Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
MODERN STYLE
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
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Style: Modern
Large Kinetic Sculpture by Jerry Meatyard
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A large kinetic (moving) sculpture by Jerry Meatyard circa 1960s. Made of steel and brass, measures approximate 64.5" H, 36" W.
Jerry Meatyard was born Nov. 25, 1929 in Bloomington-...
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1960s American Vintage Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Pair of Large Brass Fish Sculptures by Curtis Jere
By Curtis Jeré
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A pair of unusual fish sculptures by C. Jere, 1981. Polished brass, alabaster bases. Each measures approximately 19" L. and pivots 360 degrees.
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1980s American Vintage Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Contemporary handmade sculptural LED Chandelier. Crystal, and páua shell. Small
Located in Torslanda, SE
Taking inspiration from the necessity of light for life, the Joni range is a portrayal of photosynthesis, the process by which plants convert sunlight to food.
Within each leaf-like LED light structure, a crystal hemisphere magnifies an iridescent Páua shell...
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2010s Scandinavian Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Big Art Deco Inspired Boat in Wood and steel Designer: Marcelo Peña, 2024
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Incredible boat: in solid wood.
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal.
Pushin...
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2010s Chilean Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Joanna Poag Untitled lll Ceramic Sculpture, Encompassed Series, 2016
By Joanna Poag
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Joanna Poag’s Untitled lll Ceramic Sculpture is part of the Encompassed Series. It’s hand sculptured white stoneware fired to Cone 6 and hung by ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Ukiyo Saucer, Concrete Fountain/Fishpond by OPIARY (D50")
By Robert Remer
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Opiary is a Brooklyn-based biophilic design and production studio. We integrate nature in each of our designs, incorporating live greenery and organic shapes into bespoke furniture, planters, and sculpture. Through the ethos of biophilia, our work reflects the shifting, yet timeless relationship between humans and nature.
This modern, minimalist fountain is a tasteful way to incorporate aquatic life into any indoor or outdoor space. The Ukiyo Saucer...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Cement
Bonnie Config. 4 Contemporary Linear LED Chandelier, Solid Brass @ 300cm/118"
Located in Torslanda, SE
The Bonnie range is designed around the stylised form of a Saffron flower, known around the world for its valuable beauty, fragrance and essence.
Each organic flower-like form is ...
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2010s Scandinavian Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Ellipse Mobile Pendant LED Kinetic Sculpture with Blown Glass and Brass Rings
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Mobile series combine sculpture with lighting, invoking motifs from atomic models and the space age. The concentric rings can be spun and reconfigured, inviting play and whimsy. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Brass
The Fence, Objet d'Art - Architectural Artifacts on a Marble Base
By John Seubert
Located in Chicago, IL
Self-taught artist John Seubert, AKA John Dolly, uses objects he uncovers as he rehabs older homes in Chicago. An ornate decorative metal piece is the focal point forming a cascading...
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2010s American Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Bonnie Contemporary LED Small Pendant, Solid Brass or Chromed, Handmade/finished
Located in Torslanda, SE
The Bonnie range is designed around the stylized form of a Saffron flower, known around the world for its valuable beauty, fragrance and essence.
Each organic flower-like form is st...
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2010s Scandinavian Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Nickel, Bronze, Brass
Bonnie Contemporary LED Small Pendant, Solid Brass or Chromed, Handmade/finished
Located in Torslanda, SE
The Bonnie range is designed around the stylized form of a Saffron flower, known around the world for its valuable beauty, fragrance, and essence.
Each organic flower-like form is s...
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2010s Scandinavian Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Bonnie Config 3 Contemporary LED Chandelier, Brass or Nickel, Art
Located in Torslanda, SE
The Bonnie range is designed around the stylized form of a saffron flower, known around the world for its valuable beauty, fragrance, and essence.
Each organic flower-like form is s...
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2010s Scandinavian Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum, Nickel, Brass
Orbit Mobile Pendant Kinetic Sculpture w/ Blown Glass and Adorned Steel Rings
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Mobile series combine sculpture with lighting, invoking motifs from atomic models and the space age. The concentric rings can be spun and reconfigured, inviting play and whimsy. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Bonnie Config 2 Contemporary LED Chandelier, Brass or Nickel, Large, Art
Located in Torslanda, SE
The Bonnie range is designed around the stylized form of a Saffron flower, known around the world for its valuable beauty, fragrance and essence.
