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Medium: Pigment
"MIDNIGHT BLUE", sculpture, clay, relief, abstract, contemporary, ceramic
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Midnight Blue, a ceramic relief sculpture of high-fired porcelain pigmented with oxides, paint and epoxy, is a recent work by New York artist Harold Wortsman. This sculpture is ready to be mounted to the wall. Note the artist's hand in the mark-making – cuts and radiating lines, the suggestion of maps, geometry and counting systems – it is characteristic of Wortsman's practice. Warm, contemporary, uniquely crafted, yet speaks to ancient, tribal traditions of art-making that cross cultures and histories. Highly attuned to the art of Africa, the Middle East, India and Asia, his forms are organic abstracts with masculine and feminine attributes that resonate together as a pleasing enigma. They make sense immediately, yet never give up all their secrets.
Midnight Blue was recently exhibited at Harold Wortsman: Time and Space, Orange Art Foundation, New York City, February 2022.
From Harold Wortsman – "With sculpture, my material of choice is high-fired clay. Pieces are first low-fired in an electric kiln. I do not use glazes. Instead, I use oxides applied to the bisqued (low-fired) clay. As with a tattoo, oxides permit the surface underneath to breathe—like naked skin. The work is then high-fired in a gas kiln with double reduction to cone 10. The final temperature is 2,300 degrees F. At a certain point, oxygen intake is reduced to the kiln. Because the fire has reached a critical mass, it needs oxygen and chemically takes it from the clay and the oxides painted on. Like a jazz improvisation, each kiln load comes out slightly different."
From Jonathan Goodman – "Wortsman has increasingly moved into his own – a place in which the relations between the abstractions of volume and the intimations of very old culture are merged in a way that is new." – Essay, "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space", Orange Art Foundation, February 2022, New York City.
Harold Wortsman is a sculptor and printmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. He “creates forms that bring to mind archaic cult objects and exude a quiet concentrated strength.” (Argauer Zeitung, Switzerland). His work, an edgy mix of freedom and clarity, can be found in public and private collections in the US, including The Library of Congress, Yale University, The New York Public Library Print Collection, The New York Historical Society, Smith College, Indiana University’s Lilly Library, Brandeis University, The Newark Public Library Special Collections Division, and the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum Print Archive. Also in private and public collections in Europe, including the Municipal Collection of the City of Brugg, Switzerland.
Harold studied at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, with sculptor George Spaventa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pigment, Other Medium, Porcelain, Epoxy Resin
Joel Urruty - Free form #1, Sculpture 2024
By Joel Urruty
Located in Stamford, CT
Medium: oak
As an artist I strive to create elegant sculptures that capture the true essence of the subject matter. Form, line and surface are used as the visual language. The figur...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Joel Urruty - Free form #5, Sculpture 2024
By Joel Urruty
Located in Stamford, CT
Medium: oak
As an artist I strive to create elegant sculptures that capture the true essence of the subject matter. Form, line and surface are used as the visual language. The figur...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Joel Urruty - Blick, Sculpture 2024
By Joel Urruty
Located in Stamford, CT
Medium: Mahogany, pigment
As an artist I strive to create elegant sculptures that capture the true essence of the subject matter. Form, line and surface are used as the visual langu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Mahogany, Pigment
Joel Urruty - Lithium Grande, Sculpture 2020
By Joel Urruty
Located in Stamford, CT
Basswood, white lacquer
As an artist I strive to create elegant sculptures that capture the true essence of the subject matter. Form, line and surface are used as the visual languag...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Pigment
Joel Urruty - Winachee, Sculpture 2024
By Joel Urruty
Located in Stamford, CT
Medium: Mahogany, pigment
As an artist I strive to create elegant sculptures that capture the true essence of the subject matter. Form, line and surface are used as the visual langu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Mahogany, Pigment
"CUBE, PYRAMID
SPHERE", sculpture, clay, abstract, geometric, installation
Located in Toronto, Ontario
CUBE, PYRAMID & SPHERE is a major work created over a five-year period. It is a variable installation, composed of 4 geometric sculptures of high-fired clay pigmented with oxides, a block of wood found in the ocean, river gravel, limestone, and slate shattered to fragments. Note the surface textures, the ground of natural stone, the colors black, umber, copper and tan throughout, the pattern of slate fragments. CUBE, PYRAMID & SPHERE is characteristic of Wortman's practice – warm, contemporary, uniquely crafted, yet speaks to ancient, primitive traditions of art-making that cross cultures and histories. Highly attuned to the art of Africa, the Middle East, India and Asia, his forms are organic abstracts with masculine and feminine attributes that resonate together as a pleasing enigma. They make sense immediately, yet never give up all their secrets.
