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Medium: Found Objects
"Modus Volito Group 1 (3 Pieces)", Abstract Found Objects Wall-Hanging Sculpture
"Modus Volito Group 1 (3 Pieces)", Abstract Found Objects Wall-Hanging Sculpture

"Modus Volito Group 1 (3 Pieces)", Abstract Found Objects Wall-Hanging Sculpture

By Hyland Mather (X-O)

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This free-standing abstract sculpture series titled "Modus Volito Group 1 (3 Pieces)" is an original artwork by Hyland Mather made of lost objects and recovered steel. Mather is know...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Steel

"Modus Lumen 07", Illuminated Lost-Object Wall-Hanging Assemblage
"Modus Lumen 07", Illuminated Lost-Object Wall-Hanging Assemblage

"Modus Lumen 07", Illuminated Lost-Object Wall-Hanging Assemblage

By Hyland Mather (X-O)

Located in Philadelphia, PA

"Modus Lumen 07" is an original artwork by Hyland Mather made of illuminated lost-object assemblage with translucent acrylic, tape drawing, string, aerosol, and light. It measures ap...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Thread, Acrylic, Pins, Wood, Found Objects

"Fiber Truck - Pride Edition", Full Color Spectrum on Miniature Tesla Cybertruck
"Fiber Truck - Pride Edition", Full Color Spectrum on Miniature Tesla Cybertruck

"Fiber Truck - Pride Edition", Full Color Spectrum on Miniature Tesla Cybertruck

By Han Cao

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece titled "Fiber Truck - PHD Edition" is an original piece by Han Cao. It is made from cotton embroidery thread, plastic stitching canvas, painted wooden spools, acrylic disp...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Thread, Found Objects, Canvas, Cotton, Plastic, Wood, Paint

"Fiber Truck - PHD Edition" Dimensional Embroidered Miniature Cybertruck
"Fiber Truck - PHD Edition" Dimensional Embroidered Miniature Cybertruck

"Fiber Truck - PHD Edition" Dimensional Embroidered Miniature Cybertruck

By Han Cao

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece titled "Fiber Truck - PHD Edition" is an original piece by Han Cao and is made from cotton embroidery thread, plastic stitching canvas, painted wooden spools, acrylic disp...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Thread, Found Objects, Canvas, Cotton, Plastic, Wood

Coin Cunt XXVIII: Sculpture with Thread and Found Objects
Coin Cunt XXVIII: Sculpture with Thread and Found Objects

Coin Cunt XXVIII: Sculpture with Thread and Found Objects

By Suzanna Scott

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece titled "Coin Cunt XXXVIII" is an original artwork made from kiss-lock coin purses and thread by Suzanna Scott. This piece measures approx. 4"x4", size varies Suzanna Scot...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Thread, Found Objects

American Feminist Contemporary Chair Black Tan Sculpture - Skeletal Format 67
American Feminist Contemporary Chair Black Tan Sculpture - Skeletal Format 67

American Feminist Contemporary Chair Black Tan Sculpture - Skeletal Format 67

By Linda Stein

Located in New York, NY

Linda Stein, Skeletal Format 67 - American Feminist Contemporary Chair Black Tan Sculpture Linda Stein has been addressing the theme of Power/Vulnerability for more than five deca...

Category

1970s Feminist Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Plastic, Wood, Found Objects, Acrylic

Roly-Poly Found Object Sculpture with Egg Motif, Contemporary Art
Roly-Poly Found Object Sculpture with Egg Motif, Contemporary Art

Roly-Poly Found Object Sculpture with Egg Motif, Contemporary Art

By Katie VanVliet

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece titled "Roly-Poly" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshells, mica, and PVA. This piece measures 4”h x 3.5”w x 2.5”d. Kate VanVliet is a sculptor a...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Organic Material, Glue, Found Objects, Acrylic, Mica

Untitled, 2017
Untitled, 2017

Untitled, 2017

Located in Atlanta, GA

Dario Tironi is the artist that evades the classic canons of Besharat Gallery's sculptures. But we could not remain indifferent to his fantastic, incredi...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Found Objects

“Action Reaction” Contemporary Abstract Found Stone & Carved Marble Sculpture
“Action Reaction” Contemporary Abstract Found Stone & Carved Marble Sculpture

“Action Reaction” Contemporary Abstract Found Stone & Carved Marble Sculpture

By Arminée Chahbazian

Located in Hollister, CA

"Action Reaction", created in 2022, extends Arminée Chahbazian’s exploration of found stone, landscape memory, and the relationships created when distinct geologic materials are brou...

