Skip to main content

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.

20
to
316
2,759
2,015
2,772
935
731
348
1,078
Overall Height
to
Overall Width
to
815
763
441
201
114
108
93
69
57
38
22
11
1
2,047
1,179
1,173
669
643
611
475
421
395
326
239
208
202
184
174
159
155
149
143
123
7
1
354
5,554
15
32
59
131
3
97
96
77
68
59
3,445
2,354
1,030
598
583
Style: Contemporary
The Source
Located in Napa, CA
Robert Kvenild took his BA from the UC Santa Cruz and went on to SF State University for his MA. His whimsical, colorful ceramic pieces have been in many solo and group shows through...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Alta Vista
Located in Napa, CA
Robert Kvenild took his BA from the UC Santa Cruz and went on to SF State University for his MA. His whimsical, colorful ceramic pieces have been in many solo and group shows through...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Morning Glory
Located in Napa, CA
Robert Kvenild took his BA from the UC Santa Cruz and went on to SF State University for his MA. His whimsical, colorful ceramic pieces have been in many solo and group shows through...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

China White
Located in Napa, CA
Robert Kvenild took his BA from the UC Santa Cruz and went on to SF State University for his MA. His whimsical, colorful ceramic pieces have been in many solo and group shows through...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Zig Zag
Located in Napa, CA
Robert Kvenild took his BA from the UC Santa Cruz and went on to SF State University for his MA. His whimsical, colorful ceramic pieces have been in many solo and group shows through...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Snowy Plover Sky
Located in Napa, CA
Robert Kvenild took his BA from the UC Santa Cruz and went on to SF State University for his MA. His whimsical, colorful ceramic pieces have been in many solo and group shows through...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Edge op/ed
Located in Napa, CA
Bronze sculpture, op/ed Giuseppe Palumbo's bronze sculptures are textural, warm, spirited works that capture the essence of each being he portrays. His anthropomorphic artworks delv...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Henrietta 1/7
Located in Napa, CA
Bronze sculpture, Edition 1 of 7 Giuseppe Palumbo's bronze sculptures are textural, warm, spirited works that capture the essence of each being he portrays. His anthropomorphic artw...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Ewe Who 1/99
Located in Napa, CA
Bronze sculpture, Edition 1 of 99 Giuseppe Palumbo's bronze sculptures are textural, warm, spirited works that capture the essence of each being he portrays. His anthropomorphic art...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Contemporary Bronze sculpture Ancient Greek Myth 'The Three Fates', figurative
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'The Three Fates' is a stunning contemporary bronze sculpture of an ancient Greek myth by Carl Payne. Beautifully elegant with the three figures. Continuing a successful career in ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Echo
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Echo" is a sculpture made of steel and tin by Deborah Butterfield in 1986. The total dimensions are 26 x 107 x 76 inches. Deborah Butterfield was born the same day as the 75th runn...
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Steel

"En el sueño la vigilia" Dreamscape, nature, leaf, bronze branches installation
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Life can be scary, fast, and discordant. Adulthood, the compilation of myriad experiences, can bury youthful dreams. Alejandra España resists this dark potential, using a common, joy...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"En el sueño la vigilia" Dreamscape, nature, leaf, bronze branches installation
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Life can be scary, fast, and discordant. Adulthood, the compilation of myriad experiences, can bury youthful dreams. Alejandra España resists this dark potential, using a common, joy...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"En el sueño la vigilia" branch, leafs, surreal, dreamlike, figurative sculpture
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Life can be scary, fast, and discordant. Adulthood, the compilation of myriad experiences, can bury youthful dreams. Alejandra España resists this dark potential, using a common, joy...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

White Dance
Located in New York, NY
Marble
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

DO NOT TOUCH (MULTICOLOR)
Located in Aventura, FL
Sculpture made of resin, steel, string and acrylic paint. Original box included. Hand signed and numbered on canvas verso. Certificate of authenticity included. From the edition of ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Steel

