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.
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
Burner Girl or Dripping Woman
By Gabriel Mendoza
Located in San Francisco, CA
Gabriel Mendoza Burner Girl or Dripping Woman, 2019 Acrylic on canvas 39 x 31 inches This one-of-a-kind acrylic painting on canvas is stretched across wooden stretcher bars. Years ...
Canvas, Acrylic
$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
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
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
$1,500
H 27.5 in W 19.7 in D 0.7 in
Reclining Female Nude original painting by Paula Craioveanu in New York
By Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
“Reclining Female Nude”. Original painting, acrylic on canvas. 27.5x27.5x1in/ 70x70x2cm Ready for hanging, no need for frame, painted on the sides. Shipping stretched from New York....
Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic
$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
$600
H 13 in W 10 in
"The Meeting 30" Stylized House Painting with Chalk Detail by Seth Clark
By Seth Clark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece, titled "The Meeting 30" is an original artwork by Seth Clark as part of his newest solo exhibition, "Passing Through". made of ink transfer, charcoal, pastel, acrylic, a...
Wood, Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Acrylic, Graphite, Ink
$187
H 20 in W 16 in
"Reflections" by Tundë Darvay; 11" x 7.5" Drawing, Collage on Paper, 2018
By Tunde Darvay
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 11" x 7.5" collage and paint work on paper by Transylvanian artist Tunde Darvay was created as an illustration for a children's magazine. The rabbit plays near the creek, its re...
Mixed Media
$8,876
H 39.38 in W 35.44 in D 1.97 in
The Whispering of the River - 21st Century Contemporary Imaginary Landscapes
By Michiel Schrijver
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Michiel Schrijver 'The Whispering of the River' 100 x 90 cm (framed: 104 x 94 cm (Wooden frame is included in price) acryl on canvas Dutch Painter Michiel Schrijver lives and works ...
Canvas, Acrylic
$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
$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