Category

2010s Abstract Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Marble

"Let’s Hear Your Battle Cry" Found and Patterned Wrappers by Kelly Kozma
"Let’s Hear Your Battle Cry" Found and Patterned Wrappers by Kelly Kozma

"Let’s Hear Your Battle Cry" Found and Patterned Wrappers by Kelly Kozma

By Kelly Kozma

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This artwork titled "Let’s Hear Your Battle Cry" is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma as part of her newest exhibition, "Watch Me Backflip." This collection is made up of meticulous...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic, Panel

"Petroleum Bubble Sunsets" Custom ALIFE sneakers, Abstract dimensional paint
"Petroleum Bubble Sunsets" Custom ALIFE sneakers, Abstract dimensional paint

"Petroleum Bubble Sunsets" Custom ALIFE sneakers, Abstract dimensional paint

By PJ Linden

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece titled "Petroleum Bubble Sunsets (pair)" is an original artwork by PJ Linden and is made from dimensional paint on ALIFE Leather Suede Sneakers. This piece measures 6.5"h x 8.5'w 11"d each shoe. Linden uniquely refines the use of non-traditional mediums, such as the kitschy, dimensional fabric paint, oft-referred to as puff paint, seeking to transfigure the biological into the supernatural, as filtered through the prism of a consumerist culture predicated upon the synthetic and the mass-produced. Born 1985 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. PJ Linden is a New York City and Pennsylvania-based fine artist known for her abstract, three-dimensional work. She paints with machine-like precision, creating microscopic patterns on found objects, fashion, and technology. Linden got her start working with Patricia Field, creating custom, one-of-a-kind art and fashion under the name Wonderpuss Octopus. At Field's iconic, namesake boutique, Linden's work caught the eye of celebrity clients including Beyonce, Willow Smith, Kelly Osborne, and Solange Knowles...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Leather, Paint, Found Objects, Textile

"What If I Told You I Believe in You?" Mounted Sewing Needle with Pastel
"What If I Told You I Believe in You?" Mounted Sewing Needle with Pastel

"What If I Told You I Believe in You?" Mounted Sewing Needle with Pastel

By Kelly Kozma

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece titled "What If I Told You I Believe in You?"is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma as part of her newest exhibition, "Watch Me Backflip." This exhibition is made up of met...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Found Objects, Paper, Oil Pastel

Mary Bauermeister - Studio Leftover Fetich, 3D mixed media sculpture Fluxus, S/N
Mary Bauermeister - Studio Leftover Fetich, 3D mixed media sculpture Fluxus, S/N

Mary Bauermeister - Studio Leftover Fetich, 3D mixed media sculpture Fluxus, S/N

By Mary Bauermeister

Located in New York, NY

Mary Baumeister Studio Leftover Fetich, 1953, 1967 Unique Mixed Media 3-D Assemblage Ink Signed, dated, titled, annotated "Edition Original" and numbered 52/75. Shadow box frame Incl...

Category

1960s Abstract Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Found Objects, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic

"Brick" Portrait of Man Made Out Layered Paper, Sewn Canvas, and Stone
"Brick" Portrait of Man Made Out Layered Paper, Sewn Canvas, and Stone

"Brick" Portrait of Man Made Out Layered Paper, Sewn Canvas, and Stone

By Eustace Mamba

Located in Philadelphia, PA

"Brick" is a unique piece by Eustace Mamba measures approx. 4.5"h" x 2.5"w x 5"d. Mamba creates an abstract portrait from found material, sewn canvas, acrylic, and oil paint. This sc...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Textile, Paint, Mixed Media, Found Objects, Canvas, Thread, Brick, Acrylic

"An Exact Record Of How It Happened", Green, Red, and White Sculpture
"An Exact Record Of How It Happened", Green, Red, and White Sculpture

