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Item Ships From: Chicago
"Cloud" Mosaic by Toyoharu Kii
By Toyoharu Kii
Located in Chicago, IL
Entitled "Cloud," this mosaic work by Japanese artist Toyoharu Kii tells a story of nature and rebirth. As with many of Kii's works, the lively and chaotic field of white marble tess...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Organic Modern Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Marble
Oil Painting of a Banana Tree in Blossom
Located in Chicago, IL
This finely-executed oil painting was produced by Prayat Tadonock in 1990. Prayat was trained as a fine artist according to Thai classical principles and then learned Western oil pai...
Category
20th Century Thai Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
"Clouded 20.19" Mosaic by Toyoharu Kii
By Toyoharu Kii
Located in Chicago, IL
In the series “Clouded,” Toyoharu Kii honors the fullness of life and its continual rebirth. In some works, white tesserae assume abstract profiles. In others, irregular shapes conta...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Marble
"Victorian Soiree" Mixed-Media Tile by Pauline Hughes
Located in Chicago, IL
Liverpool-based artist Pauline Hughes takes a fluid approach to her ceramic practice, combining aspects of painting, collage, and printmaking into her w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Ceramic, Paper
"Ladies at Tea" Mixed-Media Tile by Pauline Hughes
Located in Chicago, IL
Liverpool-based artist Pauline Hughes takes a fluid approach to her ceramic practice, combining aspects of painting, collage, and printmaking into her w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Ceramic, Paper
"Study for Messier 17" by Jan Pieter Fokkens
By Jan Pieter Fokkens
Located in Chicago, IL
Entitled "Study for Messier 17," this painting by Chicago-artist Jan Pieter Fokkens offers a representation of the spectacular star-forming region Messier 17, also known as the Omega...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
"Study for Tarantula Nebula" by Jan Pieter Fokkens
By Jan Pieter Fokkens
Located in Chicago, IL
Entitled "Study for Tarantula Nebula," this painting by Chicago-based artist Jan Pieter Fokkens offers a representation of the gigantic star-forming region of the same name. Located ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas
"Sharing" Painting by Yoko Tanaka
By Yoko Tanaka
Located in Chicago, IL
Trained first as a photographer and then as an illustrator, Yoko Tanaka takes a look at life’s quieter moments in her paintings. She chooses a limited palette of soft, smoky tones th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood
"Study for SWEEPS" by Jan Pieter Fokkens
By Jan Pieter Fokkens
Located in Chicago, IL
Inspired by images of deep space, computer compression algorithms, and early non-representational art, Chicago-based artist Jan Pieter Fokkens uses the tangible qualities of pattern and color to interpret unimaginable sights.
Entitled "Study for SWEEPS," this work offers a representation of the Sagittarius Window Eclipsing Extrasolar Planet Search, Hubble’s seven-day-long survey of 180,000 stars in order to detect extrasolar planets. Using data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
"Study for Event Horizon" by Jan Pieter Fokkens
By Jan Pieter Fokkens
Located in Chicago, IL
Inspired by images of deep space, computer compression algorithms, and early non-representational art, Chicago-based artist Jan Pieter Fokkens uses the tangible qualities of pattern ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Photograph by Michel Deverne
By Michel Deverne
Located in Chicago, IL
Deverne (1927-2012) was visual artist most interested in abstract geometric forms and textures. He was not known for photography and accordingly this surviving image is quite rare. T...
Category
1970s French Vintage Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
Christo and Jeanne-Claude and Christo Signed in Christo in Crayon Lithograph
By Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Located in Chicago, IL
Christo and Jeanne-Claude and Christo Signed in Christo in Crayon Lithograph: This work shows conceptual project; over the river is a two-week temporary...
