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Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
"Monarch Air" Sculpture by Bay Area Blacksmith William Roan
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Forged steel, paint 2013 Measures: 11.5 x 16.5 in. / 29 x 42 cm Hand crafted by William Roan, the blacksmith famous for making the original Bay Bridge Troll. About this piec...
Category

American Other 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Steel

Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2018
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 2022. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrollable emotions? Wayne Fischer is an artist who can create works that force one to ask such moving questions as this. If he doesn’t know why, if he can’t explain the deepest reasons of his artistic research, he definitely knows the workings and limitations of the artistic process he invented. He has never deviated from the course he set for himself since university; translate life. The works presented here show the evolution of his creations over the past thirty years. If Wayne Fischer has received several international prizes and quickly obtained the recognition of his peers in ceramics, nevertheless he retains a singular position at once unavoidable and disturbing. His sculptures are paradoxical, powerful and sensual, and cause a certain unease. They are beautiful, carnal, touchable, all the while being outside the standard idea of beauty. The ambiguity of attraction and rejection is at the heart of this evolution. The pieces from the 1980s and 90s are imposing by their size, stature and symmetry, which give them balance. They generate surprise, curiosity and play between contrasts that are both soft and aggressive. They reference the body, muscles, and torso, without presenting an exact reality. They are double-faced, seductive, and enigmatic. Wayne’s shapes are inspired by shells, bivalves, sometimes presented as though they are floating in space. But the reference of the marine world to the mysterious female body has only one interpretation and only history and emotion condition the reaction of the spectator: he accepts or refuses to see, to be seduced. He is touched or he flees. The more recent sculptures are appreciated in the fullness of their round volume and the search for a pure universal beauty. “Metamorphosis,” the work recently awarded by the Bettencourt Foundation, is from this series of pieces wheel- thrown and deformed which pushes the porcelain from the inside so the bulges evoke the movement of waves or the musculature of several bodies. The exactness, the clean breaks, the assurance of lines and valleys are testimony to the interior power that governs the creation. The life energy expressed is also felt by the artist as the origin of ceramics. All the pieces are curved and tense. They show no marking, no sign of the hand, no imprints, and yet give an impression of spontaneity, as if a dropped piece of clay found its form by chance. Depending on the angles, the content becomes “the origins of the world...
Category

French Beaux Arts 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

Cerulean Serenade Capri & Capri 180x270 cm Handloom Rug
Located in Milano, IT
Ever wondered what moonlight dancing on the Capri coast would look like? Imagine the soft, uneven glow, the gentle fade from cerulean to inky blue. Now, translate that vision onto a ...
Category

Indian Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Silk

Murella Torres Rug by HENZEL STUDIO
Located in Geneve, CH
Murella Torres Rug by HENZEL STUDIO Dimensions: W 139.7 x L 220.98 cm. Materials: Silk, Wool. Calle Henzel stands as a trailblazer in the realm of organic, free-form shaped rugs, wi...
Category

Swedish Post-Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Wool, Silk

"Cross My Heart, " Original Sculpture by Bay Area Artist Sheridan Oakes
Located in Point Richmond, CA
2020 Honduran rosewood on a custom teak and walnut base Measures: 8.75 x 4 in / 22 x 10 cm.
Category

American Other 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Walnut, Rosewood, Teak

"Daredevil Dawg" Sculpture by Bay Area Blacksmith William Roan
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Forged steel 2008 Measures: 9 x 15 x 15 in. / 23 x 38 x 38 cm Hand crafted by William Roan, the blacksmith famous for making the original Bay Bridge Troll. About this piece,...
Category

American Other 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Steel

Porcelain Sculpture "Solctice", Exclusivity for Aurélien Gendras
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Porcelain sculpture entitled "Solstice". Unique piece. Signed under the base. 2022.
Category

French Beaux Arts 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Porcelain

"Cut-Rate Liquor Car" by Patrick Fitzgerald
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald uses his works as a means of resurrecting the idyllic worlds he once found in the Industrial surroundings of his youth. Raised in Grand Rapids...
Category

American 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Wood, Paper

Vision 2000 chain Design: Thilo Oerke
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Vision 2000 chain Design: Thilo Oerke For Rosita Germany - K7 - amplifier - tuner - bluetooth Perfect condition 1971 H 90 x diam 60 x diam base 55 cms Ref PM/9 12500 euros
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Plastic

