Richard Smith Abstract Sculptures

English, 1931-2016

Charles Richard "Dick" Smith was an English printmaker and painter. He Attended St Albans School of Art followed by post-graduate studies at the Royal College of Art, London, from 1954-57. Smith shared a flat-cum-studio with Peter Blake in his second year at the RCA, and then again for two years after he left the college in 1957. When Terence Conran's Soup Kitchen opened on Fleet Street in the late 1950s, it featured a letter-collage mural by Smith and Blake. Michael Chow would later commission Smith to design installations for his restaurant in Los Angeles, and Chow and Conran have remained two of his biggest supporters. In 1959 he moved to New York to teach on a Harkness Fellowship, staying for two years, where he produced paintings combining the formal qualities of many of the American abstract painters which made references to American commercial culture. The artist's first solo exhibition was at the Green Gallery. As his work matured it tended to be more minimal, often painted using one colour with a second only as an accent. In trying to find ways of transposing ideas, Smith began to question the two-dimensional properties of art itself and to find ways by which a painting could express the shape of reality as he saw it. These principles he carried into his graphic work by introducing cut, folded and stapled elements into his prints; some works were multi-leaved screenprinting, and others printed onto three-dimensional fabricated metal. Smith returned to England in 1963 - specifically East Tytherton, Wiltshire where Howard Hodgkin was a neighbour - and gained critical acclaim for extending the boundaries of painting into three dimensions, creating sculptural shaped canvases with monumental presence, which literally protruded into the space of the gallery. Evocative titles such as Panatella and Revlon, and cosmetic, synthetic colours alluded to the consumer landscapes of urban America which had proved so influential. He showed at the Kasmin Gallery, a venture between Kas and the Marquess of Dufferin and Ava in New Bond Street, throughout the 60s, more-widely known as David Hockney's first gallery. Smith was invited to exhibit at the XXXV Venice Biennale as the official British artist in 1970. Smith taught with Richard Hamilton at Gateshead in 1965, where he met Mark Lancaster and Stephen Buckley, and again in 2000, becoming close to the artist and his wife, Terry. By the late 1960s Smith's ambition to produce paintings which shared a common sensibility with other media, such as film and photography, began to wane and he focused on the formal qualities of painting. First exhibited in New York in 1971, the traditional wooden supports of the canvases were replaced by aluminium rods and strings, allowing them to be hung freely in response to the surrounding architecture. Smith continued in the subsequent decades to construct site-specific works in public and private spaces often hanging from the ceilings or architectural supports. He resettled in Patchogue, New York in around 1977. Smith was awarded the CBE in 1971.

Artist: Richard Smith

Richard SmithD from Logo Suite (Magenta) Silkscreen on 3-D Molded Plastic Over Wood Signed/N, 1971

$1,500

D from Logo Suite (Magenta) Silkscreen on 3-D Molded Plastic Over Wood Signed/N

By Richard Smith

Located in New York, NY

3-D sculpted multiple (to be hung on the wall) by British Pop Art pioneer Richard Smith: Richard Smith D from Logo Suite (Magenta), 1971 Silkscreen on 3-D Molded Plastic Over Wood P...

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1970s Pop Art Richard Smith Abstract Sculptures

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Plastic, Wood, Mixed Media, Screen, Pencil

Ted VanCleavesinuosity 148 black cherry (pop art metallic smooth small sculpture abstract), 2019

$700

H 8 in W 6 in D 4 in

sinuosity 148 black cherry (pop art metallic smooth small sculpture abstract)

By Ted VanCleave

Located in Quebec, Quebec

keywords; #sinuous, focus on material, sculptural folds, Aldo Chaparro, use of common materials, creased crinkled and wrinkled, angular, abstract sculpture, angular, process-oriented...

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2010s Pop Art Richard Smith Abstract Sculptures

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Concrete

Uri DushyStarry Night Party - Original Wall Sculpture, 2023

$7,072

H 33.08 in W 48.82 in D 1.97 in

Starry Night Party - Original Wall Sculpture

Located in AMSTERDAM, NL

Uri Dushy's pop art piece stands out as a testament to his decades-long exploration of art's origins, blending artistic genres to forge provocative and captivating creations. This pi...

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2010s Pop Art Richard Smith Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

Chung-Im KimTumsae No 1 - red, white, pattern, 3D, felt, textile, tapestry, wall hanging, 2017

$6,800

H 48 in W 31 in D 2.5 in

Tumsae No 1 - red, white, pattern, 3D, felt, textile, tapestry, wall hanging

By Chung-Im Kim

Located in Bloomfield, ON

The natural world provides infinite inspiration for the beautifully textured work of Chung-Im Kim. The fabric artist creates unique wall hangings from sewing tiny pieces of industria...

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2010s Contemporary Richard Smith Abstract Sculptures

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Felt, Thread, Mixed Media, Screen

Vera Vizzi"Sweetness" – Contemporary Pop Sculpture in Foam Clay and Enamel on Wood, 2022, 2022

$895

H 7.09 in W 7.09 in D 5.12 in

"Sweetness" – Contemporary Pop Sculpture in Foam Clay and Enamel on Wood, 2022

By Vera Vizzi

Located in FISTERRA, ES

SWEETNESS is a contemporary pop sculpture by Vera Vizzi combining foam clay, enamel, acrylic markers and fir wood into a compact, whimsical composition. Measuring 18 × 18 × 13 cm, th...

