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
X-Y - tall, minimalist, abstracted figures, painted steel outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Bold, clean lines and vivid colours attract the viewer’s eye to this minimalist sculpture by Robert Clarke-Ellis. The Toronto artist creates expressive pieces forged out of steel. Th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel
Fiber Sculpture: 'IMAGINATION'
Located in New York, NY
Image, Imagination, Imitation: we can think these three words come from the roots √Im, but it’s not true. It’s necessary to combine the proposition in with mi, that is, √Mei, to obtain this kind of words.
√Mei recalls something that catch the attention, that is intermittent and that can change.
For the three following artworks we decided to decline the root starting from the concepts of light and sound, using a set of different languages, such as English, Russian, Sanskrit, Latin, Avestan, Greek and Persian, and to create shapes...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Wire
Vince
Located in Bozeman, MT
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...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Glaze
Abstract Men Large Sculpture Brown Rusted Metal Silver Aluminum Indoor / Outdoor
Located in ALCOY/ALCOI, ES
Per L'arc
Here some fragments for one of his latest exhibition catalogue
“I think that a work of art should puzzle viewers, make them reflect on the meaning of life” Antoni Tàpies
Moisés Gil’s sculptures can be described as philosophical and conceptual, as they encourage individuals to reflect and act in a never-ending existential struggle, in the face of the multiple situations by which they are affected in contemporary societies. Art is always a form of communication: communication with and between the materials employed by the artist, giving rise to an aesthetic visual balance able to convey feelings, emotions and ideas, all of which are essential to a nonconformist commitment and worldview.
Moisés Gil puts his representations of individuals in sculptural structures to better indicate the place of humans in the world, the place of contemporary individuals in their different environments, sometimes hostile; they are naked men...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel
Judocus Fish Bronze Sculpture Realism Belgian In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Judocus Fish Bronze Sculpture Realism Belgian In Stock
Pieter Vanden Daele was born in Belgium in 1971. He grew up between lakes and the river Scheldt. The river De Scheldt and the variety of lakes are an ideal environment for fishermen. When his friends went fishing, Pieter took painting lessons at the Oudenaarde academy. At a young age Pieter became fascinated by the underwater world and fauna. In 2000 he worked at an art foundation in Oudenaarde, where he learned how to make molds and how to cast and patronize bronze. His passions came together in 2003 and he started casting bronze sculptures of mainly carp.
The fish that he makes have a special texture, a skin with scales translated into bronze. VandenDaele has developed its own technology for this. Pieter builds the original model from organic material, such as leaves, wood, leather, wax and many other materials. He uses various organic materials in his molds to create special prints and structures in the skin of the bronze. This gives the sculptures so much character that names such as Ferox, Alphons and Ludwig do not surprise us.
The fish are alive, caught for eternity. Just as nature keeps prehistoric fish...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Everything is going to be fucking ok - neon art work
Located in New York, NY
This neon piece is hand blown glass. It is mounted on contoured, clear plexiglas with pre drilled holes for hanging, and comes ready to hang. This piece is offered in the following c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plexiglass, Neon Light
Buku Rover (traffic sign)
By Skylar Fein
Located in New Orleans, LA
SKYLAR FEIN was born in Greenwich Village and raised in the Bronx. He has had many careers including teaching nonviolent resistance under the umbrella of the Quakers, working for a g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
French Contemporary Art by Frédérick Mazoir - Magmatisme 24
Located in Paris, IDF
Forged steel
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Small Sitting Figur V - contemporary bronze nude female sculpture in wood-frame
Located in Hamburg, DE
"Small Sitting Figure V" is a bronze sculpture of a sitting nude female on a white wooden frame. Edition 18, signed, numbered and dated on the back. The wooden block can be hung on ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Tete Carree II Bronze Sculpture Head Figurative Black Patina In Stock
By KOBE
Located in Utrecht, NL
Tete Carree II Bronze Sculpture Head Figurative Black Patina Contemporary - In Stock
Price per piece, the one with the closed eyes is available right away. The other one has a deliv...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Le Jour by Cibot Bronze
Located in Pasadena, CA
Sculpture - original. Numbered 1/4. Founder GODAR.
