Ivy Naté

Concrete sculpture's: 'Family'

2019

Ivy Naté uses universally recognizable objects in non-traditional ways. She creates both large-scale installations and smaller works. Yet, each express Ivy’s captivation with raw hum...

Ivy Naté uses universally recognizable objects in non-traditional ways. She creates both large-scale installations and smaller works. Yet, each express Ivy’s captivation with raw hum...

‘I have created characters since I was a child. I studied painting at the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris, but now I have a preference for sculpture. I do not have an intellectual proc...

Hand-dyed ghost gear netting*, muslin, adhesive, foam, paint, pins, reclaimed copper flashing Recovered Ghost Gear Data: Retrieval Coordinates: 42° 10ʹN 69°52ʹW Retrieval Vessel: F/V Donna Marie (Groundfish Trawler/Scallop Dragger out of Provincetown) Water Depth: approx. 100 fathoms/183 meters/600 feet Source: pre-Magnuson-Stevens Act* foreign, most likely Russian, fishing net 'I am a multidisciplinary artist with a focus on ecofeminism using fiber and mixed media constructions. My materials include hand-dyed commercially fished line and ghost gear, recycled and antique textiles, fabric printed with cyanotype emulsions and found objects. I change the existing surface of recognizable animals by creating a veneer of unexpected color and imagery. This forces the viewer to consider the shape more carefully by visually exploring its new topography. The creation process can be likened to painting with fiber (that has been tinted with hand-mixed dyes) on a three-dimensional canvas. Intense work is spent creating the eyes and ears to convey the emotion of each animal. I look to the work of Joan Mitchell and The Quilters of Gee’s Bend...

Nesting is both a joyous time for birth, comfort, and rest, and a fight for survival from the elements of the natural world. Nature provides beauty and tranquility but also potential...

People have used fingerprints for mark-making since the earliest recorded days of civilization. Yet fingerprints today are far more likely to be used for marking others than for sta...

modern-surreal sculpture, with a wooden base covered in gold leaf. The presence of this observer of the universe transmits peace and fantasy.

Sculpture predominantly in the modernist, surrealist and figurative styles, with a delicate air of a goddess of beauty

Ross Bonfanti Rutty with orange chain, 2015 Concrete, mixed media 11 x 14 x 8 1/4 inches (27.9 x 35.6 x 21 cm)

Ross Bonfanti Chihuahua with pink chain, 2015 Concrete, mixed media

Ross Bonfanti Threads bunny, 2015 Concrete, mixed media 10 1/4 x 5 1/4 x 2 3/4 inches (26 x 13.3 x 7 cm)

Ross Bonfanti Teddy, 2015 Concrete, mixed media 7 x 6 1/4 x 3 inches (17.8 x 15.9 x 7.6 cm)