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Michele Brody, Cattail Shadows Handmade Cast Paper from Cattail Reeds, 2021
Located in Darien, CT
Michele Brody, Nature in Absentia: Cattails Plucked Out, Handmade Cast Paper
The essence of Michele Brody’s work thrives on the interaction with new communities and place-making. On...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Handmade Paper
Michele Brody, Phragmites Take Over, Handmade Cast Paper, Beeswax, 2021
Located in Darien, CT
Michele Brody, Nature in Absentia: Cattails Plucked Out, Handmade Cast Paper
The essence of Michele Brody’s work thrives on the interaction with new communities and place-making. On...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Handmade Paper, Wax
"Yamaha City" Hand-Crafted Small Scale Sign Structure Free Standing Sculpture
By Drew Leshko
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Yamaha City" is original artwork made from paper, acrylic, enamel, watercolor, inkjet prints, pastel, basswood by Drew Leshko. This piece measures 12”h x 31”w x 5”...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Enamel, Wire
Cuerpos Magnéticos #5. Wall sculpture
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cuerpos Magnéticos was born searching for the relationship between nature and our bodies: we see rocks, bones, structures, flexibility, attractions, spaces, movement, stillness. Cuer...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Epoxy Resin
Contemporary Cast Glass Sculpture,
Geologic Editions #4, 2018 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
Please allow a three month turnaround time for piece to be made.
About the Geologic Editions:
The Geologic Editions are studies for Colorado Cascade Mural. David pieced together bit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
"Beaded Flower 12" Oversized stoneware Beads, Ceramic, Flora Hanging Sculpture
By Jeff Rubio
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Beaded Flower 12" is an original piece by Jeff Rubio made from stoneware beads, glaze, rope, metal hardware, steel paperclip. This pieces measures 30"h x 7.5"w x 2.5"d and comes wit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel
FLORES BLACK (SCULPTURE)
By Kenny Scharf
Located in Aventura, FL
Shaped aluminum with black flock mounted to a polished stainless steel base with flocked feet. Size: 25 x 21 x .375 inches (base 3.5 x 9 x .25 inches). Engraved artist signature on...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Stainless Steel
$14,962 Sale Price
25% Off
Contemporary Cast Glass Sculpture,
Eticuera
, 2024 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
'Eticuera' is a contemporary cast glass sculpture by David Ruth from the Chill Project Series. Made from cast glass, the piece is initially derived from textures taken off ice and ro...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Floral Sculptural Pairing of Sand Blasted Pepper Marble by America Martin
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
AMERICA MARTIN
"Two Birds of Paradise Tall"
Sand Blasted Pepper Marble
Size: 22 x 13 x 6.5 Inches
Edition: 1/1
AMERICA MARTIN
"Flowers for Warhol Tall"
Sand Blasted Pepper Marble
S...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
$12,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Otter in Pursuit
Contemporary Bronze Animal Sculpture Nature
Wildlife
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Otter in Pursuit' by Richard Smith. A bronze sculpture of an otter diving, finished with a smooth, tactile surface and a mottled brown patina flecked with speckled white, beautifull...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The New World by Estuardo Maldonado Geometric Abstract Steel Sculpture 1970
Located in Brescia, IT
This Estuardo Maldonado sculpture in engraved stainless steel, it's a unique artist's one-of-a-kind piece.
The support is in satinated steel.
