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Snow - Hooded Bronze Figure with Skis, Light Blue Patina
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá Perez
Snow
bronze and methacrylate
29.50h x 8.75w x 7d in
74.93h x 22.23w x 17.78d cm
ed. 1/8
JCP057
Jesús Curiá's sculptures arouse something more than purely aesthetic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
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 - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Race - Bronze Figures Poised to Start a Race, Grey Patina, Steel Base
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá Perez
Race
iron, bronze and resin
21.75h x 10w x 19.75d in
55.24h x 25.40w x 50.16d cm
ed. 1/8
JCP056
Jesús Curiá's sculptures arouse something more than purely aestheti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
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 - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Kendo II - Figure, with Arms in Throwing Position, Bronze & Artificial Stone
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá Perez
Kendo II
bronze and artificial stone
30.75h x 12.50w x 7.75d in
78.11h x 31.75w x 19.68d cm
JCP067
Jesús Curiá's sculptures arouse something more than purely aesth...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Conversation Piece (reclining)
By Bobbi Meier
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Paired with "Conversation Piece (erect)" this work was inspired by childhood memories of formal dinner parties in our split-leve...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Other Medium, Wood
Pugnatum III- Bronze Figures Wrestling Each Other, Verdigris Patina, Steel Base
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá Perez
Pugnatum III
iron and bronze
77h x 24w x 15.75d in
195.58h x 60.96w x 40d cm
JCP054
Jesús Curiá's sculptures arouse something more than purely aesthetic pleasure....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Alone, Bronze Totem Sculpture, Geometric Modern Abstract Forms Cast from Wood
Located in Chicago, IL
This cast bronze sculpture by Steve Turner is the interplay of positive and negative space creating a trio of dynamic interaction. The bronze sculpture ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
"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 - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Conectados VI - Bronze Figure Emerging From a Collection of Stacked Tiles
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá Perez
Conectados VI
bronze
29h x 9w x 5.50d in
73.66h x 22.86w x 13.97d cm
ed. 1 of 8
JCP051
Jesús Curiá's sculptures arouse something more than purely aesthetic pleasur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Shifting Plane - Abstract Geometric Form, 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. Earth tones of blue, orange, pur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Chicago - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
"Pompeii, " 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 - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Large Frimkess Jar (INV# NP3747)
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Michael Frimkess
Large Frimkess Jar from the Instant Migration Series (INV# NP3747)
stoneware, underglaze, glaze, and decal
28.5 x 8 x 8"
1977
signed ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Chicago - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware, Glaze, Underglaze
Woven Plane - 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, purp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Chicago - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Horse II - Bronze Figure Riding Stone Carved Horse, Verdigris Patina, Steel Base
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá Perez
Horse II
bronze and artificial stone
27.50h x 22w x 9.50d in
69.85h x 55.88w x 24.13d cm
JCP062
Jesús Curiá's sculptures arouse something more than purely aestheti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Bronze, Steel
"Green Tree, " Mixed Media Mosaic, 2023
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 - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
“Tiny Celadon Green Jacket, ” Found 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 - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
“Tiny Mint Green Jacket, ” Found Steel Sculpture, 2023
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 - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
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 - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Woodcutter and Runaway
By Christine Perri
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Woodcutter and Runaway consists of three carved log figures in a rectangular wood structure. There is a male log figure (the woodcutter) on tree stump pedestal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Easy Chair/Failed Odalisque
By Bobbi Meier
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This chaise, originally covered in lime green cotton upholstery, sat in my studio for months, acting as a daybed for my miniature poodle. Finally after several att...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Other Medium
Apocalypse- Abstract Sculpture, Brightly Colored Geometric Intertwined Form
Located in Chicago, IL
Robert Segal’s abstract sculpture offers a particularly fertile ground for experiments in shape, color, proportion, and technique. He steps away from non-traditional sculpting method...
