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CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd "Arturito" from Huichol Alteration Series
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
Famous Sculpture in the style of Star Wars R2-D2 in Mexican Huichol Style
ALTERATION ART . . . is a collaboration process between Rick Wolfryd, fine artist and art dealer with over ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Mixed Media
$1,800 Sale Price
55% Off
Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Butterfly Park 9
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media sculpture on wood panel framed
Sumit Mehndiratta is an Indian artist born in 1986 who lives & works in New Delhi, India. He has pursued Master of Science in Internationa...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media, Wood Panel
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd " SANTO " from Huichol ALTERATIONS Series
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
¡ Holiday Special Pricing !
Edition TP. 0010 signed by the Son of Mexican Famous Wrestler " EL SANTO "
ALTERATION ART . . . is a collaboration process between Rick Wolfryd, fine ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Glass, Mixed Media
$1,000 Sale Price
50% Off
Result Of Radioactive Contamination - 21st Cent, Contemporary Japanese Sculpture
By Mari Ito
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Series: Origin of Desire
Mari Ito was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1980. She majored in Nihonga, Japanese-style painting made with traditional practices, techniques and materials. She mo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Polystyrene, Glue, India Ink, Mixed Media, Pigment
Brigitte
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Toronto artist Sophie DeFrancesca has always been fascinated by vintage fashion. Pictures of her mother wearing gorgeous frocks from the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s served as a connection to...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Ball Bearing Torso
Located in Nottingham, GB
This stunning sculpture of a torso has been created from ball bearings, with a beautiful pearlized finish that change colour in the light, making this piece beautifully unique.
Meti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Star Grazers
By Rachel Denny
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd "Universal Man" from Huichol ALTERATIONS Series
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
OPEN FOR COMMISSIONS!!!
Famous Sculpture in the style of Star Wars Stormtrooper
ALTERATION ART . . . is a collaboration process between Rick Wolfryd, fine artist and art dealer w...
Category
2010s Pop Art Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Resin, Mixed Media
Fiber wall sculpture: 'Nature'
Located in New York, NY
Federica Patera & Andrea Sbra Perego, bridge language and cosmogony. Starting from a single linguistic element like a verbal root, they trace its evolution around the world and throu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wire
French Contemporary Sculpture by Beatrice De Domenico - Rise and Shine
Located in Paris, IDF
Beatrice de Domenico is a French sculptor born in 1956 who lives & works in Nice, France. She works between traditional sculpture, classical sculpture and teachings from Nouveaux Réa...
Category
2010s Conceptual Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
$5,640 Sale Price
61% Off
CHROMA Huichol Beaded Sculpture "X-Man" Series Mexican Beaded 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 Huich...
Category
2010s Pop Art Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Mixed Media
Large installation: 'ALL AROUND US'
Located in New York, NY
All Around Us is an immersive installation that people can walk through, surrounded by about 900 words that reflect the ambiguous bond between justice and the sacred, which is deeply...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Snowshoe - Fall
By Rachel Denny
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Fiber wall sculpture: 'Maya'
Located in New York, NY
Federica Patera & Andrea Sbra Perego, bridge language and cosmogony. Starting from a single linguistic element like a verbal root, they trace its evolution around the world and throu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wire
CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd Huichol Beaded Wall Plaque Bull After Keith Haring
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
Signed and dated 2025.
Ed 100 AP
OPEN FOR COMMISSIONS!!!
ALTERTATION ART . . . is a collaboration process between Rick Wolfryd, fine artist and art dealer with over 40 years experi...
Category
2010s Pop Art Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Resin, Mixed Media
French Contemporary Sculpture by Beatrice De Domenico - Smoothness of Life
Located in Paris, IDF
Beatrice de Domenico is a French sculptor born in 1956 who lives & works in Nice, France. She works between traditional sculpture, classical scul...
Category
2010s Conceptual Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Little Lion
By Rachel Denny
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Highly conceptual mixed media wall sculpture Contemporary Cat charm rabbit foot
Located in Buffalo, NY
No Fear (Trapper Keeper)
UV print on aluminum, chain, jewelry, keychain, sticker,
Croc Jibbitz, rabbit’s foot, Tamagotchi
18x48”
2019
$975
Eternal Flame i...
