Wunderkammer
Wicked Curious
Unleash your imagination with this collection of wonderfully weird pieces and curate your own Wunderkammer.
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'Parasol Mushroom' Contemporary bronze sculpture of a mushroom, Wildlife
By Richard Smith
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Parasol Mushroom' is a stunningly elegant Bronze sculpture of a beautiful mushroom in the British countryside. Richard Smith conveys so much detail in such simple lines, exemplifyin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Wunderkammer
Materials
Bronze
Beyond A Shadow
Located in New Orleans, LA
[Portland, OR b. 1971 - Hunstville, Alabama]
Dirk Staschke is a full time studio artist who is best known for his exploration of Dutch Vanitas still life themes in the medium of ce...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Wunderkammer
Materials
Ceramic, Wood, Epoxy Glue
Memento Mori
By Kiva Ford
Located in New York, NY
Kiva Ford
Memento Mori, 2015
Borosilicate glass
13.50h x 7.50w x 7.50d in
Category
2010s Contemporary Wunderkammer
Materials
Glass
"Nepalese Teral Blessing Post, " Carved Wood created in the 19th Century
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This Nepalese Teral blessing post was carved from wood. It was created in the 19th Century and features abstract patterns. It is 27" high, 8" wide, and 2" deep.
Category
19th Century Tribal Wunderkammer
Materials
Wood
"Putti" 19th c. Terracotta, Antique, Mythical Figures, Patina
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY
“Putti” is a 19th c. terracotta antique of two nude children, babies, as mythical figures. This piece is beautifully rendered with a...
Category
Late 19th Century Baroque Wunderkammer
Materials
Terracotta, Wood
Case 885 - Cabinet of Curiosities, Wunderkammer, Contemporary Art Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
This work from Linda Stein's Displacement From Home series draws from the tradition of wunderkammer/cabinets of curiosities to highlight the globa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Wunderkammer
Materials
Metal
Damien Hirst - Abacus, hirst, skull, silver, sculpture, contemporary art
By Damien Hirst
Located in London, GB
Damien Hirst (b.1965)
Abacus - The Dream is Dead
2007
silver
14.5 x 14 x 21 cm
incised, titled and numbered ‘Abacus Damien Hirst The Dream is dead 2/12’ (on the verso)
edition 2/12
Price:
$85,000 USD
Provenance:
White Cube, London
Private collection, New York
Sale: Christie’s London, 29 June 2011, lot 114
Private collection, London (acquired at the above sale)
Notes:
‘I remember I was thinking that there were four important things in life: religion, love, art and science. At their best, they’re all just tools to help you find a path through the darkness. None of them really work that well, but they help. Of them all, science seems to be the one right now. Like religion, it provides the glimmer of hope that maybe it will be all right in the end.’ (D. Hirst, quoted in conversation with S. O’Hagan in New Religion Damien Hirst, exh. cat., British
Council, London, 2006, p. 5)
Born in 1965 in Bristol, Hirst grew up in Leeds and subsequently went to Goldsmith's College in London. Between 1988 and 1990 he curated a series of exhibitions of work by his contemporaries including the highly acclaimed group shows Freeze, Modern Medicine and Gambler.
In his own work Hirst has continually challenged the boundaries between art, science, the media and popular culture. A 12-foot tiger shark, a cow and her calf sawn in two, pharmaceutical bottles...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Wunderkammer
Materials
Silver
Contemporary Sculpture Installation Still Life Flora Light Botanical Porcelain
Located in Buffalo, NY
Delicate green and pink flora emerge from a pool of milky white light. “Looking Between I” (2022) by Colleen Toledano. Porcelain, flocking, light, resin.
Category
2010s Contemporary Wunderkammer
Materials
Resin, Lights, Porcelain
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