Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
CONTEMPORARY STYLE
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.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
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Style: Contemporary
Suspended Sculpture of Goat: 'Jersey Devil IV'
Located in New York, NY
Elizabeth Jordan is an artist working primarily in sculpture and whose work uses multiple materials to produce unique, organic forms. In addition to a solo and group shows at Ivy Brown Gallery, she has exhibited at The American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Nassau County Museum of Art, The Cornell Art Museum in Delray Beach, Florida and the New York Artists Equity Gallery. In 2023, she received a 2023 Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts in sculpture, and in 2022 was awarded the Alex J...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Baby- 21st Century wooden sculpture of a Newborn Baby
By Jos de Wit
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Jos de Wit
Baby
40 x 27 x 29 cm
eucalyptus wood
Painted with acrylic paint
Dutch artist Jos de Wit can be seen exclusively in our gallery with his very spe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Smoke, sculpture, by Kerry Green, aluminum, silver, abstract, maquette
By Kerry Green
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Smoke, sculpture, by Kerry Green, aluminum, silver, abstract, maquette
Custom sizes and colors available
Contact the gallery for availability
Since childhood, Kerry Green has alwa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Porcelain Rat Sculpture "Snitch" by Bethany Krull
Located in Buffalo, NY
This exquisite porcelain, hairless, rat sculpture is hand-built without the use of molds by New York artist, Bethany Krull. The super white porcelain is built solid on a system of a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Reflection table figurative
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Reflection A mass-produced plaster bust of JFK faces an anonymous cast Asian female with slightly mirrored gold ecliptic glass between them that reflects t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Gold Leaf
Calypso Bust
Located in New York, NY
White resin bust
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Persian Contemporary Art by Aziz Anzabi - Jump
Located in Paris, IDF
Bronze sculpture
Weight 1400g
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
SIDNEY POITIER: Hollywood Trailblazer Prince! Orig.Swarovski Skull+Base+Crown
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Luctatio Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Marble Stone
Located in Utrecht, NL
Luctatio Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Marble Stone
Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Next to his busy profession as a teacher ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Persian Contemporary Art by Aziz Anzabi - Inside of Me 4
Located in Paris, IDF
Bronze sculpture
Weight 1050g
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Literature II" contemporary bronze table mural sculpture figurative girl book
Located in Kowloon, Hong Kong
Literature II is a bronze sculpture connected to a steel base. The edition size is 25. This sculpture stands on shelf as well as be hung on wall. It captures a girl reading a book an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Bronze
Georgian Contemporary Sculpture by Erekle Tsuladze - Squash
Located in Paris, IDF
Nickel clay
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay
'Grouse' Contemporary Bronze Country Wildlife Bird Sculpture, patinated brown
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Grouse'' is a stunningly elegant Bronze sculpture. Richard Smith conveys so much character in such simple lines, exemplifying a truly wonderful talent. The fantastic richly detailed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Porcelain and Wood Cat Skeleton Marrionette "Resurrection of Fluffy"
Located in Buffalo, NY
This sculptural marionette cat skeleton hangs from an included wall mount which allows the intricate piece to cast beautiful shadows on the wall. The skull is hand sculpted with-out ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Batman Dec #188
By Paul Rousso
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Paul Rousso attended the Cleveland Institute of Art in Ohio and went on to earn his BFA from the California College of the Arts in 1981. In his...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Polystyrene
Persian Contemporary Art by Aziz Anzabi - Inside of Me 3
Located in Paris, IDF
Bronze sculpture
Weight 2220g
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Persian Contemporary Art by Aziz Anzabi - Inside of Me 2
Located in Paris, IDF
Bronze sculpture
Weight 2050g
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Medusa - statuesque hand carved Carrara marble and Italian linden wood sculpture
