Found Objects Figurative Sculptures

Based in Chicago, IL, contemporary artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites, collages and mixed media works assembled from material fragments of past and present collected in his travels. In his ongoing series of memory jugs, Thompson adorns stoneware vessels with a kaleidoscope of ceramic shards, found objects, and pocket-sized trinkets he collected over the course of his life. Also known as forget-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one who has recently passed. Small tokens and mementos of the deceased are gathered and affixed to the exterior of a jug or vase, an abundance of memories that celebrates a life lived to the fullest. Michael Thompson applies this tradition to his own practice, creating tactile assemblages of this and that. Formed in the manner of collage, each jug honors the lost memories of generations past and his own memories of personally discovering each item. With varied sources for materials including Kyoto, Turkey, and Mexico, a great number of the found shards are 18th and 19th century ceramics...

Teardrop III Sculpture Bronze Human Male Nude Small Art Contemporary Classic Victor Veber is a French sculptor born in 1994 in Lyon. Classically trained and deeply inspired by both ...

Pair, sisal, wool, stilon, 125" x 77", 1989. This large figurative, abstract tapestry was done by textile artist, Lilla Kulka (b. 1946, Krakow, Poland). Artist Statement: "I creat...

RYSZARD PIOTROWSKI (born in 1952) Sculptor. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. His works include intimate, small forms in marble, bronze and silver. He specializes...

Olympiade Danseres Olympian Dancer Bronze Figurative Woman Sculpture Nude Body Jits Bakker was a versatile Dutch artist: sculptor, painter, watercolorist, drawer, glass artist, silv...

A bronze figure with the mythical wings of Icarus. Nando Kallweit's work celebrates the modern human form whilst acknowledging that our individuality is shaped by our heritage. Herit...

Women figure. I 2013, porcelain, h 17,5 cm by Ilona Romule, leading sculptor in Latvia ''Women Figure" in porcelain is a small-scale sculpture that emb...

The sculpture is signed below, inside Tomasz Bielak born in Lublin in 1967. He graduated of The Academy of Fine Arts, Painting and Graphics Design Department in Gdańsk, in 1994....

Lesley Hilling is a self-taught English artist known for her intricate constructions made entirely from salvaged wood and found objects. Her work reflects a deep connection to the pa...

Teardrop II Sculpture Resin Human Male Nude Small Art Contemporary Classic Victor Veber is a French sculptor born in 1994 in Lyon. Classically trained and deeply inspired by both th...

Teardrop II Sculpture Bronze Human Male Nude Small Art Contemporary Classic Victor Veber is a French sculptor born in 1994 in Lyon. Classically trained and deeply inspired by both t...

Lesley Hilling is a self-taught English artist known for her intricate constructions made entirely from salvaged wood and found objects. Her work reflects a deep connection to the pa...