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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D'une Rive à l'Autre by Marine de Soos - Bronze sculpture, woman on a canoe
Located in Paris, FR
D'une Rive à l'Autre is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 50 × 83 × 14 cm (19.7 × 32.7 × 5.5 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Twin Bird V
Located in Miami, FL
Twin Bird V is a resin sculpture made by Patrice Breteau, a French contemporary artist. This piece is available in eight different colors, all resistant to ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
"Cheerful Chapters" contemporary figurative bronze wall sculpture reading books
By Mireia Serra
Located in Kowloon, Hong Kong
Cheerful Chapters is a wall sculpture paying tribute to those who like reading and enjoy me-time moments.
Edition Size: 25. Sculpture for wall easily hung with 2 screws/nails.
BIOG...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Lancelot II by Yann Guillon - Male nude bronze sculpture, torso, figurative
By Yann Guillon
Located in Paris, FR
Lancelot II is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Yann Guillon, dimensions are 50 × 25 × 17 cm (19.7 × 9.8 × 6.7 in). Height of the sculpture with the base: 60 cm (23.6 in).
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Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rennende Poema no. 2 Running Cougar Bronze Sculpture Patin In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Rennende Poema no. 2 Running Cougar Bronze Sculpture Patin In Stock
Evert den Hartog (born in Groot-Ammers, The Netherlands in 1949) followed his edu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Serendipity - neon art work
Located in New York, NY
Mary Jo designs all the neon as a unique piece of artwork. Each piece is hand blown glass and assembled to create a one-of-a-kind piece, which comes completely ready to install. Whit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Neon Light
"Warming Up"
By Victor Manuel Villarreal
Located in Southampton, NY
Bronze ballet dancer by Mexican artist Victor Manuel Villarreal, circa 1985. Signed at base. Condition is excellent. Provenance: Sarasota, Flori...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$3,840 Sale Price
20% Off
Coin Cunt XLIV
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Coin Cunt XLIV" is an original artwork made from kiss-lock coin purses and thread by Suzanna Scott. This piece measures approx. 4"x4", size varies
Suzanna Scott i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Thread, Found Objects
Flute Player by Marine de Soos - Large outdoor bronze sculpture, human figure
Located in Paris, FR
Flute Player is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 170 × 122 × 35 cm (66.9 × 48 × 13.8 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Trabant Model Cars (Black)
By Thierry Noir
Located in Manchester, GB
Thierry Noir, Trabant Model Cars (Black), 2022
A set of 12 enamelled metal and plastic multiples
6 × 13 × 5 cm (2 2/5 × 5 1/10 × 2 in ) (Each)
In 1984, Thierry Noir cemented his r...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"Ceramic #13" 2017 original handmade signed unique Talavera ceramic 22x22x2.5in
Located in Miami, FL
Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949)
"Ceramic #13", 2017
Ceramic in Uriarte's Talavera
22 × 22 × 2 2/5 in (55.9 × 55.9 × 6.1 cm)
Hand-signed by author
____________________________________...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
Cocatrix - Bronze Sculpture
Located in Miami, FL
Bellino’s Cocatrix is a unique contemporary bronze sculpture representing a gold dragon made of antique bronze ornaments that are welded together in a meticulous fashion.
With heav...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sisters by Frederick Hart
Located in Cleveland, OH
Frederick Hart is America's greatest figurative sculptor. Not only did he create works of great beauty and gravitas, he was singularly responsible for restoring to American public mo...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sculpture in Brass by Jacques Jarrige "Angel #1"
Located in New York, NY
A small scale sculpture formed with a ribbon of hand-hammered brass.
