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Patricia III by Nando Kallweit. Tall, elegant bronze sculpture of human figure.
Located in Coltishall, GB
Patricia III is a tall, elegant bronze sculpture of a human figure.
Nando Kallweit is a German sculptor working in bronze and oak. Kallweit carves the original piece from a piece...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sculpture "Kootook" Recycled Natural Wood Sand Cast Aluminium Garden Ornament
Located in Benahavis, ES
The modern Wood Sculpture " Kootook ” is a unique piece made from a burnout mold by David Marshall in 2021, sand cast in aluminium, mounted on raw wood, in our foundry, handcrafted b...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel
“Dreaming of her”
Located in Warren, NJ
This is an Markus Pierson Dreaming of Her Sculpture Wood Sculpturer 1987 48 inches tall 50 made. Measures 48x12. In good condition
Category
1990s Sculptures
Materials
Oil
Sleeping Nude Large Wall Art
By Frank Gallo
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Sleeping Nude
Large cast handmade paper, artist signed AP 10/20, 1981
62x52x5.5 wood, linen and lucite box frame.
Stunning art wall sculpture by Fran...
Category
1980s Modern Nude Sculptures
Materials
Lucite, Handmade Paper
"DALL·E 2023-04-23 11.28.12 24x24" Large red and yellow textured, patterned rug
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "DALL·E 2023-04-23 11.28.12 24x24" is a crafted original piece by Tuft the World as part of the inaugural collection of TTW Editions. This piece measures 43"h x 66"...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wool
Large Limited Edition Rusted Steel Wall Mounted Sculpture "Flasher"
By Uwe Pfaff
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A life size, rusted steel sculpture, edition 3/5. This sculpture is wall-mounted and is hung on a wall as a painting would be hung. It stands about 20mm away from the wall, creating...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Wishbone 1, Amagansett, NY, 2021
Located in Hudson, NY
ABOUT
This wishbone is charred white oak with a tinted aqua resin base.
“There’s no color in my work,” says Shlafer, “I either burn it, bleach it, or leave it alone.” Shlafer’s sculptures are designed with rudimentary material such as pine, oak, and spruce salvaged as driftwood on the Eastern end of Long Island. The artist started this body of work during the pandemic after he stumbled upon the charming discoveries while traveling on foot by the coastline. Always a wayfarer at heart, he drew inspiration from his youth of traveling on a motorcycle through Southern Africa and seeing indigenous art made from ordinary earth objects within local villages.
“Wishbone 1” a 5 Foot sculpture, charred white oak with a tinted aqua resin base that reflects an omen of resilience and hardiness in light of the hardships of the past pandemic year, In another “Tune” a bleached spruce fence post narrowed into a tuning fork shape with a slate base. It welcomes a ceremonial vibe. “At the end of the day, that’s the energy we all crave,” says Shlafer, “who doesn’t respond to that?”
“Mushroom #3” a charred white oak sculpture that is versatile in design so it can act as an end table or a stool. It is masterfully crafted and brings to mind the redwood stools...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Driftwood
Cirrus - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract Sculpture, Mahogany Root, Wood
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Mahogany root
The Ingravidesa Sculpture Alliance is formed by an international group of sculptors and designers who collaborate to create abstract sculpture inspired by nature. They...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
Blue Gilead
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This monumental aluminum sculpture 9 feet tall is a signature Dewart piece. Blue Gilead is painted a vibrant powder coat blue and the word Gilead derives from an African American spi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Paint, Powder Coating
"ROCKSLIDE D.T.’s", Industrial Abstract Sculpture in Metal & Stone
Located in New York, NY
"ROCKSLIDE D.T.’s" by John Van Alstine
Slate, pigmented and sealed steel
The sculpture of John Van Alstine beautifully, and powerfully, balances the union of stone and metal, while ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Slate, Metal, Steel
El Dorado - Sculptural Geometric Abstract Gold Painted Wood Wall Artwork
By Hugo Urrutia
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hugo Urrutia’s “El Dorado”, a striking 46-inch tall by 58-inch wide wall sculpture, seamlessly merges art, architecture, and technology into a dynamic and captivating visual experien...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media, Oil
Check with L, 2006
Located in Atlanta, GA
For sculptor/ painter/ photographer Roberto Santo, art became a way of life when, at age16, he embarked upon an apprenticeship with Bob Peak, the celebra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Good Point
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This original piece by Luke O'Sullivan is made from wood that the artist has silkscreen printed onto with his original drawings and patterns, which he then cut and assembled into a t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Screen
“Visage”
By Bill Mack
Located in Warren, NJ
This is a vintage bill mack sculpture signed and numbered. In good condition measures 43x35x7. Could use a bit of
Category
20th Century Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
"Diary 2", Mixed Media Sculpture Suspended from Ceiling or Wall Mounted Bracket
By John Garrett
Located in St. Louis, MO
John Garrett was raised in southern New Mexico by parents who were both educators. They instilled in him an appreciation for the handmade with their collections of Native American a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Plaster, Wood, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Other Medium
Monument for the 20th Century
Located in PARIS, FR
"Monument for the 20th Century" by David Gerstein is a striking wall sculpture made of metal, composed of three layers that create a dynamic sense of depth and movement. The piece co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Large Bright Green Limited Edition Mild Steel Sculpture "I am the Question"
By Uwe Pfaff
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A life size, powder coated mild steel sculpture, edition 1/7. Available in different colours on request.