Located in San Francisco, CA
striking hand carved Carrara marble and linden wood sculpture by contemporary Italian sculptor Lorenzo Vignoli, incorporating classical references and Greek mythology influences
Med...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Marble
Solstice Dark Bronze Ed 1/12 - elegant, female, figurative, bronze sculpture
By Jeremy Guy
Located in Bloomfield, ON
At once both elegant and classic, this superb sculpture is the work of Jeremy Guy. The graceful form of a female figure emerges from the black granite. Guy has long been influenced ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Bronze
Jennifer Lopez aka JLO Portrait tridimensional wall sculpture
Located in Miami Beach, FL
JLO (Wall Sculpture) by Hunter & Gatti
From the series All is Flux
Acrylic tridimensional wall sculpture
Sculpted pigment print on Forex acrylic
39 in. H x 29 in. W x 5 in. D
Inspir...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment, Acrylic
Persian Contemporary Art by Aziz Anzabi - Human in Auction 2
Located in Paris, IDF
Bronze sculpture
Weight 3050g
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Dark Descent
Located in Istanbul, 34
This series consists of bronze casting figures in 5 different postures. The surface can be selected as either copper patina or silver patina. It's actually a deep jump into the unkno...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver, Bronze, Copper
Eternity - Sculpture by Lis Art - 2015
Located in Roma, IT
Eternity is one of the best artworks realized by LisArtventure in 2015.
The work is realized on a worm-eaten wooden tablet. The ancient material testifi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Kids double scoop
Located in New York, NY
This piece consists of porcelain slip-casted and hand rolled cones, intricately topped with slip-casted fetus skulls, cookies, candies and decorated with h...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Persian Contemporary Art by Aziz Anzabi - Inside of Me 1
Located in Paris, IDF
Bronze sculpture
Weight 1950g
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Georgian Contemporary Sculpture by Erekle Tsuladze - Home
Located in Paris, IDF
Glass & nickel bronze
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Contemporary Art by Frédérick Mazoir - Magmatisme 04
Located in Paris, IDF
Forged steel
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Persian Contemporary Art by Aziz Anzabi - Human in Auction 4
Located in Paris, IDF
Bronze sculpture
Weight 3150g
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Riding the Big Gun
Located in Nashville, TN
"Riding the Big Gun" is a mixed media and plywood sculpture from Denise Stewart-Sanabria's award-winning series of free-standing representational figures. The scene depicted took place when a slightly drunk actor wandered into an opening reception Sanabria had at a friend's showroom in Knoxville. Her friend, a concrete and steel fabricator, had made a fake Gatling gun...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Plywood, Charcoal, Pastel, Pencil
Algeo Bronze Nude Male Figure Sculpture Boy Marble Stone - In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Algeo Bronze Nude Male Figure Sculpture Boy Marble Stone - In Stock
Beautiful intimate sculpture of a boy, nude bronze male figure in a grey pat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
New York Times The Love Issue
By Paul Rousso
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Paul Rousso attended the Cleveland Institute of Art in Ohio and went on to earn his BFA from the California College of the Arts in 1981. In his...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Polystyrene
'Mallard' Contemporary Bronze Sculpture of a Duck, Green Wildlife & Nature
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Mallard' is a stunningly elegant Bronze sculpture. Richard Smith conveys so much character in such simple lines, exemplifying a truly wonderful talent. The fantastic richly detailed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
IJsbeer Polar Bear Bronze Sculpture Animal Blue Green Patina In Stock
By Theo Mackaay
Located in Utrecht, NL
IJsbeer Polar Bear Bronze Sculpture Animal Blue Green Patina In Stock
Theo Mackaay (1950) Utrecht, the Netherlands
Mackaay works with recognizable shape:: women, men and animals, w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
House of cards
Located in Montreal, Quebec
The concrete works of David Umemoto stand as studies about volume. At the juncture of sculpture and architecture, these miniature pieces evoke temporary buildings or monuments standi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Cardboard
Rain-2, Bronze Sculpture by Contemporary Indian Artist “In Stock”
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Tushar Kanti Das Roy - Rain-2 - 8.5 x 2 x 3 inches
Bronze Sculpture
About the Artist & his work :
Born : 1968.
