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Item Ships From: California
Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Vela', 1995 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
'Vela' is a contemporary abstract cast glass sculpture by David Ruth from his Internal Space series. This part of the series was inspired by astronomy and the distant galaxies and s...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist California - Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Esmeralda Mine, (Rare Earth), NV
By Michael Davis
Located in Palm Desert, CA
I began to incorporate these Landsat images into a new body of work titled "Rare Earth." Each Rare Earth artwork includes an archival image of a specific mine rendered in classic 3D (anaglyph) off-registration referencing mid-century exuberant optimism, geopolitical history, cultural signifiers, symbolic design patterns and phenomena
The formal and elegant composition belies the actual relationship of the cause and effect of rare earth mining.
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The Rare Earth artworks grew out of my investigative research in 2009 while working on a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship (SARF) application. That resulted in a body of work titled “Imagos”– photo/journalism images that capture a moment in history and immediately place the viewer at that moment in time.
While navigating Landsat records of Earth's land surfaces from space I discovered large areas of disturbed landscapes. These were immense open pit mines at numerous locations world wide, many of which were Rare Earth mines or REEs. The mining and processing to separate the rare earth elements is an environmental conundrum. On one hand these elements are in extremely high demand and necessary for electric vehicles...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary California - Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Who Wore It Best
By Michael Davis
Located in Palm Desert, CA
The Rare Earth artworks grew out of my investigative research in 2009 while working on a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship (SARF) application. That resulted in a body of work titled “Imagos”– photo/journalism images that capture a moment in history and immediately place the viewer at that moment in time.
While navigating Landsat records of Earth's land surfaces from space I discovered large areas of disturbed landscapes. These were immense open pit mines at numerous locations world wide, many of which were Rare Earth mines or REEs. The mining and processing to separate the rare earth elements is an environmental conundrum. On one hand these elements are in extremely high demand and necessary for electric vehicles...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary California - Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Pearfect in Pink
By Bela Bacsi
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
Exhibitions
Exhibited at the Los Angeles Art Show 2014, January 15-19, 2014
Category
Early 2000s Realist California - Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Polar Ice Popsicle
By Betsy Enzensberger
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Betsy Enzensberger sculpts works that create a visceral longing and remembrance of the most nostalgic delights from childhood. The artist uses the familiarity of those sweet...
Category
2010s Abstract California - Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Epoxy Resin
3d metal wall sculpture "Murmurs of the Wind"
Located in San Francisco, CA
In this exquisitely soldered 3d metal wall sculpture, Juliette Frescaline captures the movement of grasses blowing in the breeze. Recycled metal plaques are used as the frame "the pl...
Category
2010s California - Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Iron
Concrete wall sculpture "Organik"
Located in San Francisco, CA
This work "Organik" is made from ivory concrete, and painted copper, manganese, and iron oxides that change color as they dry.
The marvel of concrete is its ability to trick the ey...
Category
2010s California - Sculptures
Materials
Concrete, Copper
Mountains Platter, Ceramic Sculpture by Daniel Duford, 2023
Located in Orange, CA
Mountains Platter, Ceramic Sculpture by Daniel Duford, 2023
Additional information:
Medium: Ceramic sculpture
Dimension: 15 × 15 × 4 in (38.1 × 38.1 × 10.2 cm)
About artist: For 20...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary California - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculpture, "3 Torsos"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original figurative sculpture by San Diego artist, Susan Hawkins. Its dimensions are 9x8.5x.2.25. It is made of bronze. A certificate of authenticity will fol...
Category
2010s Abstract California - Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Cabaret
By Erté
Located in Greenwich, CT
Cabaret, so evocative of cabaret-style shows, was a costume design for a 1940 production entitled 'Dream Waltz' by Oscar Strauss, based on a novella from 1905 by Hans Müller-Einingen...
Category
20th Century Art Deco California - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Al 4 Blocks aluminum, in 4 parts
By Carl Andre
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Carl Andre
Al 4 Blocks aluminum, in 4 parts
Each 2 x 7 5/8 x 4 in. (5.1 x 19.4 x 10.2 cm.), overall 2 x 15 1/4 x 8 inches (5.1 x 38.7 x 20.3 cm.)