"An Exact Record Of How It Happened", Green, Red, and White Sculpture

By Jedediah Morfit

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This free-standing sculpture titled "An Exact Record Of How It Happened" is an original artwork by Jedediah Morfit made of plaster, paint, wax, thermoplastic, epoxy, wood, rope. This piece measures 33.25"h x 10"w x 14"d. BIO Jedediah Morfit received his MFA in sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2005, where he was awarded the Sylvia Leslie Herman Young Scholarship and the Award Of Excellence. He was a Fellow at the Center For Emerging Visual Artists from 2007-2009, and received a New Jersey Council On the Arts Fellowship for sculpture in 2009. He received the Louise Kahn Award for Sculpture from the Woodmere Art Museum in 2006, and was awarded the Dexter Jones Award for Bas Relief from the National Sculpture Society in 2011 and 2012. In 2013, he was commissioned to create a series of new work for Artlantic:Wonder, which was named one of the 50 best...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Plaster, Paint, Wax, Epoxy Glue, Found Objects

"Walking Stick", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif, Wall Hanging Sculpture
"Walking Stick", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif, Wall Hanging Sculpture

"Walking Stick", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif, Wall Hanging Sculpture

By Katie VanVliet

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece titled "Walking Stick" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshells, mica, PVA. This piece measures 4”h x 32”w x 3”d and comes with 3-D printed screw ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Glue, Found Objects, Mica, Organic Material, Acrylic

Richard Klein, iHop II, 2018, Found and altered objects assemblage
Richard Klein, iHop II, 2018, Found and altered objects assemblage

Richard Klein, iHop II, 2018, Found and altered objects assemblage

By Richard Klein

Located in Darien, CT

In the mid 1990s Richard Klein started working with found glass objects, including bottles, drinking glasses, ashtrays, and eyeglasses. Initially, Klein rejected any object with commercial or advertising content, but in 2015 he became fascinated with the promotional content that was screen printed on ashtrays from the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s. This period was before smoking was looked at as being primarily a negative habit, and iconic American businesses, including Howard Johnson’s, International House of Pancakes (iHop) and Holiday Inn, all produced promotional ashtrays printed with their graphic identity. By the time Klein became interested in these objects, the businesses had either ceased to exist, or had changed their logos, and many of their signature buildings, which where examples of classic, “Pop” roadside architecture, has been torn down or repurposed. The artist wanted to connect the glass objects with the business’s sites that were still recognizable and spoke of their history, so he began researching where original buildings still stood. Klein then embarked on a series of road trips to photograph these sites with the intention of combining the photographs with the promotional glass objects. This led him to as far south as Maryland and as far north as upstate New York from his home in Connecticut. In the case of Holiday Inn, it wasn’t their buildings, but their iconic illuminated sign that appeared on ashtrays, so he sought out a standing example of the sign he could photograph. As it turned out all had been removed years before from the hotels' properties and the only working example was indoors at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. He did, however, find out that there was one still standing, surprisingly, in Beruit, Lebanon. He found an image of it on the web and used it to make Holiday Inn (Beruit). In 1973 Holiday Inn changed their tagline from “The Nations Innkeeper” to “The World’s Innkeeper” as they expanded overseas, including the Mideast. For the hotel chain it was bad timing: the disastrous Lebanese civil war began in 1975. In the war, the different Lebanese militias involved in the conflict, including the Nasserites, Christian Phalangists, and the Lebanese National Movement engaged in what came to be called “The Battle of the Hotels” where they each occupied a major high-rise hotel in central Beruit. The Phalangists commanded the Holiday Inn, which they used to fire with both light arms and heavier weapons at the militias in neighboring hotels. Klein used the photo of the heavily damaged Holiday Inn sign as I thought it spoke in a curious, offhanded way about American cultural imperialism in juxtaposition with an ashtray that proclaimed Holiday Inn to be “The World’s Innkeeper.” In the work Holiday Inn (Nocturne) the artist utilized a found, 35mm slide of a Holiday Inn sign at night at an unknown location as the basis of the photograph in the work. Richard Klein is a Connecticut-based artist, independent curator and writer. As an artist, he has exhibited widely, including the Neuberger Museum of Art at SUNY Purchase; Caren Golden Fine Art, New York; the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI; Hales Gallery, London; Gavlak Gallery, Palm Beach, FL; deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA; James Barron Art, Kent, CT; The Portland Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA), Portland, OR; Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA; Stephan Stoyanov Gallery, NY; Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY; Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, VT; Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, NY; Exhibit by Alberson Tulsa, OK; Incident Report/Flow Chart Foundation, Hudson, NY; ICEHOUSE Project Space, Sharon, CT; Kenise Barnes Fine Art in Kent, CT and with ODETTA Gallery at the Equity Gallery in New York City.. Reviews of his work have appeared in Two Coats of Paint, Whitehot Magazine, The New York Times, Sculpture Magazine, Art in America, and The New Yorker. In the summer of 2024 he will be the first Artist-In-Residence at Peck Ledge Light...

