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Anachronic, Original Abstract Sculpture, 2021
By Francisco Rosario
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Anachronic is a piece in a body of work exploring sound and the way that it inhabits space in the built environment. The pattern, repetition, and weaving represent the rhythm, texture, and syncopation of sound. This piece represents an envelope of sound, a finite piece of time, a controlled environment. It is heavily influenced by my time as a DJ and the practice of connecting patterns. It is about a controlled process - the merging of a creative practice with an understanding of materials and technique. In this object the marks of process are left bare, witness to the hand, craft, and labor. It is an homage to skilled work and the workers I learned from.
Keywords: 3D, plane, wood, metal
Artist Biography:
Leaning into a bias toward abstraction/intuition, artist Francisco Rosario...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Event 02.2000.015, Abstract Sculpture (Steel, Bronze, Ceramic) , 2020
By Fred Klingelhofer
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Event 02.2000.015 is a one of an ongoing series of sculptures exploring my envisioning cosmic events and their existence in spacetime. This piece is also an exploration of combining different materials into sculpture.
Keywords: abstract, welded metal,
Artist Biography:
Fred Klingelhofer, a primarily self-taught artist, grew up in a Chicago south side neighborhood. He received a BS degree in physics from Roosevelt University and worked as an engineer for 30 years. During those years he enrolled in art workshops and classes at a nearby community college completing courses in figure drawing, 2D and 3D design, ceramics, sculpting the figure, welding and metal sculpture. His focus has been on creating sculpture since 2006. Fred has exhibited his sculpture in a number of group exhibitions with Chicago Sculpture International, Art Prize (Grand Rapids, Michigan), Sculpture in the Park (St Charles, Illinois), Sculpture Walk Sioux Falls...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Stainless Steel
The Feminist To Do List
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This is a series of 42 vintage, Sun Bonnet Sue quilt blocks hand stitched with feminist call-for-action statements.
Keywords: ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Textile
Nike's Advice XVII
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This work was started several years ago during a public art performance called Nike's Advice. I painted 130 feet of unprimed canvas with the public. It was scary! I don't consider myself a painter. I was having to accept Nike's Advice myself ... as in "Just Do It". Later I used my sewing machine to free-motion stitch around the paint, adding detail. Finally, the work was mounted on a stretcher bar with blue painted edges before being coated with UV filtering epoxy.
Keywords: Mixed media, abstract, textile, paint
Artist Biography:
Susan Lenz...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Textile, Epoxy Resin, Paint, Mixed Media
Two Hours at the Beach
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
During the spring of 2011, Columbia fiber and installation artist Susan Lenz spent a mere two hours along South Carolina’s coastline coll...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media, Found Objects
Oswald Home Laundry
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
It all starts with Linnie Rose Oswald. She was my Great-Grandmother, the eighth of Elnore Rose's nine children. (All but one were girls.) During the 1920s she operated her own business and posed for a photo beside the laundry's vehicle. Family stories tell of a feisty red-headed woman with a will of iron, a temper, and a very strong work ethic who drove down the middle of Huntington, West Virginia's city streets as if she owned them. In all likelihood, Linnie needed these qualities. Being a female business woman in this era had to be hard! She would have gotten the right to vote around then. Later, Linnie owned almost a block of town and rented apartments. I remember her from the days when managing her apartments was problematic. Linnie lived to be ninety-six years old but dementia took her years beforehand. I was in college when she died in a nursing home in Kentucky. The last time I saw her, she wasn't aware of the visit. Her mind was elsewhere ... talking about the clothes she was making and the quilts she would stitch. What a woman!
Keywords: art quilt, textile, paint
Artist Biography:
Susan Lenz...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Paint, Found Objects, Mixed Media
Joy Buddies
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
The Joy Buddies were created from a simple question I asked myself - if joy were tangible, what would it look like? The Joy Buddies message is that we are better, together. I created them to symbolize the joy and hope I feel like I come together in unity with the people I love. Over the years, they have exhibited across the country in various sculptural and digital art forms but always keeping true to their same human-like shape and fire-painted designs.
