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Style: Assemblage
"Surf Board Guitar" Hybrid Instrument Wall Sculpture
"Surf Board Guitar" Hybrid Instrument Wall Sculpture

"Surf Board Guitar" Hybrid Instrument Wall Sculpture

Located in New York, NY

This sculpture created by Ken Butler is part guitar part surfboard. It is made in the spirit of absurdity many surrealists embraced using found objects in functional scenarios. signe...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Art

Materials

Found Objects, Mixed Media

Assemblage in century old excavated book: 'Flaco Vll'
Assemblage in century old excavated book: 'Flaco Vll'

Assemblage in century old excavated book: 'Flaco Vll'

By Heide Hatry

Located in New York, NY

Heide Hatry is a NYC-based German artist, former rare bookseller, and best known for her work employing animal parts or other discarded, disdained, or “taboo” materials. She has cura...

Category

2010s Assemblage Art

Materials

Mixed Media

"Drill Case Guitar" Hybrid Instrument Wall Sculpture
"Drill Case Guitar" Hybrid Instrument Wall Sculpture

"Drill Case Guitar" Hybrid Instrument Wall Sculpture

Located in New York, NY

This guitar-sculpture designed by Ken Butler features a compilation of dials, gauges, wires and knobs. The body of the guitar is an actual plastic drill case. This sculpture has a st...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Art

Materials

Found Objects, Mixed Media

The Garden of Buren- contemporary art work, design tribute to Daniel Buren Zebra
The Garden of Buren- contemporary art work, design tribute to Daniel Buren Zebra

The Garden of Buren- contemporary art work, design tribute to Daniel Buren Zebra

By Volker Kuhn

Located in Schierensee, SH

"The Garden of Buren " is an original mixed media artwork by Volker Kuhn. The work is hand-signed and numbered by the artist below the artwork on the mat. It is a witty reference for...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Art

Materials

Wood, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Treasure 2.7

Treasure 2.7

By Virginia Fleck

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: Aluminum can-tabs chained together with safety pins are layered, massed and attached to an MDF backing creating a dense sparkling texture. The can-tabs are reflective, glinting in the light, catching the eye of those who pass by them. These shield-like, glittering wall pieces have the presence of valuable treasure, but closer inspection reveals that the treasure is made from can-tabs, one of many common disposable items that continuously pass through our hands. Keywords: assemblage, post consumer can-tabs Details: This is a wall mounted scuplture made from post consumer can-tabs and safety pins mounted on green MDF. A hanging cleat is attached on back. signed on back. No paints are use in this piece. The can-tabs are manufactured in many colors according to thier brand. Artist Biography: Since 2002, award winning artist Virginia Fleck...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Art

Materials

Found Objects, Pins

Componments of Life -contemporary art in boxes artwork by Volker Kuhn design art
Componments of Life -contemporary art in boxes artwork by Volker Kuhn design art

Componments of Life -contemporary art in boxes artwork by Volker Kuhn design art

By Volker Kuhn

Located in Schierensee, SH

"Components of Life" is an original mixed media artwork by Volker Kuhn. The work is hand-signed by the artist below the artwork on the mat. 25 x 28 cm framed in a silver-gold wood-fr...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Art

Materials

Wood, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Nothing is Impossible - original contemporary minimalist art work by Volker Kuhn
Nothing is Impossible - original contemporary minimalist art work by Volker Kuhn

Nothing is Impossible - original contemporary minimalist art work by Volker Kuhn

By Volker Kuhn

Located in Schierensee, SH

"Nothing is Impossible" is an original mixed media artwork by Volker Kuhn. The work is hand-signed by the artist below the artwork on the mat. It is a funny minimalist work formed as...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

50 Collages by Schwitters

50 Collages by Schwitters

By Kurt Schwitters

Located in New York, NY

Kurt Schwitters 50 Collages by Schwitters, 1962 Lithograph and Silkscreen 22 × 17 inches Unframed Extremely rare and desirable lithographed exhibition poster published on the occasio...