Category

2010s Assemblage Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Metal

"Modus Lumen 09", Illuminated Lost-Object Wall-Hanging Assemblage
"Modus Lumen 09", Illuminated Lost-Object Wall-Hanging Assemblage

"Modus Lumen 09", Illuminated Lost-Object Wall-Hanging Assemblage

By Hyland Mather (X-O)

Located in Philadelphia, PA

"Modus Lumen 01" is an original artwork by Hyland Mather made of illuminated lost-object assemblage with translucent acrylic, tape drawing, string, aerosol, and light. It measures ap...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Thread, Acrylic, Pins, Wood, Found Objects

"Lisa's Trip", Abstract Patterns, Geometric Abstraction, Woodcut Monoprint
"Lisa's Trip", Abstract Patterns, Geometric Abstraction, Woodcut Monoprint

"Lisa's Trip", Abstract Patterns, Geometric Abstraction, Woodcut Monoprint

By Alexis Nutini

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece titled "Lisa's Trip" is an original piece by Alexis Nutini and is made from a woodcut monoprint mounted on panel. This piece measures 14.5"h x 19"w. Born in Mexico City,...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Found Objects, Panel, Monoprint, Woodcut

"CELLAR MUSIC" Wall hanging assemblage by Jim Houser
"CELLAR MUSIC" Wall hanging assemblage by Jim Houser

"CELLAR MUSIC" Wall hanging assemblage by Jim Houser

By Jim Houser

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece titled "CELLAR MUSIC" is an original artwork by Jim Houser and is made of assembled objects. This piece measures approximately 9.5”h x 8”w x 5.5”...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic

"Oldies Swing", Abstract Patterns, Geometric Abstraction, Woodcut, Monoprint
"Oldies Swing", Abstract Patterns, Geometric Abstraction, Woodcut, Monoprint

"Oldies Swing", Abstract Patterns, Geometric Abstraction, Woodcut, Monoprint

By Alexis Nutini

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece titled "Oldies Swing" is an original piece by Alexis Nutini and is made from a woodcut and and found object stencil monoprint mounted on panel. This piece measures 19"h x ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Found Objects, Wood Panel, Monoprint, Woodcut

"NOCTURNE" Assemblage, Acrylic paint and found object
"NOCTURNE" Assemblage, Acrylic paint and found object

"NOCTURNE" Assemblage, Acrylic paint and found object

By Jim Houser

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece titled "NOCTURNE" is an original artwork by Jim Houser and is made of acrylic paint and assembled foud objects. This piece measures approx. 12.5”h x 9.5”w x 7”d and is fre...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic

"How Does My Hair Look?" Assembled hair scrunchies, vibrant, synthetic fibers
"How Does My Hair Look?" Assembled hair scrunchies, vibrant, synthetic fibers