Education : He has completed his education from I.C.Art & Craft at Kol...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Contemporary Art by Frédérick Mazoir - Magmatisme 16
Located in Paris, IDF
Forged steel
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
French Contemporary Art by Frédérick Mazoir - Magmatisme 10
Located in Paris, IDF
Forged steel
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
French Contemporary Art by Frédérick Mazoir - Magmatisme 22
Located in Paris, IDF
Forged steel
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Georgian Contemporary Sculpture by Irakli Tsuladze - Swimmer
Located in Paris, IDF
Bronze & marble
Irakli Tsuladze is a Georgian sculptor born in 1973 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. His sculptures present a peculiar unity o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Contemporary Art by Frédérick Mazoir - Magmatisme 17
Located in Paris, IDF
Forged steel
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Grandfather, sculpture by Melanie Yazzie, turquoise, contemporary, Native
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Grandfather, sculpture by Melanie Yazzie, turquoise,contemporary,Native American
limited edition
As a printmaker, painter, and sculptor, my work draws upon my rich Diné heritage. T...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Luna- 21st Century Contemporary Bronze Sculpture
By Marion Visione
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Marion Visione
luna
2/7
bronze
In cm's:
H 55 W 50 D 20 cm
An extremely refined realistic sculptor who translates classic stories into modern forms in his own way.
Marion Visione ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
6
By Peter Olson
Located in New Orleans, LA
[lives & works – Philadelphia, PA ::: b. 1954]
Peter Olson is a Philadelphia-based photographer and ceramicist who creates pieces that chemically and conceptually fuse the two medi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Ceramic, Photographic Film
Inside Out
By Tony Dagradi
Located in New Orleans, LA
Medium: hardcover book, acrylic varnish
TONY DAGRADI is an internationally recognized jazz performer, artist, composer, author, and educator. For over three decades he has made his ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Paper
Eva - Figurative Sculpture Woman Bronze Green Patina
Located in Sofia, BG
"Eva" is a monumental bronze sculpture of a woman.
The bronze is covered with green patina. It is created by the artist Maestro Volodymyr Kochmar.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Flame, sculpture by Kerry Green, abstract, silver, black, indoor, outdoor, contem
By Kerry Green
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Flame, sculpture by Kerry Green, abstract, silver, black, indoor, outdoor
Contact us for additional sizes and colors
Delivery times my be impacted by supply chain issues.
fabricated aluminum, 3 part sculpture limited edition of 100
signed on bottom of base
Since childhood, Kerry Green has always been creative; painting, drawing, sculpting, and sewing. Her family provided her with materials and encouraged her efforts. She literally grew up in her parents’ art galleries, and with them toured the U.S.,
Europe, Mexico, Japan, and New Zealand, seeing museums and visiting artists’ studios. Growing up in Arizona and New Mexico gave her the opportunity to explore the Native reservations there where she has made life-long friendships. Several of her very early influences were Dr. Harry Wood...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
'Togetherness' original stone Shona sculpture signed by Phineas Masaya
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Togetherness' is an original springstone sculpture signed by the Zimbabwean artist Phineas Masaya. The sculpture presents an image of two figures in unity, their bodies together mak...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Goat - Contemporary Mixed Media Animal Sculpture (Red+Green+Brown)
By Yulia Shtern
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Goat" is a wonderfully morbid sculpture created by the Canadian artist Yulia Shtern. This piece is part of her Mini Zoo Series depicting beautifully decaying remnants of species on ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Papier Mâché, Other Medium, Adhesive, Varnish, Found Objects, Mixed Medi...
Georgian Contemporary Sculpture by Erekle Tsuladze - Walk
Located in Paris, IDF
Artificial stone & stainless steel
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Stainless Steel
KAWS Pink BFF vinyl (Pink KAWS BFF Companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Rare KAWS BFF Pink new, unopened in its original packaging.
