributes that resonate together as a pleasing enigma. They make sense immediately, yet never give up all their secrets.
From Harold Wortsman – "With sculpture, my material of choice is high-fired clay. Pieces are first low-fired in an electric kiln. I do not use glazes. Instead, I use oxides applied to the bisqued (low-fired) clay. As with a tattoo, oxides permit the surface underneath to breathe. The work is then high-fired in a gas kiln with double reduction to cone 10. The final temperature is 2,300 degrees F. At a certain point, oxygen intake is reduced to the kiln. Because the fire has reached a critical mass, it needs oxygen and chemically takes it from the clay and the oxides. Like a jazz improvisation, each kiln load comes out slightly different."
From Jonathan Goodman – "Wortsman has increasingly moved into his own – a place in which the relations between the abstractions of volume and the intimations of very old culture are merged in a way that is new." – Essay, "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space", Orange Art Foundation, February 2022, New York City.
Harold Wortsman is a sculptor and printmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. He “creates forms that bring to mind archaic cult objects and exude a quiet concentrated strength.” (Argauer Zeitung, Switzerland). His work, an edgy mix of freedom and clarity, can be found in public and private collections in the US, including The Library of Congress, Yale University, The New York Public Library Print Collection, The New York Historical Society, Smith College, Indiana University’s Lilly Library, Brandeis University, The Newark Public Library Special Collections Division, and the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum Print Archive. Also in private and public collections in Europe, including the Municipal Collection of the City of Brugg, Switzerland.
Harold studied at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, with sculptor George Spaventa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pigment, Other Medium
"VERTICAL 4", sculpture, clay, ceramic, abstract, tribal, pattern, tower, column
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Vertical 4, a ceramic sculpture of wood-fired clay pigmented with oxides, is a work by New York artist Harold Wortsman. Vertical 4 was recently exhibited at "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space" at the Orange Art Foundation, February-March 2022, New York City.
Note the blending of geometric and organic forms in this work – it is characteristic of his practice – warm, contemporary, uniquely crafted, yet speaks to ancient, primitive traditions of art-making that cross cultures and histories. Highly attuned to the art of Africa, the Middle East, India and Asia, his forms are organic abstracts with masculine and feminine attributes that resonate together as a pleasing enigma. They make sense immediately, yet never give up all their secrets.
From Harold Wortsman – "With sculpture, my material of choice is high-fired clay. Pieces are first low-fired in an electric kiln. I do not use glazes. Instead, I use oxides applied to the bisqued (low-fired) clay. As with a tattoo, oxides permit the surface underneath to breathe. The work is then high-fired in a gas kiln with double reduction to cone 10. The final temperature is 2,300 degrees F. At a certain point, oxygen intake is reduced to the kiln. Because the fire has reached a critical mass, it needs oxygen and chemically takes it from the clay and the oxides. Like a jazz improvisation, each kiln load comes out slightly different."
From Jonathan Goodman – "Wortsman has increasingly moved into his own – a place in which the relations between the abstractions of volume and the intimations of very old culture are merged in a way that is new." – Essay, "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space", Orange Art Foundation, February 2022, New York City.
Harold Wortsman is a sculptor and printmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. He “creates forms that bring to mind archaic cult objects and exude a quiet concentrated strength.” (Argauer Zeitung, Switzerland). His work, an edgy mix of freedom and clarity, can be found in public and private collections in the US, including The Library of Congress, Yale University, The New York Public Library Print Collection, The New York Historical Society, Smith College, Indiana University’s Lilly Library, Brandeis University, The Newark Public Library Special Collections Division, and the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum Print Archive. Also in private and public collections in Europe, including the Municipal Collection of the City of Brugg, Switzerland.
Harold studied at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, with sculptor George Spaventa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pigment, Other Medium
"RED, BLACK & BROWN", sculpture, clay, ceramic, abstract, tribal, pattern
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Red, Black & Brown, a ceramic sculpture of high-fired clay pigmented with oxides, is a work by New York artist Harold Wortsman. Red, Black & Brown was recently exhibited at "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space" at the Orange Art Foundation, February-March 2022, New York City.
Note the blending of geometric and organic forms in this work – it is characteristic of his practice – warm, contemporary, uniquely crafted, yet speaks to ancient, primitive traditions of art-making that cross cultures and histories. Highly attuned to the art of Africa, the Middle East, India and Asia, his forms are organic abstracts with masculine and feminine attributes that resonate together as a pleasing enigma. They make sense immediately, yet never give up all their secrets.
