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Art Subject: Text
Zero, Ceramic Cookie Jar by Peter Max
Located in Long Island City, NY
A fun, vintage collectible by the indomitable Peter Max. The two piece jar is in new condition. Artist: Peter Max, German/American (1937 - ) Title: Zero Year: 1989 Medium: Ceramic Cookie Jar...
Category

1980s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

LaFlat
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"LaFlat" is an original archival pigment print on cardboard box artwork by Kid Hazo measuring 5.5"h x 11"w x 5.25"d. This is an edition of 13. kid hazo (pronounced has•ohh) is a Phi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Cardboard, Archival Pigment

HOPE Blue Red White
Located in Miami, FL
Robert Indiana HOPE Blue Red White Painted Polystone 6 x 6 x 3 in Editions Studio. It comes in the original box and with the certificate of authenticity.
Category

2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Resin

LOVE (Authorized replica, official stamp of Indianapolis Museum of Art & artist)
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana LOVE (Sculpture Stamped with Indianapolis Museum and Artist Stamp), 2009 Brushed Aluminum (Gold) Stamped with Artist's Copyright & Indianapolis Museum of Art/2011 Morgan Art Foundation/ARS, NY Stamped/incised w/text: "Authorized Replica/Robert Indiana/LOVE/Indianapolis Museum of Art/2011 Morgan Art Foundation/ARS, NY 3 × 3 × 1 1/2 inches Unframed Since first appearing on the Museum of Modern Art’s 1965 Christmas card, Robert Indiana’s “LOVE” quickly permeated the popular imagination, appearing everywhere from life-size sculptures to government-issued stamps. The design’s appeal was timeless, yet also emblematic of the idealistic and free-loving 1960s. As art legend has it, Indiana was first bemused and later conflicted about the instant runaway success of his design, worried that it may have ruined his reputation among the art world elite as a one-hit wonder. Despite the artist’s private insecurities, “LOVE” remains one of the most treasured works in 20th-century American sculpture—breaking $4.1 million at auction in 2011. Another edition from this authorized, artist approved series recently sold at Christie's in Paris for over $12,000. LOVE (Limited Edition Artist Authorized, with Incised Indianapolis Museum of Art & Morgan Foundation Stamp and Artist Copyright). This is a limited edition artist authorized miniature of the Indianapolis Museum of Art's giant outdoor...
Category

Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Unique Peter Blake AA Road sign on sheet metal - signed
Located in Norwich, GB
This is a metallic AA road sign used to direct traffic to parking. In keeping with Blake's idea of 'Found Art', in which he uses art found in streets, rubbish dumps, antique shops and discarded items, turning them into works of art, this was an original road sign used for Blake's 2008 exhibition at The Saint Giles Gallery in Norwich and found by a customer and returned to the gallery during the show. Blake came to the closing of the show rather than the opening where he signed the sign. This is a unique item. One off. Heralded as the ‘Godfather of Pop Art’, Sir Peter Blake was knighted in 2002 for his invaluable contribution to contemporary art. Blake began his career creating collages from photographs, cigarette packets and matchboxes. This new approach to the creation of visual art – taking found imagery from Pop culture – was spearheaded in Britain by Blake and continues to inspire contemporary artists today. Best known for creating the iconic cover to the Beatles’ 1967...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Metal

"Stop Making Stupid People Famous" large wood with polyurethane insallation
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Plastic Jesus is a Los Angeles based street artist that specializes in bold stencil and installation work, inspired by world news events, society, the urban environment, culture and ...
Category

2010s Pop Art Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Mixed Media

Tom Wesselmann -- Bedroom Blonde
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Tom Wesselmann Bedroom Blonde, 1987 Transfer-printed glazed porcelain plaque in colours, accompanied by the original certificate of authenticity, Size 34.5 x 44.5 x 3.5 cm Signed, t...
Category

1980s Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

MR. BRAINWASH 'Life is Beautiful' 2015- Sculpture- Signed
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 5.5 x 8.75 inches ( 13.97 x 22.225 cm ) Image Size: 5.5 x 8.75 inches ( 13.97 x 22.225 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Additional ...
Category

2010s Sculptures

Materials

Other Medium

Ceramic LA Dodgers cap sculpture (purple) - figurative sculpture
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful one of a kind ceramic hand made LA Dodgers cap is from Yael Yanay’s latest body of works. These hand-crafted ceramic hats are meticulously designed to resemble iconi...
Category

2010s Pop Art Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Too Big to Fail Fiberboard Wall Clock
Located in Draper, UT
Combining images with provocative text, Kruger uses direct address—along with humor, vigilance, and empathy—to expose and undermine the power dynamics of identity, desire, and consum...
Category