Executed in 2008, this work is accom...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric California - Sculptures
Materials
Metal
The Reach, Clay Abstract Sculpture, 2019
By Beverly Morrison
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Chocolate Brown stoneware; cone 5/6 oxidation firing; Slips and Oxides; Faux metal detailing
Keywords: abstract, textured, clay, ceramic, expressive
Artist Bio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist California - Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Untitled Sculpture by Sterling Allen, 2020
Located in Orange, CA
Untitled Sculpture by Sterling Allen, 2020
Additional information:
Dimensions: 10.25 × 8.75 × 5 in (26 × 22.2 × 12.7 cm)
About Artist: Sterling Allen holds a BFA from the Universit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary California - Sculptures
Poseidon, Glazed Earthenware by Jeffry Mitchell, 2014
By Jeffry Mitchell
Located in Orange, CA
Poseidon, Glazed Earthenware by Jeffry Mitchell, 2014
Additional information:
Medium: Glazed earthenware
Dimensions: 17 x 15 x 12 in
About artist: Jeffry Mitchell’s primary medium ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary California - Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
Pattern Bias
By Gwen Samuels
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This dress was is an early piece when I was beginning to make dresses and was learning about shaping them. I was also using a camera for my imagery not my 1-phone...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract California - Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Handmade Bulldog Sculpture, "Beach Bully"
Located in San Diego, CA
One of a kind handcrafted surrealist sculpture made by local San Diego artist, Richard Becker. This is made from plastic, stainless steel and wood. The artist has depicted a bulldog ...
Category
2010s Surrealist California - Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
T-Bone
Located in Mill Valley, CA
An abstract steel sculpture.
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Repose Fragment, Marble Dust, Resin
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
In working his way through the Louvre, The Vatican and other historic art museums, Richard MacDonald is particularly engaged by the ancient pieces and the fragments that remain of th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Ceramic Totem with yellow spheres
By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
69 inch glazed ceramic totem for indoor use or on a ceramic base for an outdoor deck
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art California - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Transitioning
By Gwen Samuels
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Transitioning is part of my sculptural dress series. I was interested in experimenting with open and closed spaces and colors transitioning from yellow to pink. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract California - Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Joy Fragment, Marble Dust, Resin
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
In working his way through the Louvre, The Vatican and other historic art museums, Richard MacDonald is particularly engaged by the ancient pieces and the fragments that remain of th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Kei (Japanese-Reverant)
By Nancy Legge
Located in Mill Valley, CA
A figurative sculpture made from porcelain and found iron.
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Sculptures
Materials
Iron
La Testa Terracotta Sculpture by Renato Bertelli
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Midcentury painted terracotta abstract figurative sculpture “La Testa” by Italian Futurist artist Renato Bertelli (1900-1974). Initialized “R. B. A-XI”.
Category
Mid-20th Century California - Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta, Paint
Flux 1
By Barbara Wildenboer
Located in Mill Valley, CA
Framed paper sculpture.
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Sculptures
Materials
Paper
"Cherry Jell-O" Pop Art Sculpture 20" x 24" x 4" inch Edition 1/1 by Kii Arens
Located in Culver City, CA
"Cherry Jell-O" Sculpture 20" x 24" x 4" inch Edition 1/1 by Kii Arens
ABOUT
One of the most credible and influential in Los Angeles - the award winning Kii Arens, is a critical dri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art California - Sculptures
Materials
Plexiglass, Mixed Media
Arrastro, from Service Scènes de Corrida, A.R. 423
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1959, Pablo Picasso Arrastro, from Service Scènes de Corrida A.R. 423 is numbered from the edition of 50 on the reverse and stamped with the 'MADOURA PLEIN FEU' and ‘EMPRE...
Category
1950s Modern California - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, Glaze
Line Construction (Ovoid)
By Andrew Hayes
Located in Mill Valley, CA
Abstract wall sculpture made of steel and paper.
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Sentinal
By Robert Adams
Located in Mill Valley, CA
Basswood and sugar-pine sculpture with milk and Japan paint.