Keywords: Abstract, modern, contemporary, metal art, sculpture, sculptural
Artist Biography:
Mini Mukherjee...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Copper, Brass
Tears of Joy
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Tears of Joy. Most of my work focuses on the bittersweet feeling of joy. This piece was made for/inspired by a couple who were celebrat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Fire Water Earth
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This piece is about the power of the elements through the use of color and durable material (metal).
Keywords: Abstract, modern, nature, spiritual, metal art, sculpture, sculptural
Artist Biography:
Mini Mukherjee...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Rococo Diptych
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This diptych started several years ago during a public art performance called Nike's Advice. I painted 130 feet of unprimed canvas with the public. It was scary! I don't consider myself a painter. I was having to accept Nike's Advice myself ... as in "Just Do It". Later, I used my sewing machine to stitch decorative lines. Gold-leaf was added before the surface was coated in UV filtering epoxy. The works are mounted with copper roofing nails to a stretcher bar with gold painted sides.
Keywords: painted textile, abstract, mixed media
Artist Biography:
Susan Lenz...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Wall Flowers
By Gwen Samuels
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
The flowers in this installation are hybrids of other flowers. I liked the idea of creating my own flowers and being able to arrange them in different ways depend...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Pattern Bias
By Gwen Samuels
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This dress was is an early piece when I was beginning to make dresses and was learning about shaping them. I was also using a camera for my imagery not my 1-phone...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Lip Service
By Gwen Samuels
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Lip service came about during sheltering in place. While visiting with my grandchildren it broke my heart that they could not see me sm...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Suspenders and Leggings
By Gwen Samuels
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Suspenders and Leggings is my most recent piece done while sheltering in place. While looking thru my reformatted imagery patterns I came across some buildings I ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Merging Styles and Cultures, Original Contemporary Mixed Media Installation
By Gwen Samuels
Located in Boston, MA
Merging Styles and Cultures, Original Contemporary Mixed Media Installation, 2021
Digital images printed on transparency, hand-stitched
Utili...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Thread, Digital Pigment
Transitioning
By Gwen Samuels
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Transitioning is part of my sculptural dress series. I was interested in experimenting with open and closed spaces and colors transitioning from yellow to pink. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Shiro III, Clay Abstract Sculpture, 2021
By Beverly Morrison
Located in Boston, MA
These types of abstract ceramic sculptures are an ode to the grace and beauty of the female form.
Details: White stoneware; Cone 5/6 Oxidation firing
Artist Biography:
Beverly Morrison...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Rain, Clay Abstract Sculpture, 2019
By Beverly Morrison
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Stoneware; Cone 5/6 Oxidation Firing; Slips & Oxides
Keywords: abstract, contemporary, clay, ceramic, vessel, brown, black, white, abstract, minimal, surface texture, zen, meditative
Artist Biography:
Beverly Morrison...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Quill, Clay Abstract Sculpture, 2019
By Beverly Morrison
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Stoneware and clay slip; Cone 5/6 Oxidation Firing; Slips & Oxides
Keywords: abstract, textured, ceramic, clay, expressive, black, blown, white, zen, meditative, nature, vessel
Artist Biography:
Beverly Morrison...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Close Encounters, Clay Abstract Sculpture, 2021
By Beverly Morrison
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This ceramic vessel was inspired by The Wave Rock formation that's found in northern Arizona.
Details: Black Stoneware clay; Cone 5/6 Oxidation Firing
Keywords: minimal, abstract, modern, texture
Artist Biography:
Beverly Morrison...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Expanding Universe
By Janine Sopp
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
My work is spontaneous, like writing or dancing to the energy I feel. I begin with slabs in a puzzle-like formation, take a deep breath, and exhale what I feel int...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Amante, Clay Abstract Sculpture, 2019
By Beverly Morrison
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Black stoneware; cone 5/6 oxidation firing; Slips and Oxides
"With some individuals you have to get really close before you get to see the heart inside."
Keywords: abstract, contemporary, ceramic, expressive
Artist Biography:
Beverly Morrison...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Antiguo, Clay Abstract Sculpture, 2019
By Beverly Morrison
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Dark Chocolate Brown Stoneware; Cone 5/6 Oxidation Firing; Slips & Oxides; Faux metal detailing
"A relic of nature."