Each organic flower-like form is ...
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2010s Scandinavian Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Brass
We Robbed to Party, Objet d'Art - Architectural Artifacts on a Marble Base
By John Seubert
Located in Chicago, IL
Self-taught artist John Seubert, AKA John Dolly, John John, and John Gray, uses found and collected objects and ephemera, some of which he uncovers as he reh...
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2010s American Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Metal
‘The Goal’, Ukrainian Contemporary Kinetic Sculpture by Yaryna Lehnevska
Located in London, GB
‘The Goal’, Ukrainian contemporary kinetic sculpture by Yaryna Lehnevska
Ukrainian, 2023
Sculpture: Height 21cm, width 13cm, depth 13cm
Box: Height 31cm, width 21.5cm, depth 21.5
Bringing together multiple luxurious materials, this intriguing sculpture by a Ukranian artist Yaryna Lehnevska for SUPERNATURAL is designed to inspire the user to chase their dreams.
A stack of raw pyrite crystal stands at the centre of the sculpture, with the unique nature of this crystal representing the owner’s individuality. The surrounding brass constellations...
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21st Century and Contemporary Ukrainian Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
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Lapis Lazuli, Multi-gemstone, Pyrite, Silver, Brass
Pillow Chandelier LED Kinetic Sculpture with Blown Glass and Movable Arms
Located in Brooklyn, NY
As artists, one of the joys in life is to fall in love with a color, shape, or idea. That is what happened with the pillow light. Once in hand it became a fun exercise to see how man...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Bonnie 5 Contemporary LED Chandelier, Solid Brass or Nickel, Handmade/finished
Located in Torslanda, SE
The Bonnie range is designed around the stylized form of a Saffron flower, known around the world for its valuable beauty, fragrance and essence.
Each organic flower-like form is ...
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2010s Scandinavian Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Slice #1, Objet d'Art - Sliced Figurine with Hood Ornament on a Marble Base
By John Seubert
Located in Chicago, IL
Self-taught artist John Seubert, AKA John Dolly, uses objects he uncovers as he rehabs older homes in Chicago. This piece has a "slice" of a metal sculpture that was salvaged. A sev...
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2010s American Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Slice #4 , Objet d'Art - Sliced Figurine with Wooden Column on a Marble Base
By John Seubert
Located in Chicago, IL
Self-taught artist John Seubert, AKA John Dolly, uses objects he uncovers as he rehabs older homes in Chicago. This piece has a "slice" of a metal sculpture that was salvaged. A sev...
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2010s American Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Rone Contemporary LED Sculptural Brass Table Light, Handmade in Sweden
Located in Torslanda, SE
The Rone range is an exploration of the delicate balance of Classic forms. In simplicity, quality is at the utmost importance and our solid brass parts are painstakingly milled or sp...
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2010s Scandinavian Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Modernist Curvilinear Sculpture in Brushed Aluminum w/ Onyx Base Signed Curtis J
By Curtis Jeré
Located in New York, NY
This sophisticated brushed aluminum modernist sculpture was realized in the United States in 1979. Created by an unheralded, but masterful artist, and signed Curtis J, the piece suggests a deconstructed Kandinsky painting...
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1970s American Vintage Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
Venini Ando Time Hourglass in Crystal and Aquamarine by Tadao Ando
By Tadao Ando, Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ando time hourglass, designed by Tadao Ando and manufactured by Venini, is a limited edition of 49 art pieces (per color) plus an additional 20 P.d.A. a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Venini Ando Time Hourglass in Pink and Red by Tadao Ando
By Venini, Tadao Ando
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ando Time Hourglass, designed by Tadao Ando and manufactured by Venini, is a limited edition of 49 art pieces (per color) plus an additional 20 P.d.A. a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Shortcake Samurai Ceramic Sculpture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Keith Simpson is always trying to make the underdog models of cars. He says, "They are like the cars that you might inherit from your grandparents if you had your sweet 16...
