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Medium: Found Objects
"#56 – BOTH WOUNDED A LITTLE", ink, pencil, gouache, collage, found text, poetry
By Amy Williams
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"#56 – BOTH WOUNDED A LITTLE" is from Amy Williams' series A Farewell to Arms – wherein the artist is working directly onto page 56 of a found copy of Ernest Hemingway's WWII romance...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Paper, Found Objects, Ink, Gouache, Pencil
At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites II2
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites II2" is a textured mixed-media painting that explores the connection between the ancient and the celestial. Created with acrylic, latex, copper...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Bronze, Copper
$7,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Garden Variety
Located in New York, NY
Recycled textiles, thread, batting, glazed ceramic, metal table, spray paint
34 x 22 x 18 inches
Artist Statement
I hand-sew compound sculptural forms that are constructed from clot...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Textile, Thread, Found Objects, Spray Paint
$3,680 Sale Price
20% Off
Diary 2 by John Garrett, 2017, Mixed Media Wall Hanging Sculpture, Contemporary
By John Garrett
Located in St. Louis, MO
John Garrett was raised in southern New Mexico by parents who were both educators. They instilled in him an appreciation for the handmade with their collections of Native American a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Fabric, Plaster, Wood, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Other Medium
Eastern Puma - Contemporary Mixed Media Animal Sculpture (Yellow+Red)
By Yulia Shtern
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Eastern Puma" is a wonderfully morbid sculpture created by the Canadian artist Yulia Shtern. This piece is part of her Mini Zoo Series depicting beautifully decaying remnants of species on our planet that are currently endangered. An unfortunate truth of our current society that is often forgotten. Shtern creates these beautiful pieces to draw the viewer in and force them to engage with reality head-on. Follow our gallery, or message us for more works by Yulia Shtern and special pricing.
From the artist "My new series of sculptures Magical Zoo observes this calamity through the prism of the wonder and playfulness of the natural world, through the miracle and majesty that is found in each and every animal, big and small, aquatic and land. The medium of the series consists of post mass consumption up-cycled material: paper products, packaging, non-recyclable plastics, fabric leftovers, other items that would have otherwise gone to a landfill. All the color on the finished sculptures comes from swatches of the up-cycled material itself. The only other substance added to the work is the transparent varnish glue. The pieces in the series are produced in an environmentally sustainable manner. Magical Zoo creates its own reality through the dualism of a colorful, whimsical representation of an animal whose habitat has been destroyed by industrial expansion or deforestation. Or an animal that was a hair away from going extinct, or an animal that could be next unless we do something today to stop this tragedy. The element of magic makes it easier to cope with the fact that our planet is dying...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Adhesive, Varnish, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Newsprint, Papier Mâché, ...
$234 Sale Price
25% Off
Bronze Relief of Construction Blocks in Wooden Cart, 2025 -
Big Set
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Conrad Willems’ “Big Set” is a bronze sculpture that reimagines the wooden construction blocks central to his artistic practice. Encased in one of the small wooden carts the artist u...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Bronze
Contemporary, Mixed Media, Hanging, Sculpture, Wood, Metal, Glass, Found Objects
By John Garrett
Located in St. Louis, MO
Contemporary, Mixed Media, Hanging, Sculpture, Wood, Metal, Glass, Found Objects
John Garrett was raised in southern New Mexico by parents who were both educators. They instilled i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Metal, Steel
Rift Valley, sonde IV (texture abstract painting canvas bronze Earthy organic )
Located in Quebec, Quebec
“Rift Valley, Sonde IV” is a richly textured mixed-media composition that captures the interplay between natural and abstract forms, evoking the raw beauty of nature while offering a...
Category
2010s Color-Field Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic
Vector (right)
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: found aluminum cans, wire, Flashe paint
Available in multiple color/finish options (inquire with gallery).
