Tag: sculpture

Site Spotlight: Kelly Wearstler Launches on 1st Dibs

Kelly Wearstler launched an online storefront on 1st Dibs on Wednesday that includes her a sampling of her Fall 2012 home accessories along with vintage and contemporary pieces. These are 8 of my favorites; I especially love her sculptures.

S H O P P I N G 

1. Marble Bust by Kelly Wearstler • $595

2. Souffle Chair by Kelly Wearstler • price upon request

3. Gold Ball Vase by Kelly Wearstler • $1,125

4. A Steer Horn Club Chair • $6,5003.

5. Serpent Stool by Kelly Wearstler • price upon request

6. A Rare and Early Sofa by Milo Baughman • $8,500

7. A Pair of Sculptural High Back Dining Chairs in Brass • $2,200

ARTmonday: Amanda Barr

On Thursday I saw the below artwork, “Transforming Masses,” on Madewell’s blog and immediately loved it. It’s promoting new works by the artist, Amanda Barr, on view at the Williamsburg outpost of Brooklyn clothing boutique, Bird. The work is  based on her recent trip to Oaxaca, Mexico, where she worked in a printshop on mono prints. There are also landscapes and portraits inspired by a science fiction concept involving fields of gases and minerals and alien bodies that are metamorphosing and diffusing. I love her use of color and the dreamy compositions. To me, “A Foreign Sea” is reminiscent of Chagall. I’ve also included a sampling of some older, more whimsical multimedia pieces at the end.

Transforming Masses

Some Organisms

Mysterious  View

Resting

A Foreign Sea

Clayton Volcano

Bringing Good News

Mr. Squash

Older works from Branch Gallery

Golden Owl

Jesus Jeans

Earth Boulder, Fire Boulder, Sky Boulder

Hippo with Flowerflage

Beached Whale of Nightime

Geyser

ARTmonday: Group Show at Berta Walker

Friday night we went to the opening of a group show at the Berta Walker Gallery in Provincetown.Berta represents some of the best artists in Provincetown, including Paul Resika, Robert Henry, Selina Trieff, Elspeth Halvorsen, and Romolo del Deo. I am excited and proud to say that my mother-in-law, Judyth Honeycutt Katz, had six pieces in the show. Five gorgeously colored pastels of the Truro landscape hung in a group on a wall in the middle gallery, in prominent view. Another was up by the front desk. Two sold on opening night; I’d best hang on to mine! Here is a sampling of some of the pieces I liked best in the show, plus a peek at works in Berta’s office.

Oliver Chaffee

Salvatore Del Deo

Left: Salvatore Del Deo

Left: Robert Henry  |  Right: Romolo Del Deo

Romolo Del Deo

Far left: Paul Resika

Paul Resika

Judyth Honeycutt Katz

Judyth Honeycutt Katz

Left: Robert Henry  |  Center: Selena Trieff  | Right: Judyth Honeycutt Katz

Penelope Jencks

Far left: Selina Trieff  | Center top: William Fitts

Sky Power

Erna Patroll

Left: Herman Maril  |  Center: Romolo Del Deo  |  Right: Blanche Lazell

Romolo Del Deo

on a shelf in Berta’s office

Center left: Erna Partoll  |  Center right: Elspeth Halvorsen

Left:  Salvatore Fiumara

Romolo Del Deo

Agnes Weinrich

Agnes Weinrich 

Blanche Lazell

sculptures in Berta’s office

Berta Walker

ARTmonday: My Visit to MoMA

Last weekend my husband and I took a jaunt to New York City. The excuse was a fundraiser for Castle Hill, an arts center on the Cape, but we also caught up with old friends and spent the afternoon at MoMA. We hadn’t been in quite a while, and were exhilarated at every turn. Here are 30 highlights. While you’re at it, look back at MoMA in a Minute, which never fails to mesmerize.

