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Dog Walker- 6 bronze Dogs Walking their Human by New York artist Noa Bornstein
By Noa Bornstein
Located in Glen Ellen, CA
The dogs and their human companion bravely traverse an endangered earth. Cast bronze sculpture, in an edition of 5.
The human figure is 7 ½” x 4” x 2 ½”; the largest dog is 3 ½” h x ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"ENDLESS STAIRCASES OF SIENA", stoneware clay sculpture, Italy ancient hill town
By Rene Murray
Located in Toronto, Ontario
ENDLESS STAIRCASES OF SIENA is a stoneware clay sculpture with slips and engobes by Brooklyn, New York artist Rene Murray. It measures 16"H x 17"W x 11"D. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Stoneware
"DESK SET I", majolica glazed earthenware sculpture, faience, ceramic, tin glaze
By Andrew Cornell Robinson
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"DESK SET I", 2012, in majolica glazed earthenware by artist Andrew Cornell Robinson, is one of a series of sculptural objects that are also kn...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Glaze
Surreal Contemporary Figurative Mixed-Media Sculpture Found-Object American
Located in Buffalo, NY
One of a kind mixed-media sculpture by Philip Kuznicki from the Spirit exhibition. Comes in its original frame. Born in Dunkirk NY, Kuznicki started his career working for artists su...
Category
2010s Surrealist Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media
"RED, BLACK & BROWN", sculpture, clay, ceramic, abstract, tribal, pattern
By Harold Wortsman
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Red, Black & Brown, a ceramic sculpture of high-fired clay pigmented with oxides, is a work by New York artist Harold Wortsman. Red, Black & Brown was recently exhibited at "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space" at the Orange Art Foundation, February-March 2022, New York City.
Note the blending of geometric and organic forms in this work – it is characteristic of his practice – warm, contemporary, uniquely crafted, yet speaks to ancient, primitive traditions of art-making that cross cultures and histories. Highly attuned to the art of Africa, the Middle East, India and Asia, his forms are organic abstracts with masculine and feminine attributes that resonate together as a pleasing enigma. They make sense immediately, yet never give up all their secrets.
From Harold Wortsman – "With sculpture, my material of choice is high-fired clay. Pieces are first low-fired in an electric kiln. I do not use glazes. Instead, I use oxides applied to the bisqued (low-fired) clay. As with a tattoo, oxides permit the surface underneath to breathe. The work is then high-fired in a gas kiln with double reduction to cone 10. The final temperature is 2,300 degrees F. At a certain point, oxygen intake is reduced to the kiln. Because the fire has reached a critical mass, it needs oxygen and chemically takes it from the clay and the oxides. Like a jazz improvisation, each kiln load comes out slightly different."
From Jonathan Goodman – "Wortsman has increasingly moved into his own – a place in which the relations between the abstractions of volume and the intimations of very old culture are merged in a way that is new." – Essay, "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space", Orange Art Foundation, February 2022, New York City.
Harold Wortsman is a sculptor and printmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. He “creates forms that bring to mind archaic cult objects and exude a quiet concentrated strength.” (Argauer Zeitung, Switzerland). His work, an edgy mix of freedom and clarity, can be found in public and private collections in the US, including The Library of Congress, Yale University, The New York Public Library Print Collection, The New York Historical Society, Smith College, Indiana University’s Lilly Library, Brandeis University, The Newark Public Library Special Collections Division, and the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum Print Archive. Also in private and public collections in Europe, including the Municipal Collection of the City of Brugg, Switzerland.
Harold studied at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, with sculptor George Spaventa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pigment, Other Medium
"JAMÓN JAMÓN VIII", glaze ceramic sculpture, table, food, bait, identity, vessel
By Andrew Cornell Robinson
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"JAMÓN JAMÓN VIII", 2019, in slipcast glazed ceramic by artist Andrew Cornell Robinson, is one of a series of sculptural objects that include c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Slip, Glaze
"CASTLE CHANCELLOR", porcelain clay sculpture, turquoise glaze, royal court
By Rene Murray
Located in Toronto, Ontario
CASTLE CHANCELLOR is a porcelain clay sculpture with Turquoise Glaze and slip, by Brooklyn, New York artist Rene Murray. It measures 24"H x 22"W x 11"D. It...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Porcelain, Glaze
Surreal Contemporary Figurative Mixed-Media Sculpture Found-Object American
Located in Buffalo, NY
One of a kind mixed-media sculpture by Philip Kuznicki from the Spirit exhibition. Comes in its original frame. Born in Dunkirk NY, Kuznicki started his career working for artists su...
