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Item Ships From: Connecticut
Elemental - Neon Yellow Pink Colorful Acorns Mixed Media Wall Sculpture, 2024
By Julie Maren
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary sculptural wall installation consists of more than 270 individual acorn caps mounted on brass pins - each cap is filled with plaster and paint in bright hues of pin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Tea Garden - Mixed Media Wall Sculpture Acorns Crystals Blue Pink Orange, 2021
By Julie Maren
Located in Kent, CT
Contemporary vertical wall sculpture consisting of a meandering installation of acorn caps on brass pins filled with acrylic paint, natural crystals and mica, glass, glitter, brass, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Aquatic Garden - Mixed Media Wall Sculpture Acorns Crystals Mint Green, 2024
By Julie Maren
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary wall-mounted sculptural, meandering installation meant for a corner consists of acorn caps on brass pins filled with acrylic paint, natural crystals and mica, glass...
Category
2010s Contemporary Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
"Princess February" Ceramic Vessel Sculpture
Located in Westport, CT
This glazed porcelain vase by Jon Puzzuoli features a burnt umber and white body and a wide neck finished with 18K gold luster. The artist's stamp is located at the base of the sculp...
Category
2010s Abstract Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Gold
Bouquet - Colorful Acorns Mixed Media Wall Sculpture Neon Yellow Pink Orange
By Julie Maren
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary sculptural wall installation is comprised of more than 275 individual acorn caps mounted on brass pins - each cap is filled with plaster and paint in bright hues of...
Category
2010s Contemporary Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Specimen 20, Framed Sea Nature Inspired Blue Green Hand-dyed Fiber Sculpture
By Catherine Latson
Located in Kent, CT
Catherine Latson's Specimen 20 reads as an artistic rendition of a beautiful sea specimen. Luminous light blue hand-dyed cotton thread is wrapped around tendrils that stretch from a ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Irregular Shape #1, Color Sculpture in Resin
By Vasa Velizar Mihich
Located in Greenwich, CT
This amazing Triangular sculpture by Vasa Mihich can completely transform any spot and be future forward as well in the vision of what sculpture and 3 dimensional form can do in spac...
Category
2010s Minimalist Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer
"Queen Enceladus, " Abstract Porcelain Sculpture
Located in Westport, CT
This raku ceramic vessel sculpture by Jon Puzzuoli is made with glazed porcelain. The base of the round body is a deep umber color with at texture and matte finish, while the top por...
Category
2010s Abstract Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Glaze
Thumbprint (Gray), original three dimensional geometric design wall relief
By Chuck Krause
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Chuck Krause (1949)
Title: Thumbprint (Gray)
Year: 2020
Medium: Acrylic paint on sculpted composite board
Size: 23 x 18 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Signed by the...
Category
2010s Pop Art Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Board
Specimen 21 - Framed Sea Nature Hand-dyed Violet Purple Fiber Sculpture, 2020
By Catherine Latson
Located in Kent, CT
Contemporary wall mounted fiber sculpture, Catherine Latson's Specimen 21 reads as an artistic rendition of a beautiful sea specimen. Rich, jewel-toned purple hand-dyed cotton thread...
Category
2010s Contemporary Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Ceramic 13, Japanese Ceramic Sculpture by Yasuhisa Kohyama
By Yasuhisa Kohyama
Located in Wilton, CT
Yasuhisa Kohyama shapes his asymmetrical forms using piano wire, creating distinctive rough surfaces. The clay with its feldspar nuggets creates a tac...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Specimen 25, Framed Sea Nature Inspired Hand-dyed Teal Blue Fiber Sculpture
By Catherine Latson
Located in Kent, CT
Framed in a clear acrylic shadowbox, Catherine Latson's Specimen 25 reads as an artistic rendition of a beautiful sea specimen. Rich, jewel-toned teal blue hand-dyed cotton thread is...
