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Ryton Ram Sculpture by Roberto Lugo (INV# NP5761)
Ryton Ram Sculpture by Roberto Lugo (INV# NP5761)

Ryton Ram Sculpture by Roberto Lugo (INV# NP5761)

By Roberto Lugo

Located in Morton Grove, IL

Roberto Lugo clay and glaze 9.5 x 5 x 8" Created in collaboration with Charlie Cunningham Roberto Lugo's artwork was recently featured at Design Miami and the artist had an exhibitio...

Category

2010s Contemporary Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Glaze

Medieval French Charter House Library - Miniature Room by Kupjack Studios
Medieval French Charter House Library - Miniature Room by Kupjack Studios

Medieval French Charter House Library - Miniature Room by Kupjack Studios

By Henry "Hank" Kupjack

Located in Chicago, IL

Kupjack Miniatures Medieval French Charter-House Library, Normandy France, circa 1425, 2012 mixed media 16.50h x 27.75w x 15d in 41.91h x 70.48w x 38.10d cm KJK002 Eugene Kupjack and his sons Hank and Jay created museum quality miniature rooms...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Medieval Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Late Colonial Sitting Room, Boston MA, 1760 - Miniature Room by Kupjack Studios
Late Colonial Sitting Room, Boston MA, 1760 - Miniature Room by Kupjack Studios

Late Colonial Sitting Room, Boston MA, 1760 - Miniature Room by Kupjack Studios

By Henry "Hank" Kupjack

Located in Chicago, IL

A new middle class began to emerge in Colonial America and a migration into urban areas began. Unlike farmhouses, these new homes were elegant two-store homes designed in the new Georgian style, imitating the lifestyle of the upper middle class of England. The interiors consisted of a passageway down the middle of the house with specialized rooms off the sides, such as a library, dining room, sitting room or a primary bedroom. Unlike the multi-purpose space of the farmhouse, each of these rooms served a separate purpose. This new middle class had leisure time to entertain guests. In this sitting room, the Kupjacks have replicated this stately room with upholstered furniture, a working fireplace, decorative ceramics and silver accent pieces. This miniature room is presented in a custom leather bound case with faux books on either end as if it could be placed in a bookshelf. the room can also be installed in a wall. Kupjack Miniatures Late Colonial Sitting Room, Boston MA, 1760, circa 2009 mixed media 14.25h x 28.75w x 15.25d in 36.20h x 73.03w x 38.73d cm KJK003 Eugene Kupjack and his sons Hank and Jay created museum quality miniature rooms...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

“Tiny Celadon Green Jacket, ” Steel Sculpture
“Tiny Celadon Green Jacket, ” Steel Sculpture

“Tiny Celadon Green Jacket, ” Steel Sculpture

By Gordon Chandler

Located in Chicago, IL

Upon discovering a weathered steel drum that had been warped to resemble the sleeve of a garment, artist Gordon Chandler was inspired to embark on a series of kimono sculptures formed from found metal scraps. With an eye to the aesthetic possibilities of this humble material, Chandler invests the reclaimed steel with sculptural fluidity and a wry sense of form. Flattened with the center portion rolled out and the sides left open, this discarded barrel takes on the look of a miniature jacket. Coated with a mint green finish, the eroded metal appears as draped fabric, folded back to form a simple collar. The sculpture is finished with the artist's initials stamped...

Category

2010s Modern Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Spirit - Abstract Geometric Form, Hand Painted, Welded Steel Sculpture
Spirit - Abstract Geometric Form, Hand Painted, Welded Steel Sculpture

Spirit - Abstract Geometric Form, Hand Painted, Welded Steel Sculpture

By Chris Hill

Located in Chicago, IL

This dynamic table sized sculpture is created from sheets of steel, welded together in an abstract geometric pattern and then painted with an acrylic paint to enhance the surface. While the work adheres to a rigid, rational geometry, this sculptures suggest lyrical movement, apparent weightlessness and improvisation as the title suggests. Chris Hill Spirit welded steel, acrylic paint 16.50h x 11.50w x 7d in 41.91h x 29.21w x 17.78d cm CHI021 Chris Hill is a Santa Fe based sculptor. Chris was born in Port Arthur, Texas but grew up in small town North Mississippi. He began welding at age 18 at the Tennessee Valley Authority...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Steel

The Black Road: Crystal - Resin Head Sculpture with Interior Light and Tree
The Black Road: Crystal - Resin Head Sculpture with Interior Light and Tree

The Black Road: Crystal - Resin Head Sculpture with Interior Light and Tree

By Dean Kugler

Located in Chicago, IL

Dean Kugler The Black Road: Crystal, 2022 resin, steel, limestone 31h x 13w x 12d in 78.74h x 33.02w x 30.48d cm DK0044 Dean Kugler is a seasoned interdisciplinary artist, painter, ...