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
The Fast The Furious & The Nothing Ducati
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
The Fast The Furious & The Nothing :
Real Racing Ducati 900 motorcycle
Artist signed, title on the back.
Federico Brondi Zumino (UMA) is an Italian artist, born in Genoa on March 24th, 1972.
At the age of five he took his first music lessons in guitar and piano. Federico received his first painting classes from hi mother, Laura De Micheli, the Genoes painter. Upon the age of eleven he began to draw and paint. At the age of 18 he obtained his high school diploma from the Nicolo Barbino artistic High School in Genoa with exemplary marks.
At the age of 19 he devoted himself to the study of piano for many years becoming an excellent composer. At age 21 he attended La Linguistica Academia Delle Belle Arti in Genoa, whose president at the time was the artist Raimondo Sirotti...
Category
2010s Conceptual Abstract Paintings
Materials
Steel
Circle Dance - symmetrical, kinetic stainless steel outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
You are invited to touch and ‘play’ with this engaging new sculpture by Manitoba’s Jake Goertzen. Six rings hand forged from polished stainless-steel sit one inside the other. The rings move...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Cuerpos Magnéticos #2. Wall Sculpture
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cuerpos Magnéticos was born searching for the relationship between nature and our bodies, attraction and rejection. We see rocks, bones, structures, flexibility, spaces, movement, st...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Epoxy Resin
Layered
By Greg Joubert
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Hand carved aspen wood sculpture
torched burnished and painted
Greg Joubert was born in 1977 and raised in the seaside New England town of Hingham, Massachusetts. Joubert gained hi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Large Seated Figure I by Pierre Yermia - contemporary bronze sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Large Seared Figure I (Grande figure assise I) is a large-scale sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia. Bronze, 111 cm × 24 cm × 22 cm. Edition of 8 + 4 A.P. Each cas...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"On Dusk 12" bronze sculptural wall installation of murmuring birds
By Sally Smith
Located in Edgartown, MA
"I live on the coast of a small island in the South Pacific - Waiheke, surrounded by green blue sea and copious amount of sea and bird life. This rich environment influences my work ...
Category
2010s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Conversation Piece (reclining)
By Bobbi Meier
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Paired with "Conversation Piece (erect)" this work was inspired by childhood memories of formal dinner parties in our split-leve...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Other Medium, Wood
Joel Urruty - Swan Lady in White, Sculpture 2024
By Joel Urruty
Located in Greenwich, CT
Medium: Carved wood figure with white lacquer finish, concrete
As an artist I strive to create elegant sculptures that capture the true essence of the subject matter. Form, line and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Concrete
Figura Seduta
Located in Miami, FL
Franco Mauro Franchi was born in Castiglioncello (Livorno) on 9 October 1951.
He completed his artistic studies at the Lucca State Institute of Art and the Academy of Fine Arts in Fl...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Timeless Orbit - Silver Contemporary Aluminum sculpture for Outdoors
By Kuno Vollet
Located in DE
Very large Contemporary powder coated aluminum sculpture for inside or garden outdoor spaces.
Beautiful spiral dancing and intertwining.
This is a large scale outdoor or indoor scul...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Art deco, figurative modern art screen, City at Dusk
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
An absolutely stunning and unique tryptic by the indelible Giancarlo Impiglia; three hinged panels, hand-cut by the artist into an iconic cityscape with life-size figures. Reminiscen...
