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Columna - Small Bronze Sculpture with Patina - Tower of Balancing Figures
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá
Columna
bronze
33.50h x 9w x 9d in
85.09h x 22.86w x 22.86d cm
JCP076
Jesús Curiá's sculptures arouse something more than purely aesthetic pleasure. We can analyze his ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Lanza - Suspended Bronze Figure Throwing a Spear
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá
Lanza, 2024
bronze and stainless steel
38.25h x 28.25w x 7.75d in
97.16h x 71.75w x 19.68d cm
ed. of 12
JCP075
Jesús Curiá's sculptures arouse something more than purely...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Stainless Steel
Apoyado, Sculptural Figure for Shelf or Bookcase, Verdigris Patina
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá
Apoyado
bronze and resin
15h x 11w x 8d in
38.10h x 27.94w x 20.32d cm
JCP078
Jesús Curiá's sculptures arouse something more than purely aesthetic pleasure. We can analy...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Snow - Hooded Bronze Figure with Skis, Light Blue Patina
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá Perez
Snow
bronze and methacrylate
29.50h x 8.75w x 7d in
74.93h x 22.23w x 17.78d cm
ed. 1/8
JCP057
Jesús Curiá's sculptures arouse something more than purely aesthetic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Boat III, Large Bronze and Wood Sculpture of Inverted Balancing Figure
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Inspired by the Shoulder Stand in Yoga, aka Sarvangasan, Curiá brings an abstraction to the pose as the figure's legs morph into a wooden boat. The figure has a beautiful green pati...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Trio VI - Monumental Bronze Sculpture With Three Balancing Acrobat Figures
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
This monumental bronze sculpture by Jesús Curiá features three youthful acrobats in a feat of coordination and balance. The composition of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Horse II - Bronze Figure Riding Stone Carved Horse, Verdigris Patina, Steel Base
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá Perez
Horse II
bronze and artificial stone
27.50h x 22w x 9.50d in
69.85h x 55.88w x 24.13d cm
JCP062
Jesús Curiá's sculptures arouse something more than purely aestheti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Bronze, Steel
Pugnatum III- Bronze Figures Wrestling Each Other, Verdigris Patina, Steel Base
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá Perez
Pugnatum III
iron and bronze
77h x 24w x 15.75d in
195.58h x 60.96w x 40d cm
JCP054
Jesús Curiá's sculptures arouse something more than purely aesthetic pleasure....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Race - Bronze Figures Poised to Start a Race, Grey Patina, Steel Base
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá Perez
Race
iron, bronze and resin
21.75h x 10w x 19.75d in
55.24h x 25.40w x 50.16d cm
ed. 1/8
JCP056
Jesús Curiá's sculptures arouse something more than purely aestheti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Fight I - Hanging Sculpture of Intertwined Bronze Figures with Orange Hood
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Suspended in air, these figures float and dance, their bodies intertwined in embrace for all time. This dynamic and innovative sculpture challenges our perception of space while capt...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Dance IV - Hanging Sculpture of Dancing Bronze Figure with Yellow Head
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Suspended in air, this lone figure floats in a curled pose with hands clasped . This dynamic and innovative sculpture challenges our perception of space while captivating the imagination. This sculpture hangs from the ceiling by an adjustable wire and can be installed in the middle of a room or over a buffet or credenza. The possibilities for placement are endless. This artwork can be paired with Flight I as shown in the photos, Also available on 1stDibs.