Category

2010s American Realist Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Concrete, Steel

Icaro III - Bronze Figure of Mythical Icarus Standing on Wings, Green Patina
Icaro III - Bronze Figure of Mythical Icarus Standing on Wings, Green Patina

Icaro III - Bronze Figure of Mythical Icarus Standing on Wings, Green Patina

By Jesus Curia Perez

Located in Chicago, IL

Icaro III bronze 28h x 12w x 12d in 71.12h x 30.48w x 30.48d cm ed. 1/8 JCP073 Jesús Curiá's sculptures arouse something more than purely aesthetic pleasure. We can analyze his wor...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Alexander The Great's Siege Tent, Halicarnassus, ca. 333 BC, Miniature Room
Alexander The Great's Siege Tent, Halicarnassus, ca. 333 BC, Miniature Room

Alexander The Great's Siege Tent, Halicarnassus, ca. 333 BC, Miniature Room

By Henry "Hank" Kupjack

Located in Chicago, IL

Halicarnassus was an ancient Greek city in Caria, in Anatolia. It was located in southwest Caria, on an advantageous site on the Gulf of Gökova, which is now in Bodrum, Turkey. The city was famous for the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, ranked as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Halicarnassus was loyal to the Persians and formed part of the Persian Empire until Alexander the Great captured it at the siege of Halicarnassus in 333 BC. Here, the Kupjack Studios have meticulously researched the era and have gone to painstaking detail to present this miniature version of Alexander's Tent. Based on a scale of one foot equals one inch, each piece of furniture, rug, decoration is fabricated with exacting detail. Kupjack Miniatures Alexander's Siege Tent, Halicarnassus, ca. 333 BC, circa 2003 mixed media 24.50h x 22.75w x 18.50d in 62.23h x 57.78w x 46.99d cm KJK004 Eugene Kupjack and his sons Hank and Jay created museum quality miniature rooms...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

The Path - Abstract Geometric Form, Hand Painted Welded Steel Wall Sculpture
The Path - Abstract Geometric Form, Hand Painted Welded Steel Wall Sculpture

The Path - Abstract Geometric Form, Hand Painted Welded Steel Wall Sculpture

By Chris Hill

Located in Chicago, IL

This dynamic wall sculpture is created from sheets of steel, welded together in an abstract geometric pattern. Muted shades of blue, grey, purple and green dominate and are balanced by softer hues. While the work adheres to a rigid, rational geometry, this sculptures suggest lyrical movement, apparent weightlessness and improvisation as the title suggests. Chris Hill The Path welded steel, acrylic paint 28h x 15.75w x 2d in 71.12h x 40.01w x 5.08d cm CHI018 Chris Hill is a Santa Fe based sculptor. Chris was born in Port Arthur...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Acrobat - Geometrical, Graceful Abstract Bronze Sculpture on Marble Base
Acrobat - Geometrical, Graceful Abstract Bronze Sculpture on Marble Base

Acrobat - Geometrical, Graceful Abstract Bronze Sculpture on Marble Base

By Dave Stevenson

Located in Chicago, IL

This bronze sculpture rises in a fluid, calligraphic motion, its looping forms unfolding like a suspended gesture in space. Smooth, polished surfaces catch the light, revealing warm ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

18th Century New England Cartographer's Office - Kupjack Studios Miniature Room
18th Century New England Cartographer's Office - Kupjack Studios Miniature Room

18th Century New England Cartographer's Office - Kupjack Studios Miniature Room

By Henry "Hank" Kupjack

Located in Chicago, IL

Cartography, the study and practice of making and using maps, was at the cutting edge in the 18th-century, helping to shape and define a world rapidly coming into focus. Over the course of the century, exploration and colonization expanded the scope of the known world, especially in the Pacific and the Americas. Advances in geography enabled cartographers to map these new discoveries with increasing accuracy. The days of conjecture and myth in cartography were fast coming to an end. Here, the Kupjack Studios has captured this discipline with exacting details. From the smallest of tools, to the rolls of maps and maps in progress displayed on the desk, the world of miniatures comes to life and brings us into a bygone era. Kupjack Miniatures 18th Century New England Cartographer, circa. 2008 mixed media 14h x 26.25w x 14.75d in 35.56h x 66.67w x 37.47d cm KJK001 Eugene Kupjack and his sons Hank and Jay created museum quality miniature rooms in their studio outside of Chicago for many years. Hank and Jay learned the at their father’s side as he assisted Mrs. Narcissa Niblack Thorne with the creation her many miniature rooms now housed at The Art Institute of Chicago. Almost every piece of molding, furniture, rugs, and accessory items that are contained in their rooms are designed and created by hand. In addition to designing and building rooms they would sometimes work to restore the rooms built many years ago by their father and Mrs. Thorne. Their work can be seen in various museums as far away as Turkey where they were exhibited in 2009. In the United States their work can be seen in the permanent collections of The Kentucky Museum Center, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Philadelphia Art Museum...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Retired Whaling Captain's Study, Nantucket, Miniature Room by Eugene Kupjack
Retired Whaling Captain's Study, Nantucket, Miniature Room by Eugene Kupjack