Born in 1960 in a family of artists collecting the bronzes of the Italian Renaissance, sculpture has always been part of the en...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ian Edwards - Leap Within Faith - Original Signed Bronze Sculpure
By Ian Edwards
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Ian Edwards - Leap Within Faith - Original Signed Bronze Sculpure
Dimensions: 170 x 55 x 40 cm
Edition of 12
Edwards’ practice expresses the power and determination of human endea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Espalier: Candelabrum
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Nicholas Crombach (BFA, 2012) is an artist working in Kingston Ontario. Crombach has been awarded the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award. His solo exhibition, Behind Elegantly Carved Wooden Doors, was presented at Art Mûr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Metal
Adonis Bronze Sculpture Man Standing Contemporary Figurative
By KOBE
Located in Utrecht, NL
Adonis Bronze Sculpture Man Standing Contemporary Figurative
KOBE, pseudonym of Jacques Saelens, was a Belgian artist (Kortrijk, Belgium 1950 – Saint-Jul...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Prancing Draft horse Bronze 3/8 by Sophie Martin
Located in Pasadena, CA
Lost wax bronze 3/8. founder DELVAL.
Animal sculptor Sophie MARTIN creates from inert clay a whole living animal kingdom. She freely observes the animal and captures and interprets...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"The man without a rod №5" Bronze Sculpture 10 x 3 in. Ed. 2/9 by Sergii Shaulis
Located in Culver City, CA
"The man without a rod №5" Bronze Sculpture 10 x 3 in. Ed. 2/9 by Sergii Shaulis
10" x 3" x 2'' inch
Weight: 8 lbs
"The man without a rod" series:
The artist spent almost ten yea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Zenith Bronze Sculpture Mythology Classic Contemporary Nude Male Figure
By Margot Homan
Located in Utrecht, NL
Zenith Bronze Sculpture Mythology Classic Contemporary Nude Male Figure. Size is including pedestal.
The sculptures of Margot Homan (1956, Oss, the Netherlands) show a perfect comma...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
2049 Rider Little Model Bronze Gold leaf
Located in Pasadena, CA
Born in 1960 in a family of artists collecting the bronzes of the Italian Renaissance, the sculpture has always been part of the environment of Elisabeth Cibot. She finds it again wi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
At the Water (Am Wasser) contemporary bronze sculpture, nude female lifted legs
Located in Hamburg, DE
"At the Water" is a larger free-standing bronze sculpture, suitable both for the inside and outside. Edition 18, signed, numbered and dated on the bottom. Certificate.
The sculptress Susanne Kraisser is to be considered as part of the great modern figurative tradition. She was born in 1977 in Rosenheim, Southern Germany. She studied both at the Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg and the University of Arts in Bremen. She graduated with distinction in 2007 in Nuremberg and received her Diploma with distinction in 2008 in Bremen. She has won numerous awards and exhibits nationally as well as internationally.
Artist Statement: For me, sculpture is particularly shape and material, volume and size, space, movement and statics.
I focus on the ‘female body’, presenting it either as an intimate miniature or on a monumental scale – each time as a solitary figure.
In terms of content, my work focuses on identifying and combining polarities, such as instability and strength, fragility and solidity, activity and passivity, movement and statics, balance and volume, and dependence and autarchy.
I work predominantly with the materials bronze, aluminium and wood. The small miniatures are made from wax and are then cast in bronze as part of what is known as the wax smelting process. Large-scale pieces are similarly cast in aluminium or created directly out of wood. The various work processes and tools determine the appearance of the surface; for wax, it’s my hands, and for wood, it’s my chainsaw.
Each material is a new challenge for me. My previous wood-sculpting studies involved respecting the material’s limits to create craft of solid quality in keeping with the material.