Jesús Curiá Perez
Dance IV...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Deslizando - Bronze Sculpture of Speed Skating Figure in Orange Outfit
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá Perez
Deslizando
bronze and acrylic
24h x 12.50w x 11.75d in
60.96h x 31.75w x 29.84d cm
ed. 1/8
JCP068
Jesús Curiá's sculptures arouse something more than purely aesthe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Serie Olimpo Vulcano - Bronze Sculpture of Mythological God of Fire
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Serie Olimpo Vulcano
bronze, 2/8
30h x 14w x 8.75d in
76.20h x 35.56w x 22.23d cm
ed. 2
JCP072
Jesús Curiá's sculptures arouse something more than purely aesthetic pleasure. We can ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Icaro III - Bronze Figure of Mythical Icarus Standing on Wings, Green Patina
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Icaro III
bronze
28h x 12w x 12d in
71.12h x 30.48w x 30.48d cm
ed. 1/8
JCP073
Jesús Curiá's sculptures arouse something more than purely aesthetic pleasure. We can analyze his wor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Adan Y Eva - Bronze Figures of Adam and Eve Surrounded by Apples and a Snake
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá Perez
Adan Y Eva
bronze
26.50h x 9.50w x 8.75d in
67.31h x 24.13w x 22.23d cm
ed. 4/8
JCP070
Jesús Curiá's sculptures arouse something more than purely aesthetic pleasu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Kendo II - Figure, with Arms in Throwing Position, Bronze & Artificial Stone
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá Perez
Kendo II
bronze and artificial stone
30.75h x 12.50w x 7.75d in
78.11h x 31.75w x 19.68d cm
JCP067
Jesús Curiá's sculptures arouse something more than purely aesth...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Adan- Bronze Figure of Adam with Hand Reaching Down to Bitten Apple
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá Perez
Adan
bronze
23h x 7w x 7d in
58.42h x 17.78w x 17.78d cm
ed. 4/8
JCP069
Jesús Curiá's sculptures arouse something more than purely aesthetic pleasure. We can anal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Horse I - Horse and Rider, Bronze and Artificial Stone on Steel Base
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá Perez
Horse I
bronze and artificial stone
23h x 19.75w x 8.25d in
58.42h x 50.16w x 20.95d cm
JCP061
It is seemingly easier to identify with the ideas and thoughts of a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Samurai - Bronze Figure Wearing a Helmet , Verdigris Patina, Steel Base
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá Perez
Samurai
bronze and methacrylate
27h x 7w x 7d in
68.58h x 17.78w x 17.78d cm
JCP059
Jesús Curiá's sculptures arouse something more than purely aesthetic pleasure. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Arco II - Bronze Figure Poised Shooting an Arrow, Verdigris Patina, Steel Base
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá Perez
Arco II, ed. 3/8
iron and bronze
26h x 17.75w x 7.75d in
116.84h x 45.09w x 17.14d cm
JCP055
It is seemingly easier to identify with the ideas and thoughts of an ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Troyano - Bronze Trojan Figure Posed Holding a Gun, Verdigris Patina, Steel Base
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá Perez
Troyano
bronze and methacrylate
29.50h x 7.50w x 7.50d in
74.93h x 19.05w x 19.05d cm
JCP058
Jesús Curiá's sculptures arouse something more than purely aesthetic p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Influence - Bare Chested Bronze Figure Wearing Jeans, Verdigris Patina
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá Perez
Influence
bronze
25h x 12.25w x 10.50d in
63.50h x 31.11w x 26.67d cm
1/8
JCP063
It is seemingly easier to identify with the ideas and thoughts of an artist if he ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Conectados VI - Bronze Figure Emerging From a Collection of Stacked Tiles
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá Perez
Conectados VI
bronze
29h x 9w x 5.50d in
73.66h x 22.86w x 13.97d cm
ed. 1 of 8
JCP051
Jesús Curiá's sculptures arouse something more than purely aesthetic pleasur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Construction II - Bronze Sculpture Surreal Transfiguring Human Form, Lush Patina
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
***This artwork is currently on exhibit at the Instituto Cervantes, Chicago until September 2025. If purchased this artwork will be available to ship after September 1, 2025. Contact...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
The Black Road: Crystal - Resin Head Sculpture with Interior Light and Tree
By Dean Kugler
Located in Chicago, IL
Dean Kugler
The Black Road: Crystal, 2022
resin, steel, limestone
31h x 13w x 12d in
78.74h x 33.02w x 30.48d cm
DK0044
Dean Kugler is a seasoned interdisciplinary artist, painter, ...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Concrete, Steel
Atlas Shrugged - Greek Mythology Inspired Bronze Sculpture on Granite Base
By Dean Kugler
Located in Chicago, IL
Dean Kugler
Atlas Shrugged, 2024
bronze, ed. 9/12
22h x 14.50w x 16d in
55.88h x 36.83w x 40.64d cm
ed. 9/12
DK0046
Dean Kugler is a seasoned interdisciplinary artist, painter, and ...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Spanish Moon - Abstract Geometric Form, Hand Painted Welded Steel Sculpture
By Chris Hill
Located in Chicago, IL
This dynamic table sized sculpture is created from sheets of steel, welded together in an abstract geometric pattern bright blue, orange, purple and yellow dominate and are balanced ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
High Desert Composition - 3-D Steel Wall Sculpture, Linear Geometric Form
By Chris Hill
Located in Chicago, IL
"High Desert Composition" is a welded steel wall sculpture where the lines between two- and three-dimensional art are blurred. The viewer has a variety of experiences from multiple vantage points where volumes and angles disconnect and reconnect as one moves around the piece. The hand welded steel is painted with acrylic paint in a kaleidoscope of color tones.