2010s Sculptures

Materials

Fiberboard

Jabón Azul. From The Composition with Tools series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The “Composition with Tools” series engages observers with quirky and playful truisms, gently leading them toward deeper reflections. Jose Ricardo Contreras...
Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Found Objects, Acrylic, Oil

General Medicine
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "General Medicine" is original artwork made from paper, inkjet print, enamel, wire, chain, aluminum tube, and pastel by Drew Leshko. This piece measures 10"h x .75"...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Wire

"Hotel Tudor", Miniature, Architecture, Sign, Cityscape, Sculpture, Blue, White
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This blue and white sculpture titled "Hotel Tudor" is an original artwork by Drew Leshko made of paper, acrylic, basswood, and pastel. This pi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paper, Pastel, Acrylic, Inkjet

Therapy Salon
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Therapy Salon" is original artwork made from paper, inkjet print, enamel, wire, chain, aluminum tube, and pastel by Drew Leshko. This piece measures 8"h x .75"w x ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Enamel, Wire

"Hotel Mark Twain Sign" Miniature replica, architecture, wood and paint
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This paper sculpture measures 16.5" x 24" x 5" and comes already mounted to a display shelf. It is made of paper, basswood, enamel, and dry pigments. About the artist // Drew Leshk...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Lucky Restaurant
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Lucky Restaurant" is original artwork made from paper, inkjet print, enamel, wire, chain, aluminum tube, and pastel by Drew Leshko. This piece measures 10"h x 0.75...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Wire

LOVE Red Blue
Located in Miami, FL
Robert Indiana HOPE Blue Red White Painted Polystone 6 x 6 x 3 in Editions Studio. It comes in the original box and with the certificate of authenticity.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Resin

"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 Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Plexiglass, Mixed Media

Trois Personnages sur Tremplin (Three Figures on a Trampoline), A.R. 375
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1956, this Madoura small convex wall plaque of white earthenware clay with engraving accentuated with oxidized paraffin in a glaze bath (ivory, brown) is from the edition ...
Category

1950s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Clay, Earthenware, Glaze

Original ceramic pendant " Vé et Astrology "
Located in CANNES, FR
Jean Cocteau ( 1889 - 1963 ) Vé and Astrology ceramic's pendant : Vé : signed underneath White 1ere variant ( Terre blanche en relief ). page 212 Size: 7 x5.5 cm catalogue rai...
Category

1950s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

SNEAKING OUT - Sculptural Painting, Surrealist House, Abstract
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
This piece by Kenzie Wells was created for a series titled "Strange Houses." "Strange Houses" is a series of dimensional paintings and objects that consider the physical and psycho...
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Polystyrene

Everything is going to be fucking ok - neon art work
Located in New York, NY
This neon piece is hand blown glass. It is mounted on contoured, clear plexiglas with pre drilled holes for hanging, and comes ready to hang. This piece is offered in the following c...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plexiglass, Neon Light

Gilt Gold & Sterling Silver Beautiful Esther Megillah spectacular Judaica piece
Located in Jerusalem, IL
Partial Gilt Gold and Sterling Silver Megillah with a Superior Illuminated Parchment Scroll of the Esther Megilah. Beautiful artistry clearly evident in this limited edition Megillah...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Silver

forever and always - neon art work
Located in New York, NY
Mary Jo designs all the neon as a unique piece of artwork. Each piece is hand blown glass and assembled to create a one-of-a-kind piece, which comes completely ready to install. Whit...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Neon Light

Migrant
Located in New York, NY
A piece of plywood painted in two kinds of yellow in different tones. A triangle is cut from the bottom of the wood and being layered on the top of the plywood. Acrylic on plywood Lucio Pozzi (b. 1935) was born in Milan and moved to the United States in 1962 as a guest of the Harvard International Summer Seminar. His first of many exhibitions at Hal Bromm Gallery was in 1976. Though foremost a painter, Pozzi considers writing, drawing, and sculpture to be valuable tools to his art. He has an extensive teaching career as well, having lectured at Cooper Union, Yale Graduate Sculpture...
Category

2010s Paintings

Materials

Plywood, Acrylic

"Fresh Cut: Cornbread the Legend", Acrylic on Wood, Graffiti, Street Art
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This artwork titled "Fresh Cut: Cornbread the Legend" is an original artwork by Cornbread made of acrylic paint on wood. The piece measures 89.5cm x 125cm / 35.25in x 49.25in unframe...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Wood, Found Objects, Acrylic