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Sir Humphrey Contemporary Bronze Sculpture of a Hare, jack rabbit, wildlife
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Edition of 12
'Sir Humphrey' a bronze sculpture of a British hare sitting in wait captures the quiet intensity and alert poise of this elusive countryside animal. Cast with a rugged...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
City Bird Scene - black
white bird feather 3D wall sculpture collage on paper
Located in New York, NY
American artist Chris Maynard gives homage to nature through the plumage of birds -using feathers acquired from legal sources such as zoos and private aviaries all naturally shed by ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
The Heritage Pointe Spray
Located in New Orleans, LA
Medium: Ralph Lauren shirts, reclaimed bard wood, wire, floral tape
Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Carlton Scott Sturgill received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Ch...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Couple 209 - Mixed Media Metal Wood Stone Contemporary Art Wall Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Couple 209 - Mixed Media Metal Wood Stone Contemporary Art Wall Sculpture
In the 1990s Linda Stein began to work on a series called Blades, sculptural works that incorp...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Metal
$7,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Black Flowers Sculpture, 2019 Metal by Donald Baechler
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Donald Baechler
Black Flowers Sculpture, 2019
Shaped oxidized aluminum, mounted to aluminum base with black powder coat
26 × 16...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"But I Loved Only You" Cherry Wood Sculpture 14" x 25" inch by Mohamed Hassan
Located in Culver City, CA
"But I Loved Only You" Cherry Wood Sculpture 14" x 25" inch by Mohamed Hassan
Medium: cherry wood
Mohamed Hassan is a traditional Arabic calligraphist, he obtained his official lic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
New York Tunnel 286 - Mixed Media Metal Wood Stone Contemporary Wall Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, New York Tunnel 286 - Mixed Media Metal Wood Stone Contemporary Wall Sculpture
In the 1990s Linda Stein began to work on a series called Blades, sculptural works that ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Metal
$7,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Mooseconstrue 1/4 - contemporary, pop art, Canadian, aluminum sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The unmistakable silhouette of a moose—one of Canada’s iconic images is celebrated in this sculpture by Charlie Pachter. As a little boy, pop artist Pa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Sphere Carved with Abstraction, Tamarind wood
Located in Hudson, NY
This solid accent portrays a primordial form. Tucker Robbins, inspired to
bring his designs back to basics, worked with the Ifugao (Mountains of
the Phi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
African Extremes
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by artist Stefan Savides. Edition 9/35.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Grey and Gold Gingko by Kuno Vollet Contemporary Bronze sculpture on granite
By Kuno Vollet
Located in DE
Artist: Kuno Vollet
Title: Grey Bronze Gingko with 8 leaves sculpture four or three of them in gold leaf - arrangement of gold leaves can be chosen by client.
Base can be chosen be...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Gold, Bronze
Blades 228 - Mixed Media Metal Wood Contemporary Art Museum Wall Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Blades 228 - Mixed Media Metal Wood Contemporary Art Museum Wall Sculpture
In the 1990s Linda Stein began to work on a series called Blades, sculptural works that incor...
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
$12,000 Sale Price
20% Off
B 292 - Mixed Media Metal Wood Stone Contemporary Art Museum Wall Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, B 292 - Mixed Media Metal Wood Stone Contemporary Art Museum Wall Sculpture
In the 1990s Linda Stein began to work on a series called Blades, sculptural works that inco...
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Metal
Contemporary Cast Glass Sculpture,
Routan, 2024 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
'Routan' is a contemporary cast glass sculpture by David Ruth from the Chill Project Series. Made from cast glass, the piece is initially derived from textures taken off ice and rock...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Rose as Sweet, Waiting Woman and Soft Glow. Porcelain Plates. Wall Sculptures
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Her poetic porcelain plates examine and reimagine the history of art in a way that values women not only in body, but in wholeness, power, and love. Focusing on the narrative quali...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
"The Art Of Noise" Genuine Sculpted Fender Stratocaster Guitar
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Plastic Jesus is a Los Angeles based street artist that specializes in bold stencil and installation work, inspired by world news events, society, the urban environment, culture and politics.
His work is more about shining a small light into some of those dark corners of society then standing back and watching reactions and opinions. his work combines humor, irony, criticism and unique opinion to create art that engages on many levels.
This sculptural work is available as signed Artist Proof (AP) 1 of 1 - the limited edition of 3 have now sold. This is a fully working electric guitar and can be plugged into an amp and played - a video with Dave Navarro playing melted guitar on you tube...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Organic Wall Sculptures on Reclaimed Corkwood. Four pieces "No Valid Name"
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This series of four sculptural wall pieces combines painting and organic materiality, exploring the intersection of nature and contemporary art. Made from reclaimed corkwood, each wo...
Category
2010s Pop Art Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic, Wood
Joel Urruty - Cherokee, Sculpture 2025
By Joel Urruty
Located in Stamford, CT
Medium: bleached poplar, black 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 th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Concrete
6 Golden Gingko Leaves - 24 k Gilded Cast Brass sculpture on rough stone base
By Kuno Vollet
Located in DE
Artist: Kuno Vollet
Title: Golden Gingko with 6 leaves art sculpture
Materials: Cast brass, gold leaf, black granite base (rough or smooth finish available)
Size: 60 x 9 x 9 cm
2...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Gold, Brass
Os Gêmeos Skateboard Street Contemporary Graffiti Edition of 300 Silkscreened
By Os Gêmeos
Located in Draper, UT
Edition of 300. Museum of Graffiti exclusive.
