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Item Ships From: Manhattan
"Winter Blues", Colorful, Abstract Painting on Aluminum Panel by Kevin Barrett
By Kevin Barrett
Located in New York, NY
"Winter Blues" by Kevin Barrett
Epoxy, acrylic, and urethane on carved aluminum panel
Barrett is noted for creating unique, rhythmic, abstract indoor and outdoor sculpture and wall ...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Ceramic and textile sculpture: 'No. 5'
By Ak Jansen
Located in New York, NY
This is part of a collection of ceramics, textiles, and drawings by Ak Jansen which comprise his first solo show in New York City. Born in the Netherlands, Jansen’s work occupies que...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Gold
Moon 3- intricate white beige 3D abstract geometric circle pulled paper drawing
Located in New York, NY
Finesse and delicacy are what characterize best Antonin Anzil’s artistic practice. Paper as a medium seems incompatible with the idea of engraving or sculpturing; and yet. Using a sh...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Archival Paper
Bronze Belt Buckle
By Anthony Caro
Located in New York, NY
Anthony Caro
Bronze Belt Buckle, 1993
Bronze sculpted belt buckle. Stamped on the verso
3 × 4 1/2 inches
Unframed
The present art work is an original bron...
Category
1990s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
“Pen Decline 1 - 2 - 3 in Grey” (Archeology series) Computer Keyboard Sculpture
By Daniel Fiorda
Located in New York, NY
Daniel Fiorda in this new series of sculptures, continues in many ways the themes that have infused his previous work. For the last several years, Fiorda has dealt with technology, obsolescence, with the trail of discarded tech that humanity leaves behind and what it says about us. The new work takes this thematic one step further. These new wall pieces feature barely concealed found objects, almost fully engulfed by concrete, and yet still eerily discernible: industrial gears, computer keyboards, objects that evoke industrial post-digital eras. This piece is a set of 3 artworks...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Concrete
Lapis 152 - white blue 3D abstract floral geometric ceramic wall composition
By Marie Laforey
Located in New York, NY
Marie Laforey is a self-taught artist based in New York, US who maintains a sustainable art practice using primarily organic material. Laforey enjoys the tactility of working with or...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Clay
"Embrace" by Kevin Barrett, Abstract Bronze Metal Sculpture
By Kevin Barrett
Located in New York, NY
"Embrace" by Kevin Barrett
Bronze metal sculpture
Kevin Barrett is noted for creating unique, rhythmic, abstract indoor and outdoor sculpture and wall reliefs.
Organic Bronze Metal...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
"Kearsarge", Abstract, Large-Scale Outdoor Metal Sculpture in steel
By Carole Eisner
Located in New York, NY
"Kearsarge" by Carole Eisner
Abstract, Outdoor Sculpture in welded steel
Carole Eisner has worked with scrap and recycled metal for 40 years creating elegant, abstract forms welded ...
Category
1980s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Pool, 2023, colorful, abstract collage
By Linda Schmidt
Located in New York, NY
Linda Schmidt’s fabric sculptures intertwine public and private, luxury and common. There is a sense of egalitarianism present in both the way Schmidt so...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Thread, Plastic, Pins
"All Over 3", Free Hand Cut Paper Wall Relief Sculpture, Abstract, Tonal, White
By Elizabeth Gregory-Gruen
Located in New York, NY
"All Over 3" by Elizabeth Gregory-Gruen
Free hand cut 2-ply museum board, framed
Cut Work - Elizabeth Gregory-Gruen's abstract, paper sculpture is t...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Paper, Board
"Campbell's Tomato Soup" 3D Glass Sculpture After Andy Warhol Tomato Soup
By Rudi Sgarbi
Located in New York, NY
A sculpturesque piece made from pieces of glass of iconic Campbell's Tomato Soup. Signed bottom right corner. Rudi Sgarbi was born in 1975 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is a versatil...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paint
"Butterfly Effect No. 2", Organic, Abstract Metal Sculpture, Table-Top Size
By Norman Mooney
Located in New York, NY
"Butterfly Effect No. 2" by Norman Mooney
Edition of 20 + 2AP
Mirror-polished aluminum
In 1994 Mooney moved from Ireland to New York City and has been exhibiting locally and interna...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Untitled ( Male Figure Reading Newspaper - The Village Voice )
Located in New York, NY
Unknown/ Unidentified Artist, "Untitled" ( Male Figure Reading Newspaper), Abstract Figurative Wire Sculpture, Stands 29" Tall and 12" Wide, Late 20th Century
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wire
"Black Hat II" Abstract, Industrial Bronze Metal Sculpture by Joel Perlman
By Joel Perlman
Located in New York, NY
"Black Hat II" by Joel Perlman
Abstract sculpture in cast bronze
Joel Perlman has been creating complex sculptures out of steel, bronze, and aluminum since the early 1970's. While m...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
House in Motion
Located in New York, NY
Buky Schwartz
House in Motion, 1986
Welded steel
10 1/2 × 6 1/4 × 6 1/2 inches
This is a unique work
The sculpture is an upside down house with two human figures. It is ingeniously ...
