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.
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Style: Contemporary
Color: Gray
River Nicolas Kennett 21st Century art Contemporary sculpture terracotta victory
Located in Paris, FR
Unique terracotta sculpture
Signed on the base
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Russian Judaica "Vision" Abstract Kabbalah Figure Steel Sculpture Grisha Bruskin
Located in Surfside, FL
Grisha Bruskin
(Russian, b. 1945)
Vision, 1992
steel
Hand signed and inscribed Grisha Bruskin in Cyrillic
numbered 117/300
Genre: Contemporary
Subject: Religious
Medium: Steel
Gri...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Cloister
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
Red vision Nicolas Kennett 21st Century art contemporary terracotta sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Unique terracotta sculpture
Signed on the base
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Sol #2/12
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
Grandfather, sculpture by Melanie Yazzie, turquoise, contemporary, Native
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Grandfather, sculpture by Melanie Yazzie, turquoise,contemporary,Native American
limited edition
As a printmaker, painter, and sculptor, my work draws upon my rich Diné heritage. T...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Persian Spaniels
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This figurative sculpture titled "Persian Spaniels" is an original artwork by Debra Broz made of secondhand ceramics and mixed media. The sculptures measure...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Ceramic
Mujer Desnuda
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A sculpture by Felipe Castaneda. ""Mujer Desnuda"" is a figurative sculpture, white and gray marble by Mexican contemporary artist Felipe Castaneda. The ar...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
'Face' original signed cobalt stone Shona sculpture by Obert Mukumbi
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Face' is an original cobalt sculpture by the Zimbabwean artist Obert Mukumbi. This sculpture demonstrates the artist's influence from the great Shona...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
French Contemporary Art by Frédérick Mazoir - Magmatisme 28
Located in Paris, IDF
Forged steel
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Dragon Teapot, 2012. Porcelain, h 10 cm
By Ilona Romule
Located in Riga, LV
Unique teapot in a dragon shape made from the finest porcelain in 2012 by Ilona Romule, leading sculptor in Latvia
About artist:
b. Riga, Latvia.
Graduated from Latvian Art Academy...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
French Contemporary Art by Frédérick Mazoir - Magmatisme 17
Located in Paris, IDF
Forged steel
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Limited Edition Medium Sized Rusted Steel Sculpture "Split Strider"
By Uwe Pfaff
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A medium sized, limited edition, abstracted figurative rusted steel sculpture on rusted steel base. Edition 1/3.
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Ceramic Frog Sculpture in a glass aquarium, "Last of Her Kind" by Bethany Krull
Located in Buffalo, NY
A lone ceramic frog perches atop a dirt mound covered in blooming artificial flowers. She is a beautiful captive inside her glass aquarium and she is the last of her kind...A creatu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Glass, Mixed Media, Acrylic
I-Family, contemporary, dutch sculpture, figurines, pop art, figurative, ceramic
Located in New York, NY
Porcelain - original - 1/1
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Mia #2/25
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
House of cards
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
"Sleeping Swan" ceramic sculpture with lace, hand sculpted flowers and swan
Located in New York, NY
This wall-mounted sculptural installation is created with hand-built ceramic and glazes, presented on a shelf with vintage lace. The artist has incorporated pressed lace, ceramic flowers in dark pink which are mounted to a wall panel hung on the wall above the hand sculpted glazed ceramic figure of a sleeping swan. A contemporary sculptural tableau of a a swan with flowers floating above. This ceramic sculpture is featured in a solo exhibition of new works by Sascha Mallon, entitled, "Mending Dreams.
Front Room Gallery is pleased to present, “Mending Dreams” a solo exhibition of new sculptural works by Sascha Mallon. “Mending Dreams” includes hand-build ceramics, assemblage sculptures and drawings which capture moments in time, accessed through memories and dreams. The forms and the figures in this exhibition relate to the artist’s Austrian heritage; she creates images of animals, people, and nature that reference allegories, myths, and stories, re-contextualized in contemporary life. She is particularly interested in expressing inner thoughts and feelings and how those relate to reality. Sascha Mallon’s work encourages viewers to slow down and to notice the beauty and wonder of the world around us.