"Double Entendre (TwoFaceNote)" Satirical Currency Collage
Located in Soquel, CA
"Double Entendre (TwoFaceNote)" Satirical Currency Collage Elaborate collage by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 20th century). This piece is a satirical mixed media artwork that mimic...
Category

1990s Outsider Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Glue, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Magazine Paper

Untitled (From the Living Series)
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Jenny HOLZER (b. 1950) Untitled from the series THE LIVING SERIES, 1981 Bronze plaque. This work is the artist proof number 2 from an edition of 3 plus 2 artist’s proofs. 10 x 45.5 c...
Category

1980s Conceptual Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Cornbread Change The World 1965 Shield", Acrylic on Street Sign, Graffiti
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This artwork titled "Cornbread Change The World 1965 Shield" is an original artwork by Cornbread made of acrylic paint on a retired Amsterdam street sign. The piece measures 80cm / 3...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic

"Fresh Cut: Cornbread Philly", Acrylic on Wood, Graffiti, Street Art
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This artwork titled "Fresh Cut: Cornbread Philly" is an original artwork by Cornbread made of acrylic paint on wood. The piece measures 89.5cm x 125cm / 35.25in x 49.25in unframed, a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Found Objects, Acrylic

"Cornbread Tags De Telegraaf: First Element of Hip Hop 1965", Acrylic on Paper
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This artwork titled "Cornbread Tags De Telegraaf: First Element of Hip Hop 1965" is an original artwork by Cornbread made of acrylic paint on newspaper. The piece measures 58cm x 41c...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic, Newsprint

You got this
Located in New York, NY
This neon piece is hand blown glass. It is mounted on contoured, clear plexiglas with pre drilled holes for hanging, and comes ready to hang. This piece is offered in the following c...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Neon Light

Life Is Beautiful (Pink)
Located in Manchester, GB
Mr. Brainwash, Life Is Beautiful III (Pink), 2022 Enameled steel 6 7/10 × 10 3/5 × 2 2/5 in 17 × 27 × 6 cm (6 7/10 × 10 3/5 × 2 2/5 in ) Edition of 50 A provocative figure in s...
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Hungarian Israeli Tourists Diorama Folk Art Doll Judaica Sculpture Magda Watts
Located in Surfside, FL
Magda Watts (Israeli, b. 1928) Handmade Folk Art Sculpture Old Folks with a newspaper Hand signed to underside, Dimensions: 12"h x 14.5" l x 7.5"d. Mag...
Category

20th Century Folk Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Fabric, Wood, Mixed Media

Geometric Composition #3 (~37% OFF LIST PRICE) (3D Art, Op-Art, Red, Stripes)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Eduard Diem Geometric Composition #3 (3D-construction, Op Art, Lyonel Feininger) 3D-Construction Year: 2020 Signed and numbered by hand Edition: 25 Size: ...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

"Cornbread Tags De Telegraaf: King of Graffiti", Acrylic on News Paper, Graffiti
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This artwork titled "Cornbread Tags De Telegraaf: King of Graffiti" is an original artwork by Cornbread made of acrylic paint on newspaper. The piece measures 58cm x 41cm / 22.75in x...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic, Newsprint

Designer Eyes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Designer Eyes" is original artwork made from paper, inkjet print, enamel, wire, chain, aluminum tube, and pastel by Drew Leshko. This piece measures 10"h x 0.75"w ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Enamel, Wire

Mandarin House
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Mandarin House" is original artwork made from paper, inkjet print, enamel, wire, chain, aluminum tube, and pastel by Drew Leshko. This piece measures 10"h x 0.75"w...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Wire

An Liang Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "An Liang Chamber of Commerce and Industry" is original artwork made from paper, inkjet print, enamel, aluminum tube, pastel by Drew Leshko. This piece measures 9"h...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Enamel, Wire

"Cornbread The First Element Shield (Brug)", Acrylic on Street Sign, Graffiti
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This artwork titled "Cornbread The First Element Shield (Brug)" is an original artwork by Cornbread made of acrylic paint on a retired Amsterdam street sign. The piece measures 80cm ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic

"Cornbread World Stage Shield", Acrylic on Vintage Street Sign, Graffiti
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This artwork titled "Cornbread World Stage Shield" is an original artwork by Cornbread made of acrylic paint on a retired Amsterdam street sign. The piece measures 60cm / 23.5in diam...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic

Games N Tech Plus
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Games N Tech Plus" is original artwork made from paper, inkjet print, enamel, wire, chain, aluminum tube, and pastel by Drew Leshko. This piece measures 10"h x 0.2...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Enamel, Wire

