Timothy Andrew Kussow

"Inside/Out: Nipple Bucket I, " Mixed Media Sculpture by Timothy Andrew Kussow

1998

"Electro Magie Electro Image" is an original etching and aquatint by Man Ray. This piece depicts a pink magnet with the title written in cursive undernea...

"The Oculist Witness" is a poster by Marcel Duchamp. It features a self-portrait photograph of the artist behind a glass with circular patterns. The photograph has a green tint. 31...

"Cover Jar w/ Rooster" is an original stoneware vase by Ernst Gramatzki. 11 3/4" x 4 1/2" art Ernst Gramatzki is a world renowned artist, sculptor, potter, painter and poet. Some of his work is in the Smithsonian Institute in D.C. as well as in art galleries in both the U.S and Europe. Ernst was born in Koenigsverg, Germany, in the Russian sector near the Baltic Sea. The area is also referred to as Kaliningrad and is the birthplace of philosopher Emanuel Kant. His interest in art is the result of two Hungarian art students taken in as borders by his family following the Hungarian revolution. One, who is still well known throughout Europe, was a potter. "I shared half of the garage with him," said Ernst, who attended the School of Art in Hamburg. It was in 1961 that Ernst immigrated to the United States, taking a position with the Milwaukee Public Museum. He has lived in Rochester for nearly 30 years. Each room of his home is dedicated to a different art form. A room at the top of the stairs is filled with oil paints and multi-paneled works that are still in progress. In the basement, wet clay sits ready to be molded by inspired hands. Ernst still does work for museums, which sometimes directs where he focuses his energy each day. "I try to juggle the things I have to do with the things I want to do," he said. "One is always at the expense of the other. "I like to blow things up that people are too busy to look at," he said of his oil paintings. "You have to sit and look at things. You don't need to name things. That limits people in their imagination and what they would like it to be." An entire painting may be devoted to the stains on the bottom of a coffee mug, or a close-up view of a twig. Ernst said his inspiration can come from anything around him. He found a use for a dried-up grapefruit by using it as a mold for a clay stamp. Nothing, including an old corn cob, is overlooked as an artistic tool. "I dream lots of things. It's like turning on the TV as soon as I hit the sack," he said, working the surface of a clay toad he had sculpted the following day, using a walnut to stamp out some eyes. Most of his pottery takes the form of covered jars, each of which has its own number and entry in a journal that includes a sketch and to whom the piece were sold. The covers of the jars have small bronze sculptures for handles. Recently, Ernst has shifted gears and has been creating dozens of clay bird...

'Calendar Wheel' is an original assemblage by the American artist Charles Berg. Within a divided drawer, Berg has assembled a variety of found objects: metal balls, a clock, a sheet of copper punched with the word 'wind,' a Victorian card of a woman, etc. The artwork takes its name, however, from a transparent 1935 calendar in the lower right. Berg here is following the tradition other artists who specialize in assemblage, including Joseph Cornell, Robert Rauchenberg, and Betye Saar...

This mask was created by an unknown artist from New Guinea. It depicts an elongated face with carved wood and cowry shells for eyes. Mask: 29 x 8 in, incl...

This wood statue, used as a fetish, was created by an unknown Bacongo artist in Zaire. The Kongo people (also Bakongo) are a Bantu ethnic group primarily defined as the speakers of K...

Artist: Arman, French/American (1929 - 2005) Title: Paintbrushes II Year: 1991 Medium: Paintbrushes and Oil Paint in Epoxy Resin Sculpture, Signature and number inscribed Edition: 20...

Artist: Arman, French/American (1929 - 2005) Title: Paintbrushes I Year: 1991 Medium: Paintbrushes and Oil Paint in Epoxy Resin Sculpture, Signature and number inscribed Edition: 20,...

This piece titled "Expecting to Fly" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from 30 repaired chicken eggs, brass, rubber, steel, plastic, and mica. This piece measures app...

After Marcel Duchamp Bicycle Wheel replica from the Philadelphia Museum (estate authorized), 2002 Wheel and painted wood. In original box 11 × 6 1/2 × 3 ...

Cast metal multiple. Signed, titled and numbered 2382/5000. Initialed and numbered 2382/5000 on the printed plastic justification card. Cast by the Mirano Foundry, Venice. Produced b...

Masque de Napoléon sur un Rhinocéros, Sculpture, Dali, Gold, Animals, Bronze Masque mortuaire de Napoléon sur un rhinoceros Ed. 7/8 pcs Bronze with golden patina 32.5 x 30 x 18.5 cm Signed, numbered and foundry's stamp : 7/8 , Valsuani Dalì, Sculpture & Objets, Le dur et le mou, by Robert and Nicolas Descharnes, Eccart, 2004, similar cast illustrated under no.359-361, p.140. Fascinated since his childhood by Vermeer’s painting...