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Softening
By Eileen Braun
Located in Atlanta, GA
Eileen Braun delights in creating biomorphic or organic sculptural forms. Although they may look as though they're constructed of metal rods, they're actually created from rattan ree...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Rubber, Mixed Media
$5,750
Brutalist Forged Iron Circular Menorah Sculpture Israeli Master David Palombo
By David Palombo
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand Forged Iron Candelabra
Holocaust Memorial Judaic Menorah 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
"Zephyrella" - Painting on Acrylic with Steel Sculpture Elements
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract composition reverse-painted on an acrylic sheet (Plexiglas) by Laurel Morley (American, b. 1969). Acrylic sheet is mounted on a steel structure with "wings" on either side. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
$1,720 Sale Price
20% Off
Dorothy Mayhall, Monument 4, 1994, Terracotta, Acrylic Paint
By Dorothy Mayhall
Located in Darien, CT
Dorothy Mayhall's small sculptures are little monuments to be toyed with and handled. They should be picked up, fondled, and examined like a rock or shell you collect on the beach be...
Category
1990s Abstract Geometric Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta, Acrylic
Branch Coral Sculpture on a Lucite Base
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Striking one of a kind assemblage handcrafted with organic branch coral in a dramatic, ocean inspired composition. Designed and crafted exclusively by F.S. Henemader and presented on...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Organic Material
Chasse
By Lilian R. Engel
Located in New York, NY
Nude / Figure / Love
Marble
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
$6,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Liz Sweibel, Untitled (Scrapings #1), 2016, Wood, Paint, Found Objects
By Liz Sweibel
Located in Darien, CT
The freestanding sculptures in this portfolio are made from the “sticks”: a pile of found wood that Sweibel has been pulling from to make new works since about 2002. The pile consisted of more than a dozen four- to seven-foot lengths of hardwood, each an uneven inch in depth and width. The sticks were warped, with worn yellow paint on one side and raw wood on the other three. Over the years she has painted the raw sides of the sticks, cut the wood into shorter lengths, and sliced paint off – and kept the residue from these actions. Sweibel has also made sculptures ranging from full-length sticks to tiny stick splinters. She built these sculptures using sliced-off paint.
Timeworn materials and objects have an intelligence that the artist looks for and listens to. Shaping and reshaping material to find new form and elicit new insights in the material itself is the territory she is mining. The limitations of the process are its strengths. Her work is concerned with fragility, precariousness, adaptability, and strength. It is a visual response to powerful yet unseen forces - like wind and thoughts - that threaten, propel, ruin, and protect.
Liz Sweibel is a multidisciplinary artist working in drawing, sculpture, installation, and digital photography and video. Her spare, personal language of abstraction transforms ordinary materials into statements about connectedness and responsibility: every action has an impact, the effects persist in space and over time, and we are accountable. By drawing attention to simple, ordinary “stuff of life” and referencing both shared and personal history, Sweibel’s work explores and reflects back fundamental experiences in response to our world and relationships. Her intention is to reinvigorate viewers’ awareness of the everyday – in its raw beauty and precariousness – in hopes that they might bring heightened senses of sight and care to their daily lives.