Retired Whaling Captain's Study, Nantucket, Miniature Room by Eugene Kupjack

By Eugene J. Kupjack

Located in Chicago, IL

This highly detailed Miniature Room of a Retired Whaling Captain's Study in Nantucket is an excellent example of the true talent of Eugene Kupjack. Tiny scrimshaw and knick-knacks fill the shelves while the perfectly proportioned furniture adorns the center of the room. A mariners wheel and captain's chest are set off to the side with a small sea shell set atop. All painstakingly researched to the exact time period in a one inch to one foot scale. Kupjack Miniatures Eugene Kupjack "Retired Whaling Captain's Study, Nantucket, circa 1860," 1983 mix media 11.50h x 19.50w x 11d in 29.21h x 49.53w x 27.94d cm KJK010 Eugene Kupjack and his sons Hank and Jay created museum quality miniature rooms...

Category

1980s Contemporary Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Rare Closed Form by Toshiko Takaezu
Rare Closed Form by Toshiko Takaezu

Rare Closed Form by Toshiko Takaezu

By Toshiko Takaezu

Located in Morton Grove, IL

A VERY EARLY UNTITLED YELLOW CLOSED FORM (INV# NP5476)! Toshiko Takaezu porcelain and glaze 5.5 × 6 × 6” 1968 signed Toshiko Takaezu (June 17, 1922 – March 9, 2011) was an American...

Category

1960s Contemporary Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware, Glaze

Ariel - After Bernini, Contemporary Paper Sculpture of Angel, 21st Century

Ariel - After Bernini, Contemporary Paper Sculpture of Angel, 21st Century

By Ivan Markovic

Located in Chicago, IL

Ivan Markovic transports viewers into a world of technicolor with this collection of works inspired by Bernini's angels. Markovic's life in Rome brought him to walk across the Ponte ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Wire

Untitled - Highly Detailed Paper Sculpture of Angel

Untitled - Highly Detailed Paper Sculpture of Angel

By Ivan Markovic

Located in Chicago, IL

Ivan Markovic transports viewers into a world of technicolor with this collection of works inspired by Bernini's angels. Markovic's life in Rome brought him to walk across the Ponte ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Wire

"Man with Cup, " Painted Ceramic Figure
"Man with Cup, " Painted Ceramic Figure

"Man with Cup, " Painted Ceramic Figure

Located in Chicago, IL

Although this whimsical sculpture by Allan Winkler has the look of outsider art, this ceramic work stems from the art school-trained artist’s interest in...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Acrylic

"Protector One" Folk Art Crow Sculpture
"Protector One" Folk Art Crow Sculpture

"Protector One" Folk Art Crow Sculpture

Located in Chicago, IL

Richly textured with whimsical appeal, this late 20th century wooden crow is a delightful example of naive American sculpture. Poised mid-caw, the crow's wings are outstretched, read...

Category

Late 20th Century Folk Art Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paint

"Red Rust Jacket, " Steel Sculpture
"Red Rust Jacket, " Steel Sculpture

"Red Rust Jacket, " Steel Sculpture

By Gordon Chandler

Located in Chicago, IL

Upon discovering a weathered steel drum that had been warped to resemble the sleeve of a garment, artist Gordon Chandler was inspired to embark on a series of kimono sculptures forme...

Category

2010s Abstract Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Steel

The Redpath Mansion - Highly Detailed Scale Model Sculpture, Crumbling Building
The Redpath Mansion - Highly Detailed Scale Model Sculpture, Crumbling Building