Unique piece by French sculptor Jacques Jarrige from a body of work create...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Brass
Zittend Model I Sitting Model Bronze Sculpture Female Nude Mickey Mouse Ears
By Erwin Meijer
Located in Utrecht, NL
Zittend Model I Sitting Model Bronze Sculpture Female Nude Mickey Mouse Ears
The statues of Erwin Meijer are subtle with a recognizable, p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"TOP DOG" Golden Nanmu Sculpture 31.5 x 14 x 18 in Edition of 8 by Huang Yulong
By Huang Yulong
Located in Culver City, CA
"TOP DOG" Golden Nanmu Sculpture 31.5 x 14 x 18 in Edition of 8 by Huang Yulong
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Huang Yulong was born in 1983 in Anhui Province, China. In 2007 he graduated with a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"The Artist Is Present" Pink Wall-Hanging Plaster Sculpture with 'BEHOLD' text
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"The Artist Is Present" is an original piece byJedediah Morfit made from fiberglass reinforced plaster, paint.This piece measures 29.5"h x 16.5"w x 2.5"d and comes with a gallery-is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Fiberglass, Plaster, Paint
Green Swimmer - Contemporary Handmade Acrylic Resin Sculpture, Man Portrait
Located in Salzburg, AT
The sculpture was created and shaped by the artist using Acrylic One (which is an acrylic casting resin connection). The artist then painted this sculpture expressively with oil pain...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Oil
"MySpace Tom No. 4", "MySpace Tom No. 1" Textile Portrait, Glitch Motif, Crochet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "MySpace Tom No. 4" is a one-of-a-kind original piece by Nicole Nikolich (Lace in the Moon) and is made from crochet acrylic. This piece measures 30"h x 33"w framed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Textile, Yarn
Pause 1/3 - small, surrealist, canoe, male, figurative, wood, bronze, sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The legendary canoeist and Canadian filmmaker Bill Mason once said, “First God made the canoe then he created a country to go with it.”
Sculptor Roch Smith has embraced the iconic i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Grayson Perry - Portrait Plate 2
Located in London, GB
bone china with lustre rim
21 cm diameter
Grayson Perry hallmark on the back.
These decorative plates are inspired by the artwork The Great Beauty, 2024. The original piece is a cab...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Deslizando - Bronze Sculpture of Speed Skating Figure in Orange Outfit
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá Perez
Deslizando
bronze and acrylic
24h x 12.50w x 11.75d in
60.96h x 31.75w x 29.84d cm
ed. 1/8
JCP068
Jesús Curiá's sculptures arouse something more than purely aesthe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Maartje - 21st Century Bronze Sculpture of a Young Girl
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Maartje
45 x 20 x 17 cm
Bronze
The theme van der Kraan likes most is to show the growing of young girls. Living in their own world. The narrative sculptures show 'the woman' and 'th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mountain Gorilla 2 - Contemporary Unique Handmade Ceramics Sculpture, Portrait
Located in Salzburg, AT
The sculpture is signed outside - unique and handmade, unglazed ceramics, double firing, weight of the sculpture including the base apr. 6 kg
Material: unglazed ceramics, base of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Rooster by Jacques Owczarek - Animal bronze sculpture, geometric, dark, bird
Located in Paris, FR
Rooster is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Jacques Owczarek, dimensions are 44 × 28 × 22 cm (17.3 × 11 × 8.7 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a lim...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sculpture in brass by Jacques Jarrige "Angel #12"
Located in New York, NY
Sculpture by Jacques Jarrige formed by 2 stems of brass shaped hand hammered . The piece is set in an oak base.
Unique piece.
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Nude - 21st Century, Contemporary Brass Figurative Sculpture, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Dimensions are given with the base. Dimensions include the base. Sculpture is not mounted on the base, it comes as two pieces. Dimensions without the base are: 17 x 9 x 9 cm (ca 6.9 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
"Diablito de pared III" art toy, red, pop art, Mexican, contempo, sculpture
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
A piece from the exhibition "Cosmic Duality" by artist Mr. Mitote.
Mitote is a term we use today to describe a lively, noisy, and excessive gathering. It’s also used to depict tumul...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Paint, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Pietro Fish Bronze Sculpture Animal Water In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Pietro Fish Bronze Sculpture Animal Water In Stock
Pieter Vanden Daele was born in Belgium in 1971. He grew up between lakes and the river Sc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Evi by Nando Kallweit. Elegant limited edition bronze sculpture, Edition of 25
Located in Coltishall, GB
Evi is an elegant figurative bronze sculpture by Nando Kallweit.
