1990s Abstract Sculptures

Rolf Hans Frankfurt 1938 - 1996 Basel Figure XXV, 1995 wooden sculptures signed, dated, and titled on the underside 126 x 24 x 26 cm The sculptures are accompanied by a catalog about...

Rolf Hans Frankfurt 1938 - 1996 Basel Soldatenglück I, 1992 / Soldier's Luck I, 1992 wooden sculptures signed, dated, and titled on the underside 115 x 40 x 16 cm The sculptures are...

Grisha Bruskin Adam Kadmon (Vision), Signed and signed dedicated to art historian and collector Jacob Baal Teshuva), 1992 Steel Sculpture (Signed, Dated & Dedicated) 6 × 6 × 3 i...

'Altair' is a contemporary abstract cast glass sculpture by David Ruth from his Internal Space series. David fused various colored glass to create a layered, suspended, and vibrant ...

Rare signed and numbered Anne Nilsson for Orrefors Expo 1998 white glass vase. This beautifully crafted clear and white glass vase is approximately 16.5" tall, the base is approxima...

Pique A Terre VIII, John Van Alstine. Stone and metal, usually granite or slate and found object steel are central in my sculpture. The interaction of these materials is a major focu...

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 is ...

Mid-century modern outdoor sculpture. This imposing metal sculpture by the renowned Quebecois artist, Marcel Barbeau dominates the landscape. This monu...

An abstract sculpture by Post War artist Tim Hawkinson depicting yellow shoes encased in plaster in a red shoe box. Signed underneath, "Tim Hawkinson, Tim...

Anthony Caro Bronze Belt Buckle, 1993 Bronze sculpted belt buckle. Stamped on the verso 3 × 4 1/2 inches Exhibition History: Victoria and Albert Museum, L...

Van Nazareth is somewhat of a reclusive personality and his bronze sculptures focus on primordial, illusive shapes. His figures are remote and uncommunicative, suggesting timelessnes...

Paul Jenkins (American, 1923-2012) "Historique / Sacree" [Historical / Sacred], Found Object Art Sculpture, 1996, collaged book mounted on plaster and wood base, signed and dated to ...

Pierre Casenove (French) Silver patina bronze table lamp having a column form and various stamped patterns to the body, stamped signed mark to back of bas...

'Waka Tupapaku' is a contemporary abstract cast glass sculpture by David Ruth from his Internal Space series. About the Internal Space Series: David’s experiments with sheet glass and fusing led him to try to make the glass thicker to see more interior space. It was during this time a professor pointed out that he was working with a metaphor, for which the internal space of the glass was the equivalent to the internal life of the mind. This became his operating mantra but also forced him to come to terms with the casting of thick sections. “Creating those internal spaces came with some problems. Other than telescope mirrors, I did not know that anyone annealed glass in a kiln for more than a day or two. When pieces cracked after five days of cooling, I could not believe they would need even more time. The tragedy...

'Cujam' is a contemporary abstract cast glass sculpture by David Ruth from his Internal Space series. This part of the series was inspired by astronomy and the distant galaxies and ...

"Wild in the Woods" fiber, wood, mixed media, 40 x 11 x 16, 1997. This mixed media textile sculpture was done by American fiber artist, Norma Minkowitz (b. 1937). The interlacing te...

"Extrication Bond" Satirical Bond Paperwork Collage Elaborate collage by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 20th century). This piece is a visually striking satirical artwork that masque...

Blue Rain Glaze on White, Dutch Series (28.5 x 21.5 x 2.5 inches, each) Publication, Jun Kaneko, Dutch Series Between Light and Shadow, page 48 b. 1942, Nagoya, Japan Jun Kaneko’s ...

Artist: Stefan Matty Vladescu, Romanian/American (1952 - ) Title: Pandora's Box Year: 1993 Medium: Bronze Sculpture, signature and date inscribed Size: 34.5 in. x 10 in. x 10 in. (87...

Abstract Minimalist Ceramic Sculpture in White Organic and minimalist sculpture by "Toki" John Toki (Japanese, 20th Century). This piece was pressed by hand from a mold. There is a ...

"Internal Release" Abstract Relief Sculpture. Carved sculpture and painting by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 20th century). This large-scal...

"In the Wings" Wood Panel Original Painting and Carving Carved sculpture and painting by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 20th century). This wall sculpture features a bold, symmetrica...