The Redpath Mansion - Highly Detailed Scale Model Sculpture, Crumbling Building

By Ivan Markovic

Located in Chicago, IL

The Redpath Mansion was built in 1886 for members of the Redpath family – wealthy industrialists who constructed the Lachine Canal and founded the sugar refinery that bears their name. This majestic house was erected in the fabled Golden Square Mile of Montreal. By the mid-20th century, it was one of the few remaining Queen Anne style homes in this city. The Sochaczevski family, purchased it in 1986 and within that year, obtained a license to demolish the building. Approximately 40% of the property was leveled. Organizations such as Heritage Montreal and Save Montreal obtained an injunction to suspend the execution of the license and the destruction of the mansion. It was temporarily saved. In 2014, the Mayor of Montreal, Denis Coderre, sided in favour of the Sochaczevski family, granting them the license to level the Redpath Mansion. In a statement to the media, when substantiating his reasoning, Denis Coderre said, “It was too dangerous, so I asked that we demolish the building.” The disappearance of the Redpath Mansion represented a great loss to Montreal’s architectural landscape. Organizations such as Heritage Montreal and Save Montreal, contended that it possessed immense cultural value; and during the course of almost three decades – 1986 to 2014 - struggled to save this rare Queen Anne style home from the wrecking ball. Albeit, the Sochaczevski family argued that it was old and unsafe, and that a restoration of the once stately home would be very costly. During the span marked by the first attempt at a demolition and the final decision by the mayor of Montreal (i.e. 1986 – 2014), The Redpath Mansion’s already dire condition worsened. It stood vacant and exposed to the elements. Nothing to upkeep the house was implemented, neither by the owners, or the city of Montreal; which ultimately compromised its structural viability. The events surrounding the Redpath Mansion, came to my attention in the summer of 2010. It was during a visit to Mount Sinai Hospital, in Montreal, where my father lay stricken by a terminal disease known as pulmonary fibrosis. I came upon a newspaper article in the Montreal Gazette. It described the Redpath Mansion case. I likened the decaying building with the final stages of my father’s life. The Redpath Mansion gained even greater significance for me when I went in person to the Golden Square Mile - in the city centre – and stood before it along Du Musée Street. I experienced it as a powerful metaphor for the transient nature of life. It also inspired thoughts related to generational ties, and how familial bonds act to influence and shape a person’s identity. The program of work I plan to undertake aims at building a scale model of the Redpath Mansion, as it appeared just before its demolition, in 2014. The physical height of this scale model is set at approximately 1 metre. I wish to place emphasis on the craft aspect, by creating a visual idiom based on details and decaying forms that allude to our connection to the past. For example, old pictures found among the rubble, scattered clothing and shoes, all of which are suggestive of a past ethos. I steer clear of political and social issues and aim to view this project with a more poetic lens, hoping to move the focus from societal problems to problems we face inside ourselves. The end result, or the finished piece would make a statement in a more introspective and emotional way, and show that the past weighs on the present, almost to the point of haunting. The viewer of the finished scale model will view it in the round, and in so doing perceive a definite narrative that addresses questions of identity, memory and loss. Ivan Markovic The Redpath Mansion, 2019 mixed media 37h x 20w x 24d in 93.98h x 50.80w x 60.96d cm IVM007 IVAN MARKOVIC was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1970. At an early age, he showed a natural propensity for drawing. At 15 years of age, he went to Paris, France to attend the Fine Arts school Creatione et Future. This experience allowed him to become a better draftsman and encouraged him to take his first steps in the art of oil painting. In 1994, he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Concordia University in Montreal. During his undergraduate degree he developed an interest for Art History and life drawing. After graduation, Ivan Markovic moved to Madrid, Spain to work at the Prado museum, where he made copies of Old Masters’ paintings, and developed an understanding for the materials and techniques of Spanish, Italian and Flemish art. He received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Bretton Hall College, University of Leeds, in the U.K. in 1997. His graduate work focused on large-scale paintings that alluded to baroque and neoclassical painting. In parallel, he pursued his other passion, teaching, by instructing a figure drawing course. Upon completing his MFA, he returned to Madrid to work as a practicing artist and art teacher for 13 years. During this time, he experimented with a diverse range of media. Of these, he was most captivated by sculpture. In 2010, he came back to his native Montreal, thus completing a formative cycle that has lasted 25 years. Currently, Ivan Markovic lives and works between Montreal, Chicago, and Madrid. He creates three-dimensional renditions of people facing situations of adversity, especially those that live on the fringe of society. His work has been featured in solo exhibitions in Canada, the United States and Europe, and is also on permanent display in privately owned collections of art. Ivan Markovic b. 1970, Montreal, Quebec Education 1997 Master of Fine Arts, Bretton Hall College, University of Leeds, England. 1994 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. 1986 Studies at the Fine Arts School, Création et Future, Paris, France. Selected Exhibitions 2020 Double Feature: Art Shay and Ivan Markovic, 2019, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2019 SOFA Chicago 2019, Navy Pier, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2018 SOFA Chicago 2018, Navy Pier, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Art Market Hamptons, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Bridgehampton, NY Art On Paper, Gallery Victor Armendariz, New York, NY 2017 Art Toronto, Galerie D’Este, Toronto, Canada. SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier, Option Art, Chicago, IL Papier/10th Edition, Contemporary Art Fair of Works on Paper, Galerie D’Este, Mlt., Canada. 2016 SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier, Option Art, Chicago, U.S.A. 2016 Toronto International Art Fair, Galerie D’Este, Toronto, Canada. 2016 Beyond the Pale, Galerie D’Este, Montreal, Canada. 2014 On the Fringe, Galerie D’Este, Montreal, Canada. Love Art, Galerie D’Este, Toronto, Canada. Papier 14, Contemporary Art Fair of Works on Paper, Galerie D’Este, Montreal, Canada. 2013 Shades of Isolation, Galerie D’Este, Montreal, Canada. 2013 Toronto International Art Fair, Galerie D’Este, Toronto, Canada. Papier 13, Contemporary Art Fair of Works on Paper, Galerie D’Este, Montreal, Canada. 2012 Papier 12, Contemporary Art Fair of Works on Paper, Galerie D’Este, Montreal, Canada. 2011 Papier 11, Contemporary Art Fair of Works on Paper, Galerie D’Este, Montreal, Canada 2004 Galería Francisco Duayer, Madrid, Spain. 2004 Fundación Cultural Mapfre Vida (Premio Penagos de Dibujo), Madrid, Spain. 2003 Centro Intergrado Arganzuela (Ayuntamento de Madrid), Madrid, Spain. 2003 Galería Francisco Duayer, Madrid, Spain. 2001 Galería Francisco Duayer, Madrid, Spain. 2000 Sala Goya, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain. 1998 Instituto Cervantes, John Hancock Center...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Paper, Glue, Plastic, Wood, Paint