Category

1960s Assemblage Art

Materials

Lithograph, Screen

One Fabulous Filly By Kirsten Kainz assemblage free standing sculpture
One Fabulous Filly By Kirsten Kainz assemblage free standing sculpture

One Fabulous Filly By Kirsten Kainz assemblage free standing sculpture

Located in Belgrade, MT

This piece is all about the fabulous. Assemblage sculpture by Kainz. Speaks of the multitudes in life. Richly layered gem and jewelry are encrusted on this powerful horse figure. It...

Category

2010s Assemblage Art

Materials

Found Objects

Enchanted Composition- Leather and Stone Sculpture, Burri and Fontana Inspired
Enchanted Composition- Leather and Stone Sculpture, Burri and Fontana Inspired

Enchanted Composition- Leather and Stone Sculpture, Burri and Fontana Inspired

By Angelo Canevari

Located in New York, NY

Angelo Canevari's "Mirabile Composto" is a 106.3 x 106.3-inch leather and stone abstract sculpture composed of 12 elements. This piece is part of a limited number of works where Canevari engaged in a different medium than bronze. The title "Mirabile Composto" comes from a 17th-century quote describing the work of the famous Baroque Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. It refers to Bernini's fusion of architecture, sculpture, and painting. In this work, Canevari skillfully plays with different shades of leather and a river pebble to blur the distinction between painting, sculpture, or architectural pieces. The piece projects a magnetic presence. It reminds the immensity and peacefulness of the golden sand mounds in the Sahara desert when viewed from an aerial view. Angelo Canevari is an Italian sculptor from a long lineage of artists active in Rome since the 17th century. He has been commissioned several works by the Vatican, including the Bronze Doors of the Cathedral of Belluno and the Vatican Coins.

Category

1980s Assemblage Art

Materials

Stone

Homage to Pollock- contemporary art work, design tribute to Pollock action paint
Homage to Pollock- contemporary art work, design tribute to Pollock action paint

Homage to Pollock- contemporary art work, design tribute to Pollock action paint

By Volker Kuhn

Located in Schierensee, SH

"Homage to Pollock" is an original mixed media artwork by Volker Kuhn. The work is hand-signed and numbered by the artist below the artwork on the mat. It is a witty reference formed...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Art

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Fata Morgana II
Fata Morgana II

Fata Morgana II

By Gordon Wagner

Located in San Diego, CA

Mixed media assemblage titled Fata Morgana II. Attributed to artist Gordon Wagner. Unsigned. The image of a robed plastic figure is contained within th...

Category

20th Century Assemblage Art

Materials

Wood, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Bright Idea Boiler
Bright Idea Boiler

Bright Idea Boiler

By Gordon Wagner

Located in San Diego, CA

Bright Idea Boiler is an assemblage composed of paper, wood, wire and glass. The background shows a drawing of a spider web on which a paper cut out of the Bright Idea Boiler is supe...

Category

20th Century Assemblage Art

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

I Like It - original contemporary minimalist art by Volker Kuhn hand with flame
I Like It - original contemporary minimalist art by Volker Kuhn hand with flame

I Like It - original contemporary minimalist art by Volker Kuhn hand with flame

By Volker Kuhn

Located in Schierensee, SH

"I Like It" is an original mixed media artwork by Volker Kuhn. The work is hand-signed by the artist on the back. It is a stunning, minimalist work formed as a hand-made assemblage c...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Magical Realism Portrait in Mixed Media of Twins
Magical Realism Portrait in Mixed Media of Twins

Magical Realism Portrait in Mixed Media of Twins

By Inez Storer

Located in San Francisco, CA

This mixed media piece exemplifies Inez Storer's "magical realism," combining paint and collage to explore identity and personal history. The work features familiar motifs like hats ...