''News from Earth'' Bronze Sculpture of Astronaut with a Newspaper
Located in Utrecht, NL
German artist Philipp Liehr first discovered his extraordinary dexterity as a dental technician. He soon perfected this artistically as a cartoonist and during his training as a scul...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

''Superhero Flies'' Unique Wooden Sculpture of a Boy with a Black Cape
Located in Utrecht, NL
German artist Philipp Liehr first discovered his extraordinary dexterity as a dental technician. He soon perfected this artistically as a cartoonist and during his training as a scul...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Deer
Located in Denver, CO
Robin has worked with clay since the age of eleven. Her sculptures have ranged in size from life sized sculptures to the diminutive porcelain pieces. She has been a resident artist a...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Clay, Glaze

Goat II
Located in Denver, CO
Robin has worked with clay since the age of eleven. Her sculptures have ranged in size from life sized sculptures to the diminutive porcelain pieces. She has been a resident artist a...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Clay, Glaze

Armless Deer
Located in Denver, CO
Robin has worked with clay since the age of eleven. Her sculptures have ranged in size from life sized sculptures to the diminutive porcelain pieces. She has been a resident artist a...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Glaze, Clay

Half dolls talk No. 1
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Dana Widawski’s ceramic works can be compared to the form of wild thinking. She transcends genre boundaries and one-sided classifications by repeatedly creating abrupt and unforeseen...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Cancel Culture No 3
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Dana Widawski’s ceramic works can be compared to the form of wild thinking. She transcends genre boundaries and one-sided classifications by repeatedly creating abrupt and unforeseen...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Cancel Culture No 2
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Dana Widawski’s ceramic works can be compared to the form of wild thinking. She transcends genre boundaries and one-sided classifications by repeatedly creating abrupt and unforeseen...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Kalinda
Located in Miami, FL
Mixed Media from artist studio.
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Ex- Narcissus
Located in Ciudad De México, MX
Title: "Ex-Narcissus" Artist: Ben Stenphenson Dimensions: 57 cm (height) x 21 cm (width) x 21 cm (depth) Technique: Raku fired Ceramic with Cobalt Blue Glaze Description: Immerse...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Glaze

Animal Head, Wall Sculpture: 'Fairburn Agate Pantherinae'
Located in New York, NY
Hand-dyed ghost gear netting*, muslin, adhesive, foam, paint, pins, reclaimed copper flashing Recovered Ghost Gear Data: Retrieval Coordinates: 42° 10ʹN 69°52ʹW Retrieval Vessel: F/V Donna Marie (Groundfish Trawler/Scallop Dragger out of Provincetown) Water Depth: approx. 100 fathoms/183 meters/600 feet Source: pre-Magnuson-Stevens Act* foreign, most likely Russian, fishing net 'I am a multidisciplinary artist with a focus on ecofeminism using fiber and mixed media constructions. My materials include hand-dyed commercially fished line and ghost gear, recycled and antique textiles, fabric printed with cyanotype emulsions and found objects. I change the existing surface of recognizable animals by creating a veneer of unexpected color and imagery. This forces the viewer to consider the shape more carefully by visually exploring its new topography. The creation process can be likened to painting with fiber (that has been tinted with hand-mixed dyes) on a three-dimensional canvas. Intense work is spent creating the eyes and ears to convey the emotion of each animal. I look to the work of Joan Mitchell and The Quilters of Gee’s Bend...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Found Objects, Mixed Media

Dreamin'
Located in New Orleans, LA
TONY DAGRADI is an internationally recognized jazz performer, artist, composer, author, and educator. For over three decades he has made his home in New Orleans, performing on tenor ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Paper, Varnish, Found Objects

Over Land And Sea
Located in New Orleans, LA
TONY DAGRADI is an internationally recognized jazz performer, artist, composer, author, and educator. For over three decades he has made his home in New Orleans, performing on tenor ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Paper, Varnish, Found Objects

