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.
Style: Contemporary
Color: Gray
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
Large Limited Edition Mild Steel Sculpture "I am the Blue Sea"
By Uwe Pfaff
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A life size, powder coated mild steel sculpture, edition 2/5. Available in different colours on request.
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Linda Stein, Heroes 591 Contemporary Mixed Media Wonder Woman Colorful Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Heroes 591 - Contemporary Mixed Media Wonder Woman Colorful Sculpture
Linda Stein started her Knights of Protection series after she was forced to evacuate her New York downtown studio for a year post-9/11. Stein’s Knights function both as defenders in battle and symbols of pacifism. The series references popular and religious icons such as Wonder Woman, Princess Mononoke...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Archival Paper, Archival Ink
I Can Sleep There
By Lydia Ricci
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This still life sculpture titled "I Can Sleep There" is an original artwork by Lydia Ricci made of scrap materials. The piece measures 3.5”h by 1.75”w by 2.25”d....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glue, Found Objects
Vliegende uil Flying Owl Polyester Cortensteel Big Bird Sculpture
Located in Utrecht, NL
Vliegende uil Flying Owl Polyester Cortensteel Big Bird Sculpture
Evert den Hartog (born in Groot-Ammers, The Netherlands in 1949) followed his education to be a sculptor at the Rot...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
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
New York Times Sunday Styles with Gigi
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
Cocoa Krispies Fun Size Small #1
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
Mixed Media, Polystyrene
Radiant - silver, abstract human face, steel aircraft cable wall sculpture
By Dale Dunning
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Strands of steel aircraft cable are woven into a silent, glittering mask by sculptor Dale Dunning. Strand ends frame the mask like a radiant, glimmering halo.
Canadian sculptor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Paper space 1
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
Pez Plateado - 21st Century, Contemporary Sculpture, Figurative, Recycling
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Aparici's work is characterized by simplicity, since most of his pieces bring together few elements, resulting in very elegant compositions with simple lines, which together with his...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects
Rapture Pot
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Gourd pot sculpture made of traditional materials of pine needles with beeswax sealant, gourd lined with pine sap, oil paint on applied primed canvas, cotton cloth, feathers, loom be...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Textile, Oil
Déambulatoire no.3
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
Concrete
French Contemporary Art by Frédérick Mazoir - Magmatisme 24
Located in Paris, IDF
Forged steel
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Wall Plate with Snails "Traversing Painted Flowers" by Bethany Krull
Located in Buffalo, NY
This piece was created with a real found snail shell and durable epoxy clay by New York artist, Bethany Krull to traverse the surface of the floral plate. The glistening wet snail f...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Porcelain, Epoxy Resin
Pájaro Pequeño - 21st Century, Contemporary Sculpture, Figurative, Recycling
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Aparici's work is characterized by simplicity, since most of his pieces bring together few elements, resulting in very elegant compositions with simple lines, which together with his...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects
Vrijdag Friday Sculpture Mixed Media Contemporary Fantasy Bird In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Vrijdag Friday Sculpture Mixed Media Contemporary Fantasy Bird In Stock
Corjan Nodelijk is a composer and a professional storyteller. The quirky and surreal creatures - mostly peop...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
House no.09
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
Concrete
"NUMO" Sculptural Lamp 19" x 7" X 6.5" inch by Grigorii Gorkovenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"NUMO" Sculptural Lamp 19" x 7" X 6.5" inch by Grigorii Gorkovenko
MATERIAL: ceramics / foundry work
One lampshade.
Lampshade only.
Wires and lightbulb are not included.
NUMO l...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Solstice 6/50 - elegant, female, figurative, engineered granite sculpture
By Jeremy Guy
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The graceful form of a female figure emerges from hand-chiselled black granite in this classically elegant sculpture by Jeremy Guy. The British artist’s contemporary work has long be...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Granite
Concrete Disclosure
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
Concrete
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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
Woman Wearing Wilting Laurels - edgy, life size, nude, female, wall sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Edgy life size wall sculpture of a nude female torso and head. This sculpture is part of his "trapped" series.