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
"Lovers 1" Ceramic Abstract Sculpture 23" x 9" inch by Lika Brutyan
By Lika Brutyan
Located in Culver City, CA
"Lovers 1" Ceramic Abstract Sculpture 23" x 9" inch by Lika Brutyan
Medium: Clay, Terra Sigillata
Lika Brutyan is American photographer, was born in a family of scientists and arti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Underglaze
LADY AND SCOTTISH DOG
Located in Pasadena, CA
Magnificent beautiful masterpiece bronze sculpture of lady with the Scottish Deer Hunter dog bronze comes with green patina; 1/10
So beautiful and a lot...
Category
2010s American Modern California - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Blue Ulric (German-Wolf Ruler)
By Nancy Legge
Located in Mill Valley, CA
A figurative sculpture of a figure mad in cast glass.
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Lisa-Wool Blend
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Original mixed media assemblage found object painting
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage California - Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Small Pin Spiral
By Aaron Kramer
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Ring rolled steel, washers, mini bowling trophies, children's pin toys, automotive bearings
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Kinetic California - Sculptures
Materials
Metal
CHOCOLATE FACTORY 2
By Alessandra Pierelli
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Original Resin, polystyrene, pins, acrylics
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art California - Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Helen of Troy
By Erté
Located in Greenwich, CT
Erté’s image of Helen of Troy also exists as a gouache painting and a serigraph. Known as "the face that launched a thousand ships" and as Zeus' daughter, her story is one that is intricately intertwined with many of the Greek gods and goddesses...
Category
20th Century Art Deco California - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture “Spirit”
By Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
Frank Arnold is thought by many to be one of the foremost abstract figurative painters and sculptors of our time. He is a living master whose work is considered to be both personal a...
Category
2010s Abstract California - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Zina
By Nancy Legge
Located in Mill Valley, CA
A figurative sculpture made from clay.
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Sage Mano
By Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
Frank Arnold is thought by many to be one of the foremost abstract figurative painters and sculptors of our time. He is a living master whose work is considered to be both personal a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract California - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
White Platter with Filigree Center and Gold Accents, Abstract Sculpture, 2021
By Lois Sattler
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
White Platter with filigree center and gold accents. Medium: ceramic porcelain. Size: 15 inch diameter and 2 inches deep (38 cm diameter and 5 cm deep). Made in Ca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist California - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Ball Elephant Bronze by Sophie Martin
By Sophie Martin
Located in Pasadena, CA
Animal sculptor Sophie MARTIN creates from inert clay a whole living animal kingdom. She freely observes the animal and captures and interprets a movement; and places it in nature an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist California - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Spotted Blue White
By Eric Johnson
Located in Santa Monica, CA
The Madame X works exemplify Eric Johnson’s passionate embrace of the sensuality of form. The sculptures are imbued with abstract bursts of color beneath pristine surfaces, which appear to undulate as one moves around their double-helix curves.
Seen together, the series is a celebration of the exquisite harmony of depth, structure, color, and lovingly polished surfaces, somewhat blurring the line between painting and sculpture. Interestingly, the Madame X series was inspired by a painting by John Singer Sargent, and pays homage to Sargent’s portrait of the same title, which scandalized the Paris Salon of 1884. While Parisians were shocked by the slip of a dress strap and the alabaster complexion of the portrait’s subject, Johnson was inspired by the sinewy, vertical curves of Sargent’s composition.
At the nexus of the L.A. art scene for nearly forty years, Eric Johnson’s work bears a distinctly Southern California hot-rod, materials-based aesthetic. Early on, Johnson was drawn to artists whose work also grew out of L.A.’s surf and car culture sensibilities. Utilizing new materials and industrial products, like resin & plastic, artwork of impossibly slick, sleek character began to emerge and was termed “Finish Fetish”. Johnson’s work is next generation heir to this work, and carries forward the DNA of such legendary Light and Space, Finish Fetish, artists as Craig Kaufman, DeWain Valentine, Billy Al Bengston, Larry Bell, Tom Jenkins and Tony DeLap.
Eric Johnson’s works are also acutely personal representations of his life. A severe neck injury, and struggle with intense spinal pain, served as the initial catalyst for his exploration of structural forms, which are also informed by his ancestral heritage - Scottish, Cree Indian, and perhaps a boat-building urge from the Norse. His father, a race-car driver and expert in custom car fabrication, passed on a passion for cars and their restoration. Scouted into the Air Force during the Vietnam war as a fencing instructor (though he never served), Johnson discovered he was color-blind during an eye-exam. Surprisingly, this ignited an interest in color and experiments with layering automotive pigments and clear resins, which Johnson continues with in this series, fabricating molds, which allow him to do multiple iterations of the same shape while investigating variations of color.
