Thomas Mann (American/Louisiana, b. 1947), Self Portrait No. I

1980, sculptural assemblage, comprised of wood, glass, plaster, acrylic, metal, sand and shell, polychrome, and graphite, the posterior ink signed and dated, bracketed for wall display.

19 1/2 x 13 1/2 x 4 in.

Thomas Mann (Tom Mann) is an artist who works in the medium of jewelry and sculpture. The primary design vocabulary which he employs in the making of jewelry objects combines industrial aesthetics and materials with evocative romantic themes and imagery. He calls this design system Techno Romantic. Though it is not the only design mode in which he works, it is the one for which he and his work is best known.

Mann lives and works in New Orleans where he oversees a jewelry design and production studio, a sculpture studio, and gallery. He currently exhibits his jewelry and sculpture with some 250 galleries and stores in the United States and abroad, and at premier craft events nationwide.

Good condition; some minor surface scuffs and marks to the box.