"Om Away from Om" Wood Panel Original Painting and Carving Elaborate collage, painting and carved sculpture by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 20th century). This piece is carved, wit...

"The Clever Sentimentalist" Surrealist Relief Sculpture Mickey Kane Striking relief sculpture which evokes the human form. An organic yellow shape rests in the center of the composi...

'Al Safi' is a contemporary abstract cast glass sculpture by David Ruth from his Internal Space series. This part of the series was inspired by astronomy and the distant galaxies an...

'Lekhoo Beshalom' is a contemporary abstract cast glass sculpture by David Ruth from his Internal Space series. David fused various colored glass to create a layered, suspended, and...

"Stuck in the Membrane of Illusion" Abstract Relief Sculpture by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 20th century). This unique piece is composed...

'Al Okab' is a contemporary abstract cast glass sculpture by David Ruth from his Internal Space series. This part of the series was inspired by astronomy and the distant galaxies an...

"Balls on the Line" Satirical Wood Panel Original Painting and Carving Elaborate collage, painting and carved sculpture by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 20th century). Ball's on the...

Dimitri Hadzi Uxmal, 1991 Cast bronze on custom made granite base 17 × 30 1/2 × 14 inches The title UXMAL, refers to the ancient Mayan city of Uxmal, which is known for its "Pyramid of the Magician" Provenance: Acquired by the original owner from the prestigious Gremillion Gallery in Houston, Texas (accompanied by a copy of the original receipt) Measurements: Base: 26.5 by 11 by 1.75 inches Work longest 30.5 inches Widest 14 inches Highest. 17 inches More about Dimitri Hadzi" Derived from the figure and mythic narratives, Hadzi’s sculpture references antiquity and classical artifacts – abstracted anatomical forms, columnar and other architectural elements, helmets, weaponry and body armor function as visual metaphors for ancient cultures. “I was interested in mythology, and I was interested in movement,” Hadzi remarked on his years in Rome, “I was attempting through formal methods to exaggerate sexual tension or apprehension. Suddenly I was myself in an atmosphere of freedom.” [1] Powerfully rendered in bronze his sculptures convey raw emotion, brute strength and mass, tempered with a delicate rush of whimsy, vivacity and sensuality. Born in New York City on March 21, 1921, Hadzi graduated from Cooper Union in 1950 and received a Fulbright Fellowship in the same year. After studying sculpture in Greece, he moved to Rome under the GI Bill where he lived for twenty-five years. Hadzi returned to the U.S. where he taught at Harvard University for fourteen years. He continued to create sculpture until his death in 2006. Hadzi is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art; the Whitney Museum of American Art; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; The Phillips Collection and the Guggenheim Museum. Receiving over twenty sculpture commissions, Hadzi’s work appears in public squares, concert halls, federal and private plazas, and universities throughout the world. --------------- [1] Elsen, Albert. “On Artistic Freedom: An Interview,” Dimitri Hadzi, (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1996), 30. Additional Biography: Dimitri Hadzi (1921 – 2006) is among the most distinguished modernist sculptors, creator of works in bronze and stone that are powerfully abstract and expressionist in character. His contribution to the international language of sculpture continues to influence and inspire through permanent installations and collections, and exhibitions worldwide. Born to Greek-American immigrant parents in New York City, he had a talent for drawing at an early age and won a prize for his young ability. But, it wasn't until after serving in the Air-force in the South Pacific during WWII that he turned his sights fully to painting and sculpture, going on to study both at Cooper Union. Eventually, he would become a mainstay of the Cambridge, MA art community. He was a Guggenheim Fellow (1957), the winner of the Venice Biennale Award (1962), and the Rome Prize (1974). His most notable sculptures are: Copley Place Waterfall (Boston, MA), Owen Glass Co. (Toledo, OH), as well as Thermopolis, adjacent to Boston’s City Hall Plaza, and the former Omphalos in Harvard Square (Cambridge, MA). Hadzi is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art; National Gallery of Art; Whitney Museum of American Art; Museum of Fine Art, Boston; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; The Phillips Collection and the Guggenheim Museum. Additionally, Hadzi was also a prolific painter, and printmaker. He also taught at Harvard University for over a decade. Famously, David Hockney attended one of Hadzi’s classes at the Carpenter Center at Harvard, where Hadzi served as director. The two of them spent time together painting and discussing techniques. Hockney gifted Hadzi one of his paintings. He worked alongside his good friend, Nobel Prize winning Irish poet...

