Gwen Samuels

Luxurious Shoe - Mixed Media Shoe Sculpture

2015

Front and Center and all Around 20.0 x 23.0 x 9.0, 3.0 lbs Mixed Media Hand signed by artist Artist's Commentary: "Front and Center and all Around is part of series called: Mind ...

What's Old is New 18.0 x 20.0 x 4.0, 2.0 lbs Mixed Media Hand signed by artist Artist's Commentary: "What’s Old is New is part of series called: Mind Springs that all started wit...

When the Stars Align 10.0 x 13.0 x 5.0, 2.0 lbs Mixed Media Hand signed by artist Artist's Commentary: "When the Stars Align is part of series called: Mind Springs that all start...

Merging Styles and Cultures, Original Contemporary Mixed Media Installation, 2021 Digital images printed on transparency, hand-stitched Utili...

The artistic collaboration of Kelly Bugden + Van Wifvat has produced a thought-provoking body of sculptures, paintings, and constructions. Nature, childhood memories, and everyday archetypes take shape in unexpected combinations of materials. The works emerged as the tactile and visual senses channeled the ritualistic power and materiality of selected artifacts. The resulting objects exist in a space between what they were originally and what they could become. A wheel, for example, is distorted as if seen through a prism. Their collaboration grew out of years of shaping materials into one-of-a-kind objects. Intuitively, the process of creating with their hands took an inward turn. Prism is a travelogue through memories and dreams, yielding abstract forms that capture moments of transformation. Van Wifvat grew up with eight siblings and studied sculpture and environmental design in Minneapolis at MCAD. In 1979, he opened a storefront art gallery to promote the work of local artists. The space featured printed materials—art books, periodicals, fanzines, and postcard’s. Wifvat moved to New York in 1983 to study at the Fashion Institute of Technology and Parsons. In 1987, he co-founded Van Gregory & Norton design studio, specializing in convex mirrors and curtain hardware...

Linda Stein, 1224 - Contemporary Art 3D Mixed Media Fabric Sculptural Collage Linda Stein started her Knights of Protection series after she was forced to evacuate her New York down...

Linda Stein, 1217 - Contemporary Art 3D Mixed Media Fabric Sculptural Collage Linda Stein started her Knights of Protection series after she was forced to evacuate her New York down...

Samuelle Green’s work has always been multidisciplinary. Throughout all her mediums; painting, drawing, sculpture, and installation, there is a common thread of subject matter – that...