John Seubert Abstract Sculptures

Self-taught artist John Seubert, AKA John Dolly, uses objects he uncovers as he rehabs older homes in Chicago. He combines these finds into treasures to be discovered. In this piece, the artist has painted two paintings, framed them and mounted them together with a found hinge. When the piece is closed, mirrors are the main focus. When opened, the two portraits are discovered. The base is made with whimsical legs supported by a wood and marble base. John Seubert Drag Fest mixed media Measures: 21 H x 12 W x 7 D in 53.34 H x 30.48 W x 17.78 D cm JSE039 In the early Nineties, John Seubert was living in a former hotel in a high-rise building on St. James Place in Chicago. The apartment was tiny, as hotel rooms tend to be, and clad with paper-thin walls allowing sound to pass from one apartment to the other. At the time, John’s artwork consisted of pounding copper sheets into tables which was a noisy endeavor to say the least. Following several noise complaints from the neighbors, John had a dream that he was living in a ramshackle house but with plenty of room to work and no attached neighbors. The following day after lunching at the McDonalds in Lincoln Park, John wandered the neighborhood a came upon a shabby, falling-down old Victorian house. He located the real estate agent...

This lamp is made using salvaged Lake Michigan beach glass assembled with found objects to create this surreal and totally unique object. The artist use...