Success Driving School
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Success Driving School" is original artwork made from paper, inkjet print, enamel, wire, chain, aluminum tube, and pastel by Drew Les...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Wire

Erica's
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Erica's" is original artwork made from paper, inkjet print, enamel, wire, chain, aluminum tube, and pastel by Drew Leshko. This piece measures 110"h x .75"w x 8"h....
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Enamel, Wire

Blarney Stone
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Blarney Stone" is an original artwork by Drew Leshko made of painted paper, wire, chain, and inkjet prints. It measures 11”h x 0.75”w x 7”d. Drew Leshko is a Phi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paper, Pigment, Inkjet

Loretta's Flowers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Loretta's Flowers" is original artwork made from paper, inkjet print, enamel, wire, chain, aluminum tube, and pastel by Drew Leshko. This piece measures 8"h x .75"...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Enamel, Wire

Kellis Bar
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Kellis Bar" is original artwork made from paper, inkjet print, enamel, wire, chain, aluminum tube, and pastel by Drew Leshko. This piece measures 10"h x .75"w x 8"...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Wire

Tuck Hing Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Tuck Hing Co." is original artwork made from paper, inkjet print, enamel, wire, chain, aluminum tube, and pastel by Drew Leshko. This piece measures 8"h x 0.75"w x...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Enamel, Wire

Lid's Cafe Society
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Lid's Cafe Society" is original artwork made from paper, inkjet print, enamel, wire, chain, aluminum tube, and pastel by Drew Leshko. T...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Enamel, Wire

Lucky Salon
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Lucky Sal" is original artwork made from paper, inkjet print, enamel, wire, chain, aluminum tube, and pastel by Drew Leshko. This piece measures 9"h x .75"w x 7"h....
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Enamel, Wire

Perry's
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Perry's" is original artwork made from paper, inkjet print, enamel, wire, chain, aluminum tube, and pastel by Drew Leshko. This piece measures 10"h x 0.75"w x 7"d....
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Enamel, Wire

"Bowl of Fruit"
Located in Warren, NJ
In excellent condition This piece is super delicate would prefer local pickup or free delivery up to 100 miles. signed and numbered Will personally delive...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Tires
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Tires" is an original paper, enamel, pastel, inkjet prints, chain, wire, and tubing sculpture by Drew Leshko measuring approx. 11.5"h x 8.5"w x 0.75d. Drew Leshko is a Philadelphia...
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Enamel, Wire

"Start" - Mirror Finish Polished Stainless Steel Street Art Sculpture
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Scott Froschauer is an experimental artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, where his primary focus is exploring new spaces and techniques for comm...
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

"Nothing Ventured"
Located in Denver, CO
"Nothing Ventured" is a digital print on 5 acrylic panels by Michelle Jader.
Category

2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Panel, Digital

Richard Klein, Johnson Hs. & Guest Hs. General View (2024), Ed 2/3, replica
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. Johnson Hs. & Guest Hs. is an exact replica of an art history slide made in the 1950s picturing Philip Johnson’s Glass House. The slide has been replicated digitally on a much larger scale (23” x 23”) and like the original is made of a cardboard mount that contains a color transparency. The original slide is faded from years of use and most of the color, other than red, has been bleached out. 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 Dada Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Photographic Film, Film, Archival Paper, Digital, Wood

Richard Klein, American Glassware, 2010-2024, Found and altered objects
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. American Glassware (2010-present) which is presented in a small, wall-mounted vitrine. American Glassware is composed of three glass objects: a “souvenir” Walden Pond ashtray made by me as a multiple; a real souvenir ashtray from the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair; and an authentic “Happy Face” drinking glass from the same era. They are all nestled in crumpled, vintage newspaper from 1967, and are presented together in a dilapidated cardboard box, as if they have been found in someone’s attic or basement. Once again, in a similar manner to the Glass House Ashtray, versions of his Walden Pond ashtray (Walden Pond Souvenir) have been injected into the collectable stream of tag sales and flea markets, creating a souvenir that never existed. The ashtray is screenprinted with an image of Thoreau’s cabin on Walden Pond as pictured on the title page of his book Walden, or Life in the Woods (1854). (The original illustration was created by Thoreau’s sister, Sophia.) Walden Pond Souvenir was originally produced for the 2010 exhibition Renovating Walden at the Tufts University Art Gallery in Medford, MA. 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 Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Ceramic NY Yankees cap sculpture (grey and pink) - figurative sculpture
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful one of a kind ceramic hand made NY Yankees cap is from Yael Yanay’s latest body of works. These hand-crafted ceramic hats are meticulously designed to resemble iconi...
Category

2010s Pop Art Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

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