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The Divide

The Divide

By Maggie Taylor

Located in Sante Fe, NM

“To me, the images work on two levels: they are about these specific objects, yet they also invite reverie or recollections. I like to think that the objects are obviously symbolic, ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Crossing
The Crossing

The Crossing

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

I think that big pictures need either transcending content that engages across much of the print, or the use of space to create a distinct sense of place.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Governor
The Governor

The Governor

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

This is the son of Kwitonda - a famous silverback who passed away recently and it is this son who is now the Governor on this side of the volcano. I think his face makes that crystal...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Tetons (Colour)

The Tetons (Colour)

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

The window is no more than 15 minutes and I think we were home in Jackson for breakfast by 9 am.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Antoine Louis Barye, Panther of India on Inkwell, Ferdinand Barbedienne Edition
Antoine Louis Barye, Panther of India on Inkwell, Ferdinand Barbedienne Edition

Antoine Louis Barye, Panther of India on Inkwell, Ferdinand Barbedienne Edition

By Ferdinand Barbedienne, Antoine-Louis Barye

Located in PARIS, FR

These partnerships produced some of the most iconic bronze sculptures of the 19th century, including Rodin's "The Thinker" and Barye's "Lion and Serpent." In addition to bronze scul...

Category

Antique 1890s French Romantic Mounted Objects

Materials

Marble, Metal, Bronze

Antoine-Louis Barye, "Peace" Sculptural Bronze, Leblanc-Barbedienne Edition 1920
Antoine-Louis Barye, "Peace" Sculptural Bronze, Leblanc-Barbedienne Edition 1920

Antoine-Louis Barye, "Peace" Sculptural Bronze, Leblanc-Barbedienne Edition 1920

By Antoine-Louis Barye

Located in PARIS, FR

These partnerships produced some of the most iconic bronze sculptures of the 19th century, including Rodin's "The Thinker" and Barye's "Lion and Serpent." In addition to bronze scul...

Category

Vintage 1920s French Romantic Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

The Lady of the Lake (Colour) by David Yarrow
The Lady of the Lake (Colour) by David Yarrow

The Lady of the Lake (Colour) by David Yarrow

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

There is a sovereignty to her pose and I think the cigarette adds a bad ass nonchalance to her character.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Bent Two Smoky Grey Black Floor Lamp by Pulpo
Bent Two Smoky Grey Black Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Bent Two Smoky Grey Black Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Located in Geneve, CH

Consisting of the creative and sales department, warehouse and logistics, this is the think tank for our artists and designers. pulpo’s dealer network extends far beyond Weil am Rhei...

Category

2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Steel

Footsteps in the Sand (The Last Picture Show)

Footsteps in the Sand (The Last Picture Show)

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Perhaps, at this moment we should also think of the metaphoric contents of the word apparition.

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Tree in the Plane (The Last Picture Show)

Tree in the Plane (The Last Picture Show)

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Perhaps, at this moment we should also think of the metaphoric contents of the word apparition.

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Boule High Smoky Grey Opal White Black Floor Lamp by Pulpo
Boule High Smoky Grey Opal White Black Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Boule High Smoky Grey Opal White Black Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Located in Geneve, CH

Consisting of the creative and sales department, warehouse and logistics, this is the think tank for our artists and designers. pulpo’s dealer network extends far beyond Weil am Rhei...

Category

2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Ceramic, Textile, Glass

Boule Medium Smoky Grey Opal White Black Floor Lamp by Pulpo
Boule Medium Smoky Grey Opal White Black Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Boule Medium Smoky Grey Opal White Black Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Located in Geneve, CH

Consisting of the creative and sales department, warehouse and logistics, this is the think tank for our artists and designers. pulpo’s dealer network extends far beyond Weil am Rhei...

Category

2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Ceramic, Textile, Glass

Boule High Transparent Smoky Grey White Floor Lamp by Pulpo
Boule High Transparent Smoky Grey White Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Boule High Transparent Smoky Grey White Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Located in Geneve, CH

Consisting of the creative and sales department, warehouse and logistics, this is the think tank for our artists and designers. pulpo’s dealer network extends far beyond Weil am Rhei...