Artist: Stefan Vladescu, Romanian/American (1952 - ) Title: Epiphany Year: 1994 Medium: Bronze Sculpture, signature and date inscribed Size: 25 inch diameter x 1.5 wide Base 3 x 8...

Ruth Duckworth Untitled Form (INV# NP5225) porcelain, stoneware, and glaze 7 x 16 x 7" 1999 signed by artist provenance: Garth Clark Gallery New York RUTH DUCKWORTH Ruth Duckworth ...

Sam Gilliam (1933–2022) is beloved as one of the 20th century's most important abstract artists. He was a true innovator in the evolution of American abstraction. He is credited with...

Iron sculpture realized by Wu De-Chun in 1990s. One-of-a-kind. Very good condition.

Oleg Sohanievich (Soviet Ukrainian, American 1935-2017) Corten steel, U-beams and rods Steel Stress Sculpture, 1994, Hand signed in Cyrillic and dated 94, Dimensions: 15" h., 16" w...

Untitled carved sculpture and painting by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 20th century). Wood panel has large cut-outs where golden wire is strung between the edges. This striking pi...

"You Have the Right to Remain Silent" Wood Panel Original Painting and Carving Elaborate collage, painting and carved sculpture by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 20th century). In Yo...

A smaller maquette/model for a larger piece titled "Gateways" wood and aluminum sculpture by Doris Ann Warner (American, 1925-2010). Signed "Warner" on bottom. Estate of Doris Warner...

Artist: David Jaworsky, American Title: Attitudes Year: 1991 Medium: Blown Glass and Bronze with a Marble Base Size: 31 x 20 x 24 in. (78.74 x 50.8 x 60.96 cm) Base: 16 x 2 x 16 ...

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 is ...

Column XII (Strange Fruit), John Van Alstine. This unique sculpture will be shipped directly from the artist's studio. Stone and metal, usually granite or slate and found object st...

Cornucopia With Columns, John Van Alstine. Stone and metal, usually granite or slate and found object steel are central in my sculpture. The interaction of these materials is a majo...

"[Masakazu Kobayashi's] woven Waves in dyed threads rank[s] among the most perfect in aesthetic effectiveness ever produced by contemporary weaving….This Japanese way of conjuring up such transparency with threads, of perceiving the thread itself as something creative is highly artistic. They celebrate aesthetic beauty in a way no one can elude.” From “Textile Art and the Avant-garde,” Erika Billeter (Contemporary Textile Art: the Collection of the Pierre Pauli...

Crossover, John Van Alstine. 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...

Letters and numbers cut from a sheet of brushed steel. Hand signed and dated Brad Howe (born 1959) is an American sculptor from California. His work has been exhibited domestically and internationally. This is done in a bold and colorful Pop Art style reminiscent of the work of the Memphis Milano Group. Brad Howe was born in 1959 in Riverside, California. As a student of International Relations at Stanford University, Howe attended the University of São Paulo to specialize in Literature and Economic History. It was there that he discovered his passion for art and architecture that would eventually lead to his first exhibitions. He started his career as a sculptor in Brazil, using stainless steel, aluminum and polyurethane. He credits sculptor Alexander Calder as an early influence in his work. Since then, he has exhibited in over eighteen countries worldwide and his works have been placed in collections in more than 32 countries, including Brazil, Mexico, France, Germany, South Korea and United States. His work can also be found at various universities including Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston, Temple University in Philadelphia, and UCLA. Monumental and Public Art have become a major focus of his career. Over the past ten years, he has completed over 30 public projects in 7 different countries. One of his sculptures can be seen in the city of Palo Alto, California. Moreover, as part of the Beverly Hills Centennial Arts of Palm Installation, he designed four sculptures outside the Beverly Hills City Hall, on North Santa Monica Boulevard in Beverly Hills, California. The Crocker Art Museum (Sacramento, California), the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Lancaster Museum of Art and History (Lancaster, California), and the Pasadena Museum of California Art (Pasadena, California) are among the museums holding work by Brad Howe. His work was included in the Arts of Palm exhibition in Beverly Hills, palm trees by prominent artists including Brad Howe, Michael McMillen, Mike Stilkey, Peter Shire, Peter Alexander and Ryan Schmidt. His studio is actively completing site-specific commissions and installations for cities, universities, museums, and private corporations. Brad Howe also actively participates in group gallery shows with smaller works that serve as models, or maquettes, for his large-scale pieces. SELECT GROUP EXHIBITS: On The Road: American Abstraction, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, Michigan Properties of Light, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, California Blur the Lines, Brad Howe and Takashi Murakami, Asian Art Works, Busan, Korea Brad Howe, Zachary Thornton, Lopez-Herrera, Thomas Punzmann Fine Arts, Frankfurt, Germany Gary Komarin and Brad Howe, Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland Color Balance, Marco Casentini and Brad Howe, Melissa Morgan Fine Art...