Silver Carved Wood American Eagle
Located in Norwell, MA
Carved eagle with pediment base. Heavily carved wings. Expertly executed. Flat bottom. Can be displayed on a mantle, over a door, or hung. Silver painted finish. Overall Dimension...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Wood

"Woodie Wagon Brooklyn Taxi" Sculpture by Paul Jacobsen
By Paul Jacobsen
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Custom sculpture constructed of painted wood. Paul Jacobsen used everyday objects, such as chairs, cars, airplanes, trains, motorcycles and puzzles, all built from scratch and turns...
Category

American Folk Art 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Outsider Art Painting titled Spielunkers, 3/10/09 RRD
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Outsider art painting using paper cutouts on masonite board titled Spielunkers, 3/10/09 RRD. Assemblage measures 25" wide, 2.25" deep and 8.5" high. We had the painting professiona...
Category

American Folk Art 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Wood, Paint

Carved Haddock Trade Sign
Located in Norwell, MA
Six foot carved wood fish reminiscent of a nineteenth century trade sign. With carved gills, fins, scales, eyes and mouth. Fitted with iron hanging bo...
Category

British 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Aboriginal Diptyque Paintings by Raelene Kerinauia
By Raelene Kerinauia
Located in Atlanta, GA
A lovely diptyque paintings by Australian Aboriginal artist Raelene Kerinauia (1962- ). Born in 1962 (Tiwi People), Wurrumiyanga, Mantiyupwi Country, Bathurst Island, Northern Terri...
Category

Australian Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Canvas

Important Sculpture in Black Glazed Stoneware, Jean-Pierre Bonardot, 2022
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Important sculpture with wings in black glazed stoneware by Jean-Pierre Bonardot. Handwritten signature of the artist. Unique piece. 2022. H : 2...
Category

French Beaux Arts 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

Blue Candelholder by Objekti
Located in London, GB
Benjamin and Miriam, founders of Objekti, discovered the pines on a trip to Mexico and fell instantly in love with these unique and rare pieces. The pine, a symbol long associated wi...
Category

Mexican 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

Contemporary Handmade Turkish Folk Rug with a Distressed Appeal in Charcoal
Located in New York, NY
A handmade vintage Turkish Sparta rug that has been over dyed charcoal black and given a distressed appeal with hand knotted raised plush piles to form the quirky offset medallion an...
Category

Turkish Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Wool

"Mother and Child, " Original Sculpture by Bay Area Artist Sheridan Oakes
Located in Point Richmond, CA
2016 Walnut on a Koa base Measures: 14.25 x 5 in / 36 x 13 cm.
Category

American Other 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Wood, Walnut

Contemporary Handmade Tribal Folk Persian Flat-Weave Rug
Located in New York, NY
A modern Persian 'Souf' Kilim flat-weave rug from the 21st century. The artist behind this Persian folk rug used a tribal flat-weave handmade during the mid-20th century and hand-kno...
Category

Persian Folk Art 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Contemporary Handmade Persian Flat-Weave Accent Rug in Dark Brown
Located in New York, NY
A modern Persian flat-weave Kilim accent rug from the 21st century with four dark brown sections stitched together due to its nomadic nature. The blue, white, red, pink, and yellow s...
Category

Persian Mid-Century Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Stoneware Sculpture by Maarten Stuer, Entitled "Bloc in Motion", 2020
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic sculpture "Bloc in motion" by Maarten Stuer. This piece can be put indoor or outdoor. Artist monogram under the base. 2020. Unique piece.
Category

French Beaux Arts 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

Modernist Painted Steel and Black Marker Graffitied Sculpture, Metzen/Merisola
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist Abstract painted steel and black marker Graffitied sculpture, by John Metzen/ Michael Merisola, Welded and painted steel, Great color proportion ...
Category

American Folk Art 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Steel

Daniel Bruffee Swan Decoy
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Swan decoy by Daniel L. Bruffee. Came from a New York Collector. Swan is well-carved and smoothly painted with black beak and yellow and black glass eyes. Daniel Bruffee resides in P...
Category

American 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Wood, Paint

Neutral Light Gray L16 Patchwork 240 Hand-woven Rectangular Rug by Mohebban
Located in Geneve, CH
Neutral Light Gray L16 Patchwork 240 Hand-woven Rectangular Rug by Mohebban Dimensions: W 240 x L 170 cm Materials: Wool. Old Anatolian carpets, aged between 20 and 50 years, are bl...
Category