Chris Hill
High Desert Composition
welded steel, acrylic paint
80h x 48w x 7d in
203.20h x 121.92w x 17.78d cm
CHI024
Chris Hill is a Santa Fe based sculptor. Chris was born in Port Arthur, Texas but grew up in small town North Mississippi.
He began welding at age 18 at the Tennessee Valley Authority...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Lawyer's Office Circa 1835 - Kupjack Studios Miniature Room
By Henry "Hank" Kupjack
Located in Chicago, IL
The details are so painstakingly exact that the viewer is deceived into believing they are viewing a full scale replica of a lawyer's office from 1885.
...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
18th Century New England Cartographer's Office - Kupjack Studios Miniature Room
By Henry "Hank" Kupjack
Located in Chicago, IL
Cartography, the study and practice of making and using maps, was at the cutting edge in the 18th-century, helping to shape and define a world rapidly coming into focus. Over the course of the century, exploration and colonization expanded the scope of the known world, especially in the Pacific and the Americas. Advances in geography enabled cartographers to map these new discoveries with increasing accuracy. The days of conjecture and myth in cartography were fast coming to an end. Here, the Kupjack Studios has captured this discipline with exacting details. From the smallest of tools, to the rolls of maps and maps in progress displayed on the desk, the world of miniatures comes to life and brings us into a bygone era.
Kupjack Miniatures
18th Century New England Cartographer, circa. 2008
mixed media
14h x 26.25w x 14.75d in
35.56h x 66.67w x 37.47d cm
KJK001
Eugene Kupjack and his sons Hank and Jay created museum quality miniature rooms in their studio outside of Chicago for many years. Hank and Jay learned the at their father’s side as he assisted Mrs. Narcissa Niblack Thorne with the creation her many miniature rooms now housed at The Art Institute of Chicago. Almost every piece of molding, furniture, rugs, and accessory items that are contained in their rooms are designed and created by hand. In addition to designing and building rooms they would sometimes work to restore the rooms built many years ago by their father and Mrs. Thorne.
Their work can be seen in various museums as far away as Turkey where they were exhibited in 2009. In the United States their work can be seen in the permanent collections of The Kentucky Museum Center, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Philadelphia Art Museum...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Spirit - Abstract Geometric Form, Hand Painted, Welded Steel Sculpture
By Chris Hill
Located in Chicago, IL
This dynamic table sized sculpture is created from sheets of steel, welded together in an abstract geometric pattern and then painted with an acrylic paint to enhance the surface. While the work adheres to a rigid, rational geometry, this sculptures suggest lyrical movement, apparent weightlessness and improvisation as the title suggests.
Chris Hill
Spirit
welded steel, acrylic paint
16.50h x 11.50w x 7d in
41.91h x 29.21w x 17.78d cm
CHI021
Chris Hill is a Santa Fe based sculptor. Chris was born in Port Arthur, Texas but grew up in small town North Mississippi.
He began welding at age 18 at the Tennessee Valley Authority...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Zia Rising - Geometric Steel Sculpture, Welded Steel, Hand Painted Acrylic
By Chris Hill
Located in Chicago, IL
This dynamic table sized sculpture is created from sheets of steel welded together in an abstract geometric pattern. While the work adheres to a rigid, rational geometry, this sculptures suggest lyrical movement, apparent weightlessness and improvisation as the title suggests.
Chris Hill
Zia Rising
welded steel, acrylic paint
14.50h x 13w x 5d in
36.83h x 33.02w x 12.70d cm
CHI022
Chris Hill is a Santa Fe based sculptor. Chris was born in Port Arthur, Texas but grew up in small town North Mississippi.
He began welding at age 18 at the Tennessee Valley Authority...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Free Flow - Abstract Geometric Form, Hand Painted Welded Steel Sculpture
By Chris Hill
Located in Chicago, IL
This dynamic table sized sculpture is created from sheets of steel and rods, welded together in an abstract geometric pattern. While the work adheres to a rigid, rational geometry, this sculptures suggest lyrical movement, apparent weightlessness and improvisation as the title suggests.
Chris Hill
Free Flow
welded steel, acrylic paint
21.5h x 11w x 5d in
43.18h x 20.32w x 12.70d cm
CHI020
Chris Hill is a Santa Fe based sculptor. Chris was born in Port Arthur, Texas but grew up in small town North Mississippi.
He began welding at age 18 at the Tennessee Valley Authority...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
The Path - Abstract Geometric Form, Hand Painted Welded Steel Wall Sculpture
By Chris Hill
Located in Chicago, IL
This dynamic wall sculpture is created from sheets of steel, welded together in an abstract geometric pattern. Muted shades of blue, grey, purple and green dominate and are balanced by softer hues. While the work adheres to a rigid, rational geometry, this sculptures suggest lyrical movement, apparent weightlessness and improvisation as the title suggests.