Category
2010s Conceptual Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Fiber wall sculpture: 'Creare'
Located in New York, NY
Federica Patera & Andrea Sbra Perego, bridge language and cosmogony. Starting from a single linguistic element like a verbal root, they trace its evolution around the world and throu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wire
CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd "WONDER HORSE" Carousel Series from Huichol Alterations
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...
Category
2010s Pop Art Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Mixed Media
CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd "Boxer Boxing" Mexican Huichol Beaded Art
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
OPEN FOR COMMISSIONS!!!
In the style of Jeff Koons Ballon Dog and Mexican Huichol Art
ALTERTATION ART . . . is a collaboration process between Rick Wolfryd, fine artist and art dea...
Category
2010s Pop Art Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Resin, Mixed Media, ABS
"Pexto Car, " Mixed-Media Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
To Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald, his miniature car sculptures are a means of traveling through time. Born from a fascination with the soap box derby cars of his youth, eac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paper, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
"Neapolitan Car, " Mixed-Media Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
To Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald, his miniature car sculptures are a means of traveling through time. Born from a fascination with the soap box...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paper, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Fabric
Bill Haendel Americana Toy Soldiers Cast Paper Relief Modern Pop Art Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
William Haendel
framed 16.75 X 17 paper 11.5 X 12.5
Bas relief on hand-made molded, cast, paper; Visual statement of modernist society’s role in conformity of the individual and acquiescence to nationalism. Toy Soldiers in tin, lead or plastic, cast into the paper.
Bill Haendel...
Category
1970s Modern Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Silver Sheep Study
By Rachel Denny
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Cohete V - 21st Century, Contemporary Sculpture, Figurative, Recycled Objects
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Miquel Aparici's sculptures are surprising assemblages made from old objects that had other uses in the past, and which the artist recovers and uses in a creative and ingenious way. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media
American Contemporary Mixed Media Sculpture - Linda Stein, Knight of Wishing 557
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Metal
$36,000 Sale Price
20% Off
"Brillo Box Green" Pop Art Sculpture 17" x 17.5" x 14" in Ed. 1/1 by Kii Arens
Located in Culver City, CA
"Brillo Box Green" Pop Art Sculpture 17" x 17.5" x 14" in Ed. 1/1 by Kii Arens
ABOUT
One of the most credible and influential in Los Angeles - the award win...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plexiglass, Mixed Media
Outsider wall sculpture: 'The Red Factory'
Located in New York, NY
Gérard Cambon was born in 1960 in Toulouse (Fr).
He has a degree in political science and is a self-taught artist.
In the earlier years of his life practiced and experimented with c...
Category
2010s Outsider Art Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Opulent Fawn
By Jenny Day
Located in Bozeman, MT
Jenny Day (b.1981) is a painter and sculptor who lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She earned an MFA in Painting from the University of Arizona, a BFA in Painting from the University of...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Oso Quemado
Located in Bozeman, MT
Electric Coffin is coded within art history and ideologies from archetypes of mysticism. We explore found truths from modernity and a personal historical perspective. A process-drive...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Dynamic Car, " Mixed-Media Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald uses his works as a means of resurrecting the idyllic worlds he once found in the industrial surroundings of his youth. Raised in Grand Rapids...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paper, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Cardboard
French Contemporary Sculpture by Beatrice De Domenico - This is Not a Banch
Located in Paris, IDF
Beatrice de Domenico is a French sculptor born in 1956 who lives & works in Nice, France. She works between traditional sculpture, classical sculpture and teachings from Nouveaux Réa...
Category
2010s Conceptual Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
A Roy Good Times
By Paul Rousso
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Paul Rousso attended the Cleveland Institute of Art in Ohio and went on to earn his BFA from the California College of the Arts in 1981. In his...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Polystyrene, Mixed Media
CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd "Care Bear" Mexican Huichol 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...
Category
2010s Pop Art Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Plastic, Mixed Media
$1,600 Sale Price
30% Off
Feminist Figurative Mixed Media Contemporary Sculpture Warrior Waging Peace 1280
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Warrior Waging Peace: Addressing Laughter 1280 - Feminist Figurative Mixed Media Black and Colorful Contemporary Sculpture
Free-standing contemporary sculpture with v...
Category
2010s Feminist Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
R2D2 Blue Cars Resin Sculpture Pop Art Star Wars
By Alben
Located in New York, NY
Cheeky references to pop culture and the societal context.