Category
2010s Surrealist Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media
"PLUG-N-PLAY I", stoneware glazed sculpture, green, yellow, blue, white, wheel
By Andrew Cornell Robinson
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"PLUG-N-PLAY I (Yellow, Black and White)", 2019, in wheel-formed stoneware, glaze, stain and cork by artist Andrew Cornell Robinson, is one of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Glaze, Stoneware
Surreal Contemporary Figurative Mixed-Media Sculpture Found-Object American
Located in Buffalo, NY
One of a kind mixed-media sculpture by Philip Kuznicki from the Spirit exhibition. Comes in its original frame. Born in Dunkirk NY, Kuznicki started his career working for artists su...
Category
2010s Surrealist Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media
Spiral#1-Blue, large maple sculpture
By Eric Pesso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Large maple abstract sculpture, geometric spiral, created from one tree trunk. This sculpture is subtracted from the single block using primarily hand tools, not an assembled constru...
Category
2010s Abstract Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Maple, Latex
Surreal Contemporary Figurative Mixed-Media Sculpture Found-Object American
Located in Buffalo, NY
One of a kind mixed-media sculpture by Philip Kuznicki from the Spirit exhibition. Comes in its original frame. Born in Dunkirk NY, Kuznicki started his career working for artists su...
Category
2010s Surrealist Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media
Les colonnes d'Egée
Located in Miami Beach, FL
François Bauer is a visual ceramist born in 1986, currently based in Strasbourg, France. After studying graphic design in Chaumont, he pursued his education in object design at HEAR ...
Category
2010s Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
"VERTICAL 4", sculpture, clay, ceramic, abstract, tribal, pattern, tower, column
By Harold Wortsman
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Vertical 4, a ceramic sculpture of wood-fired clay pigmented with oxides, is a work by New York artist Harold Wortsman. Vertical 4 was recently exhibited at "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space" at the Orange Art Foundation, February-March 2022, New York City.
Note the blending of geometric and organic forms in this work – it is characteristic of his practice – warm, contemporary, uniquely crafted, yet speaks to ancient, primitive traditions of art-making that cross cultures and histories. Highly attuned to the art of Africa, the Middle East, India and Asia, his forms are organic abstracts with masculine and feminine attributes that resonate together as a pleasing enigma. They make sense immediately, yet never give up all their secrets.
From Harold Wortsman – "With sculpture, my material of choice is high-fired clay. Pieces are first low-fired in an electric kiln. I do not use glazes. Instead, I use oxides applied to the bisqued (low-fired) clay. As with a tattoo, oxides permit the surface underneath to breathe. The work is then high-fired in a gas kiln with double reduction to cone 10. The final temperature is 2,300 degrees F. At a certain point, oxygen intake is reduced to the kiln. Because the fire has reached a critical mass, it needs oxygen and chemically takes it from the clay and the oxides. Like a jazz improvisation, each kiln load comes out slightly different."
From Jonathan Goodman – "Wortsman has increasingly moved into his own – a place in which the relations between the abstractions of volume and the intimations of very old culture are merged in a way that is new." – Essay, "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space", Orange Art Foundation, February 2022, New York City.
Harold Wortsman is a sculptor and printmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. He “creates forms that bring to mind archaic cult objects and exude a quiet concentrated strength.” (Argauer Zeitung, Switzerland). His work, an edgy mix of freedom and clarity, can be found in public and private collections in the US, including The Library of Congress, Yale University, The New York Public Library Print Collection, The New York Historical Society, Smith College, Indiana University’s Lilly Library, Brandeis University, The Newark Public Library Special Collections Division, and the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum Print Archive. Also in private and public collections in Europe, including the Municipal Collection of the City of Brugg, Switzerland.
