Tony Oursler is best known for his innovative integration of video, sculpture, and performance into his art.
While studying at the California Institute of Arts, Oursler was influenced by John Baldessari, who taught him, Mike Kelley, John Miller, and Jim Shaw the importance of the narrative potential of images and the associative power of language.
A pioneering figure in new media since the 1970s, Oursler has since explored diverse methods of incorporating video into his practice, breaking video art out of the two-dimensional screen to create moving three-dimensional environments with the use of projections. At the center of Oursler’s practice is a persisting preoccupation with technology and its effect on humanity, and in his immersive installations he presents a dissonance of moving image and sound that seeks to disorient and disarm viewers. His videos often take as their subject the human face, fragmenting and distorting its physiognomy, and thus the legibility of expression, by projecting it onto inanimate objects or embedding it into his sculptures. With these video-sculptures Oursler explores the role that the rapid growth of technology plays in altering, and often inhibiting, human social behavior.
Oursler’s work is in numerous public and private collections such as the Broad Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA; CAPC Musée d'art Contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH; Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; and more.
In 2000, Oursler was awarded the U.S. Art Critics Association ICA New Media Award.
Find original Tony Oursler mixed media works and other art on 1stDibs.
Crab (with traveling Museum Exhibition documentation)
By Tony Oursler
Located in New York, NY
Tony Oursler Crab (With Museum Exhibition Labels), 1972 Colored pencil on paper Bears what appears to be the artists signature (or original notation)...
Color Pencil
Contemporary American Original Painting Tony Oursler "Horse Sense" 2018
By Tony Oursler
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original acrylic and collage painting by American contemporary artist Tony Oursler titled "Horse Sense". This work comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and came directly from...
Acrylic
$2,026
H 35.44 in W 35.44 in
Orange poppies. Contemporary Abstract & figurative Painting Acrylic, Polish art
By Anna Masiul-Gozdecka
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary figurative and abstract acrylic on canvas painting by Polish artist Anna Masiul-Gozdecka. Artwork's title is 'Orange poppies' and it depicts flowers painted in an abstra...
Canvas, Acrylic
$240
H 8.86 in W 8.27 in
Red strangers - Figurative Painting on Paper, Young art, Colorful, Vibrant
By Waleria Matelska
Located in Warsaw, PL
Dimensions are of the composition, not papersheet itself WALERIA MATELSKA (born 1994 in Belarus) In 2012-2015 she studied at the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in K...
Paper, Acrylic
$3,000
H 31.5 in W 47.25 in D 1.19 in
Relations III Original Figurative Acrylic Painting on Canvas - Modern Nude Study
By Michał Bajsarowicz
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary acrylic on canvas painting depicting a nude by Polish artist Michal Bajsarowicz. The artwork is an artistic take on human body with abstract elements. Composition is ske...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,280Sale Price|33% Off
H 27 in W 14 in D 2 in
'Where Hummingbirds Swim, ' by Lisa Miceli, Watercolor on Paper Painting
By Lisa Miceli
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This framed 27" x 14" watercolor on paper by artist Lisa Miceli depicts the abstracted movement of birds, figures, and aquatic imagery that the artist uses...
Watercolor, Paper
$300
H 5.12 in W 7.88 in
A fusion - Figurative Acrylic Painting on Paper, Vibrant red, Abstraction
By Waleria Matelska
Located in Warsaw, PL
WALERIA MATELSKA (born 1994 in Belarus) In 2012-2015 she studied at the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where in the years 2015-2018 she her diploma from t...
Paper, Acrylic
$2,750
H 20.5 in W 19.5 in D 1.75 in
Sushe Felix “Elk Being” 1994 Turquoise and Red Original Pastel Painting
By Sushe Felix
Located in Denver, CO
“Elk Being” is an original pastel painting by celebrated Colorado artist Sushe Felix, known for her vibrant, nature-inspired works that blend stylized forms with bold, contemporary c...
Oil Pastel
$2,068
H 11.03 in W 8.55 in D 0.4 in
An original British 20th Century drawing by British illustrator Heath Robinson
By William Heath Robinson
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
William Heath Robinson (British, 1872-1944) 'The Friendly Dog' Signed 'W. Heath Robinson.' (lower right) Pen and ink on paper 11 X 8.1/2in. (28 X 21.7cm.) (excluding frame) 46 x 38cm. (18.1/4 x 15in. (including frame) Literature: 'Old Time Stories', Constable and Co. 1921, P. 143 William Heath Robinson was an artist and illustrator mainly associated with his gloriously complicated inventions for simple objectives. The name Heath Robinson has become commonplace in the English language as a result to describe anything mechanical that is eccentric, ridiculously complex and ingenious at the same time . Interestingly one of the automatic analysis machines built for Bletchley Park...
Paper, Ink, Pen
$1,750
H 23.75 in W 19.75 in D 0.75 in
Original 1940s Abstract Pen & Ink Drawing “The Chicken” by Edward Marecak
By Edward Marecak
Located in Denver, CO
This striking original pen and ink drawing, titled “The Chicken”, was created by celebrated 20th-century American modernist Edward Marecak (1919–1993) in the 1940s. A powerful exampl...
Paper, Ink
$298
H 10.44 in W 5.12 in
Afterimages. Figurative Painting on Paper, Young art, Vibrant, European art
By Waleria Matelska
Located in Warsaw, PL
Figurative acrylic on paper painting by young professional European artist Waleria Matelska. Artwork is minimalistic and composed with synthetic shapes. Painting is vibrant- main col...
Paper, Acrylic
TWO BIRDS
By Morris Graves
Located in Portland, ME
Graves, Morris (American 1910-2001). TWO BIRDS. Brown Ink on tan paper, not dated. Although signed in pencil, lower right, the signature proved fugitive dur...
Pencil
$22,500
H 9.88 in W 13.13 in
Flying Bird, 1967 by Mexican Master Rufino Tamayo (certificate included)
By Rufino Tamayo
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rufino Tamayo Flying Bird, 1967 Colored crayon and graphite on paper Sheet dimensions: 9.87 x 13.12 inches Framed dimensions: 16.62 x 19.87 inches We're pleased to showcase Mexican ...
Paper, Crayon, Graphite
$3,250
H 25.25 in W 21.625 in
"Giant Hybrid Hibiscus Butterfly with Flower, " Mixed Media by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Giant Hybrid Hibiscus Butterfly with Flower" is an original mixed media work by David Barnett that incorporates iridescent oil pastel, a dried hibiscus flower, and watercolor. It is...
Oil Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor