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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
Contemporary Wildlife Sculpture of a Water Bird 'Woodcock' by Richard Smith
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Woodcock' by Richard Smith is a beautiful contemporary bronze sculpture. Beautiful patina and incredible detail. Sure to make an amazing addition to any collection! Richard J. Smit...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Pollès - Bronze Sculpture - Chrysolithe
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Pollès - Bronze Sculpture - Chrysolithe Bronze 3/4 Created in 2012, casted in 2013 22 x 10 x 13 cm Signed and Numbered BIOGRAPHY Pollès was born in Paris in 1945 Like Leonard de Vinci in an anatomical search of perfection, of representation of movement,with an almost scientifical or medical glance, Pollès holds the utmost passion of anatomy: he learns about the human body, the complicated hank of muscles, movements of members and all the bodily mechanics. That’s why in 1964 he starts medicine school and along side goes to the Charpentier Academy where he follows art lessons. In 1966, he encountered sculpture in London where he was invited by his friend Enzo Plazota. This final step teaching him all the bases of sculpture. Pollès then decides to go to live in Italy, in Carrare, an important art place. He moved in 1970 and settled in Pietrasanta where he still lives. ​ His sculptures, by creating a vision of the moving being, polished and smoothed, break the pureness of aestheticism. He just knows one theme, one model: the female form. According to Pollès, this is the most beautiful one, the most harmonious one. “When we are looking at a feminine body, it is splendid, it is musical”. His love of women, the sensuality, the complexity, the shapes and passions, brought him to explore the female form. Since the beginning he has created a singularly stylized cubist form; this becoming his signature form. ​ All are cast in bronze by Pollès himself and made in a series of four with one artist's proof. His masterliness of the patina is considered unparalleled. The world's recognition of his craft is evidenced by the many awards he has won, the unique places he has shown and the prestigious private collections he is in, including that of Princess Caroline of Monaco. ​ Pollès was recently honored in an exhibition outside Paris, sponsored by the French Government, called “Sculptors From Rodin to The Present”. He was one of the few living sculptors to be so honored; the others include Abakanowicz, Arman, Saint-Phalle & Wesselmann. Maurice Rheims, a respected Art Critic, and a member of The French Academy, has said “I consider Pollès to be one of the outstanding sculptors of our time.” His show in the Bagatelle Gardens in Paris in 1998 was a major honor as he was one of only two artists who have ever been allowed to present their work in the Bagatelle. The other artist is Henry Moore. Main Exhibitions 2018 : Exposition Sculptures Monumentales – Place du Louvre, Paris 2001 : Le corps mis à nu: sculptures de Rodin à Vanessa Beecroft, Donjon de Vez...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Pollès - Bronze Sculpture - Athanor
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Pollès - Bronze Sculpture - Athanor Bronze 1/4 Created in 2013, casted in 2013 19 x 16 x 14 cm Signed and Numbered BIOGRAPHY Pollès was born in Paris in 1945 Like Leonard de Vinci i...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Nude - XXI century Contemporary bronze sculpture, Abstract & figurative
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary bronze sculpture by Polish artist Stanislaw Wysocki. The statuette depicts a figure in geometric abstraction style. Its texture is differiented- upper part is smooth and...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Contemporary Wildlife Bronze Sculpture of a Gorilla 'Nico Jnr' by Tobias Martin
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Nico Jnr' by Tobias Martin is a Solid Bronze Animal Sculpture. Based on the famous Gorilla 'Nico' who was the largest and oldest Silverback Gorilla...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Contemporary British Wildlife Bronze Sculpture 'Sir Humphrey' by Tobias Martin
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Sir Humphrey' by Tobias Martin is a Solid Bronze Animal Sculpture. The beautiful patina is what brings these sculptures to life and gives each one a character. Tobias Martin was bo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Contemporary Life size Wildlife Patinated Sculpture 'Tortoise' by Tobias Martin
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Tortoise' by Tobias Martin is a Solid Bronze Animal Sculpture. Tobias Martin was born in 1972 in Wiltshire, 12 miles from Stonehenge. Influenced by his idyllic rural upbringing, and the forces of nature and magic that permeated his childhood surroundings, these works have something of the mystical about them. Each piece is approached with precise observation and an acute interest in the minutiae of the subject matter, manipulating the material with a delicacy and lightness of touch. Despite being realised in heavy materials such as bronze, the resulting piece achieves a sense of movement and character that conveys the essential spirit of the animal. Inspired by the work of Grinling Gibbons and Alfred...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Hercules and the Erymanthian Boar - 21st Century, Sculpture, Contemporary, Myth
Located in Berlin, DE
Hercules and the Erymanthian Boar, 2019 Polystyrene, acrylic resin, oakum, jute string 47 1/4 H x 17 23/32 W x 27 9/16 D in. 120 H x 45 W x 70 D cm The sculpture "Hercules and the E...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Acrylic, Jute, Polyester, Acrylic Polymer