Category
1980s Constructivist Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Recline
By Lilian R. Engel
Located in New York, NY
My sculpture is inspired by the connection of the human form to nature. I use natural materials, stone, wood and metal to bring to life organic forms moving through space. The delica...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
D from Logo Suite (Magenta) Silkscreen on 3-D Molded Plastic Over Wood Signed/N
By Richard Smith
Located in New York, NY
3-D sculpted multiple (to be hung on the wall) by British Pop Art pioneer Richard Smith:
Richard Smith
D from Logo Suite (Magenta), 1971
Silkscreen on 3-D Molded Plastic Over Wood
P...
Category
1970s Pop Art Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plastic, Wood, Mixed Media, Screen, Pencil
Rydbo Maquette, 1989-2000, unique geometric sculpture by renowned British artist
By Nigel Hall
Located in New York, NY
NIGEL HALL
Rydbo Maquette, 1989-2000
Painted Steel
Unique
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the artist
Provenance:
Christie's New York: J...
Category
Early 2000s Minimalist Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Now You See It, abstract geometric wooden sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Milled wood and acrylic.
Joe Sultan started sculpting later in life after building a home in the Hudson Valley in 2012. He trained, worked as an architect and led his own firms fo...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
'Pumpkin' White/Red Pumpkin Pop Art Resin Sculpture, 2016
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
The ’Pumpkin' sculpture is a polka-dotted painted lacquer resin collectible art object by the legendary contemporary Artist, Yayoi Kusama. Published by Benesse Holdings, Inc., Naosh...
Category
2010s Pop Art Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Epoxy Resin, Acrylic
Untitled: Modernist Abstract Figure/Creature
Located in New York, NY
Ellen Key-Oberg (1905-1989), "Untitled: Modernist Abstract Figure/Creature", Abstract/ Modern Lithograph on Paper signed in Pencil, 21 x 17, Mid 20th Century
Colors: Black and White...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Lithograph
"Groove" Large Outdoor, Abstract Bronze Metal Sculpture by Kevin Barrett
By Kevin Barrett
Located in New York, NY
"Groove" by Kevin Barrett
Bronze metal abstract sculpture
Barrett is noted for creating unique, rhythmic, abstract indoor and outdoor sculpture and wall reliefs.
Organic, Abstrac...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Bruce # 9
By Ray Geary
Located in New York, NY
Ray Geary
Bruce #9, 2016
Steel
Incised signature, title and date on the underside
10 x 7 inches
Bruce # 9 is one of ten unique sculptures that popular young sculptor Ray Geary made exclusively for the Whitney Museum. Below is how the Museum described the series:
These fanciful totemic objects, lovingly named Bruce, are made of steel purchased from a scrap metal yard in the Meatpacking District...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Loren Eiferman, Nature Will Heal, 108 Pieces of Wood, 2016, Wood, Found Objects
By Loren Eiferman
Located in Darien, CT
Over many decades Loren Eiferman has created and mastered a unique technique of working with wood—her primary material.
First, she begins with a drawing of an idea. Then she takes a daily walk in the woods surrounding her studio and collects tree limbs and long sticks that have fallen to the ground. She never chops down a living tree or uses green wood. Eiferman allows the wood time to cure in the studio to make sure it won’t check or crack.