Nando carved the marque for the body from a piece of oak using a small chain saw. The marque is then used to make th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Story Teller
By Carol Gold
Located in Loveland, CO
Story Teller by Carol Gold
Abstract Figurative Bronze
Maquette: 24x14x14" ed/10
ABOUT THE ARTIST: Carol Gold was born in Hartford, Connecticut and grew u...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pegasus II Horse Bronze Sculpture Greek Mythology Light Green Wings In Stock
By KOBE
Located in Utrecht, NL
Pegasus II, is a bronze sculpture of a horse with wings, from Greek mythology, with beautiful light green patina.
Pegasus II Horse Bronze Sculpture G...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Spirit of Gravity - emotive, nude, female, figurative, bronze statuette
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In this thoughtful sculpture by Canadian artist Richard Tosczak, the gestures of a female figure, head bent, arms wrapped, are captured in bronze. Known for his beautiful figurative work, this piece retains the artist’s signature highly textured appearance and green-black patina. Tosczak’s pieces are first conceived on paper in quick pen and ink drawings. The spontaneity of this approach is evident in the almost abstract appearance of the sculpture. This piece is number three in an edition of eight.
“The ineffable, vital qualities of the human spirit (is what I’m trying to communicate.)” - Richard Tosczak
Born in Belgium, Richard Tosczak studied philosophy and sculpture at the University of Alberta. At that time, Tosczak began working in steel and was influenced by a number of his professors who appreciated the work of a British abstract sculptor, Sir Anthony Caro considered one of the greatest sculptors of his generation. Further studies were pursued in France with another internationally acclaimed classic sculptor, Martine Vaugel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Small Bear Armchair by Eric Valat - Functional sculpture, polyester, wild animal
By Eric Valat
Located in Paris, FR
Small Bear Armchair is a polyester sculpture by contemporary artist Eric Valat, dimensions are 130 × 80 × 90 cm (51.2 × 31.5 × 35.4 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a limited edition of 8 editions + 4 artist’s proofs, and comes with a certificate of authenticity.
Available colours:
*black
*red
*blue
*white
This sculpture represents a seating bear, with its arms on its knees. This functional sculpture of wild animal can be used as an armchair. The bear makes an appearance in Eric Valat's bestiary of scribal vocabulary straight out of childhood. Eric Valat is attempting to reimagine the traditional bear representation in the wake of the wolf and panther benches...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Polyester
Glitch Bear (model)
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Glitch Bear (model) is a preliminary model for a life size sculpture of a bear, that will appear distorted by a digital glitch, as if a corrupted digital image has willed itself into...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Listen, study
By Jim Rennert
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 12 + APs
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vrouw met Uil Owl Bronze Sculpture Girl with Owl on Head Wisdom In Stock
By Erwin Meijer
Located in Utrecht, NL
Uil Owl Bronze Sculpture Girl with Owl on Head Wisdom Contemporary In Stock
The statues of Erwin Meijer are subtle with a recognizable, personal handwriting.
They breathe the atmosphere of a narrative poem, where the reader not only encounters the artist, but also himself.
Though the statues are realistic, there is still enough room for interpretation. Do the artist and the viewer see the same story? It doesn’t really matter, because the beauty in his work has a autonome quality. How can we interprete the work in the conscious and unconscious brain?
The first will be hit by the clear styled forms and the technical know-how. The second by his favourite theme, nature, the loving images of men and animals, often together in harmony.
Very common in his work is the symbolic worth within the story. The viewer experiences an emotion, seeing a human or human presence, funny or vulnerable. You sympathize with the myth and feel the power of the methaphorical meaning. This is confirms we are dealing with a real artist.
Erwin Meijer managed very well to give his sculptures a classic universality, timeless, surpassing the boundaries of reality. With a signature beyond countries and cultures. . East and west meet each other in many sculptures, like Europe and the bull...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ragazza con Treccie Bronze Sculpture Head Portrait Woman Face Hair
By KOBE
Located in Utrecht, NL
Ragazza con Treccie Bronze Sculpture Head Portrait Woman Face Hair
KOBE, pseudonym of Jacques Saelens, was a Belgian artist (Kortrijk, Belgium ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Figure sitting on a head
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Glazed ceramic
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$2,450 Sale Price
30% Off
''Baby Lama'' Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Portrait of a Baby Lama
By Ans Zondag
Located in Utrecht, NL
After studying Fine Art in the Netherlands Ans Zondag (1959) spent several years abroad in order to explore different artistic areas and to establish which technique suited her best....
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Haïku" , Green Patinated Bronze Tree&Human Sculpture on a Black Granite Base
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
"Haïku" is a bronze sculpture by Isabelle Jeandot, one of a limited edition series of twelve original sculptures. It will be delivered with a certificate of authenticity issued by th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"You Are a Remarkable Woman, Kara Walker" wall sculpture portrait
Located in Glen Ellen, CA
Cast glass with graphite and resin-painted aluminum.
Steve Linn describes himself as a documentary sculptor, conducting meticulous research on each of his selected subjects and choo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Free Standing Sculpture "Cowboy" Double Sided Red
Located in New York, NY
51” x 45” x 6" Edition of 3 (resin, vinyl) This free standing figurative sculpture of a cowboy with pistols drawn, is created with a 'cut...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Leapfrog by Helle Crawford, Contemporary frog bronze 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
Free kisses - 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
Neon Light
Babbling by Marine de Soos - Bronze nude sculpture, mother and child, figurative
Located in Paris, FR
Babbling is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 25.5 × 40 × 13 cm (10 × 15.7 × 5.1 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Fisherman II, Unique Painted Terracotta Vase by Mirko
By Mirko Guida
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mirkò, Italian (1980 - )
Title: Fisherman - II
Year: 2006
Medium: Painted Terracotta Vase, signed and dated
Size: 15 in. x 8 in. x 5.5...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
"Untitled (Bookends)" Steven Wolfe, Illusionistic Book Sculpture, Trompe-l'oeil
Located in New York, NY
Steven Wolfe
Untitled (Bookends), 1990
Stamped: SW 1990 2/3
Painted Bronze
6 1/4 x 7 x 4 inches
Edition 2/3
Steven Wolfe crafted sculptures and drawings of remarkable skill and vis...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"MySpace Tom No. 6" Textile Portrait, Glitch Motif, Crochet Acrylic
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "MySpace Tom No. 6" is a one-of-a-kind original piece by Nicole Nikolich (Lace in the Moon) and is made from crochet acrylic. This piece measures 30"h x 33"w framed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Textile, Yarn
BANCA ZIGURATICA NINIVESCA DE 3 PLAZAS (SCULPTURE)
Located in Aventura, FL
Wood sculpture with gold color trim. Hand signed and numbered on the underside by the artist. From the edition of 4.
Certificate of Authenticity is included. Artwork is in excellent condition. All reasonable offers will be considered.
About the Artist:
Pedro Friedeberg is a contemporary Mexican artist...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$1,837 Sale Price
25% Off
"Parting Lines", Blue and Gold-Colored, Metallic Figurative Bust, Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This blue and gold-colored figurative sculpture titled "Parting Lines" is an original artwork by Jedediah Morfit made of plaster, paint, yarn, and adhesive. This piece measures 38”h x 23"w x 14"d.
BIO Jedediah Morfit received his MFA in sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2005, where he was awarded the Sylvia Leslie Herman Young Scholarship and the Award Of Excellence. He was a Fellow at the Center For Emerging Visual Artists from 2007-2009, and received a New Jersey Council On the Arts Fellowship for sculpture in 2009. He received the Louise Kahn Award for Sculpture from the Woodmere Art Museum in 2006, and was awarded the Dexter Jones Award for Bas Relief from the National Sculpture Society in 2011 and 2012. In 2013, he was commissioned to create a series of new work for Artlantic:Wonder, which was named one of the 50 best...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Yarn, Plaster, Paint, Adhesive
Takioaka by Jacques Owczarek - Animal bronze black sculpture of a turtle
Located in Paris, FR
Takioaka is a sculpture by French contemporary artist Jacques Owczarek.
This turtle in bronze takes shape through a series of lines, edges and curves.
Jacques Owczarek discovered sc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Singing Horse 11/30
Located in Napa, CA
Giuseppe Palumbo’s whimsical, anthropomorphic sculptures delve into the human psyche through irony, wit, and humor. By applying classical techniques to his contemporary subjects, Pal...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
When to say When
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Upcycled Shirts, Resin, Nylon Fibres, Acrylic and Sodium Crystals
Size US: 29 x 15 x 8 in
Size EU: 74 x 38 x 21 cm
Contemporary painter and sculptor Noah Kashiani...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Acrylic
& Tall Tales
Located in Santa Fe, NM
hand-finished cast urethan resin 12/20
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Melissa Zink
Born 1932
Kansas City, Missouri
Died 2009 (aged 76–77)
Taos, New Mexico
Nationality American
Occupation(s) Artist, Sculptor
Melissa Zink (1932-2009) was an American artist. An active member of the Taos, New Mexico art scene, she blended storytelling with sculpture, and described the enchantment of books and the imaginary worlds they evoked as the focus of her work.[1] Critics lauded her as a "late bloomer" because she only began to exhibit and sell her multi-media works of ceramics, cast bronze, and collage, when she was in her forties.[2] She became known for her "three-dimensional stories" and "dream-like dioramas" in clay, interior scenes that blend whimsy with surrealism.[2][1] Later she cast large bronze statues of human figures embossed with texts drawn from dictionaries and illuminated manuscripts.[2] In 2001 she won a Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts from the state of New Mexico.[3] In 2021, one of her works featured in a special exhibit at the New Mexico Museum of Art entitled, "Southwest Rising: Contemporary Art and the Legacy of Elaine Horwich," which featured a group of artists in the 1970s and 1980s who together launched a movement described as "new Western art" or "Southwest pop".[4]
Education and career
Melissa Zink was born in Kansas City, Missouri. She attended the Emma Willard School, Swarthmore College, the University of Chicago, and the Kansas City Art Institute.[5] She later admitted that her professors' efforts to push her and her peers towards abstract expressionism during the 1950s deterred her from pursuing a career in art.[2] Instead she worked for many years by designing picture frames and operating an embroidery and craft shop while continuing to paint and experiment with various media in her free time.[6] In her forties, she married Nelson Zink, who encouraged her to pursue her artistic ambitions.
The owner of the Parks Gallery in Taos, which represented her for many years, described her works as aiming to replicate through multi-media art the "book experience, that altered state of consciousness we enter when engrossed in a book."[7] Though known primarily for her clay dioramas and bronze figural sculptures, in later years she also created multi-media, collage wall hangings that incorporated fabrics and painted elements.[1]
In 2000 Zink represented New Mexico at an exhibit of women artists called "From the States" held at Washington, D.C.'s National Museum of Women in the Arts.[1] In 2006 the Harwood Museum of Art in Taos staged an exhibition on her work.[8] In 2009, following her death, the Taos Art Museum and Fechin House staged a memorial exhibition entitled, "Melissa Zink: Her Singular World."[9]
She featured among leading women artists in the book Exposures: Women & Their Art by Betty Ann...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
$3,000
"Read the Ocean" figurative bronze table sculpture courage boy enjoy life surf
By Mireia Serra
Located in Kowloon, Hong Kong
Capturing moments when you challenge yourself, ride on the wave and enjoy. Read the Ocean is about courage, about taking up challenges and be happy with oneself.
"Our lives are comp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Flayed couple in a frame
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
Ceramic, Porcelain, Photographic Film
Strut 1/50
By Sandy Graves
Located in Napa, CA
Born in Colorado and raised in Nebraska, Sandy Graves first forayed into the art world by presenting work as a child and 4-H member at local county fairs....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$3,140
Saving Gaia III
Located in Dallas, TX
Deborah Ballard is best known for conceiving of figures and groupings of figures who relate to one another (and the viewer) through their body language, relationships and dialogue. S...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Untitled pendant (Percocet)
Located in Montreal, Quebec
I have been taking impressions of pills and creating a pill archive where pills are cast in silver and/or gold since 1995. At that time I was given pills as an answer to something th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver
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.