This is edition 2 of 3, available by commission.
Nicholas Crombach (b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
That Interim of Purpose
Located in Dallas, TX
The sculpture is painted cast plaster.
The dimensions are for the painted cast plaster. The black base dimensions are 2 x 10 x 10 inches.
About this body of work:
“Everybody has that feeling when they look at a work of art and it’s right, that sudden familiarity, a sort of...recognition, as though they were creating it themselves, as though it were being created through them while they look at it or listen to it...” ―William Gaddis, "The Recognitions"
“A great deal of my recent work was made during a time when I was reading the great American novel by William Gaddis, "The Recognitions," the most demanding book I’ve ever read. Along the way, I extracted sentence fragments that interested me and I pieced them together to make the titles for the last three years of my work. So, my recent work is linked to Gaddis’ novel through the titles, but also in the theme of “recognition,” which speaks to the nature of my work. I feel my way through various processes until I recognize a possibility―a possibility that is promising in terms of visual dynamics but also in terms of giving a body to some part of my experience. It is my hope that the viewer is compelled to recognize some part of themselves reflected in the work.” —Michael O’Keefe
Michael O’Keefe earned his MFA from SMU and currently teaches at The O’Keefe Studio Center in Richardson, Texas. This sculpture was included in "Recognitions," his fifth solo exhibition at Valley House...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Paint
Carrara Marble QR Code
Located in Miami, FL
Coming from a family with a long artistic tradition. Vincent Du Bois accomplished to synthesize both classical background and comtemporary vision. From...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Marbled Sage (2022), gray concrete abstract face sculpture, metal wire, earthy
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Marbled Sage (2022), gray concrete abstract face sculpture, metal wire, earthy
Biomorphic and earthy yet industrial style wall sculpture, shel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Concrete, Wire
Three Balancing Hearts, sculpture, by Kerry Green, Santa Fe, red, silver, outside
By Kerry Green
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Three Balancing Hearts, sculpture, by Kerry Green, Santa Fe, red, silver, outside
Aluminum with painted surface
limited edition 18
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
French Contemporary Art by Frédérick Mazoir - Magmatisme 25
Located in Paris, IDF
Forged steel
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Eastern Puma - Contemporary Mixed Media Animal Sculpture (Yellow+Red)
By Yulia Shtern
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Eastern Puma" 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 our planet that are currently endangered. An unfortunate truth of our current society that is often forgotten. Shtern creates these beautiful pieces to draw the viewer in and force them to engage with reality head-on. Follow our gallery, or message us for more works by Yulia Shtern and special pricing.
From the artist "My new series of sculptures Magical Zoo observes this calamity through the prism of the wonder and playfulness of the natural world, through the miracle and majesty that is found in each and every animal, big and small, aquatic and land. The medium of the series consists of post mass consumption up-cycled material: paper products, packaging, non-recyclable plastics, fabric leftovers, other items that would have otherwise gone to a landfill. All the color on the finished sculptures comes from swatches of the up-cycled material itself. The only other substance added to the work is the transparent varnish glue. The pieces in the series are produced in an environmentally sustainable manner. Magical Zoo creates its own reality through the dualism of a colorful, whimsical representation of an animal whose habitat has been destroyed by industrial expansion or deforestation. Or an animal that was a hair away from going extinct, or an animal that could be next unless we do something today to stop this tragedy. The element of magic makes it easier to cope with the fact that our planet is dying...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Adhesive, Varnish, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Newsprint, Papier Mâché, ...
Balloon Animals, Collector's Set, Jeff Koons, Porcelain, Art
By Jeff Koons
Located in Zug, CH
Balloon Animals, Collector's Set, Jeff Koons, 21st Century, Contemporary, Porcelain, Sculpture, Decor, Limited Edition, Art
The six iconic Balloon Anim...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Bedazzle
By Rain Harris
Located in Kansas City, MO
Bedazzle
2006
Porcelain, luster, plexiglas, rhinestones, feathers
8" x 8" x 18"
Signed
COA provided
Rain Harris uses her artistry with material to create a conversation between good taste, beauty, and tawdriness. By developing a piece with unrefined materials and bringing it to the point of refinement, she is creating art that asks where good and bad taste meet. This contemporary ceramic piece features a delicate array of porcelain flowers, berries, and leaves mounted on an organically shaped wooden plinth. The light green resin reflects the image of the porcelain bouquet.