CUBE, PYRAMID & SPHERE was exhibited at BASE: Immersive Art Experiences, Industry City, Brooklyn, NY, 2017. It was also reproduced in Tussle Magazine, alongside "An Interview with Harold Wortsman...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Limestone, Slate, Stone
Contemporary, Colored, Porcelain, Sculpture, YOR Spectrum Loop Dispersion
By Kyle Johns
Located in St. Louis, MO
Contemporary, Colored, Porcelain, Sculpture, YOR Spectrum Loop Dispersion
Kyle began his studies at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE). Following undergraduate, he rec...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Glaze, Pigment
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John Van Alstine, Lunge 9-22 (Red Tail), Sculpture 2022
Located in Stamford, CT
Lunge 9-22 (Red Tail)
NY State slate/pigmented and sealed steel
23" (height) x 26" (width) x 6" (depth)
Stone and metal, usually granite or slate, and found object steel are central...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Slate, Steel
John Van Alstine, POINTE 2016, Sculpture 2016
Located in Stamford, CT
POINTE 2016
Slate/pigmented and sealed steel
22.5" (height) x 23" (width) x 6" (depth)
Stone and metal, usually granite or slate, and found object steel are central in my sculpture....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Slate, Steel
John Van Alstine, Sisyphean Circle (Rocker 16), Sculpture 2016
Located in Stamford, CT
Sisyphean Circle (Rocker 16)
Slate/pigmented and sealed steel
33" (height) x 40" (width) x 9" (depth)
Stone and metal, usually granite or slate, and found object steel are central i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Slate, Steel
Katherine Jackson, Necropolis, 2020, Photographic print on aluminum
Located in Darien, CT
Katherine Jackson lives and works in Brooklyn.
Necropolis is a print of a painting inspired by a map of the necropolis where the terra cotta soldiers...
Category
2010s Conceptual Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Glass, LED Light, Pigment
"MATHEMATICAL THEOREM", sculpture, clay, relief, abstract, contemporary, ceramic
Located in Toronto, Ontario
MATHEMATICAL THEOREM, a ceramic relief sculpture of high-fired clay pigmented with engobes, is a recent work by artist Harold Wortsman. This black & wh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pigment, Other Medium
Welcome Home, etched copper, paint, diamonds in aluminum frame
Located in Toronto, Ontario
WELCOME HOME by Rocky Dobey is a hand-inscribed copper sheet with cut diamonds, black asphaltum and fired porcelain paint. It measures 36 x 32" and is fra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Copper
"RED, BLACK
BROWN", sculpture, clay, ceramic, abstract, tribal, pattern
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Red, Black & Brown, a ceramic sculpture of high-fired clay pigmented with oxides, is a work by New York artist Harold Wortsman. Red, Black & Brown was recently exhibited at "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space" at the Orange Art Foundation, February-March 2022, New York City.
Note the blending of geometric and organic forms in this work – it is characteristic of his practice – warm, contemporary, uniquely crafted, yet speaks to ancient, primitive traditions of art-making that cross cultures and histories. Highly attuned to the art of Africa, the Middle East, India and Asia, his forms are organic abstracts with masculine and feminine attributes that resonate together as a pleasing enigma. They make sense immediately, yet never give up all their secrets.