"How Does My Hair Look?" Assembled hair scrunchies, vibrant, synthetic fibers

By Sarah Detweiler

Located in Philadelphia, PA

"How does my hair look?" is an original piece by Sarah Detweiler made from scrunchies, synthetic hair, and yarn. This piece measures 32" diameter. Detweiler has found catharsis and joy in recalling her own experiences as a child of the 80s and a teen of the 90s, during what seemed like a simpler time. Likewise, the "Memory Palace" collection offers a reprieve from the strange and complex reality of life in the 21st Century, for adults and children alike, inviting viewers to fall “down the rabbit hole” into a warped reimagination of vignettes from Detweiler’s youth. The exhibition title refers to a mnemonic memorization technique known as the “Method of Loci” through which information is retained and retrieved by conscious mental association with a specific physical location. In the context of Detweiler’s work, each painting, object, and installation functions as a “room” in the artist’s “memory palace,” with specific memories encapsulated therein. The visual representations of Detweiler’s memories are skewed from reality, like the memories themselves, from super-sized silly putty to hand-stitched static from the late-night glow of a television set. About Sarah Detweiler Sarah Detweiler is a Philadelphia area-based visual artist translating her experiences into figurative and narrative mixed media paintings. She has a BFA in Visual Communications from University of Delaware and a master's degree in Art Therapy from Pratt. Sarah is an award-winning artist who has shown her work in solo and group exhibitions in galleries across the country and virtually. She exhibits regularly at Paradigm Gallery in Philadelphia where she has had 2 sold out solo exhibitions. Her work has also been seen on television and film...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Textile, Synthetic, Yarn, Found Objects

"Yoni", reconstructed egg assemblage, Hanging Sculpture
"Yoni", reconstructed egg assemblage, Hanging Sculpture

"Yoni", reconstructed egg assemblage, Hanging Sculpture

By Katie VanVliet

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece titled "Yoni" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshells, mica, PVA. This piece measures 14.5”h x 9.5”w x 2.5”d and comes with 3-D printed screw cove...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Glue, Found Objects, Mica, Organic Material, Acrylic

"Forager" Single day found object assemblages, copper, wood, wax, stone, paper
"Forager" Single day found object assemblages, copper, wood, wax, stone, paper

"Forager" Single day found object assemblages, copper, wood, wax, stone, paper

By Katie VanVliet

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Mixed media, collage. This piece titled "Forager" is an original artwork made from mixed media: cut prints, maquettes and single day sculptures, found objects in vintage frame by Katie VanVliet. This piece measures 24"h x 60"w x 4"d. This piece was debuted during the artist's solo exhibition, "Forager" displayed at Awbury Arboretum. Katie VanVliet (she/her) is a sculptor and printmaker practicing from her home studio in Elkins Park...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Found Objects, Mixed Media, Color

"Ten Milkweed Pods" Sculpture in Plaster and Acrylic, 21st Century
"Ten Milkweed Pods" Sculpture in Plaster and Acrylic, 21st Century

"Ten Milkweed Pods" Sculpture in Plaster and Acrylic, 21st Century

By Katie VanVliet

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece titled "Ten Milkweed Pods" is an original artwork made from Plaster, acrylic paint pens, milk, relief on mulberry paper, and silverpoint, moun...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Found Objects, Acrylic, Mulberry Paper

"WAXED", Miniature paper and found object sculpture, rusted van, camper
"WAXED", Miniature paper and found object sculpture, rusted van, camper

"WAXED", Miniature paper and found object sculpture, rusted van, camper

By Drew Leshko

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This miniature paper sculpture titled "WAXED" is an original artwork by Drew Leshko made of inkjet prints, basswood, pastels, plastic, miniature flag on toy car. The artist is able to achieve the look of rust with his technique, in this sculpture featuring a VW van...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Plastic, Wood, Pastel, Found Objects, Inkjet

"The Kiss (Pretzel)", reconstructed egg assemblage
"The Kiss (Pretzel)", reconstructed egg assemblage

"The Kiss (Pretzel)", reconstructed egg assemblage

By Katie VanVliet

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece titled "The Kiss (Pretzel)" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshells, mica, PVA. This piece measures 6”h x 11.5”w x 8”d. Kate VanVliet is a sculpt...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Glue, Found Objects, Mica, Organic Material, Acrylic

"Chimaera: Green #14", Reconstructed egg sculpture
"Chimaera: Green #14", Reconstructed egg sculpture

"Chimaera: Green #14", Reconstructed egg sculpture

By Katie VanVliet

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece titled "Chimaera: Green #14" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshells, mica, and PVA. This piece measures 2.75”h x 2”w x 2”d and ships with the pic...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Glue, Found Objects, Mica, Organic Material, Acrylic

"Thinking About the Old Carpet & the Air Hockey Table" Hand Embroidery & Collage
"Thinking About the Old Carpet & the Air Hockey Table" Hand Embroidery & Collage