Category
1990s Abstract Chicago - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Fiberglass, Acrylic
Oribe Sake Bottle with Signed Box (INV# NP5596)
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Oribe Sake Bottle with Signed Box (INV# NP5596)
Ryoji Koie
wood-fired stoneware, and Oribe glaze
9 x 2.25 x 2"
date unknown
signed
Born in Tokoname in 1938, one of the oldest cerami...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Chicago - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware, Glaze
Atlantian Continuum
By Terry Poulos
Located in Chicago, IL
A time traverse mechanism with antecedents in mythological Atlantis. Legend speaks of a Minoan connection to Atlantis. The time machine's fictional narrative builds upon the latest in archeological finds and a growing body of circumstantial evidence hinting of an advanced society lost to history. Perchance, dare say, one which developed methods defying the very forward arrow of the space time continuum. The Atlantian Continuum narrative tells of it originally being buried in volcanic ash (thereby preserved) after a catastrophic event altered the earth's magnetic polarity. A broken piece of Minoan-Atlantian continental land mass drifted thousands of miles south (based upon recent real-life scholarly posits), further protecting the device in the permafrost of the Antarctic. Metrics of time manipulation employed are aligned with many of Einstein‘s theories including Relativity, Light Quanta, entanglement, curvature of space and infinite time loops. The sculpture portends an original scientific perspective replete with esoteric symbols, equations, formulai and multi-dimensional geometry, all portending a series of radical posits. These heuristic, intuitive theories expand upon the latest cutting-edge scientific, mathematical and philosophical insights into "visiting" the past.
SPECS: Vintage spot welded cast-iron gears, cogs, sprockets and other pieces of used farm implements. Total of 49 individual pieces, all antique and vintage dating as far back as 1920. Antique plano-convex glass ball clock housed in brass. Antique brass transit surveyor. Antique brass car oiler. Antique iron padlock...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum, Metal
#99 Reflections Series by Yih-Wen Kuo
Located in Morton Grove, IL
#99 Reflections Series (INV# NP4025)
Yih-Wen Kuo
clay and glazes
23 x 27.5 x 9”
signed
Yih-Wen Kuo - Born in Taiwan, Yih-Wen Kuo began his studies at the National Taiwan Normal Uni...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Chicago - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Untitled Form (INV# NP5225) By Ruth Duckworth
By Ruth Duckworth
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Ruth Duckworth
Untitled Form (INV# NP5225)
porcelain, stoneware, and glaze
7 x 16 x 7"
1999
signed by artist
provenance: Garth Clark Gallery New York
RUTH DUCKWORTH
Ruth Duckworth ...
Category
1990s Abstract Chicago - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Stoneware, Glaze
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 - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Tempest - Large Scale Brightly Colored Abstract Sculpture, Intertwined Form
Located in Chicago, IL
Robert Segal’s abstract sculpture offers a particularly fertile ground for experiments in shape, color, proportion, and technique. He steps away from non-traditional sculpting method...
Category
1990s Abstract Chicago - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Fiberglass, Acrylic
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 - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum, Metal
Motion - Bronze Figurative Sculpture - Yoga - Decorative - Price for the Pair
By Kostis Georgiou
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Bronze sculptures
11 x 7.8 x 2.3 in
28 x 20 x 6 cm
Available in RED & BLACK painted patinas
Born in Thessaloniki, Greece, Kostis Georgiou studied stage scenery in Flo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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 - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Jump by Kostis Georgiou - Decorative Figurative Sculpture - Yoga
By Kostis Georgiou
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Bronze Sculptures
RED: 13.5 x 3.25 x 5 in (35 x 8.25 x 12.7 cm)
BLACK: 13.5 x 2.75 x 1 in (35 x 2.5 x 7 cm)
Born in Thessaloniki, Greece, Kostis Georgiou studied s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Oblong Mug (INV# NP3732)
By John Gill
Located in Morton Grove, IL
John Gill
Oblong Mug (INV# NP3732)
stoneware and glaze
2002
signed by artist
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Chicago - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware, Glaze
Horse I - Horse and Rider, Bronze and Artificial Stone on Steel Base
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá Perez
Horse I
bronze and artificial stone
23h x 19.75w x 8.25d in
58.42h x 50.16w x 20.95d cm
JCP061
It is seemingly easier to identify with the ideas and thoughts of a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
"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 - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone
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 - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Mug by John Gill (INV# NP3731)
By John Gill
Located in Morton Grove, IL
John Gill
Mug (INV# NP3731)
stoneware and glaze
4.75 x 5.5 x 4.25
2015
signed by artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Chicago - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware, Glaze
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 - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
"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 - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paper, Mixed Media, Oil, 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 - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
"Ghost (Get Out of Town), " 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 technica...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Phylax by Kostis Georgiou - Figurative Sculpture
By Kostis Georgiou
Located in Chicago, IL
Aluminum sculpture
54 x 25 x 16 cm
Born in Thessaloniki, Greece, Kostis Georgiou studied stage scenery in Florence (1981-1982), painting and sculpture in the School of Fine Arts, Athens (1982-1986) with Dimitris Mitaras and Dimosthenis Kokinidis, as well as at the Royal College of Fine Arts, London (1985-1986) with Peter de Francia...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Other Medium
Archimedes Vortex
By Terry Poulos
Located in Chicago, IL
Modern-day 3-dimensional facsimile of the 1-dimensional mathematical axis spiral found in the ancient manuscript titled the "Archimedes Palimpsest." Sculpture conveys a double entendre with its proprietary version of the universe spiraling through space, evoking Archimedes’ effort to calculate the volume of the universe. The universe is depicted via the vortex spiral and globe as supercooled and superheated, a polar opposite electrical balance of nature. An armillary sphere conveys Archimedes' math treatises on the circle, sphere and cylinder. Included are one vintage pulley and corkscrew (representing the water screw), both honoring Archimedes inventions, and one valve handle.
