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Item Ships From: Continental US
Contemporary Architectural Sculpture, Glazed Ceramic, Porcelain, Blue, Structure
By Peter Johnson
Located in St. Louis, MO
Contemporary Architectural Sculpture, Glazed Ceramic, Porcelain, Blue, Structure
"My work explores transformation using the kiln as a vehicle for deconstruction. The porcelain grid ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Porcelain, Glaze
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 Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Contemporary, Abstract, Mixed Media, Ceramic, Sculpture, PVC, Pigmented
By Maxwell Mustardo
Located in St. Louis, MO
Contemporary, Abstract, Mixed Media, Ceramic, Sculpture, PVC, Pigmented
Maxwell Mustardo is a ceramic artist whose highly textured forms are the result of meticulous research into t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, PVC, Pigment
"Lucky" Wall Sculpture mid century modern, geometric, green, Wood
By Scott Troxel
Located in Marmora, NJ
"Lucky" is a minimalist and modernist, geometric, solid wood wall sculpture that brings bold statement to wherever it is placed. The piece is part of my popular "Small Pops" Series ...
Category
2010s Modern Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
"Still Life" Bronze Sculpture Signed Phillips
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This monumental abstract sculpture stands on a pedestal at 67" high. Comprised of 5 large shapes, it is signed "Phillips '85" and entitled "Still Life". The bronze has a nice patina ...
Category
1980s Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Untitled "Marble Fragment 2" 2019, oil, landscape, wall sculpture, clouds, blue
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Untitled "Marble Fragment 2" 2019, oil on Italian marble, landscape, wall sculpture, clouds, green, yellow, blue
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Barbara Kruger, War Platter Lt Ed hand made ceramic in bespoke box political art
By Barbara Kruger
Located in New York, NY
Barbara Kruger
War Platter, 2018
Glazed Earthenware
Artists name fired on the underside which is considered her authorized signature as she officially does not sign her works
Hand nu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Mixed Media, Screen
"Deceptor" Mixed Media Wall Sculpture (wood, black, tan, monochrome, mcm)
By Scott Troxel
Located in Marmora, NJ
Deceptor is a minimalist, monochromatic and contemporary wall sculpture. It is constructed with birch panels, acrylic washes and completed with a satin lacquer finish. The paint is s...
Category
2010s Modern Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Walnut, Paint
Portrait of A Woman, Modern Bronze sculpture with gold patina
By Georges Charpentier
Located in Long Island City, NY
Georges Charpentier, French (1937 - 2024) - Portrait of A Woman, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Bronze sculpture with gold patina on wooden base, signature and numbering inscribed, Edit...
Category
1980s Modern Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Oceanside" Wall Sculpture mid century modern, geometric, navy, blue, wood, bold
By Scott Troxel
Located in Marmora, NJ
"Oceanside" is a minimalist and modernist, geometric, solid wood wall sculpture that brings bold statement to wherever it is placed. The piece is part of my popular "Small Pops" Ser...
Category
2010s Modern Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Abstract Serpentine Stone Sculpture by G. Krueger
Located in Soquel, CA
Organic abstract sculpture by G. Krueger. The Serpentine stone has gorgeous earth-toned green, yellow, and orange hues, sculpted into a flowing shape in the style of Herman Miller Sc...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Modernist Hand Forged Iron Mosaic Sculpture Animal Ram Israeli David Palombo
By David Palombo
Located in Surfside, FL
Heavy Hand Forged Brutalist Iron Ram or Goat Sculpture
David Palombo was an Israeli sculptor and painter. He was born in Turkey to a traditional family and immigrated to the Land of Israel with his parents in 1923. They lived in the Nahalat Shiva neighborhood of Jerusalem. In 1940 he began his studies at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, and from 1942 was a student of sculptor Ze’ev Ben-Zvi. For a period of time, Palombo was an assistant at Ben-Zvi’s studio and also taught at Bezalel. During this period he was also a member of the “Histadrut HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed” (The General Federation of Students and Young Workers in Israel). In the 1940s he took art lessons at night. In 1948 he went to Paris, where he visited the studio of the sculptor Constantin Brancusi whose work influenced him. Around 1958 he married the artist Shulamit Sirota. In 1960 he quit his job to devote himself to art. In 1964 he married for the second time to the artist Yona Palombo. The two of them went to live in an abandoned home on Mount Zion in Jerusalem. In 1966 he was killed when the motorcycle on which he was riding ran into a chain stretched across the street to prevent the desecration of Shabbat. His widow opened a museum in their home that was active until the year 2000.