"Thinking About the Old Carpet & the Air Hockey Table" Hand Embroidery & Collage

By Kelly Kozma

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This fabric work titled "Thinking About the Old Carpet & the Air Hockey Table" is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma made of hand embroidery and photogr...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Fabric, Thread, Found Objects, Paper, Photographic Paper

Richard Klein, Expo 67, 2017, Found and altered objects assemblage
Richard Klein, Expo 67, 2017, Found and altered objects assemblage

Richard Klein, Expo 67, 2017, Found and altered objects assemblage

By Richard Klein

Located in Darien, CT

In the mid 1990s Richard Klein started working with found glass objects, including bottles, drinking glasses, ashtrays, and eyeglasses. Initially, Klein rejected any object with commercial or advertising content, but in 2015 he became fascinated with the promotional content that was screen printed on ashtrays from the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s. This period was before smoking was looked at as being primarily a negative habit, and iconic American businesses, including Howard Johnson’s, International House of Pancakes (iHop) and Holiday Inn, all produced promotional ashtrays printed with their graphic identity. By the time Klein became interested in these objects, the businesses had either ceased to exist, or had changed their logos, and many of their signature buildings, which where examples of classic, “Pop” roadside architecture, has been torn down or repurposed. The artist wanted to connect the glass objects with the business’s sites that were still recognizable and spoke of their history, so he began researching where original buildings still stood. Klein then embarked on a series of road trips to photograph these sites with the intention of combining the photographs with the promotional glass objects. This led him to as far south as Maryland and as far north as upstate New York from his home in Connecticut. In the case of Holiday Inn, it wasn’t their buildings, but their iconic illuminated sign that appeared on ashtrays, so he sought out a standing example of the sign he could photograph. As it turned out all had been removed years before from the hotels' properties and the only working example was indoors at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. He did, however, find out that there was one still standing, surprisingly, in Beruit, Lebanon. He found an image of it on the web and used it to make Holiday Inn (Beruit). In 1973 Holiday Inn changed their tagline from “The Nations Innkeeper” to “The World’s Innkeeper” as they expanded overseas, including the Mideast. For the hotel chain it was bad timing: the disastrous Lebanese civil war began in 1975. In the war, the different Lebanese militias involved in the conflict, including the Nasserites, Christian Phalangists, and the Lebanese National Movement engaged in what came to be called “The Battle of the Hotels” where they each occupied a major high-rise hotel in central Beruit. The Phalangists commanded the Holiday Inn, which they used to fire with both light arms and heavier weapons at the militias in neighboring hotels. Klein used the photo of the heavily damaged Holiday Inn sign as I thought it spoke in a curious, offhanded way about American cultural imperialism in juxtaposition with an ashtray that proclaimed Holiday Inn to be “The World’s Innkeeper.” In the work Holiday Inn (Nocturne) the artist utilized a found, 35mm slide of a Holiday Inn sign at night at an unknown location as the basis of the photograph in the work. Richard Klein is a Connecticut-based artist, independent curator and writer. As an artist, he has exhibited widely, including the Neuberger Museum of Art at SUNY Purchase; Caren Golden Fine Art, New York; the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI; Hales Gallery, London; Gavlak Gallery, Palm Beach, FL; deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA; James Barron Art, Kent, CT; The Portland Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA), Portland, OR; Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA; Stephan Stoyanov Gallery, NY; Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY; Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, VT; Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, NY; Exhibit by Alberson Tulsa, OK; Incident Report/Flow Chart Foundation, Hudson, NY; ICEHOUSE Project Space, Sharon, CT; Kenise Barnes Fine Art in Kent, CT and with ODETTA Gallery at the Equity Gallery in New York City.. Reviews of his work have appeared in Two Coats of Paint, Whitehot Magazine, The New York Times, Sculpture Magazine, Art in America, and The New Yorker. In the summer of 2024 he will be the first Artist-In-Residence at Peck Ledge Light...