Italian Post-Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Important Sculpture in Black Glazed Stoneware, Jean-Pierre Bonardot, 2022
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Important sculpture with wings in black glazed stoneware by Jean-Pierre Bonardot. Handwritten signature of the artist. Unique piece. 2022. H : 23.6’ x 7.08’ x 7.08’ inches.
Category

French Beaux Arts 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

Elf Doby from Harry Potter series in real life size
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Elf Doby from Harry Potter series hand carved from a walnut tree in real life size.
Category

Slovak Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Walnut

Large Porcelain Biscuit Screen with Four Adjustable Leaves, Anne Barrès, 2010
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large porcelain biscuit screen with four adjustable leaves by Anne Barrès. Artist signature on the back. circa 2010. Unique piece. Patinated metal structure. H : 76.6’ x 24.8’ x 3.5...
Category

French Beaux Arts 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Metal

Wall Painting ''Yellow Flower'' Stay
Located in Munich, Bavaria
Wall Painting “Yellow Flower” Stay by Malerba The “Yellow Flower” wall painting from the Stay collection by Malerba is an elegant decorative accessory suitable for the livin...
Category

Italian Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Ararat Rugs Mamluk Wagireh Rug with Flower Lattice Design Natural Dyed Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
The source of carpet comes from the book Völker, Angela, Die orientalischen Knüpfteppiche das MAK, Vienna: Böhlau, 2001: 42–5. This rug with the central star was designed in the early 16th-century rug by Mamluk Sultane of Cairo, Egypt. It is exhibited at MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna Austria. The interpreted design is composed of a flower lattice pattern taken from a part of the MAK Museum’s rug...
Category

Turkish Revival 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Wool, Organic Material, Natural Fiber

Ararat Rugs the Alaeddin Mosque Clouds Carpet Seljuk Revival Carpet Natural Dyed
Located in Tokyo, JP
The source of carpet comes from the book Orient Stars Collection, Anatolian Tribal Rugs 1050-1750, Michael Franses, Hali Publications Ltd, 2021 fig.27. This 13th-century carpet is fr...
Category

Turkish Revival 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Wool, Organic Material, Natural Fiber

Ararat Rugs Mamluk Wagireh Rug with Candelabra Elems Revival Carpet Natural Dyed
Located in Tokyo, JP
The source of the rug comes from the possession of Endre Unger, which was sold at Sotheby’s in 1992. That rug with the central star was designed in the early 16th-century rug by Maml...
Category

Turkish Revival 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Wool, Organic Material, Natural Fiber

Blackfeet Style Lance
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Blackfeet style lance with feathers, hereford tail, medicine pouch, red strough and sheared otter. 6'2" Amongst the Blackfeet, specific military society members were known as "Lance...
Category

American 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Hide, Wood, Feathers

Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2022
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 2022. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrollable emotions? Wayne Fischer is an artist who can create works that force one to ask such moving questions as this. If he doesn’t know why, if he can’t explain the deepest reasons of his artistic research, he definitely knows the workings and limitations of the artistic process he invented. He has never deviated from the course he set for himself since university; translate life. The works presented here show the evolution of his creations over the past thirty years. If Wayne Fischer has received several international prizes and quickly obtained the recognition of his peers in ceramics, nevertheless he retains a singular position at once unavoidable and disturbing. His sculptures are paradoxical, powerful and sensual, and cause a certain unease. They are beautiful, carnal, touchable, all the while being outside the standard idea of beauty. The ambiguity of attraction and rejection is at the heart of this evolution. The pieces from the 1980s and 90s are imposing by their size, stature and symmetry, which give them balance. They generate surprise, curiosity and play between contrasts that are both soft and aggressive. They reference the body, muscles, and torso, without presenting an exact reality. They are double-faced, seductive, and enigmatic. Wayne’s shapes are inspired by shells, bivalves, sometimes presented as though they are floating in space. But the reference of the marine world to the mysterious female body has only one interpretation and only history and emotion condition the reaction of the spectator: he accepts or refuses to see, to be seduced. He is touched or he flees. The more recent sculptures are appreciated in the fullness of their round volume and the search for a pure universal beauty. “Metamorphosis,” the work recently awarded by the Bettencourt Foundation, is from this series of pieces wheel- thrown and deformed which pushes the porcelain from the inside so the bulges evoke the movement of waves or the musculature of several bodies. The exactness, the clean breaks, the assurance of lines and valleys are testimony to the interior power that governs the creation. The life energy expressed is also felt by the artist as the origin of ceramics. All the pieces are curved and tense. They show no marking, no sign of the hand, no imprints, and yet give an impression of spontaneity, as if a dropped piece of clay found its form by chance. Depending on the angles, the content becomes “the origins of the world...
Category