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Luster, Porcelain, Plexiglass
French Contemporary Art by Frédérick Mazoir - Magmatisme 10
Located in Paris, IDF
Forged steel
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
“Traveling Landscape, "Golden Interior” Miniature Landscape in Vintage Case
Located in New York, NY
Kathleen Vance, “Traveling Landscape, "Golden Interior” found case, artificial foliage, resin, paint (12.5”x5”x8”) 2022
Kathleen Vance is an environmental artist who creates sculptures and installations that connect people to local aspects of nature that are overlooked or under-appreciated.
Vance received her B.F.A. from Pratt Institute and her M.F.A. from Hunter College in sculpture. She has received numerous grants and awards for her artwork including: a travel grant to research the geo-thermal regions of Iceland, a grant from the Puffin foundation for public sculpture, a development grant from Aljira, Center for Contemporary Art in conjunction with the Creative Capital Foundation, and a grant from the Brooklyn Arts council which aided the development and implementation of an outdoor community based art project in East New York. Ms. Vance was artist in resident in Berlin, Germany, presenting a workshop on environmental arts in connection with the Grunewald Parks Department in Germany.
Her sculptural installations have been featured at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Jacksonville, the Orlando Museum of Art, the Weatherspoon Art Museum, the Peeler Art Center, the Weisman Art Museum, the Brandywine River Museum of Art, the Bruce Museum, the Ellen Noel Art Museum, Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden, the Hillwood Art Museum, VOLTA New York, PULSE New York and Miami, and EXPO Chicago, as well as many private and public institutions. Kathleen Vance has exhibited extensively in New York and internationally and continues to live and work in New York.
Kathleen Vance Artist Statement, “Traveling Landscapes”
With the series “Traveling Landscapes” Vance creates miniature landscapes inside vintage suitcases and trunks...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Paint, Resin, Found Objects
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
Architecture no.4
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
Concrete
Large Stag Head Sculpture: 'A Remembrance'
By Gin Stone
Located in New York, NY
'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...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Bride
By Kat Flyn
Located in New Orleans, LA
assemblage sculpture: old wood mantle clock box refashioned to resemble a Morocco Riad mansion, 6 antique painted skittles pins, antique photo with ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media
“Double Nought”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original aluminum with pierced symbols sculpture by the contemporary artist Gary Kephart. Titled “Double Nought”. Completed in 2020. Signed with the arti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Gorila - 21st Century, Contemporary Sculpture, Figurative, Marble, Iron
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Aparici's work is characterized by simplicity, since most of his pieces bring together few elements, resulting in very elegant compositions with simple lines, which together with his...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Iron
Hollow Mickey (Grey)
Located in Bristol, GB
Cast opaque grey resin
Edition of 500
Numbered on the accompanying box
Excellent condition with faint marks on the nose, ear, the back of the sheet and on the base. The box is in ver...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Cement Totem: 'The Tribe #17'
By Ivy Naté
Located in New York, NY
‘The tribe serves as a sacred narrative of a time passed that I have chosen to birth anew. . Each one of my pieces carries the love of thousands, those who came before us and those w...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Sow Nicolas Kennett 21st Century art Contemporary sculpture terracotta animal
Located in Paris, FR
Unique terracotta sculpture
Signed on the base
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
From the forest, from the sea Nicolas Kennett 21st Century art terracotta stag
Located in Paris, FR
Unique terracotta sculpture
Signed on the base
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Luna #3/30
Located in Napa, CA
Siri Hollander, born in New York, lived most of her childhood in Andalusia, Spain, where the local community revolved around fairs and fiestas. Influenced by a family of artists and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"Witness" (Desert Pronghorn)
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
"Witness (Dessert Pronghorn)" by Heidi Moller Somsen, ceramic, 14 1/2 X 20 in., $2,000.