Chris Hill
The Path
welded steel, acrylic paint
28h x 15.75w x 2d in
71.12h x 40.01w x 5.08d cm
CHI018
Chris Hill is a Santa Fe based sculptor. Chris was born in Port Arthur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Walking Cat - Large Scale Bronze Animal Sculpture with Mosaic Patterned Surface
By Mary Block
Located in Chicago, IL
Mary Block
Walking Cat
bronze
39h x 65w x 15d in
99.06h x 165.10w x 38.10d cm
MBK001
Mary Block
b. 1951, St. Louis, MO
Education
1975 Mechanical Engineering Department, Stainless Steel Casting in Cooperation with Alloy Casting Corporation.
University of Illinois - Champaign
1974 Master of Fine Arts Candidate. School of Fine Arts. University of Iowa.
1973 Bachelor of Fine Arts. College of Fine Arts. University of Illinois – Champaign
Exhibitions
2022 Kiss Me, Its Snowing, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
Illinois Artists’ List, Curator: K. Eaton.
Mary Block Sculpture and Print: A Dialogue Between Form and Image. University of Illinois.
School of Art and Design, Link Gallery. Champaign/Urbana.
1996 ASID Showcase, Chicago, IL
1995 New Glass Review, Corning Museum. Corning, NY. International Exhibition/Catalog featuring innovative glass
sculpture.
1996 Solo Exhibition, Nina Own Gallery, Chicago, IL
1996 Gallery Artists, Nina Owen Gallery. Chicago, IL
1995 Gallery Artists, Nina Owen Gallery. Chicago, IL
1995 Sandy and Dave, Group Exhibition. North Shore/Skokie Sculpture Park. Skokie, IL
1994 Sandy and Dave, Group Exhibition. North Shore/Skokie Sculpture Park. Skokie, IL
1992 Twenty Women, Adler Cultural Center. Libertyville, IL
1991 The Discerning Eye-National Exhibition, Charles A. Wustum Museum. Racine, WI
1988 North Shore Skokie Sculpture Walk, Curator: J. Folise. McCormick Blvd, Skokie, IL
Public Commissions
2022 Skyway Prints, Delta Airlines. Skyway Lounge, O’Hare Airport, Chicago, IL
2018 Mindfulness Center Sculpture, Roslyn Road School, Barrington. IL
2011 Grove School Children’s Amphitheater, Ft. Grove School, Barrington, IL
2007 Generations, Village Hall of Deerfield, Deerfield, IL
1999 Lifetime Learners, Danville Community College. Danville, IL
1997 Heroic Women Collection, Las Sendes Sculpture Park, Phoenix, AZ
1996 Wrapped Figure, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
Book With Hands Memorial, Oak Grove...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Retired Whaling Captain's Study, Nantucket, Miniature Room by Eugene Kupjack
By Eugene J. Kupjack
Located in Chicago, IL
This highly detailed Miniature Room of a Retired Whaling Captain's Study in Nantucket is an excellent example of the true talent of Eugene Kupjack. Tiny scrimshaw and knick-knacks fill the shelves while the perfectly proportioned furniture adorns the center of the room. A mariners wheel and captain's chest are set off to the side with a small sea shell set atop. All painstakingly researched to the exact time period in a one inch to one foot scale.
Kupjack Miniatures
Eugene Kupjack
"Retired Whaling Captain's Study, Nantucket, circa 1860," 1983
mix media
11.50h x 19.50w x 11d in
29.21h x 49.53w x 27.94d cm
KJK010
Eugene Kupjack and his sons Hank and Jay created museum quality miniature rooms...
Category
1980s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Alexander The Great's Siege Tent, Halicarnassus, ca. 333 BC, Miniature Room
By Henry "Hank" Kupjack
Located in Chicago, IL
Halicarnassus was an ancient Greek city in Caria, in Anatolia. It was located in southwest Caria, on an advantageous site on the Gulf of Gökova, which is now in Bodrum, Turkey. The city was famous for the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, ranked as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Halicarnassus was loyal to the Persians and formed part of the Persian Empire until Alexander the Great captured it at the siege of Halicarnassus in 333 BC. Here, the Kupjack Studios have meticulously researched the era and have gone to painstaking detail to present this miniature version of Alexander's Tent. Based on a scale of one foot equals one inch, each piece of furniture, rug, decoration is fabricated with exacting detail.
