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Wall sculpture of frog on branch: 'Frog'
By Ivy Naté
Located in New York, NY
Ivy Naté uses universally recognizable objects in non-traditional ways. She creates both large-scale installations and smaller works. Yet, each express Ivy’s captivation with raw hum...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
My trembling heart (pink) - figurative sculpture
By Tal Nehoray
Located in New York, NY
The heart, just at the size of a fist, is the first and last to beat.
But the real question is - what happens in between? What trembles our hearts?
This new sculpture by Tal Nehora...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Girl on a Buick Painting on Metal Cut Out Sculpture Wall Hanging
Located in Surfside, FL
Seymour Chwast, B. 1931, American, 'Girl on a Buick', Painted Sheet Metal. A label on the reverse reads: "Seymour Chwast, 'Girl on a Buick', Metal Cut-Out, $2,000" Provenance: Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent CT
Seymour Chwast (born August 18, 1931) is an American graphic designer, illustrator, and type designer.
Chwast was born in Bronx, New York, and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Cooper Union in 1951. With Milton Glaser, Edward Sorel, and Reynold Ruffins, he founded Push Pin Studios in 1954. Often referred to as "the left-handed designer," Chwast's unique graphic design melded social commentary and a distinctive style of illustration. Today, he continues to work and is principal at The Pushpin Group, Inc. in New York City.
In 1979, he was hired by McDonald's to design on the first box for their Happy Meals. He is the font designer of Chwast Buffalo, Fofucha, Loose Caboose NF, and Weedy Beasties NF. He is a member of Alliance Graphique International (AGI). In the pantheon of American (nay, world) illustration, he stands, albeit slightly shorter and a little more rumpled, beside N.C. Wyeth, J. C. Leyendecker, and Normal Rockwell...
Category
20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Metal
Sisyphus
By Joe Brubaker
Located in Mill Valley, CA
Carved and painted pine figure, electric motor, steel base, kinetic sculpture.
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
"Cuba Salsa" contemporary bronze floor sculpture figurative girl salsa dancing
Located in Kowloon, Hong Kong
Cuba Salsa is a bronze sculpture with green patina, it is connected to a steel base. The edition size is 7. The sculpture will be shipped in wood crate to render maximum protection d...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Feather
By Allison Frey
Located in Buffalo, NY
A functional sculpture (Bench and Planter) created with black walnut, bent italian maple and black walnut veneer.
This work was part of a recent pop up exhibition The Dreamer Who Dr...
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Phylax by Kostis Georgiou - Figurative Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Aluminum sculpture
54 x 25 x 16 cm
Born in Thessaloniki, Greece, Kostis Georgiou studied stage scenery in Florence (1981-1982), painting and sculpture in the School of Fine Arts, Athens (1982-1986) with Dimitris Mitaras and Dimosthenis Kokinidis, as well as at the Royal College of Fine Arts, London (1985-1986) with Peter de Francia...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Other Medium
Table Brush & brunch, ed. XXI/XLV
By Arman
Located in PARIS, FR
Arman was an American-French artist best known for his unique style of found-object sculpture. Inspired by the philosophies and aesthetics of Dadaism, the artist gathered forks, inst...
Category
Early 2000s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plexiglass, Acrylic
Talk To You Later
Located in New York, NY
TTYL, 2017
Neon, transformer
68 x 30 in (173 x 72 cm).
Edition 1 of 3
:= (equal by definition) is a body of works that explores in a whimsical way, how language is formed, transf...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Neon Light
Tall Sculpture in Aluminum by Jacques Jarrige “Angel #18”
Located in New York, NY
A tall sculpture by Jacques Jarrige. Formed with a strip of aluminum, split and hand hammered the sculpture retains the gesture of the sculptor.
Set in an oak base.
