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HOLSTER - Wood Sculpture of Western Style Gun Holster, Hyperrealistic Sculpture
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
HOLSTER is a sculpture by Ray Padrón created in 2021 from painted and carved maple wood. The piece
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Maple

ST. ROPER - Sculpture of White Glove, 3D Scanned and Printed
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
ST.ROPER is a 3D-printed sculpture by Ray Padrón created in 2016. The piece belongs to a series of
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Plastic

BANDANNA - Large Painted Hangable Wood Sculpture, Dark Blue and White
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
BANDANNA is a sculpture by Ray Padrón created in 2021 from painted and carved poplar wood. The
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Poplar, Wood, Acrylic

SUIT JACKET - stained wooden hanging sculpture, brown, carved wood
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
SUIT JACKET is a sculpture by Ray Padrón created in 2019 from burned poplar wood. The piece belongs
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Poplar, Wood

DEGLOVING - Stained Wooden Sculpture of Work Glove
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
DEGLOVING is a sculpture by Ray Padrón created in 2018 from red milled cedar wood. The piece
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Cedar

DAD HAT - Blue Painted Wood Sculpture of Baseball Cap
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
DAD HAT is a sculpture by Ray Padrón created in 2019 from painted and carved soft maple wood. The
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic, Maple, Wood

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LEATHER JACKET - Black stained wood, carved wood sculpture
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
LEATHER JACKET is a sculpture by Ray Padrón created in 2019 from burned and stained yellow pine
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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A Close Look at contemporary Art

Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.

Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.

The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.

Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.

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Finding the Right figurative-sculptures for You

Figurative sculptures mix reality and imagination, with the most common muse being the human body. Animals are also inspirations for these sculptures, along with forms found in nature.

While figurative sculpture dates back over 35,000 years, the term came into popularity in the 20th century to distinguish it from abstract art. It was aligned with the Expressionist movement in that many of its artists portrayed reality but in a nonnaturalistic and emotional way. In the 1940s, Alberto Giacometti — a Swiss-born artist who was interested in African art, Cubism and Surrealism — created now-iconic representational sculptures of the human figure, and after World War II, figurative sculpture as a movement continued to flourish in Europe.

Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon were some of the leading figurative artists during this period. Artists like Jeff Koons and Maurizio Cattelan propelled the evolution of figurative sculpture into the 21st century.

Figurative sculptures can be whimsical, uncanny and beautiful. Their materials range from stone and wood to metal and delicate ceramics. Even in smaller sizes, the sculptures make bold statements. A bronze sculpture by Salvador Dalí enhances a room; a statuesque bull by Jacques Owczarek depicts strength with its broad chest while its thin legs speak of fragility. Figurative sculptures allow viewers to see what is possible when life is reimagined.

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