Kupjack Miniatures
Alexander's Siege Tent, Halicarnassus, ca. 333 BC, circa 2003
mixed media
24.50h x 22.75w x 18.50d in
62.23h x 57.78w x 46.99d cm
KJK004
Eugene Kupjack and his sons Hank and Jay created museum quality miniature rooms...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Apocalypse- Abstract Sculpture, Brightly Colored Geometric Intertwined Form
Located in Chicago, IL
Robert Segal’s abstract sculpture offers a particularly fertile ground for experiments in shape, color, proportion, and technique. He steps away from non-traditional sculpting method...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Fiberglass, Acrylic
Lichtenstein's Woman: Sunlight - Hand Built Ceramic Bust After Roy Lichtenstein
By Sandy Kaplan
Located in Chicago, IL
"Lichtenstein's Woman: Sunlight" is a direct reference to the iconic Roy Lichtenstein's 1996 painted and patinated bronze sculpture simply entitled "Sunlight". Kaplan's ceramic sculpture brings a three dimensionality to Lichtenstein's sculpture.
Sandy Kaplan
Lichtenstein's Woman: Sunlight
ceramic, glaze
17h x 11w x 7d in
43.18h x 27.94w x 17.78d cm
SAK013
Sandy Kaplan
b. 1943, St. Louis, MO
2021 Maturity and Its Muse, Art Saint Louis
2020 Storytellers Exhibit, Art Saint Louis
2019 SOFA Chicago, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Honors Exhibit, Art Saint Louis
Anthony Bourdain - Parts Unknown: Ceramic Centric, Foundry Arts Ctr, St. Charles, MO
Current Profiles, Craft Alliance Center, St. Louis, MO
2018 SOFA Chicago, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Maturity and Its Muse, Art Saint Louis
Works from the Studios, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
Drawn From Life: Artful Aging, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
2017 3-D, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
SOFA Chicago, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2016 Works from the Studio, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
A Moveable Feast Exhibit, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL
Maturity and Its Muse, Art Saint Louis
2015 Writers Round Table, Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2014 Save the Last Dance for Me, Art Saint Louis XXX...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Early American Parlor, Circa 1820, Miniature Room by Eugene Kupjack
By Eugene J. Kupjack
Located in Chicago, IL
Eugene Kupjack's love affair with miniatures began when he saw an article in Life Magazine about MrsNarcissa Niblack Thorne's (of the Montgomery Ward fortune) European-Style miniatur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Medieval French Charter House Library - Miniature Room by Kupjack Studios
By Henry "Hank" Kupjack
Located in Chicago, IL
Kupjack Miniatures
Medieval French Charter-House Library, Normandy France, circa 1425, 2012
mixed media
16.50h x 27.75w x 15d in
41.91h x 70.48w x 38.10d cm
KJK002
Eugene Kupjack and his sons Hank and Jay created museum quality miniature rooms...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Medieval Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Matisse's Persian Woman - Sculptural Ode to Henri Matisse in Hand Built Ceramic
By Sandy Kaplan
Located in Chicago, IL
Henri Matisse collected Persian carpets, Arab embroideries and African wall hangings throughout his life, his studio becoming a treasure trove of exotic and vibrant pattern. The collection was practical — it was the impetus for various works with voluptuous women surrounded by rich textures and patterns. Sandy Kaplan takes Matisse's work to a three-dimensional level in her ceramic piece simply titled "Matisse's Persian Woman".
Sandy Kaplan
Matisse's Persian Woman
ceramic
18h x 14w x 14d in
45.72h x 35.56w x 35.56d cm
SAK007
Sandy Kaplan
b. 1943, St. Louis, MO
2021 Maturity and Its Muse, Art Saint Louis
2020 Storytellers Exhibit, Art Saint Louis
2019 SOFA Chicago, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Honors Exhibit, Art Saint Louis
Anthony Bourdain - Parts Unknown: Ceramic Centric, Foundry Arts Ctr, St. Charles, MO
Current Profiles, Craft Alliance Center, St. Louis, MO
2018 SOFA Chicago, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Maturity and Its Muse, Art Saint Louis
Works from the Studios, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
Drawn From Life: Artful Aging, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
2017 3-D, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
SOFA Chicago, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2016 Works from the Studio, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
A Moveable Feast Exhibit, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL
Maturity and Its Muse, Art Saint Louis
2015 Writers Round Table, Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2014 Save the Last Dance for Me, Art Saint Louis XXX...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Late Colonial Sitting Room, Boston MA, 1760 - Miniature Room by Kupjack Studios
By Henry "Hank" Kupjack
Located in Chicago, IL
A new middle class began to emerge in Colonial America and a migration into urban areas began. Unlike farmhouses, these new homes were elegant two-store homes designed in the new Georgian style, imitating the lifestyle of the upper middle class of England. The interiors consisted of a passageway down the middle of the house with specialized rooms off the sides, such as a library, dining room, sitting room or a primary bedroom. Unlike the multi-purpose space of the farmhouse, each of these rooms served a separate purpose. This new middle class had leisure time to entertain guests. In this sitting room, the Kupjacks have replicated this stately room with upholstered furniture, a working fireplace, decorative ceramics and silver accent pieces. This miniature room is presented in a custom leather bound case with faux books on either end as if it could be placed in a bookshelf. the room can also be installed in a wall.
