Red Unique Parasol Sculpture Modern Plastic Assemblage by Jerry Ross Barrish

Gift, 2000 by Jerry Ross Barrish H 30" x W 9" x D 11" Found Materials Jerry Ross Barrish, a fourth-generation San Franciscan, pursued studies in sculpture and film at the San Franc...

Thank You for Smoking, 2010 by Jerry Ross Barrish H 34.5" x W 6.5" x D 6.5" Found Materials Jerry Ross Barrish, a fourth-generation San Franciscan, pursued studies in sculpture and...

Heartfelt, 2012 by Jerry Ross Barrish H 47.5" x W 18" x D 9.5" Found Materials Jerry Ross Barrish, a fourth-generation San Franciscan, pursued studies in sculpture and film at the ...

Green Dancer, 2013 by Jerry Ross Barrish H 37" x W 10" x D 10" Found Materials Jerry Ross Barrish, a fourth-generation San Franciscan, pursued studies in sculpture and film at the ...

Marvelous! Fabulous Eighties Post Modern Conical Fiberglass Table Lamp! In the manner of Ettore Sottsass This tall and ultra red fiberglass lamp is a fabulous artifact of the 198...

Inspired by dance and weightlessness, Granville Beals' industrial metal sculptures are primarily about relationships. His original artworks capture the...

Inspired by dance and weightlessness, Granville Beals' industrial metal sculptures are primarily about relationships. Concerned with form and abstraction, he does not merely manipula...

Henry Coombes, British b.1977- "Umbrella" 2005; mixed media, oil paint on found umbrella, 84cm long, (ARR) Provenance: Purchased from Sorcha Dallas Gallery, Glasgow by the previous owner. Henry wrote: “The Umbrella was in my studio in 2005, being rainy Glasgow, I used it, left it open to dry. I was painting a series of oil paintings you can find on my website, ( oil painting section) Glen Golly, Ponker, Lady offering Cock to Fox. I loved what was happening on the pallet more than what was happening on the canvas. So the end of every day I would scrape it off and smear it on the umbrella. I am somewhat superstitious I believe in the notion of bad luck, I was afraid the open umbrella would upset the painting gods. So the ritual of putting the paint on the umbrella was to change into something new that would appease the spirits of bad luck, and bring good fortune to the painting. Paint is a fluid process will ultimately can not control, and if we try to hard it becomes dull illustration. I teach art in prison I see painting holding together the lives of life prisoners. I have huge faith in its power and same time I am humbled by it every time I go into the studio”. Henry Coombes’ distinctive art practice has received wide recognition since his graduation from Glasgow School of Art in 2002. He has a multi-disciplinary practice working in painting, collage, drawing, sculpture and film. Earlier film works like ‘Laddy and the Lady’ and ‘The Bedfords’ explored ideas of class, hierarchy, hunting for sport and Victorian...