But this is where the intense discussion and its limit become clear. I fight with the material, and a lot of things go wrong. It becomes my opponent, whose limits I test out and reset if necessary. Cautious movements requiring a lot of physical tension are maintained without losing their inner dynamics.
Amidst the often harmonious external form is a harsh dissonance evidenced by the rough, fragmented design...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Linda Stein, W 629- Contemporary Mixed Media Silver Black Metal Armor Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
W 629 from Linda Stein’s Knights of Protection series functions both as a defender in battle and a symbol of pacifism. The series references popular and religious icons such as Wond...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Hybrid - Jan Wils, 21st Century Contemporary Aluminium Sculpture Abstract
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
The sculpture "Hybrid" is made of powder-coated aluminium.
Jan Wils is an artist born in the city of Eindhoven, in The Netherlands. We would almost call his ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Trix 1985 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
Polystyrene
Flock of 3 10/250
Located in Napa, CA
Flock of 3 10/250 by Giuseppe Palumbo
Giuseppe Palumbo’s whimsical, anthropomorphic sculptures delve into the human psyche through irony, wit, and humor. By applying classical techn...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Contemporary buddha head sculpture - painted in turquoise car paint
By Tal Nehoray
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful Buddha sculpture is made of ceramic covered with glossy car paint. It is part of an edition of 25 and comes in other colors as well.
Easy to h...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Automotive Paint
Danseuse Envolée by Yann Guillon - Dancer bronze sculpture, ballet, woman
By Yann Guillon
Located in Paris, FR
Danseuse Envolée is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Yann Guillon, dimensions are 25 cm × 10 cm × 5 cm (9.8 × 3.9 × 2 in). Height of the sculpture with the metal base: 45 cm...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Panthère marchand
By Jorge Borras
Located in Pasadena, CA
After completing his studies at the Royal Catalan Academy of Fine Arts in Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Jorge Borrás moved to France1.
His works, especially his bronzes, are sold in major auctions mainly in France (Versailles, Drouot, Saint Germain En Laye, Enghien Les Bains, etc. June 30, 1992, two bronzes were sold at Christie's in London) 2. They are exhibited in Parisian salons such as the Salon d'automne3, the Salon des artistes français, the Salon des Independents the exhibitions of the National Society of Fine Arts, the Salon de l'école française [ref. necessary].
He received the Arts-Sciences-Lettresn 1 Medal and is a member of the International Association of Visual Arts (affiliated with UNESCO).
In addition, he produced a series of medals and sculptures for the Monnaie de Paris, and various achievements such as the bust of Dr. Coll Colomé, a monument erected in Benicarlo (Spain) and publishing covers including the novel by Jean-Marc Roberts Vincent's friend.
The work of Jorge Borrás is a tribute to the woman [ref. necessary]. Her favorite themes are ballerinas and bathers as well as women in everyday attitudes. Wild animals, some endangered, are also very present in the work of Jorge Borrás, especially in recent years where he takes great pleasure in capturing the wild moment of his attitudes.
Passionate about drawing, he began painting at the age of ten and made his first exhibition at the age of twenty.
At the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona, he discovered sculpture with Luisa Granero and studied painting and sculpture.
The students the drawing section, of the great master of Spanish painting and portrait painter Francisco Ribera Gomez...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Life Is Beautiful (Pink)
By Mr Brainwash
Located in Manchester, GB
Mr. Brainwash, Life Is Beautiful III (Pink), 2022
Enameled steel
6 7/10 × 10 3/5 × 2 2/5 in 17 × 27 × 6 cm (6 7/10 × 10 3/5 × 2 2/5 in )
Edition of 50
A provocative figure in s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Linda Stein, Dark Knight 692 - Contemporary Mixed Media Resin Metallic Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
This sculpture from Linda Stein’s Knights of Protection series functions both as a defender in battle and a symbol of pacifism. The sculpture is constructed from metallic resin, wood...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Wood, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Daiquiri (bronze resin) - contemporary tall figure female fashion sculpture
Located in London, GB
edition of 20
Sara trained under Ken Hughes, a pupil of Henry Moore, at Bath Academy of Art. There she achieved a first class honours degree in Sculpture and was awarded the Henry M...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Gold Metal Leaf - Elegant Sculpture, Perfect for Hanging on Walls.