Next, she debarks the branch and looks for shapes found within each piece of wood. Using a Japanese hand saw, she cuts and connect these small shapes together using dowels and wood glue. Then, all the open joints get filled with a home made putty, which is then sanded so she can see the newly formed shapes. This process is until the new sculpture appears like the original line drawing but in space. She wants the work to appear as if it grew in nature, when in fact each sculpture is composed of over 100 small pieces of wood that are seamlessly jointed together. Her work can be called the ultimate recycling: taking the detritus of nature and giving it a new life.
We have all at one point or another picked up a stick from the ground—touched the wood, peeled the bark off with our fingernails. Her work taps into that same primal desire of touching nature and being close to it. Trees connect us back to nature, back to this Earth. Her work has a meditative quality to it—a quiet, calming energy.
Her influences are many; from looking at nature and plant life on this Earth to researching the heavenly bodies in the images beamed back from the Hubble Telescope. From studying ancient Buddhist mandalas and designs to delving deeper into quantum physics. And from researching mysterious manuscripts to studying the patterns inside our brains.
For Invocation, we are exhibiting her newest body of work, inspired by the illustrations found in the Voynich Manuscript. This 250-page book, is believed to have been written in the early 15th century, of a mysterious origin and purpose.
Written in an unknown language and currently housed at Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book Library, the manuscript has eluded all attempts in the intervening centuries to decode or decipher its purpose and meaning. This enigmatic book is divided into 6 different sections (herbal, astronomical, biological, cosmological, pharmaceutical and recipes).
Having discovered the images contained in this codex over the Internet, Eiferman felt an immediate, profound and inexplicable connection to this manuscript and its creator.
The artist is currently transposing the “herbal” section of manuscript into sculptures. This section has drawings in it of plants and flowers that do not really exist in nature—past or present. These aren’t just pretty images of flowers—they also contain the wacky root systems and seemingly out of proportion leaves, stamens and pistils.
Loren Eiferman was born in Brooklyn, NY. She received her BFA from SUNY Purchase. Her work has been exhibited extensively throughout the Tri-State region including gallery and museum exhibitions in the Hudson Valley and Connecticut. Her work is included in numerous corporate and private art collections.
In 2014 she was awarded a NYC MTA Arts & Design art commission to produce steel railings...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Found Objects
"Matchless III" Abstract, Industrial Steel Metal Sculpture by Joel Perlman
By Joel Perlman
Located in New York, NY
"Matchless III" by Joel Perlman
Abstract sculpture in welded steel
Joel Perlman has been creating complex sculptures out of steel, bronze, and aluminum since the early 1970's. While...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel
"Velocity" Abstract Metal Wall Relief Sculpture in Welded Aluminum, Contemporary
By Kevin Barrett
Located in New York, NY
"Velocity" by Kevin Barrett
Abstract metal wall relief sculpture in welded aluminum
Barrett is noted for creating unique, rhythmic, abstra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"True Blue" Large-Scale, Abstract Aluminum Metal Sculpture in Blue
By Richard Pitts
Located in New York, NY
"True Blue" by Richard Pitts
Powder-coated aluminum on a brushed aluminum base
(height includes base)
Richard Pitts works in many media, from steel to wood to bronze to aluminum, no...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
EC 15 - textural abstract circle shape nature inspired white sculpted paper
Located in New York, NY
Anne-Charlotte Saliba's artistic universe is largely inspired by nature, its abyssal dimension as well as its vegetal or mineral forms. Her sculpted artworks are a confrontation of smooth and grainy texture on the same linear paper. A cloud of small perforations, incisions, and punches which play on the elasticity of the paper, to create a topographic relief. A controlled wandering of dotted lines, scales and bumps are drawn following the movement of her hand on the paper. The flow is both free and thoughtfully planned, allowing unexpected movements and completely abandoning set patterns at times.
Saliba sees herself more like an artisan than an artist in the sense that she is working with texture and touch to create unique intricate sculpted artworks.
Playing with light and shadow, each in her own way ennobles a seemingly banal material with a genuine concern for ethics. Like modern-day memento mori, Saliba’s works transport us into dreamlike worlds in which the evanescence of paper echoes the transience of life, subtly reminding us to enjoy the present moment.
Anne-Charlotte Saliba works and lives near Lyon, France. Her work has reviewed in numerous publications and has won the prestigious price for Jeune Creation de Métiers d’Art in 2020. She is now represented by the Muriel Guépin Gallery...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Archival Paper
Mixed Media Metal Wood Stone Contemporary Art Sculpture - Two Women Standing 322
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Two Women Standing 322 - Mixed Media Metal Wood Stone Contemporary Art Sculpture
In the 1990s Linda Stein began to work on a series called Blades, sculptural works tha...