Work by Palombo is included in the Judaic collection of the Jewish Museum (a well known Hanukkah menora). Palombo executed the impressive metal gates of the Tent of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem, the memorial to the martyrs of the holocaust, as well as the gates to the Knesset Building the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco award) awarded him a scholarship for study in Japan. He worked in marble, granite, bronze, iron and steel. as well as with glass mosaic tiles. Palombo’s early works, in the 1950s, were influenced by modernist sculptors such as Brancusi. These works were composed of abstract images from nature and were carved out of stone or wood. At the end of the 1950s he began making metal sculptors, using the technique of welding. His work took on a more abstract and expressive character.
Education
1940 Painting with Isidor Ascheim, New Bezalel School for Arts and Crafts, Jerusalem
1942 Sculpture with Zeev Ben Zvi, Jerusalem
1956 Mosaic, Ravenna, Italy
1958 Welding Course
Awards And Prizes
1966 UNESCO Award
Exhibitions:
Sculpture in Israel, 1948-1958 Mishkan Museum of Art, Kibbutz Ein Harod
Artists: Zvi Aldouby, Yitzhak Danziger, Arieh Merzer, Dov Feigin, Aaron Priver, David Palumbo, Menashe Kadishman, Kosso Eloul, Yehiel Shemi, Zahara Schatz.
The Spring Exhibition of Jerusalem Artists, Artists' House, Jerusalem
Artists: Palombo, David Bezalel Schatz, Mordechai Levanon, Fima, Ludwig Blum
12 Artists, The Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem
Avraham Ofek, Aviva Uri, Avigdor Arikha, Yosl Bergner, Lea Nikel, Palombo, Ruth Zarfati,
General Exhibition, Art in Israel 1960 Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Artists: Naftali Bezem, Nachum Gutman, Shraga Weil, Shraga, Marcel Janco, Ruth Schloss
Category
Mid-20th Century Arte Povera Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Iron
French Brutalist Silvered Cast Bronze Sculpture Lamp Pierre Casenove Fondica Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Pierre Casenove (French)
Silver patina bronze table lamp having a column form and various stamped patterns to the body, stamped signed mark to back of bas...
Category
1990s Post-Modern Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Joel Urruty - Lady in Silver, Sculpture 2024
By Joel Urruty
Located in Stamford, CT
Medium: Silver Leaf, Basswood
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 Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Fratelli Fanciullacci Elbee orange
gold ceramic pottery set
Located in East Quogue, NY
Gorgeous Vintage MCM Fratelli Fanciullacci Elbee Italian Pottery Pitcher and Platter, made in Italy in the late 1950s/60s. A beautiful example of MCM Italian ceramic design featuring...
Category
1960s Modern Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
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 Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Joel Urruty - Forza, Sculpture 2023
By Joel Urruty
Located in Stamford, CT
Medium: Bleached ash, 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 visual...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Deval Tower
By Ben Bullock
Located in Napa, CA
A San Francisco Bay Area steel sculptor who has been sculpting for over 30 years. In 1989, Benbow received the Royal Ueno Museum Purchase Award, during the 6th Annual Henry Moore Exh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
$8,000
"Queen Neptune Rain" Porcelain Vessel Sculpture
Located in Westport, CT
This large crystalline glazed porcelain vase by Jon Puzzuoli features a vibrant blue and teal palette and a wide neck. Crystalline glazes are special ceramic glazes in which zinc-sil...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Joel Urruty - Gwen, Sculpture 2024
By Joel Urruty
Located in Stamford, CT
Medium: Dyedwood
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 Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Dye
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 Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mahogany, Pigment
"Golden Girls I
II" Metallic Gold Abstract Paintings
By Teodora Guererra
Located in Westport, CT
This pair of abstract paintings by Teodora Guererra features a metallic gold palette. The paint is layered on canvas in thick strokes for a highly textured surface. These two paintin...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Zebra
By Victor Vasarely
Located in Miami, FL
Victor Vasarely
“Zebra” 1977
Porcelain Rosenthal
Ed. 2761 of 3000
14 x 12 in
Category
1970s Op Art Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
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 Continental US - Abstract 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 Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mahogany, Pigment
The Giving Tree
By Shamona Stokes
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Hand-built ceramic, flashe, metallic foil, UV matte finish, 19.5" high x 10" wide x 5" deep.