Grounded in a postmodern vernacular, Alben’s paintings and sculptures are a pastiche of art historical moments including ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Mixed Media
Vintage Singer Sewing Machine in Custom Vinyl Slipcover: "Making it Couture"
Located in New York, NY
“My art explores the similarity between seemingly disparate cultures through the lens of my African American ancestry. I examine my family’s plight shaped by the history of racism a...
Category
2010s Conceptual Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Female standing figure: 'la pose de nageuse'
Located in New York, NY
‘I have created characters since I was a child.
I studied painting at the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris, but now I have a preference for sculpture.
I do not have an intellectual proc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
L'Echauffeuse Hot Lips
Located in Atlanta, GA
Louis Durot was born in Paris on April 22, 1939. He was something of an enfant terrible, and managed to be expelled from various schools for bad conduct. His ambition, as stated to his parents, was to earn money without having to work, and for a time, he was an “escort-boy” for a Parisian Grande Dame. He did, however, manage to get a good education in spite of himself, and received his Baccalaureate degree from Lycee Louis Pasteur in 1956.
In 1960, he enrolled in the Facultie de Sciences, where he studied mathematics. He terminated his math studies in 1963, and turned his attention to engineering, working for Equipel, where he was responsible for calculating and measuring resistance for prototype nuclear generators. Equipel became a research facility, and offered Durot the opportunity to study organic chemistry.
Durot directed numerous research projects for Equipel between 1966 and 1972. During this time, in fact, starting in 1964, he made many friends in the art world, gathering together artists from a variety of disciplines to form an artists commune — the Freelane Studio. Among the members were jazz journalist Gilles Brinnon, and a young painter, Jean Ihallero — a friend of the painter Maxime Defert.
Through them, he met the artist Francois Arnal, who was interested in Durots’ engineering expertise for his sculptures. They got on well, and worked together for two years. Also in this circle were the actress Micheline Presle and the actor Daniel Gelin. In 1968, Arnal and Presle created Le Festival de Theatre de Chateauvallon, and through this, Durot became friends with the noted film director Ulysse Reynaud.
In 1966, Francois Arnal introduced Durot to the artist Cesar, with the idea that Durot’s talents as a chemical engineer would be useful. Durot spent a year helping Cesar to master the techniques of working with polyurethane foam, with Durot searching for ways to make this fragile and ephemeral substance more stable and permanent, and more amenable to control. Cesars’ first works in this medium were flat, due to the difficulty of controlling the foam, but he went on to create his famous “expansions”.
In 1968, Durot conceived a project to create more three-dimensional sculptures following a simple and precise design. It was during this time that Durot made his first polyurethane sculptures — the Champignons and Plantes Carnivores. Also in 1968, he He opened his first technical studio at 35, rue Leon.
In order to support this new endeavor,( he needed more space, equipment, time and money), he created La Societe Durgalith. 1971 saw the Durat’s first works exhibited at the Salon Batimat in Paris. With this exhibition, Durot was hoping to attract the attention of architects with whom he could collaborate.
Between 1971 and 1974, Durot created sixty sculptures inspired by fantastical “alien” life, mushrooms, and carnivorous plants. In 1974, Durot”s Societie Durgalith ran into problems with the Italian firm that owned Batimat. Credit Lyonnaise seized his studio and many of his sculptures, and quite a number of them were destroyed. This same year, Durot worked with the architects Sloan and Lecouter on an inflatable structure for the Pavillion Franaise in Osaka. Unfortunately, the project was never realized.
Durot continued to pursue his research on polyurethanes, and gained world-wide recognition for his developments in this field. In 1977, a “student prank” had un-expectedly bad consequences. Durot was employed as an engineer at L’Usine Francaise de la Monnaie (the French mint) in Pessac. He took three kilos of “blanks”, and used them for playing slot-machines. For this, he spent seven weeks in jail, which was ended by an amnesty granted by Mitterand in 1981. During Durot’s time in prison, he took up weight-lifting, and also designed his next generation of sculptures. The spirals, feet, lips, and a series of erotic chairs...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
UNNATURAL DECAY SERIES Wall Sculpture: 'Sassafras No. 1'
By Gin Stone
Located in New York, NY
*Recovered Ghost Gear Data: Retrieval Coordinates: 42° 10ʹ N 69° 52ʹ W
Retrieval Vessel: F/V Donna Marie (Groundfish Trawler/Scallop Dragger out of Provincetown) Water Depth: approx....