Located in Mexico City, MX
Handmade metallic golden leaf. Polished till the material started to reflect.
Perfect for adding a delicate detail in spaces.
It projects it´s own shadow on the wall placed giving ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Bubbling smiles bullet - figurative sculpture
By Yael Yanay
Located in New York, NY
Bubbling Smiles Bullet Sculpture, a one-of-a-kind, hand-crafted ceramic art piece that is sure to add a unique and cheerful touch to any home or offic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Colère de Violon
Located in Malmo, SE
Unique.
Signed and dated -66 on the right side.
Provenance: Galerie Bonnier, Genève
Size with socle: 74x38x17 cm
Arman explores reality. He strives to transform and sublimate art...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Plexiglass, Polyester
Duality, Atelier, Platinum
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Duality, Atelier, Platinum" is derived from a major work by Richard MacDonald and explores a timeless artistic principle—the paradox that opposites coexist in harmony and define one...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Platinum
Ian Edwards - The Hour of Darkness - Original Signed Bronze Sculpure
By Ian Edwards
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Ian Edwards - The Hour of Darkness - Original Signed Bronze Sculpure
Dimensions: 40 x 31 x 31 cm
Edition of 8
Edwards’ practice expresses the power and determination of human endea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Memento Mori
By Kiva Ford
Located in New York, NY
Kiva Ford
Memento Mori, 2015
Borosilicate glass
13.50h x 7.50w x 7.50d in
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass
'Landing Dove' original opal serpentine Shona sculpture signed by Joel Nhete
By Joel Nhete
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Landing Dove' is an original opal serpentine stone sculpture signed by the contemporary Zimbabwean artist Joel Nhete. The artist presents in this sculpture a highly abstracted figur...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Landscape N°1 by Martine Demal - Contemporary bronze sculpture, human figures
Located in Paris, FR
Landscape N°1 is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Martine Demal, it measures 78 x 35 x 10 cm (30.7 × 13.8 × 3.9 in), these dimensions include the base (the sculpture measure...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Maternity
By Patrick Brun
Located in Pasadena, CA
Patrick BRUN was born in Paris in 1941. After obtaining his Engineering degree, he began his professional life as a teacher in mathematics and physics. After this period, he started ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Georgian Contemporary Sculpture by Rezo Khasia - Torso
Located in Paris, IDF
Bronze & wood sculpture
Rezo Khasia is a Georgian artist born in 1947 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. The sculptures performed by him are generalized and minimalist. He Uses as a working material the bronze, wood, stone, metal and general energy, which perfectly perfects both exterior and interior spaces. All sculpture itself is made of solid material. He has implemented many creative projects both in Georgia and abroad, participated in both domestic and international exhibitions, exhibitions-competitions, symposia and architectural-creative competitions. He has been awarded from numerous creative awards and prizes as Grand Prix - Work Muse International Sculpture Symposium in Nadiotadi, Hungary, I Prize - International Exhibition-Competition Olympiad-2004 in Tbilisi, Georgia, Grand Prix in Sculpture - International Exhibition at Blue Gallery...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Female Torso - Small Figurative Sculpture Woman Bronze Dark Brown Patina
Located in Sofia, BG
"Female torso" is a monumental bronze sculpture of a woman.
The bronze is covered with green patina. It is created by the artist Maestro Willem Botha.
About the artwork
Edition : 2 of 14 in total
Certificate of authenticity: issued by Snow Pearl art gallery
NEW MOVEMENT & STYLE: Contemporary
Maestro Willem Botha
The masterpiece is suitable for representative offices, gardens, parks, homes etc.