Harold studied at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, with sculptor George Spaventa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pigment, Other Medium
"KING BABAR HORSE", stoneware clay sculpture, Iron Yellow glaze, storybook
By Rene Murray
Located in Toronto, Ontario
KING BABAR HORSE is a stoneware clay sculpture with Iron Yellow Glaze by Brooklyn, New York artist Rene Murray. It measures 22"H x 13"W x 7"D. It's an ench...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Stoneware, Glaze
"CASTLE LORD", porcelain clay sculpture, turquoise glaze, royal court, medieval
By Rene Murray
Located in Toronto, Ontario
CASTLE LORD is a porcelain clay sculpture with Turquoise Glaze and slip, by Brooklyn, New York artist Rene Murray. It measures 26"H x 23"W x 10"D. It's an ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Porcelain, Glaze
"MONUMENT", sculpture, clay, abstract, geometry, contemporary, ceramic, tribal
By Harold Wortsman
Located in Toronto, Ontario
MONUMENT, a ceramic sculpture of high-fired clay pigmented with oxides, is a recent work by artist Harold Wortsman. Note the volumetric geometry inhere...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pigment, Other Medium
Homemade Hermes Birkin Bag ( Pink ) 2015 by Shelter Serra
By Shelter Serra
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Homemade Hermes Birkin Bag ( Kelly Green )
2015,
15”x14.5”x1.5” inches unframed, 18.75 "x 18.75 x 2.5 framed
Cast Resin, Edition of 15
Also available in Kelly Green, White, Gold and Silver. The frame is a white shadow box frame with plexiglass.
The Homemade Hermes Birkin Bag is a sculpture that celebrates the beauty, and status, that the docents of fashion have bestowed upon coveted objects and accessories as such. In a Duchampian gesture of representation, the artist has created an object that has been “elevated to uselessness”, yet reveals much about our society’s infatuation with consumption and materialism. Cast in resin the sculpture becomes an apropos trope of our time, a perfect conversation starter.
Shelter Serra’s paintings, sculptures, and drawings explore mass consumption and cultural identity. He juxtaposes subject matters that are both common and recognizable: a Campbell's Soup Can, a copper plated baseball hat, and a Hermes Birkin bag...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
Homemade Hermes Birkin Bag, Sliver, Edition of 15, by Shelter Serra
By Shelter Serra
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Homemade Hermes Birkin Bag (Silver)
2015,
15”x14.5”x1.5” inches unframed, 18.75 "x 18.75 x 2.5 framed
Cast Resin, Edition of 15
Also available in Gold and White. The frame is a wh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Resin
polygon in space #22 - Triangular Bright Colored Sculptural Painting on Wood
By Zin Helena Song
Located in New York, NY
mixed media on wood, acrylic paint
In this piece, Zin Helena Song utilizes a sharp triangular shape as her wood panel. This shape is common in city grids, like when Broadway meet...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Wood
Stockings in the Air
By Aima Saint Hunon
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sensual bronze sculpture.
Category
2010s Contemporary Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Spiral#3-Green, large maple sculpture
By Eric Pesso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Large maple abstract sculpture, geometric spiral, created from one tree trunk. This sculpture is subtracted from the single block using primarily hand tools, not an assembled constru...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Maple, Latex
"Once Upon a Time with Bear" interactive bronze figures
By Noa Bornstein
Located in Glen Ellen, CA
"Once Upon a Time with Bear" is a playful, interactive sculpture set with three miniature bronzes and natural stones placed on a cherry wood base. The storyteller figure (Griot) sits...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Bronze
"Lion Face" 2023
By Anneke Bogardus
Located in New York, NY
Anneke Bogardus "Lion Face" 2023
Entirely hand sculpted. Raku fired. Finished With touches of Oil paint, Pencil, and Acrylic.
67” around, 8” Off the wall.
Raku firing is an ancie...
Category
2010s Contemporary Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Oil, Acrylic, Pencil
Untitled (Shift)
By Thomas Lendvai
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This sculpture has always been dear to me. The original was made while I was still in college. This one was reproduced for an exhibition last year. I still hope...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Steel
"Moon Face №1" 2022
By Anneke Bogardus
Located in New York, NY
Anneke Bogardus "Moon Face №1" 2022
Entirely Hand Sculpted. Fired in a Gas Kiln.
58” Diameter, 18” Long, 18” Wide
About the Artist
Anneke Bogardus sculptures embody nature and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Ceramic
Spiral#2-Red, large maple sculpture, carved, painted elements
By Eric Pesso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Large maple abstract sculpture, geometric spiral, created from one tree trunk. This sculpture is subtracted from the single block using primarily hand tools, not an assembled constru...
Category
2010s Modern Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Maple, Latex
"Poppy №1" 2022
By Anneke Bogardus
Located in New York, NY
Anneke Bogardus "Poppy №1" 2022
Entirely hand sculpted. Raku fired.
