Well known as a pioneer in electronic, kinetic, and robotic sculpture, Alan Rath has produced an ever-evolving body of work since the early 1980s. Rath was born in 1959 and has been fascinated with machinery from an early age. He cites important childhood influences that include NASA, Robert Moog, and Jimi Hendrix. Although largely self-taught in electronics and art, Rath received a BS in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1982. He currently resides in the San Francisco Bay Area.
All of Rath's sculptures utilize custom electronics designed and fabricated by the artist. He also writes the software that animate his sculptures, preferring programs that avoid repetition and instead lead to steadily unfolding performances. Many of his sculptures modify their behavior over long spans of time, some taking years or even decades to exhibit new imagery. His work is admired for being finely crafted and frequently charged with subtle humor.
Rath participated in the 1991 Whitney Biennial and his work has been exhibited worldwide. His sculptures are held in numerous public collections including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York), the Walker Art Center (Minneapolis), the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Hara Museum (Tokyo).
Alan Rath "Optical Cylinder IV" 2008 electronic sculpture
By Alan Rath
Located in Walnut Creek, CA
Electronic sculpture by Alan Rath, titled "Optical Cylinder IV" created in 2008. Featuring a CRT monitor, custom electronics, and constructed of aluminum, and acrylic. It stands 64...
Aluminum
MCM Minimalist Swan Carving / Sculpture in Walnut by Alan Middleton
By Alan Middleton
Located in San Diego, CA
MCM minimalist swan carving / sculpture in walnut by Alan Middleton, circa 1960s. A beautifully sculpted example of mid-century minimalism, this 1960s w...
Walnut
Val Bertoia Corner Sound Sculpture, 2008
By Harry Bertoia, Val Bertoia
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary artist Val Bertoia's Corner Sound Sculpture made in 2008 is part of the Bertoia Sonambient series. It's made of 11 copper tops silvered to monel rods then silvered to a ...
Brass, Copper
$9,500
H 74 in W 16 in D 14 in
Midcentury Postmodern Optical Neon Floor Lamp Sculpture after Rudi Stern
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large and impressive 1980s neon sculpture designed by Zimmerman Studios and produced by Archigraphics LA in 1987. Comes complete with pedestal as shown. Signed and numbered.
Glass, Acrylic, Wood
Cuarta-IV Sculpture
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
The IV Fourth Sculpture is part of Noviembre collection, which offers a compelling range of furniture, inviting exploration of form, function, and the serene lines that define each p...
Wood, Oak
Alan Torso Bronze Sculpture
By Raffaello Romanelli
Located in Milan, IT
This bronze bust is an original sculpture made in 2003 by Raffaello Romanelli. Its classical lines draw the attention to the artist's careful study of muscles, while the broken legs and arms give a sense of antique and stress the characteristics of bronze. For the piece, Raffaello Romanelli used a live model...
Bronze
Stainless Steel Optical Sculpture by Romano Santucci
By Romano Santucci
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A stainless steel wall-mounted, optical relief by R.Santucci. One of a kind.
Stainless Steel
2008 Xolo Mexican Hairless Dog Bronze Sculpture by Guillermo Castaño
By Auguste Rodin
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, Beyond amazing lifelike Sculpture Mexican Hairless Dog Xoloitzcuintli Xolo in Cast Bronze. Simply brilliant Xoloitzcuintle s...
Bronze
Ceramic Stacked Cylinders Abstract Sculpture c1970s
By David Cressey
Located in Oakland, CA
Stacked cylinders ceramic abstract sculpture with layers of earth tone glazes with blue accents. The offset asymmetrical cylinders create a tree like form with glaze drips along the ...
Ceramic
$822 / item
H 12.6 in W 5.91 in D 10.36 in
Chandigarh IV - Grey - Sculpture by Paolo Giordano Cement Cast
By Paolo Giordano
Located in MILANO, ML
Chandigarh IV - Grey - Design Sculpture Paolo Giordano Cement Cast Chandigarh is a collection of sculptures inspired by the homonym city designed by Le Corbusier, who imagined and c...
Concrete, Cement
$4,115
H 13 in W 5.71 in D 2.76 in
Alan Wallwork Vessel Vase Pottery Sculpture TOTEM White Brown Terracotta
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Alan Wallwork (1931-): Organic landscape sculptural vessel, 1960-1965 Exhibiting the articulated, inventive, organic qualities & tactility of Wallwork’s early oeuvre for which he is best known - This sculptural landscape vessel has been handmade by coiling, slabbing and shaping the clay. The totemic form and pitted and pierced surfaces draw on the abstract landscape and tactility of elements in nature. matte glazes and oxides have been skillfully used to enhance the rich textures of the surfaces and the organic aesthetic. - Wallwork is one of the great individualists in British pottery, developing an archetypal language that echoed some of the wider artistic obsessions of that period, what the art critic Herbert Read called the “postwar ferment” of sculptural activity. - This piece was made during 1960-1965, the time that Wallwork was sharing a studio in Greenwich with Bernard Rooke and comes from a private collection along with a waterscape vase by Rooke and a bottle by Robert Fournier...
Pottery
Objet d'Art Cracked Egg Sculpture Invitation 2008 Jeff Koons
By Jeff Koons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original art object. These where given out in limited production by the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art to patrons of the arts for a new exhibition at the Broad Contemporary A...
Aluminum
Alan Polished Bronze Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture Alan polished bronze all in solid bronze in blue green finish.
Bronze