Eric Johnson attended Valley College; California Institute of Art and received his Masters of Fine Arts degree from University of California at Irvine. Johnson’s work is in many public and private collections, including: Oakland Museum; Laguna Beach Museum; Museum of Art and History (MOAH); Lancaster, CA; C.B.S. Broadcasting, New York, NY; Digital Domain, Venice, CA; Mary Barnes...
Category
2010s Abstract California - Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Acrylic
Two Birds of Paradise Tall_ America Martin_Pepper Marble Sculpture_Floral
By America Martin
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
AMERICA MARTIN
"Two Birds of Paradise Tall"
Sand Blasted Pepper Marble
Size: 22 x 13 x 6.5 Inches
Edition: 1/1
Experimenting with line weight and function as a tool for two dimen...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Sim (Irish-Listener)
By Nancy Legge
Located in Mill Valley, CA
A sculpture of a figure using stoneware and found objects.
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware, Found Objects
Cheetah Bust, Atelier
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Richard MacDonald’s “Cheetah Bust, Atelier” reveals an intimate study of “Samburu”, the two and a half year old Nambian cheetah the artist used as the subject for his “Diana and the ...
Category
20th Century California - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Split Brain of a Female Warrior, Abstract Sculpture, 2020
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Split Brain of a Female Warrior is one of my first pieces I made with sheet metal. It's 2D and lies flat on a canvas. This piece depi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract California - Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Belle Attente
By Elisabeth Cibot
Located in Pasadena, CA
Sculpture
Original bronze
BELLE ATTENTE
Wax lost bronze signed on the thigh: N °: 2/8
foundry stamp CHAPON
Born in 1960 in a family of artists collecting the bronzes of the Italian Renaissance...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Separation Anxiety in Concrete, 2014
Located in Orange, CA
Separation Anxiety in Concrete, 2014
Additional information:
Medium: Concrete
Dimensions: 16 x 16 x 6 in
Heidi Schwegler explores a wide range of materials in the service of her su...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary California - Sculptures
Materials
Concrete
Shards Flower 1 in Porcelain, 2019
By Zemer Peled
Located in Orange, CA
Shards Flower 1 in Porcelain, 2019
Additional information:
Medium: Porcelain
Dimensions: 18 × 21 × 16 in
Zemer Peled's work examines the beauty and brutality of the natural world. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary California - Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pretty Attached
By Valérie Buess
Located in Mill Valley, CA
Blue is an organic form created from varying rolls of paper, all with different tones of blue at their center. The effect is extraordinary when held up to the lights, like some magic...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Sculptures
Materials
Paper
Tabletop 3d metal sculpture -- iron wire, circular, recycled metal plaque
Located in San Francisco, CA
In this exquisitely soldered 3d metal sculpture, Juliette Frescaline captures the movement of grasses growing over a man-made recycled plaque. Nature takes over in this cleverly titl...
Category
2010s California - Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Iron
Chiliad
By Andrew Hayes
Located in Mill Valley, CA
Abstract sculpture made of steel and book pages.
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Light Glyph VFSV
By Casper Brindle
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Light-Glyphs, a range of colors illuminate the interior of translucent sculptural boxes. The color is muted and light diffused through frosted surfaces. At center, a thin blade of co...
Category
2010s Abstract California - Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Pigment
Marble Bust of Roman Leader
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An 18th c. hand-carved, solid Carrara marble bust, likely of a holy Roman Emperor on a specimen marble base of the period. Inscribed "OTTONI".
Category
18th Century California - Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Modern Aphrodite, 2014
By Linda Smith
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Not Available
Category
21st Century and Contemporary California - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Patterned Head 2, 2007
By Linda Smith
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Not Available
Category
21st Century and Contemporary California - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Woman with Purple Hair, 2015
By Linda Smith
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Not Available
Category
21st Century and Contemporary California - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze
Women & Cats, 2022
By Linda Smith
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Not Available
Category
21st Century and Contemporary California - Sculptures
Materials
Clay
"Patterned Head 3", 2007
By Linda Smith
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Not Available
Category
21st Century and Contemporary California - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
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