The suitor
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Guillaume Lachapelle’s work combines the real and the imaginary to create miniature environments and scenarios that showcase connections between humans and their everyday worlds. In ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Paint

Unbreakables (Diptych)
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Guillaume Lachapelle’s work combines the real and the imaginary to create miniature environments and scenarios that showcase connections between humans and their everyday worlds. In ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Paint

zzzzzZzz (sleep peacefully)
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Bullet shells 27 x 24 x 48 cm Edition of 3
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Brass

Mother
Located in Oslo, 03
Black stoneware, silver ink sculpture.
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware, Ink

The woods give comfort II
Located in Oslo, 03
Black stoneware
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Nest
Located in PARIS, FR
Unique piece Created in 2015 38 x 23 x 33 cm " My work investigates the slippery intersection between the digital world and reality. Specifically, I am interested in how we experie...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plywood, Ink, Acrylic

Blackbumian Warbler
Located in PARIS, FR
Unique piece Created in 2015 40 x 28 x 23 cm " My work investigates the slippery intersection between the digital world and reality. Specifically, I am interested in how we experien...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plywood, Ink, Acrylic

Acorn Woopeker
Located in PARIS, FR
Unique piece Created in 2015 28 x 23 x 44 cm " My work investigates the slippery intersection between the digital world and reality. Specifically, I am interested in how we experien...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plywood, Ink, Acrylic

Linda Stein, Slow Curve 352 - Contemporary Mixed Media Metallic Wall Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Slow Curve 352 is from Linda Stein’s Knights of Protection series, which are shield-like forms made of mixed media that hang on the wall. They function simultaneously as defenders in...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Metal

Untitled (Branch)
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Karine Payette was born in 1983 in Montreal, Quebec, where she lives and works. Working primarily with sculpture and installation, she reproduces, for the most part, environments tha...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Pop Art Playful Luck Elephant (Aqua Faux Leather) Christopher Schulz Sculpture
Located in Greenwich, CT
Lucky Elephant (blue) - Artist Proof of 4 Christopher Schulz (b. 1974) works in a variety of mediums to create his sculptures and 2D wall pieces, Schulz seeks to engage the viewer i...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Resin

Made in the Heavens
Located in Miami, FL
A big one of "Made in the Heavens" was exhibited at the Museum La Quadreria, Bologna, Italy, in 2020. True love is from the heavens, so the couple is patinated in blue to reflect thi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Bird In My Head
Located in Istanbul, 34
Bird In My Head Agate and Opal Stone Carving
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Heaven and Earth
Located in New Orleans, LA
TONY DAGRADI is an internationally recognized jazz performer, artist, composer, author, and educator. For over three decades he has made his home in New Orleans, performing on tenor ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Paper, Varnish, Found Objects

A Bone To Pick
Located in New Orleans, LA
TONY DAGRADI is an internationally recognized jazz performer, artist, composer, author, and educator. For over three decades he has made his home in New Orleans, performing on tenor ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Paper, Varnish, Found Objects

Excerpts
Located in New Orleans, LA
TONY DAGRADI is an internationally recognized jazz performer, artist, composer, author, and educator. For over three decades he has made his home in New Orleans, performing on tenor ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Paper, Varnish, Found Objects

A Joyful Noise
Located in New Orleans, LA
TONY DAGRADI is an internationally recognized jazz performer, artist, composer, author, and educator. For over three decades he has made his home in New Orleans, performing on tenor ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Paper, Varnish, Found Objects

Post Position
Located in New Orleans, LA
[Portland, OR b. 1971 - Hunstville, Alabama] Dirk Staschke is a full time studio artist who is best known for his exploration of Dutch Vanitas still life themes in the medium of ce...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