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Large Nike Torso-Bronze Sculpture Ed. 1/6
Located in Zug, CH
Hermann Rastorfer was a draftsman, painter, sculptor, illustrator, ceramist, designer, poster artist, developer of advertising concepts and communication campaigns, inventor, and architect. He began as a typesetter in Salzburg. In the mid-1950s, he moved to Germany, where he soon founded his own studio for graphic design and advertising. His goal was always to give each product a distinctive, highly recognizable appearance. He designed his own design line for the German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim, artistic cover images for numerous paperbacks from renowned publishers, and packaging for well-known products such as Ferrero Küsschen, Mon Chéri, Martell cognac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"China Maze Doll" Lia Cook, Contemporary Figurative Tapestry
By Lia Cook
Located in Wilton, CT
"China Maze Doll", woven cotton & rayon, 72 x 51", 2008.
California-based American fiber artist, Lia Cook's (b. 1942) work "A-Maze Doll", was awarded a Gold Medal at the 5th Interna...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Tapestry, Thread, Mixed Media
Wonder Woman Times Ten
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
Elf King
By Joe Brubaker
Located in Mill Valley, CA
Mixed-media figurative sculpture made of Alaskan cedar, found metal, semi-precious gemstone, and steel.
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
"Ether" Wall Sculpture 43 x 31.5 x 2 in Ed. 1/5 by ILLYA TIGOIS
Located in Culver City, CA
"Ether" Wall Sculpture 43 x 31.5 x 2 in Ed. 1/5 by ILLYA TIGOIS
Medium: steel & acrylic paint (varnish)
“Amorphous structures” - it's a series of works about emotions, associations...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Stockings in the Air
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sensual bronze sculpture.
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze sculpture “Painted Man”
By Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
Frank Arnold is thought by many to be one of the foremost abstract figurative painters and sculptors of our time. He is a living master whose work is considered to be both personal a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Fiber Wall Sculpture: 'Halo'
Located in New York, NY
Federica Patera and Andrea Sbra Perego, namely tying literature and art with a thread.
Their collaboration combines the experiences of both in a common work, with the intention of being a bridge, a confluence of the two disciplines.
The duo was officially born in 2017 with the RAR project, which focuses on the value of the analogy in literature. At the heart of their investigation is the dynamic that leads reading to become writing, and other way the user to become a creator, a maker, mixing roles.
The exchange that is established guarantees the transmission, that it goes beyond repetition and finds its completion in transformation. The eternity of an experience, whatever it is (physical, material, emotional, intellectual), is measured by its capacity to be an eternal breeding ground for discovery and knowledge.
Their work was exhibited in solo shows by art galleries, such as Raffaella De Chirico Contemporary Art in Turin and Manuel Zoia Gallery in Milan, and in Art Fair such as ArtVerona and WOP in Lugano (CH). In 2021, they were finalists in the Cramum Award. Between October 2022 and January 2023, they took part in the World Textile Biennale – Italian Act, a series of three exhibitions curated by Barbara Pavan. In January 2023 they attended their first group show in New York at the Ivy Brown...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wire
LIMINAL STATE Clear quartz crystals, aluminium sculpture
Located in Naples, Florida
The sculpture is patinated bronze with naturally occurring amethyst crystals.
Unique edition.
Half torso.
The cementitious pedestal base is unique and hand-made in the artists studio under the watchful eyes of the artist.
The artist is James Edward Lomax who is English in his early 30’s who is internationally recognized for his prodigious talent and individuality
He studied art in Cornwall in the Southwest of England, where he specialized in sculpture. His prodigious talent was soon recognized, and he developed his own unique and exquisite approach to sculpting. He is currently based in Bali, Indonesia where he continues to experiment with different natural materials creating mystical sculptures for his many international collectors. He has exhibited at the Royal Horticultural Show in London for many years and is represented at The Englishman Fine Art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Daniel
By Joe Brubaker
Located in Mill Valley, CA
The wooden carved figures of Joe Brubaker echo sources of inspiration from Spanish colonial Santos and retablo objects to Egyptian tomb figure and Buddhist stone...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
"Ex Nihilo Fragment 7", Frederick Hart, Bronze Sculpture, Woman Figure
Located in Dallas, TX
Ex Nihilo Fragment 7 is a detail from the full-scale plaster from the final stone sculpture of Ex Nihilo, commissioned as part of the Creation Sculptures at Washington National Cathe...