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2010s Pop Art Richard Smith Abstract Sculptures

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Enamel

Chung-Im KimTumsae No 7 - red, white, abstract, contemporary, industrial felt wall sculpture, 2021

$6,800

H 48 in W 31 in D 2.5 in

Tumsae No 7 - red, white, abstract, contemporary, industrial felt wall sculpture

By Chung-Im Kim

Located in Bloomfield, ON

Striking organic shapes in bright red provide dramatic contrast in this cream felt tapestry by fabric artist Chung-Im Kim. Kim meticulously hand stitches together small pieces of ind...

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2010s Contemporary Richard Smith Abstract Sculptures

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Felt, Thread, Mixed Media, Screen

Ted VanCleaveDrape Gold 113 (folds pop slick metallic smooth leather wall sculpture art), 2021

$6,000

H 24 in W 48 in D 7 in

Drape Gold 113 (folds pop slick metallic smooth leather wall sculpture art)

By Ted VanCleave

Located in Quebec, Quebec

Can be rotated and hung in any orientation. For inquiries please use ASK THE SELLER button. *Continental US shipping is $500 USD keywords; #sinuous, focus on material, sculptural fo...

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2010s Pop Art Richard Smith Abstract Sculptures

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Leather, Spray Paint

Ted VanCleaveDrape Champagne 114 (folds pop slick metallic smooth leather wall sculpture art), 2021

$6,000

H 24 in W 48 in D 7 in

Drape Champagne 114 (folds pop slick metallic smooth leather wall sculpture art)

By Ted VanCleave

Located in Quebec, Quebec

Drape 114 Champagne by Ted VanCleave transforms a single sheet of metallic leather into a sinuous, process-driven study of material and form. Its creased, crinkled, and softly wrinkl...

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2010s Pop Art Richard Smith Abstract Sculptures

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Leather, Spray Paint

Ted VanCleavesinuosity 132 light pink (pop slick metallic smooth small table top sculpture), 2019

$700

H 10 in W 8 in D 6 in

sinuosity 132 light pink (pop slick metallic smooth small table top sculpture)

By Ted VanCleave

Located in Quebec, Quebec

keywords; #sinuous, focus on material, sculptural folds, Aldo Chaparro, use of common materials, creased crinkled and wrinkled, angular, abstract sculpture, angular, process-oriented...

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2010s Pop Art Richard Smith Abstract Sculptures

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Concrete

Vera VizziMixed-Media Wall Sculpture foam clay, acrylic & enamel on wood. "In a While", 2025

$1,001

H 9.85 in W 3.94 in D 3.55 in

Mixed-Media Wall Sculpture foam clay, acrylic & enamel on wood. "In a While"

By Vera Vizzi

Located in FISTERRA, ES

IN A WHILE (2025) is a small-scale, wall-mounted mixed-media sculpture by Vera Vizzi that transforms a familiar domestic object into a sculptural encounter. Hand-modeled in foam clay and applied onto a compact wooden block (25 x 9 x 10 cm), the work is finished with layered acrylic paint and enamel marker decoration along the extruded “tube” form. The piece foregrounds tactile surface, color contrast (white base with red/yellow graphic motifs) and a vertical, relief-like silhouette that reads equally as objet d’art or a focused accent on a gallery wall. Conceptually the work frames an everyday action — squeezing a tube — as a compressed temporal event: small gestures that compress time and meaning. Keywords for search and contextualisation: mixed media on wood, foam clay sculpture, enamel and acrylic, wall sculpture, small contemporary sculpture...

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2010s Pop Art Richard Smith Abstract Sculptures

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Enamel

Chloe HeddenCeladon 3 (teal blue thick textile linen fold monochrome pop floral design), 2023

$500

H 12 in W 12 in D 6 in

Celadon 3 (teal blue thick textile linen fold monochrome pop floral design)

By Chloe Hedden

Located in Quebec, Quebec

Celadon 3 from Chloe Hedden’s Fold Series envelops the viewer in the quiet drama of form, color, and materiality. Created from hand-dyed linen on linen, the piece merges tonal subtle...

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2010s Pop Art Richard Smith Abstract Sculptures

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Wood, Acrylic, Textile

Ted VanCleavesinuosity 145 red (pop slick metallic smooth small table top sculpture), 2019

$700

H 7 in W 6 in D 4 in

sinuosity 145 red (pop slick metallic smooth small table top sculpture)

By Ted VanCleave

Located in Quebec, Quebec

Sinuosity Petite in Red is a hard tabletop sculpture from Ted VanCleave’s Sinuosity series, distinguished by its sinuous curvature and its sustained focus on material transformation....

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2010s Pop Art Richard Smith Abstract Sculptures

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Concrete

Vera VizziFoam Clay Draped Relief Sculptural Painting in Deep Blue Tones on Fir Wood, 2024

$801Sale Price|20% Off

H 15.36 in W 5.12 in D 4.73 in

Foam Clay Draped Relief Sculptural Painting in Deep Blue Tones on Fir Wood

By Vera Vizzi

Located in FISTERRA, ES

Foam clay relief in deep blue tones on fir wood that sculpts a draped form, suggesting an enclosed oceanic presence at the edge of the field. This sculptural painting is executed in ...

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2010s Pop Art Richard Smith Abstract Sculptures

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Enamel

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