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Medium: Paper
Flyaway
Located in New York, NY
Laurence Perratzi is a French figurative artist exploring the body’s expression. Her work is a reflection on movement, strongly influenced by her athletic background where poise and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Line Construction (Weight)
By Andrew Hayes
Located in Mill Valley, CA
Abstract wall sculpture made of steel and paper.
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Line Construction (Ovoid)
By Andrew Hayes
Located in Mill Valley, CA
Abstract wall sculpture made of steel and paper.
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Story Time
By Tony Dagradi
Located in New Orleans, LA
TONY DAGRADI is an internationally recognized jazz performer, artist, composer, author, and educator. For over three decades he has made his home in New Orleans, performing on tenor ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Sculptures
Materials
Paper, Varnish, Found Objects
Flux 2
Located in Mill Valley, CA
Framed paper sculpture.
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Sculptures
Materials
Paper
Crossing
By Andrew Hayes
Located in Mill Valley, CA
In Andrew Hayes’ 2017 one person exhibition with Seager Gray Gallery, the artist has expanded on his earlier work, while adhering to his practice of combin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Sculptures
Materials
Steel
"Ghost Coral Color Variation", Organic Hand Cut, Laser Cut, Paper Wall Sculpture
By Rogan Brown
Located in New York, NY
"Ghost Coral Color Variation" by Rogan Brown
Laser and hand cut paper, framed in a plexiglass shadow box
Available by commission. Please allow 8-12 weeks production time.
A smaller...
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Sculptures
Materials
Paper, Paint
"Coral Orchid", Organic Hand Cut, Laser Cut, Paper Wall Sculpture
By Rogan Brown
Located in New York, NY
"Coral Orchid" by Rogan Brown
Laser and hand cut paper, framed in a plexiglass shadow box
Available by commission. Please allow 8-12 weeks production time.
Rogan Brown creates abstr...
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Sculptures
Materials
Paper
Batman
By Tony Dagradi
Located in New Orleans, LA
materials: Greatest Batman Stories 1938-83 (excerpts)
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TONY DAGRADI is an internationally recognized jazz performer, artist, composer, author and educator.
For over three deca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paper, Mixed Media
Inverse
By Andrew Hayes
Located in Mill Valley, CA
In Andrew Hayes’ 2017 one person exhibition with Seager Gray Gallery, the artist has expanded on his earlier work, while adhering to his practice of combin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Untitled #2/ Tied series, Handmade Abstract Sculpture
Located in Boston, MA
Untitled #2/ Tied series
10.0 x 16.0 x 0.5, 1.0 lbs
Handmade paper
Hand signed by artist
Artist's Commentary:
"'Tied', the title of the installation series, is a phonetic pun on the rising tides and the paper pages bound by threads.
As the water rises and falls, pages of our daily experience add and subtract to and from our memory. Our daily life permeates our memory just as the ink is absorbed into each page and create new shapes and patterns onto what once was a clean slate of a blank page."
About the Artist:
Yoonshin Park is a Chicago based multimedia artist, curator, and educator working with sculptural papers, artist books, and installations. Her interest in the comprehensive process of papermaking and bookbinding caters her work to encompass various elements woven into complete objects. She often uses her experience as a foreign transplant to question space and its implications in defining one's identity as the inspiration behind her work. Park has shown at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Hyde Park Art Center...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Paper Sculptures
Materials
Handmade Paper
Secret Garden
By Tony Dagradi
Located in New Orleans, LA
TONY DAGRADI is an internationally recognized jazz performer, artist, composer, author, and educator. For over three decades he has made his home in New Orleans, performing on tenor ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Sculptures
Materials
Paper, Varnish, Found Objects
American Contemporary Mixed Media Sculpture - Linda Stein, Country Knight 643
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 Paper Sculptures
Materials
Metal
The Ancient One
By Tony Dagradi
Located in New Orleans, LA
TONY DAGRADI is an internationally recognized jazz performer, artist, composer, author, and educator. For over three decades he has made his home in New Orleans, performing on tenor ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Sculptures
Materials
Paper, Varnish, Found Objects
Doble giro, estructuras variables (amarillo)
By Rosa Brun
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Joseph Kosuth, father of conceptual art, once famously said: “Works of art that try to tell us something about the world are bound to fail (…)The absence of reality in art is exactly...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Paper Sculptures
Materials
Handmade Paper
Clivus
By Andrew Hayes
Located in Mill Valley, CA
Andrew Hayes grew up in Tucson, Arizona and studied sculpture at Northern Arizona University. The desert landscape inspired much of his early sculptural work and allowed him to culti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Linda Stein Bold Quest- Contemporary Mixed Media Colorful Wonder Woman Sculpture
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 Paper Sculptures
Materials
Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic Polymer, Archival Paper
An Apple A Day
By Tony Dagradi
Located in New Orleans, LA
TONY DAGRADI is an internationally recognized jazz performer, artist, composer, author, and educator. For over three decades he has made his home in New Orleans, performing on tenor ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Sculptures
Materials
Paper, Varnish, Found Objects
Linda Stein, Strength 596 - Contemporary Mixed Media Wonder Woman Sculpture
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 such as Wonder Woman, Princess Mononoke...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Paper Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic Polymer, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
Momentum
Located in New York, NY
Laurence Perratzi is a French figurative artist exploring the body’s expression. Her work is a reflection on movement, strongly influenced by her athletic background where poise and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cloudscraper, Fiberglass Figurative Sculpture
Located in Boston, MA
Cloudscraper, Fiberglass Figurative Sculpture by Dutch artist Hans Van Meeuwen
Artist Commentary:
I express my mood sometimes.