David Kimball Anderson’s work is bold and graceful, respectful and spiritual. A practicing Buddhist and avid surfer as well as a sculptor, Anderson has given way to 4 decades of work that revere beauty in nature and beauty in industry within his signature aesthetic. For Anderson, steel girders, dry leaves, machine parts and distant train lights are equally as compelling as strawberry flowers, begonias, Asian antiquities and the night sky. Editing down to essential form while adding a touch of embellishment allows his work to embody both minimalist formal truth and decorative adornment. Anderson’s art practice is a beauty-driven way of knowing the world. BIOGRAPHY 1946 Born in Los Angeles 1967-1971 San Francisco Art Institute Currently lives and works in Santa Cruz, California. SELECTED AWARDS AND GRANTS 1993 John Michael Kohler Art Center Residency 1988 National Endowment for the Arts, individual fellowship 1986 Pollack-Krasner Foundation, individual grant 1981 National Endowment for the Arts, individual fellowship 1974 National Endowment for the Arts, individual fellowship SELECTED ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS 2018 “Snow Pictures”, Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia 2014 “Ranchland”, The Great Highway Gallery, San Francisco, CA “The Manresa Seasons”, New Museum Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA 2013 “Altitude”, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO “to Morris Graves”, The Morris Graves Museum, Eureka, CA 2012 “Travel: Rome”, Namche, Bellas Artes Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2011 Selections from “to Morris Graves”, Anderson Ranch Art...

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An accumulation sculpture of paintbrushes by the great accumulator sculptor, Arman. This work features 13 paintbrushes with various shades of paint in oranges, greens, and reds again...

Where am I going? They offer us no clues that might help us answer these questions. Instead, they give us all the more scope for associations and imagination. They appeal to our subc...