Category
Early 2000s American Impressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Orpheus Bronze Sculpture Contemporary Classic Mythology
By Margot Homan
Located in Utrecht, NL
Orpheus Bronze Sculpture Contemporary Classic Mythology. Size is including pedestal.
The sculptures of Margot Homan (1956, Oss) show a perfect command...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
"Man with Cup, " Painted Ceramic Figure
Located in Chicago, IL
Although this whimsical sculpture by Allan Winkler has the look of outsider art, this ceramic work stems from the art school-trained artist’s interest in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Acrylic
Amazone Bronze Sculpture Horse Animal In Stock
By Theo Mackaay
Located in Utrecht, NL
Amazone Bronze Sculpture Horse Animal In Stock
Theo Mackaay (1950)
Mackaay works with recognizable shape:: women, men and animals, with a pointer at the primal form. Archetypal mot...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Linda Stein, Knight of the Book 526 - Contemporary Mixed Media Metal Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Knight of the Book 526 from Linda Stein’s Knights of Protection series functions both as a defender in battle and a symbol of pacifism. The series references popular and religious i...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Metal
'Art Column (ART DBG)' original signed ceramic sculpture toy blocks pop art
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Art Column (ART DBG)' is an original signed ceramic sculpture by Robin Campo. It is a rare and early example of the artist's fanciful work, made only a year after he earned his Master of Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and while he was developing his reputation through local galleries. Campo is here working in the later traditions of pop art by using the ceramic medium for trompe l'oeil effect: the sculpture is made to look like an oversize stack of toy wood...
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze
Georgian Contemporary Sculpture by Erekle Tsuladze - Puma
Located in Paris, IDF
Artificial stone & aluminium
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
"Big Mochi" Large Contemporary Handmade Sculpture
By Spencer Hansen
Located in Houston, TX
Part of his Strangers series, Spencer Hansen's large fanciful sculpture is made of Mongolian sheep fur, recycled teak wood, brass, and wire. Mochi is able to stand up on his own with...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Wire
Onward
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Vinyl and Aluminum
Sculptor William King is widely renowned for his signature flattened and stilt-legged figures, gesturing dramatically. Humorous and rife with social commentary, h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
"Man", Large Abstract Welded Steel Sculpture, Figurative, Metal, Outdoor
Located in New York, NY
"Man" by Isobel Folb Sokolow
Welded steel, found metal, automotive metal, welding rod
Sokolow directly welds found metals creating both purely abstract and abstract figurative indoo...
Category
1970s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel
'Flamingo' original Shona springstone sculpture signed by Brian Nehumba
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Flamingo' is an original springstone sculpture signed by the Zimbabwean artist Brian Nehumba. Brian was trained in the Shona stone carving tradi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Coolhand Luke, 50" high Bronze
Located in Loveland, CO
Coolhand Luke by JaneDeDecker
Figurative Sculpture
A young child dressed up in cowboy attire
50x25x16" ed/31 (few remain)
Comes with Sandstone Base as pictured in first photo.
ABOU...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone, Bronze
Jules Verne as a Little Boy
Located in Pasadena, CA
Sculpture - original.
Born in 1960 in a family of artists collecting the bronzes of the Italian Renaissance, sculpture has always been part of the environment of Elisabeth Cibot. Sh...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Linda Stein, Tough Love 683 - Contemporary Mixed Media Fashion Leather Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Tough Love 683 - Contemporary Mixed Media Fashion Leather Sculpture
Tough Love 683 is from Linda Stein's Body-Swapping Armor series. These wearable sculptures are ambig...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Eléphants en équilibre h cm 200
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 12 copies ( 8 + 4 P.A )
Artwork signed
Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the gallery
Invoice from the gallery
Sculpture: bronze, metal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Sotheby's Contemporary Art Part II
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
Rare Kinetic Italian Bronze sculpture, with Black patin "Stella del Sud"
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Kinetic bronze sculpture.
Gianfranco Meggiato was born on August 26, 1963 in Venice, where he studied stone, bronze, wood and ceramics sculpture at the Istituto Statale d’Arte.