OSGEMEOS (b. 1974, São Paulo, Brazil), translated as “THE TWINS”, Gustavo and Otavio Pandolfo, have worked together since birth. As children growing up in the streets of the traditional district of Cambuci (SP), they developed a distinct way of playing and communicating through artistic language. With the encouragement of their family, and the introduction of Hip Hop culture in Brazil in the 1980s, OSGEMEOS found a direct connection to their dynamic and magical world and a way to communicate with the public. Guided mainly by their willpower, together they explored with dedication and care the various techniques of painting, drawing and sculpture, and had the streets as their place of study.
Artist:
Os gemeos
Limited edition of only 300 Skateboards
Released by Graffiti Of Museum only released during Art Basel 2023...
Category
2010s Street Art More Art
Materials
Screen
Pullin Puffins - original realism wildlife sculpture painting - contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Canvas, Acrylic
Contemporary Cast Glass Sculpture,
Geologic Editions #12
, 2018 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
Please allow a three month turnaround time for piece to be made.
About the Geologic Editions:
The Geologic Editions are studies for Colorado Cascade Mural. David pieced together bit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
"TOP DOG" Golden Nanmu Sculpture 31.5 x 14 x 18 in Edition of 8 by Huang Yulong
By Huang Yulong
Located in Culver City, CA
"TOP DOG" Golden Nanmu Sculpture 31.5 x 14 x 18 in Edition of 8 by Huang Yulong
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Huang Yulong was born in 1983 in Anhui Province, China. In 2007 he graduated with a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Contemporary Cast Glass Sculpture,
Geologic Editions #9
, 2018 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
Please allow a three month turnaround time for piece to be made.
About the Geologic Editions:
The Geologic Editions are studies for Colorado Cascade Mural. David pieced together bit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Joel Urruty - Alpha, Sculpture 2025
By Joel Urruty
Located in Stamford, CT
Medium: polished cast bronze
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 la...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Michele Brody, Nature in Absentia: Cattails In Relief, Handmade Cast Paper
Located in Darien, CT
Michele Brody, Nature in Absentia: Cattails Plucked Out, Handmade Cast Paper
The essence of Michele Brody’s work thrives on the interaction with n...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Handmade Paper
Cocoa Krispies Fun Size Small #1
By Paul Rousso
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Paul Rousso attended the Cleveland Institute of Art in Ohio and went on to earn his BFA from the California College of the Arts in 1981. In his...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Polystyrene, Mixed Media
Contemporary Bronze Green Bird Wildlife Garden or interior Sculpture
Goose
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Goose' by Richard Smith. A bronze sculpture of a life-size goose, patinated in mottled green, captures both the elegance and grounded presence of this familiar waterfowl. The sculpt...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
On a Course - a narrative of journey and change, mixed media, paper and vessel
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A canoe shaped ceramic vessel glazed in light brown and pierced by a darning needle is perched on a floating shelf below a mixed media work on paper. The image repeats the canoe shap...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"Excavation" Contemporary mixed media sphere, textile sculpture
Located in Wilton, CT
Excavation, mixed media, 25" round, 2009-11.
