MAX KAUFFMAN

United States

b.1981
I have lived in Denver for the better part of 15 years minus a few in Oakland. While most of my career has been playing out in the West, I’m a Midwest guy at heart, having spent my childhood years in Chicago and my more formative years in South Bend, IN.
As a kid, moving from the city to the rural Midwest, I was immediately drawn to nature, the deep woods, the wetlands. As I got older, my interests grew to include skateboarding and live music.
My early style of painting was heavily influenced by music and its undefinability. Music conveys a mood, but you cannot hold it in your hand. You can’t point to it. I explored this fluidity with my art. To this day, improvisation and the idea of worlds within worlds dictates a number of my pieces.
Architecture factors heavily into my work. As a way to tell a story but also as the basis of things- the walls we form in our minds, the memory of a magic place from childhood, and to look at heritage. Using a mental and emotional map of events, objects and places I create images to the best of my recollection. They appear more as patterns than a concrete thing.

“Shadow Discipline”
Media: Steel
Size: 16 x 30 x 2 Inches
Year: 2020
Unique – Signed
Price: $1,750
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“Elevators (Me & You)”
Media: Latex on found wood
Size: 13 x 30 x 2 Inches
Year: 2020
Signed
Price: $1,750
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“Cabin”
Media: Bronze and steel support
Size: 6 x 6 x 5 Inches
Year: 2020
Signed
Price: $1,200
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“Stack of Things to Come”
Media: Mixed media on found antique wood
Size: 6 x 8 x 3 Inches
Year: 2020
Signed
Price: $475
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“Skeumorph”
Media: Mixed media on found antique wood
Size: 6 x 8 x 3 Inches
Year: 2020
Signed
Price: $475
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“Nesteroo”
Media: Pen, pencil and crayon on RIVES BFK paper
Size: 7.5 x 11 Inches
Year: 2021
Signed
Price: $225
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“Garden Cup”
Media: Pen gouache on found paper
Size: 5 x 9 Inches
Year: 2021
Signed
Price: $100
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“Caw”
Media: Bronze
Size: 3.5 w x 6 t x 1 h Inches
Year: 2020
Signed
Price: $275
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“Gopekli”
Media: Latex and enamel on used spray paint can
Size: 2.7 w x 7.2 t Inches
Year: 2020
Signed
Price: $125
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“The Comfort Of Home The Freedom OF Flight”
Media: 95 pages – Full color
Size: 5.5 x 8.5 Inches
Year: 2020
500 Made / Only 5 available – Signed
A selection of images and interviews
Price: $20
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“Floater”
Media: Bronze, paint and wood
Size: 10 x 10 x 3 Inches
Year: 2019
Signed
Price: $750
SOLD

“From Russia With Snub”
Media: Spray paint and gouache on paper
Size: 16 x 16 Inches – Framed 20 x 20 Inches
Year: 2019
Signed & Dated: Yes
Price: $750
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“Cloud Tape”
Media: Bronze and paint
Size: 8.5″ Tall with 3.5″ x 3.5″ Base
Year: 2019
Signed
Price: $350
SOLD

“Perchmate”
Media: Bronze and paint
Size: 5 x 4.5 x 3 Inches
Year: 2019
Signed
Price: $400
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