French Beaux Arts 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

Neutral Light Gray L16 Patchwork 300 Hand-woven Rectangular Rug by Mohebban
Located in Geneve, CH
Neutral Light Gray L16 Patchwork 300 Hand-woven Rectangular Rug by Mohebban Dimensions: W 300 x L 200 cm Materials: Wool. Old Anatolian carpets, aged between 20 and 50 years, are bl...
Category

Italian Post-Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Glazed Stoneware Wall Sculpture Entitled « Burka », Anne Barrès, circa 2000-2010
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Glazed stoneware wall sculpture entitled « Burka » by Anne Barrès. Artist signature on the back « Anne Barrès ». circa 2000-2010. Unique piece. Can be displayed both indoors and o...
Category

French Beaux Arts 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

Ararat Rugs Mamluk Carpet with Lattice Design, Antique Revival Rug Natural Dyed
Located in Tokyo, JP
The source of carpet comes from the Mercer Collection Sotheby’s 2000 (catalog cover). This Mamluk-Cairene carpet is known, curiously featuring some type ...
Category

Turkish Revival 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material

Hand-Knotted Ivory Wool Rug – Low Pile Berber, Rectangular 425 by Mohebban
Located in Geneve, CH
Hand-Knotted Ivory Wool Rug – Low Pile Berber, Rectangular 425 by Mohebban Dimensions: W 425 x L 305 cm Materials: Wool. The Berber collection is inspired by the tradition of Morocc...
Category

Italian Post-Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Stoneware and Steel Screen, Anne Barrès, circa 2000
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Stoneware and steel screen by Anne Barrès. circa 2000. Unique piece. Can be displayed both indoors and outdoors. H : 31.9’ x 32.3’ x 2.9’ inches (ceramic only). H : 37.40’ x 34.6...
Category

French Beaux Arts 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Metal

Porcelain Sculpture "Solctice", by Mart Schrijvers, 2022
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Porcelain sculpture entitled "Solstice" . Unique piece. Signed under the base. 2022.
Category

French Beaux Arts 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Porcelain

Bespoke Italian Amethyst Amber Gold Murano Glass Mask Wall Art Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
"For the man" Venetian Murano glass 3D Modern Mask, in golden amber glass with 2 opposite sides in amethyst color intersecting at the top to highlight a small red accent on the foreh...
Category

Post-Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Art Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine

A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2015
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 2015. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrollable emotions? Wayne Fischer is an artist who can create works that force one to ask such moving questions as this. If he doesn’t know why, if he can’t explain the deepest reasons of his artistic research, he definitely knows the workings and limitations of the artistic process he invented. He has never deviated from the course he set for himself since university; translate life. The works presented here show the evolution of his creations over the past thirty years. If Wayne Fischer has received several international prizes and quickly obtained the recognition of his peers in ceramics, nevertheless he retains a singular position at once unavoidable and disturbing. His sculptures are paradoxical, powerful and sensual, and cause a certain unease. They are beautiful, carnal, touchable, all the while being outside the standard idea of beauty. The ambiguity of attraction and rejection is at the heart of this evolution. The pieces from the 1980s and 90s are imposing by their size, stature and symmetry, which give them balance. They generate surprise, curiosity and play between contrasts that are both soft and aggressive. They reference the body, muscles, and torso, without presenting an exact reality. They are double-faced, seductive, and enigmatic. Wayne’s shapes are inspired by shells, bivalves, sometimes presented as though they are floating in space. But the reference of the marine world to the mysterious female body has only one interpretation and only history and emotion condition the reaction of the spectator: he accepts or refuses to see, to be seduced. He is touched or he flees. The more recent sculptures are appreciated in the fullness of their round volume and the search for a pure universal beauty. “Metamorphosis,” the work recently awarded by the Bettencourt Foundation, is from this series of pieces wheel- thrown and deformed which pushes the porcelain from the inside so the bulges evoke the movement of waves or the musculature of several bodies. The exactness, the clean breaks, the assurance of lines and valleys are testimony to the interior power that governs the creation. The life energy expressed is also felt by the artist as the origin of ceramics. All the pieces are curved and tense. They show no marking, no sign of the hand, no imprints, and yet give an impression of spontaneity, as if a dropped piece of clay found its form by chance. Depending on the angles, the content becomes “the origins of the world...
Category