Andrew Wyeth, Christina’s World, 1948

Paul Gauguin, Washerwomen, 1888

Pierre Bonnard, The Breakfast Room, 1930-31

Amadeo Modigliani, Reclining Nude, c. 1919

Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night, 1889

Henri Matisse, The Red Studio, 1911

Henri Rousseau, The Dream, 1910

Gustav Klimt, Hope, II, 1907-087

Pablo Picasso, Three Musicians, 1921

Pablo Picasso, The Studio, winter 1927-28

Henri Matisse, The Moroccans, late 1915 and fall 1916

Pablo Picasso, Seated Bather, 1930

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Mark Rothko, No. 10, 1959

Robert Rauschenberg, Bed, 1955

Jackson Pollack, One: Number 31, 1950, 1950

Meret Oppenheim, Object, 1936

Ellsworth Kelly, Running on White, 1959

Lyubov Popova, Painterly Architectonic, 1917

Hannah Wilke, Ponder-r-rosa 4, White Plains, Yellow Rocks, 1975

Constantin Brancusi
The Cock, 1924    |  Mlle Pogany, 1913

Jasper Johns, Target with Four Faces,1955

Piet Mondrian, Broadway Boogie Woogie, 1942-43

Josef Albers, Homage to the Square: Two Whites Between Two Yellows, 1958

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Tom Wesselmann, Great American Nude, 2, 1961

Richard Hamilton, Pin-up, 1961

John McCracken, The Absolutely Naked Fragrance, 1967
Donald Judd, Untitled, 1968

Get the Look: 34 (Mostly) Modern Sculptures

Bronze sculptures are expensive, modern or new, but there are examples of vintage and contemporary pieces in other mediums, like wood and ceramic, that are well within reach. I love the well-above-my-price-range biomorphic bronze by Antoine Poncet, as well as Kelly Wearstler’s cheeky legs. And the Finnish sheep in smooth black wood is adorable.

S H O P P I N G
‘Crystal Angel’ by Martti Rytkönen for Orrefors, $125 at Unica.
C. Jere Sputnik in Polished Chrome, $99 at Jonathan Adler.
Porcelain Skull by Nymphenburg, $439 at Unica.
Brass Knot, $1,495 at Kelly Wearstler.
‘Totemic Dreams’ with Bronze and Shino Glaze by Victoria Shaw.
‘Pointing Figure’ by Bernard Meadows, 1967, $10,000-$15,000, Sotheby’s
Bronze Legs, $1,495 at Kelly Wearstler.
Black Wood Ram by Aarikka Finland, approx. $615 at Aarikka.
Teak Fish Sculpture by Mike Morgenroth,1979, $24 at Abodeon.
Smolten Mirror by Cmmnwlth, $4,000 at Matter.
Vitra Miniature Wiggle Chair by Frank Gehry, 1972, $130 at MoMA Store.
‘Construction of My Heart’  in Alabaster, $4,500 at Arlene Angard.
Green Laminated Milled Acrylic by Phillip Low, $750 at Moss.
Puppy Abstract by Eero Aarnio for Magis, $147 at Nova68.
Nobuho Miya Iron Birds, $120 at Abodeon.
Briciole Sculpture/Divider by Paola Navone for Riva 1920 at Unica.
Resin Bottles by Constantin & Laurene Leon Boym, $55 at The Future Perfect.
Unglazed Abstract, 1952 by William August Hoffman, $2,500 at Assemblage.
Sputnik by Tony Duquette, c.1960, at Lamberty, 1st Dibs.
Primary Color Cubist Sculpture by Adolf Odorfer, 1971, $8,000 at design/one.
Biomorphic Bronze by Antoine Poncet, late‘50s, $12,800 at Sam Kaufman.
‘Minhir’ by Hans van De Bovenkamp, 2009, $16,000 at Lon Hamaekers.
Kostick Bronze Star, $160 at Abodeon.
Multicolor Acrylic Shapes by Vasa Mihich, $950-$1850 at Galere, 1st Dibs.
Primitive Style African Sculpture, $800 on eBay.
‘Small Boxes #4’ by Mike Wright at Williams McCall Gallery.
Reclaimed Wood Sculpture, $99.95 at Crate & Barrel.
Black Rib Cage in Porcelain By Celia Nkala for Perception Park.
African Fertility Figures, Sierra Leone, 20th c., $5,400 each at Wyeth.
‘The Alexander,’ Stabile, $75 at Nova68.
Wood ‘Ascension,’ by Autin Wright, 2011, bid $6,500 at Grounds for Sculpture.
Brass Salvador Orb Brass Bibelots on Marble, $225 at Jonathan Adler.
‘Some Cords are Feathers’ Bronze by Romolo del Deo.
‘Tangle’ in Chrome by Richard X. Zawitz, 1981, $35 at MoMA Store.