Horizon Head - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Sculpture, Steel, Portrait
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Jordi Díez Fernández graduated from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid with a degree in Fine Art and honours in sculpture. He started his profe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Ouverture - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Sculpture, Steel, Portrait
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Jordi Díez Fernández graduated from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid with a degree in Fine Art and honours in sculpture. He started his profe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Macho de l’aqua
Located in Malmo, SE
Signed and numbered EA 2/4 ex. Free shipment worldwide. Arman wrote, “The bow on the strings releases an explosion of sounds,” in the book Trio à cordes published by GKM Siwert Ber...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Le livre
Located in Malmo, SE
Publisher GKM. Edition of 100 ex. Free shipment worldwide. Foundry Bocquel. Arman explores reality. He strives to transform and sublimate artefacts into works of art. Everyday obje...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Woman - XXI century Contemporary figurative bronze sculpture, Classical, Realism
Located in Warsaw, PL
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Olympiad. A bronze sculpture of a resting ballet dancer figure by Benson Landes
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Olympiad' is a solid bronze figurative sculpture of a resting ballet dancer by Benson Landes. The figure is so refined and delicate, a perfectly judged sculpture. Benson's theme is predominately the wonderful world of ballet and dancers, although some are beautiful ladies in quiet repose and elegance. Such an obvious appreciation of the grace and elegance of the female form was, no doubt, heightened by a lifetime spent in the couture business, which Benson entered at the age of 14. Benson succeeded in selling some of his first pieces of sculpture, a collection of sporting trophies...
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20th Century Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Porcelain Kate – Nick Knight, sculpture, Kate Moss, Model, Fashion, porcelain
Located in Zurich, CH
NICK KNIGHT (*1958, Great Britain) Porcelain Kate 2013 Nymphenburger hard porcelain in white bisque Sculpture 36,6 x 61 x 15 cm (14 3/8 x 24 x 5 7/8 in.) Edition of 25; Ed. no. 6/25 Nick Knight is among the world’s most influential and visionary photographers. He has worked on a range of often controversial issues during his career – from racism, disability, ageism, and more recently fat-ism. He continually challenges conventional ideals of beauty. The photographer Nick Knight has been portraying international supermodel Kate Moss for more than two decades. As one of the most photographed women in the world who has been accompanied by Knight for many years, Moss serves as the subject of his work. In cooperation with the Porzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg, the world famous photographer has eternalised a three-dimensional portrait of the Briton in biscuit porcelain for the first time. The figurine developed in the master workshops of Nymphenburg in 2014 is reminiscent of Christian iconography. Attributes such as the filigree crown of thorns and the voluminous loincloth make reference to religious relics...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Porcelain

Hormiga XL - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Sculpture, Iron, Ant
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Julián Cerón's figures are slim and dynamic and seem to aspire to be the antithesis of Botero’s works, with his ants made from a single piece of material particularly famous. But why...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Iron

Hormiga Gigante - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Sculpture, Iron, Ant
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Julián Cerón's figures are slim and dynamic and seem to aspire to be the antithesis of Botero’s works, with his ants made from a single piece of material particularly famous. But why...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Iron

Pollès - Bronze Sculpture - Yterbine
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Pollès - Bronze Sculpture - Yterbine Bronze 4/4 Created in 1998, casted in 2003 120 x 85 x 70 cm Signed and Numbered BIOGRAPHY Pollès was born in Paris in 1945 Like Leonard de Vinci in an anatomical search of perfection, of representation of movement,with an almost scientifical or medical glance, Pollès holds the utmost passion of anatomy: he learns about the human body, the complicated hank of muscles, movements of members and all the bodily mechanics. That’s why in 1964 he starts medicine school and along side goes to the Charpentier Academy where he follows art lessons. In 1966, he encountered sculpture in...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