Sweibel has participated in solo, two-person, and group exhibits in New York, Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, Michigan, and Tennessee since 1998. In 2016, Sweibel’s work was in the group shows Lightly Structured at Sculpture Space NYC, Precarious Constructs at the Venus Knitting Art...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint, Found Objects
Glass Charger, Hand-Blown Glass Sculpture by Ira Sapir
Located in Long Island City, NY
Glass Charger
Ira Sapir, American (1955)
Hand-Blown Glass, signed
Size: 2 x 4.25 x 4.25 in. (5.08 x 10.8 x 10.8 cm)
Category
1980s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
Mary Schiliro, Cat
s Cradle 6, 2006, acylic on Mylar, 36 x 18 in, Abstraction
By Mary Schiliro
Located in Darien, CT
Mary Schiliro’s work with acrylic paint on Mylar is process based, and expands the boundaries of painting by exploring alternative presentation methods. Using a dipping process wher...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mylar, Plexiglass, Acrylic
Two Tone Oval Pinched Vase - Grey Porcelain Sculptural Vessel
Located in East Quogue, NY
"Two Tone Grey Oval Pinch" - Pinched Oval Porcelain sculptural vase with grey and white crackle glaze. Size: 7 x 5 x 3 in
Porcelain, ceramic, ceramic sculpture, functional sculpture...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Glaze
John Van Alstine - Sidewinder
By John Van Alstine
Located in Stamford, CT
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 most basic level the work is ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Slate, Steel
John Van Alstine - Sisyphean Holiday XX (Long Bar), Sculpture 2007
By John Van Alstine
Located in Stamford, CT
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 most basic level the work is ...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Slate, Steel
John Van Alstine - Quill II (Slate Rocker), Sculpture 2003
By John Van Alstine
Located in Stamford, CT
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 most basic level the work is ...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Slate, Stainless Steel
John Van Alstine - Icarus (Frail Wings of Vanity), Sculpture 2010
By John Van Alstine
Located in Stamford, CT
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 most basic level the work is ...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Slate, Steel
John Van Alstine - Sidewinder
07, Sculpture 2007
By John Van Alstine
Located in Stamford, CT
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 most basic level the work is ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Slate, Steel
John Van Alstine - River Landscape (Tail Fin)
By John Van Alstine
Located in Stamford, CT
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 most basic level the work is ...
Category
2010s Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Slate, Steel
John Van Alstine - Pointe, Sculpture 2004
By John Van Alstine
Located in Stamford, CT
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 most basic level the work is ...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Slate, Stainless Steel
John Van Alstine - Sagitta III, Sculpture 2002
By John Van Alstine
Located in Stamford, CT
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 most basic level the work is ...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Stainless Steel
John Van Alstine - Lunge XI, Sculpture 2014
By John Van Alstine
Located in Stamford, CT
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 most basic level the work is ...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Slate, Stainless Steel
John Van Alstine - Stone in the Heart, Sculpture 2007
By John Van Alstine
Located in Stamford, CT
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 most basic level the work is ...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Slate, Steel
John Van Alstine - Fleche VIII, Sculpture 2017
By John Van Alstine
Located in Stamford, CT
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 most basic level the work is ...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Bronze, Steel
John Van Alstine - ACCIACCATO III, Sculpture 2015
By John Van Alstine
Located in Stamford, CT
slate/pigmented and sealed steel
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. O...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Slate, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel
John Van Alstine - Sisyphean Holiday 35 (Speckled Stone), Sculpture 2017
By John Van Alstine
Located in Stamford, CT
Riverstone/ Pigmented and sealed steel
Stone and metal, usually granite or slate and found object steel are central in my sculpture. The interaction of these materials is a major fo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Metal, Steel
John Van Alstine - BEAM VII, Sculpture 2015
By John Van Alstine
Located in Stamford, CT
Gvranite, pigmented and sealed steel.
Stone and metal, usually granite or slate and found object steel are central in my sculpture. The interaction of these materials is a major foc...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Granite, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel
John Van Alstine - Column XII (Strange Fruit), Sculpture 1999
By John Van Alstine
Located in Stamford, CT
Column XII (Strange Fruit), John Van Alstine.
This unique sculpture will be shipped directly from the artist's studio.
Stone and metal, usually granite or slate and found object st...
Category
1990s Abstract Geometric Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Bronze
John Van Alstine - Hula V, Sculpture 2017
By John Van Alstine
Located in Stamford, CT
Hula V, John Van Alstine.
