"Akshobhyavajra" Painting by Liu Yi

Based in Chicago, IL, contemporary artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites, collages and mixed media works assembled from material fragments of past and present collected in his travels. His ongoing series of large-scale kites bridge the gap between flat art and sculpture, each crafted of split bamboo frames covered with stretched muslin and a collage of vintage ephemera – including kimonos, obis, paintings, scrolls, drawings, metal leaf, bleeding paper, book pages, or anything with a story to tell. In this bamboo kite entitled “Ikebana,” Thompson beautifully layers darkly saturated fragments atop pages of found text. A repurposed calligraphy scroll panels the left side, brushed with black ink with full flower blossoms and leafy foliage, while delicate pine branches grow upwards from the bottom. Vintage Japanese block prints...

Deeply familiar yet nonetheless confrontational, Travis Somerville’s “Family Renuion” series disrupts nostalgia and memory, insisting on the idea that images and material objects are...

Based in Chicago, IL, contemporary artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites, collages and mixed media works assembled from material fragments of past and present collected in his...

Tracy Crump uses washes of grey, white and aqua to both conceal and reveal sensitively drawn figures. Each figure stands alone as an individual, possessing unique features and hairst...

Nils Johansson (1922-2014). Acrylic paint on paper. Abstract composition. Sweden, mid 20th century.

Sigfredo Chacon Venezuelan, 1950. Painting. Acrylic on canvas. Dimensions: 23-3/4 in. by 23-3/4 in. Sigfredo was born in Caracas in 1950. He studied at the School of Fine and Applied Arts Cristóbal Rojas (1963-1966) and Design Institute Neumann-INCE, Caracas (1966-1970). He continued his training as a designer at the Chelsea School of Art and the London College of Printing, England. In the early seventies he participated in the Young confrontations Venezuelan News, Gallery Current Study Hall Arturo Michelena...

An abstract expressionist painting, from the Pacific Northwest, with a subtle color-form expanding beyond the canvas, exhibiting elaborate brushwork in oil. Titled 'BUI-94'.

An oil and pastel painting on canvas in a custom walnut frame. "Everything that is solid dissipates in the air" The painting is a sneak preview of an exclusive upcoming exhibit at A...