Surrender - Highly Detailed Paper Sculpture of Angel

Surrender - Highly Detailed Paper Sculpture of Angel

By Ivan Markovic

Located in Chicago, IL

Ivan Markovic transports viewers into a world of technicolor with this collection of works inspired by Bernini's angels. Markovic's life in Rome brought him to walk across the Ponte ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Wire

Michael - Highly Detailed Paper Sculpture of Angel

Michael - Highly Detailed Paper Sculpture of Angel

By Ivan Markovic

Located in Chicago, IL

Ivan Markovic transports viewers into a world of technicolor with this collection of works inspired by Bernini's angels. Markovic's life in Rome brought him to walk across the Ponte ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Wire

"Caress of Water, " Mixed Media Sculpture
"Caress of Water, " Mixed Media Sculpture

"Caress of Water, " Mixed Media Sculpture

By Michael Thompson

Located in Chicago, IL

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Baby Jesus' First Gun

Baby Jesus' First Gun

By Marcos Raya

Located in Chicago, IL

Marcos Raya's artwork has deep connections to Rasquache or Rasquachismo– an aesthetic tied to the working-class Mexican art exemplified by the statement "Make the most of the least"....

Category

2010s Contemporary Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

"Beach-Combed Mochaware, " Mixed Media Sculpture
"Beach-Combed Mochaware, " Mixed Media Sculpture

"Beach-Combed Mochaware, " Mixed Media Sculpture

By Michael Thompson

Located in Chicago, IL

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. In his ongoing series of memory jugs, Thompson adorns stoneware vessels with a kaleidoscope of ceramic shards, found objects, and pocket-sized trinkets he collected over the course of his life. Also known as forget-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one who has recently passed. Small tokens and mementos of the deceased are gathered and affixed to the exterior of a jug or vase, an abundance of memories that celebrates a life lived to the fullest. Michael Thompson applies this tradition to his own practice, creating tactile assemblages of this and that. Formed in the manner of collage, each jug honors the lost memories of generations past and his own memories of personally discovering each item. With varied sources for materials including Kyoto, Turkey, and Mexico, a great number of the found shards are 18th and 19th century ceramics...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Stone

"Ghost (Waiting for Friends), " Mixed Media Mosaic, 2022
"Ghost (Waiting for Friends), " Mixed Media Mosaic, 2022

"Ghost (Waiting for Friends), " Mixed Media Mosaic, 2022

Located in Chicago, IL

Intricate, ethereal and highly textured, the abstract compositions of Japanese mosaic artist Toyoharu Kii reflect a sophisticated approach to the technical art of mosaic making. Clas...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Marble

High Desert Composition - 3-D Steel Wall Sculpture, Linear Geometric Form

High Desert Composition - 3-D Steel Wall Sculpture, Linear Geometric Form

By Chris Hill

Located in Chicago, IL

"High Desert Composition" is a welded steel wall sculpture where the lines between two- and three-dimensional art are blurred. The viewer has a variety of experiences from multiple vantage points where volumes and angles disconnect and reconnect as one moves around the piece. The hand welded steel is painted with acrylic paint in a kaleidoscope of color tones. Chris Hill High Desert Composition welded steel, acrylic paint 80h x 48w x 7d in 203.20h x 121.92w x 17.78d cm CHI024 Chris Hill is a Santa Fe based sculptor. Chris was born in Port Arthur, Texas but grew up in small town North Mississippi. He began welding at age 18 at the Tennessee Valley Authority...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Boat III, Large Bronze and Wood Sculpture of Inverted Balancing Figure
Boat III, Large Bronze and Wood Sculpture of Inverted Balancing Figure

Boat III, Large Bronze and Wood Sculpture of Inverted Balancing Figure

By Jesus Curia Perez

Located in Chicago, IL

Inspired by the Shoulder Stand in Yoga, aka Sarvangasan, Curiá brings an abstraction to the pose as the figure's legs morph into a wooden boat. The figure has a beautiful green pati...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Steel

Fallen Angel- Highly Detailed Paper Sculpture of Angel

Fallen Angel- Highly Detailed Paper Sculpture of Angel

By Ivan Markovic

Located in Chicago, IL

Ivan Markovic transports viewers into a world of technicolor with this collection of works inspired by Bernini's angels. Markovic's life in Rome brought him to walk across the Ponte ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Wire

Atlas Shrugged - Greek Mythology Inspired Bronze Sculpture on Granite Base
Atlas Shrugged - Greek Mythology Inspired Bronze Sculpture on Granite Base

Atlas Shrugged - Greek Mythology Inspired Bronze Sculpture on Granite Base

By Dean Kugler

Located in Chicago, IL

Dean Kugler Atlas Shrugged, 2024 bronze, ed. 9/12 22h x 14.50w x 16d in 55.88h x 36.83w x 40.64d cm ed. 9/12 DK0046 Dean Kugler is a seasoned interdisciplinary artist, painter, and ...