SPECS: Spot-welded seven-foot long vintage iron chain, vintage armillary sphere...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum, Metal
Thesis by Kostis Georgiou - Yoga - Figurative Sculpture
By Kostis Georgiou
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Bronze sculptures
7 x 9.5 x 2 in
18 x 24 x 5 cm
Available in RED & BLACK painted patinas
Born in Thessaloniki, Greece, Kostis Georgiou studied stage scenery in Floren...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pile-up at The Gates of Hell
By Bobbi Meier
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Abstract forms emerge from remembrances of disco dancing, Earth Wind & Fire, darkness, heat, perspiration and glitz. Materials are twisted into ambiguous shapes, s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Found Objects, Other Medium
"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 - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Lovesuite
By Bobbi Meier
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
An interactive hybrid of social experiment and sculptural object, envelopes the sitter into it’s cushiony softness, referencing a Victorian courting chair...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Other Medium
"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 - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Cream Calabash by Michael Frimkess (INV# NP3996)
By Magdalena and Michael Frimkess
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Michael Frimkess
Cream Calabash (INV# NP3996)
stoneware and glaze
8.5 x 5"
date unknown
provenance - The Nevica Project
Magdalena Suarez Frimkess and Michael Frimkess began workin...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Chicago - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware, Glaze
Untitled #2/ Tied series, Handmade Abstract Sculpture
By Yoonshin Park
Located in Boston, MA
Untitled #2/ Tied series
10.0 x 16.0 x 0.5, 1.0 lbs
Handmade paper
Hand signed by artist
Artist's Commentary:
"'Tied', the title of the installation series, is a phonetic pun on the rising tides and the paper pages bound by threads.
As the water rises and falls, pages of our daily experience add and subtract to and from our memory. Our daily life permeates our memory just as the ink is absorbed into each page and create new shapes and patterns onto what once was a clean slate of a blank page."
About the Artist:
Yoonshin Park is a Chicago based multimedia artist, curator, and educator working with sculptural papers, artist books, and installations. Her interest in the comprehensive process of papermaking and bookbinding caters her work to encompass various elements woven into complete objects. She often uses her experience as a foreign transplant to question space and its implications in defining one's identity as the inspiration behind her work. Park has shown at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Hyde Park Art Center...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Chicago - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Handmade Paper
"Diary (2303), " Mixed Media Mosaic, 2023
Located in Chicago, IL
Intricate, ethereal and highly textured, the abstract compositions of Japanese mosaic artist Toyoharu Kii reflect a sophisticated approach to the technica...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Untitled figure by Robert "BOB" Brady
By Robert Brady
Located in Morton Grove, IL
ROBERT BRADY
terracotta
20.75 x 5 x 7.5”
signed by artist
date unknown
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Chicago - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"China Cabinet, " 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 - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone
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 - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Concrete form tube series #1
By Mia Capodilupo
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This piece is created using a variety of casting materials cast into a concrete form tube (sonotube) and combined with cast off indust...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Plastic, Foam, Rubber, Plaster
"Red Rust Jacket, " Found 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 - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Marat/Apollo
By Christine Perri
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This sculpture was inspired by David's late eighteenth-century painting, The Death of Marat. It is carved from various woods and cont...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Untitled #3/ Tied series (Black and white), Handmade Abstract Sculpture, 2018
By Yoonshin Park
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
“Tied”, the title of the installation, is a phonetic pun on the rising tides and the paper pages bound by threads.
As the water rises and falls, pages of our daily...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Thread, Ink, Handmade Paper