Installations are made to order, sizes and shapes of butterflies v...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Metal, Wire
Hokusai Ocean IV - Abstract Blue + White Mixed Media Work on Book Covers
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Jane Skingley b. 1963
Hokusai Indigo IV, 2025
mixed media on vintage book pages laid onto canvas
100 x 100 cm
39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in
signed, titled and dated on reverse
Jane Skingley pa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Canvas, Found Objects, Mixed Media
"Psalm 63:4...While I Live, " Oil Pastel signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Psalm 63:4...While I Live" is a religious original oil pastel drawing on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed and titled the piece lower right. This piece illustrates...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Oil Pastel, Found Objects
"Pompeii, " Mixed Media Sculpture
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 Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Stone
Cat Is Very Smart, Contemporary Mixed Media Painting by Konstantin Bokov
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Konstantin Bokov, Ukrainian/American (1940 - )
Title: Cat is Very Smart
Year: 1999
Medium: Acrylic on Board and Found Art Collage, Signed and dated
Size: 20 x 16 in. (50....
Category
1990s Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Found Objects, Acrylic, Board
"Old Glory" Hand Embroidery with French Knots and Historical Imagery
By Han Cao
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Old Glory" is an original piece by Han Cao and is made from hand embroidery on found vintage postcard from 1924, with cotton thread. This piece measures 11.25" x ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Thread, Found Objects, Photographic Paper
Hokusai Indigo IV - Abstract Mixed Media Calligraphy Painting on Vintage Pages
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Jane Skingley b. 1963
Hokusai Indigo IV, 2025
mixed media on vintage book pages laid onto canvas
100 x 100 cm
39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in
signed, titled and dated on reverse
Jane Skingley pa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Canvas, Found Objects, Mixed Media
Untitled
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Robert Mapplethorpe's (1946-1989) place in the canon was earned from his incredible output of images that ranged from beautiful to brutal.
Though known for his unrivalled output in...
Category
1960s Post-Modern Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Found Objects, Pencil, Color Pencil
It
s Only a Game
By Kat Flyn
Located in New Orleans, LA
Medium: very old hand-carved bat, old handmade ball, hand-carved wood toy plane, Old wood handmade toolbox, one photo of young men gathered to play baseball ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media
"Drill Case Guitar" Hybrid Instrument Wall Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
This guitar-sculpture designed by Ken Butler features a compilation of dials, gauges, wires and knobs. The body of the guitar is an actual plastic drill case. This sculpture has a st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media
"Fiber Truck - PHD Edition" Dimensional Embroidered Vehicle
By Han Cao
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Fiber Truck - PHD Edition" is an original piece by Han Cao and is made from cotton embroidery thread, plastic stitching canvas, painted wooden spools, acrylic disp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Thread, Found Objects, Canvas, Cotton, Plastic, Wood
"Iridescence, " Mixed Media Sculpture
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 Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Stone
Memo (Night)
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: aluminum (found cans), wire, soot
Unique, open edition
Available in multiple color/finish options (see second image on listing for options).
Installations are made to order, sizes and shapes of butterflies vary and can be oriented leftward or rightward.
Ships with installation template and loaner tool kit.
Installation can be arranged with JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY.
Paul Villinski is a professional visual artist who has created studio and large-scale artworks for more than three decades. Villinski was born in York, Maine, USA, in 1960, son of an Air Force navigator. He has lived and worked in New York City since 1982. A scenic route through the educational system included stops at Phillips Exeter Academy and the Massachusetts College of Art, and a BFA with honors from the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in 1984. He lives with his partner, the painter Amy Park, and their son, Lark, in their studios in Long Island City, NY.
His work has been included in numerous exhibitions nationally, recently including the solo exhibition “Passage: A Special Project,” at the Blanton Museum, University of Texas, Austin; “Making Mends,” at the Bellevue Museum of Arts, Bellevue, WA; “Second Lives: Re-purposing the Ordinary,” at the Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY; and “Prospect .1,” an international Biennial in New Orleans, LA. “Emergency Response Studio,” a FEMA trailer redesigned and rebuilt into a solar-and wind-powered mobile artist’s studio, was the subject of a solo exhibition at Rice University Art Gallery, Houston, TX; the exhibition also travelled to Ballroom Marfa, in Marfa, TX; Wesleyan University’s Zilkha Gallery, Middletown, CT; and the trailer was featured in the New Museum’s “Festival of Ideas for the New City”, in New York, NY.