Category
1980s Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Metal
"An Offering" Organic, Abstract Sculpture, Wood Burl, Reclaimed Farm Equipment
Located in New York, NY
"An Offering" by Peter Rosenthal
Sycamore burl wood, reclaimed farm equipment
Peter Rosenthal’s work is inspired by the fantastical shaped vines and na...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Feminist Figurative Mixed Media Contemporary Sculpture Warrior Waging Peace 1285
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Warrior Waging Peace: Opulent Diversity 1285 - Feminist Figurative Mixed Media Black and Colorful Contemporary Sculpture
Free-standing contemporary sculpture with ves...
Category
1980s Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"Red Round" Abstract, Industrial Bronze Metal Sculpture by Joel Perlman
By Joel Perlman
Located in New York, NY
"Red Round" by Joel Perlman
Abstract sculpture in bronze
Joel Perlman has been creating complex sculptures out of steel, bronze, and aluminum since the early 1970's. While minimalis...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
"Lean 12" (can hang 360 degrees) minimal art, resin, acrylic, pink contemporary
By David E. Peterson
Located in New York, NY
Mini Leaner 12 - Can hang Horizontal or Vertical on the wall or Lean. (can hang 360 degrees with the cleats on the back of the piece) Acrylic, osage orange, and uv resin
42” W, 12” H, 2” D
David E. Peterson.
The materials that I use are extremely important...
Category
2010s Minimalist Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Wood, Acrylic
Paul Sisko Abstract Expressionist Steel Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Paul Sisko (American, b. 1942)
Untitled, 1971
Stainless Steel
Sculpture: 18 1/4 x 6 x 4 1/2 in.
Base: 2 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 4 in.
Signed: Paul Sisko "71" 9/12
Edition 9 of 12
Paul Sisko ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Liz Sweibel, Untitled (Scrapings #10), 2016, Wood, Paint, Found Objects
By Liz Sweibel
Located in Darien, CT
The freestanding sculptures in this portfolio are made from the “sticks”: a pile of found wood that Sweibel has been pulling from to make new works since about 2002. The pile consisted of more than a dozen four- to seven-foot lengths of hardwood, each an uneven inch in depth and width. The sticks were warped, with worn yellow paint on one side and raw wood on the other three. Over the years she has painted the raw sides of the sticks, cut the wood into shorter lengths, and sliced paint off – and kept the residue from these actions. Sweibel has also made sculptures ranging from full-length sticks to tiny stick splinters. She built these sculptures using sliced-off paint.
Timeworn materials and objects have an intelligence that the artist looks for and listens to. Shaping and reshaping material to find new form and elicit new insights in the material itself is the territory she is mining. The limitations of the process are its strengths. Her work is concerned with fragility, precariousness, adaptability, and strength. It is a visual response to powerful yet unseen forces - like wind and thoughts - that threaten, propel, ruin, and protect.
Liz Sweibel is a multidisciplinary artist working in drawing, sculpture, installation, and digital photography and video. Her spare, personal language of abstraction transforms ordinary materials into statements about connectedness and responsibility: every action has an impact, the effects persist in space and over time, and we are accountable. By drawing attention to simple, ordinary “stuff of life” and referencing both shared and personal history, Sweibel’s work explores and reflects back fundamental experiences in response to our world and relationships. Her intention is to reinvigorate viewers’ awareness of the everyday – in its raw beauty and precariousness – in hopes that they might bring heightened senses of sight and care to their daily lives.
Sweibel has participated in solo, two-person, and group exhibits in New York, Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, Michigan, and Tennessee since 1998. In 2016, Sweibel’s work was in the group shows Lightly Structured at Sculpture Space NYC, Precarious Constructs at the Venus Knitting Art...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint, Found Objects
Wood, Stone, Leather, Mixed Media Contemporary Totem Sculpture - Offering 170
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Offering 170 - Wood, Stone, Leather, Mixed Media Totem Sculpture
In the 1980s, Linda Stein began a series called Ceremonial Scepters, where she imagined an excavation b...