Category

Late 20th Century Assemblage Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Homage to Duchamp-contemporary artwork, design tribute concept artist Duchamp
Homage to Duchamp-contemporary artwork, design tribute concept artist Duchamp

Homage to Duchamp-contemporary artwork, design tribute concept artist Duchamp

By Volker Kuhn

Located in Schierensee, SH

"Homage to Marcel Duchamp" is an original mixed media artwork by Volker Kuhn. The work is hand-signed and numbered by the artist below the artwork on the mat. It is a witty reference...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Art

Materials

Wood, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Timeless - contemporary minimalist artwork by Volker Kuhn woman walking on clock
Timeless - contemporary minimalist artwork by Volker Kuhn woman walking on clock

Timeless - contemporary minimalist artwork by Volker Kuhn woman walking on clock

By Volker Kuhn

Located in Schierensee, SH

"Timeless" is an original mixed media artwork by Volker Kuhn. The work is hand-signed by the artist below the artwork on the mat. It is a philosophical, minimalist work formed as a h...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Saragossa Span in the Holy Year original vintage travel poster "Zaragosa"
Saragossa Span in the Holy Year original vintage travel poster "Zaragosa"

Saragossa Span in the Holy Year original vintage travel poster "Zaragosa"

Located in Spokane, WA

Original vintage poster from Spain "In the Holy Year Visit Saragossa, Spain". Spanish Tourist Office New York, NY. Signed in the plate by the artist but illegible. Size: 24" x 3...

Category

1950s Assemblage Art

Materials

Lithograph

Homage to Mondrian -The Pool- contemporary art work, design tribute Dutch master
Homage to Mondrian -The Pool- contemporary art work, design tribute Dutch master

Homage to Mondrian -The Pool- contemporary art work, design tribute Dutch master

By Volker Kuhn

Located in Schierensee, SH

"Homage to Mondrian - The Pool" is an original mixed media artwork by Volker Kuhn. The work is hand-signed and numbered by the artist below the artwork on the mat. It is a witty refe...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Art

Materials

Wood, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Richard Klein, Holiday Inn Beirut, 2017, Found and altered objects assemblage
Richard Klein, Holiday Inn Beirut, 2017, Found and altered objects assemblage

Richard Klein, Holiday Inn Beirut, 2017, Found and altered objects assemblage

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 Art

Materials

Metal

This is not a Magritte II - contemporary art work, tribute to Magritte painting
This is not a Magritte II - contemporary art work, tribute to Magritte painting

This is not a Magritte II - contemporary art work, tribute to Magritte painting

By Volker Kuhn

Located in Schierensee, SH

"This is not a Magritte II" is an original mixed media artwork by Volker Kuhn. The work is hand-signed by the artist below the artwork on the mat. It is created as an edition. It is ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

"Kryptonite Wares", Found Objects 2015/2019, Chartreuse & Red, House Paint
"Kryptonite Wares", Found Objects 2015/2019, Chartreuse & Red, House Paint

"Kryptonite Wares", Found Objects 2015/2019, Chartreuse & Red, House Paint

Located in Detroit, MI

"Kryptonite Wares" is a clever and humorous collection of both superfluous and everyday objects purchased from the Dollar Store. It is a wry comment by the artist on the overabundanc...

Category

2010s Assemblage Art

Materials

Plastic, Wood, Found Objects, Lights, Mixed Media, House Paint

Richard Klein, Holiday Inn Nocturne, 2020, Found and altered objects assemblage
Richard Klein, Holiday Inn Nocturne, 2020, Found and altered objects assemblage

Richard Klein, Holiday Inn Nocturne, 2020, Found and altered objects assemblage

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 Art

Materials

Metal

Richard Klein, McDonalds (El Nino), 2024, Found and altered objects assemblage
Richard Klein, McDonalds (El Nino), 2024, Found and altered objects assemblage

Richard Klein, McDonalds (El Nino), 2024, Found and altered objects assemblage

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 Art

Materials

Metal

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

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 Art

Materials

Metal

Measure by Measure - contemporary minimalist art work by Volker Kuhn
Measure by Measure - contemporary minimalist art work by Volker Kuhn

Measure by Measure - contemporary minimalist art work by Volker Kuhn

By Volker Kuhn

Located in Schierensee, SH

"Measure by Measure" is an original mixed media artwork by Volker Kuhn. A golden elephant hording gemstones. The work is hand-signed by the artist below the artwork on the mat. It is...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Richard Klein, American Glassware, 2010-2024, Found and altered objects
Richard Klein, American Glassware, 2010-2024, Found and altered objects

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...