At t...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Nailed it series No.163
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic paint, textiles and metal on wooden panel, ed. 1/3
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"Queen Bee Standing", Abstract, Steel Metal Sculpture by Isobel Folb Sokolow
Located in New York, NY
"Queen Bee Standing" by Isobel Folb Sokolow
Welded, found metal and automotive steel
Sokolow creates both abstract and figurative metal sculpture for indoor display.
Organic, Abstr...
Category
1990s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Metal
This Way Through
Located in Belfast, GB
The artwork This way Through is Bronze with a steel base. It is Unique from a series.
"I never limit myself to one subject or style of work and can never say where the work will go next, which makes it exciting for myself and I hope for the viewer. I like the fact that bronze is so permanent, a bronze sculpture is going to be around forever." - Pollock (2019)
Dublin born sculptor Ian Pollock is primarily a self-taught artist who has spent his career working in the Cast Foundry in the Liberties area of Dublin. Working exclusively in bronze, Pollock has worked with art ever since he was a young child. His work is a three dimensional diary of his daily existence. His bronzes are cast using a 'cire perdue' (lost wax) method in ceramic shell moulds. In the pursuit of excellence, he has compiled meticulous craftsmanship in the medium of bronze sculpture.
Inspiration for his sculptures comes from aspects of daily life, Pollock sees his work 'as a three dimensional diary' of his life; "I never limit myself to one subject or style of work and can never say where the work will go next, which makes it exciting for myself and I hope for the viewer. I like the fact that bronze is so permanent, a bronze sculpture is going to be around forever".
Pollock has exhibited and sold his work throughout Ireland and the UK; including the Oireachtas, RHA, and the RUA (where he won the Mullan Prize for sculpture in 2003).
Pollock's work can be found in the collections of the Office of Public Works and University College Dublin, as well as many private collections in Europe and the USA. Large commissions include an eleven foot flight of birds for Largy College in Clones, Co. Monaghan, along with many life size private commissions.
Pollock continues to exhibit with Gormleys Gallery...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Practice 'Take 18'
Located in Milano, MI
Sculpture, ballerina by Folkert de Jong
Category
2010s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Polyurethane
"Time Unfolding" Abstract Sculpture 85" x 31.5" inch by Karim Abd Elmalak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Time Unfolding" Abstract Sculpture 85" x 31.5" inch by Karim Abd Elmalak
Karim Abdel Malak's layered multi-media works are influenced by the old masters.
Abdel Malak textured oils...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Iron, Wire
Cloned Bulldog with pet bottle.
Located in Malmo, SE
Original sculpture 8 ex.
Acquired directly from the artist.
William Sweetlove, born in Ostend, Belgium, in 1949, unites dadaism with surrealism and pop art in humoristic sculptures...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Polyurethane
Life's A Beach Patinated Bronze Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Live's A Beach 2020
Patinated bronze, high grade automotive paint on a black granite 1 of 1 only.
Randi Grantham was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nev...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Bronze
"Lion Face" 2023
Located in New York, NY
Anneke Bogardus "Lion Face" 2023
Entirely hand sculpted. Raku fired. Finished With touches of Oil paint, Pencil, and Acrylic.
67” around, 8” Off the wall.