Category
1980s Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Metal
Primordial Garden J6, green biomorphic floral ceramic sculpture, 2015
By Christopher Adams
Located in New York, NY
Christopher Adams creates sculptures that play on biological concepts, specifically adaptive radiation, whereby a pioneering organism enters an untapped environment and then differen...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Charles Birnbaum, 371_Wall Piece No.19_2017_porcelain_19x13x5 in_Visionary
By Charles Birnbaum
Located in Darien, CT
Charles Birnbaum is a sculptor and a self-taught photographer. He graduated from Kansas City Art Institute where he studied ceramics and was one of a select group of the esteemed Ken...
Category
2010s Baroque Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
"Geisha" by Kevin Barrett, Unique Bronze Abstract Metal Sculpture
By Kevin Barrett
Located in New York, NY
"Geisha" by Abstract Metal Sculpture by Kevin Barrett
Unique bronze
Kevin Barrett is noted for creating unique, rhythmic, abstract indoor and outdoor sculpture and wall reliefs.
Br...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Butterfly Girl
By Eric Rhein
Located in New York, NY
Eric Rhein “Butterfly Girl”
1992-1995
Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity
Steel, brass, and gold-filled wire, thread, glue, and found object...
Category
1990s Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Steel, Wire
Ceramic and textile sculpture: 'No. 6'
By Ak Jansen
Located in New York, NY
This is part of a collection of ceramics, textiles, and drawings by Ak Jansen which comprise his first solo show in New York City. Born in the Netherlands, Jansen’s work occupies que...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Gold
EC 16 - textural abstract circle shape nature inspired white sculpted paper
Located in New York, NY
Anne-Charlotte Saliba's artistic universe is largely inspired by nature, its abyssal dimension as well as its vegetal or mineral forms. Her sculpted artworks are a confrontation of s...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Archival Paper
Untitled #3 - abstract geometric, organic white glazed porcelain sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Joan Lurie
Untitled #3
White Glazed Porcelain
20" x 14" x 14"
2019
Artists Statement:
My interest is in exploring ways of building structural forms in ceramics. Many ideas for the f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
"QUILL II (Slate Rocker)", Industrial Abstract Sculpture in Metal & Stone
By John Van Alstine
Located in New York, NY
"QUILL II (Slate Rocker)" by John Van Alstine
NY State slate, pigmented and sealed steel
The sculpture of John Van Alstine beautifully, and powerfully, balances the union of stone a...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Slate, Metal, Steel
Yvette Cohen, Ara Pacis - Zen Corner, 2009, Minimalist sculpture
By Yvette Cohen
Located in Darien, CT
My work bridges the divide between
sculpture and painting and drawing.
Paintings are geometric masses
of color in oil paint and wood dowels,
on shaped canvas. Often grouped in
d...
Category
2010s Minimalist Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Wood
Liz Sweibel, Untitled (Scrapings #3), 2016, Wood, Paint, Found Objects
By Liz Sweibel
Located in Darien, CT
The freestanding sculptures in this portfolio are made from the “sticks”: a pile of found wood that Sweibel has been pulling from to make new works since about 2002. The pile consist...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint, Found Objects
"Lean 65" contemporary minimalism, abstract acrylic, resin on wood, red, yellow
By David E. Peterson
Located in New York, NY
"Leaner 65" Can hang Horizontal or Vertical on the wall or Lean. Acrylic, cherry and uv resin 9" W, 77" H, 2" D
David E. Peterson.
The materials that I use are extremely important t...
Category
2010s Minimalist Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Wood, Acrylic
Joan Grubin, Air Net, 2018, Mylar, Paper, Acrylic Paint
By Joan Grubin
Located in Darien, CT
Weaving is a form of drawing, of plotting and connecting lines. Fabricating a three-dimensional, transparent object using thin strips of paper with differing colors on either side re...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mylar, Paper, Acrylic
Liz Sweibel, Untitled (Scrapings #2), 2016, Wood, Paint, Found Objects
By Liz Sweibel
Located in Darien, CT
The freestanding sculptures in this portfolio are made from the “sticks”: a pile of found wood that Sweibel has been pulling from to make new works since about 2002. The pile consisted of more than a dozen four- to seven-foot lengths of hardwood, each an uneven inch in depth and width. The sticks were warped, with worn yellow paint on one side and raw wood on the other three. Over the years she has painted the raw sides of the sticks, cut the wood into shorter lengths, and sliced paint off – and kept the residue from these actions. Sweibel has also made sculptures ranging from full-length sticks to tiny stick splinters. She built these sculptures using sliced-off paint.