Villinski’s work is widely collected, including major public works created by commission. His studio is currently at work on “SkyCycles,” three full-scale “flying...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Wire, Metal
Lobster
By Leo Sewell
Located in Greenwich, CT
Leo Sewell Biography
American, b. 1945
Leo Sewell (b. 1945) is an American "found object" artist. His assemblages of recycled material are in over 40 museums and in private collecti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Mixed Media, Found Objects
$6,000
"Everlast" Contemporary Pastel Abstract Boxing Glove Wall Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Exhibited in "Benji Stiles: A Human Day" at Reeves Art + Design.
In “A Human Day,” a solo show dedicated to the work of contemporary multidisciplinary artist Benji Stiles, we explor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Found Objects, Acrylic
Hoyt Lake Buffalo New York
By Max Collins
Located in Buffalo, NY
A unique wheat pasted photograph onto found wood by American conceptual artist Max Collins (b.1988).
This work was featured in a unique exhibition curated...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Found Objects, Photographic Paper
Well Before….the Trusty S.C.O.R.E.* Crows
By Michael Beam
Located in Buffalo, NY
Peenemunde 1943—During World War II, German rocketeers developed Vergeltungswaffen or "V" weapons at the German rocket facility Peenemunde, built in 1937. The first civilian employee...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Canvas, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Oil
"Mandala CXCII" - mixed media, assemblage, pattern, circle, found objects, color
Located in Atlanta, GA
This work features hues of orange, yellow, and red.
Columbia, South Carolina-based artist, Susan Lenz uses needle and thread for self-expression. Her ongoing series Found Object Man...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Fabric, Found Objects
Everyone gets Due Process, Right?
By Kat Flyn
Located in New Orleans, LA
KAT FLYN is a self-taught assemblage artist working presently out of San Diego. She began her career as a costume designer in Southern California. Over the years she amassed a trove ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Wood, Found Objects, Mixed Media
Frankenstein
By Kat Flyn
Located in New Orleans, LA
"Trans Youth - Body of a boy/girl, mind of a monster, soul of an unearthly thing. Prejudice against transgender people is widespread."
KAT FLYN is a self-taught assemblage artist working presently out of San Diego. She began her career as a costume designer in Southern California. Over the years she amassed a trove of artifacts and collectables which she began using to create assemblage art in the 1990’s. In 2000 she sold her business and moved to Cuyamaca, a remote community in the mountains outside of San Diego to devote herself exclusively to her artwork. In 2003 her work was interrupted when the Cedar Fire swept through San Diego county and destroyed the forest, her home & studio along with almost all of her collections and works of art. Following the fire she relocated to San Francisco, where she spent a decade concentrating on her art in her studio in SOMA and exhibiting at galleries in the Bay Area. In 2015 she returned to San Diego and now works out of her studio in La Jolla, exhibiting there and in Los Angeles.
Kat Flyn refers to herself as an Assemblage Sculptor and her works as Political Art or Protest Art. She separates herself from other assemblage artists in that she only employs “saved” as opposed to “found” objects in her work; and her pieces always have a political or cultural narrative to them rather than being surreal or abstract. She also constructs or refashions many of the pieces which she uses in her art, for example she turns a soft drink box...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media, Found Objects
Manifestation II
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This kinetic artwork is intended as a gently rotating, dimensional mandala. It has a baroque-upcycled aesthetic that playfully transcends the utility of the can-tab. Sparkling moiré patterns emerge as the artwork rotates slowly. One can experience the artwork as a sparkling, crystalline mystery from a distance, then as a familiar but incalculable marvel up close. Fun fact: it is powered by a disco ball motor
Keywords: kinetic art,sensory art, suspended art, upcycled, sparkling , metal
Details: A kinetic, sensory sculpture made from post-consumer can-tabs, safety pins, steel armature and ceiling mounted motor. 84"l x 44"w x 44"d x 40 lbs. rotates at 1 to 1-1/2 rpm
Artist Biography:
Since 2002, award winning artist Virginia Fleck...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Kinetic Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Found Objects
At sea between fossils and satellites 7 (blue organic copper abstract texture)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea between Fossils and Satellites 7" is a textural and elemental abstract painting on canvas. It explores the hybridization of chance-derived color-fields with art deco aestheti...