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2010s American Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Rone Contemporary LED Pendant in Blackened Bronze and Nickel, Handmade in Sweden
Located in Torslanda, SE
The Rone range is an exploration of the delicate balance of classic forms. In simplicity, quality is at the utmost importance and every part is painstakingly milled or spun before ha...
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2010s Scandinavian Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Steel, Nickel
Slice #3 , Objet d'Art - Sliced Figurine with Toy Horse & Cart on a Marble Base
By John Seubert
Located in Chicago, IL
Self-taught artist John Seubert, AKA John Dolly, uses objects he uncovers as he rehabs older homes in Chicago. This piece has a "slice" of a metal sculpture that was salvaged. A sev...
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2010s American Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Jon Krawczyk Abstract Mobile Desk Sculpture, 1995
By Jon Krawczyk 1
Located in Miami, FL
Postmodern contemporary metal desk or table sculpture with hanging mobile by artist Jon Krawzcynk, 1995. Signed and dated.
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1990s American Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Contemporary Joni Config. 1 LED Chandelier with Crystal and Páua Shell
Located in Torslanda, SE
Taking inspiration from the necessity of light for life, the Joni range is a portrayal of photosynthesis, the process by which plants convert sunlight to food.
Within each leaf-lik...
Category
2010s Scandinavian Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Rone Contemporary Sconce or Flush-Mounted Pendant. Large 11"ø x 6" height
Located in Torslanda, SE
The Rone range is an exploration of the delicate balance of Classic forms. In simplicity, quality is at the utmost importance and our solid brass parts are painstakingly milled or sp...
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2010s Scandinavian Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Dia Contemporary LED Chandelier, Config. 1, solid brass, handmade/finished
Located in Torslanda, SE
Dia is a sculptural chandelier inspired by the heterophony of natural sound. Each frame (or melody) is hand-rolled with all joints cleverly concealed within the circular light source...
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2010s Scandinavian Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Contemporary Large-Scale Outdoor Kinetic Concrete Sculpture and Installation
By Johnny Poux
Located in kingston, NY
Johnny Poux sculptures
Johnny Poux’s large-scale kinetic concrete sculptures and installations explore the relationship between motion and mass, industry and nature.
Each piece is made individually to order.
Artist statement
My work as an artist has been focused primarily on large-scale kinetic pieces that explore my unyielding fascination with simple machine principles, movement, and the beauty and physics of a large mass in motion. Working with industrial materials like concrete and steel, and occasionally combining these with natural forms or living things like trees, my work is often about the tension between man and nature and our technological footprint. I am drawn to creating large-scale work that moves, evokes feelings of wonder, is interactive, and alters our relationship to the world for a moment.
I have built and installed 30 foot tall steel kinetic pieces that span a full 40’ circle as if in flight and have created 1000 lb. concrete pieces that ripple like water in the historic cement mines of Rosendale, NY. I have balanced and counter weighted a 55’ tall black walnut tree...
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2010s American Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Concrete, Bronze, Steel
Smoke Glass and Chrome Sculpture by Runstadler Studios
By Kurt and Marsha Runstadler, Runstadler Studios
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Gray smoked layered glass and polish chrome rotating sculpture by Kurt and Marsha Runstadler for Runstadler Studios.
Signed @ 1990 Runstadler Studios 5/30
...
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1990s American Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Chrome
Enameled Resin and Metal Pop Art Sculpture in Sunflower Yellow, Bubble Gum Pink
Located in New York, NY
This idiosyncratic and powerful sculpture, with its vibrant color scheme and dynamic form, encapsulates all of the energy of pop on an intimate scale. The enamel green base with blac...
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1960s American Vintage Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Venini Limited Edition Ando Time Hour Glass Set in Grape by Tadao Ando
By Tadao Ando, Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The collaboration between the master craftsmanship of the Venetian Glass and the layered geometric form has created this special piece of objet. Architecture is defined through “Spac...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Albert Chubac French Artist Kinetic Rotating Steel Sculpture Girouette 2002
Located in Chicago, IL
ALBERT CHUBAC FRENCH ARTIST STEEL KINETIC ROTATING SCULTPURE GIROUETTE 2002 1/2 SCHOOL OF NICE
Chubac was born in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1925 and re...
