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.
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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
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
$290
H 20 in W 14 in
Rainbowland Jellyfish I - Abstract Colorful Sea Creature Watercolor Painting
By Xiao Wen Xu
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Xiao Wen Xu's artistic practice is deeply influenced by her profound appreciation for the natural world. This artwork is part of her "Rainbowland Jellyfish" series. Through a masterf...
Paper, Powder Coating, Watercolor
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
Jazz Musicians (1950's Black Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014). The Split Second After, ca. 1959 Lithograph on paper, image measuring 14 × 18 inches. Sheet measuring 18 × 23 inches. Unframed. Minor staining of sheet...
Ink, Archival Paper
$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
$4,875
H 25.375 in W 15.75 in
"Whale in a Sea of Symbols, " Drawing on Handmade Paper by Miguel Castro Leñero
By Miguel Castro Leñero
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Whale in a Sea of Symbols" is an original ink and charcoal on handmade amate paper by Miguel Castro Leñero. The artist initialed the piece lower right. This piece features an abstra...
Charcoal, Ink, Handmade Paper
$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
$2,066
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
$1,890
H 22.625 in W 19.875 in
"Bamboo & Lobster, " Original Surreal Ink & Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Bamboo & Lobster" is a reworking of a work from fifty-two years prior, "Bamboo, Lobster, & Cherries." It is an an original surrealist ink and watercolor drawing by David Bar...
Ink, Watercolor, Rag Paper
$1,890
H 15.25 in W 13.125 in
"American Bald Eagle Flying Through Silver Clouds Between..." by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"American Bald Eagle Flying Through Silver Clouds Between Heaven and Earth" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett, signed on the lower left center. It incorporates watercolor, ink, iridescent acrylic, rubber stamps, collage, and oil pencil. This piece depicts a surrealist landscape. A cow with an cowl perched on its back stands in the lower left corner, and tracks lead away from it across the bottom of the picture. A small turtle approaches a pond in the lower right. In the center register of the image, two leaves have been collaged into an abstractly-drawn forest. The eagle of the title is shown in several stages of its flight through the blue and yellow sky. Art size: 7 15/16" x 9 1/2" Frame size: 15 1/4" x 16 1/8" David Barnett, an artist, collector, appraiser and gallerist has been passionate about art from the early age of five. David’s career as an art dealer began at age nineteen when, as a fine arts student, he sponsored an exhibition of work by fellow student artists. In 1966, he opened his first gallery in a converted basement apartment at Wisconsin Avenue and 21st Street. David’s talents for recognizing undervalued artists and for meeting the needs of art lovers, art collectors and artists have created a vibrant, flourishing gallery and collection of over 6,000 works of art. David was born and raised in Wisconsin. He has been painting in watercolors, acrylics, oil pastels as well as fine art photography. David has more than 10 different series he has developed over the years. They include Abstract, Surrealism, Morph Dog, Up North Birch Bark, Impressions of Mexico City, Southwest, Fireworks, Famous Artist Paying Homage and Garden Panorama. Influential artists include Vermeer, Miro, Kandinsky, Chagall, Nolde and Klee. David has been featured in many magazines, newspapers and public television programs regarding his beautiful gallery, collection and knowledge and passion of fine art. David also has work in the permanent collection Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona. Exhibits “Morph Dog Series”, David Barnett Gallery, 1996 “Renewal", Art Escape Gallery, Thiensville, WI, 2003 “Recent Watercolors", David Barnett Gallery, 2003, Lora D. Art Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2004 “Group Show”, Broden Gallery Ltd., Madison, WI, May-June 2004 "Homage to Kandinsky", David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2014 Collections Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ Private collections throughout the United States and around the world including collections in Wisconsin, Maryland, New York, Washington D.C., Arizona, Illinois, Florida, Kentucky. International collections in Brazil, Singapore and Hong Kong. Articles Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Barnett Gives His Work an Exhibit" by James Auer, November 1996 Exclusively Yours...
Oil Crayon, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor, Other Medium
$4,956
H 39.38 in W 27.56 in
The first meeting Mohammad Ariyaei Contemporary Iranian painting Iranian art
By Mohammad Ariyaei
Located in Paris, FR
Full title : The first meeting of the Prince and his lover in the forest Acrylic paint on paper Hand-signed lower right by the artist THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS OF MOHAMMAD ARIYAEI...
Paper, Acrylic
$4,130
H 23.23 in W 16.54 in D 1.97 in
The three little motus Julien Calot, 21st Century, Contemporary figurative paint
By Julien Calot
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas Signed lower right Unique work "Let‘s focus on the smiles, the energy, the movement, the emulation, the strength of life, the colours, the whirlwinds, the cr...
Canvas, Acrylic
$625
H 22 in W 30 in
Rainbowland Jellyfish Kiss - Original Abstract Colorful Animal Watercolor Art
By Xiao Wen Xu
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Xiao Wen Xu's artistic practice is deeply influenced by her profound appreciation for the natural world. This artwork is part of her "Rainbowland Jellyfish" series. Through a masterf...
Paper, Powder Coating, Watercolor