Keywords: representa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paper Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media, Fabric, Fiberglass, Paper
"Retablo No. 4 (Blackbird)", Mixed Media Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
The intricate retablos of contemporary artist Patrick Fitzgerald are his means of paying homage to the musicians that inspired him throughout his life. Derived from Mexican votive...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paper Sculptures
Materials
Paper, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel
"Maquette 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 Paper Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Paper, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Michele Brody, Re-Blooms, Individual, Handcast Paper, Bamboo, Avg, 9" Diameter
Located in Darien, CT
Michele Brody, Re-Blooms, Individual Blooms, Handcast Paper, Bamboo,, each approx 9: diameter, 2019
The essence of Michele Brody’s work thrives on the interaction with new communi...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Paper Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Handmade Paper, Bamboo Paper
Michele Brody, Drawing Roots: Fairy Ring, Handmade Paper, Flax Sprouts, Wax,
Located in Darien, CT
Michele Brody, Drawing Roots: Fairy Ring, Handmade Paper, Flax Sprouts, Wax, 11" x 14" x 2"d, 2016
The essence of Michele Brody’s work thrives on the inter...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Paper Sculptures
Materials
Handmade Paper, Wax
Michele Brody, Nature in Absentia: Empty Cattails, Handmade Cast Paper
Located in Darien, CT
Michele Brody, Nature in Absentia: Cattails Plucked Out, Handmade Cast Paper
The essence of Michele Brody’s work thrives on the interaction with n...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Paper Sculptures
Materials
Handmade Paper
'Frau E.' - collage portrait, bright colors, abstract, pop, yellow, eye
Located in Atlanta, GA
This abstract collage portrait features hues of yellow, green, pink and black.
This work is 23.25 by 16.5 inches unframed and 28 by 21 inches framed in a thin black frame.
Colombian-born, Atlanta-based artist Esteban Patino...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Sculptures
Materials
Magazine Paper
Susan Hensel_Hard Geometry 2_embroidery on fabric mounted on painted Arches
Located in Darien, CT
Susan Hensel designs images in the computer using specialized software. It is a form of drawing in stitches that combines aspects of both Adobe Photoshop...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Paper Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Adelpha eulalia, Origina Abstract Geometric Sculpture
By Lauri Dunn
Located in Boston, MA
Adelpha eulalia
26.0 x 26.0 x 3.0, 5.0 lbs
Photographic paper
Hand signed by artist
Artist's Commentary:
"I transform images of insect wings into meditative, modern photographs ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Paper Sculptures
Materials
Photographic Paper
Narrow Reaper-Cut uncut US Dollar Sheets- Sculpture
Located in Zug, CH
Scott Campbell is known throughout the world as being one of the most talented hands in the world of tattooing. He owns and operates the legendary Saved Tattoo in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, whose client list includes New York's art and design elite, fashion designers such as Marc Jacobs, and a long roster of celebrities including Heath Ledger...