Category
2010s Contemporary Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Don Frost, Dionysian, Sculpture 2018
By Don Frost
Located in Greenwich, CT
Dionysian
Fiberglass / Carbon Fibre impregnated with catalysed polyester resin Powder filled acrylic lacquer on filled polyester resin base
44 x 8 x 6 in
"I am an artist, a sculptor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Fiberglass, Polyester, Lacquer
Nott
By Donald Martiny
Located in Westport, CT
Donald Martiny’s signature work is composed of dispersed pigment on aluminum. He creates immediately frozen brushstrokes that are made from his own movements. They are defined by the...
Category
2010s Abstract Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Pigment
Lu
By Donald Martiny
Located in Westport, CT
Donald Martiny’s signature work is composed of dispersed pigment on aluminum. He creates immediately frozen brushstrokes that are made from his own movements. They are defined by the...
Category
2010s Abstract Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Pigment
Lyrids
By Donald Martiny
Located in Westport, CT
Donald Martiny’s signature work is composed of dispersed pigment on aluminum. He creates immediately frozen brushstrokes that are made from his own movements. They are defined by the...
Category
2010s Abstract Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Pigment
Churro- Basswood 21" High X 9" wide
By Henry Lautz
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Churros Basswood 21" High X 9 Wide
Wood, oil, steel
Lautz's Zen like sculpture is formed from Linden wood also known as basswood, which was conside...
Category
2010s Contemporary Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
"Queen Neptune Rain" Porcelain Vessel Sculpture
Located in Westport, CT
This large crystalline glazed porcelain vase by Jon Puzzuoli features a vibrant blue and teal palette and a wide neck. Crystalline glazes are special ceramic glazes in which zinc-sil...
Category
2010s Abstract Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
"Excavation" Contemporary mixed media sphere, textile sculpture
By Norma Minkowitz
Located in Wilton, CT
Excavation, mixed media, 25" round, 2009-11.
This mixed media sculpture was done by American fiber artist, Norma Minkowitz (b. 1937). Minkowitz utili...
Category
2010s Contemporary Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Point Out
By Bill Barrett
Located in Greenwich, CT
Barrett is a large scale and well known American sculptor. Point Out is a superb small scale maquette and it a great piece on many levels. These works have movement, delicacy and s...
Category
2010s Abstract Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Baggage" Norma Minkowitz, Contemporary, Figurative mixed media wall sculpture
By Norma Minkowitz
Located in Wilton, CT
This figurative mixed media textile wall sculpture was done by American fiber artist, Norma Minkowitz (b. 1937). The interlacing technique that Minkowi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Textile, Thread, Resin, Mixed Media
Sandstorm, Post-Modern Abstract Landscape Woven Tapestry, Textile Sculpture
Located in Wilton, CT
Sandstorm (1985) Wool, Post-Modern Abstract Landscape Woven Tapestry, Textile Sculpture.
Zofia Butrymowicz (1904-1987) was born in Warsaw, Poland.
St...
Category
1980s Abstract Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Textile, Tapestry, Wool
"Bunny" Abstract Steel Sculpture
Located in Westport, CT
This free-standing sculpture of a blue abstracted rabbit by Jeffie Brewer is made with powder coated steal. Two cut-out circular eyes are situated beneath two ears which extend upwar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
"Queen Ellos, " Abstract Porcelain Sculpture
Located in Westport, CT
This raku ceramic vessel sculpture by Jon Puzzuoli is made with glazed porcelain. The base of the body is a deep umber color with at texture and matte finish, while the top portion i...
Category
2010s Abstract Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Glaze
"Alpine View II" Porcelain Pedestal Bowl
Located in Westport, CT
This glazed ceramic bowl with pedestal base features a multi-colored palette with muted grey, blue, and sepia tones. It has a wide, shape with crimped rim. The artist's stamp is loca...