“Mountains are a recurring theme in my work. They are a metaphor for the body and also allude to my Austrian heritage. They refer to the border between inside and outside and represent stability and home. My mountain sculptures are formed out of broken pieces of glass and ceramics. This work started when I broke one of my favorite cups. The mountain represents the idea that when we face difficulties and challenges in life there are two possibilities: either we accept it and learn something, get stronger, and grow, or part of ourselves breaks and we carry the weight of the loss with us. The mountain is also a metaphor for the fact that many different pieces forming a whole are stronger than the individual parts.” -Sascha Mallon
Another recurring subject in Sascha Mallon’s work is a series of figures in a position of waiting, sleeping, or dreaming. For example, her ceramic sculptures of female...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Ceramic
Erika Sanada "Yum Yum" (2017), cold finish ceramic sculpture
By Erika Sanada
Located in Glenview, IL
"Yum Yum" by Japanese American artist Erika Sanada is a cold finish ceramic sculpture created in 2017. The artwork is stamped on the back by the artist.
Born and raised in Tokyo, sh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Cohete I - 21st Century, Contemporary Sculpture, Figurative, Recycled Objects
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Miquel Aparici's sculptures are surprising assemblages made from old objects that had other uses in the past, and which the artist recovers and uses in a creative and ingenious way. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media
Candy Coated Bittersweet
By Rain Harris
Located in Kansas City, MO
Title: Candy Coated Bittersweet
Materials : Porcelain, Glaze and Decals
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
Porcelain, Luster
Paint tube 3 - figurative sculpture
Located in New York, NY
This hyper realistic ceramic sculpture by Tal Sharvit is from her recent body of works. Tal uses her extra ordinary abilities to create these pieces that a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Fat Gun
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
"I Remember" Norma Minkowitz, Contemporary mixed media textile sculpture
Located in Wilton, CT
This mixed media textile sculpture was done by American fiber artist, Norma Minkowitz (b. 1937). The interlacing technique that Minkowitz uses as seen ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Cantilever
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
Sculpture of feet: 'Pieds'
Located in New York, NY
‘I have created characters since I was a child.
I studied painting at the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris, but now I have a preference for sculpture.
I do not have an intellectual proc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Sacred Place
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
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
Last Sip
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 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Carrara Marble Cubical Brain "To Be or Not To Be"
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
Money Tree
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
Smoke, sculpture, by Kerry Green, aluminum, silver, abstract, maquette
By Kerry Green
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Smoke, sculpture, by Kerry Green, aluminum, silver, abstract, maquette
Custom sizes and colors available
Contact the gallery for availability
Since childhood, Kerry Green has alwa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Bedroom Brunette with Irises
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A sculpture by Tom Wesselmann. "Bedroom Brunette with Irises" is a contemporary wall sculpture, oil on cut-out aluminum by Blue Chip, Pop artist Tom Wesselmann. The work is unsigned. This piece was conceived in 1988 and frabricated by Lippincott Sculpture studio in 2004.
Tom Wesselmann was born in Cincinnati Ohio on February 23 1931. He attended college from 1945-1951, first at the Hiram College in Ohio and then the University of Cincinnati, where he majored in psychology. He was drafted during the Korean War in 1952, and it was during this time that Wesselmann did his first cartoons. After he was discharged and had finished in degree in psychology, Wesselmann began to study drawing at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. He sold his first cartoon strips to two magazines, 1000 Jokes and True.
In 1956, he was accepted to Cooper Union in New York and he continued his studies there. It was while he was studying in New York, specifically on a trip to the MoMA that Wesselmann became inspired by Robert Motherwell and Willem de Kooning. In 1958, a landscape painting trip to Cooper Union’s Green Camp in New Jersey brought him to the realization that he could make his career in painting, rather than cartooning.
After graduation, Wesselmann became one of the founding members of the Judson Gallery, along with Marc Ratliff and Jim Dine. Wesselmann also began to teach art at a public school in Brooklyn and later at the High School of Art and Design.
In 1961, Wesselmann began the series that would bring him to the attention of the art world, Great American Nude. After a dream concerning the phrase “red, white and blue”, Wesselmann decided to limit himself to a palette of only those colors (including colors like gold and khaki that are associated with patriotic motifs). This series incorporated representational images along the same patriotic theme, including American landscape photographs and portraits of the founding fathers. Wesselmann often collaged these images from magazines and discarded posters which required him to work in a much larger format than he was used to. As his works became larger and larger he approached advertisers directly to acquire billboards. Wesselmann’s first solo show was held in 1961 at Tanager Gallery. In 1962, Richard Bellamy gave him a one man exhibition at the Green Gallery.