Category
1990s North American Organic Modern Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Mid-20th Century Italian Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
This beautiful painting is from Italy and made circa 1950s-1960s. Made from paint on canvas the painting features a gold wooden frame; artist unknown. Great piece to add color to you...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
"Day Turns to Night" by Michael Thompson
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites crafted from split bamboo frames covered with stretched muslin and a collage of vintage Asian ephemera-including fragments ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Fabric, Bamboo, Paper
"Family Reunion 3" by Travis Somerville
Located in Chicago, IL
Deeply familiar yet nonetheless confrontational, Travis Somerville’s “Family Renuion” series disrupts nostalgia and memory, insisting on the idea that images and material objects are...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
"VFTS682" by Jan Pieter Fokkens
By Jan Pieter Fokkens
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Jan Pieter Fokkens uses his work as a means of processing the incomprehensible. Navigating the relationship between algorithmic abstraction and the tangible qual...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
"NGC-6397" by Jan Pieter Fokkens
By Jan Pieter Fokkens
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Jan Pieter Fokkens uses his work as a means of processing the incomprehensible. Navigating the relationship between algorithmic abstraction and the tangible qual...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
"E0102-72.3" by Jan Pieter Fokkens
By Jan Pieter Fokkens
Located in Chicago, IL
The colorful paintings of Jan Pieter Fokkens transport us to distant worlds beyond our comprehension. Within his seemingly infinite networks of lines, dots, and crosses, he decodes t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
"NGC-3201" by Jan Pieter Fokkens
By Jan Pieter Fokkens
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Jan Pieter Fokkens uses his work as a means of processing the incomprehensible. Navigating the relationship between algorithmic abstraction and the tangible qualities of pattern and color, Fokkens meditates on how reality is mediated by digital image. Entitled "NGC-3201," this vibrant drawing offers a representation of the globular cluster NGC-3201. Using an image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Josef Albers Silk Screen Print
By Josef Albers
Located in Chicago, IL
Josef Albers, Formulations - Articulations I & II
Edition 974/ 1000
1972 screen-print on paper
Embossed with Josef Albers initials, portfolio and folder number. This work is publi...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Mid-20th Century Italian Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
This beautiful painting is from Italy and made circa 1950s-1960s. Made from paint on canvas the painting features a gold wooden frame; artist unknown. Great piece to add color to you...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
"A Wheel Stopper" Mosaic by Toyoharu Kii
By Toyoharu Kii
Located in Chicago, IL
In the mosaic “A Wheel Stopper,” Toyoharu Kii records an object he encounters everyday while walking his dog. The round form, striped by small, rectangular tesserae, represents a bol...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Minimalist Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Marble
“Weird Adventure” by Jan Pieter Fokkens
By Jan Pieter Fokkens
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Jan Pieter Fokkens uses his work as a means of processing the incomprehensible. Navigating the relationship between algorithmic abstraction and the tangible qualities of pattern and color, Fokkens meditates on how we as viewers negotiate our realities. Entitled "Weird Adventure," this diptych depicts a still from the Italian Classic film...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas
"Family Reunion 2" by Travis Somerville
By Travis Somerville
Located in Chicago, IL
Deeply familiar yet nonetheless confrontational, Travis Somerville’s “Family Renuion” series disrupts nostalgia and memory, insisting on the idea that images and material objects are...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint, Paper
Grant Newman "Two-Way"
By Grant Newman
Located in Chicago, IL
"Two-Way" SidebySide Series 2014
The works from the SidebySide series consist of sewn fabric arrangements exhibiting subtle, intimate material displays. The fabrics used in these ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Fabric
"Weathering" Mosaic by Toyoharu Kii
By Toyoharu Kii
Located in Chicago, IL
A leader of the cross-cultural craft resurgence, Japan-based artist Toyoharu Kii creates his intricate mosaics with hand-cut Italian marble and smalti, Venetian glass made by the sam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Minimalist Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Marble
"Accumulated Roads" Mosaic by Toyoharu Kii
By Toyoharu Kii
Located in Chicago, IL
In the mosaic “Accumulated Roads,” Toyoharu Kii describes the futility of man’s attempts to traverse and tame nature. The work portrays a tangle of once carefully aligned tesserea pa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Organic Modern Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Marble
"Family Reunion 1" by Travis Somerville
By Travis Somerville
Located in Chicago, IL
Deeply familiar yet nonetheless confrontational, Travis Somerville’s “Family Renuion” series disrupts nostalgia and memory, insisting on the idea that images and material objects are...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Grant Newman "Stacked Fields" 2014
By Grant Newman
Located in Chicago, IL
"Stacked Fields" SidebySide 2014
The works from the SidebySide series consist of sewn fabric arrangements exhibiting subtle, intimate material displays. The fabrics used in these ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Fabric
"Waiting for the Time" Mosaic by Toyoharu Kii
By Toyoharu Kii
Located in Chicago, IL
A leader of the cross-cultural Craft resurgence, Japan-based artist Toyoharu Kii creates his intricate mosaics with handcut Italian marble and smalti, Venetian glass made by the same Italian family for over 400 years. Using traditional Italian techniques, Kii’s art is nonetheless modern. It is monochromatic, abstract, and highly textured and highlights the involved and technical art of mosaic making.