Rolf Hans Frankfurt 1938 - 1996 Basel Set of 4 bird sculptures, 1990 Wood, paint Each signed on the underside 131/121 x 20 x 11.5cm The sculpture comes with a catalog about the artist. Provenance: Estate of the artist Authenticity confirmed in writing At the beginning of the 1970s, Rolf Hans began designing objects for the first time. These were small sculptures that he assembled from iron pipes with round or square profiles. With these, he sought to create a new, three-dimensional reality of experience, parallel to his paintings, which he was creating at the same time. In 1987, Hans returned to the medium of sculpture. He no longer regarded the working process as conscious construction, but rather as allowing himself to be guided by what was already there. And as with his paintings, his objects now arose from an inner necessity, not to fill an intellectual vacuum. "This compulsion has had a hold on me for decades, and for a few years now I have been trying to appease it with the cycle 'Poesie der Dinge' (Poetry of Things). The intellectual climate was ripe." So Hans concentrated on working on the sculpture cycle in the last decade of his life. And as if in a frenzy, he drew on the new possibilities offered to him by the design of the objects: "The poetry of things grows, it swallows up all my time, many things are neglected, hardly any letters, the diary is largely silent, concert visits are limited to the essentials. A compulsion arises, and yet it began as a game, but experiments were always a serious matter that demanded the whole man. [...] The objects have crept into my rational mind, cautiously and unnoticed, claiming their place, taking it, becoming part of myself." "It's a difficult thing with art. Looking at your predecessors, you try to find your way, the spirit of the times and its aesthetics influence the direction, you know about the dissatisfaction in which you move. Now, in the midst of the 'poetry of things', there is a feeling of freedom, yet closely connected to much that came before. There is no program, only a title that allows each work its freedom." But despite the role models before his eyes, Hans succeeds from the outset in finding his own unique ways of expression with his object cycle. What connects him to Max Ernst, Brancusi, and Duchamp is solely the source material: found objects. These are very mundane things from everyday life—once necessary, useful, and practical items such as tools, utensils, and devices—that have been stripped of their function and now serve as a gateway to the artist's imagination. In this way, Hans strips things of their previous, traditional function or archaic purpose and transports them into a different, new reality in order to breathe new life into them. In doing so, he does not want to deny the found form without aestheticizing it. By making only minor changes to their 'innate' structure, signs of wear, and color, he seeks to emphasize their meaning and purpose as form and to redefine their inherent charisma. The objects are worked on, forced to reveal their unique characteristics in their struggle with the artist and to make new statements in connection with other objects. In this way, Hans presents the abstract symmetries of the wood and metal objects without any artificiality and places them on a pedestal in accordance with artistic tradition. Furthermore, he integrates the pedestal into the work. As the lowest component, the pedestal not only prepares the viewer for the sculpture, but also loosens, loosens, or strengthens its connection to the earth. By raising them up, he gives the sculptures a further life of their own, a second existence, so to speak, and also gives them a new identity with a new name. "They show their personality, some more, some less, as is the case in life, or in art." What they all have in common is their influence from the past into the here and now. In doing so, they reveal their original beauty and the mysticism that fires our imagination. However ambivalent the sculptures and objects by Rolf Hans may appear to us, they never do so in a loud or exalted manner. With their balanced and simple appearance, they quietly and calmly, but decisively, enter into contact with us. In an unsettling way, they repeatedly prompt us to ask questions: Who am I? Where do I come from? Where am I going? They offer us no clues that might help us answer these questions. Instead, they give us all the more scope for associations and imagination. They appeal to our subconscious. They invite us to linger and meditate: it is the familiar beginning and the unconscious departure into the mysteries of creation. Exhibitions (selection) 2023 Kunsthandel Draheim, position berlin art fair 2023 Galerie Jörg Schuhmacher, Frankfurt am Main "Rolf Hans-Farbenspiel" 2022 Galerie Michael Blaszczyk, Bad Homburg, Rolf Hans, "Einblicke Hommage & Reflexion" 2021 Jörg Schumacher Gallery, Frankfurt am Main "Rolf Hans-Farbwelten" 2021 Michael Blaszczyk Gallery, Bad Homburg "Sprache der Farben-Das Baseler Kabinett" 2020 Malte Ueckermann Art Dealers, Berlin, Kanalidarte, Brescia "Che cosa avrebbe detto Hegel_ROLF HANS... e la Poesia della cose," Italy Kunsthandel Draheim "art Karlsruhe," "Poesie der Dinge" 2019 Jörg Schuhmacher Gallery, Frankfurt am Main, Blaszczyk Gallery, Bad Homberg 2018 Art Karlsruhe, Kunsthandel Draheim, Wiesbaden, Color Fields 2018 Galerie Dekker, Baden-Baden, Retrospective Galerie Blaszczyk, Bad Homburg 2017 Gallery Eklektik, Monte Carlo, Monaco 2016 Galerie Schuhmacher, Frankfurt am Main 2016 Galerie Cerny & Partner, Wiesbaden (Language of Colors) Art Karlsruhe, Kunsthandel Draheim, Wiesbaden (Tachist Painting + Iron Sculptures) Galerie Rainer Klimczak, Viersen Galerie Schuhmacher, Frankfurt am Main (Black on White) 2015 Galerie Blaszczyk, Bad Homburg art Karlsruhe, one Artist show (Galerie Cerny und Partner) Gallery Eklektik, Monte Carlo, Monaco 2014 Jörg Schuhmacher Gallery, Frankfurt am Main (A Retrospective-1) Tristan Lorenz Gallery, Frankfurt am Main (A Retrospective-2) Hellhof Gallery, Kronberg im Taunus (Works from 1960–1980) Art Fair, Cologne, Monochrome Painting (Draheim Gallery & Art Dealers, Wiesbaden) 2013 Kunsthandel Thole Rotermund, Hamburg (In the Force Field of Color) + catalog Galerie & Kunsthandel Draheim, Wiesbaden (Painting & Sculpture 1970–1990) 2012 art KARLSRUHE, one Artist show (Galerie & Art Dealers Draheim, Wiesbaden) 2011 Gallery & Art Dealers Draheim, Wiesbaden (In the Rush of Colors – Works from the 1960s) 2009 Ketterer Kunst, Berlin (Rolf Hans – Painting and Sculpture) Art Dealers Michael Draheim, Wiesbaden (Rolf Hans – Poetry of Things) 2008 Galerie Art Mayence, Mainz (Rolf Hans – Language of Colors) Galerie Jörg Schuhmacher, Frankfurt am Main (Rolf Hans) Galerie Winterberg, Munich (Rolf Hans – The Language of Colors) Galerie Jörg Schuhmacher, Frankfurt am Main, Art Karlsruhe (Rolf Hans – One Artist Show) 2007 Galerie Jörg Schuhmacher, Frankfurt am Main ("Rolf Hans in the Field of Tension of the 'Quadriga'") 2001 Kunstraum Aare, Olten ("Rolf Hans – Paintings, Sculptures, Photographs") 1999 'Kunst im Liebrüti', Kaiseraugst ("Martin Frigg and Rolf Hans") 1992 Kommunale Galerie, Schlangenbad ("Gabriele Schmolk-Hieber, Paintings – Rolf Hans, Objects") 1991 Museum Schloß Salder, Salzgitter ("Poetry of Things") 1990 Galerie Brechbühl, Grenchen ("Poetry of Things") 1985 1985 Toni Brechbühl Gallery, Grenchen ("Two Friends, Ho-Kan, Milan – Rolf Hans, Basel") Toni Brechbühl Gallery, Grenchen ("Rolf Hans – Oil...

