John Tracey
Biomorphs 2012-2024
01. Oil, 2021, wax, wood, copper, steel, and metallic pigments, 14 x 24 x 6 inches, $10,000.00
02. Blood, 2022, wax for nickel bronze, 8 x 6 x 6 inches, $12,000.00
03. Cubist Fish, 2023, wax for nickel bronze, 5 x 18 x 5 inches, $12,000.00
04. Biomorph I, 2012, bronze, 11 x 13 x 8 inches, $8800.00
05. Mollusk, 2024, bronze, 5 x 16 x 5 inches, $6800.00
06. Cocoon, 2024, bronze, 6 x 5 x 5 inches, $6000.00
07. Biomorph II, 2012, painted and patinated bronze, 11 x 13 x 8 inches, $8800.00
08. Two-Headed Flyer, 2012, bronze, 5.5 x 2 x 1.5 inches, $2400.00
09. Seal, 2012, bronze, 5.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 inches, $2400.00
10. Burst, 2012, bronze, 5.5 x 2 x 1.5 inches, $2400.00
11. The Animals, 2023, encaustic, metallic pigments, and steel, 13 x 14 x 14 inches, $12,000.00
12. Bird, 2018, wax and metallic pigments for nickel bronze, 16 x 14 x 14 inches, Pedestal: 60 x 22 x 14 inches, $13,000.00
13. Fossil Skeleton, 2024, bronze, 2.5 x 4 x 2 inches, $2400.00
14. New Life Form III, 2024, bronze, 1.5 x 1 x 1 inches, $880.00
15. Rose Bush, 2024, encaustic with bronze, 6 x 4 x 4 inches, $2200.00
16. Bull, 2012, bronze, 1.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 inches, $1600.00
17. New Life Form II, 2024, bronze, 2 x 2 x 1.5 inches, $880.00
18. Forest Floor, 2024, bronze, 1.5 x 2 x 1 inches, $880.00
19. Blossom 2, 2014, bronze, 2.5 x 2 x 2 inches, $1800.00
20. Pointer, 2014, bronze, 3 x 3 x 1.5 inches, $2800.00
21. New Life Form IV, 2024, bronze, 1.5 x 1 x 1 inches, $880.00
22. New Life Form V, 2024, bronze, 1 x 1 x 1 inches, $880.00
23. Crab, 2012, bronze, 2.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 inches, $3200.00
24. Teapot, 2012, bronze, 8 x 5 x 5 inches, $7000.00
25. Obscene Flower, 2012, bronze, 10 x 4.5 x 4.5 inches, $4900.00
26. Flower Head, 2020, bronze and wood, 10 x 4.5 x 4.5 inches, $4900.00
27. Orchid, 2013, bronze, 17 x 4 x 4 inches, $6000.00
28. Flora, 2014, bronze, 3 x 3 x 3 inches, $2800.00
29. Biomorph IV, 2024, bronze, 5 x 12 x 4 inches, $6800.00
30. Biomorph III, 2024, bronze, 5 x 10 x 4 inches, $6800.00
31. New Life Form I, 2014, bronze, 2.75 x 4.5 x 3 inches, $880.00
32. Unidentified Flying Insect, 2013, bronze mounted, 12 x 5 x 5 inches, $4400.00
33. Fauna, 2013, bronze, mounted, 12 x 5 x 5 inches, $4000.00
34. Fox and Hen, 2022, wax and metallic pigments, for nickel bronze, 16 x 16 x 5 inches, $8800.00
35. Blossom I, 2012, bronze, 1.5 x 3 x 1.5 inches, $2400.00
DRAWING
36. Landscape #1, 1/23/2008, ink on paper, 12 x 16.5 inches, Frame: 21.25 x 24.25 inches, $800.00
DRAWING
37. Landscape #3, 2/29/2008, ink on paper, 12 x 16.5 inches, Frame: 21.25 x 24.25 inches, $800.00
38. Hermit, 2013, bronze, 3.5 x 3 x 3 inches, $3600.00
39. Ant, 2013, bronze, 4 x 4 x 11 inches, $5200.00
40. The Misfits, 2018, wax and metallic pigments for nickel bronze with slate base, 22 x 30 x 24 inches, $36,000.00
41. Hummingbird, 2018, nickel bronze, 5 x 24 x 5 inches, $12000.00
DRAWING
42. Landscape #2, 2/19/2008, ink on paper, 17 x 22.5 inches, Frame: 22 x 27.5 inches, $900.00
Biomorphs 2012-2024
February 2024
Perception of form is powerfully influenced by scale in which an object is rendered. In a culture that has achieved impressive technical prowess, the relationship between size and making is no longer a clear one. The choice to work small and nearly without tools, becomes crucial. Making objects with one’s hands, objects that rarely grow beyond the size of those hands can hold, sets up a frank interaction between a material and a thought process. That these objects are small does not restrict their tendency to suggest the monumental or powerful or intricately beautiful. We are perhaps conditioned to see diminutive works as cousin to some larger realization, but by not providing that grand scale, the smallness of the sculpture takes on new importance.
These sculptures are physical records of making that takes place in the mind as much as it does in the hand. In this sense, like automatic writing, the work develops without pretext, according to its own DNA. That these objects reflect forms found in nature is inevitable. When asked, “What do you see?” when looking at an inkblot or looking up at clouds, the tendency of the human mind is to name something recognized or known from nature. The reference and relationship is intrinsic to being human.
Biomorph – a painted, drawn, or sculptured free form or design suggestive in shape of a living organism.
John Tracey
Bio
John Tracey has exhibited for nearly 40 years and is included in many collections: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, The Paine Weber Collection, IBM Corporation, Berkshire Partners LLC, Bain Capital, Greylock Partners. Tracey was nominated in 1989 for the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Biennial Competition, and was a Berkshire Taconic Foundation/The Artist Resource Fund Grant Recipient in 2003. John Tracey received a BFA from School of the Museum of Fine Arts.