Category

2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Ceramic, Textile, Glass

Boule High Smoky Grey Opal White Black Floor Lamp by Pulpo
Boule High Smoky Grey Opal White Black Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Boule High Smoky Grey Opal White Black Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Located in Geneve, CH

Consisting of the creative and sales department, warehouse and logistics, this is the think tank for our artists and designers. pulpo’s dealer network extends far beyond Weil am Rhei...

Category

2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Ceramic, Textile, Glass

Boule Medium Transparent Smoky Grey White Floor Lamp by Pulpo
Boule Medium Transparent Smoky Grey White Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Boule Medium Transparent Smoky Grey White Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Located in Geneve, CH

Consisting of the creative and sales department, warehouse and logistics, this is the think tank for our artists and designers. pulpo’s dealer network extends far beyond Weil am Rhei...

Category

2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Ceramic, Textile, Glass

Beyond the Scream
Beyond the Scream

Beyond the Scream

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

What did the onlookers think?

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Vibration of the Universe
Vibration of the Universe

Vibration of the Universe

Located in Zofingen, AG

Boho is a philosophy and a style of living, for those who think outside the box, it is a creative approach to life and adds value to the natural, simple and enhances sensations and p...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

The Origins of Cooking
The Origins of Cooking

The Origins of Cooking

By Phaidon

Located in New York, NY

Since elBulli's closure in 2011, Ferran Adrià has been lecturing around the world and developing the elBullifoundation, a culinary academy and think tank, on the site of the former e...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Books

Materials

Paper

Around the House

Around the House

By Benjamin Frederick

Located in Atlanta, GA

I like to use familial subjects...There is an aspect of a personal chronicle to my work in that it contains my family and the places in which we find ourselves; but in regard to the ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pair Hollywood Regency Gilded Plaster Large Figural Lamps Boy w Jug Style Marbro
Pair Hollywood Regency Gilded Plaster Large Figural Lamps Boy w Jug Style Marbro

Pair Hollywood Regency Gilded Plaster Large Figural Lamps Boy w Jug Style Marbro

By The Marbro Lamp Company

Located in Topeka, KS

And as similar as they are, we have found a few slight differences and since we know they were made from a mold we think maybe they each had a different individual artist that gave t...

Category

Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Gold Leaf

The Lady of the Lake (B&W) by David Yarrow
The Lady of the Lake (B&W) by David Yarrow

The Lady of the Lake (B&W) by David Yarrow

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

There is a sovereignty to her pose and I think the cigarette adds a bad ass nonchalance to her character.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Head in the Clouds

Head in the Clouds

By Molly Schulps

Located in Bozeman, MT

I mainly use porcelain and terra cotta for the ceramic components because I think the surfaces are seductive and challenging.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Clay, Porcelain

From The Journey

From The Journey

By Shari Yantra Marcacci

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Her work has been exhibited in several group and juried exhibitions at institutions such as The Center of Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado, the Los Angeles Center of Phot...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Dragon's Den

The Dragon's Den

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

An encounter is something to tick off the bucket list rather than historically treasure. I think part of the reason for this is that the majority of the Komodos on the islands of Ri...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Blowin' In The Wind III (The Last Picture Show)

Blowin' In The Wind III (The Last Picture Show)

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Perhaps, at this moment we should also think of the metaphoric contents of the word apparition.

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

THE BATTLE OF THE CENTAURS - MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI - PLASTER CAST early 20th C
THE BATTLE OF THE CENTAURS - MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI - PLASTER CAST early 20th C

THE BATTLE OF THE CENTAURS - MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI - PLASTER CAST early 20th C

Located in Madrid, ES

Aside from the mythological-literary inspiration, it is clear that the artist was especially interested in exploring the theme of the human nude, analyzed in different poses and in d...

Category

Early 20th Century Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

The philosopher's study

The philosopher's study

By Maggie Taylor

Located in Sante Fe, NM

“To me the images work on two levels: they are about these specific objects, yet they also invite reverie or recollections. I like to think that the objects are obviously symbolic, b...