Category
2010s Color-Field Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic
"Hello, My Name Is: Shrimp" miniature pictograph oil painting on paper, clever
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Anthony Mastromatteo re-introduced himself to the Grenning Gallery with his 2023 exhibition "Hello, My Name Is: Anthony Mastromatteo." The works included in the show were incredibly intricate trompe l'oeil oil paintings ranging in size from 7 x 5 inches to 48 x 36 inches. In supplement to the exhibition, Mastromatteo painted 10 pictographs on the recognizable "Hello My Name Is" nametags and put them in plastic sleeves one would clip on their person for any kind of large function. There is always a bit of tongue and...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Plastic, Paper, Found Objects, Oil
"Caress of Water, " Mixed Media Sculpture
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 Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Stone
I
ll Show You Mine, If You Show Me Yours
Located in New Orleans, LA
Medium: house-paint on upcycled WWII era quilt
Becca Fuhrman (b. 1988, Boise, ID) is an interdisciplinary artist who specializes in multimedia large-sca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Found Objects, House Paint
Momoiro I, 2024 - Minimalist Abstract Oil + Ink on Vintage Book Pages on Canvas
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Jane Skingley paints seascapes and landscapes in oils. Her first exhibition was a huge success and since then she has gone from strength to strength exhibiting in galleries and art s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Canvas, Found Objects, Ink, Oil
"Deliverance" -- Assemblage by Kat Flyn
By Kat Flyn
Located in New Orleans, LA
KAT FLYN is a self-taught assemblage artist working presently out of San Diego. She began her career as a costume designer in Southern California. Over the years she amassed a trove ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Wood, Found Objects, Mixed Media
Remington Rand A, Vintage Typewriter Machine Gun, conceptual wall sculpture
By Éric Nado
Located in Dallas, TX
Typewriter Machine Guns by Eric Nado - "Remington Rand A - Mitra Lettres" is created from very unusual material - a vintage typewriter. The series triggers the idea that "Words are s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Metal
American Story No.1921
By Kat Flyn
Located in New Orleans, LA
KAT FLYN is a self-taught assemblage artist working presently out of San Diego. She began her career as a costume designer in Southern California. Over the years she amassed a trove of artifacts and collectables which she began using to create assemblage art in the 1990’s. In 2000 she sold her business and moved to Cuyamaca, a remote community in the mountains outside of San Diego to devote herself exclusively to her artwork. In 2003 her work was interrupted when the Cedar Fire swept through San Diego county and destroyed the forest, her home & studio along with almost all of her collections and works of art. Following the fire she relocated to San Francisco, where she spent a decade concentrating on her art in her studio in SOMA and exhibiting at galleries in the Bay Area. In 2015 she returned to San Diego and now works out of her studio in La Jolla, exhibiting there and in Los Angeles.