From Harold Wortsman – "With sculpture, my material of choice is high-fired clay. Pieces are first low-fired in an electric kiln. I do not use glazes. Instead, I use oxides applied to the bisqued (low-fired) clay. As with a tattoo, oxides permit the surface underneath to breathe. The work is then high-fired in a gas kiln with double reduction to cone 10. The final temperature is 2,300 degrees F. At a certain point, oxygen intake is reduced to the kiln. Because the fire has reached a critical mass, it needs oxygen and chemically takes it from the clay and the oxides. Like a jazz improvisation, each kiln load comes out slightly different."
From Jonathan Goodman – "Wortsman has increasingly moved into his own – a place in which the relations between the abstractions of volume and the intimations of very old culture are merged in a way that is new." – Essay, "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space", Orange Art Foundation, February 2022, New York City.
Harold Wortsman is a sculptor and printmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. He “creates forms that bring to mind archaic cult objects and exude a quiet concentrated strength.” (Argauer Zeitung, Switzerland). His work, an edgy mix of freedom and clarity, can be found in public and private collections in the US, including The Library of Congress, Yale University, The New York Public Library Print Collection, The New York Historical Society, Smith College, Indiana University’s Lilly Library, Brandeis University, The Newark Public Library Special Collections Division, and the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum Print Archive. Also in private and public collections in Europe, including the Municipal Collection of the City of Brugg, Switzerland.
Harold studied at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, with sculptor George Spaventa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pigment, Other Medium
"Expecting to Fly", Found Object assemblage, reconstructed egg
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Expecting to Fly" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from 30 repaired chicken eggs, brass, rubber, steel, plastic, and mica. This piece measures app...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Steel
"Yoni", reconstructed egg assemblage, Hanging Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Yoni" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshells, mica, PVA. This piece measures 14.5”h x 9.5”w x 2.5”d and comes with 3-D printed screw cove...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Glue, Found Objects, Mica, Organic Material, Acrylic
"The Kiss (Pretzel)", reconstructed egg assemblage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "The Kiss (Pretzel)" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshells, mica, PVA. This piece measures 6”h x 11.5”w x 8”d.
Kate VanVliet is a sculpt...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Glue, Found Objects, Mica, Organic Material, Acrylic
"Walking Stick", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif, Wall Hanging Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Walking Stick" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshells, mica, PVA. This piece measures 4”h x 32”w x 3”d and comes with 3-D printed screw ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Glue, Found Objects, Mica, Organic Material, Acrylic
"Chimaera: Green #8", reconstructed egg sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Chimaera: Green #8" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshells, mica, and PVA. This piece measures 2.75”h x 2”w x 2”d and ships with the pict...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Glue, Found Objects, Mica, Organic Material, Acrylic
"Peck", reconstructed egg assembly
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Peck" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshells (bantam), mica, and PVA. This piece measures 3”h x 9”w x 7”d.
Kate VanVliet is a sculptor a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Glue, Found Objects, Mica, Organic Material, Acrylic
"Donut (Chocolate)", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Donut (Chocolate)" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshells, mica, and PVA. This piece measures 3.5”h x 3.5”w x 1.5”d and ships with the pi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Glue, Found Objects, Mica, Organic Material, Acrylic
"Donut (Mint)", reconstructed egg assemblage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Donut (Mint)" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshells, mica, and PVA. This piece measures 3.5”h x 3.5”w x 1.5”d and ships with the picture...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Mica, ABS
"The Tickler", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "The Tickler" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshells, mica, and PVA. This piece measures 2.5” x 5”x 3.5”.
Kate VanVliet is a sculptor and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Glue, Found Objects, Mica, Acrylic
"Roly-poly", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Roly-Poly" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshells, mica, and PVA. This piece measures 4”h x 3.5”w x 2.5”d.