Kupjack Miniatures
Late Colonial Sitting Room, Boston MA, 1760, circa 2009
mixed media
14.25h x 28.75w x 15.25d in
36.20h x 73.03w x 38.73d cm
KJK003
Eugene Kupjack and his sons Hank and Jay created museum quality miniature rooms...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Shifting Plane - Abstract Geometric Form, Painted Welded Steel Wall Sculpture
By Chris Hill
Located in Chicago, IL
This dynamic wall sculpture is created from sheets of steel, welded together in an abstract geometric pattern. Earth tones of blue, orange, pur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Lichtenstein's Portrait of a Woman - Ode to Roy Lichtenstein, Hand Built Ceramic
By Sandy Kaplan
Located in Chicago, IL
"Lichtenstein's Portrait of a Woman " is a direct reference to the iconic Roy Lichtenstein's 1979 painting of the same name. Kaplan's ceramic sculpture brings a three dimensionality to Lichtenstein's painting.
Sandy Kaplan
Lichtenstein's Portrait of a Woman
ceramic, glaze
13h x 9w x 6d in
33.02h x 22.86w x 15.24d cm
SAK014
Sandy Kaplan
b. 1943, St. Louis, MO
2021 Maturity and Its Muse, Art Saint Louis
2020 Storytellers Exhibit, Art Saint Louis
2019 SOFA Chicago, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Honors Exhibit, Art Saint Louis
Anthony Bourdain - Parts Unknown: Ceramic Centric, Foundry Arts Ctr, St. Charles, MO
Current Profiles, Craft Alliance Center, St. Louis, MO
2018 SOFA Chicago, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Maturity and Its Muse, Art Saint Louis
Works from the Studios, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
Drawn From Life: Artful Aging, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
2017 3-D, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
SOFA Chicago, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2016 Works from the Studio, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
A Moveable Feast Exhibit, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL
Maturity and Its Muse, Art Saint Louis
2015 Writers Round Table, Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2014 Save the Last Dance for Me, Art Saint Louis XXX...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Falling Up - Highly Detailed Paper Sculpture of Woman Falling Off a Bicycle
By Ivan Markovic
Located in Chicago, IL
A split second moment is frozen in time as a rider falls from her bike, just barely making contact with the ground. The fluidity with which the artist is able to capture this specifi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Tempest - Large Scale Brightly Colored Abstract Sculpture, Intertwined Form
Located in Chicago, IL
Robert Segal’s abstract sculpture offers a particularly fertile ground for experiments in shape, color, proportion, and technique. He steps away from non-traditional sculpting method...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Fiberglass, Acrylic
Woven Plane - Abstract Geometric Form, Hand Painted Welded Steel Wall Sculpture
By Chris Hill
Located in Chicago, IL
This dynamic wall sculpture is created from sheets of steel, welded together in an abstract geometric pattern. Muted shades of blue, grey, purp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Lichtenstein's OHH. .ALRIGHT - Pop Art Ode to Roy Lichtenstein Ceramic Sculpture
By Sandy Kaplan
Located in Chicago, IL
Roy Lichtenstein's works were often inspired by comic characters. They were angsty women, often appearing to be in distress. In this particular work, a beautiful, fraught woman with a furrowed brow grasps a telephone in both hands as she says "Ohh ... Alright ..." Lichtenstein lets us imagine the back story - and what might happen next. Kaplan's sculpture is a direct reference to this Lictenstein's iconic pop art painting of 1964.