In 1962, Wesselmann participated in the group exhibition “New Realists” at the Sidney Janis Gallery and kicked off his international career. In that same year his first pieces with the title of Still Life, came about. In these works, Wesselmann concentrated on the juxtaposition of different elements, i.e. a cigarette ad...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Entre deux-eaux
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 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
French Contemporary Art by Frédérick Mazoir - Magmatisme 05
Located in Paris, IDF
Forged steel
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
COPPER BIRD LITTLE "IN MEE THE FLAME"
By Lesley Dill
Located in New York, NY
copper, wire and organza on metal armature
"In Mee the Flame" - John Donne
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Copper, Wire
Seated female figure in box frame: 'Cachette Surprise'
Located in New York, NY
‘I have created characters since I was a child.
I studied painting at the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris, but now I have a preference for sculpture.
I do not have an intellectual proc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
More from Southend Beach - contemporary jesmonite female nude standing sculpture
Located in London, GB
Initially embracing black and white drawings, using charcoal, conté or pencil, Manny has also developed beautiful, soulful sculptures of seemly ordinary people caught in a moment of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Pigment
Arsinoe IV Alabaster Sculpture Gold Copper Contemporary In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Arsinoe IV Alabaster Sculpture Gold Copper Contemporary In Stock
Gerti Bierenbroodspot is a leading Dutch painter, sculptor, writer and poet. Sh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster, Copper, Gold Leaf
Three female figure: '3 nageuses tranquilles'
Located in New York, NY
‘I have created characters since I was a child.
I studied painting at the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris, but now I have a preference for sculpture.
I do not have an intellectual proc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Spring Night
By Cat Sirot
Located in New York, NY
Cat Sirot is a French plastic artist, with a focus on painting and Sculpture. She lives near Paris and works in her Argenteuil Studio. Through her sculptural work she speaks about lo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Paint, Varnish
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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
Large Ceramic Foo Dogs: 'Faceless Guardian Dogs'
Located in New York, NY
Guardian dogs (Koma-Inu in Japanese)
Guardians of temples or shrines placed on each side of entrance, believed to ward off Evil Spirits.
They are Protecting you from Bad Spirits!
Th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware, Glaze, Clay
Porcelain Tortoise "Capsized" by Bethany Krull
Located in Buffalo, NY
This capsized tortoise was hand-built in porcelain by New York artist, Bethany Krull. Among the larger of her porcelain pieces it is built solid with over 50 pound of clay on a cust...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Mixed Media
Matt Smith, Sconce Parrot with Plate Looking Left, White Earthenware
By Matt Smith
Located in London, GB
White Earthenware
49 x 30 x 15 cm
19 1/4 x 11 3/4 x 5 7/8 in
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"Working as a hybrid artist and curator, the core of my practice is unpicking the work of establishment organ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
GOWN OF BLUEPRINT
By Lesley Dill
Located in New York, NY
hand-painted metal with oil paint on metal armature
text by Tom Sleigh: BLUEPRINT - 2007
I had a blueprint
of history
in my head —
it was a history of the martyrs
of love, the fool...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Cement Totem: 'The Tribe #35'
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Flowing Man
By Ernest Trova
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Edition 37/99
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Georgian Contemporary Art by Nina Narimanishvili - Look For
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork made in white clay
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Pieta II - contemporary interpretation of iconic embrace tabletop sculpture
Located in San Francisco, CA
PIETA II by Lorenzo Vignoli
hand formed glazed ceramic sculpture by contemporary Italian sculptor Lorenzo Vignoli
Sculpture dimensions:
14inch W x 8inch H x 11inch D
36cm W x 24...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Ceramic, Glaze, Porcelain
French Contemporary Art by Frédérick Mazoir - Magmatisme 20
Located in Paris, IDF
Forged steel
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
French Contemporary Art by Frédérick Mazoir - Magmatisme 15
Located in Paris, IDF
Forged steel
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
French Contemporary Art by Frédérick Mazoir - Magmatisme 09
Located in Paris, IDF
Forged steel
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
French Contemporary Art by Frédérick Mazoir - Magmatisme 19
Located in Paris, IDF
Forged steel
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
French Contemporary Art by Frédérick Mazoir - Magmatisme 11
Located in Paris, IDF
Forged steel
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
French Contemporary Art by Frédérick Mazoir - Magmatisme 08
Located in Paris, IDF
Forged steel
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
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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.
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