Kate VanVliet is a sculptor a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Organic Material, Glue, Found Objects, Acrylic, Mica
"Chimaera: White #1", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Chimaera: White #1" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshells, mica, and PVA. This piece measures 3.5”h x 2.5”w x 2.5”d and ships with the p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Glue, Found Objects, Mica, Organic Material, Acrylic
"Chimaera: Green #17", Reconstructed egg sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Chimaera: Green #12" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshells, mica, and PVA. This piece measures 3.5”h x 2.5”w x 2.5”d and ships with the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Glue, Found Objects, Mica, Organic Material, Acrylic
"Chimaera: Green #9", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Chimaera: Green #9" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshells, mica, and PVA. This piece measures 2.5”h x 2”w x 2”d and ships with the pictu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Glue, Found Objects, Mica
"Chimaera: Green #7", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Chimaera: Green #12" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshells, mica, and PVA. This piece measures 3.5”h x 2.5”w x 2.5”d and ships with the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Glue, Found Objects, Mica, Organic Material, Acrylic
"Fault Lines: Bantam #B7", reconstructed egg sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Fault Lines: Bantam #B7" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshells, mica, and PVA. This piece measures 2”h x 1.5”w x 1.5”d and ships with th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Glue, Found Objects, Mica, Organic Material, Acrylic
"Chimaera: Brown #2", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Chimaera: Brown #2" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshells, mica, and PVA. This piece measures 3.75”h x 2”w x 2”d and ships with the pict...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Glue, Found Objects, Mica, Organic Material, Acrylic
"Chimaera: Brown #4", Reconstructed egg sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Chimaera: Brown #4" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshells, mica, and PVA. This piece measures 3.75”h x 2”w x 2”d and ships with a displa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Glue, Found Objects, Mica, Organic Material
"Day in the Life: Chimaera #12", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Day in the Life: Chimaera #12" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshell, mica, and acrylic. This piece measures 4”h x 2.5”w x 2.5”d, and is ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Glue, Found Objects, Mica, Acrylic
"Day in the life: Green #25", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Day in the life: Green #25" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshell, mica, and acrylic. This piece measures 4”h x 2.5”w x 2.5”d, and is shi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Glue, Found Objects, Acrylic, Mica
"Day in the Life: Green #22", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Day in the Life: Green #22" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshell, mica, and acrylic. This piece measures 4”h x 2.5”w x 2.5”d, and is shi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Glue, Found Objects, Acrylic, Mica, Organic Material
"Day in the Life: Green #33", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Day in the Life: Green #33" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshell, mica, and acrylic. This piece measures 4”h x 2.5”w x 2.5”d, and is shi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Glue, Found Objects, Acrylic, Mica, Organic Material
Checkmate, inscribed copper sheet, acrylic paint, asphaltum, ink, metal frame
Located in Toronto, Ontario
CHECKMATE by Rocky Dobey is a hand-inscribed copper sheet with black ink, acrylic paint, and asphaltum. It is framed in aluminum and measures 108 x 48”. It features some of the artist’s notable motifs – the number 13-1/2 (refers to 12 jurors, 1 judge, half a chance), a monstrous tower of brick with crenelated towers, inlaid with eyes, hooked daggers and barred windows, clouds with lightening bolts, tongues of flame drifting down... Though the swirl of black cloud near the top of the tower also rewards our attention – the engraving here suggesting floral as well as cosmic patterns, biological patterns. Checkmate also contains more subtle mark-making and ritualized ornamentation, such as the wheat sheafs across the expanse of copper, names of people are inscribed in the borders of the tower, vertical hash marks counting off months or years in bundles of five.
For over 40 years, outsider artist Rocky Dobey has been producing intaglio prints, etched metal plaques, engraved copper sheets and site-specific public sculptures. Working anonymously for the first two decades, his work has drawn attention to social and political issues like prison and justice reform, neighborhood gentrification, globalization, indigenous sovereignty, drug rehabilitation and homelessness.