Black, gold, red, blue.
COA available upon request
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Hollywood
By Philip Paval
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Philip Paval was a sculptor and silversmith who worked primarily in Los Angeles. He was known as a Hollywood Artist, as he affiliated with many of the Hol...
Category
1930s Art Deco Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
$14,500
Ampersand
By Stephanie Lanter
Located in Kansas City, MO
Artist : Stephanie Lanter
Title : "Ampersand"
Materials : Porcelain, glaze, stoneware
Date : 2020
Dimensions : 15" x 9.5" x 6"
Description : Manually ...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Luster, Porcelain, Slip, Glaze, Underglaze, Stoneware
$2,250 Sale Price
37% Off
Unique Artist
s Colored Glass Folded Plate by Nivet
By Nivet
Located in Long Island City, NY
This frosted fused glass is an expressionist sculpture that's organic in shape. The analogous colors create a serene design. Signature inscribed 'Nivet'.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Ragtime II
By Jane B. Grimm
Located in Burlingame, CA
White circular abstract wall sculpture from Pop Art pioneer Jane B. Grimm, who began her artistic career in the 1960’s, when her free-form sculptural jewelry exploded onto the fashio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Potato Tree with Yellow Vines, Vince Palacios, 2021, Colorful Glazed Ceramic
By Vince Palacios
Located in St. Louis, MO
Vince Palacios (b.1961, Flint, Michigan) has been working in the fields of ceramics since 1992 and currently serves as Professor of the Ceramics Department at El Camino College in T...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze
Drape Midnight Blue 121 (dark folds slick metallic smooth wall sculpture art)
By Ted VanCleave
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Drape in Midnight Blue by Ted VanCleave transforms a single sheet of metallic leather into a sinuous, process-driven study of material and form. Its creased, crinkled, and softly wri...
Category
2010s Pop Art Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Leather, Spray Paint
Drape Champagne 114 (folds pop slick metallic smooth leather wall sculpture art)
By Ted VanCleave
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Drape 114 Champagne by Ted VanCleave transforms a single sheet of metallic leather into a sinuous, process-driven study of material and form. Its creased, crinkled, and softly wrinkl...
Category
2010s Pop Art Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Leather, Spray Paint
Drape 113 (light pink folds rose pop slick metallic smooth wall sculpture art)
By Ted VanCleave
Located in Quebec, Quebec
This light-pink wall sculpture by Ted VanCleave transforms a single sheet of metallic leather into a sinuous, process-driven study of material and form. Its creased, crinkled, and so...
Category
2010s Pop Art Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Leather, Spray Paint
Brutalist Modern Abstract Bronze Sculpture Metropolis Manner of Louise Nevelson
By Abbott Pattison
Located in Surfside, FL
A very heavy, massive bronze sculpture by an important Chicago sculptor. Signed and marked "Firenze" with "Fuse Marinelli". METROPOLIS. Seven abstract shapes on black marble base. 1...
Category
20th Century Modern Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
F. Soriano 13 Women "HERA" original iron sculpture 1995
By Ferran Soriano
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
steel sculpture by the Spanish artist Ferran SORIANO.
Ferran Soriano - Sculptor (Barcelona, 1944)
Ferran Soriano has been exhibiting his works of art since 1970 around the world (in...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Iron
Syncopation XVI
By Jane B. Grimm
Located in Burlingame, CA
Minimal, clean abstract indented white orb containing an interior circular orb resting within the larger piece. A wonderful ceramic sculpture by Jane B. Grimm who began her artistic ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Tipping Red Lilies in red, medium shade
By Gary Bukovnik
Located in Burlingame, CA
"Tipping red Lilies" in red, 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 Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Enamel, Steel
Corten Steel Sculpture Oleg Sohanievich Non Conformist Avant Garde Ukrainian
Located in Surfside, FL
Oleg Sohanievich (Soviet Ukrainian, American 1935-2017)
Cor-ten steel Stress Sculpture #5,
1976
Hand signed and dated Oleg Sohanievich '76
Dimensions 9" h., 13" w., 27" d.
Very he...