A well-received work and variation of KAWS’ large scale BFF sculpture is in Los Angeles's Playa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
Georgian Contemporary Sculpture by Irakli Tsuladze - Ancore of Love
Located in Paris, IDF
Bronze & marble
Irakli Tsuladze is a Georgian sculptor born in 1973 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. His sculptures present a peculiar unity of substance and emotions, where...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Think Green, Two Children, Green Patina Bronze Sculpture, "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Subrata Biswas - Think Green - H: 13 Inches x W: 12 Inches X D: 4 Inches
Bronze Sculpture.
Subrata Biswas’s three sculptures ‘Think Green’, ‘Amigo’ and ‘City Bred’ a conscious selec...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Salmon and the Raven
By Clayton Peshlakai
Located in Santa Fe, NM
hand fabricated steel edition 2 of 9
Sculpture size 23.5 x 7 x .75"
with the base is 23.5 x 9.5 x 5"
Clayton Peshlakai was born in the small town of Ft. Defiance, Arizona, on the Navajo Indian Reservation. Although he has no formal art education, Clayton’s involvement in art began at an early age when comic books and graphic novels sparked his interest. A combination of fantastic storytelling and exotic art helped him escape the world he lived in and create a world of his own. He first began drawing with pencil, then pen and ink, eventually incorporating watercolor. He constantly experimented with styles and techniques using watercolor and pen and ink—separately and together—never settling on just one.
In his junior high school wood shop Clayton was exposed to drafting. To him technical drawing was a new form of art. It was rooted in discipline and education—two things he needed when there seemed to be no direction in life. His desire to excel in drafting boosted his grades, and Clayton was invited to attend a college prep high school for “gifted” Native Americans. Here he studied architecture, then went on to the local community college to pursue electrical engineering.
While in college Clayton worked in numerous construction fields to support himself, gaining valuable experience that would benefit him later as a professional artist. Inspired by pipeline construction welders and their ability to manipulate and fuse metal, Clayton’s interest shifted from designing to building. Within a year he became a code-certified welder, obtaining the skills necessary to work with an assortment of metals. Over the next eight years he honed his craft in a variety of industrial fields.
Clayton was introduced to sculpture fabrication in the early 1990s. As a project manager for a small metal art fabrication shop, he worked with artists of various backgrounds, including the late Allan Houser, Dan Namingha, and Bill Barrett, to help create their visions in metal. Art fabrication was a refreshing change from the industrial world and reconnected Clayton with his true passion of working with metals.
As a metal fabricator Clayton was satisfied with the challenges presented to him. But when he was contracted as an artist’s assistant for painter William Debilzan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Composition with Mickey Mouse
By Paul Rousso
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Paul Rousso attended the Cleveland Institute of Art in Ohio and went on to earn his BFA from the California College of the Arts in 1981. In his...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Polystyrene, Mixed Media
STELLAR DIASPORA - Light Emitting Sculpture w/ Carved Walnut and LED Tubes
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
Andy Harding is a sculptor living and working in Nashville, TN. A range of interests from Eastern philosophy to contemporary science inspire and influence his work, but the practical...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Walnut, LED Light, Acrylic
French Contemporary Art by Frédérick Mazoir - Magmatisme 01
Located in Paris, IDF
Forged steel
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Win Win
By Jim Rennert
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 9
Jim Rennert was born in 1958 and was raised in the Southwest United States. Rennert began exhibiting his work in 1993 and has since become an important figure in contemp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Bronze
Historia #1
By Tony Dagradi
Located in New Orleans, LA
Medium: hardcover book, acrylic varnish
TONY DAGRADI is an internationally recognized jazz performer, artist, composer, author, and educator. For over three decades he has made his ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Paper
Contemporary figurative sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary figurative sculptures available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add figurative sculptures created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, red, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including KOBE, Richard MacDonald, Beth Carter, and Evert den Hartog. Frequently made by artists working with Metal, and Bronze and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Contemporary figurative sculptures, so small editions measuring 0.5 inches across are also available.
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