With striking imagery of demonic towers toppled in flames, horrific machines and cryptic symbols of oppression, Rocky's work soon became a recognized and sought-after stamp of organized resistance. Several of his prints are held in collections, particularly the “Carnival Against Capitalism” poster he produced for the 2001 Quebec City protests against the Free Trade Area of the Americas. Rocky’s poster...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Copper, Metal
John Van Alstine, Sagitta (Link), Sculpture 2021
Located in Stamford, CT
Sagitta (Link)
granite and galvanized and powder-coated steel
42.5" (height) x 37" (width) x 12" (depth)
Stone and metal, usually granite or slate, and found object steel are centra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Slate, Steel
John Van Alstine, Pyxis (Tower), Sculpture 2012
Located in Stamford, CT
Pyxis
Bronze and Red Pigment
13" x 14" x 9"
Stone and metal, usually granite or slate, and found object steel are central in my sculpture. The interaction of these materials is a ma...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"MONUMENT", sculpture, clay, abstract, geometry, contemporary, ceramic, tribal
Located in Toronto, Ontario
MONUMENT, a ceramic sculpture of high-fired clay pigmented with oxides, is a recent work by artist Harold Wortsman. Note the volumetric geometry inhere...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pigment, Other Medium
"VERTICAL 7", sculpture, clay, ceramic, abstract, tribal, pattern, tower, column
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Vertical 7, a ceramic sculpture of wood-fired clay pigmented with oxides, is a work by New York artist Harold Wortsman. Vertical 7 was recently exhibited at "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space" at the Orange Art Foundation, February-March 2022, New York City.
Note the blending of geometric and organic forms in this work – it is characteristic of his practice – warm, contemporary, uniquely crafted, yet speaks to ancient, primitive traditions of art-making that cross cultures and histories. Highly attuned to the art of Africa, the Middle East, India and Asia, his forms are organic abstracts with masculine and feminine attributes that resonate together as a pleasing enigma. They make sense immediately, yet never give up all their secrets.
From Harold Wortsman – "With sculpture, my material of choice is high-fired clay. Pieces are first low-fired in an electric kiln. I do not use glazes. Instead, I use oxides applied to the bisqued (low-fired) clay. As with a tattoo, oxides permit the surface underneath to breathe. The work is then high-fired in a gas kiln with double reduction to cone 10. The final temperature is 2,300 degrees F. At a certain point, oxygen intake is reduced to the kiln. Because the fire has reached a critical mass, it needs oxygen and chemically takes it from the clay and the oxides. Like a jazz improvisation, each kiln load comes out slightly different."
From Jonathan Goodman – "Wortsman has increasingly moved into his own – a place in which the relations between the abstractions of volume and the intimations of very old culture are merged in a way that is new." – Essay, "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space", Orange Art Foundation, February 2022, New York City.
Harold Wortsman is a sculptor and printmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. He “creates forms that bring to mind archaic cult objects and exude a quiet concentrated strength.” (Argauer Zeitung, Switzerland). His work, an edgy mix of freedom and clarity, can be found in public and private collections in the US, including The Library of Congress, Yale University, The New York Public Library Print Collection, The New York Historical Society, Smith College, Indiana University’s Lilly Library, Brandeis University, The Newark Public Library Special Collections Division, and the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum Print Archive. Also in private and public collections in Europe, including the Municipal Collection of the City of Brugg, Switzerland.
Harold studied at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, with sculptor George Spaventa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pigment, Other Medium
"VERTICAL 4", sculpture, clay, ceramic, abstract, tribal, pattern, tower, column
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Vertical 4, a ceramic sculpture of wood-fired clay pigmented with oxides, is a work by New York artist Harold Wortsman. Vertical 4 was recently exhibited at "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space" at the Orange Art Foundation, February-March 2022, New York City.
Note the blending of geometric and organic forms in this work – it is characteristic of his practice – warm, contemporary, uniquely crafted, yet speaks to ancient, primitive traditions of art-making that cross cultures and histories. Highly attuned to the art of Africa, the Middle East, India and Asia, his forms are organic abstracts with masculine and feminine attributes that resonate together as a pleasing enigma. They make sense immediately, yet never give up all their secrets.
From Harold Wortsman – "With sculpture, my material of choice is high-fired clay. Pieces are first low-fired in an electric kiln. I do not use glazes. Instead, I use oxides applied to the bisqued (low-fired) clay. As with a tattoo, oxides permit the surface underneath to breathe. The work is then high-fired in a gas kiln with double reduction to cone 10. The final temperature is 2,300 degrees F. At a certain point, oxygen intake is reduced to the kiln. Because the fire has reached a critical mass, it needs oxygen and chemically takes it from the clay and the oxides. Like a jazz improvisation, each kiln load comes out slightly different."
