Sam Tufnell

Resin Soda Can: 'Soda'

Tufnell's focus is primarily on sculpture, and he typically works with a variety of materials, including wood, metal, and found objects. While some of his sculptures do incorporate h...

Tufnell's focus is primarily on sculpture, and he typically works with a variety of materials, including wood, metal, and found objects. While some of his sculptures do incorporate h...

Tufnell's focus is primarily on sculpture, and he typically works with a variety of materials, including wood, metal, and found objects. While some of his sculptures do incorporate h...

The artistic collaboration of Kelly Bugden + Van Wifvat has produced a thought-provoking body of sculptures, paintings, and constructions. Nature, childhood memories, and everyday archetypes take shape in unexpected combinations of materials. The works emerged as the tactile and visual senses channeled the ritualistic power and materiality of selected artifacts. The resulting objects exist in a space between what they were originally and what they could become. A wheel, for example, is distorted as if seen through a prism. Their collaboration grew out of years of shaping materials into one-of-a-kind objects. Intuitively, the process of creating with their hands took an inward turn. Prism is a travelogue through memories and dreams, yielding abstract forms that capture moments of transformation. Van Wifvat grew up with eight siblings and studied sculpture and environmental design in Minneapolis at MCAD. In 1979, he opened a storefront art gallery to promote the work of local artists. The space featured printed materials—art books, periodicals, fanzines, and postcard’s. Wifvat moved to New York in 1983 to study at the Fashion Institute of Technology and Parsons. In 1987, he co-founded Van Gregory & Norton design studio, specializing in convex mirrors and curtain hardware...

A hyper-realistic glass sculptor, Dylan's playful creations deceive the eye with their lifelike appearance. Whether mimicking water balloons or plastic bags filled with water housing...

Cardboard, silver leaf, gilder’s bole This work was created for an exhibit as part of the artistic unit SHIKŌ, a collaborative effort between sculptors Kanji Hasegawa, Isaji Yugo, a...

A hyper-realistic glass sculptor, Dylan's playful creations deceive the eye with their lifelike appearance. Whether mimicking water balloons or plastic bags filled with water housing...

Spray Can Cap, 2013, Digital print, 16 x 20 inches. Offered Unframed. Tobias Batz's "Spray Can Cap" series addresses how street art is considered ‘illegal’, and as such, most street...