Fungus Sculptures

"Pod" is a precious sculpture with a decorated tactile surface and a warm glaze giving the piece a soft glow. The transparent glaze enhances the creamy tones of the clay. Ms. Oka Doner created unique hand-size sculptures during the 1960s of which the "Pod" is an exquisite example. Her clay technical skills cover a wide range from enormous wall pieces to small decorative pieces that demand to be touched and held. This piece, despite being a fruit, is the perfect example of her famous "Tatooed" figurative sculptures. Michele Oka Doner (born in Miami Beach, Florida, United States) is an American artist and author who works in a variety of media including sculpture, prints, drawings, functional objects and video. She has also worked in costume and set design and has created over 40 public and private permanent art installations. She is best known for her “A Walk On The Beach,” a one and a quarter mile long bronze and terrazzo concourse at Miami International Airport. It is composed of over 9000 bronzes embedded in terrazzo with mother-of-pearl. At one and quarter linear miles, it is one of the largest artworks in the world. She is granddaughter of painter, Samuel Heller. She attended the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Her art instructor Milton Cohen was experimenting with The Space Theater and George Manupelli began the Ann Arbor Film Festival. Their students were engaged in poetry, dance, light, music, all combined into a unitary vision, a motif that shaped Oka Doner's student years and is characteristic of her work today. She participated in a Manupelli experimental film, a "Map Read" performance with art drawing instructor Al Loving and Judsonite dancer Steve Paxton as well as several "Happenings." Another influence was art historian and Islamic scholar, Oleg Grabar, who illustrated how patterns in architecture are able to dissolve space. She received her BS and MFA from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. In 2008 she was a U of M Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker. Solo exhibitions of her work have been held at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan; Germans Van Eck Gallery, New York; Diane Brown Gallery, New York; Art & Industrie Gallery, New York; Willoughby, Marlborough Gallery, New York; Studio Stefania Miscetti in Rome; and Gloria Luria Gallery in Miami, Florida. During the 1960s Michelle Oka Doner was living and working in Detroit, Michigan, where she became acquainted with Charles McGee and his gallery located in the Fisher Building...

JAVIER CALLEJA - NIGHTLIGHT MUSHROOM Date of creation: 2023 Medium: Rotomolded vinyl Edition: 1500 Size: 26 x 20 x 20 cm Condition: In perfect conditions, brand new The Nightlight M...

Manuel Mendive is an eminent Afro-Cuban painter, sculptor, and performance artist. His colorful, evocative paintings and carvings—as well as his dynamic performance and body art—pay ...

Untitled (Foot with marked heel), by Meghan Smythe, 2016 Additional information: Medium: Ceramic Dimensions: 10 x 4 x 4 1/2 inches Using a traditional sculptural format (the monume...

Etched signature by the Artist on the bronze base of the piece with an edition number. 44/76

Artist Statement: I seek to create environments of eccentric juxtapositions that illuminate the vulnerability and impermanence of habitat, time and memory. My sculptures are a rever...

Artist Statement: I seek to create environments of eccentric juxtapositions that illuminate the vulnerability and impermanence of habitat, time and memory. My sculptures are a rever...

Arlequino Bronze Sculpture Fish Animal Water Brown Contemporary In Stock Pieter Vanden Daele was born in Belgium in 1971. He grew up between lakes and the river Scheldt. The river...

porcelain edition of 5 (signed by the artist) 13"x9"x9" This limited edition cast porcelain sculpture by Thomas Broadbent represents a near Earth Asteroid and Broadbent’s asteroid...

Unique piece Created in 2015 38 x 23 x 33 cm " My work investigates the slippery intersection between the digital world and reality. Specifically, I am interested in how we experie...