“The impressions of this artwork on the viewer is so mighty, mesmerizing, grand, that it paralyzes the imagination.
All his sculptures bring positive energy, emotion, represented by the vast creative power of the author's talent.”
Maestro Willem Botha was born in South Africa in 1962.
Today he lives in Bulgaria and works in a creative workshop in Sofia.
Willem started his career as Sculptor at Shows and Exhibitions in the South African Defense Force in 1981. He was mentored by Artists like Andre Prinsloo and Jan van Der Merwe.
In 1986, he moved to Namibia where he was a Sculptor for the Windhoek State Museum. During the time in Windhoek, he had several one man and group expeditions in various galleries in Windhoek and Swakopmund.
In 1988 he was commissioned to remake the Atlas Sculpture on the House Hohenzollern Building in Swakopmund.
In 1990, he moved to Town where he sculpted full time. Willem did some freelance work for Jean Doyle, helping with the bronze casting of her work. During his time in Cape Town, he exhibited in several galleries in and around Cape Town.
In 1991, he moved to Graskop, where he continued full time sculpting and he opened his own foundry.
He moved back to Pretoria in 1992, to continue sculpting and established Art Cast Foundry. In the same year he was commissioned to do several decorative works for the Palace of Sun City, that includes, all the doors bronze handles. Sculptors that he did castings for are to name but a few, the late Bobby Lawrence, Niko van Rensberg, Maureen Quinn, Anton Smit, Andre Prinsloo, Barry Jackson...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
"Coronet" Abstract Bronze Sculpture 17" x 4" x 2" inch by Sarkis Tossonian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Coronet" Abstract Bronze Sculpture 17" x 4" x 2" inch by Sarkis Tossonian
Sarkis Tossoonian was born in Alexandria in 1953. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts/Sculpture in 1979. He started exhibiting in individual and group exhibitions in Alexandria since 1980 and up until now. Sarkis Tossoonian won the second prize in Sculpture in the 5th Biennale of Port Said in 2001. Sarkis Tossoonian excels in blending two different mediums in his works like non shiny bronze with shiny golden brass. His figures stand for both male and female dressed elegantly...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Linda Stein, Knight of Glyphs 626 - Contemporary Art Ceramic Wall Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Knight of Glyphs 626 - Contemporary Art Ceramic Wall Sculpture
Knight of Glyphs 626 is from Linda Stein’s Knights of Protection series, which she started after being fo...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Mini-Caryatid - Sculpture by M. Berrocal - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Nickel Plated 24 Element Puzzle Sculpture, 1968-1969, realized by Miguel Berrocal.
Signature and number engraved. Edition of 9500 pieces.
Ref. Catalogo General/Obras Recientes,197...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Instant Moules III by Ondřej Oliva - Large sculpture, totem, mollusc shells
By Ondřej Oliva
Located in Paris, FR
Instant Moules III is a nickeled aluminium and bronze sculpture by contemporary Czech sculptor Ondřej Oliva, dimensions are 360 × 40 × 34 cm (141.7 × 15.7 × 13.4 in).