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 mo...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Slate, Steel
John Van Alstine - Catapulta XVII, Sculpture 2010
By John Van Alstine
Located in Stamford, CT
riverstone, pigmented and sealed steel
Stone and metal, usually granite or slate and found object steel are central in my sculpture. The interaction of these materials is a major fo...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel
John Van Alstine - Cornucopia With Columns, Sculpture 1998
By John Van Alstine
Located in Stamford, CT
Cornucopia With Columns, John Van Alstine.
Stone and metal, usually granite or slate and found object steel are central in my sculpture. The interaction of these materials is a majo...
Category
1990s Abstract Geometric Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Concrete, Steel, Iron
John Van Alstine - Round Mountain Landscape, Sculpture 2001
By John Van Alstine
Located in Stamford, CT
Round Mountain Landscape, John Van Alstine.
Stone and metal, usually granite or slate and found object steel are central in my sculpture. The interaction of these materials is a majo...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Steel
Sharing Space
By Bela Bacsi
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
Description
Resting upon a golden cushion, this two-faced subject has the look of a mask that one would be able to wear. ...
Category
1990s Realist Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Abstract Post-Modern Roman Ruins Mixed Media Wall Sculpture, "Classic Series"
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful post-modern wall sculpture that is part of artist Jack Reilly (American, b. 1950) "Classics Series" solo exhibition held at the Boritzer-Gray Gallery in October, 1989 at Los Angeles. This unique piece juxtaposes classical motifs with 3 dimensional stacked geometrically modern shapes and hues. The combination of linear structure and color field painting with illusionary space resulted in a unique synthesis of abstraction and pictorial depth, which was sometimes referred to as "Abstract Illusionism." Signed and dated on verso "Jack Reilly, October 1989." Image size: 19"H x 29"W x 3.5"D
Reilly's early work reflected various influences of prominent artists of the time including Frank Stella, Elsworth Kelly...
Category
1980s Post-Modern Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas, Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic
Richard Bottwin, Mike
s Arm, 2018, poplar, plywood, acrylic paint
By Richard Bottwin
Located in Darien, CT
Architecture, functional objects and the human gestures that occur when interacting with these structures inform the vocabulary of Richard Bottwin’s sculpture. The plywood surfaces,...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Poplar, Plywood, Acrylic
Norma Márquez Orozco, The Sun, 2016, Translucent Paper, 30 x 30, Minimalist
By Norma Marquez Orozco
Located in Darien, CT
Norma Marquez Orozco explores concepts of impermanence, perception, form and balance through physical movement of the work itself in a lucid, game-like context, like puzzles. All the elements are made of paper, molded into three-dimensional forms. The repetitive geometric shapes are assembled inside boxes built out of translucent paper. The arrangement is random and unfixed to allow movement and unpredictable composition.
The harmonies and tensions in the work arise from different exchanges between the colors, the patterns, and the geometric and organic shapes, as well as the sense that change is constantly occurring as the elements shift and move.
When one looks at these compositions, you see them for the first time, every time, because what is creating and completing the artwork is always changing; such as light, weather and forms merge and interact. As a result of these dynamic relationships, the work extends beyond her personal hand, sustaining an appearance and composition entirely of its own.
Norma Márquez Orozco was
born
in
Chicago,
Illinois,
and
raised
in
Guadalajara,
Jalisco,
Mexico.
Her work can be seen as an investigation into the way relationships emerge and evolve when elements like color, form, shape, lines, angle and pattern are blended, shifted and layered.
She currently lives and works in New York City. Marquez Orozco
has
curated
exhibitions throughout
New
York
and
has hosted
lectures
and
artist
talks
for
the
public. In
2001
she founded
Floor4Art, an
alternative
space
in
West
Harlem
that
houses
artist’s
studios
and
exhibition
space
aimed
at
producing,
promoting
and
connecting
artists.
Exhibition venues include: ODETTA, Brooklyn, NY, Longwood Art Gallery, Queens Museum, The (S)Files 007/ El Barrio...