Category
2010s Paper Sculptures
Materials
Paper
Over Land And Sea
By Tony Dagradi
Located in New Orleans, LA
TONY DAGRADI is an internationally recognized jazz performer, artist, composer, author, and educator. For over three decades he has made his home in New Orleans, performing on tenor ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Sculptures
Materials
Paper, Varnish, Found Objects
"Portrait of Pierre-Joseph" -- Collage Wall Sculpture by Tony Dagradi
By Tony Dagradi
Located in New Orleans, LA
TONY DAGRADI is an internationally recognized jazz performer, artist, composer, author, and educator. For over three decades he has made his home in New Orleans, performing on tenor ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paper, Varnish, Found Objects
Elegant Robert [Robert Levithan (1951-2016), from “Leaves, An AIDS Memorial]
By Eric Rhein
Located in New York, NY
Eric Rhein “Elegant Robert [Robert Levithan (1951-2016), from “Leaves, An AIDS Memorial]”
2016
Signed, verso
Wire and paper
16 x 13 x 2 inches (40.6 x 33 x 5.1 cm), framed
This ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Sculptures
Materials
Wire
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Medicine Simplified
By Eric Rhein
Located in New York, NY
Eric Rhein “Medicine Simplified”
1997
Signed, verso
Wire and paper
24 x 32 x 3 inches (61 x 81.3 x 7.6 cm), framed
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
1990s Contemporary Paper Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Canteen
Located in Bozeman, MT
Rooted in observation, Glovinski’s practice is inspired by an astute curiosity about the patterns, icons and organizing mechanisms of the everyday world. Employing trompe l’oeil and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Sculptures
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Paper, Acrylic, Photographic Paper
Watership
By Tom Nussbaum
Located in New Orleans, LA
Tom Nussbaum is known for a variety of work including drawings, paper cuts, prints, sculpture, children’s books, animations, functional design objects, and site-specific commissions....
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Manifest Destiny
By Tony Dagradi
Located in New Orleans, LA
TONY DAGRADI is an internationally recognized jazz performer, artist, composer, author, and educator. For over three decades he has made his home in New Orleans, performing on tenor ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Sculptures
Materials
Paper, Varnish, Found Objects
Paper Sculpture, Wall Hanging: 'Alternate Arrangement 8'
Located in New York, NY
Samuelle Green’s work has always been multidisciplinary. Throughout all her mediums; painting, drawing, sculpture, and installation, there is a common thread of subject matter – that...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Sculptures
Materials
Wire
6'' Viejito Danzando / Mexican Folk Art Carton Sculpture
By Raul Lopez
Located in Jesus del Monte, MX
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Made of carton agglutinate painted with alcohol pigments and acrylics.
- Dimensions: 6" x 17" x 6" in or 14 x 43 x 14 cm...
Category
2010s Folk Art Paper Sculptures
Materials
Paper
Bygone Days
By Tony Dagradi
Located in New Orleans, LA
Medium: hardcover book, acrylic varnish
TONY DAGRADI is an internationally recognized jazz performer, artist, composer, author, and educator. For over three decades he has made his ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Sculptures
Materials
Paper, Varnish
'Die Ostsiete' - collage portrait, bright colors, abstract, pop, yellow
Located in Atlanta, GA
This abstract collage portrait features hues of yellow, green, pink and black.
This work is 23.25 by 16.5 inches unframed and 28 by 21 inches framed in a thin black frame.
Colombia...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Sculptures
Materials
Magazine Paper
philomena seraphina (after the Voltaire metamorphosis)
Located in Miami Beach, FL
aurèce vettier, an art project founded in 2009 by Paul Mouginot (b. 1990), derives its alias from an algorithm to highlight its unique artistic identity with a collaborative, hybrid ...
Category
2010s Paper Sculptures
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Paper Sculpture. Wall Hanging: 'Untitled Framed'
Located in New York, NY
Samuelle Green’s work has always been multidisciplinary. Throughout all her mediums; painting, drawing, sculpture, and installation, there is a common thread of subject matter – that...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Gil Scullion, You Get, 2017, 20 sheets of stacked hand_cut paper
By Gil Scullion
Located in Darien, CT
Where do we come from? Where are we going? What the hell is going on here? 2017-2018 Hand cut paper in wood box
Gil Scullion’s conceptual text-based work has been featured in exhibi...
Category
2010s Conceptual Paper Sculptures
Materials
Paper
Gil Scullion, You Walk, 2017, 20 sheets stacked hand-cut paper
By Gil Scullion
Located in Darien, CT
Where do we come from? Where are we going? What the hell is going on here? 2017-2018 Hand cut paper in wood box
Gil Scullion’s conceptual text-based work has been featured in exhibi...