Category
2010s Abstract Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Glaze
Karen Schiff, Space Eyes, 2016, Wood, Gouache
By Karen Schiff
Located in Darien, CT
Karen Schiff is an artist and wordsmith based in New York; she has always been a reader as well as a visual artist. Her drawings, paintings, installations, and performances combine t...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Gouache
Specimen 24, Framed Sea Nature Inspired Hand-dyed Purple, Blue Fiber Sculpture
By Catherine Latson
Located in Kent, CT
Framed in a clear acrylic shadowbox, Catherine Latson's Specimen 24 reads as an artistic rendition of a beautiful sea specimen. Rich, jewel-toned purple hand-dyed cotton thread is wr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wire
"Queen Ellsworth, " Abstract Porcelain Sculpture
Located in Westport, CT
This porcelain vessel sculpture by Jon Puzzuoli is made with glazed porcelain and 14K gold luster. The round body is a light blue color with white crystals formed along the surface. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Glaze, Luster
"Orion's Belt, " Abstract Steel Sculpture
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract sculpture by Joe Sorge is made with steel and black dye. A single strip of steel curves up from a circular base like a ribbon, curling at the top twice around. The sculpture casts intricate and unique shadows on its surrounding environment. The white pedestal pictured is not included.
Connecticut-based sculptor Joe Sorge studied at the School of Visual Art (SVA) in New York City. While Joe's body of work is most often made with stainless steel which he sometimes dyes to give the forms bold, solid colors, he also experiments with stone carving, genesa crystals, tiger eye alabaster and others. He works with a variety of colors, finishes, and textures, to create the final piece.
Joe's sculptures express the fluidity and tension inherent in the material he uses. His work draws on a modernist vocabulary to create abstract, often whimsical objects...
Category
2010s Contemporary Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Untitled (Wheat)
By Harry Bertoia
Located in Greenwich, CT
Bertoia's "wheat" pieces are rare and a joy. These works do not make sound when one touches the tines and is meant less to be touched than to convey an organic feel of sunlight rippling through stalks of golden wheat. This is a great size for a table.
An unusual composition for Bertoia, Untitled (Wheat) combines elements with the artist’s more familiar Tonals with those of the Sprays. Typical of the artist’s œuvre however is the pleasant sensation of touch when stroking the ends of the wires. Bertoia’s spray sculptures...
Category
1960s Abstract Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Steel
Don Frost, Niad, Sculpture 2018
By Don Frost
Located in Greenwich, CT
Niad
Fiberglass / Carbon Fibre impregnated with catalysed polyester resin Powder filled acrylic lacquer on filled polyester resin base
22 x 36 x 22 in
"I am an artist, a sculptor no...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Fiberglass, Polyester, Lacquer
Jim Perry - Totem No. 10, Sculpture 2015
Located in Greenwich, CT
Medium:
Sapele Wood
Jim Perry’s sculpture has been included in the Whitney Biennial as well as solo exhibitions at Calloway Fine Art & Consulting, Washington, DC (2018); The Center ...
Category
2010s Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Sentinel
Located in Greenwich, CT
Peter Kirkiles Biography
American, b. 1966
Sculptor Peter Kirkiles stresses that the inspiration for his metal sculptures comes from the satisfaction of the process of fabricating a piece in a skilled manner and from his attraction to everyday objects and their relationship to humans. He finds beauty in the utilitarian tools, and objects that we may not notice in our day to day lives. By playing with their size and their proportion to human scale, he forces the viewer to examine more closely the object’s construction and its overall design importance. He has a nostalgia for well designed, well used, history laden objects.
“I’m a maker; I’m also an admirer of things well made. Over the years, I’ve chosen to make things that I love. I find the subjects of my sculpture in real life; a shoe, a camera, a clock, a ruler…made to scale, as sculpture.” –Peter Kirkiles
Kirkiles holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Tufts University, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts and a Masters of Fine Arts from Cranbrook Academy in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He has exhibited nationally including a 2021 solo exhibition “At Scale” at the Shelburne Museum, Shelburne Vermont. His work is held by The Shelburne Museum, The New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT and by private collectors throughout the US.