Category
2010s Minimalist Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Archival Paper
Breathtaking John Glick "Scalloped Basket" Glazed Stoneware Reduction Fired
Located in Detroit, MI
"Scalloped Basket" is a stoneware piece with the decorative layer of the rich toned glazes and markings that John was so well-known for. He was, also, known for the undulating lip lines on his exquisite pieces. The basket portion is shaped with gentle curves and a sculptural handle. Each piece that John produced was unique. He was seduced by the effects of the reduction kiln, which decreased the levels of oxygen during firing, inducing the flame to pull oxygen out of the clay and glazes changing the colors of the glazes depending on their iron and copper content. In this way he achieved the rich gradients of ochre and umber and variations in stippling and opacity. This particular "basket" also has the cool blues and grays that contrast with the umber. It is signed and stamped on the bottom.
John was an American Abstract Expressionist ceramicist born in Detroit, MI. Though open to artistic experimentation, Glick was most influenced by the styles and aesthetics of Asian pottery—an inspiration that shows in his use of decorative patterns and glaze choices. He has said that he is attracted to simplicity, as well as complexity: my work continually reflects my re-examination that these two poles can coexist… or not, in a given series. Glick also took influences from master potters of Japan, notably Shoji Hamada and Kanjrio Kawai, blending their gestural embellishments of simple forms with attitudes of Abstract Expressionism. He was particularly drown to the work of Helen Frankenthaler whose soak-stain style resonated with Glick’s multi-layered glaze surfaces, which juxtaposed veils of atmospheric color with gestural marks and pattern. He spent countless hours developing and making his own tools in order to achieve previously unseen results in his work with clay and glaze.
Glick’s “Plum Tree Pottery...
Category
1970s American Modern Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware, Glaze
Spoon to Shell 916 - Mixed Media Shell Wood Contemporary Assemblage Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Spoon to Shell 916 - Mixed Media Shell Wood Contemporary Assemblage Sculpture
Spoon to Shell 916 is from Linda Stein's Holocaust Heroes: Fierce Females series, which hi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Spoon to Shell 915 - Mixed Media Shell Wood Contemporary Assemblage Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Spoon to Shell 915 - Mixed Media Shell Wood Contemporary Assemblage Sculpture
Spoon to Shell 915 is from Linda Stein's Holocaust Heroes: Fierce Females series, which hi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Spoon to Shell 833 - Mixed Media Shell Wood Contemporary Assemblage Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Spoon to Shell 833 - Mixed Media Shell Wood Contemporary Assemblage Sculpture
Spoon to Shell 833 is from Linda Stein's Holocaust Heroes: Fierce Females series, which hi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Metal
"Fractured", Contemporary, Gestural, Ceramic, White, Cream, Stoneware, Sculpture
By Sara Fine-Wilson
Located in Franklin, MA
Sara Fine-Wilson's "Fractured" is a gestural 13 x 16 x 8 inch ceramic sculpture in white and cream with accents of grey and teal. It is constructed out of white stoneware and layered...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware, Glaze
Katherine Jackson, Suspension of Disbelief, 2015, Graphite, Paper, Framed
By Katherine Jackson
Located in Darien, CT
Drawing, glass, and light: these three ingredients are the basis of Katherine Jackson’s work. She begins with drawing, which sometimes becomes an end...
Category
2010s Conceptual Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Graphite
Arm and Hammer
By John McQueen
Located in Wilton, CT
twigs, twine, plastic from Arm
Hammer soap cartons
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plastic, Wood
Sylvia Schwartz,
Brush Stroke, sculptural element in Red Plane
, 2016, Resin
By Sylvia Schwartz
Located in Darien, CT
Sylvia Schwartz
In her structures, silicone molds are cast from both natural and hand-made forms, including clay coils, volcanic rock patterns, seaweed, and the artist’s own fingerprints. Leaving the human trace evident through the repetition of shapes and textures in both the natural and man-made elements, provides a measure of stability, a reference point. These manmade and natural forms merge, revealing our inexplicable dependence on nature. Through this melding of two entities, new life is breathed into the art object.