This mixed media sculpture was done by American fiber artist, Norma Minkowitz (b. 1937). Minkowitz utili...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Jim Perry - Living Free, Sculpture 2013
Located in Stamford, CT
Medium:
Sapele Wood
Jim Perry’s sculpture has been included in the Whitney Biennial as well as solo exhibitions at Calloway Fine Art & Consulting, Washington, DC (2018); The Center ...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Calla Lily, Contemporary Flower Sculpture by Joy Taylor
By Joy Taylor
Located in Long Island City, NY
Calla Lily by Joy Taylor, Canadian
Date: 1989
Cast Epoxy Resin sculpture, signature, date and numbering inscribed on base
Edition of 1/25
Size: 25 x 15 x 11 in. (63.5 x 38.1 x 27.94 ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Akai Koi AP - red, rustic, baroque, face, figurative, bronze wall sculpture
By Dale Dunning
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Bronze sculptor Dale Dunning’s skilled craftsmanship never overshadows the story he wants to tell. Often he presents new ways of looking at the human face – sometimes as a mask, other times brimming with words and thoughts – and always compelling, sacred and narrative. His formal education includes a MFA (1971) from Cranbrook Academy...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Joel Urruty - Chichari, Sculpture 2024
By Joel Urruty
Located in Stamford, CT
Medium: Bronze
Edition #1/8
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 la...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Tipping Tulips in orange
Located in Burlingame, CA
"Tipping Tulips" in orange, free standing sculpture. Enamel on aluminum and steel sculpture created by artist Gary Bukovnik that reflects the cascading beauty in his watercolors and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Enamel, Steel
Joel Urruty - Open vessel #8, Sculpture 2025
By Joel Urruty
Located in Stamford, CT
Medium: poplar, ink, 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 la...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Poplar, Ink
Elevate
By Greg Joubert
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Hand carved aspen wood sculpture
torched burnished and painted
Greg Joubert was born in 1977 and raised in the seaside New England town of Hingham, Massac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
"CASTLE LORD", porcelain clay sculpture, turquoise glaze, royal court, medieval
By Rene Murray
Located in Toronto, Ontario
CASTLE LORD is a porcelain clay sculpture with Turquoise Glaze and slip, by Brooklyn, New York artist Rene Murray. It measures 26"H x 23"W x 10"D. It's an ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Porcelain, Glaze
Orange Tipping Tulips ed. 1/3
Located in Burlingame, CA
Orange Tipping Tulips free standing sculpture in a limited edition of three. enamel on aluminum and steel sculpture created by artist Gary Bukovnik that reflects the cascading beauty...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Enamel, Steel
Shell of the Gods: Italian Carrara Marble, Sculpture
By Bela Bacsi
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist.
Description
This sculpture by Bela Bacsi was inspired by a Hellenistic marble based on...
Category
2010s Academic Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Flores Black, Pop Art Flocked Metal Sculpture by Kenny Scharf
By Kenny Scharf
Located in Long Island City, NY
Flores Black
Kenny Scharf, American (1958)
Date: 2020
Shaped aluminum with black flock mounted to a polished stainless steel base with flocked feet, fascimile signature enscribed in ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Joel Urruty - Beta in silver, Sculpture 2025
By Joel Urruty
Located in Stamford, CT
Medium: Basswood, silver leaf
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 l...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Joel Urruty - Mahogany clover, Sculpture 2023
By Joel Urruty
Located in Stamford, CT
Medium: Mahogany
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 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mahogany
Joel Urruty - Onyx, Sculpture 2023
By Joel Urruty
Located in Stamford, CT
Medium: bleached poplar, 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 vis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Concrete
Joel Urruty - Shola, Sculpture 2024
By Joel Urruty
Located in Stamford, CT
Medium: Mahogany
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 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mahogany
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 Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mahogany, Pigment
A Still-Life Realist Bronze Sculpture, "How Sweet It Is"
Located in San Diego, CA
A one of a kind 30x24x24 Still Life Realist Bronze Sculpture executed by artist Maidy Morhous. A certificate of authenticity will be provided upon its purchase or delivery.
An acc...
Category
2010s Realist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Carved Wood Menorah Sculpture
By Randy Shull
Located in Surfside, FL
Randy Shull is an artist who works fluidly between a variety of
mediums, including furniture design, spatial design, painting, and
landscape design. He is highly acclaimed for his rich and sensual use
of color and space. Awarded a North Carolina Arts Council Fellowship
in 1994, an NEA Southern Arts Federation grant in 1995, and a master
residency at Oregon School of Arts & Crafts in Portland, Randy has
also had four solo shows in New York in the past decade. His work is
included in a number of important museum collections including The
Brooklyn Museum; The High Museum in Atlanta; The Renwick Museum of
American Art in Washington, D.C.; The Mint Museum of Craft & Design in
Charlotte; Racine Museum of Art; The Gregg Museum of Art & Design, and
Museum of Art and Design in New York. Randy stays involved in the
local community by serving on the board of the Asheville Art Museum.
Randy maintains studios in Asheville, NC and Merida, Mexico.
In 2008 and 2009 Randy’s work was the subject of a twenty-year
retrospective that opened on January 24th at the Gregg Museum of Art &
Design at NC State, and traveled to the San Francisco Museum of Craft
& Design as well as The Bellview Art Museum and The Ogden Museum of
Southern Art. Reviews of the exhibition can be found in the Raleigh
News and Observer and the San Francisco Chronicle.