In this marble mosaic entitled "Waiting for the Time," Kii imagines the pensive serenity of laying in wait, taking inspiration from the dormant stage of an insect life cycle. Kii explains, “an insect in its pupal stage is sleeping underground, waiting for the time to wake up and become an insect. Nearby is a heavy rock covered by thick soil. It would be long and hard...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Marble
Flemish Painting of "Pastoral Scene"
Located in Chicago, IL
This Flemish painting of "Pastoral Scene" is from Belgium and is made from oil on canvas, 18th century. Flemish paintings flourished from the early 1...
Category
18th Century Belgian Antique Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas
Contemporary Abstract Mixed-Media Work by John Fraser
By John Fraser
Located in Chicago, IL
John Fraser (1952-), three dimensional art collage on board with an open and pageless book, tape, acrylic paint and multilayered paper. Nicely backed and mounted. Titled "Interior with Blue Highlights." Measures: 18" x 18".
Galleries with John Fraser permanent collections and select permanent collections.
The Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH.
The Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE.
The New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa, Fe, NM.
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI.
The McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX.
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Esteban Vincente...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic, Paper, Wood
"Clover Valley II" Kite by Michael Thompson
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites crafted from split bamboo frames covered with stretched muslin and a collage of vintage Asian ephemera—including fragments ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Fabric, Bamboo, Paper
"Abandoned Land" Mosaic by Toyoharu Kii
By Toyoharu Kii
Located in Chicago, IL
A leader of the cross-cultural Craft resurgence, Japan-based artist Toyoharu Kii creates his intricate mosaics with handcut Italian marble and smalti, Venetian glass made by the same Italian family for over 400 years. Using traditional Italian techniques, Kii’s art is nonetheless modern. It is monochromatic, abstract, and highly textured and highlights the involved and technical art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Marble
Pair of Massive Mid-Century Modern Abstract Original Acrylic Paintings
Located in Chicago, IL
A pair of 20th century original, framed abstract acrylic on canvas paintings in a geometric design. Titled "Fractured #2" and "Fractured #5," unsigned. Image size is 39" W x 52" H.
Category
20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Wood
"Obscured Text V" Kite by Michael Thompson
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites crafted from split bamboo frames covered with stretched muslin and a collage of vintage Asian ephemera—including fragments ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Bamboo, Paper, Fabric
"Winter" by Ren Hui
By Ren Hui
Located in Chicago, IL
In this exquisite painting, artist Ren Hui celebrates the beauty of nature using a style that he calls “uncomplicated and honest.” Entitled "Winter," this patterned composition was c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
"Restoration Test, " Mutli-Media Mosaic, 2017
By Toyoharu Kii
Located in Chicago, IL
A leader of the cross-cultural Craft resurgence, Japan-based artist Toyoharu Kii creates his intricate mosaics with handcut Italian marble and smalti, Venetian glass made by the same Italian family for over 400 years. Using traditional Italian techniques, Kii’s art is nonetheless modern. It is monochromatic, abstract, and highly textured and highlights the involved and technical art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Marble
Grant Newman "Veil Between" 2014
By Grant Newman
Located in Chicago, IL
"Veil Between" SidebySide 2014
The works from the SidebySide series consist of sewn fabric arrangements exhibiting subtle, intimate material displays. The fabrics used in these wo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Fabric
"Les Lettres" Contemporary Art Work by Raoul W.
Located in Chicago, IL
This contemporary art work entitled "Les Lettres" by Raoul W. This piece was made from various sizes and style of print blocks with a metal frame...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"The People People 4" by Tracy Crump
By Tracy Crump
Located in Chicago, IL
Tracy Crump uses washes of grey, white and aqua to both conceal and reveal sensitively drawn figures. Each figure stands alone as an individual, possessing unique features and hairst...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
"Les Lettres" Contemporary Art Work by Raoul W.
Located in Chicago, IL
This contemporary art work entitled "Les Lettres" by Raoul W. This piece was made from various sizes and style of print blocks with a metal frame...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
20th Century Nude, Line Drawing in Gilded Frame
Located in Chicago, IL
20th century nude line drawing. Sketch done in charcoal on paper. Recently framed in hand-painted gilded frame.
Dimensions: 32" W x 2.75" D x 27" H.