The Structure of an Image
Located in New Orleans, LA
[Portland, OR b. 1971 - Hunstville, Alabama] Dirk Staschke is a full time studio artist who is best known for his exploration of Dutch Vanitas still life themes in the medium of ce...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Contemporary Botanical Flora Textile Embroidery Leaves Natural Earth Collage
Located in Buffalo, NY
Leaves are precisely arranged and intricately embroidered, rendering them earthly and otherwise, fibrous in both a natural and textile sense. Space Between (2017) by Hillary Waters Fayle. Magnolia leaves...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Thread, Organic Material

Contemporary Sculpture Vase Vessel Still Life Flora Dark Metallic Pop Porcelain
Located in Buffalo, NY
Intricate, monochrome florals contrast with the flat, near-abstract twin vases from which they grow, yearning toward one other. “Reaching and Pulling” (2022) by Colleen Toledano. Por...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Coin Cunt XXXVIII
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Coin Cunt XXXVIII" is an original artwork made from kiss-lock coin purses and thread by Suzanna Scott. This piece measures approx. 4"x4", size varies Suzanna Scot...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Thread, Found Objects

Nietzsche - Ceramic Bas-Relief by Maryam Pezeshki - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
Nietzsche is an original modern artwork realized by Maryam Pezeshki in 2022 Ceramic bas-relief. Maryam Pezeshki was born in Tehran on August 18, 1977. SHe began to paint at the age of three. Her first painting was a Pinocchio. Participate in national and international painting competitions and festivals among Asian and Iranian children, winning first prize each time. At the age of ten she participated in a television program entitled "Little Great Artists". At the age of fourteen she won the prize for the best drawing and sculpture among Iranian teenagers, and she enrolled in the artistic high school, continuing to do her first personal exhibitions of sculpture, painting and drawing. From the age of seventeen to nineteen she won the national prize for best sculpture at the youth festival for three consecutive years. At seventeen he enrolled at the University of Art in the graphics sector and at twenty-one he graduated with full marks. In the same year she began studying for the master of graphics and managed to be among the seven students admitted. At the age of twenty-five she finished his studies and won a competition for teaching drawing and sculpture at the University of Art. In the meantime, visit the European and Indian museums...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Acrylic

Greco
Located in Napa, CA
Robert Kvenild took his BA from the UC Santa Cruz and went on to SF State University for his MA. His whimsical, colorful ceramic pieces have been in many solo and group shows through...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Clay

Frida 9/75
Located in Napa, CA
Giuseppe Palumbo’s whimsical, anthropomorphic sculptures delve into the human psyche through irony, wit, and humor. By applying classical techniques to his contemporary subjects, Palumbo’s textured and spirited bronzes embody the essence of each being he portrays. The surprising humanization of common animals urges the viewer to identify with the creatures and forge surprisingly intense emotional connection with the artwork, shattering not only the barriers between viewer and artwork, but between human and beast. In addition to Palumbo’s renowned collection of animals, Palumbo pushes the boundaries of the human experience even further with his exploration of shapes and objects. From small people...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Giraffe "Nap" Bronze 3/8 by Sophie Martin
Located in Pasadena, CA
Lost wax bronze BBC (bronze Breith création 3/8) Animal sculptor Sophie MARTIN creates from inert clay a whole living animal kingdom. She freely observes the animal and captures and...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Spider vase
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Clay work was essential in the development of Mesoamerican cultures, not only for its utilitarian value but also for its sculpture, loaded with symbolism as a mirror of the worldview...
Category

20th Century Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Pigment

Important Hardwoods
Located in New Orleans, LA
Medium: hardcover book, acrylic varnish The Book Of Knowledge (1934) TONY DAGRADI is an internationally recognized jazz performer, artist, composer, author, and educator. For over t...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Paper

Circus Elephant, Polystyrene, Metal, Acrylic Paint, Wall Sculpture
Located in Jerusalem, IL
Circus Elephant , 2022 Polystyrene, wood, aluminum and industrial paints 40 x 35 x 5 cm 16 x 14 x 2 in As an Industrial designer, I was trained to perform the creative act of dete...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

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.

Recently Viewed

View All