French Beaux Arts 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

Blue and Red Board by Michael Scheers
Located in bruxelles, BE
Michael Scheers is a Belgian visual artist. He was born in 1958. He lives and works in Rixensart (BE). Self-taught, Michael Scheers has been involved in the world of advertising sinc...
Category

Belgian Arts and Crafts 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Canvas

Large Glazed Stoneware Screen with Four Leaves, Anne Barrès, circa 2000-2010
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large glazed stoneware screen with four leaves by Anne Barrès. Artist signature under the base. Circa 2000-2010. Unique piece. Can be displayed both indoors or outdoors. H : 75.2...
Category

Beaux Arts 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Metal

Rajasthani Hand Painted Indian Portrait Painting of a Man in Traditional Dress
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A fabulous piece of hand-painted Folk Art created in India. This painting depicts a traditional Rajasthani man in traditional dress. He wears a decorative yellow and pink dress and s...
Category

Indian Anglo Raj 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Paint, Paper

Hand-tufted wool rugs in Rich Green Tones, Organic Textured Design
Located in Milano, IT
This 8' x 10' hand-tufted Jaipur wool rug brings timeless charm with its rich green palette and intricate floral pattern. Crafted by artisans using high-quality wool, the rug boasts ...
Category

Indian Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Sandstone Contours Soft Beige Natural Gray 240x300 cm Hand Tufted Rug
Located in Milano, IT
Step into the realm of modern chic with this exquisite handmade rug from our Aprezo collection, where contemporary elegance meets comfort in every thread. The standout feature of thi...
Category

Indian Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Silk

Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2022
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 2022. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrollable emotions? Wayne Fischer is an artist who can create works that force one to ask such moving questions as this. If he doesn’t know why, if he can’t explain the deepest reasons of his artistic research, he definitely knows the workings and limitations of the artistic process he invented. He has never deviated from the course he set for himself since university; translate life. The works presented here show the evolution of his creations over the past thirty years. If Wayne Fischer has received several international prizes and quickly obtained the recognition of his peers in ceramics, nevertheless he retains a singular position at once unavoidable and disturbing. His sculptures are paradoxical, powerful and sensual, and cause a certain unease. They are beautiful, carnal, touchable, all the while being outside the standard idea of beauty. The ambiguity of attraction and rejection is at the heart of this evolution. The pieces from the 1980s and 90s are imposing by their size, stature and symmetry, which give them balance. They generate surprise, curiosity and play between contrasts that are both soft and aggressive. They reference the body, muscles, and torso, without presenting an exact reality. They are double-faced, seductive, and enigmatic. Wayne’s shapes are inspired by shells, bivalves, sometimes presented as though they are floating in space. But the reference of the marine world to the mysterious female body has only one interpretation and only history and emotion condition the reaction of the spectator: he accepts or refuses to see, to be seduced. He is touched or he flees. The more recent sculptures are appreciated in the fullness of their round volume and the search for a pure universal beauty. “Metamorphosis,” the work recently awarded by the Bettencourt Foundation, is from this series of pieces wheel- thrown and deformed which pushes the porcelain from the inside so the bulges evoke the movement of waves or the musculature of several bodies. The exactness, the clean breaks, the assurance of lines and valleys are testimony to the interior power that governs the creation. The life energy expressed is also felt by the artist as the origin of ceramics. All the pieces are curved and tense. They show no marking, no sign of the hand, no imprints, and yet give an impression of spontaneity, as if a dropped piece of clay found its form by chance. Depending on the angles, the content becomes “the origins of the world...
Category