Category
2010s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
John Van Alstine - Sidewinder
Located in Greenwich, CT
Stone and metal,usually granite or slate and found object steel are central in my sculpture. The interaction of these materials is a major focus. On the most basic level the work is ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Sculptures
Materials
Slate, Steel
Grey Amphora by Pavlína Kvita-Contemporary sculpture, futuristic abstract figure
Located in Paris, FR
Grey Amphora is a glass fiber and reinforced concrete sculpture by Czech contemporary artist Pavlína Kvita, notable for its distinctive surface details—unusual within the artist’s br...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Concrete
Blue, Expanded Metal Tile. Wall Sculpture
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The panel paintings "Expanded Metal Tile Paintings" are the closest to the classic art of painting. Firstly glaze is applied by roller brush and a piece of expanded metal onto a bloc...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
How She Can Dance So Beautifully (Modern Minimalist Abstract Wall Sculpture)
By Dai Ban
Located in Hudson, NY
54 x 15 x 5.5 inches
carved precision board & Venetian plaster
This contemporary, abstract minimalist wall sculpture was made by Japanese artist, Dai Ban in 2017. The elegant minim...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Foam Board
Coast2Coast, Abstract 3D, Original Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan,
Work: Original Artwork,
Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture,
Year: 2022
Style: Contemporary Art,
Subject: Coast 2 Coast,
Size: 36" x 72" x 8'' inch, 9...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"Navigator" Abstract Aluminum Metal Tabletop Sculpture, Orange, Indoor
Located in New York, NY
"Navigator" Tabletop Sculpture by Kevin Barrett
Aluminum, automotive paint
Barrett is noted for creating unique, rhythmic, abstract indoor and outdoor sculpture and wall reliefs.
...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"Notched Wave" water sculpture
By Archie Held
Located in Glen Ellen, CA
"Notched Wave" in stainless steel and bronze is a beautifully minimalist vertical water sculpture. With its own stainless steel water containment, the self-contained fountain is perfect for a contemporary setting indoors or outdoors.
Archie Held...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Stainless Steel
Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Kulaykili', 2008 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
'Kulaykili' is a contemporary abstract cast glass sculpture by David Ruth from his Darfur series. It features painterly brushstroke formations in glass called trails. These trails ar...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Red Bough - figurative, contemporary, powder coated steel, wall sculpture
By Shayne Dark
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The delicate beauty and elegant form of a single tree bough inspired this bright red contemporary wall sculpture by Shayne Dark. The Canadian artist’s dynamic sculptures marry indust...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Escher-Inspired Mobius Strip II by Zadora-Gerlof
Located in New Orleans, LA
Crafted by the famed jeweler and sculptor Andreas von Zadora-Gerlof, this compelling stainless steel and polymer sculpture brings to life the work of the gr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Copper, Stainless Steel
Sylvia Okwui Enwezor - contemporary modern abstract geometric painting relief
By Eliza Kopec
Located in Doetinchem, NL
Sylvia Okwui Enwezor is a unique contemporary modern painting relief by renowned Polish-Dutch artist Eliza Kopec. This painting relief is a typical example of her preferred abstract ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Wood Panel, Acrylic
"Stuck in the Membrane of Illusion" Abstract Relief Sculpture
Located in Soquel, CA
"Stuck in the Membrane of Illusion" Abstract Relief Sculpture by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 20th century).
This unique piece is composed of a variety of materials. Such as: pain...
Category
1990s Outsider Art Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel, Handmade Paper, Glass, Resin
Iphigenie
Located in Atlanta, GA
Jacques LE BESCOND (born in CAEN in 1945) was young when he started to sculpture. He was particularly fond of wood. His encounter with a craftsman w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ian Edwards - Born within Fire - Original Signed Bronze Sculpure
By Ian Edwards
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Ian Edwards - Born within Fire - Original Signed Bronze Sculpure
Dimensions: 160 x 60 x 60 cm
Edition of 12
Edwards’ practice expresses the power and determination of human endeav...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Dance - large, dynamic, abstract, steel, copper, stone, outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Copper burnished in fire, solid brass, piano wires, nylon, aluminum blasted with glass beads and stones—these are the elements used to create Alice Vander Vennen’s elegant new sculpt...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Metal, Brass, Copper, Steel
Taking off the Blinders - contemporary, figurative, suspended steel sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Turkish-born Derya Ozparlak is known for her provocative and uniquely beautiful hand-hammered sculptures. Rendered in fine detail, a steel rendering of horse blinders...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Nature, Abstract Art 3D, Original Glass Wall Sculpture, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan,
Work: Original Artwork,
Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture,
Year: 2024
Style: Contemporary Art,
Subject: Nature,
Size: 65" x 65" x 1'' inch, 165x...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Meteoric Rainbow
By Lyndi Sales
Located in New York, NY
Meteoric Rainbow
2021
Embroidery thread, acrylic and wool on wood
dimensions variable
$300 per stick
Lyndi Sales is an artist based in Cape Town, South A...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Wool, Thread, Plastic, Wood
Tartuffe
Located in Pampilhosa da Serra, PT
Lisbon-based, Miguel Rodrigues is renowed by having developed a highly innovative and personal artistic style: the hyperbaroque. His hyperbaroque sculptures summon the baroque’s conjunction of the transcendental and the ephemeral; playing elegantly with shapes that veer towards abstraction, and that combine organic cuverneality with the fortrights arrangements of modern formalism. The aim is for these works to open up spaces of potentiality and transformation; To use extroversion and introversion to resonate with the possibility of constructing a future reality according to our shared dreams and desires; To ensue that these constructions and convictions are as real and magnificent as anything.