Sandy Kaplan
Lichtenstein's OHHH...ALRIGHT
ceramic
16h x 12w x 13d in
40.64h x 30.48w x 33.02d cm
SAK012
Sandy Kaplan
b. 1943, St. Louis, MO
2021 Maturity and Its Muse, Art Saint Louis
2020 Storytellers Exhibit, Art Saint Louis
2019 SOFA Chicago, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Honors Exhibit, Art Saint Louis
Anthony Bourdain - Parts Unknown: Ceramic Centric, Foundry Arts Ctr, St. Charles, MO
Current Profiles, Craft Alliance Center, St. Louis, MO
2018 SOFA Chicago, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Maturity and Its Muse, Art Saint Louis
Works from the Studios, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
Drawn From Life: Artful Aging, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
2017 3-D, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
SOFA Chicago, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2016 Works from the Studio, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
A Moveable Feast Exhibit, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL
Maturity and Its Muse, Art Saint Louis
2015 Writers Round Table, Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2014 Save the Last Dance for Me, Art Saint Louis XXX...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Figure Buffeted by Wind - Paper Sculpture, Male Swept Up in a Gust of Wind
By Ivan Markovic
Located in Chicago, IL
The male figure, catching himself before tumbling to the ground in Ivan Markovic's paper sculpture, "Figure Buffeted by Wind" is deceptively fluid and light. The viewer senses the w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Nightfall - Highly Detailed Paper Sculpture of Sleeping Figure & Bicycle
By Ivan Markovic
Located in Chicago, IL
This realistic sculpture is created from scraps of paper and glue. The sculpture is inspired by the characters found in cities around the world. In this case, a figure sleeps beside a bicycle. A backpack is used as a pillow and shoes has been kicked off. Every attention has been paid to the smallest of details in this truly amazing paper sculpture. This sculpture is presented in a custom acrylic display case...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper, Wire
This Impact - Contemporary Bronze Nude Male Sculpture in Action Pose
By Dean Kugler
Located in Chicago, IL
The beauty of the human form is captured is this dynamic bronze sculpture of a Muay Thai Fighter.
Dean Kugler
Ancient Art
bronze
18h x 9w x 7d in
45.72h x...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Redpath Mansion - Highly Detailed Scale Model Sculpture, Crumbling Building
By Ivan Markovic
Located in Chicago, IL
The Redpath Mansion was built in 1886 for members of the Redpath family – wealthy industrialists who constructed the Lachine Canal and founded the sugar refinery that bears their name. This majestic house was erected in the fabled Golden Square Mile of Montreal. By the mid-20th century, it was one of the few remaining Queen Anne style homes in this city. The Sochaczevski family, purchased it in 1986 and within that year, obtained a license to demolish the building. Approximately 40% of the property was leveled. Organizations such as Heritage Montreal and Save Montreal obtained an injunction to suspend the execution of the license and the destruction of the mansion. It was temporarily saved. In 2014, the Mayor of Montreal, Denis Coderre, sided in favour of the Sochaczevski family, granting them the license to level the Redpath Mansion. In a statement to the media, when substantiating his reasoning, Denis Coderre said, “It was too dangerous, so I asked that we demolish the building.”
The disappearance of the Redpath Mansion represented a great loss to Montreal’s architectural landscape. Organizations such as Heritage Montreal and Save Montreal, contended that it possessed immense cultural value; and during the course of almost three decades – 1986 to 2014 - struggled to save this rare Queen Anne style home from the wrecking ball. Albeit, the Sochaczevski family argued that it was old and unsafe, and that a restoration of the once stately home would be very costly.
During the span marked by the first attempt at a demolition and the final decision by the mayor of Montreal (i.e. 1986 – 2014), The Redpath Mansion’s already dire condition worsened. It stood vacant and exposed to the elements. Nothing to upkeep the house was implemented, neither by the owners, or the city of Montreal; which ultimately compromised its structural viability.
The events surrounding the Redpath Mansion, came to my attention in the summer of 2010. It was during a visit to Mount Sinai Hospital, in Montreal, where my father lay stricken by a terminal disease known as pulmonary fibrosis. I came upon a newspaper article in the Montreal Gazette. It described the Redpath Mansion case. I likened the decaying building with the final stages of my father’s life.
The Redpath Mansion gained even greater significance for me when I went in person to the Golden Square Mile - in the city centre – and stood before it along Du Musée Street. I experienced it as a powerful metaphor for the transient nature of life. It also inspired thoughts related to generational ties, and how familial bonds act to influence and shape a person’s identity.
The program of work I plan to undertake aims at building a scale model of the Redpath Mansion, as it appeared just before its demolition, in 2014. The physical height of this scale model is set at approximately 1 metre. I wish to place emphasis on the craft aspect, by creating a visual idiom based on details and decaying forms that allude to our connection to the past. For example, old pictures found among the rubble, scattered clothing and shoes, all of which are suggestive of a past ethos.
I steer clear of political and social issues and aim to view this project with a more poetic lens, hoping to move the focus from societal problems to problems we face inside ourselves. The end result, or the finished piece would make a statement in a more introspective and emotional way, and show that the past weighs on the present, almost to the point of haunting.
The viewer of the finished scale model will view it in the round, and in so doing perceive a definite narrative that addresses questions of identity, memory and loss.