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2010s Assemblage Art

Materials

Metal

Give Peace a Chance -contemporary art in boxes artwork by Volker Kuhn design art
Give Peace a Chance -contemporary art in boxes artwork by Volker Kuhn design art

Give Peace a Chance -contemporary art in boxes artwork by Volker Kuhn design art

By Volker Kuhn

Located in Schierensee, SH

"Give Peace a Chance" is an original mixed media artwork by Volker Kuhn. The work is hand-signed by the artist below the artwork on the mat. 28 x 25 cm framed in a silver-gold wood-f...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Art

Materials

Wood, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Geruchte (Rumors, Referring to Persecution of Jews) Original Collage
Geruchte (Rumors, Referring to Persecution of Jews) Original Collage

Geruchte (Rumors, Referring to Persecution of Jews) Original Collage

By Reginald Case

Located in Surfside, FL

Reginald Case (1937-2009) Geruchte: Rumors, Referring to persecution of Jews Case continued with contemporary works of Barbie and Madonna (entertainer) that reflected the glamour of...

Category

20th Century Assemblage Art

Materials

Mixed Media

First Down 141 - Mixed Media Assemblage Contemporary Art Wall Sculpture
First Down 141 - Mixed Media Assemblage Contemporary Art Wall Sculpture

First Down 141 - Mixed Media Assemblage Contemporary Art Wall Sculpture

Located in New York, NY

Linda Stein, First Down 141 - Mixed Media Assemblage Contemporary Art Wall Sculpture First Down 141 is from artist Linda Stein's Brush Assemblage series, where she combines found ob...

Category

1980s Assemblage Art

Materials

Metal

Pacer 142 - Mixed Media Assemblage Contemporary Art Wall Sculpture
Pacer 142 - Mixed Media Assemblage Contemporary Art Wall Sculpture

Pacer 142 - Mixed Media Assemblage Contemporary Art Wall Sculpture

Located in New York, NY

Linda Stein, Pacer 142 - Mixed Media Assemblage Contemporary Art Wall Sculpture Pacer 142 is from artist Linda Stein's Brush Assemblage series, where she combines found objects, inc...

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1980s Assemblage Art

Materials

Metal

Assemblage in century old excavated book: 'One of a Kind'
Assemblage in century old excavated book: 'One of a Kind'

Assemblage in century old excavated book: 'One of a Kind'

By Heide Hatry

Located in New York, NY

Heide Hatry is a NYC-based German artist, former rare bookseller, and best known for her work employing animal parts or other discarded, disdained, or “taboo” materials. She has cura...

Category

2010s Assemblage Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Cantabile
Cantabile

Cantabile

Located in West Hollywood, CA

Rod Lathim’s Cantabile transforms a repurposed cello into a radiant sculpture where light and music converge. Painted in luminous white with edges subtly traced in black, the instrum...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Art

Materials

Found Objects, Neon Light

Silence is Sexy - original contemporary sexy minimalist art work by Volker Kuhn
Silence is Sexy - original contemporary sexy minimalist art work by Volker Kuhn

Silence is Sexy - original contemporary sexy minimalist art work by Volker Kuhn

By Volker Kuhn

Located in Schierensee, SH

"Silence is Sexy" is an original mixed media artwork by Volker Kuhn. The work is hand-signed by the artist below the artwork on the mat. It is a sexy, minimalist work formed as a han...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Henry Newman Artist and his Model
Henry Newman Artist and his Model

Henry Newman Artist and his Model

Located in San Francisco, CA

Henry Newman: 1923-1996. Listed American artist with auction results Over $800. This assemblage is a really clever piece, showing an artist and his model. It is made of different mat...

Category

1970s Assemblage Art

Materials

Mixed Media

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