Category

2010s American Realist Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Zia Rising - Geometric Steel Sculpture, Welded Steel, Hand Painted Acrylic
Zia Rising - Geometric Steel Sculpture, Welded Steel, Hand Painted Acrylic

Zia Rising - Geometric Steel Sculpture, Welded Steel, Hand Painted Acrylic

By Chris Hill

Located in Chicago, IL

This dynamic table sized sculpture is created from sheets of steel welded together in an abstract geometric pattern. While the work adheres to a rigid, rational geometry, this sculptures suggest lyrical movement, apparent weightlessness and improvisation as the title suggests. Chris Hill Zia Rising welded steel, acrylic paint 14.50h x 13w x 5d in 36.83h x 33.02w x 12.70d cm CHI022 Chris Hill is a Santa Fe based sculptor. Chris was born in Port Arthur, Texas but grew up in small town North Mississippi. He began welding at age 18 at the Tennessee Valley Authority...

Category

2010s Abstract Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Art-ikythera Mechanism
Art-ikythera Mechanism

Art-ikythera Mechanism

By Terry Poulos

Located in Chicago, IL

Modern-day rendition of the world's oldest computer, the real-life Antikythera Mechanism (c. 205 BC). To our knowledge, the world's first outright, true sculpture that honors the world's oldest computer. The Antikythera Mechanism was a hand-powered astronomical calculator/planetarium consisting of anywhere from 24 to approximately 30 interlocking concentric gears and cogs. It was the most complex man-made instrument ever made until nearly the Renaissance, a fact which demands rewrite on the capabilities of the ancients. The ART-ikythera directly connects Archimedes to the invention of the mechanism by virtue of the symbol for Pi being inscribed on the sculpture base. Also inscribed is a spiral glyph, gleaned from the real-life Archimedes Palimpsest. Another accoutrement is the "eye of Archimedes," a concave mirror which when illuminated casts the illusion of a convex magnifying glass. The shape of the base is a square within a circle, symbolizing how Archimedes "squared the circle" to calculate Pi to the second decimal expansion (3.14). ART-ikythera is an esoteric code generator with clues and ciphers leading to a unique scientific perspective. SPECS: Total of 23 individual pieces, including spot-welded antique and vintage cast-iron gears, cogs and sprockets from used farm implements, antique brass all angle inclinometer (late 19th century), antique padlock...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Aluminum, Metal

GUARDIAN ANGEL Figurative Decorative Sculpture
GUARDIAN ANGEL Figurative Decorative Sculpture

GUARDIAN ANGEL Figurative Decorative Sculpture

By Yasemin Aslan Bakiri

Located in Chicago, IL

Sand-cast glass, steel mesh, silver mesh, and metal. 60"H x 45"W x 20"D Yasemin Aslan Bakiri specializes in sand-cast glass techniques using ideas relating to the natural world...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Steel

Falling Up - Highly Detailed Paper Sculpture of Woman Falling Off a Bicycle
Falling Up - Highly Detailed Paper Sculpture of Woman Falling Off a Bicycle

Falling Up - Highly Detailed Paper Sculpture of Woman Falling Off a Bicycle

By Ivan Markovic

Located in Chicago, IL

A split second moment is frozen in time as a rider falls from her bike, just barely making contact with the ground. The fluidity with which the artist is able to capture this specifi...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Wire

Spanish Moon - Abstract Geometric Form, Hand Painted Welded Steel Sculpture
Spanish Moon - Abstract Geometric Form, Hand Painted Welded Steel Sculpture

Spanish Moon - Abstract Geometric Form, Hand Painted Welded Steel Sculpture

By Chris Hill

Located in Chicago, IL

This dynamic table sized sculpture is created from sheets of steel, welded together in an abstract geometric pattern bright blue, orange, purple and yellow dominate and are balanced ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Steel