Category
20th Century American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Giltwood
21st Century Giclee Print Photograph "Three Horses in Snow", Janet Mesic Mackie
By Janet Mesic Mackie
Located in Chicago, IL
21st century Giclee print photograph "Three Horses in Snow" by Janet Mesic Mackie
Archival pigment print on canvas
Or
Paper.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
"Great Wall II" by Ren Hui
By Ren Hui
Located in Chicago, IL
This woodcut, entitled “Great Wall II,” was made by renowned artist Ren Hui. His career has been an evolution across material and method. He began as a poet and photographer, but soo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
"Wild Wood" Pointillist Oil Painting by Ren Hui
By Ren Hui
Located in Chicago, IL
In this exquisite painting, Ren Hui celebrates the beauty of nature using a style that he calls “uncomplicated and honest.” Entitled "Wild Wood," this beautifully patterned composition was created using a method of modern pointillism, creating three-dimensional space within a two-dimensional canvas. Embracing the disorderly balance of the forest, the artist attempts to convey the complexities of the natural world by rendering the bough of an evergreen tree...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas
"Rome" by Ren Hui
By Ren Hui
Located in Chicago, IL
This painting, like most of Ren Hui’s exquisite artworks, celebrates his subjects using a style that he calls “uncomplicated and honest.” The beautiful pattern of white carved out of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
21st Century Giclee Print Photograph "Appaloosa" by Janet Mesic Mackie
By Janet Mesic Mackie
Located in Chicago, IL
21st century Giclee print photograph "Appaloosa" by Janet Mesic Mackie
Archival pigment print on canvas
Or
Paper.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Shu Takahashi Painting
By Shu Takahashi
Located in Chicago, IL
Artist and professor of Kurashiki University of Science and The Arts. Born 1930 in Fukuyama-city, Hiroshima Prefecture. Awarded the Yasui Prize for his work "Tsuki no Michi" (The Moo...
Category
1970s Japanese Modern Vintage Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas
Colorful 1970 Abstract Screen Print
Located in Chicago, IL
On a background of white, the red, yellow, purple, black and blue colors of this somewhat surrealistic print stand out. The artist's proof, it is signed "Bennema-Brejcha, 1970"
Category
1970s Dutch Vintage Chicago - Contemporary Art
21st C India Ink Drawings '2 Available/Sold Separately' by Elliot Bergman
By Elliot Bergman
Located in Chicago, IL
21st Century Black India Ink Drawings framed in Handmade Steel by Elliot Bergman
They are heavily layered and distinctly textured.
Bergman utilizes both traditional tools and foun...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Sailing Boat" by Ren Hui
Located in Chicago, IL
This woodcut, entitled “Sailing Boat,” was made by renowned artist Ren Hui. His materials and forms of expression have evolved. He began as a poet and photographer, but soon began wo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood
"Xi Shitoupo Xiang, Pingyao, Shanxi Province" Photograph by Sze Tsung Leong
By Sze Tsung Leong
Located in Chicago, IL
This evocative photograph is part of a series created by artist Sze Tsung Nicolas Leong that explore China’s complicated relationship with its ancient past and anticipated future. In this 2004 photograph, 100-year-old buildings line a vacant street in the old walled city...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
21st Century Painting Gathering Storm by English Artist Corrina Button
By Corinna Button
Located in Chicago, IL
21st century painting gathering storm by English artist Corrina button
one of two hooks or clasp in back of painting.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
"Tree Talk" by Ren Hui
By Ren Hui
Located in Chicago, IL
Entitled "Tree Talk," this exquisite painting by Chinese artist Ren Hui celebrates the beauty of nature with an abstracted view of a tangle of tree branches. Using a style he calls “...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
21st Century Giclee Print "Mehendi Hands with Basket" by Janet Mesic Mackie
By Janet Mesic Mackie
Located in Chicago, IL
21st century Giclee print photograph "Mehendi Hands with Basket" by Janet Mesic Mackie.
Archival pigment print on canvas.
or
Paper.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
21st Century Giclee Print Photograph "Nude in Grass" by Janet Mesic Mackie
By Janet Mesic Mackie
Located in Chicago, IL
21st century Giclee print photograph "Nude In Grass" by Janet Mesic Mackie
Archival pigment print on canvas
or
Paper.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Angelo Testa "Paper Ballet"
By Angelo Testa
Located in Chicago, IL
Angelo Testa print. Ink on paper. Signed and dated; [Paper Ballots Angelo Testa 1976].
Angelo Testa was an American textile designer who became the first graduate of the Institute...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
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