Category
2010s Conceptual Paper Sculptures
Materials
Paper
Nancy Baker, 19th Amendment, 2017, paper, acrylic paint, digital pigment print
By Nancy Baker
Located in Darien, CT
In Baker’s work, there is solace in the geometry of fundamentals, and a practice that focuses on the ephemeral nature of paper and the ease of its transportability, which allows he...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Paper Sculptures
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Digital Pigment
Joan Grubin, Amphibian, 2018, Mylar, Paper, Acrylic Paint
By Joan Grubin
Located in Darien, CT
Weaving is a form of drawing, of plotting and connecting lines. Fabricating a three-dimensional, transparent object using thin strips of paper with differing colors on either side re...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Paper Sculptures
Materials
Mylar, Paper, Acrylic
"White Washed" Abstract Paper Wall Relief Sculpture, Mixed Media Collage
Located in New York, NY
"White Washed" by Joan Giordano
Mixed media, archival newspapers, photographs, corrugated cardboard
Museum shown and collected artist Joan Giordano is known for her unique hand made paper sculpture and wall relief sculpture and Japanese influenced wall scrolls...
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Sculptures
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Newsprint, Cardboard
Norma Marquez Orozco, 'Red Triangles (21 Triangles Series)', 2014, Paper
Located in Darien, CT
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Orozco's consi...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Paper Sculptures
Materials
Paper
Make Me A Believer, Original Contemporary Mixed Media Geometric Abstraction
Located in Boston, MA
Make Me A Believer, Original Contemporary Mixed Media Geometric Abstraction
24" x 24" x 2" (HxWxD) Repurposed paper on panel
Hand-signed by the artist.
Artist Glenn Fischer repurposes various papers and print materials, cutting up different sections of color, and combines them into newly imagined geometric abstract compositions. The combination of the circular centerpiece and the linear nature of the cuts is reminiscent of a sunrise or sunset as it passes over a horizon line. In this case, Fischer has combined various shades of yellow, red, and green to stand against the white brick lay of the negative space...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Sculptures
Materials
Paper, Wood Panel, Magazine Paper
American Contemporary Sculpture by Scott Troxel - SSB1
By Scott Troxel
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork made with Shou Sugi Ban Pine, MDF, enamel, satin lacquer & stain
Scott Troxel has exhibited his work at numerous fairs and exhibitions across the United States, including Th...
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
SCSC 38 Green Gold, Contemporary Abstract Paper Sculpture, 2021
By Matt Shlian
Located in Boston, MA
Geometric Abstract Contemporary Paper and Metal Sculpture.
29.5"W x 37"H x 2", unframed
Folder paper and metal create depth and reflect light.
Origami, Modern, Optical Illusion, Mi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paper Sculptures
Materials
Metal
'My Gang Will Get You' - 3-D collage, abstract, bright colors, modern, minimal
Located in Atlanta, GA
This abstract collage features hues of pink, yellow, blue and white.
This work is 30 by 20 inches unframed and 35 by 27 inches framed.
Colombian-born, Atlanta-based artist Esteban ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Sculptures
Materials
Archival Paper
Linda Stein, Manhattan Outreach 005 - Mixed Media Contemporary Wall Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Manhattan Outreach 005 - Mixed Media Contemporary Wall Sculpture
These wall constructions and dioramas were made in the 1970s when Linda Stein was also working on her B...
Category
1970s Contemporary Paper Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Metal
You put the magic in me
Located in New York, NY
Dionisios Fragias is a New York -based artist born on the Greek island of Kefalonia and raised in New York City. He is the protege of the artist Jeff Koons whose years-long mentorshi...
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Stainless Steel
"All Over 4", Free Hand Cut Paper Wall Relief Sculpture, Abstract, Tonal, White
Located in New York, NY
"All Over 4" by Elizabeth Gregory-Gruen
Free hand cut 2-ply museum board, framed
Cut Work - Elizabeth Gregory-Gruen's abstract, paper sculpture is t...
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Sculptures
Materials
Paper, Board
Geometric Sculpture 'Untitled Wallpaper Abstraction #42' by Amy Feigley-Lee
Located in White Plains, NY
'Untitled Wallpaper Abstraction #42' 2024. Found wallpaper collage on wood form, 40 x 32 x 7 in. is a multicolor, abstract geometric sculpture featuring carefully cut pieces of found...
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Archival Paper
The New Normal
By Joan Hall
Located in Boston, MA
Handmade paper, collagraph printing, hand cut construction.
An avid sailor, Joan Hall works tirelessly to promote marine advocacy through her art. From her home and studio in Jamestown, Rhode Island, Hall sees the effects of climate change firsthand. Non-native, invasive algae species and plastic pollution found in the waters of Narragansett Bay feature prominently in her large-scale mixed media installations. Hall focuses on the use of handmade paper to shape the undulating wave-like forms of her sculptural pieces. Works like "The New Normal...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Sculptures
Materials
Handmade Paper
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