This sculpture ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Misanthrope
Located in CHAZELLES-SUR-LYON, FR
“Misanthrope” – A Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture of Solitude and Strength
“Misanthrope” is a ceramic bust of a wolf, mounted on a metal base, evoking the timeless structures of huma...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Sonate Wooden Sculpture Basswood Classical Mythology Music In Stock
By Margot Homan
Located in Utrecht, NL
Sonate Wooden Sculpture Basswood Classical Mythology Music In Stock
The sculptures of Margot Homan (1956, Oss) show a perfect command of the old craft of modelling and sculpting, wi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Which hand by Helle Crawford, Contemporary bronze woman frog animal sculpture
Located in DE
Even though Helle Rask Crawford often refers to classic myths in her sculptures, sh is not a classical sculptor in the neoclassical sense. Rather, Helle Crawford could be defined as ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Gold
Unity - contemporary bronze sculpture of a nude couple sitting on a bronze block
Located in Hamburg, DE
"Unity" is a bronze sculpture of a sitting couple. Edition 18, signed, numbered and dated on the bottom. The fully bronze sculpture sits upright by itself and can easily be put, for...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Linda Stein, Knight of Calm 621 - Contemporary Ceramic Metallic Wall Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Knight of Calm 621 is from Linda Stein’s Knights of Protection series, which she started after being forced to evacuate her New York downtown studio for a year post-9/11. Stein's Kn...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
'Bird' original stone Shona sculpture by Samuel Tichafa Masakwa
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Bird' is an original opal serpentine sculpture by the Zimbabwean artist Samuel Tichafa Masakwa. Trained in the Shona stone carving tradition, the artists here presents an elegantly abstracted water fowl: above the egg-shaped form of the body, the bird's long neck curls outward forming a loop. Such abstracted forms recall traditional African sculpture as well as the work of modern masters like Constantin Brancusi who looked to non-Western sources for inspiration.
opal serpentine stone
31.5 x 12 x 11 inches
not signed
140 lbs
Overall good condition; some scratching
Samuel Tichafa Masakwa was born in 1971 on the 15th of September, the first born of nine siblings. He was educated at Zengeza No. Five Primary School and later, Zengeza Four High School. Out of keen interest, he started sculpting at a tender age of fourteen. His cousins were accomplished sculptors, Nicholas Mukomberanwa and Albert Nathan Mambura whose brotherly love nurtured the interest in him to greater heights. During Samuel's school holidays, Albert Mamvura shaped his pending career as an artist by engaging him as his assistant. In 1991 he completed his 'O' levels and began sculpting full-time at Albert's workshop. As an apprentice he learned how to carve Shona abstracts, figures and heads. While he was working with Nicholas Mukomberanwa he had the chance to learn how to clean hidden angles on hard stones like springstone, cobalt, serpentine and the original green opal. In 1996 his cousins advised him to be independent in order to explore the new avenues he was bringing into the field. He discovered he did not have his own trade mark so he went to yet another accomplished artist, Joe Mutasa...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
High Density by Lesley Hilling - Contemporary salvaged wood Sculpture
Located in DE
About the Artist:
Lesley Hilling is a self-taught English artist known for her intricate constructions made entirely from salvaged wood and found objects. Her work reflects a deep c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Found Objects
Georgian Contemporary Sculpture by Rezo Khasia - Sea
Located in Paris, IDF
Bronze & wood sculpture
Rezo Khasia is a Georgian artist born in 1947 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. The sculptures performed by him are generalized and minimalist. He Us...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Goat Head sculpture in Wood box: 'Jersey Devil II'
Located in New York, NY
Elizabeth Jordan is an artist working primarily in sculpture and whose work uses multiple materials to produce unique, organic forms. In addition to a solo and group shows at Ivy Bro...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Two- contemporary minimalist bronze sculpture nude couple standing in wood-frame
Located in Hamburg, DE
"Two" is a bronze sculpture of a nude standing couple on a white wooden frame. Edition 18, signed, numbered and dated on the bottom. The wooden block can be hung on a wall (comes wi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
6
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Photographic Film
A fleurs d’eau
Located in CHAZELLES-SUR-LYON, FR
“On Edge” – A Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture of Strength and Sensitivity
“On Edge” is a ceramic sculpture, mounted on a metal base, capturing a suspended moment where the raw power ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Take the Scales From my Eyes - contemporary, figurative, bronze sculpture
By Susan Valyi
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This indoor tabletop figurative sculpture that includes fish is forged from bronze and patinated.
The award-winning sculptures of Susan Valyi were often created from an imaginative ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Scottie
By Leo Sewell
Located in Greenwich, CT
Leo Sewell (b. 1945) is an American "found object" artist. His assemblages of recycled material are in over 40 museums and in private collections worldwide.
Sewell was born in Annap...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media
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.