15 1/2” tall, 35 1/2” around at widest point
Raku firing is an ancient Japanese ceramics technique. The Raku t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Sculpture; 'Portal'
By Kelly Bugden + Van Wifvat
Located in New York, NY
The artistic collaboration of Kelly Bugden + Van Wifvat has produced a thought-provoking body of sculptures, paintings, and constructions. Nature, childhood memories, and everyday archetypes take shape in unexpected combinations of materials. The works emerged as the tactile and visual senses channeled the ritualistic power and materiality of selected artifacts. The resulting objects exist in a space between what they were originally and what they could become. A wheel, for example, is distorted as if seen through a prism. Their collaboration grew out of years of shaping materials into one-of-a-kind objects. Intuitively, the process of creating with their hands took an inward turn. Prism is a travelogue through memories and dreams, yielding abstract forms that capture moments of transformation.
Van Wifvat grew up with eight siblings and studied sculpture and environmental design in Minneapolis at MCAD. In 1979, he opened a storefront art gallery to promote the work of local artists. The space featured printed materials—art books, periodicals, fanzines, and postcard’s. Wifvat moved to New York in 1983 to study at the Fashion Institute of Technology and Parsons. In 1987, he co-founded Van Gregory & Norton design studio, specializing in convex mirrors and curtain hardware...
Category
2010s Conceptual Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Moon Face №3" 2022
By Anneke Bogardus
Located in New York, NY
Anneke Bogardus "Moon Face №3" 2022
Entirely hand sculpted. Raku fired.
51.5” around, 16.5” Long, 16” Wide, 6 1/2” Off the wall
Raku firing is an ancient Japanese ceramics techniq...
Category
2010s Contemporary Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Comfort -figurative bronze on stone sculpture by New York artist Noa Bornstein
By Noa Bornstein
Located in Glen Ellen, CA
In this small, interactive, re-positionable bronze sculpture, Noa Bornstein invites the viewer to turn and manipulate the figures in relation to each other. This creates a reflection...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Bronze
Moon Dancer
By Larry Scaturro
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Painted maple abstract form
Category
2010s Abstract Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Departure
By Larry Scaturro
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Walnut abstract inspired by nature
Category
2010s Abstract Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Sculpture, abstract record player: 'Kristallo'
By Kelly Bugden + Van Wifvat
Located in New York, NY
The artistic collaboration of Kelly Bugden + Van Wifvat has produced a thought-provoking body of sculptures, paintings, and constructions. Nature, childhood memories, and everyday ar...
Category
2010s Conceptual Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Steel
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 Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Untitled (black octagons)
By Thomas Lendvai
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
None of my sculptures are ever worked out on paper. The process is always tactile and worked out in the form of a model or small sculpture. This sculpture was an ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Other Medium, Polyurethane
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 Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
The Teapot or not
Located in Miami Beach, FL
François Bauer is a visual ceramist born in 1986, currently based in Strasbourg, France. After studying graphic design in Chaumont, he pursued his education in object design at HEAR ...
Category
2010s Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
Egée l'été
Located in Miami Beach, FL
François Bauer is a visual ceramist born in 1986, currently based in Strasbourg, France. After studying graphic design in Chaumont, he pursued his education in object design at HEAR ...
Category
2010s Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
"Poppy №2" 2022
By Anneke Bogardus
Located in New York, NY
Anneke Bogardus "Poppy №2" 2022
Entirely hand sculpted clay fired in a gas kiln. Finished with touches of acrylic.
17 3/4” tallest, 49” widest, 33” around bottom base.
About the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Acrylic
Homemade Hermes Birkin Bag (White), 2015, by Shelter Serra
By Shelter Serra
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Homemade Hermes Birkin Bag (White)
2015,
15”x14.5”x1.5” inches unframed, 18.75 "x 18.75 x 2.5 framed
Cast Resin, Edition of 15
Also available in Gold and Silver. The frame is a wh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
Organza Fold
By Jaena Kwon
Located in Westport, CT
This purple/lavender piece is by Korean artist, Jaena Kwon. Her dimensional relief work is concerned with painting components and how painting space is constructed. She treats painti...
