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Medium: Pigment
John Van Alstine - CAMBRE IV, Sculpture 2004
Located in Stamford, CT
oil enamel on steel stone
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 m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Enamel, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel
John Van Alstine - Blue Ara, Sculpture 2018
Located in Stamford, CT
RECLINING FIGURE, John Van Alstine.
This sculpture will be shipped directly from the artist's studio.
Stone and metal, usually granite or slate and found object steel are central i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Steel
Abstract Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture, Glazed Stoneware Vessel, Green Krater
Located in St. Louis, MO
Abstract Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture, Glazed Stoneware Vessel, Green Krater
Maxwell Mustardo is a ceramic artist whose highly textured forms are the result of meticulous research...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Glaze, Pigment
"Ascension of Weary Bones " Mixed Media Sculpture
By Duane Paul
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Duane Paul's work can best be characterized as innovative, dynamic and intimate. His sculptures each employ colorful organic shapes, which act as a personal language. The playful and sensual experience of his work covertly explores sexuality, gender traditions, sex, and race. "My artistic mission is to stimulate productive public conversation around these topics."
"Ascension of Weary Bones...
Category
2010s Abstract Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Wood, Pigment
"To Incite Rain " Mixed Media Sculpture
By Duane Paul
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Duane Paul's work can best be characterized as innovative, dynamic and intimate. His sculptures each employ colorful organic shapes, which act as a personal language. The playful and...
Category
2010s Abstract Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
Agathist Head
Located in Dallas, TX
In his sculptures, drawings and paintings, Michael O’Keefe employs unpredictable processes as a means to discover content. He couples accident and chance with unconventional methods,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Pigment
"Forked Tongues Consequences " Mixed Media Sculpture
By Duane Paul
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Duane Paul's work can best be characterized as innovative, dynamic and intimate. His sculptures each employ colorful organic shapes, which act as a personal language. The playful and...
Category
2010s Abstract Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Foam, Pigment
"Uptown Tapestry " Mixed Media Sculpture
By Duane Paul
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Duane Paul's work can best be characterized as innovative, dynamic and intimate. His sculptures each employ colorful organic shapes, which act as a personal language. The playful and...
Category
2010s Abstract Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Enamel, Wire
John Van Alstine, Kerf V, Sculpture 2024
Located in Stamford, CT
Kerf V
Granite/pigmented and sealed steel
12" (height) x 14" (width) x 5" (depth)
Stone and metal, usually granite or slate, and found object steel are central in my sculpture. The ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Steel
John Van Alstine, Stormwarning VI, Sculpture 2023
Located in Stamford, CT
Stormwarning VI
NY State slate/pigmented and sealed steel
25" (height) x 12" (width) x 5" (depth)
Stone and metal, usually granite or slate, and found object steel are central in my...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Slate, Steel
"Wet Dreams and Warm Tea " Mixed Media Sculpture
By Duane Paul
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Duane Paul's work can best be characterized as innovative, dynamic and intimate. His sculptures each employ colorful organic shapes, which act as a personal language. The playful and sensual experience of his work covertly explores sexuality, gender traditions, sex, and race. "My artistic mission is to stimulate productive public conversation around these topics."
"Wet Dreams...
Category
2010s Abstract Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Pigment, Foam
Farbenlichthaut no. 140 - contemporary modern organic sculpture painting relief
Located in Doetinchem, NL
Farbenlichthaut no. 140 is a contemporary modern organic sculpture painting relief by German artist Freddie Michael Soethout. The relief is made from a few hundred of hand-cut two mi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Silicone, Plate Glass, Pigment
"Toy Train, Broken Tracks" resin, pigment, enamel paint and wood sculpture
By Duane Paul
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Duane Paul's work can best be characterized as innovative, dynamic and intimate. His sculptures each employ colorful organic shapes, which act as a personal language. The playful and...