"Bouquet, " Mixed Media Sculpture
"Bouquet, " Mixed Media Sculpture

"Bouquet, " Mixed Media Sculpture

By Michael Thompson

Located in Chicago, IL

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. In his ongoing series of memory jugs, Thompson adorns stoneware vessels with a kaleidoscope of ceramic shards, found objects, and pocket-sized trinkets he collected over the course of his life. Also known as forget-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one who has recently passed. Small tokens and mementos of the deceased are gathered and affixed to the exterior of a jug or vase, an abundance of memories that celebrates a life lived to the fullest. Michael Thompson applies this tradition to his own practice, creating tactile assemblages of this and that. Formed in the manner of collage, each jug honors the lost memories of generations past and his own memories of personally discovering each item. With varied sources for materials including Kyoto, Turkey, and Mexico, a great number of the found shards are 18th and 19th century ceramics...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Closed Form by Toshiko Takaezu (INV# NP3927)
Closed Form by Toshiko Takaezu (INV# NP3927)

Closed Form by Toshiko Takaezu (INV# NP3927)

By Toshiko Takaezu

Located in Morton Grove, IL

Toshiko Takaezu Closed Form (INV# NP3927) 4.5 x 5 x 5" date unknown signed by artist Toshiko Takaezu (June 17, 1922 – March 9, 2011) was an American ceramic artist and painter. She ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Glaze, Porcelain

Construction II - Bronze Sculpture Surreal Transfiguring Human Form, Lush Patina
Construction II - Bronze Sculpture Surreal Transfiguring Human Form, Lush Patina

Construction II - Bronze Sculpture Surreal Transfiguring Human Form, Lush Patina

By Jesus Curia Perez

Located in Chicago, IL

***This artwork is currently on exhibit at the Instituto Cervantes, Chicago until September 2025. If purchased this artwork will be available to ship after September 1, 2025. Contact...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Steel

Free Flow - Abstract Geometric Form, Hand Painted Welded Steel Sculpture
Free Flow - Abstract Geometric Form, Hand Painted Welded Steel Sculpture

Free Flow - Abstract Geometric Form, Hand Painted Welded Steel Sculpture

By Chris Hill

Located in Chicago, IL

This dynamic table sized sculpture is created from sheets of steel and rods, welded together in an abstract geometric pattern. While the work adheres to a rigid, rational geometry, this sculptures suggest lyrical movement, apparent weightlessness and improvisation as the title suggests. Chris Hill Free Flow welded steel, acrylic paint 21.5h x 11w x 5d in 43.18h x 20.32w x 12.70d cm CHI020 Chris Hill is a Santa Fe based sculptor. Chris was born in Port Arthur, Texas but grew up in small town North Mississippi. He began welding at age 18 at the Tennessee Valley Authority...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Steel

"Tiny Two-Toned Jacket, " Steel Sculpture
"Tiny Two-Toned Jacket, " Steel Sculpture

"Tiny Two-Toned Jacket, " Steel Sculpture

By Gordon Chandler

Located in Chicago, IL

Upon discovering a weathered steel drum that had been warped to resemble the sleeve of a garment, artist Gordon Chandler was inspired to embark on a series of kimono sculptures forme...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Steel

“Tiny Mint Green Jacket, ” Steel Sculpture
“Tiny Mint Green Jacket, ” Steel Sculpture

“Tiny Mint Green Jacket, ” Steel Sculpture

By Gordon Chandler

Located in Chicago, IL

Upon discovering a weathered steel drum that had been warped to resemble the sleeve of a garment, artist Gordon Chandler was inspired to embark on a series of kimono sculptures formed from found metal scraps. With an eye to the aesthetic possibilities of this humble material, Chandler invests the reclaimed steel with sculptural fluidity and a wry sense of form. Flattened with the center portion rolled out and the sides left open, this discarded barrel takes on the look of a miniature jacket. Coated with a mint green finish, the eroded metal appears as draped fabric, folded back to form a simple collar. The sculpture is finished with the artist's initials stamped...

Category

2010s Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Steel

"Iridescence, " Mixed Media Sculpture
"Iridescence, " Mixed Media Sculpture

"Iridescence, " Mixed Media Sculpture

By Michael Thompson

Located in Chicago, IL

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. In his ongoing series of memory jugs, Thompson adorns stoneware vessels with a kaleidoscope of ceramic shards, found objects, and pocket-sized trinkets he collected over the course of his life. Also known as forget-me-not jugs or spirit jars...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Luster Vessel by Beatrice Wood (INV# NP4055)
Luster Vessel by Beatrice Wood (INV# NP4055)

Luster Vessel by Beatrice Wood (INV# NP4055)

By Beatrice Wood

Located in Morton Grove, IL

Beatrice Wood Luster Vessel (INV# NP4055) stoneware and luster 4.75 x 6.25 signed by artist

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Luster, Stoneware, Glaze

Full Tea Service by Ruth Duckworth (INV# NP3746)
Full Tea Service by Ruth Duckworth (INV# NP3746)

Full Tea Service by Ruth Duckworth (INV# NP3746)