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Early 2000s French Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Venini Limited Edition Ando Time Hour Glass Set in Pink by Tadao Ando
By Venini, Tadao Ando
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The collaboration between the master craftsmanship of the Venetian glass and the layered geometric form has created this special piece of objet. Architecture is defined through “Spac...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Venini Limited Edition Ando Time Hour Glass Set in Crystal by Tadao Ando
By Tadao Ando, Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The collaboration between the master craftsmanship of the Venetian glass and the layered geometric form has created this special piece of objet. Architecture is defined through “Spac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Contemporary Clay Floorfan by Maarten Baas
By Maarten Baas
Located in Warsaw, PL
These vibrant Floor fans are from Maarten Baas’s iconic ‘Clay’ collection launched in 2006. The idiosyncratic childishness of this collection is created through Baas’s individual han...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Venini Ando Time Hourglass in Grape and Red by Tadao Ando
By Venini, Tadao Ando
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ando Time hourglass, designed by Tadao Ando and manufactured by Venini, is a limited edition of 49 art pieces (per color) plus an additional 20 P.d.A. a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Clessidra Glass Hourglass in Grey and Red by Venini
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini glass hourglass in grey and red. Perfect for indoor home decor or as a statement piece for any room. Limited edition of 199 pieces. Also availab...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
Venini Ando Time Hourglass in Crystal and Red by Tadao Ando
By Venini, Tadao Ando
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ando Time Hourglass, designed by Tadao Ando and manufactured by Venini, is a limited edition of 49 art pieces (per color) plus an additional 20 P.d.A. a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Glass
White ceramic sculpture in Sottsass Mari style
Located in Lugo, IT
White ceramic sculpture in Sottsass Mari style
Signature P R Faenza
Defects as shown in the photo.
Good condition.
Thank you
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1960s Italian Vintage Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
James Bearden Abstract Table Top Sculpture
Located in Kansas City, MO
Tabletop sculpture of torch cut steel and applied patina by artist James Bearden. This complex work features a Kinetic or mobile element on the top portion.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Wire, Cut Steel
Carmelo Cappello Bronze Kinetic Sculpture, Signed, Numbered, Dated
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Traditional style sculpture for the well known Italian artist Carmelo Cappello. This is signed and dated 37/99 and 1978. The work shows patina of age and the work seats lose on the b...
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1970s Italian Vintage Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Brass
Steel plate by Riccardo Manzi
Located in Lugo, IT
Porcelain steel plate by Riccardo Manzi for Italsider 1968.
500 copies.
Good conditions.
Thank you
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Joanna Poag Custom Ceramic Untitled II Sculpture, Equilibrium Series, 2016
By Joanna Poag
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Joanna Poag's Untitled II Sculpture is part of the Equilibrium Series. It's hand built and sculptured, fired to cone 5 and hung by fishing wire. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
The Chariot, A Sculpture of Wood and Steel by Dave Root, 2019
Located in Kansas City, MO
The Chariot by Dave Root is a kinetic piece that is not quite kinetic. It is directly inspired by Alberto Giacometti’s Le Chariot but interpreted on an asymm...
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2010s American Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Art Deco Inspired Boat in Wood and steel Designer: Marcelo Peña, 2024
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Incredible boat: in solid wood.
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal.
Pushin...
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2010s Chilean Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Roto Screen / Room Divider, Steel Frame, Brass and Copper Mesh by Mario Milana
By Mario Milana
Located in Milano, Lombardia
The rotO is a room divider composed of three circular elements that overlap and unfold by rolling. This rotational object creates a dynamic screen, or room divider, that plays with t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Copper, Steel
Alan Rath "Optical Cylinder IV" 2008 electronic sculpture
By Alan Rath
Located in Walnut Creek, CA
Electronic sculpture by Alan Rath, titled "Optical Cylinder IV" created in 2008. Featuring a CRT monitor, custom electronics, and constructed of aluminum, and acrylic. It stands 64...