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Peter Kirkiles’ sculptures are visual odes to everyday objects. He is a maker’s maker, a master craftsman, a lover of well-constructed things. He has a special affinity for things well-used, that have stood the test of time and remain steadfast in their intended purpose, that bear the marks of labor and living, that contain echoes of humanity: an antique chest of drawers, a well-worn...
Category
2010s Contemporary Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Stainless Steel
En Face, Mica and Steel Woven Wall Hanging and Installation, Agneta Hobin
By Agneta Hobin
Located in Wilton, CT
En Face, Agneta Hobin, mica and steel, 70" x 48", 2007.
This 7-piece mica and steel hanging installation and sculpture is by Finnish artist, Agneta Hobin...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Fritz Horstman, Formwork for the East River, 2017, Wood, Latex Paint, Wood Panel
By Fritz Horstman
Located in Darien, CT
While working on a large building project several years ago the artist, Fritz Horstman was struck by the poetry in the unfinished state of the construction site. He was drawn specifically to the space between the plywood walls that were raised as formworks for the pouring of cement. That space could only exist for a few hours before the cement truck arrived, but in that moment it was a revolving abstraction of potential, delineation, growth, and destruction. Once filled it was gone: the plywood was stripped away, the earth was backfilled. To suspend that moment he began building models of formworks. Leaving them unfilled, they are perpetually unfinished.
From models based directly on architecture, Horstman expanded to forms found in the landscape. Making a formwork that depicts constraint upon the landscape is not exactly a reversal of the formwork’s function, but it asks different questions than a formwork designed for a building would. Why would you make a cement creek? What is the relationship between a flowing creek and poured cement? Is this a barrier or just delineation?
For River Woman ODETTA, in addition to several small sculptures in the Flat File, Horstman will install Formwork for the East River, which describes that river’s shape as it flows from Rikers Island to the tip of Manhattan. The 3 x 18 x 7 foot sculpture...
Category
2010s Conceptual Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Latex, Wood Panel
Don Frost, Now, Sculpture 2018
By Don Frost
Located in Greenwich, CT
Now
Fiberglass / Carbon Fibre impregnated with catalysed polyester resin Powder filled acrylic lacquer on filled polyester resin base
22 x 36 x 22 in
"I am an artist, a sculptor not...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Fiberglass, Polyester, Lacquer
"Pojagi Construction II" Jin-Sook So, Contemporary Korean mixed media artwork
By Jin-Sook So
Located in Wilton, CT
This abstract geometric mixed media piece was done by fiber artist, Jin-Sook So (b. 1950, Korea). So grew up in Seoul, Korea where she received a master's degree in textile art, afte...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Silver, Steel, Gold Leaf
Margaret VIII, Mid-Century Abstract Woven Tapestry, Textile Wall Sculpture
By Jolanta Owidzka
Located in Wilton, CT
Margaret VIII, flax, sisal and wool, 57" x 39", 1977.
This Mid-Century Modern abstract woven tapestry was done by Postwar and Contemporary Polish textile...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Textile, Tapestry, Wool, Thread
Shadow Dancing
, Kinematic Sculpture with Animated Movement, Chuck Krause
By Chuck Krause
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Chuck Krause (1949)
Title: Shadow Dancing
Year: 2024
Size: 23 x 23 x 2 inches
Medium: Motorized curved arms on white archival museum board
Condition: Excellent condition
Not...
Category
2010s Kinetic Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"Queen Sahara, " Abstract Porcelain Vase
Located in Westport, CT
This ceramic vessel sculpture by Jon Puzzuoli is made with glazed porcelain. It has a vibrant red and cream palette, with a round body and a fluted neck. The piece has a raku finish,...
Category
2010s Abstract Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Glaze
Record, Blair Tate, Geometric woven textile wall sculpture
By Blair Tate
Located in Wilton, CT
Record, woven linen, cotton cord, 102" x 27", 2020.
This abstract, geometric woven textile wall sculpture is by contemporary American fiber artist, Blair Tate.