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
UNNATURAL DECAY SERIES: Wood Wall Sculpture: 'Black Walnut no.1'
By Gin Stone
Located in New York, NY
*Recovered Ghost Gear Data: Retrieval Coordinates: 42° 10ʹ N 69° 52ʹ W
Retrieval Vessel: F/V Donna Marie (Groundfish Trawler/Scallop Dragger out of Provincetown) Water Depth: approx....
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
CHROMA Beaded Sculpture "Last Word" Original Mexican Beaded Sculpture
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
ALTERATION ART is a vibrant fusion of contemporary pop art and traditional Huichol beadwork, born from the collaboration between fine artist Rick Wolfryd and skilled Mexican Huichol ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Mixed Media
CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd, "Love Temple" Series, Original Mexican Beaded Sculpture
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
ALTERATION ART is a vibrant fusion of contemporary pop art and traditional Huichol beadwork, born from the collaboration between fine artist Rick Wolfryd and skilled Mexican Huichol ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Resin, Mixed Media
French Contemporary Sculpture by Beatrice De Domenico - Wood Block Printing
Located in Paris, IDF
Beatrice de Domenico is a French sculptor born in 1956 who lives & works in Nice, France. She works between traditional sculpture, classical sculpture and teachings from Nouveaux Réa...
Category
2010s Conceptual Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Superman October #180
By Paul Rousso
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Paul Rousso attended the Cleveland Institute of Art in Ohio and went on to earn his BFA from the California College of the Arts in 1981. In his...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Polystyrene, Mixed Media
Axe, 2019: 'Fuel for Fire'
Located in New York, NY
“My art explores the similarity between seemingly disparate cultures through the lens of my African American ancestry. I examine my family’s plight shaped by the history of racism an...
Category
2010s Conceptual Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd " Large Money Cat " Huichol ALTERATIONS Series
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
THE ARTIST IS ALWAYS OPEN FOR COMMISSIONS FOR YOU!!!
MONEY CAT MR. LUCKY TP. 0003 2025
ALTERATION ART . . . is a collaboration process between Rick Wolfryd, fine artist and art d...
Category
2010s Pop Art Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Resin, Mixed Media
Seated Female Figure: 'Nageuse Reveuse'
Located in New York, NY
‘I have created characters since I was a child.
I studied painting at the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris, but now I have a preference for sculpture.
I do not have an intellectual proc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Arabesque, Female Ballet Dancer in Motion, Bronze Gray Bas Relief Sculpture Art
By Eric Bransby
Located in Denver, CO
This stunning figurative bas relief sculpture captures a female ballet dancer gracefully poised in the arabesque position, created by the acclaimed Colorado/Missouri artist Eric Bransby (1916-2020). Crafted from bronze and polymer Forton casting, the piece beautifully exemplifies Bransby’s mastery of motion and form.
Provenance:
Collection of the artist, Eric Bransby
About Eric Bransby:
Eric James Bransby was a highly respected muralist, painter, illustrator, and educator. His education at the Colorado Springs Fine Art Center included studies with renowned artists like Thomas Hart Benton, Jean Charlot, Boardman Robinson, and Josef Albers. He also studied at the prestigious Yale School of Fine Art.
Bransby’s career is defined by his exceptional work as a muralist, with notable commissions including the Rockhurst Library Triptych Mural at the University of Missouri, murals at Brigham Young University, the U.S. Air Force Academy...
Category
20th Century American Modern Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd " Wolf " Mexican Huichol Beaded Art 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...
Category
2010s Pop Art Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
"Brillo Box Pink" Pop Art Sculpture 17" x 17.5" x 14" in Ed. 1/1 by Kii Arens
Located in Culver City, CA
"Brillo Box Pink" Pop Art Sculpture 17" x 17.5" x 14" in Ed. 1/1 by Kii Arens
ABOUT
One of the most credible and influential in Los Angeles - the award winn...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plexiglass, Mixed Media
Standing figure: 'Nageuse vedette'
Located in New York, NY
‘I have created characters since I was a child.
I studied painting at the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris, but now I have a preference for sculpture.
I do not have an intellectual proc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Stalactite Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
Louis Durot was born in Paris on April 22, 1939. He was something of an enfant terrible, and managed to be expelled from various schools for bad conduct. His ambition, as stated to his parents, was to earn money without having to work, and for a time, he was an “escort-boy” for a Parisian Grande Dame. He did, however, manage to get a good education in spite of himself, and received his Baccalaureate degree from Lycee Louis Pasteur in 1956.