The desert pronghorn are fascinating creatures, and the only large, plant-eating mammal speci...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Paper Mache and Porcelain "Elephant Topiary" by Bethany Krull
Located in Buffalo, NY
This beautiful soft green paper mache and porcelain elephant topiary sculpture was created by New York artist, Bethany Krull. The pot portion of the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Handmade Paper
Kara the Cobra - Contemporary Snake Sculpture Upcylced Materials (Blue + Gold)
By Yulia Shtern
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Kara" is a beautiful contemporary sculpture created by the Canadian artist Yulia Shtern. Her work depicts beautifully decaying remnants of species on our planet that are currently endangered. Shtern utilizes common household materials such as produce netting and colored cardboards in her up-cycled process to authenticate her message. An unfortunate truth of our current society that is often forgotten. Shtern creates these beautiful pieces to draw the viewer in and force them to engage with reality head-on. This work is eye-catching with a delicate texture and vibrant colors and would brighten up any room.
Artist's Inspiration: "Black Pakistan Cobra (Naja naja karachiensis) is considered by some to be one of the subspecies of Indian cobra...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glue, Mixed Media, Cardboard, Magazine Paper
'Mother and Child' original stone Shona sculpture by Obert Mukumbi sitting
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Mother and Child' is an original stone sculpture by the Zimbabwean artist Obert Mukumbi. This sculpture is unlike most other examples of Shona sculpture in that it has been carved to sit on a step, ledge or shelf rather than to stand upright. While this difference offers the chance for a more interactive artwork that can be set in unexpected locations, the aesthetics sensibilities that Obert applies to the subject are steeped in the Shona tradition. The materiality of the stone is on full display, with the artist playing with textures of rough-hewn stone and smooth polish. In addition, the mother and child show an intimate relationship, a common and desired theme amongst Shona artists.
springstone
not signed
25 x 10 x 11 inches, overall
body stands 16 inches tall from seat
legs extend 9.25 inches downward from seat
concrete base included at request of buyer
95 lbs
Overall excellent condition with no signs of wear or damage.
Obert Mukumbi was born on February 11, 1974 in the village of Dengu in Bindura, some 86 kilometers north east of Harare, Zimbabwe, where he likewise completed his O-levels in school. During his education, he was interested in wood craft. By age twelve, however, he began working in stone under the guidance and encouragement of his brother Kennedy Musekiwa...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
French Contemporary Art by Frédérick Mazoir - Magmatisme 27
Located in Paris, IDF
Forged steel
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Calypso Bust
Located in New York, NY
White resin bust
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Carnival of souls Nicolas Kennett 21st Century art terracotta flower sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Unique terracotta sculpture
Signed on the base
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Dancer - Jan Wils 21st Century Contemporary Abstract Sculpture Brass
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Jan Wils is an artist born in the city of Eindhoven, in The Netherlands. We would almost call his sculptures ‘outdoor sculptures’, spatial objects that show m...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
House no.09
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
Concrete
Large Limited Edition Rusted Steel Wall Mounted Sculpture "Female Flasher"
By Uwe Pfaff
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A life size, rusted steel sculpture, edition 1/5.
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Taco #2/20
Located in Napa, CA
Siri Hollander, born in New York, lived most of her childhood in Andalusia, Spain, where the local community revolved around fairs and fiestas. Influenced by a family of artists and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Alambic / Still
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Ginette Legaré’s career has largely been concerned with the sensorial qualities of the materiality of everyday objects such as cups, ladles, hand drills, funnels, and faucets. These ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Bough Laden With Candy Apple Green - bright, abstract, steel wall sculpture
By Shayne Dark
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Steel, coated in a glossy candy apple green is hand forged into a delicately detailed bough by Canadian master sculptor Shayne Dark. This wall sculpture, like most of Dark’s work is ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
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