From Harold Wortsman – "With sculpture, my material of choice is high-fired clay. Pieces are first low-fired in an electric kiln. I do not use glazes. Instead, I use oxides applied to the bisqued (low-fired) clay. As with a tattoo, oxides permit the surface underneath to breathe. The work is then high-fired in a gas kiln with double reduction to cone 10. The final temperature is 2,300 degrees F. At a certain point, oxygen intake is reduced to the kiln. Because the fire has reached a critical mass, it needs oxygen and chemically takes it from the clay and the oxides. Like a jazz improvisation, each kiln load comes out slightly different."
From Jonathan Goodman – "Wortsman has increasingly moved into his own – a place in which the relations between the abstractions of volume and the intimations of very old culture are merged in a way that is new." – Essay, "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space", Orange Art Foundation, February 2022, New York City.
Harold Wortsman is a sculptor and printmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. He “creates forms that bring to mind archaic cult objects and exude a quiet concentrated strength.” (Argauer Zeitung, Switzerland). His work, an edgy mix of freedom and clarity, can be found in public and private collections in the US, including The Library of Congress, Yale University, The New York Public Library Print Collection, The New York Historical Society, Smith College, Indiana University’s Lilly Library, Brandeis University, The Newark Public Library Special Collections Division, and the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum Print Archive. Also in private and public collections in Europe, including the Municipal Collection of the City of Brugg, Switzerland.
Harold studied at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, with sculptor George Spaventa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pigment, Other Medium
"ALTAR", sculpture, clay, ceramic, abstract, contemporary, tribal, pattern, mark
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Altar, a ceramic sculpture of high-fired clay pigmented with oxides, is a work by New York artist Harold Wortsman. Altar was recently exhibited at "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space" at the Orange Art Foundation, February-March 2022, New York City.
Note the blending of geometric and organic forms in this work – it is characteristic of his practice – warm, contemporary, uniquely crafted, yet speaks to ancient, primitive traditions of art-making that cross cultures and histories. Highly attuned to the art of Africa, the Middle East, India and Asia, his forms are organic abstracts with masculine and feminine attributes that resonate together as a pleasing enigma. They make sense immediately, yet never give up all their secrets.
From Harold Wortsman – "With sculpture, my material of choice is high-fired clay. Pieces are first low-fired in an electric kiln. I do not use glazes. Instead, I use oxides applied to the bisqued (low-fired) clay. As with a tattoo, oxides permit the surface underneath to breathe. The work is then high-fired in a gas kiln with double reduction to cone 10. The final temperature is 2,300 degrees F. At a certain point, oxygen intake is reduced to the kiln. Because the fire has reached a critical mass, it needs oxygen and chemically takes it from the clay and the oxides. Like a jazz improvisation, each kiln load comes out slightly different."
From Jonathan Goodman, Poet & Art Critic – "Wortsman re-examines ancient and modern traditions in light of what it means to make art." – Tussle Magazine, July 2019.
Harold Wortsman is a sculptor and printmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. He “creates forms that bring to mind archaic cult objects and exude a quiet concentrated strength.” (Argauer Zeitung, Switzerland). His work, an edgy mix of freedom and clarity, can be found in public and private collections in the US, including The Library of Congress, Yale University, The New York Public Library Print Collection, The New York Historical Society, Smith College, Indiana University’s Lilly Library, Brandeis University, The Newark Public Library Special Collections Division, and the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum Print Archive. Also in private and public collections in Europe, including the Municipal Collection of the City of Brugg, Switzerland.
Harold studied at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, with sculptor George Spaventa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pigment, Other Medium
"YOR Spectrum Loop Dispersion", Contemporary, Porcelain, Sculpture, Pigment
By Kyle Johns
Located in St. Louis, MO
Kyle began his studies at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE). Following undergraduate, he received his Master of Fine Arts degree from Ohio University. While at Ohio Un...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Glaze, Pigment
"4+4", sculpture, clay, ceramic, abstract, contemporary, tribal, disc, geometry
Located in Toronto, Ontario
4+4, a ceramic sculpture of high-fired clay pigmented with oxides, is a work by New York artist Harold Wortsman. Note the blending of geometric and organic forms in this work – it is characteristic of his practice – warm, contemporary, uniquely crafted, yet speaks to ancient, primitive traditions of art-making that cross cultures and histories. Highly attuned to the art of Africa, the Middle East, India and Asia, his forms are organic abstracts with masculine and feminine attributes that resonate together as a pleasing enigma. They make sense immediately, yet never give up all their secrets.