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Good Life

The Good Life

By Deborah Ballard

Located in Dallas, TX

Ballard says, “I always have this inner voice that dictates what I do and how I think.” The concept of the human body as a “container,” a vessel of thoughts, hopes and dreams, began ...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

The Push West
The Push West

The Push West

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

Born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1966, he is now an internationally acclaimed fine art photographer and Europe’s best selling wildlife photographer. "I think one of the reasons that the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

For the Dream

For the Dream

By Chaco Terada

Located in Sante Fe, NM

When I create a brushstroke I think of the motion of water in a stream or the movement of a breeze.

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Sumi Ink, Archival Pigment

The Push West
The Push West

The Push West

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

Born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1966, he is now an internationally acclaimed fine art photographer and Europe’s best selling wildlife photographer. "I think one of the reasons that the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Beware the Jabberwock

Beware the Jabberwock

By Maggie Taylor

Located in Sante Fe, NM

“To me, the images work on two levels: they are about these specific objects, yet they also invite reverie or recollections. I like to think that the objects are obviously symbolic, ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The garden game

The garden game

By Maggie Taylor

Located in Sante Fe, NM

“To me, the images work on two levels: they are about these specific objects, yet they also invite reverie or recollections. I like to think that the objects are obviously symbolic, ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Last Dance
The Last Dance

The Last Dance

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

We are told that the human’s eyes are the windows to the soul. Well, I think these hippo eyes are quite instructive too as is the water swell around the advancing tanker of a body.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Phantom of the Opera / Il Fantasma Dell' Opera
The Phantom of the Opera / Il Fantasma Dell' Opera

The Phantom of the Opera / Il Fantasma Dell' Opera

Located in London, GB

When Claudin loses his job, he hopes to earn some money by selling a piano concerto that he has written. However, he thinks that the music publisher is trying to steal his piece, and...

Category

Vintage 1940s Italian Posters

Materials

Paper

The Tetons (B&W)

The Tetons (B&W)

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

The window is no more than 15 minutes and I think we were home in Jackson for breakfast by 9 am.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Tetons (B&W)

The Tetons (B&W)

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

The window is no more than 15 minutes and I think we were home in Jackson for breakfast by 9 am.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Father and son oil on canvas painting surrealist
Father and son oil on canvas painting surrealist

Father and son oil on canvas painting surrealist

By Ramon Llovet Miserol

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

He was also deeply interested in the philosophical work of the thinker Krishnamurti and in theosophy. From here, the poetic and spiritual content of his work was accentuated until i...

Category

1960s Symbolist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The North Slope
The North Slope

The North Slope

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

People understandably worry about polar bear numbers - but be assured there is a load of big healthy bears on the North Slope. I think we saw over 25 in a week." -David Yarrow

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Wanders II
The Wanders II

The Wanders II

By Juan Miguel Palacios

Located in New York, NY

“Words with which the prestigious American thinker and linguist, Noam Chomsky explains the concept of inequality in his documentary "Requiem for an American Dream."

Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Endless Possibilities (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid

Endless Possibilities (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Also, sometimes it doesn’t shoot at the exact moment you think it’s going to—but that’s really great because then you miss the perfect moment…and often those are the best shots.”

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Aristides and the Illiterate Voter
Aristides and the Illiterate Voter

Aristides and the Illiterate Voter

By Luigi Mussini

Located in London, GB

The painting bears striking stylistic, compositional and thematic similarities with a well-documented work Mussini painted in 1846, the Two Plinys (Fondazione Monte dei Paschi, Siena...

Category

Early 19th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Obi of Onitsha

The Obi of Onitsha

By REWA

Located in New Orleans, LA

This is the Igbo culture pertaining to the Igbos of Nigeria. I think that this description is more accurate as it implies a unique iteration of customs and tradition, bound to a part...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Acrylic

Star Gazing Through the Wrong End of the Telescope
Star Gazing Through the Wrong End of the Telescope

Star Gazing Through the Wrong End of the Telescope

By Adam Gunn

Located in Montreal, Quebec

The quote finishes with, “I think with an aesthetic like that you can have a pretty good latitude for being creative”.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Circa 1900 French circus poster promoting the Tumilet - The Human Spinning Top
Circa 1900 French circus poster promoting the Tumilet - The Human Spinning Top

Circa 1900 French circus poster promoting the Tumilet - The Human Spinning Top

Located in PARIS, FR

Original Poster Circus - Show - France 200 revolutions per minute - This quite peculiar advertisement is for a human spinning top that promises 200 revolutions per minute in the op...