Paper as a primary medium allows Schwartz to sculpt, draw and paint simultaneously. The flow of the pulp (a natural phenomenon in itself) meshes with the molded forms creating a structure that seems to rest on the edge between painting and sculpture. The duality between light and heavy, interior and exterior, planned and accidental, order and chaos, leading ultimately to a sense of life.
Red...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Handmade Paper
Jesse Hickman, Note Three Twelve Sixteen (Nebraska), 2016, Wood, Enamel
By Jesse Hickman
Located in Darien, CT
Over the past few years, Jesse Hickman has been making minimal abstract paintings on wood with few constraints. He calls this series Notes, thinking of these pieces as drawn sketches...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
"VERTICAL 1", sculpture, clay, ceramic, abstract, tribal, pattern, tower, column
By Harold Wortsman
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 Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pigment, Other Medium
Vesuvius
By Sally Hepler
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Vesuvius
19.5 x 15 x 14"
hand fabricated steel with patina, 4 inch tall powder coated steel base, shown in picture
There are two sides to any circle: the inside and the outside. In ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Loren Eiferman, 5r, 146 Pieces of Wood with Rope and Wax, 2016, Wood Sculpture
By Loren Eiferman
Located in Darien, CT
Over many decades Loren Eiferman has created and mastered a unique technique of working with wood—her primary material.
First, she begins with a drawing of an idea. Then she takes...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Naked Truth", Abstract Porcelain Sculpture, Surface Illustration, Underglaze
By Kevin Snipes
Located in St. Louis, MO
Kevin Snipes creates ceramic vessel forms that act as canvases for self referential narratives that are brought to the viewer through a combination of illustration and symbolism, obs...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Porcelain, Glaze, Underglaze
Gil Scullion, You Walk, 2017, 20 sheets stacked hand-cut paper
By Gil Scullion
Located in Darien, CT
Where do we come from? Where are we going? What the hell is going on here? 2017-2018 Hand cut paper in wood box
Gil Scullion’s conceptual text-based work has been featured in exhibi...
Category
2010s Conceptual Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Paper
Four Earth Signs: Wingeo, Bronze Sculpture by Thom Cooney-Crawford
By Thom Cooney-Crawford
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Thom Cooney-Crawford, American (1944 - )
Title: Four Earth Signs: Wingeo
Medium: Bronze Sculpture, signature and number inscribed
Edition: 4/5
Size: 20.5 in. x 11 in. x 4 in....
Category
1990s Surrealist Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Patricia Miranda, Florilegium Series, 2016, cochineal dyes, antique books, pearl
By Patricia Miranda
Located in Darien, CT
Patricia Miranda's work includes interdisciplinary installation, textile, paper and books. The textiles incorporated in these new pieces are vintage linens from her Italian and Irish grandmothers and sourced from friends and strangers around the country. Each donation is documented and integrated into the work. Textile as a form that wraps the body from cradle to grave. The role of lacemaking in the lives of women both economically and historically is packed with metaphorical potential. The relationship of craft and women’s work (re)appropriated by artists today to environmental and social issues is integral to the artist's research.
Her work is process oriented; materials are submerged in natural dyes from oak gall wasp nests, cochineal insects, turmeric, indigo, and clay. She forages for raw materials, cook dyes, grind pigments, ecofeminist actions that consider environmental impacts of objects. The process is left visible as dyestuff is unfiltered in the vat and finished work. Sewn into larger works, Miranda incorporates hair, pearls, bone beads, Milagros, cast plaster. The distinct genetics and environmental and cultural history of each material asserts its voice as collaborator rather than medium.
The lace inserts a visceral femininity into the pristine gallery, and exerts a ghostly trace of the history of domestic labor. The combination of earth and lace references human and environmental devastation and the conflation of nature and women’s bodies as justifications for exploitation. Mournful and solastalgic, they are lamentations to the violence against women and the earth.
