Mutsumi Iwasaki

Charcoal, contemporary paper sculpture by Mutsumi Iwasaki

2009

Eva Vargo fuses paper and linen-thread materials into her weaving techniques. No. 55 (Book of Changes) was hand woven with linen, thread, paper strings and g...

The Second Cousin is exemplary of Danish artist, Grethe Wittrock's work which often includes expanses of twisted paper strands in single colors — minim...

Materials: Handmade paper, paper string, wax After working as a textile artist for nearly two decades, in 1998, Iwasaki began making both baskets and her own paper. In 2000, her new...

Linen, Japanese tatami paper (black and hand dyed with rust)

Russet, Mary Merkel-Hess, paper, paper chord, 16" x 14" x 10", 2017. This colorful contemporary fiber-based sculpture was done by American textile artist, Mary Merkel-Hess (b. 1949). Her work is often reflective of the natural landscapes from her childhood in the Midwest. Merkel-Hess was born and raised in Iowa where the landscape is dominated by fields of grass and corn. Her sculptural vessels and wall pieces, which she refers to as “landscape reports” are inspired by these natural surroundings. Using paper, reeds and other materials, Merkel-Hess’ work conjures images of slender grasses and cultivated fields, shaped and tamed like Iowa’s landscape...

"Last Light" Mary Merkel-Hess, paper, paper chord, 14” x 31” x 15”, 2018. This colorful contemporary textile sculpture was done by American fiber artist, Mary Merkel-Hess. Merkel-Hess' work is often reflective of the natural landscapes from her childhood in the Midwest. Her work, "Last Light", was specifically inspired by a line from Willa Cather...

Original multicolored hand-cut paper and ink on illustration board layered paper sculpture by Charles Clary measuring 9"h x 11"w. This piece ships in the pictured black frame. Char...

Original hand-cut paper and ink on illustration board layered paper sculpture by Charles Clary measuring 12"h x 14.5"w. This piece ships in the pictured black frame. Charles Clary ...

Original hand-cut paper and ink on illustration board layered paper sculpture by Charles Clary measuring 15"h x 10"w. This piece ships in the pictured black frame. Charles Clary wa...

Akiko Sugiyama (Japanese/American, B.1947) Collage, Lucite Shadow Box Painting, mixed media Japanese paper sculpture in plexiglass display box...

Andisheh Avini Iranian-American (b. 1974) Untitled III (2007) Collage of Arabic or Persian Islamic calligraphic script texts. Artist shaped frame Signature stamp and I-20 (New York) gallery label verso Image: 25.25" H x 18.5" W; frame: 27.5" H x 21" W x 1.5" D. Andisheh Avini was born in 1974 in New York. Educated at Hunter College in New York, he has shown consistently in solo and group exhibitions since 2002, including locations in New York, Berlin, Los Angeles, Basel, Madrid and Paris. He currently lives and works in New York. Through his abstract paintings, drawings and sculptures he finds the sweet spot where minimalism, Pop Art, and the political collide. Andisheh Avini is known for his patterned silkscreen painting created on carpet and wood, which are informed by the history and culture of Iran. Avini frequently takes familiar political images and recontextualizes them, prompting the viewer to consider Middle Eastern politics from another perspective. Blending the visual vocabulary of his Iranian heritage with aesthetic and material experimentation, Avini’s work offers a meditation on the experiences and memories that shape our identities. He has used a variety of exotic materials including marquetry or Khatam – a traditional Iranian craft of inlaid wood, crystalline protrusions of actual minerals, peacock feathers, mother-of-pearl and parchment often in abstract geometric compositions, mediums associated with traditional Persian craft— with nods towards Minimalism, Abstract Expressionism, and other Western art movements. He has shown in many prominent galleries including solo exhibitions at Marianne Boesky Gallery (New York), Galerie Frank...

Arrow Knight 670 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 different b...