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Contemporary 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
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Round & Round Blue - glossy, circles, steel, geometric abstract wall sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Elegant circular blue steel sculpture. The elements suggest movement and vibration, It also looks as if it might roll, spin, wobble or topple at any moment but, of course, it does no...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Balloon Monkey (Orange) - Jeff Koons, Contemporary, Porcelain, Sculpture, Decor
Located in Zug, CH
Balloon Monkey (Orange) - Jeff Koons, 21st Century, Contemporary, Porcelain, Sculpture, Decor, Limited Edition Limoges porcelain with chromatic metalized coating Edition of 999 Sign...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Porcelain

Lapis 286 - white 3D abstract floral geometric ceramic composition
Located in New York, NY
Marie Laforey is a self-taught artist based in New York, US who maintains a sustainable art practice using primarily organic material. Laforey enjoys the tactility of working with organic mediums and learning how to craft preserved moss, clay, feathers and other natural elements into beautiful abstract compositions. Primarily inspired by nature, repetition, patterns, texture and geometry are essential elements that are omnipresent in her works. About Lapis and Flos series: Laforey recent ceramic works are unique pieces that alter in patterns to give an illusion of movement and depth by using clay’s potential for building sculptural dimension. The repetitive use of a unique element, the circle is centered to her work. The circle has often been associated with the female and to Mother Earth. It has no beginning and no end, it is the whole, the essence of things. It symbolizes the ongoing energy found in nature. Laforey’s Lapis mural ceramic series...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Clay

It's me 8
Located in Milano, IT
Alex Corno with his sculptures modulates excellently the iron. He creates a coherent and constant path of formal research, ethics and aesthetics. IT'S ME 8 2022 Painted iron CM ...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Iron

Soul Gate 48 (Diptych) - glossy, ribbon, powder coated steel, wall sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A contemporary wall sculpture hand forged from steel acquires an expressive undulating form in the hands of artist Stefan Duerst. This horizontal piece is actually two pieces that ov...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Steel

It's me - Espace vert bleu
Located in Milano, IT
Alex Corno with his sculptures modulates excellently the iron. He creates a coherent and constant path of formal research, ethics and aesthetics. IT'S ME ORIGINE 2022 Painted iron...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Iron

Pigasus - Pink Pig Resin Sculpture
Located in Miami, FL
In the Greek mythology, Pegasus was a handsome white winged horse. He was in charge by Zeus to bring thunderstorms and lightenings upon the Olympus Mount, known to be the Home of the Gods. In more recent times, Pigasus turned into a 145 pounds domestic pig, nominated for President in the 1960's by the Youth International Party the Yippies. This movement became popular for their stands against war and political establishment. Patrick Schumacher was inspired by this symbolic animal as a memorial of the Peace and Love era. Born in 1953, Patrick Schumacher is a German contemporary sculptor based in Nice, France. Classically trained in the foundation of Art in Strasbourg, France, he specialises in restoring art antiquities. As a result of his training, Schumacher acquired an extensive range of technical knowledge which he applies to a broad spectrum of materials. Finding inspiration in cultural origins combined with his interests in both classical and Asiatic art...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Resin

Nude - 21st Century, Contemporary Brass Figurative Sculpture, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Dimensions are given with the base RYSZARD PIOTROWSKI (born in 1952) Sculptor. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. His works include intimate, small forms in marbl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Brass

Nude - 21st Century, Contemporary Brass Figurative Sculpture, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Dimensions include the base RYSZARD PIOTROWSKI (born in 1952) Sculptor. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. His works include intimate, small forms in marble, bron...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Brass

Bronze Pine Cone 22-555 - nature inspired, still life, forged bronze sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Canadian sculptor Floyd Elzinga finds inspiration for his iconic imagery in nature. From his studio on the rugged Niagara escarpment, he creates beautiful sculptures using natural forms—trees, the maple leaf and pine cones. This new series of pine cones are superbly detailed, and hand forged from bronze. The polished finish lends an elegance to these tabletop pieces. “The natural world is fundamentally my inspiration, and it is strongly reflected in my subject matter.” Floyd Elzinga His pinecone...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Abstract Form Study in Bronze I
Located in New York, NY
George William Bell Abstract Form Study in Bronze I, 2022 Blown glass, mirrored 18.25 x 12 x 11.50 in.
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Blown Glass

Hand-Blown Glass Ant Gold Plated Recycled Industrial Iron and Red Crystal Parts
Located in ALCOY/ALCOI, ES
The Ant, Gold Plated and Red Glass The sculpture by Marcos Romero, representing an ant made of recycled industrial iron and blown glass, is a fascinating work of contemporary art. R...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Steel

Celestial Mechanical - modern, geometric, abstract, painted aluminum sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A highly polished stainless-steel ball framed by a rectangular cardinal red form appears to float in this dynamic table-top sculpture by Philippe Pallafr...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Iris Brown Cylinder Vase
Located in Toronto, ON
James was born in Edmonton in 1986 and then moved to Ottawa shortly thereafter. He gained exposure to glass blowing through a condensed 14-week program at the well-known Haliburton S...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Glass

Sculpture César Two One of a Kind Made in France
Located in Paris, FR
César Two by Eric de Dormael, Galerie Negropontes in Paris, France. One of a kind plaster with patina sculpture Éric de Dormael is an unconventional artist, his trajectory far from ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Fire Fly - large, red, translucent, feathers, solid glass wall sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Crimson glass feathers are gathered into a fiery composition in this dramatic wall sculpture by artist John Paul Robinson. The work is enhanced by the pa...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Glass

