Hyland Mather (X-O)

"Modus Volito Group 4 (5 pieces)", Original Contemporary Minimalist Sculpture

2024-2026

This free-standing abstract sculpture titled "Modus Volito Series (Untitled 1)" is an original artwork by Hyland Mather made of lost objects and recovered steel. Mather is known to c...

This free-standing abstract sculpture series titled "Modus Volito Group 5 (3 pieces)" is an original artwork by Hyland Mather made of lost objects and recovered steel. Mather is know...

This free-standing abstract sculpture series titled "Modus Volito Group 1 (3 Pieces)" is an original artwork by Hyland Mather made of lost objects and recovered steel. Mather is know...

This free-standing abstract sculpture series titled "Modus Volito Group 3 (3 Pieces)" is an original artwork by Hyland Mather made of lost objects and recovered steel. Mather is know...

Artwork made with birch, pigmented lacquer & MDF Scott Troxel draws on the aesthetics of bygone technology and the forward-looking designs of the Atomic Age and mid-century modernis...

Medium: wood, pigment, 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 ...

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...

My art mirrors natural forms with biomorphic dystopian edges. In the viewer’s mind the shapes are familiarly organic yet there is a tension as one struggles to comprehend the life cy...