Ivan Markovic
The Redpath Mansion, 2019
mixed media
37h x 20w x 24d in
93.98h x 50.80w x 60.96d cm
IVM007
IVAN MARKOVIC was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1970. At an early age, he showed a natural propensity for drawing. At 15 years of age, he went to Paris, France to attend the Fine Arts school Creatione et Future. This experience allowed him to become a better draftsman and encouraged him to take his first steps in the art of oil painting. In 1994, he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Concordia University in Montreal. During his undergraduate degree he developed an interest for Art History and life drawing.
After graduation, Ivan Markovic moved to Madrid, Spain to work at the Prado museum, where he made copies of Old Masters’ paintings, and developed an understanding for the materials and techniques of Spanish, Italian and Flemish art. He received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Bretton Hall College, University of Leeds, in the U.K. in 1997. His graduate work focused on large-scale paintings that alluded to baroque and neoclassical painting. In parallel, he pursued his other passion, teaching, by instructing a figure drawing course. Upon completing his MFA, he returned to Madrid to work as a practicing artist and art teacher for 13 years. During this time, he experimented with a diverse range of media. Of these, he was most captivated by sculpture. In 2010, he came back to his native Montreal, thus completing a formative cycle that has lasted 25 years.
Currently, Ivan Markovic lives and works between Montreal, Chicago, and Madrid. He creates three-dimensional renditions of people facing situations of adversity, especially those that live on the fringe of society. His work has been featured in solo exhibitions in Canada, the United States and Europe, and is also on permanent display in privately owned collections of art.
Ivan Markovic
b. 1970, Montreal, Quebec
Education
1997 Master of Fine Arts, Bretton Hall College, University of Leeds, England.
1994 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.
1986 Studies at the Fine Arts School, Création et Future, Paris, France.
Selected Exhibitions
2020 Double Feature: Art Shay and Ivan Markovic, 2019, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
2019 SOFA Chicago 2019, Navy Pier, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
2018 SOFA Chicago 2018, Navy Pier, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
Art Market Hamptons, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Bridgehampton, NY
Art On Paper, Gallery Victor Armendariz, New York, NY
2017 Art Toronto, Galerie D’Este, Toronto, Canada.
SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier, Option Art, Chicago, IL
Papier/10th Edition, Contemporary Art Fair of Works on Paper, Galerie D’Este, Mlt., Canada.
2016 SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier, Option Art, Chicago, U.S.A.
2016 Toronto International Art Fair, Galerie D’Este, Toronto, Canada.
2016 Beyond the Pale, Galerie D’Este, Montreal, Canada.
2014 On the Fringe, Galerie D’Este, Montreal, Canada.
Love Art, Galerie D’Este, Toronto, Canada.
Papier 14, Contemporary Art Fair of Works on Paper, Galerie D’Este, Montreal, Canada.
2013 Shades of Isolation, Galerie D’Este, Montreal, Canada.
2013 Toronto International Art Fair, Galerie D’Este, Toronto, Canada.
Papier 13, Contemporary Art Fair of Works on Paper, Galerie D’Este, Montreal, Canada.
2012 Papier 12, Contemporary Art Fair of Works on Paper, Galerie D’Este, Montreal, Canada.
2011 Papier 11, Contemporary Art Fair of Works on Paper, Galerie D’Este, Montreal, Canada
2004 Galería Francisco Duayer, Madrid, Spain.
2004 Fundación Cultural Mapfre Vida (Premio Penagos de Dibujo), Madrid, Spain.
2003 Centro Intergrado Arganzuela (Ayuntamento de Madrid), Madrid, Spain.
2003 Galería Francisco Duayer, Madrid, Spain.
2001 Galería Francisco Duayer, Madrid, Spain.
2000 Sala Goya, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain.
1998 Instituto Cervantes, John Hancock Center...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Paper, Glue, Plastic, Wood, Paint
George, Portrait of an Older Male, Raku Fired Ceramic
By Pavel Amromin
Located in Chicago, IL
Pavel Amromin
George
raku fired ceramic
17h x 15w x 9d in
43.18h x 38.10w x 22.86d cm
PAM002
Pavel G. Amromin
EXHIBITIONS
2017 SOFA: Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2009 Pavel Amromin: Adventure Bound, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
SOFA: Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art, New York, NY
2008 SOFA: Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art, New York, NY
38th Annual Ceramics Exhibition, Crossman Gallery, UW Whitewater, WI
2007 SOFA: Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art, Chicago, IL
SOFA: Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art, New York, NY
2006 SOFA: Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art, Chicago, IL
The Toy Soldier Collection - MFA Thesis Exhibition, University Gallery, University of Florida...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic