21st Century and Contemporary Nude Sculptures

Babylonian Harut (Angel of Babylon). The Qur’an (2:102) relates an account of two angels named Harut and Marut who were sent to the people of Babylon to test their faith by teaching them magic. Bronze Monaco 2014 Unique Piece 29.9 x 10.2 x 17.3 inches ARTIST STATEMENT: "The beauty, grace and symmetry of traditional figurative sculpture has always called to me. It is my school and my obsession. My language is the figure and I feel the need to comment on the human condition, sometimes distorted by demons, and other times enchanted by all that is pure within us. I have renewed my relationship to the human form. It has undergone a metamorphosis from silent conformity, where the rules and proportions are tantamount to a partial figure where the human condition becomes of primary importance. I want to stretch the canons of classical realism by giving beauty another voice that challenges socio-political norms. I speak of spirit and courage, of heritage and of imperishable strength. Today I challenge the traditional figure, creating a characterization of the Spirit; a metaphor to our inner world that might encourage us to seek a deeper understanding of ourselves. Consciousness, as a philosophical concept, can lead us many places, from the empirical world of the cognitive sciences to a theoretical one, where psychology attempts to provide the answers. It is my intention to reach into the 21st. century using sculpture to transcend disciplinary boundaries between the physical bodies in bronze and the self-knowledge and understanding of the ethereal realm that is our internal landscape." ~ Blake Ward...

GREGORY OREKHOV Little Agatha 2017 Mirror polished stainless steel 100 × 55 × 55 cm (edition of 5 + 3 APs) GREGORY OREKHOV Gregory Orekhov was born in 1976 in Moscow in the family ...

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...

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...

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...

Andromeda, white marble, female figure, waves, chain, nude, classical sculpture In Greek mythology, Andromeda is the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, king and queen of ancient Et...

Title : Encantadas Victorianas Materials : Stoneware, Mixed Media Date : 2011 Dimensions : 6"x 17"x 13"

Title : Fit to be Tied Materials : Stoneware Date : 2013 Dimensions : 3"x 12"x 10" each

Title : Brazilian Twins Materials : Stoneware, Glaze Date : 2016 Dimensions : 5"x 13"x 13"

Title : Fancy Encantada Materials : Stoneware, Glaze, Leather Cord, Paint Date : 2016 Dimensions : 11" X 2" X 8"

Title : Tied Up Materials : Stoneware, Glaze, Paint, Leather Cord Date : 2016 Dimensions : 8"x 6"x 10" Description : A piece built in the round for the shelf or pedestal

Title : Beluga Boys Materials : Stoneware, Glaze Date : 2017 Dimensions : 11"x 7"x 6" and 6"x 7"x 12" Description : Kneeling and Reclining Beluga featured as a pair For the past sev...

Title : Kneeling Beluga Materials : Stoneware, Glaze Date : 2017 Dimensions : 11"x 7"x 6" Description : A piece built in the round for the shelf or pedestal For the past several yea...

The Shadow Phantom. The Egyptians believed that a person’s shadow was an important element of that person as it is formed by the sun; a sacred symbol in their faith. An individual’s ...

Long Gone, by Rodger Jacobsen, female, nude, bronze, sculpture, stone base Long Gone, by Rodger Jacobsen female nude bronze sculpture, stone base Rodger Jacobsen’s sculpture is at...