From Harold Wortsman – "With sculpture, my material of choice is high-fired clay. Pieces are first low-fired in an electric kiln. I do not use glazes. Instead, I use oxides applied to the bisqued (low-fired) clay. As with a tattoo, oxides permit the surface underneath to breathe. The work is then high-fired in a gas kiln with double reduction to cone 10. The final temperature is 2,300 degrees F. At a certain point, oxygen intake is reduced to the kiln. Because the fire has reached a critical mass, it needs oxygen and chemically takes it from the clay and the oxides painted on. Like a jazz improvisation, each kiln load comes out slightly different."
From Jonathan Goodman, Poet & Art Critic – "Wortsman re-examines ancient and modern traditions in light of what it means to make art." – Tussle Magazine, July 2019.
Harold Wortsman is a sculptor and printmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. He “creates forms that bring to mind archaic cult objects and exude a quiet concentrated strength.” (Argauer Zeitung, Switzerland). His work, an edgy mix of freedom and clarity, can be found in public and private collections in the US, including The Library of Congress, Yale University, The New York Public Library Print Collection, The New York Historical Society, Smith College, Indiana University’s Lilly Library, Brandeis University, The Newark Public Library Special Collections Division, and the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum Print Archive. Also in private and public collections in Europe, including the Municipal Collection of the City of Brugg, Switzerland.
Harold studied at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, with sculptor George Spaventa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pigment, Other Medium
"VERTICAL 7", sculpture, clay, ceramic, abstract, tribal, pattern, tower, column
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Vertical 7, a ceramic sculpture of wood-fired clay pigmented with oxides, is a work by New York artist Harold Wortsman. Vertical 7 was recently exhibited at "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space" at the Orange Art Foundation, February-March 2022, New York City.
Note the blending of geometric and organic forms in this work – it is characteristic of his practice – warm, contemporary, uniquely crafted, yet speaks to ancient, primitive traditions of art-making that cross cultures and histories. Highly attuned to the art of Africa, the Middle East, India and Asia, his forms are organic abstracts with masculine and feminine attributes that resonate together as a pleasing enigma. They make sense immediately, yet never give up all their secrets.
From Harold Wortsman – "With sculpture, my material of choice is high-fired clay. Pieces are first low-fired in an electric kiln. I do not use glazes. Instead, I use oxides applied to the bisqued (low-fired) clay. As with a tattoo, oxides permit the surface underneath to breathe. The work is then high-fired in a gas kiln with double reduction to cone 10. The final temperature is 2,300 degrees F. At a certain point, oxygen intake is reduced to the kiln. Because the fire has reached a critical mass, it needs oxygen and chemically takes it from the clay and the oxides. Like a jazz improvisation, each kiln load comes out slightly different."
From Jonathan Goodman – "Wortsman has increasingly moved into his own – a place in which the relations between the abstractions of volume and the intimations of very old culture are merged in a way that is new." – Essay, "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space", Orange Art Foundation, February 2022, New York City.
Harold Wortsman is a sculptor and printmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. He “creates forms that bring to mind archaic cult objects and exude a quiet concentrated strength.” (Argauer Zeitung, Switzerland). His work, an edgy mix of freedom and clarity, can be found in public and private collections in the US, including The Library of Congress, Yale University, The New York Public Library Print Collection, The New York Historical Society, Smith College, Indiana University’s Lilly Library, Brandeis University, The Newark Public Library Special Collections Division, and the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum Print Archive. Also in private and public collections in Europe, including the Municipal Collection of the City of Brugg, Switzerland.
Harold studied at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, with sculptor George Spaventa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pigment, Other Medium
"Wo'ohohe (Ground-burrowing spider)" Natural Ochre on Bark Cloth by Brenda Kesi
Located in London, GB
Brenda was a young girl during the turmoil of World War II and she remembers the 1951 eruption of Dahore Huvaimo (Mount Lamington). Brenda's mother was Go'ovino and her father was Valéla, both Ematé clans people from old Enopé village between the Jordan and Maruma Rivers. It was here that her mother taught her how to sew her grandmother, Munne's, sihoti'e taliobamë'e - designs of the mud. This method of appliquéing mud-dyed barkcloth was first practiced by Suja, the first woman and mother of the world, as told in the Ömie creation story.
Brenda has begun to teach her sister Teresa Kione (Avur'e) to sew the ancestral Ömie sihoti'e designs such as wo'ohohe - ground-burrowing spider and taigu taigu'e - ancestral tattoo designs. Brenda lives happily by the Jordan River...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Pigment
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