Keywords: abstract, textured, ceramic, clay,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Sora, Clay Abstract Sculpture, 2019
By Beverly Morrison
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Black stoneware; cone 5/6 oxidation firing; Slips and Oxides
Keywords: abstract, textured, ceramic, expressive
Artist Biography:
Beverly Morrison (Los Angeles...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Ocean
By Janine Sopp
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Drawing and stamping on clay allows for immediate and spontaneous expression. This piece was inspired by the fluidity and bounty of the ocean. The ocean, a source ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Belly, Clay Abstract Sculpture, 2019
By Beverly Morrison
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Black stoneware; cone 5/6 oxidation firing
"Inspired by my nieces voluptuous pregnant belly "
Keywords: vessel, ceramic, classic, minimal, clay, black, classical, minimal, round
Artist Biography:
Beverly Morrison...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Used to be Amazon Boxes, Original Abstract Sculpture, 2021
By Sam Silberstein
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
During the COVID-19 pandemic I decided to collect boxes from around my neighborhood and repurpose the cardboard material. By utilizing materials that would otherwi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media, Cardboard
This Rock is in a Hard Place, Original Abstract Sculpture, 2021
By Sam Silberstein
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
During the COVID-19 pandemic I decided to collect boxes from around my neighborhood and repurpose the cardboard material. By utilizing materials that would otherwi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media, Cardboard
Split Brain of a Female Warrior, Abstract Sculpture, 2020
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Split Brain of a Female Warrior is one of my first pieces I made with sheet metal. It's 2D and lies flat on a canvas. This piece depi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Science, Abstract Sculpture, 2018
By Jessie Cargas
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Steel, powder coated.
Keywords: abstract, illusion, white, steel, metal, swirl, circle
Artist Biography:
After earning a Master's degree in teaching and working...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Swirly, Abstract Sculpture, 2018
By Jessie Cargas
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Steel, powder coated.
Keywords: abstract, illusion, black, steel, metal, swirl
Artist Biography:
After earning a Master's degree in teaching and working in the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Groundless, Original Abstract Sculpture, 2018
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
As a continuation of the screens series, I experimented with adding air between layers to show the organic process and the play with not only reflected light from behind, but also shadow. (Photo files include one angled shot, and one closeup.)
Keywords: abstract, transparent, brush...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Green metallic platter with bronze filagree center.
By Lois Sattler
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Green metallic platter with bronze filigree center. Medium: ceramic porcelain. Size: 14 inch diameter and 2 inches deep (35 cm diameter and 5 cm deep). Made in Cal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Unconform, Wooden Abstract Sculpture, 2021
By Marty Mackenzie
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This modular piece was designed to be configured together or in some exploded form. If in exploded form, the negative space then plays an integral part in the fina...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Steel Tone Metallic Platter with Gold Accent, Abstract Sculpture, 2021
By Lois Sattler
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Steel tone metallic platter with gold accent. Medium: ceramic porcelain. Size: 17 inch diameter and 2 inches deep (43 cm diameter and 5 cm deep). Made in Californi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
White and Black Platter with Gold Accents
By Lois Sattler
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
White and black platter with gold accents. Medium: ceramic porcelain. Size: 15 inch diameter and 2 inches deep (38 cm diameter and 6 c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Face Wall Piece - Bronze, Abstract Sculpture, 2021
By Lois Sattler
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Face Wall Piece - Bronze. Playful curves play against the strength inherent in this bronze face-to-face mask wall hanging glazed in a bronze patina with a turquois...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Candle Holders in Stacked Squares of Matte Steel Grey, Capped in Brilliant Gold
By Lois Sattler
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Candle Holders in stacked squares of matt steel grey, capped in brilliant gold luster. Medium: ceramic porcelain. Size: 5 x 4 in (12.7 x 10.2 cm).