Raku firing is an ancie...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Oil, Acrylic, Pencil
Fluff and Tuff
Located in Bozeman, MT
Electric Coffin is coded within art history and ideologies from archetypes of mysticism. We explore found truths from modernity and a personal historical perspective. A process-drive...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Cotton
'Dressed For Tonight' Shona stone sculpture signed by Rangarirai Makunde
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Dressed For Tonight' is an original black serpentine stone sculpture signed by the Zimbabwean artist Rangarirai Makunde. The sculpture presents the figure of a tall and elegant woma...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
CORAL OCEAN
Located in Mexico City, MX
Coral Ocean
"The ideal state is not one in which everyone has access to the same amount of wealth, but in proportion to their contribution to the general wealth." -Henry George
Ma...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Resin, Wood, Acrylic
Abstract Men Large Sculpture Brown Rusted Metal Silver Aluminum Indoor / Outdoor
Located in ALCOY/ALCOI, ES
Tombant el mur
Here some fragments for one of his latest exhibition catalogue
“I think that a work of art should puzzle viewers, make them reflect on the meaning of life” Antoni Tà...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel
Security Knight 646 - Contemporary Mixed Media Armor Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Security Knight 646 from Linda Stein’s Knights of Protection series functions both as a defender in battle and a symbol of pacifism. The series references popular and religious icon...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
La Luna
Located in Greenwich, CT
Figure posed like a crescent moon
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Linda Stein, River Knight 617 - Contemporary Bronze Indoor or Outdoor Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, River Knight 617 - Contemporary Bronze Indoor or Outdoor Sculpture
River Knight 617 is one of Linda Stein's most iconic works. It is from her Knights of Protection ser...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
New York Times Little Women
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
Standing Chief (Knife) by Yoram Wolberger, 2016
Located in Orange, CA
Standing Chief (Knife) by Yoram Wolberger, 2016
Additional information:
Medium: Reinforced cast fiberglass composite and pigmented resin
Dimensions: 84 × 65 × 29 in (213.4 × 165.1 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Fiberglass, Pigment, Resin
Black Guard 633 - Contemporary Mixed Media Armor Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Black Guard 633 from Linda Stein’s Knights of Protection series functions both as a defender in battle and a symbol of pacifism. The series references popular and religious icons such as Wonder Woman, Princess Mononoke and the Buddhist goddess of mercy Kannon, and addresses protection, safety and upstander behavior.
This artwork was exhibited in a group exhibition titled "Beware: Women Working...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Lucite, Wood, Mixed Media
Lewd and Tender, Sculpture by Meghan Smythe, 2014
Located in Orange, CA
Lewd and Tender, Sculpture by Meghan Smythe, 2014
Additional information:
Medium: Ceramic, glaze, epoxy, foam, resin, plasticine
Dimensions: 44 x 24 x 40 inches
Using a traditiona...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze, Resin, Foam
Pinceaux Pastilles
Located in PARIS, FR
Magnificent sculpture by French artist Claude Gilli entitled “Pinceaux Pastilles ” dating from 2010.
Made of wood and acrylic, this work measures 150 cm x 80 cm.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
'History of Pottery, Africa' Ceramic Sculpture
Located in Milwaukee, WI
41x25x10"
Ceramic
Steven Kemenyffy (born 1943) is an American ceramic artist living and working in Pennsylvania. He is most recognized for his contributions to the development of the American ceramic raku tradition. He has served as a Professor of Ceramic Art at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (formerly Edinboro State College) since 1969. He Has retired from teaching, but continues to produce artwork at his home studio in McKean, Pennsylvania. Kemenyffy is often characterized in regard to his contributions to American experimental ceramics of the late 1960s and early 1970s. More specifically, Kemenyffy’s contributions to American raku techniques are often cited. Kemenyffy has stated that his interest in raku came out of practical considerations: “We [Steven and Susan] were doing a variety of workshops in a variety of different media. Raku was always an official way of making pieces in a short period of time…In raku it seems to compress all the firings into one.” Kemenyffy, himself, describes his early work as “Biomorphic forms alluding to old ceramic traditions such as tiles, vases, and containers.” These works were often in excess of six feet tall and many times included mixed media elements. In 1974, Kemenyffy wrote about the work he was producing; “For several years now, my work has dealt with certain formal considerations. Chief among these is using clay in such a way as to crystallize the moment and permanentize the impermanent. These have been among the primary concerns of all potters since the earliest times.” Today, Kemenyffy continues his pursuit of biomorphic imagery and themes. He writes, “Personally I am most challenged by the business of transforming porous organics into porcelain.” For much of Kemenyffy’s career, he has worked in tandem with his wife, Susan Hale Kemenyffy. In 1987 Susan stated about their collaborative works: “Steven is the [sculptor], I am the drawer. These works would not exist if it weren’t for the sculpture; if it weren’t for the clay. The clay entity comes first and my drawings come second.” James Paul Thompson further clarifies this relationship (as observed in 1987): “Steven Kemenyffy uses patterns as a point of departure for his work, while Susan Kemenyffy...
Category
1980s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