Category

2010s Assemblage Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Diptych: Quiver & Multi-Cut Tool, Contemporary Mixed Media Sculpture
Diptych: Quiver & Multi-Cut Tool, Contemporary Mixed Media Sculpture

Diptych: Quiver & Multi-Cut Tool, Contemporary Mixed Media Sculpture

By Katie VanVliet

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece titled "Diptych: Quiver & Multi-Cut Tool" is an original artwork made from Mixed media: #11 steel blades, sinew, copper, and hardwoods (Multi-Cut Tool). Horsehair, plastic vials, sinew, copper, brass, hardwoods (Quiver) by Katie VanVliet. This piece measures 24"h x 60"w x 7"d. Katie VanVliet (she/her) is a sculptor and printmaker practicing from her home studio in Elkins Park...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Brass, Copper, Steel

"Wedding Boar", Taxidermy, Sculpture, Dimensional Paint, Puff Paint, Dot Pattern
"Wedding Boar", Taxidermy, Sculpture, Dimensional Paint, Puff Paint, Dot Pattern

"Wedding Boar", Taxidermy, Sculpture, Dimensional Paint, Puff Paint, Dot Pattern

By PJ Linden

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This pink, blue and green artwork titled "Wedding Boar" is an original sculpture on found object (taxidermy wild boar head) by PJ Linden measuring 20”h x 27”...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Paint, Found Objects

Name Unknown
Name Unknown

Name Unknown

Located in New York, NY

Stainless Steel TIG Welding Rod, Aluminum, Fishing Accessories, Wire, Paint Jeremy Bullis after David L. Bullis Edition 1/5

Category

2010s Abstract Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel, Wire

Dead of Night Hand Embroidery Sculpture in Fabric and Thread
Dead of Night Hand Embroidery Sculpture in Fabric and Thread

Dead of Night Hand Embroidery Sculpture in Fabric and Thread

By Kelly Kozma

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This fabric work titled "Dead of Night" is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma made of hand embroidery on paper. The piece measures 13”h by 13”w framed. Kelly Kozma is a mixed media ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Fabric, Thread, Found Objects

"Squeaking By", Fabric Sculpture, Hand Embroidery on Paper, 21st Century
"Squeaking By", Fabric Sculpture, Hand Embroidery on Paper, 21st Century

"Squeaking By", Fabric Sculpture, Hand Embroidery on Paper, 21st Century

By Kelly Kozma

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This fabric work titled "Squeaking By" is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma made of hand embroidery and photographs on paper. The piece measures 13”h by 13”w framed. Kelly Kozma is...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Fabric, Thread, Found Objects, Paper

"A FLATNESS IN THE EYES", Assemblage Wall-Hanging, Found Objects, Threat, Paint
"A FLATNESS IN THE EYES", Assemblage Wall-Hanging, Found Objects, Threat, Paint

"A FLATNESS IN THE EYES", Assemblage Wall-Hanging, Found Objects, Threat, Paint

By Jim Houser

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This artwork "A FLATNESS IN THE EYES" is an original assemblage artwork by Jim Houser. Incorporating various dimensional elements and techniques, such as painting and found objects, ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Thread, Found Objects, Acrylic

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David L. BullisLook, 2001/2023

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Located in New York, NY

Stainless Steel TIG Welding Rod, Aluminum, Fishing Accessories, Wire, Paint Jeremy Bullis after David L. Bullis Edition 1/5

Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Steel, Wire

“Fragile Embrace” Contemporary Abstract Found Stone & Carved Marble Sculpture
“Fragile Embrace” Contemporary Abstract Found Stone & Carved Marble Sculpture

“Fragile Embrace” Contemporary Abstract Found Stone & Carved Marble Sculpture

By Arminée Chahbazian

Located in Hollister, CA

"Fragile Embrace" belongs to Arminée Chahbazian’s Stone Tablets series, sculptural works that emerge from her deep observation of landscape and her habit of collecting stones while w...