The craft revival in the 1920s brought a renewed interest in
traditional native crafts and folk art at places like the John C.
Campbell Folk School and Penland School of Crafts. Using pocket
knives, carvers transformed scraps of wood into dolls and toys for
their children. As tourism developed, carving became an important
source of income, and successful carving centers developed in
Cherokee, Asheville, Tryon and Brasstown.
Seaborn Bradley was known for making war clubs, tomahawks and walking
sticks; Will West Long and his son Allen made masks used in native
celebrations; and Hayes Lossiah crafted traditional Cherokee blowguns,
darts, bows and arrows. Goingback Chiltoskey and Amanda Crowe...
Category
20th Century Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Richard Klein, iHop II, 2018, Found and altered objects assemblage
Located in Darien, CT
In the mid 1990s Richard Klein started working with found glass objects, including bottles, drinking glasses, ashtrays, and eyeglasses. Initially, Klein rejected any object with commercial or advertising content, but in 2015 he became fascinated with the promotional content that was screen printed on ashtrays from the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s. This period was before smoking was looked at as being primarily a negative habit, and iconic American businesses, including Howard Johnson’s, International House of Pancakes (iHop) and Holiday Inn, all produced promotional ashtrays printed with their graphic identity.
By the time Klein became interested in these objects, the businesses had either ceased to exist, or had changed their logos, and many of their signature buildings, which where examples of classic, “Pop” roadside architecture, has been torn down or repurposed. The artist wanted to connect the glass objects with the business’s sites that were still recognizable and spoke of their history, so he began researching where original buildings still stood.
Klein then embarked on a series of road trips to photograph these sites with the intention of combining the photographs with the promotional glass objects. This led him to as far south as Maryland and as far north as upstate New York from his home in Connecticut.
In the case of Holiday Inn, it wasn’t their buildings, but their iconic illuminated sign that appeared on ashtrays, so he sought out a standing example of the sign he could photograph.
As it turned out all had been removed years before from the hotels' properties and the only working example was indoors at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. He did, however, find out that there was one still standing, surprisingly, in Beruit, Lebanon. He found an image of it on the web and used it to make Holiday Inn (Beruit).
In 1973 Holiday Inn changed their tagline from “The Nations Innkeeper” to “The World’s Innkeeper” as they expanded overseas, including the Mideast. For the hotel chain it was bad timing: the disastrous Lebanese civil war began in 1975. In the war, the different Lebanese militias involved in the conflict, including the Nasserites, Christian Phalangists, and the Lebanese National Movement engaged in what came to be called “The Battle of the Hotels” where they each occupied a major high-rise hotel in central Beruit. The Phalangists commanded the Holiday Inn, which they used to fire with both light arms and heavier weapons at the militias in neighboring hotels.
Klein used the photo of the heavily damaged Holiday Inn sign as I thought it spoke in a curious, offhanded way about American cultural imperialism in juxtaposition with an ashtray that proclaimed Holiday Inn to be “The World’s Innkeeper.” In the work Holiday Inn (Nocturne) the artist utilized a found, 35mm slide of a Holiday Inn sign at night at an unknown location as the basis of the photograph in the work.
Richard Klein is a Connecticut-based artist, independent curator and writer. As an artist, he has exhibited widely, including the Neuberger Museum of Art at SUNY Purchase; Caren Golden Fine Art, New York; the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI; Hales Gallery, London; Gavlak Gallery, Palm Beach, FL; deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA; James Barron Art, Kent, CT; The Portland Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA), Portland, OR; Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA; Stephan Stoyanov Gallery, NY; Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY; Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, VT; Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, NY; Exhibit by Alberson Tulsa, OK; Incident Report/Flow Chart Foundation, Hudson, NY; ICEHOUSE Project Space, Sharon, CT; Kenise Barnes Fine Art in Kent, CT and with ODETTA Gallery at the Equity Gallery in New York City..
Reviews of his work have appeared in Two Coats of Paint, Whitehot Magazine, The New York Times, Sculpture Magazine, Art in America, and The New Yorker. In the summer of 2024 he will be the first Artist-In-Residence at Peck Ledge Light...
Category
2010s Assemblage Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Metal