Category

Early 20th Century More Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

On the Road (The Last Picture Show) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Color
On the Road (The Last Picture Show) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Color

On the Road (The Last Picture Show) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Color

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

In every blurred silhouette and chemical wash of color, she captures what it means to hold onto time even as it slips through our fingers, to relive and reinterpret, over and over ag...

Category

1990s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

High Chrome Sfera Floor Lamp by Pulpo
High Chrome Sfera Floor Lamp by Pulpo

High Chrome Sfera Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Located in Geneve, CH

Consisting of the creative and sales department, warehouse and logistics, this is the think tank for our artists and designers. pulpo’s dealer network extends far beyond Weil am Rhei...

Category

2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Steel

Medium Orange Glaze Sfera Floor Lamp by Pulpo
Medium Orange Glaze Sfera Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Medium Orange Glaze Sfera Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Located in Geneve, CH

Consisting of the creative and sales department, warehouse and logistics, this is the think tank for our artists and designers. pulpo’s dealer network extends far beyond Weil am Rhei...

Category

2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Steel

Small Smoky Grey Sfera Floor Lamp by Pulpo
Small Smoky Grey Sfera Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Small Smoky Grey Sfera Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Located in Geneve, CH

Consisting of the creative and sales department, warehouse and logistics, this is the think tank for our artists and designers. pulpo’s dealer network extends far beyond Weil am Rhei...

Category

2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Steel

The Guitar and Ruth

The Guitar and Ruth

By Benjamin Frederick

Located in Atlanta, GA

I like to use familial subjects...There is an aspect of a personal chronicle to my work in that it contains my family and the places in which we find ourselves; but in regard to the ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Van [Tail] Light
The Van [Tail] Light

The Van [Tail] Light

By Benjamin Frederick

Located in Atlanta, GA

I like to use familial subjects...There is an aspect of a personal chronicle to my work in that it contains my family and the places in which we find ourselves; but in regard to the ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Laughers (Version 1)
The Laughers (Version 1)

The Laughers (Version 1)

By Dirk Staschke 1

Located in New Orleans, LA

The artist says of his work… I think of the subjects in these paintings as voids or impressions where the people and objects used to be, like the footprints of prehistoric peoples l...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

"Night city. The way home" modern urban landscape of the Volskya Lilya.
"Night city. The way home" modern urban landscape of the Volskya Lilya.

"Night city. The way home" modern urban landscape of the Volskya Lilya.

By Lilya Volskaya

Located in Zofingen, AG

This color alone immerses us in the picture of the city. It makes you think and even philosophize. This picture will appeal not only to young people, but also to older people.

Category

2010s Pop Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Side Effects (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Portrait

Side Effects (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Portrait

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Also, sometimes it doesn’t shoot at the exact moment you think it’s going to—but that’s really great because then you miss the perfect moment…and often those are the best shots.”

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Italian Contemporary Art by Federica Frati - The Angel and the Minotaur

Italian Contemporary Art by Federica Frati - The Angel and the Minotaur

By Federica Frati

Located in Paris, IDF

This feeling is in her whole production that is made by different series: I Nani, etchings and acquatints investigates the deformity and sufferance of being different from the others...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Monotype

Rendering Memories (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Portrait

Rendering Memories (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Portrait

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Also, sometimes it doesn’t shoot at the exact moment you think it’s going to—but that’s really great because then you miss the perfect moment…and often those are the best shots.”

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Memory Gaps (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Portrait

Memory Gaps (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Portrait

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Also, sometimes it doesn’t shoot at the exact moment you think it’s going to—but that’s really great because then you miss the perfect moment…and often those are the best shots.”

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

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