Category
1970s Post-Modern Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
PINK CIRCLE QUILT 1 - Framed, Textured, Sculptural, Molded Acrylic Painting
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
In PINK CIRCLE QUILT 1, Natalie Harrison draws on the historically domestic crafts of molding and quilting to create a new work of collage. Shaping pink acrylic paint, leftover from ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
Urn with Flying Lilies in gold
By Gary Bukovnik
Located in Burlingame, CA
"Urn with Flying Lilies" in gold, free standing sculpture. Enamel on aluminum and steel sculpture created by artist Gary Bukovnik that reflects the cascading beauty in his watercolor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Enamel, Steel
"Queen Snowfish" Ceramic Vessel Sculpture
Located in Westport, CT
This glazed porcelain vase sculpture by Jon Puzzuoli features a white body with a textured lower half and a neck finished with 18K gold luster. The artist's stamp is located at the b...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Gold
"Queen Stingray" Ceramic Vessel Sculpture
Located in Westport, CT
This glazed porcelain vase sculpture by Jon Puzzuoli features a burnt umber and white body and a wide neck finished with 18K gold luster. The artist's stamp is located at the base of...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Gold
All That Jazz XXI / ceramic wall sculpture - cream, white, neutral 36 x 36 in
By Jane B. Grimm
Located in Burlingame, CA
Minimal Abstract Ceramic 36 x 36 inch wall sculpture in glossy and matte white ceramic tiles that are mounted to a white wood panel. A neutral work showcasing an "X" in matte white s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Wood, Paint
Aria,
by Marko Kratohvil, Stainless Steel Sculpture
By Marko Kratohvil
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
In this stainless steel sculpture by Marko Kratohvil, the graceful curves of two smooth steel segments meet in movement creating an abstracted figural form. This table top sculpture ...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
"Campbell
s Tomato Soup" 3D Glass Sculpture After Andy Warhol Tomato Soup
By Rudi Sgarbi
Located in New York, NY
A sculpturesque piece made from pieces of glass of iconic Campbell's Tomato Soup. Signed bottom right corner. Rudi Sgarbi was born in 1975 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is a versatil...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paint
"Fer Doug", Abstract, Large-Scale Outdoor Metal Sculpture in welded steel
By Carole Eisner
Located in New York, NY
"Fer Doug" by Carole Eisner
Abstract, Outdoor Sculpture in welded steel
Carole Eisner has worked with scrap and recycled metal for 40 years creating elegant, abstract forms welded i...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Longfellow Tower 73 x 6 Hand Dyed Polymer Rubber
By Niho Kozuru
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Longfellow Tower
Hand-dyed cast polymer rubber on painted steel base.
73 X 6 X 6 inches. The steel base is 18 X 18 inches.
Niho Kozuru (髙鶴丹穂) is a Japanese-born mixed media artist based in Boston, MA. Kozuru casts and reconfigures molds of her own designs, classical and industrial turned architectural forms in unexpected materials. Using rubber, glass and clay she creates columns with undulating silhouettes.
The “Lantern Columns” are a group of 7 towers, ranging from 4 feet to 7 feet tall. They have been shown in various configurations in multiple US States as well as the Fukuoka City Museum in Kyushu, Japan. Kozuru made 60 components by blowing glass into molds of her own designs while at Artists in Residency at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina.
After traveling the world, the Lantern Columns have been arranged into their final configuration, with a steel armature within and each topped with a vivid cast iron final...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Large and Impressive Branch and Table Coral Sculpture on Lucite
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Large and impressive branch and table coral assemblage hand crafted in specimens with mother nature's sea inspired colors and forms. Presented on a lucite base to enhance its sculptu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Organic Material
"Historique / Sacree" [Historical / Sacred]
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Astoria, NY
Paul Jenkins (American, 1923-2012) "Historique / Sacree" [Historical / Sacred], Found Object Art Sculpture, 1996, collaged book mounted on plaster and wood base, signed and dated to ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Paper, Found Objects, Newsprint
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"Queen Ellsworth, " Abstract Porcelain Sculpture
Located in Westport, CT
This porcelain vessel sculpture by Jon Puzzuoli is made with glazed porcelain and 14K gold luster. The round body is a light blue color with white crystals formed along the surface. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Glaze, Luster
Signed, 3-D American Flag Sculpture of cut, polished and etched glass, Unique
Located in New York, NY
JAN MARES
Jan Mares (Czech, 1953-2005)
Signed 3-D Glass American Flag, 2002
Cut, polished, and etched glass
3 × 5 × 2 inches
incised signature and date
Jan Mares was a celebrated C...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Abstract 3D wall sculpture "Wood Work" #1233, layered collage aesthetic with red
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an abstract 3D wall sculpture in wood, acrylic, and ink. it is from artist Paul Cava's "Wood Work" series, which applies the collage aesthetic he has incorporated into his ph...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Archival Ink, Wood, Acrylic
Loops (Mahogony)
Located in New York, NY
Jonas Noël Niedermann
LOOP (Mahogony), 2022
Blown glass
10.50 x 7.25 x 3.50 in.