"In weaving there i...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Textile, Tapestry, Cotton, Linen
Don Frost, Seeker, Sculpture 2018
By Don Frost
Located in Greenwich, CT
Seeker
Fiberglass / Carbon Fibre impregnated with catalysed polyester resin Graphite filled acrylic laquor on filled polyester resin base
35 x 10 x 12
"I am an artist, a sculptor n...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Fiberglass, Polyester, Lacquer
Thumbprint (Red), original three dimensional geometric design wall relief
By Chuck Krause
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Chuck Krause (1949)
Title: Thumbprint (Red)
Year: 2020
Medium: Acrylic paint on sculpted composite board
Size: 23 x 18 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Signed by the ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Board
"Light as a Feather, " Abstract Steel Sculpture
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract sculpture by Joe Sorge is made with steel with orange dye and wax. A single strip of steel extends upward from a base, and twists and spirals in a curled ribbon shape. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Goddess Ethereal
By Kevin Kelly
Located in Westport, CT
This aqua resin and acrylic sculpture is an abstract female for created by Kevin Kelly. The dimensions are noted include a 3 1/2 inch high base.
Kelly works out of his Brooklyn studi...
Category
2010s Abstract Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Acrylic
Fritz Horstman, Formwork for a Rectangle, 2015, Plywood, Wood
By Fritz Horstman
Located in Darien, CT
While working on a large building project several years ago the artist, Fritz Horstman was struck by the poetry in the unfinished state of the construction site. He was drawn specifically to the space between the plywood walls that were raised as formworks for the pouring of cement. That space could only exist for a few hours before the cement truck...
Category
2010s Conceptual Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Plywood
Mary Schiliro, Cat's Cradle 7, 2006, acylic on Mylar, 36 x 18 inches, Abstract
By Mary Schiliro
Located in Darien, CT
Mary Schiliro’s work with acrylic paint on Mylar is process based, and expands the boundaries of painting by exploring alternative presentation methods. Using a dipping process wher...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mylar, Plexiglass, Acrylic
"Walk in the Park I and II" Abstract Diptych Painting
By Teodora Guererra
Located in Westport, CT
This textured abstract diptych by Teodora Guererra features a light, cool palette with subtle warm pink accents throughout. The artist layers thick strokes of paint using a palette k...
Category
2010s Abstract Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Original 1960s Claricon 38-503 Dynamic Microphone Repurposed Lamp Sculpture
By Chuck Krause
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Chuck Krause (1949)
Title: 1960’s Claricon 38-503 Dynamic Microphone Repurposed Lamp Sculpture
Year: Repurposed in 2019
- original vintage, repurposed, non-audible microphone
- overall height (includes stand): 11”
- microphone head: 1-3/4" x 2" x 3-1/2"
- includes black base (diameter: 6")
- total weight: 3 lbs.
- on/off switch on microphone controls lamp
- re-wired power cord with wall plug
- wear consistent with age and use
- low voltage, led, cool to the touch
- artist’s signature hand incised on base
Notes: Condition of this over 50 year old...
Category
2010s Pop Art Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Kasuri Panel 145, Japanese Silk Textile Wall Hanging by Jun Tomita
Located in Wilton, CT
This silk ikat textile wall hanging is by Japanese fiber artist, Jun Tomita.
Category
1990s Abstract Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Textile, Tapestry, Silk
Jose Soto, Focus, 2017, Steel, Mirror, Plexiglass, Wood, Adhesive
By Jose Soto
Located in Darien, CT
FOCUS is a public art sculpture about photographic vision and how it shapes the way we see the world. It is concerned with the viewer’s growing visual perception and bodily experienc...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
"Alpine View" Pedestal Bowl
Located in Westport, CT
This glazed ceramic bowl with pedestal base features a multi-colored palette with muted grey, blue, and sepia tones. It has a wide, shape with crimped rim. The artist's stamp is loca...