Artwork Details...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Bronze Platter with Metallic Pewter Center, Abstract Sculpture, 2021
By Lois Sattler
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Bronze Platter with metallic pewter center. Medium: ceramic porcelain. Size: 13 inch diameter and 2 inches deep (33 cm diameter and 5 cm deep). Made in California,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
White Platter with Filigree Center and Gold Accents, Abstract Sculpture, 2021
By Lois Sattler
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
White Platter with filigree center and gold accents. Medium: ceramic porcelain. Size: 15 inch diameter and 2 inches deep (38 cm diameter and 5 cm deep). Made in Ca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Homage to Miro`
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
I went on a drive with some friends up into the hills of Carrara where the marble quarries are. There were marble "rocks" all over the place and I when I expresse...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Stainless Steel
Heartcarver
By Christine Perri
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This sculpture is a classically carved walnut bas-relief of a female woodworker dressed in contemporary commercial materials: vinyl cloth stitched with tactical co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Lovesuite
By Bobbi Meier
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
An interactive hybrid of social experiment and sculptural object, envelopes the sitter into it’s cushiony softness, referencing a Victorian courting chair...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Other Medium
Seeking Arrangement
By Bobbi Meier
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This soft, pepto-bismol pink sculpture intertwined around a found traditional lamp and wrapped around the table it is sitting on reminded me of people who are look...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Other Medium, Oak
Easy Chair/Failed Odalisque
By Bobbi Meier
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This chaise, originally covered in lime green cotton upholstery, sat in my studio for months, acting as a daybed for my miniature poodle. Finally after several att...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Other Medium
Untitled PB3
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
In my sculpture, I have always combined unrelated materials to represent oppositions such as hard and soft, ephemeral and enduring, open and closed, and natural an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plastic
Untitled Flotsam
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
In my sculpture, I have always combined unrelated materials to represent oppositions such as hard and soft, ephemeral and enduring, open and closed, and natural an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Chairman of the Bored
By Marty Mackenzie
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
NB: This piece was photographed at an angle to avoid reflection.
Finished with a resin topcoat, this piece is glass-like in appearance. This helps accentuate the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Wood, Acrylic
If 6 Was 9
By Marty Mackenzie
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
NB: This piece was photographed at an angle to avoid reflection.
Jimi Hendrix on 2 bookmatched panels. Note that this piece can be configured in different ways ie...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Wood, Acrylic
Stepping Stone
By Marty Mackenzie
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Stepping stone image laid out on maple burl veneer with acrylic poured and finished with resin.
Keywords: abstract, blue, stone, ven...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Wood, Acrylic
Brushstroke No. 2
Located in Boston, MA
1/8" – 3/8" high on-edge paper on mat board.
Handcut Stardream® Bluebell paper on gray background.
Call them brushstrokes, or call them waves. These are beginning explorations ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Paper, Board
Watch-log
By Christine Perri
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This sculpture is a combination of the natural (the standing walnut split log) and the classical (the cherry bas-relief face).
Keywords: figurative carved log and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Song of Summer
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Made this piece while living in Italy in a house with a long garden and a very bark-y dog. The garden was lovingly kept by the lovely couple who owned the house and lived above us and invited us to the major celebration of the wedding of their son and daughter...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
A New Day Dawning
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Actually inspired by that yellow glass. Had to use that color once I found it. Then combined it with more colors. Decided to put it in an off square frame. When ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Pink Sky at Sunset
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Our family loved to see and celebrate the colors of the sky. One of my favorite times was and is when the sky lights up with pink clouds on that beautiful blue background giving us a Sky Blue Pink Sky...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Cloudscraper, Fiberglass Figurative Sculpture
By Hans Van Meeuwen
Located in Boston, MA
Cloudscraper, Fiberglass Figurative Sculpture by Dutch artist Hans Van Meeuwen
Artist Commentary:
I express my mood sometimes.
Keywords: representa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media, Fabric, Fiberglass, Paper
Tablescape
By Bobbi Meier
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This piece is constructed from my grandmother's dressing table mirror, a found table base, and dismembered segments of a soft sculpture I had previously made and n...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Other Medium, Glass, Mirror, Spray Paint
Conversation Piece (reclining)
By Bobbi Meier
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Paired with "Conversation Piece (erect)" this work was inspired by childhood memories of formal dinner parties in our split-leve...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Other Medium, Wood
Conversation Piece (erect)
By Bobbi Meier
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Remembering formal dinners my mother would arrange in our modest midwestern, suburban home, this piece and it's companion, Conversation Piece...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Found Objects, Other Medium
Pile-up at The Gates of Hell
By Bobbi Meier
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Abstract forms emerge from remembrances of disco dancing, Earth Wind & Fire, darkness, heat, perspiration and glitz. Materials are twisted into ambiguous shapes, s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Found Objects, Other Medium