Category
2010s Abstract Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
"Abstract Arrangement "Cement, Resin, Plastic, Zip-ties scuplture
By Duane Paul
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Duane Paul's work can best be characterized as innovative, dynamic and intimate. His sculptures each employ colorful organic shapes, which act as a personal language. The playful and...
Category
2010s Abstract Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Plastic, Wood, Pigment
"Humpty Dumpty Saddle " Mixed Media Sculpture
By Duane Paul
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Duane Paul's work can best be characterized as innovative, dynamic and intimate. His sculptures each employ colorful organic shapes, which act as a personal language. The playful and sensual experience of his work covertly explores sexuality, gender traditions, sex, and race. "My artistic mission is to stimulate productive public conversation around these topics."
"Humpty Dumpty...
Category
2010s Abstract Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
"Abstract Arrangement #14"- Hydrocal Gypsum Cement, Resin, Plastic, Zip-ties
By Duane Paul
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Duane Paul's work can best be characterized as innovative, dynamic and intimate. His sculptures each employ colorful organic shapes, which act as a personal language. The playful and...
Category
2010s Abstract Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Plastic, Wood, Pigment
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
"VERTICAL 1", sculpture, clay, ceramic, abstract, tribal, pattern, tower, column
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Vertical 1, a ceramic sculpture of wood-fired clay pigmented with oxides, is a work by New York artist Harold Wortsman. Vertical 1 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
"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
"Round Mountain Landscape", Industrial, Abstract Sculpture in Metal
Stone
Located in New York, NY
"Round Mountain Landscape" by John Van Alstine
Granite and steel
The sculpture of John Van Alstine beautifully, and powerfully, balances the union of stone and metal, while explorin...
Category
2010s Abstract Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Granite, Metal, Steel
John Van Alstine, Lunge 17, Sculpture 2020
Located in Stamford, CT
Lunge 17
Slate/pigmented and sealed steel
17" (height) x 27" (width) x 5" (depth)
Stone and metal, usually granite or slate, and found object steel are central in my sculpture. The ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Slate, Steel
John Van Alstine, Twister
23, Sculpture 2023
Located in Stamford, CT
Twister '23
Slate/pigmented and sealed steel
32" (height) x 12" (width) x 6" (depth)
Stone and metal, usually granite or slate, and found object steel are central in my sculpture. T...
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
"RAKU RED AND WHITE", wheel formed white glaze, copper red, gold leaf, sculpture
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"RAKU RED AND WHITE", 2019, in wheel-formed white glaze with copper red blush, sprig, stamp, gold leaf and raku fired with kintsuji gold by artist Andrew Cornell Robinson, is one of a series of sculptural objects that include ceramic, glass and mixed media grottoes and containers. A project exploring the vessel form and notions of gratitude, plenty, poverty in material or humanity.
Robinson has led artists to explore tableware as sculptural form – "Changing attitudes and emerging social behaviors in food preparation and the social and cultural rituals of eating have lead to changes in the way tableware is made and used."
Andrew Cornell Robinson is an interdisciplinary artist working across media (ceramics, textiles, painting, prints, etc.). His work is influenced by collaborative craft communities, traditions, and the performative qualities of cultural production. The underlying ideas exploring identity, histories, rituals, and power in his work aim to create a space for intimate experiences and open narratives.
He studied ceramic sculpture at the Glasgow School of Art and the Maryland Institute College of Art where he received a BFA. He was awarded an MFA from the School of Visual Arts, where he became interested in the intersection of memory, identity, politics, and power. He has been featured in many publications including Sculpture Magazine, Huffington Post, Hyperallergic, Art Info, et al. He has participated in curatorial and research projects and recently was a participating artist in Debtfair a project in the Whitney Biennial.
Andrew has also worked on collaborations with designers such as Donna Karan’s Urban Zen project where his work in ceramics led to workshops with artisans in Haiti and the creation of a ceramic studio in Port-au-Prince. He is currently working with The Powerhouse Arts Workshop and their design team from the Pritzker-prize winning architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron in the design and development of a contemporary industrial fabrication center established to serve the working needs of artists in New York City.