Timeworn materials and objects have an intelligence that the artist looks for and listens to. Shaping and reshaping material to find new form and elicit new insights in the material itself is the territory she is mining. The limitations of the process are its strengths. Her work is concerned with fragility, precariousness, adaptability, and strength. It is a visual response to powerful yet unseen forces - like wind and thoughts - that threaten, propel, ruin, and protect.
Liz Sweibel is a multidisciplinary artist working in drawing, sculpture, installation, and digital photography and video. Her spare, personal language of abstraction transforms ordinary materials into statements about connectedness and responsibility: every action has an impact, the effects persist in space and over time, and we are accountable. By drawing attention to simple, ordinary “stuff of life” and referencing both shared and personal history, Sweibel’s work explores and reflects back fundamental experiences in response to our world and relationships. Her intention is to reinvigorate viewers’ awareness of the everyday – in its raw beauty and precariousness – in hopes that they might bring heightened senses of sight and care to their daily lives.
Sweibel has participated in solo, two-person, and group exhibits in New York, Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, Michigan, and Tennessee since 1998. In 2016, Sweibel’s work was in the group shows Lightly Structured at Sculpture Space NYC, Precarious Constructs at the Venus Knitting Art...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint, Found Objects
Medium Abstract Ceramic Sculpture with Textile: 'Mariette'
By Ak Jansen
Located in New York, NY
This is part of a new collection work that encompasses ceramics and textiles by Ak Jansen. Born in the Netherlands, Jansen’s work occupies queerness on both poetic and political term...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Gold
Untitled (0399), colorful, abstract collage
By Linda Schmidt
Located in New York, NY
Linda Schmidt’s fabric sculptures intertwine public and private, luxury and common. There is a sense of egalitarianism present in both the way Schmidt sources and arranges her fabric...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Acrylic
"Sisyphean Circle (diagonally down)", Industrial, Abstract Sculpture
By John Van Alstine
Located in New York, NY
"Sisyphean Circle (diagonally down)" by John Van Alstine
Slate, pigmented and sealed steel
The sculpture of John Van Alstine beautifully, and powerfully, balances the union of stone...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Slate, Metal, Steel
CC 100 - Blue red abstract geometric 3D wall circular sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Anna Kruhelska is a visual artist and architect working across fields of art and design. She creates abstract, three-dimensional paper wall reliefs that startle in their intricacy an...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plywood, Acrylic
Wood, Metal, Stone, Mixed Media Contemporary Sculpture - Heartstone Scepter 163
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Heartstone Scepter 163 - Wood, Metal, Stone, Mixed Media Contemporary Sculpture
In the 1980s, Linda Stein began a series called Ceremonial Scepters, where she imagined...
Category
1980s Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Metal
"Between the Lines" Abstract, Paper Wall Relief Sculpture, Mixed Media Collage
By Joan Giordano
Located in New York, NY
"Between the Lines" by Joan Giordano
Mixed media, archival newspaper, encaustic on canvas
Museum shown and collected artist Joan Giordano is known for her unique hand made paper sculpture and wall relief sculpture and Japanese influenced wall scrolls...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Paper, Encaustic, Magazine Paper, Newsprint, Canvas, Mixed Media
Linda Cunningham, 'Urban Transformation', 2016, Bronze, Steel
By Linda Cunningham
Located in Darien, CT
A graceful metal sculpture created from altered/ transformed materials, Urban Transformation, industrial steel against a craggy, textured, bark-like bronze elements. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
"Flash" Abstract, Cast Stainless Steel Metal Sculpture by John Ruppert
By John Ruppert
Located in New York, NY
"Flash" by John Ruppert
Cast stainless steel, from a fragment of a tree struck by lightning
Edition of 3
Over the past 35 years, John Ruppert has been working in cast metals; manufa...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel, Stainless Steel
Wood, Metal, Stone, Mixed Media Contemporary Sculpture - Easel Scepter 167
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Easel Scepter 167 - Wood, Metal, Stone, Mixed Media Contemporary Sculpture
In the 1980s, Linda Stein began a series called Ceremonial Scepters, where she imagined an e...
Category
1980s Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Metal