Kat Flyn refers to herself as an Assemblage Sculptor and her works as Political Art or Protest Art. She separates herself from other assemblage artists in that she only employs “saved” as opposed to “found” objects in her work; and her pieces always have a political or cultural narrative to them rather than being surreal or abstract. She also constructs or refashions many of the pieces which she uses in her art, for example she turns a soft drink box...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Wood, Found Objects, Mixed Media
Wall sculpture / painting by Black African American artist w/ applied objects
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"QUEEN VICTORIA" is created and from acrylic and found objects on round MDF panel by renowned Black African American artist Richard J. Watson. It includes a photograph of a figure, p...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Found Objects, Acrylic, Panel
"Thinking it Through, " Oil Pastel on Grocery Bag signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Thinking It Through" is an original oil pastel drawing on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower left. This artwork features a man seated on stairs, dee...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Oil Pastel, Found Objects
"Beach-Combed Mochaware, " Mixed Media Sculpture
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 Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Stone
Earthy Abstract Rusted Metal Landscape Composition "Flows"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Nyasha Mashumba, having been the apprentice of Mark Hilltout, has now carved out a career for himself as artist and designer, utilizing the medium and craft he has mastered over the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Metal, Steel, Iron
"Lady Liberty" Hand Sewn and Fibers on Vintage Americana by Han Cao
By Han Cao
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Lady Liberty is an original piece by Han Cao and is made from hand embroidery on found vintage postcard from the 1960s, with cotton thread. This piece measures 11...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Thread, Found Objects, Postcard
Surreal Collage:
Willful Blindness
Located in New York, NY
Mixed media collage: found objects, watercolor, pastel, and printed matter on masonite. Framed in plexiglass box frame.
Barnett, a surrealist artist incorporates discarded mechanica...
Category
2010s Surrealist Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Pastel, Found Objects, Watercolor
American Story, Tulsa May 30, 1921
By Kat Flyn
Located in New Orleans, LA
KAT FLYN is a self-taught assemblage artist working presently out of San Diego. She began her career as a costume designer in Southern California. Over the years she amassed a trove of artifacts and collectables which she began using to create assemblage art in the 1990’s. In 2000 she sold her business and moved to Cuyamaca, a remote community in the mountains outside of San Diego to devote herself exclusively to her artwork. In 2003 her work was interrupted when the Cedar Fire swept through San Diego county and destroyed the forest, her home & studio along with almost all of her collections and works of art. Following the fire she relocated to San Francisco, where she spent a decade concentrating on her art in her studio in SOMA and exhibiting at galleries in the Bay Area. In 2015 she returned to San Diego and now works out of her studio in La Jolla, exhibiting there and in Los Angeles.
Kat Flyn refers to herself as an Assemblage Sculptor and her works as Political Art or Protest Art. She separates herself from other assemblage artists in that she only employs “saved” as opposed to “found” objects in her work; and her pieces always have a political or cultural narrative to them rather than being surreal or abstract. She also constructs or refashions many of the pieces which she uses in her art, for example she turns a soft drink box...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Wood, Found Objects, Mixed Media
Death of a Spirit Guide
By Kat Flyn
Located in New Orleans, LA
"This narrative questions the storyline that the wolf was the threat; but rather the Huntsman was the predator."
KAT FLYN is a self-taught assemblage artist working presently out of San Diego. She began her career as a costume designer in Southern California. Over the years she amassed a trove of artifacts and collectables which she began using to create assemblage art in the 1990’s. In 2000 she sold her business and moved to Cuyamaca, a remote community in the mountains outside of San Diego to devote herself exclusively to her artwork. In 2003 her work was interrupted when the Cedar Fire swept through San Diego county and destroyed the forest, her home & studio along with almost all of her collections and works of art. Following the fire she relocated to San Francisco, where she spent a decade concentrating on her art in her studio in SOMA and exhibiting at galleries in the Bay Area. In 2015 she returned to San Diego and now works out of her studio in La Jolla, exhibiting there and in Los Angeles.