French Beaux Arts 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2022
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 2022. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrollable emotions? Wayne Fischer is an artist who can create works that force one to ask such moving questions as this. If he doesn’t know why, if he can’t explain the deepest reasons of his artistic research, he definitely knows the workings and limitations of the artistic process he invented. He has never deviated from the course he set for himself since university; translate life. The works presented here show the evolution of his creations over the past thirty years. If Wayne Fischer has received several international prizes and quickly obtained the recognition of his peers in ceramics, nevertheless he retains a singular position at once unavoidable and disturbing. His sculptures are paradoxical, powerful and sensual, and cause a certain unease. They are beautiful, carnal, touchable, all the while being outside the standard idea of beauty. The ambiguity of attraction and rejection is at the heart of this evolution. The pieces from the 1980s and 90s are imposing by their size, stature and symmetry, which give them balance. They generate surprise, curiosity and play between contrasts that are both soft and aggressive. They reference the body, muscles, and torso, without presenting an exact reality. They are double-faced, seductive, and enigmatic. Wayne’s shapes are inspired by shells, bivalves, sometimes presented as though they are floating in space. But the reference of the marine world to the mysterious female body has only one interpretation and only history and emotion condition the reaction of the spectator: he accepts or refuses to see, to be seduced. He is touched or he flees. The more recent sculptures are appreciated in the fullness of their round volume and the search for a pure universal beauty. “Metamorphosis,” the work recently awarded by the Bettencourt Foundation, is from this series of pieces wheel- thrown and deformed which pushes the porcelain from the inside so the bulges evoke the movement of waves or the musculature of several bodies. The exactness, the clean breaks, the assurance of lines and valleys are testimony to the interior power that governs the creation. The life energy expressed is also felt by the artist as the origin of ceramics. All the pieces are curved and tense. They show no marking, no sign of the hand, no imprints, and yet give an impression of spontaneity, as if a dropped piece of clay found its form by chance. Depending on the angles, the content becomes “the origins of the world”. Femininity and sensuality are exalted. Inspired by the body, before and after birth, or simply the sea, the parts of the sculpture conjugate around a mysterious interior cavity, secret and troubling. The interior wall doesn’t correspond to the exterior, and has its own volumes, deformities, and intimacy. The pieces present two kinds of interior: one open, and partially uncovered, the other totally hidden inside. The differences of their respective deformation reinforce the impression of life : the subjective representation of muscles and bones, of bulges pushed by an interior force, like a visceral movement of respiration. The surface of the ceramic is crackled but soft and fine, even reflecting light like the skin. The nuances of color reinforce the expression of sensuality. The alignment of technique and what it causes one to see and feel has rarely been so intimately successful. Wayne Fischer perfected his technique in the 1970s and has remained faithful to it. He adds fibers to porcelain clay that has been chosen for its whiteness to create and accentuate volume around empty space, by assembling slabs or thrown pieces. Then, he makes another piece that takes its place inside; both parts are formed with no hand...
Category

French Beaux Arts 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2022
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 2022. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrol...
Category

French Beaux Arts 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2022
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 2022. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrol...
Category

French Beaux Arts 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

"Long Lost" Is a Unique Spiritual Icon Painting Created in 2007
Located in Copenhagen, DK
An original signed acrylic painting on canvas by Danish-Grenadian artist Boris de Freitas (1969-) titled "long lost", 2007.
Category

Danish Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Acrylic

Edgartown Seafood Carved Flounder Trade Sign
Located in Norwell, MA
Charming trade sign of a carved flounder with painted blue lettering for "Edgartown Seafood" with a subtle pickled white finish. Carved features include fins, gills, scales eyes and ...
Category

North American 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Charlotte McLeish, Scalloped hand platter
Located in London, GB
Terracotta clay with underglaze W37 cm
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Terracotta

Samuel Mazy Glazed Purple & White Porcelain Pansy Sculpture
Located in Toronto, ON
Enhance your table with these delicate porcelain flowers by French artist Samuel Mazy, exclusive to Maison Nurita in Canada. Mazy has been working as a ceramist for nearly 20 years i...
Category

French 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Copper

Wooden Boot Folk Art Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique wooden boot sculpture. Various woods/patinas give the boot texture, color and depth. Just under 2 feet wide. Additional details include, four eyelets with laces, a thick leath...
Category

American 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Carved Fish Trade Sign for "Beach House Inn, Brant Point"
Located in Norwell, MA
Hand carved flounder trade sign with painted lettering for "Beach House Inn, Brant Point". With blue lettering outlined in yellow. Carved details include scales, fins, eyes, snout, t...
Category

North American 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Exploratory Medieval Blue & Thyme 240x300 cm Handknotted Rug
Located in Milano, IT
Where do timeless traditions meet the spirit of exploration? This exquisite, hand-knotted rug by is a captivating answer. Drawing inspiration from the artistic heritage of diverse cu...
Category

Indian Tribal 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Elvis Presley Commemorative Mechanical Bank "Cleveland Rock and Roll" circa 2006
By Reynolds Toys
Located in Incline Village, NV
Made to commemorate the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame located in Cleveland, Ohio, this cast aluminum mechanical bank depicts Elvis Presley in full gala attire, typical of Elvis, with wh...
Category

American Folk Art 21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art

Materials

Aluminum

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