Tartuffe was created in partnership with Mariana Custodio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Baroque Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
UNTITLED, Abstract/Figurative, Black Welded Steel, Cass Corridor Artist, Detroit
Located in Detroit, MI
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The "Untitled" abstract sculpture by Robert Sestok has a very deliberate aura of strength in its columnar shape. It does become more ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
"Head Over Heels II" outdoor bronze sculpture
Located in Glen Ellen, CA
This beautifully patinated bronze sculpture composed of segmented curves sits on a tall stainless steel pedestal.
Frank Morbillo was born in Queens and raised on Long Island, but a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Stainless Steel
Apache Mountain Spirit Dancer 1, bronze sculpture, multicolored patina Goseyun
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Apache Mountain Spirit Dancer 1, bronze sculpture, multicolored patina Goseyun
cast and fabricated bronze sculpture depicting an Apache Mountain Spiri...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Slender - tall, modern, abstract, contemporary, aluminum outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Elegant curves create an imposing sculpture in this new work by Quebec artist Stéphane Langlois. The column, cut and welded out of aluminum narrows as it reaches a spire. The center ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"MAOLA 2" Steel Sculpture 94.5 x 47 x 47 in Edition 1/2 by ILLYA TIGOIS
Located in Culver City, CA
"MAOLA 2" Steel Sculpture 94.5 x 47 x 47 in Edition 1/2 by ILLYA TIGOIS
Medium: steel & stainless steel
The "MAOLA" project is a series of works aimed at allowing the observer to i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Stainless Steel
"STACKED" LOUIS VUITTON SCULPTURE, UNIQUE VERSION Multicolor LV Box BRILLO
By Charles Lutz
Located in Brooklyn, NY
CHARLES LUTZ (AMERICAN, B. 1982)
STACKED (LOUIS VUITTON SCULPTURE) 2008-
Acrylic on canvas with leather and brass fittings over wood in three pieces.
61 x 19 x 24 in. (154.9 x 48.2 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Untitled (Willow)
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Untitled (Willow)" is an abstract stainless steel Post War sculpture by Harry Bertoia in c. 1970. The artwork is 61 x 32 x 32 inches, weighing over 50 lbs.
In Harry Bertoia's oeuv...
Category
20th Century Post-War Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Hope You Don't See Me (Abstract Geometric Wall Sculpture in White and Gray)
By Dai Ban
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract geometric, minimalist wall sculpture in white and grey
Precision board, Venetian Plaster, pigments, and beeswax
Despite it's stone-like appearance, the sculpture weighs abo...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Board, Pigment
Sweet Confection Finale, John Garrett, 2023, Wall Hanging Installation Sculpture
By John Garrett
Located in St. Louis, MO
John Garrett was raised in southern New Mexico by parents who were both educators. They instilled in him an appreciation for the handmade with their collections of Native American a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Earth, Abstract 3D Original Glass Wall Sculpture, Modern Art
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan,
Work: Original Artwork,
Medium: Glass Wall Sculpture,
Year: 2022
Style: Contemporary Art,
Subject: Earth,
Size: 37.5" x 77.5" x 1'' inch, 95x197x3 cm, R...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
BatKong, Richard Orlinski
Located in Porto, 13
Richard Orlinski reinterprets Batman, the pop culture icon, inspired by Zorro and Leonardo da Vinci's flying machines. The sculptor has transformed his Kong into a dark knight with a...
Category
2010s Pop Art Sculptures
Materials
Resin
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