Category
2010s Abstract Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
I/O led light box, wall mount
By Mads Christensen
Located in Greenwich, CT
This LED light box by Mads Christensen creates mood oriented and color changing variations that brings a subtle and enhancing sensory experience to a room. Easily installed as it ha...
Category
2010s Contemporary Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
LED Light
Sound of the Fjord, Contemporary Scandinavian Woven Textile, by Åse Ljones
By Åse Ljones
Located in Wilton, CT
Åse Ljones’ hand-embroidered tapestry Sound on the Fjord reflects Ljones’ upbringing on a small rural farm, where sea and nature were close by. Ljones start...
Category
2010s Abstract Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Textile, Tapestry, Thread
"Ocean Swirl 3" Small Ceramic Sculptural Vase
Located in Westport, CT
This small glazed porcelain sculptural vessel by Jon Puzzuoli features a light blue-green palette and a wave pattern over the surface of the piece. The flared neck is finished with 1...
Category
2010s Abstract Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Gold
Thin Green Horizon, Contemporary Geometric Tapestry by Gudrun Pagter
By Gudrun Pagter
Located in Wilton, CT
Thin Green Horizon, sisal, linen and flax, 45.5” x 55.5”, 2017.
Gudrun Pagter is a Denmark-based artist that is known for creating exquisite woven tapestries. Pagter creates strong...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Textile, Tapestry, Linen, Thread, Dye
Patricia Miranda, Lamentations for Ermenegilda; 2020, lace, cochineal dye, thread
By Patricia Miranda
Located in Darien, CT
Patricia Miranda's work includes interdisciplinary installation, textile, paper and books. The textiles incorporated in these new pieces are vintage linens from her Italian and Irish grandmothers and sourced from friends and strangers around the country. Each donation is documented and integrated into the work. Textile as a form that wraps the body from cradle to grave. The role of lacemaking in the lives of women both economically and historically is packed with metaphorical potential. The relationship of craft and women’s work (re)appropriated by artists today to environmental and social issues is integral to the artist's research.
Her work is process oriented; materials are submerged in natural dyes from oak gall wasp nests, cochineal insects, turmeric, indigo, and clay. She forages for raw materials, cook dyes, grind pigments, ecofeminist actions that consider environmental impacts of objects. The process is left visible as dyestuff is unfiltered in the vat and finished work. Sewn into larger works, Miranda incorporates hair, pearls, bone beads, Milagros, cast plaster. The distinct genetics and environmental and cultural history of each material asserts its voice as collaborator rather than medium.
The lace inserts a visceral femininity into the pristine gallery, and exerts a ghostly trace of the history of domestic labor. The combination of earth and lace references human and environmental devastation and the conflation of nature and women’s bodies as justifications for exploitation. Mournful and solastalgic, they are lamentations to the violence against women and the earth.
Patricia Miranda is an interdisciplinary artist, curator, educator, and founder of The Crit Lab, graduate-level critique seminars and Residency for artists, and MAPSpace project space. She has been Visiting Artist at Vermont Studio Center, the Heckscher Museum, and University of Utah; and been awarded residencies at I-Park, Weir Farm, Vermont Studio Center, and Julio Valdez Printmaking Studio.
She received an Anonymous Was a Woman Covid19 Artist Relief Grant, an artist grant from ArtsWestchester/New York State Council on the Arts, and was part of a year-long NEA grant working with homeless youth.
Miranda currently teaches graduate curatorial studies at Western Colorado University, and develops programs for K-12, museums, and institutions such as Franklin Furnace.
Her work has been exhibited at ODETTA, NYC; ABC No Rio, NYC; Alexey von...
Category
2010s Feminist Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Fabric, Thread, Dye, Found Objects
Steven Baris, Ruse Of Transparency 13, 2014, plexiglass, acrylic paint
By Steven Baris
Located in Darien, CT
Steve Baris is interested in the interconnections of the built environment and spatial experience.
His artwork is a response to a largely overlooked type of landscape that is emerg...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Connecticut - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plexiglass, Acrylic