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
Large Cascade Mobile in Blackened Steel, Heat Tempered Steel, and Polished Steel
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An undulating composition of discs, rings, half moons and rainbows cascade from large sweeping arcs to create a hypnotic hanging sculpture. Each object has a unique patina that draws...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Cut Steel
"Rose Bug" Glazed Ceramic Car Sculpture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Keith Simpson, who grew up in St. John Washington, a farming Community of about 600 people in eastern WA state, always makes the underdog models of cars. He says, "They are like the ...
Category
2010s American Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Plume Solar Chandelier, Contemporary Solar-Powered Lighting, Customizable
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Plume Solar chandelier, a customizable solar-powered lighting installation for the off-the-grid living room, comprises photovoltaic modules that power LED bulbs to illuminate feathers to provide ambient lighting. The piece aims to demystify PV technology by exposing its components in a legible manner, so that the electrical boards, wires and batteries of the PV modules are clearly visible and comprehensible. This off-the-grid solar-powered chandelier combines shimmering soft black feathers to counterpoint the reflective black photovoltaic panels.
It also functions as a type of solar clock as it illuminates automatically at dusk, highlighting hourly solar and seasonal rhythms. The chandelier must be placed in front of a window to gather solar power. The Plume Solar Chandelier lowers electric bills, eliminates wires and outlets, offers multi-directional ambient light, and casts patterns on surrounding surfaces like wallpaper. It can be customized to each setting.
Solar Chandelier supports sustainable architecture by introducing the off-the-grid living room concept, where an ample amount of solar lighting Is placed near living room windows to eliminate the need for electric lighting.
The solar pieces by nea studio...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Feathers
Solar Chandelier, Contemporary Capiz Shell Solar-Powered Lighting, Customizable
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Hanging from strands of transparent wire, solar chandelier is made from photovoltaic modules that power LED bulbs to illuminate translucent materials of different kinds. The materials, size and height of the chandelier are customizable. Our team fabricates the entire piece in our studio at New Lab in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, where we have access to the necessary tools.
Solar chandelier is a way of investigating solar cells as perceptual devices for mediating light into designed spaces. This eco-friendly lighting design incorporates environmental technology while providing ambient lighting and projecting shadow patterns. The piece aims to demystify PV technology by exposing its components in a legible manner. With a passing breeze, the chandelier functions as a wind chime. It also functions as a type of solar clock; the translucent seashells illuminate automatically at dusk, highlighting biological solar rhythms and power.
In its mix of organic and technological materials, solar chandelier's translucent seashells illuminate in a manner that aims to be affective in its application of solar technology. The seashells are electrically illuminated after dark. In the daytime, they are lit from the light passing through the window in front of which the chandelier must be placed in order to gather solar power...
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21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Shell
Seashell Solar Chandelier, Contemporary Solar-Powered Lighting, Customizable
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Solar chandelier, a customizable solar-powered lighting installation for the off-the-grid living room, comprises photovoltaic modules that power LED bulbs to illuminate translucent seashells to provide ambient lighting. The piece aims to demystify PV technology by exposing its components in a legible manner, so that the electrical boards, wires and batteries of the PV modules are clearly visible and comprehensible.
Additionally, with a passing breeze, the chandelier becomes a wind chime. It also functions as a type of solar clock as it illuminates automatically at dusk, highlighting hourly solar and seasonal rhythms. The chandelier must be placed in front of a window to gather solar power. The Solar Chandelier lowers electric bills, eliminates wires and outlets, offers multi-directional ambient light, and casts patterns on surrounding surfaces like wallpaper. It can be customized to each setting.
The solar pieces by nea studio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Shell
Stella Benvenuto Hand Made Embroidery Mobile, Argentina, 2019
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Stella Benvenuto hand made embroidery mobile, Argentina, 2019.
Untitled.
The embroidery mobile was exhibited in her solo show "Between sky and earth" at Calvaresi in Buenos Aires, ...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Textile
Sculpture for Architects by Giò Pomodoro
By Gio Pomodoro
Located in Milan, Italy
Brass and wood sculpture "Livella" produced in 1970.
Numbered and signed Giò Pomodoro.
Produced for the company Torno S.P.A.
Biography
Giò Pomodoro: Brother of the famous sculptor A...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Brass
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