From Jonathan Goodman – "Wortsman has increasingly moved into his own – a place in which the relations between the abstractions of volume and the intimations of very old culture are merged in a way that is new." – Essay, "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space", Orange Art Foundation, February 2022, New York City.
Harold Wortsman is a sculptor and printmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. He “creates forms that bring to mind archaic cult objects and exude a quiet concentrated strength.” (Argauer Zeitung, Switzerland). His work, an edgy mix of freedom and clarity, can be found in public and private collections in the US, including The Library of Congress, Yale University, The New York Public Library Print Collection, The New York Historical Society, Smith College, Indiana University’s Lilly Library, Brandeis University, The Newark Public Library Special Collections Division, and the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum Print Archive. Also in private and public collections in Europe, including the Municipal Collection of the City of Brugg, Switzerland.
Harold studied at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, with sculptor George Spaventa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pigment, Other Medium
"ALTAR", sculpture, clay, ceramic, abstract, contemporary, tribal, pattern, mark
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Altar, a ceramic sculpture of high-fired clay pigmented with oxides, is a work by New York artist Harold Wortsman. Altar was recently exhibited at "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space" at the Orange Art Foundation, February-March 2022, New York City.
Note the blending of geometric and organic forms in this work – it is characteristic of his practice – warm, contemporary, uniquely crafted, yet speaks to ancient, primitive traditions of art-making that cross cultures and histories. Highly attuned to the art of Africa, the Middle East, India and Asia, his forms are organic abstracts with masculine and feminine attributes that resonate together as a pleasing enigma. They make sense immediately, yet never give up all their secrets.
From Harold Wortsman – "With sculpture, my material of choice is high-fired clay. Pieces are first low-fired in an electric kiln. I do not use glazes. Instead, I use oxides applied to the bisqued (low-fired) clay. As with a tattoo, oxides permit the surface underneath to breathe. The work is then high-fired in a gas kiln with double reduction to cone 10. The final temperature is 2,300 degrees F. At a certain point, oxygen intake is reduced to the kiln. Because the fire has reached a critical mass, it needs oxygen and chemically takes it from the clay and the oxides. Like a jazz improvisation, each kiln load comes out slightly different."
From Jonathan Goodman, Poet & Art Critic – "Wortsman re-examines ancient and modern traditions in light of what it means to make art." – Tussle Magazine, July 2019.
Harold Wortsman is a sculptor and printmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. He “creates forms that bring to mind archaic cult objects and exude a quiet concentrated strength.” (Argauer Zeitung, Switzerland). His work, an edgy mix of freedom and clarity, can be found in public and private collections in the US, including The Library of Congress, Yale University, The New York Public Library Print Collection, The New York Historical Society, Smith College, Indiana University’s Lilly Library, Brandeis University, The Newark Public Library Special Collections Division, and the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum Print Archive. Also in private and public collections in Europe, including the Municipal Collection of the City of Brugg, Switzerland.
Harold studied at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, with sculptor George Spaventa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
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Ceramic, Clay, Pigment, Other Medium
"HER DREAM", sculpture, clay, abstract, organic, contemporary, ceramic, tribal
Located in Toronto, Ontario
HER DREAM, a ceramic sculpture of high-fired clay pigmented with oxides, is a work by artist Harold Wortsman. Note the blending of geometric and organic forms in this work – it is ch...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pigment, Other Medium
"Sisyphean Circle (diagonally down)", Industrial, Abstract Sculpture
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...
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2010s Abstract Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Slate, Metal, Steel
Oval Chain 1
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Diptych
Fused Glass created in a kiln.
method
Relatively simple materials. Beginning with float (recycled window) or plate glass, pieces are cut and arranged with hand-cut glass s...
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2010s Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Mica
Honfleur Abstract Painting, Acrylic Polymer on Aluminum, Signed, 55x40
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...
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2010s Abstract Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Pigment
Earth-Toned Mixed Media on Canvas, Concrete and Sand, 2025 -
Untitled 83252
Located in Bruxelles, BE
This unique piece was made by Roan Van Oort in 2024. With a strong focus on simplicity and timelessness, he consciously chooses natural materials, characterized by a certain fragilit...