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Artist: Thom Cooney-Crawford, American (1944 - ) Title: Four Earth Signs: Wingeo Medium: Bronze Sculpture, signature and number inscribed Edition: 4/5 Size: 20.5 in. x 11 in. x 4 in....

Dorothy Mayhall's small sculptures are little monuments to be toyed with and handled. They should be picked up, fondled, and examined like a rock or shell you collect on the beach be...

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Description Resting upon a golden cushion, this two-faced subject has the look of a mask that one would be able to wear. ...

Dorothy Mayhall's small sculptures are little monuments to be toyed with and handled. They should be picked up, fondled, and examined like a rock or shell you collect on the beach be...

John Okulick, large colorful wood wall sculpture construction "Perfect Harmony" Hand signed and dated, 1999 Dimensions: H: 52 inches:...

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

Dorothy Mayhall's small sculptures are little monuments to be toyed with and handled. They should be picked up, fondled, and examined like a rock or shell you collect on the beach be...

Artist: Thom Cooney-Crawford, American (1944 - ) Title: Four Earth Signs: Lunette Medium: Bronze Sculpture, signature and number inscribed Edition: 4/5 Size: 21.5 in. x 7 in. x 3 in....

Irregular triangle, 1993 Laminated acrylic Hand signed and dated: Vasa / 1993 4" H x 12" W x 3" D (size is approximate) Vasa Velizar Mihich (born 1933), known as Vasa, is an American artist based in Los Angeles, California. Born in Yugoslavia, Vasa has lived in Los Angeles since his arrival in the United States in 1960. He is an academically trained painter and was a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles UCLA in the Department of Design and Media Arts. He taught theories of color to understand interdependence and interaction of color and form, color and quantity, color and placement, and after-image. In the 1960s, Vasa developed techniques for working with cast laminated acrylic forms based on simple Euclidean shapes. These prisms of luminous construction are created by composing colored planes within these geometric forms. To fully appreciate these works of art, it is essential to observe them from different angles―the sculptures dimensionality contributes to an ever-changing appearance. Now retired as a professor emeritus, Vasa focuses on his conceptual art practice. His studio, designed to accommodate the technology required for his work, is located in the heart of Los Angeles. He makes laminated acrylic sculptures that reflect and refract light. He has had solo exhibitions at galleries in the United States, Japan, Italy and Serbia, including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, the San Diego Museum of Art, and the Palm Springs Desert Museum. Vasa is best known for his sculptures made from colored pieces of the plastic, poly(methyl methacrylate), which is also known as acrylic and by the brand names Plexiglas and Lucite. Untitled from 1975, in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art, demonstrates the effect of these minimalist sculptures. His work straddles the West Coast Light and Space art movement, Artists such as Robert Irwin, James Turrell, John McCracken, Larry Bell, Craig Kauffman, Billy Al Bengston, Peter Alexander, and Lita Albuquerque...