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
"FOR THE OLD ONES", sculpture, clay, abstract, contemporary, ceramic, tribal
By Harold Wortsman
Located in Toronto, Ontario
FOR THE OLD ONES, a ceramic sculpture of high-fired clay pigmented with oxides, sitting on a slab of limestone. It is a recent work by artist Harold Wortsman. Note the blending of volumetric and organic form in this work, the mark-making and perforations on the surface, the striking colors of black and copper in variable stripes – 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—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, 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 Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Untitled abstraction
By Bill Barrett
Located in New York, NY
Bill Barrett is one of today’s foremost sculptors, exhibiting his unique metal and bronze sculptures in numerous exhibitions since the mid 1960’s. Barrett’s sculptures are predicate...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Contemporary, Porcelain, Sculpture, Abstract, Design, Harumi Nakashima, Japanese
By Harumi Nakashima
Located in St. Louis, MO
Contemporary, Porcelain, Sculpture, Abstract, Design, Harumi Nakashima, Japanese
Harumi Nakashima is the Director of Tajimi City Pottery Design and Technical Center. Based in the p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Glaze
Gilt Bronze Sculpture Brooch Wearable Art Israeli Tumarkin Abstract Surrealist
Located in Surfside, FL
Measures about 3.75 X 3.5 inches. Box is 11 X 11 inches. (Piece is in excellent condition. box frame has some minor wear and piece might need to be remounted, it has been removed and...
Category
1960s Surrealist Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Untitled "Marble Fragment 10" 2019, oil, landscape, wall sculpture, clouds, blue
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Untitled "Marble Fragment 10" 2019, oil, Italian marble, landscape, wall sculpture, clouds, purple, blue, green
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Jo Yarrington, Mute-Ability_Composition 5, 2019_acrylic, steel, player piano rol
By Jo Yarrington
Located in Darien, CT
Jo Yarrington’s photographs, prints, works on paper, glass sculptures and architecturally-based installations have been shown in exhibitions at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Yale University, Cornell University, the Museum of Glass, the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Artists Space, St. John the Divine Cathedral, Grounds for Sculpture, the Museum of American Glass and ODETTA, among others.
International exhibitions have included Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow University, Galeria Sala Uno and Centro de las Artes de Guanajuato. She represented the United States at the Sharjah Biennial, United Arab Emirates and participated in the Berlin Biennial. in 2010 she received the Bronze Prize, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, Macedonia.
Yarrington is a recipient of artist grants and Fellowships from the Pollock Krasner Foundation, the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism. She has received Residency Fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, the Museum of Glass, the Museum of American Glass, the Bridge Virtual Residency/ SciArt Center, the Lucile Walton Fellow/Mountain Lake Biological Station, the Virginia Center for Creative Arts, the Anderson Center and the Ucross Foundation, among others.
International grants and fellowships have included the Banff Center for Arts and Creativity/Canada, SIMS Residency/ Iceland, Cill Rialaig Artists Residency/Ireland, the Burren College of Art Residency/Ireland and the American Scandinavian Foundation. She is a Professor of Visual and Performing Arts at Fairfield University and lives and works in New York City.
STATEMENT
In site-specific exhibitions, public art commissions, collaborative and individual projects Jo Yarrington has used varied combinations of glass, waxed surfaces, found artifacts and experimental analog photography to investigate the way we perceive – searching for, experimenting with and developing throughout a sensory-based vernacular. Her mostly translucent materials function as physical framework and symbolic membrane. Light, both natural and ambient, provides a kinetic or time-based element to her work. Scale and the integration of architecture are also pivotal components.
In the 6-part installation for the two-person exhibition Illuminated, Yarrington continues her interest in the connections between vision, sound and language. In Mute-ability: Compositions 1 – 6, her title for this light-based comprehensive work, she combines the words mute and malleability. The work focuses on found piano rolls, a music storage medium, originally conceived as coded notations or ‘note control data’ for music produced in pneumatic player pianos...
Category
2010s Conceptual Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