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2010s Abstract Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Concrete, Sandstone
SISYPHEAN CIRCLE 12-18, Slate, Steel Industrial Abstract Sculpture, Metal, Stone
Located in New York, NY
"SISYPHEAN CIRCLE 12-18" by John Van Alstine
Slate, Pigmented & Sealed Steel
Stone, Metal, Sculpture, Abstract, Contemporary, Outdoor, Industrial, Industry, Nature, Orange, Red, Cir...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Slate, Stone, Steel, Metal
John Van Alstine - River Landscape (Tail Fin)
Located in Stamford, CT
Stone and metal,usually granite or slate and found object steel are central in my sculpture. The interaction of these materials is a major focus. On the most basic level the work is ...
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2010s Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Slate, Steel
John Van Alstine - Lunge XI, Sculpture 2014
Located in Stamford, CT
Stone and metal,usually granite or slate and found object steel are central in my sculpture. The interaction of these materials is a major focus. On the most basic level the work is ...
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2010s Abstract Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Slate, Stainless Steel
John Van Alstine - ACCIACCATO III, Sculpture 2015
Located in Stamford, CT
slate/pigmented and sealed steel
Stone and metal, usually granite or slate and found object steel are central in my sculpture. The interaction of these materials is a major focus. O...
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2010s Abstract Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Slate, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel
"QUILL II (Slate Rocker)", Industrial Abstract Sculpture in Metal
Stone
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...
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2010s Abstract Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Slate, Metal, Steel
John Van Alstine - Cambre V (Slate), Sculpture 2012
Located in Stamford, CT
slate, pigmented and sealed steel
Stone and metal, usually granite or slate and found object steel are central in my sculpture. The interaction of these materials is a major focus. ...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Slate, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel
"ROCKSLIDE D.T.’s", Industrial Abstract Sculpture in Metal
Stone
Located in New York, NY
"ROCKSLIDE D.T.’s" by John Van Alstine
Slate, pigmented and sealed steel
The sculpture of John Van Alstine beautifully, and powerfully, balances the union of stone and metal, while ...
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2010s Abstract Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Slate, Metal, Steel
8 inch Colored Concrete Figure Planter
By Dez Einswell
Located in Draper, UT
Concrete Sculptural Planter inspired by En Iwamura Vessels
8 inch Tall / Hand casted and pigmented.
1 of 1
(Last picture is not actual vessel, it is a different variant but is pict...
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2010s Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Concrete
"Cambre V", Slate
Steel Abstract Sculpture, Contemporary, Metal, Stone, Orange
Located in New York, NY
"CAMBRE V" by John Van Alstine
Slate, Steel & Pigment
Stone, Metal, Sculpture, Abstract, Contemporary, Large, Outdoor, Industrial, Industry, Nature, Orange
The sculpture of John Va...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Slate, Steel
"Hamilton Co. Rockslide", Industrial, Abstract Sculpture in Metal
Stone
Located in New York, NY
"Hamilton Co. Rockslide" by John Van Alstine
Green granite, pigmented and sealed steel
The sculpture of John Van Alstine beautifully, and powerfully, balances the union of stone and...
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2010s Abstract Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Granite, Metal, Steel
"Untitled #2 (Tupperware)" Red, Yellow,
White Realistic Beeswax Cup Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Modern collection of realistically rendered tupperware cups made out of beeswax and pigment by California artist George Stoll. The piece features a set of...
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1960s Pop Art Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Wax, Pigment
"Orange Pitcher #3", Contemporary, Ceramic, Mixed Media, Sculpture, Stoneware
Located in St. Louis, MO
Maxwell Mustardo is a ceramic artist whose highly textured forms are the result of meticulous research into the chemistry of kiln firing. He includes materials such as glass, metals,...
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2010s Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, PVC, Pigment
Pigment sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Pigment sculptures available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. If you’re looking to add sculptures created with this material to introduce a provocative pop of color and texture to an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, pink and other colors. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include John Van Alstine, Casper Brindle, Harold Wortsman, and Gilbert Pauli. Frequently made by artists working in the Contemporary, Abstract, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Pigment sculptures, so small editions measuring 0.12 inches across are also available
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