Patricia Miranda is an interdisciplinary artist, curator, educator, and founder of The Crit Lab, graduate-level critique seminars and Residency for artists, and MAPSpace project space. She has been Visiting Artist at Vermont Studio Center, the Heckscher Museum, and University of Utah; and been awarded residencies at I-Park, Weir Farm, Vermont Studio Center, and Julio Valdez Printmaking Studio.
She received an Anonymous Was a Woman Covid19 Artist Relief Grant, an artist grant from ArtsWestchester/New York State Council on the Arts, and was part of a year-long NEA grant working with homeless youth.
Miranda currently teaches graduate curatorial studies at Western Colorado University, and develops programs for K-12, museums, and institutions such as Franklin Furnace.
Her work has been exhibited at ODETTA, NYC; ABC No Rio, NYC; Alexey von...
Category
2010s Feminist Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Thread, Plaster, Dye, Found Objects
Joseph Fucigna, Green/Red Putty Drip, 2018, Silicone, House Paint, Wood Panel
By Joseph Fucigna
Located in Darien, CT
Joseph Fucigna is a multi-media artist whose work is rooted in process, play and the innate qualities of the materials used. Through experimentation, play and innovation he creates sculptures, paintings and drawings that are known for their power to transform materials, inventiveness and odd but suggestive subject matter. The ultimate goal is to create an artwork that is a perfect balance between suggestive content, and the formal qualities of the material that allow both to be active participants.
Joseph Fucigna received his Masters of Fine Arts degree from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He also attended the Triangle Workshop in Pine Plains, NY and worked with the renowned sculptor Sir Anthony Caro and critic Clement Greenberg.
Fucigna is a full-time Professor of Art at Norwalk Community College and is the Chair of the Studio Arts Program. Fucigna has also taught in the Art Department at the State University of New York, Stony Brook. Presently, he resides and works in Weston, CT.
Fucigna has exhibited nationally including shows at the Fitchburg Art Museum in Massachusetts, Real Art Ways in Connecticut, the United Nations, Grounds for Sculpture in New Jersey, the Lyman Allyn Art Museum in Connecticut, the New York State Museum in Albany, NY and the Burchfield Art Center in Buffalo NY.
He has had one-person exhibitions at the Fred Giampietro Gallery, Sculpture Barn, Norwalk Community College Art Gallery, Artist Space New Haven and the Bannister...
Category
2010s Arte Povera Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Silicone, House Paint, Wood Panel, Putty
Karen Schiff, Space Eyes, 2016, Wood, Gouache
By Karen Schiff
Located in Darien, CT
Karen Schiff is an artist and wordsmith based in New York; she has always been a reader as well as a visual artist. Her drawings, paintings, installations, and performances combine t...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Gouache
"Louise II", Acrylic on Wood, Geometric Abstract Sculpture
By NDA
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Louise II" is an original piece by NDA made from acrylic on cut wood. This piece measures 24"h x 26.75"w and is signed en verso. The visible florescent glow comes from the back pain...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
"Louise III", Acrylic on Wood, Geometric Abstract Sculpture
By NDA
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Louise III" is an original piece by NDA made from acrylic on cut wood. This piece measures 28.5”h x 27.25”w and is signed en verso. The visible florescent ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
"MD05", Contemporary, Ceramic, Sculpture, Abstract, Design, Vessel Form, Glaze
Located in St. Louis, MO
José Sierra is a self-taught artist and ceramicist, born in Mérida, Venezuela in 1975. His work draws inspiration from his heritage, along with pre-Hispanic art, East Asian pottery,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Glaze
"Untitled VIII", Acrylic on Wood, Abstract Sculpture, Geometric Abstraction
By NDA
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Untitled VIII" is an original piece by NDA made from acrylic on cut wood. This pieces measures 24.5"h x 24"w.