By Ruth Duckworth

Located in Morton Grove, IL

Ruth Duckworth Full Tea Service (INV# NP3746) stoneware and glaze teapot: 8.25 x 7 x 3.5” creamer: 3.25 x 2 x 2.25” sugar bowl: 1.5 x 3.25” approx. cup: 3 x 2.5 x 1.75” approx. saucer: .75 x 4.5 x 4.5” circa 1972 signed RWD Ruth Duckworth (1919-2009) was born in Hamburg, Germany as the youngest of five children. The daughter of a Jewish woman, Duckworth had to leave Nazi Germany for her studies in sculpture and drawing, attending the Liverpool College of Art in 1936. She later studied at the Hammersmith School of Art, the City and Guilds of London Art School, and the Central School of Arts and Crafts. She joined the faculty of the University of Chicago in 1964 and, upon retiring from the university in 1977, moved her studio space to a former pickle plant in Lakeview, Chicago. Her work is featured at such institutions as the Art Institute of Chicago; Boston Museum of Fine Arts; Windsor Castle, England; Stuttgart Museum, Germany; National Museum of Modern Art, Japan; Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen, The Netherlands, Philadelphia Museum of Art; The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; National Museum of Scotland; Kestner Museum, Germany; Schleswig Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Germany; Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Germany; City Museum, Bassano Del Grappo, Italy; Buckingham County Museum, England; Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Utah; American Craft Museum , New York; Los Angeles County Art Museum, California; Evanston Public Library, Illinois; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Most recently, Ruth Duckworth had a major exhibition at Salon 94...

Category

1970s Contemporary Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware, Glaze

"Pexto Car, " Mixed-Media Sculpture
"Pexto Car, " Mixed-Media Sculpture

"Pexto Car, " Mixed-Media Sculpture

Located in Chicago, IL

To Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald, his miniature car sculptures are a means of traveling through time. Born from a fascination with the soap box derby cars of his youth, eac...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paper, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Bust with Floral Top by Sydnie Jimenez (INV# NP3235)
Bust with Floral Top by Sydnie Jimenez (INV# NP3235)

Bust with Floral Top by Sydnie Jimenez (INV# NP3235)

Located in Morton Grove, IL

Sidney Jimenez Bust with Floral Top (INV# NP5235) stoneware, underglaze, and glaze 10.75 × 9 × 5.5” 2024 signed Sydnie Jimenez is a ceramic artist whose work centers on the figures ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware, Glaze, Underglaze

Untitled PB3

Untitled PB3

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: In my sculpture, I have always combined unrelated materials to represent oppositions such as hard and soft, ephemeral and enduring, open and closed, and natural an...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Plastic

Get a Load
Get a Load

Get a Load

Located in Chicago, IL

Bald and chunky, Esther Shimazu’s quirky clay figures are unabashedly naked and delightfully indulgent. Drawing up on her Japanese ancestry and experience...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware, Ceramic

Watch-log
Watch-log

Watch-log

By Christine Perri

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: This sculpture is a combination of the natural (the standing walnut split log) and the classical (the cherry bas-relief face). Keywords: figurative carved log and...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Pharrell Monumental Jar by Roberto Lugo (INV #NP4034)
Pharrell Monumental Jar by Roberto Lugo (INV #NP4034)

Pharrell Monumental Jar by Roberto Lugo (INV #NP4034)

By Roberto Lugo

Located in Morton Grove, IL

Amazing and rare vase from Roberto Lugo featuring the iconic artist Pharrell Williams! 14 x 9 x 9" clay and glaze Comes with Certificate of Authenticity. Rare. Bio- Roberto Lugo (b...

Category

2010s Contemporary Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Clay

Arco II - Bronze Figure Poised Shooting an Arrow, Verdigris Patina, Steel Base
Arco II - Bronze Figure Poised Shooting an Arrow, Verdigris Patina, Steel Base

Arco II - Bronze Figure Poised Shooting an Arrow, Verdigris Patina, Steel Base

By Jesus Curia Perez

Located in Chicago, IL

Jesús Curiá Perez Arco II, ed. 3/8 iron and bronze 26h x 17.75w x 7.75d in 116.84h x 45.09w x 17.14d cm JCP055 It is seemingly easier to identify with the ideas and thoughts of an ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Steel

Early American Parlor, Circa 1820, Miniature Room by Eugene Kupjack
Early American Parlor, Circa 1820, Miniature Room by Eugene Kupjack

Early American Parlor, Circa 1820, Miniature Room by Eugene Kupjack

By Eugene J. Kupjack

Located in Chicago, IL

Eugene Kupjack's love affair with miniatures began when he saw an article in Life Magazine about MrsNarcissa Niblack Thorne's (of the Montgomery Ward fortune) European-Style miniatur...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Clown Love, circa 2000 - Mixed Media Sculpture

Clown Love, circa 2000 - Mixed Media Sculpture

By Marcos Raya

Located in Chicago, IL

Marcos Raya's artwork has deep connections to Rasquache or Rasquachismo– an aesthetic tied to the working-class Mexican art exemplified by the statement "Make the most of the least"....

Category

Early 2000s Modern Chicago - Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

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