Boyle Family, a collaborative group of artists, is known for its “Earth studies” — site-specific black-and-white 3-D casts of the earth. The communal group, started by husband and wife team Mark Boyle (1934–2005) and Joan Hills (b. 1931), later came to include the couple’s children and even their friends and neighbors, who assisted in the artistic process.
Boyle came from a poetry background, while Hills studied art and architecture. The two sought to objectively present reality in their work by decontextualizing randomly selected subjects. “We want to see without motive and without reminiscence this cliff, this street, this field, this rock, this earth,” they’ve said.
In addition to exploring natural elements, animals, minerals and society, Boyle Family has collaborated with many musicians, artists and dancers, including Jimi Hendrix and Soft Machine.
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$282,913
Rust Study
By Boyle Family
Located in London, GB
Boyle Family Rust Study , 2001 On the reverse is written 'For Peter with Love & Christmas Greetings 2001' Mixed media, resin and fibreglass 24.0 x 24.0 cm The Boyle Family, a collab...
Mixed Media
Study of Mudcracks with brick and Detritus
By Boyle Family
Located in London, GB
Boyle Family Study of Mudcracks with brick and Detritus , 1974 Mixed media and resin on fibreglass 182.9 x 182.9 cm The Boyle Family, a collaborative group of artists, is known for ...
Mixed Media
$5,000
H 15 in W 14 in
Untitled, Family in an Interior, Mexican 20th Century, Oil and sand on board
By Jesus Mariano Leuus
Located in New York, NY
Leuus’s interest in art began at a young age, and he later moved to Guadalajara, where he attended the Escuela de Artes Plásticas. This formal training in the traditions of Mexican a...
Mixed Media, Oil, Board
$3,480Sale Price|40% Off
H 48 in W 48 in D 2 in
Contemporary Original Abstract Texture painting Burnt Orange
By Svetlana Shalygina
Located in Maricopa, AZ
Original abstract texture painting titled "Desert Floor" by the late Svetlana Shalygina. This piece is an expression of artist’s ability to highlight beauty in the simplicity. Stunni...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Home by Christmas
By Kat Flyn
Located in New Orleans, LA
In the fall of 1914 soldiers marched off to War singing the popular song, “We'll Be Home by Christmas.” The four years of incredible carnage that ensued should have stood for all tim...
Mixed Media
Trees Mixed Media Painting
By Henry Moore
Located in London, GB
This mixed media painting by Henry Moore is a unique artwork created in 1980 using layers of watercolour, charcoal and gouache on paper. Moore has adopted his usual style to create t...
Paper, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Gouache
$547
H 7.88 in Dm 7.88 in
Series "Golden Roots - 1" gold leaf black abstraction in 3D, textured
By Silvana Ilieva
Located in Sofia, BG
This contemporary botanical drawing is part of the series "Golden Roots" — a series of three-dimensional abstract paintings created on a black relief wooden surface and gilded with g...
Gold Leaf
Children III
By Skylar Fein
Located in New Orleans, LA
SKYLAR FEIN x MRSA (collaboration) SKYLAR FEIN was born in Greenwich Village and raised in the Bronx. He has had many careers including teaching nonviolent resistance under the umbr...
Plaster, Wood, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$847Sale Price|20% Off
H 12.84 in W 14.81 in D 2.09 in
20th Century by Mario Schifano Untitled Mixed media on photography
By Mario Schifano
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Mario Schifano (Khoms, Libya, 1934 – Rome, Italy, 1998) Title: Untitled Medium: Mixed media on photography Dimensions: Photography measures 13 x 18 cm - dimensions with frame 32.6 x ...
Mixed Media, Photographic Paper
"Golden Roots - 2" Black and Gold Abstract Artwork
By Silvana Ilieva
Located in Sofia, BG
This contemporary botanical drawing is part of the series "Golden Roots" by Silvana Ilieva — a body of three-dimensional abstract paintings created on a black relief wooden surface a...
Gold Leaf
The Greatest Show On Earth
By Kat Flyn
Located in New Orleans, LA
It is a sign of an unhealthy society when fringe personalities are increasingly found not on the fringe but in its mainstream. They bring with them ignorance, prejudice, and irration...
Found Objects, Mixed Media
$847Sale Price|20% Off
H 12.84 in W 14.81 in D 2.09 in
20th Century by Mario Schifano Untitled Mixed media on photography
By Mario Schifano
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Mario Schifano (Khoms, Libya, 1934 – Rome, Italy, 1998) Title: Untitled Medium: Mixed media on photography Dimensions: Photography measures 13 x 18 cm - dimensions with frame 32.6 x ...
Mixed Media, Photographic Paper
Gang Bang
By Skylar Fein
Located in New Orleans, LA
Skylar Fein was born in Greenwich Village and raised in the Bronx. He has had many careers including teaching nonviolent resistance under the umbrella of the Quakers, working for a g...
Mixed Media
Strike Anywhere
By Jenny Day
Located in New Orleans, LA
Jenny Day is a painter who divides her time between Santa Fe, New Mexico and Tucson, Arizona. She paints a fragmented space, examining human demand and the effects of environmental d...
Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Color Pencil