Babette Bloch Sculptures

"The Party" Sculpture 20.5" x 13" x 8" inch Ed. of 333 by Huang Yulong The Party/党派 2018 was special. That period reminded me of the friends I faced when I was dancing in college. S...

Edition 20 archival digital print mounted on aluminum with 3D printed push pin This sculpture will be shipped directly from the artist's studio.

American, b. 1966 Sculptor Peter Kirkiles stresses that the inspiration for his metal sculptures comes from the satisfaction of the process of fabricating a piece in a skilled manne...

metal, polymer, pigment, wood "Label text: Go back to sleep, it's just a dream. Companion piece to Pill Red." This sculpture will be shipped directly from the artist's studio.

Peter Kirkiles Biography American, b. 1966 Sculptor Peter Kirkiles stresses that the inspiration for his metal sculptures comes from the satisfaction of the process of fabricating a piece in a skilled manner and from his attraction to everyday objects and their relationship to humans. He finds beauty in the utilitarian tools, and objects that we may not notice in our day to day lives. By playing with their size and their proportion to human scale, he forces the viewer to examine more closely the object’s construction and its overall design importance. He has a nostalgia for well designed, well used, history laden objects. “I’m a maker; I’m also an admirer of things well made. Over the years, I’ve chosen to make things that I love. I find the subjects of my sculpture in real life; a shoe, a camera, a clock, a ruler…made to scale, as sculpture.” –Peter Kirkiles Kirkiles holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Tufts University, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts and a Masters of Fine Arts from Cranbrook Academy in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He has exhibited nationally including a 2021 solo exhibition “At Scale” at the Shelburne Museum, Shelburne Vermont. His work is held by The Shelburne Museum, The New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT and by private collectors throughout the US. ***** Peter Kirkiles’ sculptures are visual odes to everyday objects. He is a maker’s maker, a master craftsman, a lover of well-constructed things. He has a special affinity for things well-used, that have stood the test of time and remain steadfast in their intended purpose, that bear the marks of labor and living, that contain echoes of humanity: an antique chest of drawers, a well-worn...

metal, polymer, pigment, wood Edition of 8 "Label text: Becoming an artist is a polite way of saying you've chosen alcoholism as a career. From NOTE Emphasis This sculpture will b...

metal, polymer, pigment, wood Edition of 20 From NOTE Critical Elements This sculpture will be shipped directly from the artist's studio.

metal, polymer, pigment, wood "Label quote from M.C. Escher: ""Are you really sure that a floor can't also be a ceiling?"" Numeric code on crimped end of tube spells ESCHER."

metal, polymer, pigment, wood Edition 20 This sculpture will be shipped directly from the artist's studio.

metal, polymer, pigment, wood Edition of 8 Label quote from Fred C. Dobbs, as played by Humphrey Bogart in The Treasure of Sierra Madre: "I think I'll go to sleep and dream about pi...

metal, polymer, pigment, wood Edition of 20 From NOTE Prime Cuts This sculpture will be shipped directly from the artist's studio.

digital print on aluminum, wood, 3D print, paint, stainless steel Edition of 8 This sculpture will be shipped directly from the artist's studio.