In 1960, he enrolled in the Facultie de Sciences, where he studied mathematics. He terminated his math studies in 1963, and turned his attention to engineering, working for Equipel, where he was responsible for calculating and measuring resistance for prototype nuclear generators. Equipel became a research facility, and offered Durot the opportunity to study organic chemistry.
Durot directed numerous research projects for Equipel between 1966 and 1972. During this time, in fact, starting in 1964, he made many friends in the art world, gathering together artists from a variety of disciplines to form an artists commune — the Freelane Studio. Among the members were jazz journalist Gilles Brinnon, and a young painter, Jean Ihallero — a friend of the painter Maxime Defert.
Through them, he met the artist Francois Arnal, who was interested in Durots’ engineering expertise for his sculptures. They got on well, and worked together for two years. Also in this circle were the actress Micheline Presle and the actor Daniel Gelin. In 1968, Arnal and Presle created Le Festival de Theatre de Chateauvallon, and through this, Durot became friends with the noted film director Ulysse Reynaud.
In 1966, Francois Arnal introduced Durot to the artist Cesar, with the idea that Durot’s talents as a chemical engineer would be useful. Durot spent a year helping Cesar to master the techniques of working with polyurethane foam, with Durot searching for ways to make this fragile and ephemeral substance more stable and permanent, and more amenable to control. Cesars’ first works in this medium were flat, due to the difficulty of controlling the foam, but he went on to create his famous “expansions”.
In 1968, Durot conceived a project to create more three-dimensional sculptures following a simple and precise design. It was during this time that Durot made his first polyurethane sculptures — the Champignons and Plantes Carnivores. Also in 1968, he He opened his first technical studio at 35, rue Leon.
In order to support this new endeavor,( he needed more space, equipment, time and money), he created La Societe Durgalith. 1971 saw the Durat’s first works exhibited at the Salon Batimat in Paris. With this exhibition, Durot was hoping to attract the attention of architects with whom he could collaborate.
Between 1971 and 1974, Durot created sixty sculptures inspired by fantastical “alien” life, mushrooms, and carnivorous plants. In 1974, Durot”s Societie Durgalith ran into problems with the Italian firm that owned Batimat. Credit Lyonnaise seized his studio and many of his sculptures, and quite a number of them were destroyed. This same year, Durot worked with the architects Sloan and Lecouter on an inflatable structure for the Pavillion Franaise in Osaka. Unfortunately, the project was never realized.
Durot continued to pursue his research on polyurethanes, and gained world-wide recognition for his developments in this field. In 1977, a “student prank” had un-expectedly bad consequences. Durot was employed as an engineer at L’Usine Francaise de la Monnaie (the French mint) in Pessac. He took three kilos of “blanks”, and used them for playing slot-machines. For this, he spent seven weeks in jail, which was ended by an amnesty granted by Mitterand in 1981. During Durot’s time in prison, he took up weight-lifting, and also designed his next generation of sculptures. The spirals, feet, lips, and a series of erotic chairs...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
$32,500
Contemporary Mixed Media Wunderkammer Sculpture Welcome to Another Country 1275
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Welcome to Another Country 1275 - Contemporary Art Mixed Media Wunderkammer Sculpture
This work from Linda Stein's Displacement From Home series draws from the traditio...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
$32,000 Sale Price
20% Off
CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd "Magic Hand 3" 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...
Category
2010s Pop Art Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Resin, Mixed Media
Mixed Media Sculpture: 'Woolly TRex Skull'
By Joshua Goode
Located in New York, NY
Inspired by amateur archaeologists such as Heinrich Schliemann who discovered Troy and by past elaborate hoaxes like that of the Piltdown Man, Joshua travels the world performing sta...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Plaster, Paint, Mixed Media
Madame X (original lego art with frame)
Located in New York, NY
Madame X (original lego art with frame). Made completely of legos.
About the Artist:
Joseph Kraham is an "engineering artist". He combines thousand...
Category
2010s Conceptual Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
"Case Runner, " Mixed Media Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
To Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald, his sculptures are a means of traveling through time. Working from found materials, Fitzgerald constructs miniature soap box cars...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Sotheby's Catalogue with Andy, Keith and Roy
By Paul Rousso
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Paul Rousso attended the Cleveland Institute of Art in Ohio and went on to earn his BFA from the California College of the Arts in 1981. In his...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Polystyrene, Mixed Media
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