Category
2010s Abstract Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Fiberboard
Homemade Hermes Birkin Bag (Gold), 2015, by Shelter Serra
By Shelter Serra
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Homemade Hermes Birkin Bag (Gold)
2015
15”x 14.5”x 1.5” inches unframed, 18.75 "x 18.75 x 2.5 framed
Cast Resin, Edition of 15
Also available in Wh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Mixed Media Planet with Roots: 'Fons et origo #3' (Source & Origin)
By Angelica Bergamini
Located in New York, NY
Fons et origo, which in Latin means Source and Origin, includes 8 wall-sculptures. These circular shapes sprout long roots in delicate hand-cut formations. Some of the roots have tin...
Category
2010s Conceptual Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Wire
Textile filament sculpture: Clouds
By Angelica Bergamini
Located in New York, NY
Angelica’s multi-layered works are informed by her ongoing efforts to create a less reactive and more responsive presence in the world. They act as the muse to meditations on the man...
Category
2010s Contemporary Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Thread
Abstract Head Sculpture: 'Untitled'
By Kelly Bugden + Van Wifvat
Located in New York, NY
The artistic collaboration of Kelly Bugden + Van Wifvat has produced a thought-provoking body of sculptures, paintings, and constructions. Nature, childhood memories, and everyday archetypes take shape in unexpected combinations of materials. The works emerged as the tactile and visual senses channeled the ritualistic power and materiality of selected artifacts.
The resulting objects exist in a space between what they were originally and what they could become. A wheel, for example, is distorted as if seen through a prism. Their collaboration grew out of years of shaping materials into one-of-a-kind objects. Intuitively, the process of creating with their hands took an inward turn. Prism is a travelogue through memories and dreams, yielding abstract forms that capture moments of transformation.
Van Wifvat grew up with eight siblings and studied sculpture and environmental design in Minneapolis at MCAD.
In 1979, he opened a storefront art gallery to promote the work of local artists. The space featured printed materials—art books, periodicals, fanzines, and postcard’s. Wifvat moved to New York in 1983 to study at the Fashion Institute of Technology and Parsons. In 1987, he co-founded Van Gregory & Norton design studio, specializing in convex mirrors and curtain hardware...
Category
2010s Abstract Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Linen, Wood, Glue
Clouds I & II
By Angelica Bergamini
Located in New York, NY
Angelica’s multi-layered works are informed by her ongoing efforts to create a less reactive and more responsive presence in the world. They act as the muse to meditations on the man...
Category
2010s Contemporary Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Plastic
Abstract Pillow Sculpture: 'Untitiled'
By Kelly Bugden + Van Wifvat
Located in New York, NY
The artistic collaboration of Kelly Bugden + Van Wifvat has produced a thought-provoking body of sculptures, paintings, and constructions. Nature, childhood memories, and everyday archetypes take shape in unexpected combinations of materials. The works emerged as the tactile and visual senses channeled the ritualistic power and materiality of selected artifacts.
The resulting objects exist in a space between what they were originally and what they could become. A wheel, for example, is distorted as if seen through a prism. Their collaboration grew out of years of shaping materials into one-of-a-kind objects. Intuitively, the process of creating with their hands took an inward turn. Prism is a travelogue through memories and dreams, yielding abstract forms that capture moments of transformation.
Van Wifvat grew up with eight siblings and studied sculpture and environmental design in Minneapolis at MCAD.
In 1979, he opened a storefront art gallery to promote the work of local artists. The space featured printed materials—art books, periodicals, fanzines, and postcard’s. Wifvat moved to New York in 1983 to study at the Fashion Institute of Technology and Parsons. In 1987, he co-founded Van Gregory & Norton design studio, specializing in convex mirrors and curtain hardware...
Category
2010s Conceptual Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Linen, Wood, Glue
Abstract wood Sculpture: 'Horn'
By Kelly Bugden + Van Wifvat
Located in New York, NY
The artistic collaboration of Kelly Bugden + Van Wifvat has produced a thought-provoking body of sculptures, paintings, and constructions. Nature, childhood memories, and everyday ar...
Category
2010s Abstract Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Sculpture Victorian Shoe: 'Chopine III'
By Kelly Bugden + Van Wifvat
Located in New York, NY
The artistic collaboration of Kelly Bugden + Van Wifvat has produced a thought-provoking body of sculptures, paintings, and constructions. Nature, childhood memories, and everyday archetypes take shape in unexpected combinations of materials. The works emerged as the tactile and visual senses channeled the ritualistic power and materiality of selected artifacts. The resulting objects exist in a space between what they were originally and what they could become. A wheel, for example, is distorted as if seen through a prism. Their collaboration grew out of years of shaping materials into one-of-a-kind objects. Intuitively, the process of creating with their hands took an inward turn. Prism is a travelogue through memories and dreams, yielding abstract forms that capture moments of transformation.