The Descent - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Sculpture, Bronze
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Bronze sculpture Edition of 35
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Pollès - Bronze Sculpture - Schweppsy
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Pollès - Bronze Sculpture - Schweppsy Bronze 4/4 Created in 2010, casted in 2014 42 x 22 x 20 cm Signed and Numbered BIOGRAPHY Pollès was born in Paris in 1945 Like Leonard de Vinci...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Pollès - Bronze Sculpture - Ahlem
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Pollès - Bronze Sculpture - Ahlem Bronze 1/4 Created in 2013, casted in 2014 20 x 13 x 11 cm Signed and Numbered BIOGRAPHY Pollès was born in Paris in 1945 Like Leonard de Vinci in ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Flowing - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Sculpture, Stainless Steel
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Stainless steel sculpture Edition of 20
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Glimmer - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Sculpture, Stainless Steel
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Stainless steel sculpture Edition of 35
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

The Descent - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Sculpture, Stainless Steel
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Stainless steel sculpture Edition of 35
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Pollès - Bronze Sculpture - Oxynamide
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Pollès - Bronze Sculpture - Oxynamide Bronze Edition: 1/4 2011 21 x 13 x 17 cm Signed and Numbered BIOGRAPHY Pollès was born in Paris in 1945 Like Leonard de Vinci in an anatomical ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Pollès - Bronze Sculpture - Thelxinoé
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Pollès - Bronze Sculpture - Thelxinoé Bronze Edition: 1/4 2016 Dimensions: 28 x 21 x 20 cm Signed and Numbered BIOGRAPHY Pollès was born in Paris in 1945 Like Leonard de Vinci in an...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Pollès - Bronze Sculpture - Zinzolibdène
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Pollès - Bronze Sculpture - Zinzolibdène 2015 128 x 68 x 64 cm Edition: 1/3 Signed and Numbered BIOGRAPHY Pollès was born in Paris in 1945 Like Leonard de Vinci in an anatomical sea...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Parading - Frans van Straaten, 21st Century Contemporary Bronze Animal Sculpture
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Frans van Straaten (1963) should be called an artist of balance always searching for harmony between force and movement in combination with space. B...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Space
Located in London, GB
Cast iron and corten steel
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Steel, Iron

Picture
Located in London, GB
Cast iron and corten steel
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Iron

Situation II
Located in London, GB
Edition of 7
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Steel

Gregory Orekhov - Twist Dog - Monumental Sculpture
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
GREGORY OREKHOV Twist Dog 2017 Mirror polished stainless steel, electroplating coating 150 × 190 × 30 cm (Unique + 1 APs) GREGORY OREKHOV Gregory Orekhov was born in 1976 in Moscow ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Gregory Orekhov - Little Gold Agatha - Gold Plated Sculpture
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
GREGORY OREKHOV Little Gold Agatha 2017 Mirror polished stainless steel gold plated 45 × 25 × 25 cm (edition of 8 + 3 APs) GREGORY OREKHOV Gregory Orekhov was born in 1976 in Mosco...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Gregory Orekhov - Agatha - Monumental Sculpture
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
GREGORY OREKHOV Little Agatha 2017 Mirror polished stainless steel 230 × 130 × 130 cm (Unique + 1 APs) GREGORY OREKHOV Gregory Orekhov was born in 1976 in Moscow in the family of t...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Gregory Orekhov - My Egg - Monumental Sculpture
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
GREGORY OREKHOV My Egg 2017 Mirror polished stainless steel, electroplating coating 30 × 21 × 21 cm (edition of 30 + 1 APs) GREGORY OREKHOV Gregory Orekhov was born in 1976 in Mosco...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Nero’s Banquet
Located in Malmo, SE
“Nero’s Banquet” from the series ”The day after” Bocquel fondeur. Edition of 8 ex. Signed/Numbered by the artist. Free shipment worldwide. Acquired directly from the artist. Arman w...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

REPO
Located in London, GB
Edition of 9
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Standing Man
Located in London, GB
Edition of 6
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Seated Man
Located in London, GB
Edition of 6
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Untitled
Located in London, GB
Edition of 9 Figure I (in green): 45 x 19 x 14 cm Figure II: 45 x 16 x 11 cm
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

”Open space” from the serie ”The day after”
Located in Malmo, SE
”Open space”from the serie ”The day after” Bocquel fondeur. Edition of 4/8 ex. Signed/Numbered by the artist. Free shipment worldwide. Acquired directly from the artist. Arman wrote...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

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.

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