NDA is a public and gallery artist based out of Philadelphia. Although...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
"Untitled V", Acrylic on Wood, Abstract Sculpture, Geometric Abstraction
By NDA
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Untitled V" is an original piece by NDA made from acrylic on cut wood. This pieces measures 42.25”h x 22.25”w.
NDA is a public and gallery artist based out of Philadelphia. Althoug...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
"Untitled II", Acrylic on Wood, Abstract Sculpture, Geometric Abstraction
By NDA
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Untitled II" is an original piece by NDA made from acrylic on cut wood. This pieces measures 23.75" in diameter.
NDA is a public and gallery artist based out of Philadelphia. Altho...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
"Untitled IV", Acrylic on Wood, Abstract Sculpture, Geometric Abstraction
By NDA
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Untitled IV" is an original piece by NDA made from acrylic on cut wood. This pieces measures 28.5”h x 21.25”w.
NDA is a public and gallery artist based out of Philadelphia. Althoug...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Abstract 3D Wall Hanging Sculpture Brad Howe LA Artist Laser Cut Steel Pop Art
By Brad Howe
Located in Surfside, FL
Letters and numbers cut from a sheet of brushed steel. Hand signed and dated
Brad Howe (born 1959) is an American sculptor from California. His work has been exhibited domestically and internationally. This is done in a bold and colorful Pop Art style reminiscent of the work of the Memphis Milano Group.
Brad Howe was born in 1959 in Riverside, California. As a student of International Relations at Stanford University, Howe attended the University of São Paulo to specialize in Literature and Economic History. It was there that he discovered his passion for art and architecture that would eventually lead to his first exhibitions.
He started his career as a sculptor in Brazil, using stainless steel, aluminum and polyurethane. He credits sculptor Alexander Calder as an early influence in his work.
Since then, he has exhibited in over eighteen countries worldwide and his works have been placed in collections in more than 32 countries, including Brazil, Mexico, France, Germany, South Korea and United States.
His work can also be found at various universities including Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston, Temple University in Philadelphia, and UCLA.
Monumental and Public Art have become a major focus of his career. Over the past ten years, he has completed over 30 public projects in 7 different countries. One of his sculptures can be seen in the city of Palo Alto, California. Moreover, as part of the Beverly Hills Centennial Arts of Palm Installation, he designed four sculptures outside the Beverly Hills City Hall, on North Santa Monica Boulevard in Beverly Hills, California. The Crocker Art Museum (Sacramento, California), the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Lancaster Museum of Art and History (Lancaster, California), and the Pasadena Museum of California Art (Pasadena, California) are among the museums holding work by Brad Howe. His work was included in the Arts of Palm exhibition in Beverly Hills, palm trees by prominent artists including Brad Howe, Michael McMillen, Mike Stilkey, Peter Shire, Peter Alexander and Ryan Schmidt.
His studio is actively completing site-specific commissions and installations for cities, universities, museums, and private corporations. Brad Howe also actively participates in group gallery shows with smaller works that serve as models, or maquettes, for his large-scale pieces.
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITS:
On The Road: American Abstraction, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
Properties of Light, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Blur the Lines, Brad Howe and Takashi Murakami, Asian Art Works, Busan, Korea
Brad Howe, Zachary Thornton, Lopez-Herrera, Thomas Punzmann Fine Arts, Frankfurt, Germany
Gary Komarin and Brad Howe, Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland
Color Balance, Marco Casentini and Brad Howe, Melissa Morgan Fine Art...
Category
1990s Pop Art Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Yvette Cohen, 3+2, Triptych_2011_oil, shaped canvas, wood dowel, Minimalist
By Yvette Cohen
Located in Darien, CT
Yvette Cohen’s oil paintings of geometric masses of color on shaped canvas become objects that fluctuate between two and three dimensions, bridging the divide between sculpture and ...
Category
2010s Minimalist Continental US - Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