Kat Flyn refers to herself as an Assemblage Sculptor and her works as Political Art or Protest Art. She separates herself from other assemblage artists in that she only employs “saved” as opposed to “found” objects in her work; and her pieces always have a political or cultural narrative to them rather than being surreal or abstract. She also constructs or refashions many of the pieces which she uses in her art, for example she turns a soft drink box into a tenement building in Affordable Housing 2017, a jewelry box into a wheelchair in Last Lily Foot 2016, an old shoe shine box...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Wood, Found Objects, Mixed Media
The Last Stand
By Kat Flyn
Located in New Orleans, LA
assemblage sculpture: wood stadium-like stands with 13 hand-carved & painted people, 1 resin & wood figure, painted reversible wood carnival game clown with one side a smile and the reverse a frown, hand-painted wood flag...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media
"As the Crow Flies" -- Assemblage by Kat Flyn
By Kat Flyn
Located in New Orleans, LA
KAT FLYN is a self-taught assemblage artist working presently out of San Diego. She began her career as a costume designer in Southern California. Over the years she amassed a trove ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Wood, Found Objects, Mixed Media
"Fiber Truck - Pride Edition", Full Color Spectrum in Dimensional Embroidery
By Han Cao
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Fiber Truck - PHD Edition" is an original piece by Han Cao and is madecotton embroidery thread, plastic stitching canvas, painted wooden spools, acrylic display ca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Thread, Found Objects, Canvas, Cotton, Plastic, Wood, Paint
Compass
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: found aluminum cans, wire, Flashe paint
Available in right and left orientations.
Available in multiple color/finish options (inquire with gallery).
Installations are made t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Metal, Wire
$18,000
"Smile Park, " Oil Pastel on Grocery Bag signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Smile Park" is an original oil pastel drawing on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower right and dated it on the back. It features fall foliage on the ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Oil Pastel, Found Objects
Collective Liberation
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Collective Liberation is comprised of a photograph, acrylic paint and resin. The base materials for the work are a wooden paneled canvas that supports the adhesion of a rolled photog...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Resin, Found Objects, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Photographic Paper
"Bouquet, " Mixed Media Sculpture
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 Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Stone
"Turkey Pie-Roy Lichtenstein Homage, " Serigraph, D. Pearson
R. Lichtenstein
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Turkey Pie - Roy Lichtenstein Homage" is an original serigraph by Roy Lichtenstein embellished by Dennis Pearson. This work is signed by both Lichtenst...
Category
1960s Pop Art Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Found Objects, Screen
Ghost Gear (diptych)
Located in New Orleans, LA
KX2 is a collaboration combining the strengths of artists and sisters Ruth Avra and Dana Kleinman who create mathematically inspired sculpture merging metal and painting. From a dist...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Enamel, Stainless Steel
Broken Vessels
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
In Broken Vessels, Yektai continues to blur the edges of painting and sculpture. Recently he discovered that his father’s, Manoucher Yektai’s now empty studio was broken into, and th...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Linen, Epoxy Resin, Oil, Found Objects, Ceramic
Drawing from the 1990
s #364
By Purvis Young
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Purvis Young (1943 - 2010)
Drawing from the 1990's #364
Acrylic paint on paper
11 x 8.50 in
Category
1990s Outsider Art Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Paper, Found Objects, Acrylic
"American" Hand Crafted French Knot Embroidery on American Gothic Poster
By Han Cao
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "American" is an original piece by Han Cao and is made hand embroidery on found vintage art print from 1979, with cotton and silk thread. This piece measures 25.25...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Thread, Found Objects, Photographic Paper
"Class War" Hidden Embroidered Text by Han Cao
By Han Cao
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Class War" is an original piece by Han Cao and is made from hand embroidery on found vintage class photograph from 1958, with cotton and silk thread. This piece m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Thread, Found Objects, Photographic Paper
"Was Happy Cancelled?", Wall-Hanging Sculpture, Rainbow, Bright Colors, Smile
By Kelly Kozma
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This wall-hanging sculpture titled "Was Happy Cancelled?" is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma made of assorted & repurposed punched paper, hand-stitched ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Thread, Paper, Found Objects
"No War But" Hidden Message in Cross Stitch Pattern on Vintage Photo
By Han Cao
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "No War But is an original piece by Han Cao and is made from hand embroidery on found vintage class photograph from 1958, with cotton and silk thread. This piece m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Found Objects
Materials
Thread, Found Objects, Photographic Paper
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