Van Wifvat grew up with eight siblings and studied sculpture and environmental design in Minneapolis at MCAD. In 1979, he opened a storefront art gallery to promote the work of local artists. The space featured printed materials—art books, periodicals, fanzines, and postcard’s. Wifvat moved to New York in 1983 to study at the Fashion Institute of Technology and Parsons. In 1987, he co-founded Van Gregory & Norton design studio, specializing in convex mirrors and curtain hardware...
Category
2010s Conceptual Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Gesso, Canvas
Resin Abstract Circle Sculpture: 'Circle'
By Kelly Bugden + Van Wifvat
Located in New York, NY
The artistic collaboration of Kelly Bugden + Van Wifvat has produced a thought-provoking body of sculptures, paintings, and constructions. Nature, childhood memories, and everyday archetypes take shape in unexpected combinations of materials. The works emerged as the tactile and visual senses channeled the ritualistic power and materiality of selected artifacts.
The resulting objects exist in a space between what they were originally and what they could become. A wheel, for example, is distorted as if seen through a prism. Their collaboration grew out of years of shaping materials into one-of-a-kind objects. Intuitively, the process of creating with their hands took an inward turn. Prism is a travelogue through memories and dreams, yielding abstract forms that capture moments of transformation.
Van Wifvat grew up with eight siblings and studied sculpture and environmental design in Minneapolis at MCAD. In 1979, he opened a storefront art gallery to promote the work of local artists. The space featured printed materials—art books, periodicals, fanzines, and postcard’s. Wifvat moved to New York in 1983 to study at the Fashion Institute of Technology and Parsons. In 1987, he co-founded Van Gregory & Norton design studio, specializing in convex mirrors and curtain hardware...
Category
2010s Conceptual Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Resin, Wood, Glaze, Handmade Paper
Untitled
By Angelica Bergamini
Located in New York, NY
The tactile and nature-infused Freedom series extends into the world with densely cut paper compositions. They embody the flow of self-knowledge, and explore the feminine, harmony an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paper, Glue, Foam Board, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Translucent Mini Birdbath in Quince
By Paula Hayes
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Artist Paula Hayes joins natural and sculptural forms in her otherworldly creations. Here, she creates a miniature birdbath—providing a respite for humans and animals alike—exclusive...
Category
2010s Contemporary Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Concorde Cap, Electroplated Copper Contemporary Art Sculpture by Shelter Serra
By Shelter Serra
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Concorde Cap
Shelter Serra
5.5”x7”x9”
Electroplated Copper
2017
The Concorde Cap is one of an ongoing series of copper electroplated hats. Ranging from Superman to Nascar, the artist chooses hats from all walks of life before distilling through the electroplating process, transforming the once functional hat into an object of contemplation and beauty.
Shelter Serra’s sculptures and drawings explore notions of mass consumption and cultural identity. He juxtaposes objects that are both mundane and immediately recognizable: a 40 ounce bottle of malt liquor cast in plaster, a Best Buy cap plated in copper, and a designer handbag cast in resin, to name a few. Casting and plating these objects in unlikely materials—resin, plaster, platinum silicone, and copper—Serra strips them of their intended functionality, thereby highlighting their underlying cultural symbolism and transforming branded products into objects of aesthetic contemplation. “Refining an aesthetic and making beautiful objects, whether that be a dress, bag, or sculpture," says Serra, "is a celebration of pure creativity and personal vision.”
His Fake Gun...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Admiral Byrd Cast Plaster Sculpture by Shelter Serra
By Shelter Serra
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Admiral Byrd by Shelter Serra
2004
13”x9”x7.5” inches
Cast plaster
This plaster sculpture is an homage to classical sculpture and the legacy of Admiral Richard E. Byrd. Overshadowe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
"Briefcase Guitar" hybrid musical instrument sculpture, assemblage
Located in New York, NY
Ken Butler’s hybrid musical instrument sculptures explore the interaction and transformation of common and uncommon objects, sounds, and altered images. Fun...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled, Large Abstract Sculpture, 2018
By Thomas Lendvai
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
My freestanding sculptures have no secret fastening devices. Gravity holds them in place. They aren't magic tricks. I hope the only magic that happens is the exp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Brooklyn - Sculptures
Materials
Paint, Wood Panel
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