He is currently a member of the faculty at Parsons School of Design and Greenwich House Pottery in New York City. His work has been presented extensively throughout the world with the Anna Kustera Gallery, David & Schweitzer Contemporary, Christopher Stout...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Gold, Gold Leaf
Three Root Systems
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...
Category
2010s Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Mica
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...
Category
2010s Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Mica
Pinnate Field Chain
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...
Category
2010s Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Mica
Abstract Organic Form, Glazed Ceramic Sculpture, Pink, Floral Shape, Japanese
By Aya Mori
Located in St. Louis, MO
Abstract Organic Form, Glazed Ceramic Sculpture, Pink, Floral Shape, Japanese
Aya Mori was born in Aichi Prefecture in Japan in 1989, and lives and work in Aichi. She studied at Aic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Porcelain, Glaze, Pigment
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"4+4", sculpture, clay, ceramic, abstract, contemporary, tribal, disc, geometry
Located in Toronto, Ontario
4+4, a ceramic sculpture of high-fired clay pigmented with oxides, is a work by New York artist Harold Wortsman. 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 painted on. 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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pigment, Other Medium
Asterie
Located in Westport, CT
Donald Martiny’s signature work is composed of dispersed pigment on aluminum. He creates immediately frozen brushstrokes that are made from his own movements. They are defined by the...
Category
2010s Abstract Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Pigment
$26,250
"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
Farbenlichthaut no. 160 - contemporary modern organic sculpture painting relief
Located in Doetinchem, NL
Farbenlichthaut no. 160 is a brand new unique small size contemporary modern organic sculpture painting relief by German artist Freddie Michael Soethout. The relief is made from doze...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Silicone, Plate Glass, Pigment
"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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pigment, Other Medium
Center - black red contemporary modern abstract sculpture painting relief
Located in Doetinchem, NL
Center is a unique contemporary modern sculpture painting by Dutch artist Michiel Jansen. This wall relief is made from dozens of indivually cut strips ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Slate
"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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pigment, Other Medium
Honfleur
Located in Westport, CT
Donald Martiny’s signature work is composed of dispersed pigment on aluminum. He creates immediately frozen brushstrokes that are made from his own movements. They are defined by the...
Category
2010s Abstract Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Pigment
$33,250
Joel Urruty - Cantata, Sculpture 2025
By Joel Urruty
Located in Stamford, CT
Medium: Basswood, 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
Wood, Pigment
Joel Urruty - Castner (set of three), Sculpture 2025
By Joel Urruty
Located in Stamford, CT
Medium: wood, pigment, 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 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Pigment
Joel Urruty - Red and black guardians, Sculpture 2025
By Joel Urruty
Located in Stamford, CT
Medium: Basswood, pigment, concrete
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 vi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Concrete
"Sisyphean Circle (twirl IV)", Industrial, Abstract Sculpture in Metal
Stone
Located in New York, NY
"Sisyphean Circle (twirl IV)" by John Van Alstine
Granite, galvanized and powder-coated steel
The sculpture of John Van Alstine beautifully, and powerfully, balances the union of st...
Category
2010s Abstract Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Granite, Metal, Steel
Joel Urruty - State of Mind, Sculpture 2024
By Joel Urruty
Located in Stamford, CT
Medium: reclaimed wood, pigment and 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 a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Pigment
Joel Urruty - Red stripes, Sculpture 2024
By Joel Urruty
Located in Stamford, CT
Medium: reclaimed wood, dye , 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 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Joel Urruty - Free form #4, Sculpture 2024
By Joel Urruty
Located in Stamford, CT
Medium: whitewashed 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 languag...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Moutarde
Located in Westport, CT
Donald Martiny’s signature work is composed of dispersed pigment on aluminum. He creates immediately frozen brushstrokes that are made from his own movements. They are defined by the...
Category
2010s Abstract Pigment Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Pigment
$21,000
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