Category

2010s Abstract Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Marble

“Pen Decline 1 - 2 - 3 in White” (Archeology series) Computer Keyboard Sculpture
“Pen Decline 1 - 2 - 3 in White” (Archeology series) Computer Keyboard Sculpture

“Pen Decline 1 - 2 - 3 in White” (Archeology series) Computer Keyboard Sculpture

By Daniel Fiorda

Located in New York, NY

Daniel Fiorda in this new series of sculptures, continues in many ways the themes that have infused his previous work. For the last several years, Fiorda has dealt with technology, obsolescence, with the trail of discarded tech that humanity leaves behind and what it says about us. The new work takes this thematic one step further. These new wall pieces feature barely concealed found objects, almost fully engulfed by concrete, and yet still eerily discernible: industrial gears, computer keyboards, objects that evoke industrial post-digital eras. This piece is a set of 3 artworks that showcases a black computer keyboard on a white background and they can be arranged for display in a variety of layouts. They come ready to hang with hanging hardware and they are signed by the artist on verso. Art measures 8.75 x 8.75 x 1.25 in (each) The overall sense is dystopian rather than apocalyptic. In Fiorda’s previous work, found objects were displayed as if unearthed from a bed of clay by a tacit anthropologist, perhaps decades into the future. A typewriter would be partially buried by dry soil and weathered by the passing of time. The underlying narrative was that of a future civilization unearthing the objects left by ours. Destruction or extinction was implied. In the new work, the obsolete technology is not found but rather engulfed by a new technology. Concrete, as a material and as a technology, has the capabilities to fully encase and envelope. In Fiorda’s new work, uniformity and the appropriation of old/new technology into new structures suggests a historical and technological challenge right around the corner, mirroring the ones in our recent past: the digital age fully replacing the analog world. These astounding sculptures, with embedded objects, are here to examine closely, and make connections between theme, material, and shape. Daniel Fiorda was born in 1963 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Of Italian ancestry, his lineage includes a grandfather highly respected as a wood craftsman, also his father was a craftsman in addition to being a musician and poet. Because a privileged life was not his, there was no university for Fiorda. In the Old World tradition of passing on knowledge from parent to child, he learned about machinery form his father, who recognized his son's talent and encouraged it. With some private tutoring, he began sculpting in high school using found objects. The press reviews of his first exhibit, at age 20, stated that Fiorda had a definite “poetic feeling”. With this encouragement, he continued to pursue his art. After leaving Argentina, he arrived in Miami Beach via a circuitous route and set up his studio in the South Florida Art Center. He has exhibited widely throughout the US including the OK Harris Gallery, Allan Stone Gallery in New York as well as the Heriard Cimino Gallery in New Orleans, Lélia Mordoch Gallery in Paris France and Lilac Gallery in New York City. Daniel was one of the winners in the 7th Annual Sculptures Competition (2003) held at Washburn University in Topeka , Kansas. Selected on the inaugural 2006 Palm Beach International Sculpture Biennale, and exhibited for the 3rd time in Sculpture Key West. He is an alumni Artist of ArtCenter/South Florida. Two Pieces from his “Convertible Couch projects...

Category

2010s Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Concrete

Chiaroscuro
Chiaroscuro

Chiaroscuro

By Paul Villinski

Located in New Orleans, LA

Paul Villinski's "Chiaroscuro" incorporates his signature butterfly motif with a found antique frame. This unique piece dazzles with its shimmering gold leaf finish, with the bespoke...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Wire, Gold Leaf

Can Man (Make Graffiti Fun Again), animatronic dancing spray can, black & gray
Can Man (Make Graffiti Fun Again), animatronic dancing spray can, black & gray

Can Man (Make Graffiti Fun Again), animatronic dancing spray can, black & gray

By NTEL

Located in Jersey City, NJ

Animatronic spray can sculpture by NTEL that dances and shakes its hips when plugged in. Made with felt, polymer and acrylic and includes cardboard black and silver brick wall. Gen...

Category

2010s Street Art Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Felt, Found Objects, Acrylic, Polymer

Subterranean Shower Excavation: Cross-Section II

Subterranean Shower Excavation: Cross-Section II

Located in New Orleans, LA

Samantha Combs says of her work... In my work, the shower serves as both a literal and metaphorical refuge—a private site where the emotional and cognitive remnants of daily life ar...

Category

2010s Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures

Materials

Epoxy Resin, Found Objects

Found Objects sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Found Objects sculptures available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. If you’re looking to add sculptures created with this material to introduce a provocative pop of color and texture to an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of orange, blue, pink, purple and other colors. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Katie VanVliet, Kat Flyn, Kelly Kozma, and Ulla-Stina Wikander. Frequently made by artists working in the Contemporary, Abstract, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Found Objects sculptures, so small editions measuring 0.12 inches across are also available

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