Limited Edition 2/3 Yellow Powder Coated Mild Steel Sculpture "Apart"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A medium sized, powder coated mild steel sculpture on a steel footing. Edition 2/3. Available in different colours or finishes on request.
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Post Position
Located in New Orleans, LA
[Portland, OR b. 1971 - Hunstville, Alabama] Dirk Staschke is a full time studio artist who is best known for his exploration of Dutch Vanitas still life themes in the medium of ce...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Ceramic

'Horse Mushroom' Contemporary desktop Bronze sculpture of mushrooms, white cream
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Horse Mushroom' is a stunningly elegant Bronze sculpture of a British Mushroom in Nature. The patina you see is what makes this piece so lifelike, rarely seen in bronze today. On ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Lucky Salon
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Lucky Sal" is original artwork made from paper, inkjet print, enamel, wire, chain, aluminum tube, and pastel by Drew Leshko. This piece measures 9"h x .75"w x 7"h....
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Enamel, Wire

M2- Blue Grey Porcelain abstract geometric mural sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Artists Statement: My interest is in exploring ways of building structural forms in ceramics. Many ideas for the forms come from architecture while the inherent organic quality of th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Win Far
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Win Far" is original artwork made from paper, inkjet print, enamel, wire, chain, aluminum tube, and pastel by Drew Leshko. This piece measures 10"h x 0.75"w x 6"d....
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Enamel, Wire

Large Limited Edition Powder Coated Mild Steel Sculpture "Split Walker"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A life size, two-piece powder coated mild steel sculpture on steel footings. Edition of 7. Available in different colours or finishes on request.
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Flat Pot XVIII, 2019, Glazed earthenware wall sculpture cream & brown terracotta
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Earthenware and glaze "Flat Pot XVIII" (2019) Glazed earthenware flat goblet wall sculpture Hanging system on back side Earth tones, cream and brown on terracotta clay Certificate o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Glaze, Terracotta, Earthenware

Large Limited Edition Rusted Mild Steel Sculpture "Wise Man 3"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A life size, rusted mild steel sculpture on a steel footing. Edition of 7. Available in different colours or finishes on request.
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Gemini Headspace
Located in East Quogue, NY
Yellow, blue and white round abstract ceramic sculpture titled "Gemini Headspace" by Lauren Skelly Bailey. Glazed porcelain with cobalt. Size: 7 x...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain, Stoneware, Slip, Glaze

Pop Top
Located in Bristol, GB
Ceramic planter, crystal blue eyes Edition 500 Signed, numbered, dated and embossed on the bottom New, as issued. Minor imperfections may appear due to the nature of the materials So...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

"4 RED Boxes illusion sculpture" 2022 28x25x8"
Located in Southampton, NY
Sanseviero's metal sculptures fool the eye. His "illusion sculptures" are amazingly only 1/16th of an inch thick and yet they appear to be 3 dimensional boxes with open centers that are stacked on top of each other. I have included a side view so that you can see how thin this illusion sculpture is. He first designs how the formation of "Boxes" will layout and then hand cuts the shape he has just designed. He then welds the flat sculpture...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Enamel

Upcycled Grocery Basket Sculpture: 'Convenience Basket 4/6'
Located in New York, NY
“Using racial conflict as a starting point, I juxtaposes various fibers with a variety of found materials using free form weaving, coiling, knotting, wrapping and jewelry making tech...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Mixed Media

Paper Sculpture, Wall Hanging: Untitled Ivory and Pink Dip'
Located in New York, NY
Samuelle Green’s work has always been multidisciplinary. Throughout all her mediums; painting, drawing, sculpture, and installation, there is a common thread of subject matter – that...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Wire

"4 White Boxes Illusion Sculpture"
Located in Southampton, NY
Sanseviero's metal sculptures fool the eye. His "illusion sculptures" are only 1/16th of an inch thick and yet they appear to be 3 dimensional boxes...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Enamel

Pumpkin Objects (Pair White & Yellow) -- Sculptures, multiples by Yayoi Kusama
Located in London, GB
Pumpkin Object (White) & Pumpkin Object (Yellow), 2016 Yayoi Kusama The set of two painted cast resin multiples Each stamped on the base Accompanied by the original boxes Diameter:...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Paint

Limited Edition Wall Mounted Sculpture "Journey to the Center of the Earth"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A limited edition wall mounted steel sculpture made of stainless steel on board. Edition 1/3
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Steel, Stainless Steel

White Aomori Dog Bank
Located in Washington , DC, DC
This Yoshitomo Nara Dog is a smaller scale model of the large one that sits at Mori Museum. It is made of soft vinyl and designed to be used as a bank. It is ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Plastic

White Porcelain Pig Jumping a Hurdle "Underdog" by Bethany Krull
Located in Buffalo, NY
This sculpture depicts a white porcelain pig embodying sheer determination. Hand sculpted in a super-white porcelain by New York artist Bethany Krull th...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Porcelain, Fabric, Wood, Acrylic

Small Suncatchers 3
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This Mixed Media piece titled "Small Suncatchers 3" is an original artwork by Roxana Azar made of a digital print on acrylic. The piece measures approx. 24”h x 6”w x 0.5”d. Roxana ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Digital, Lucite, Pigment

Starflower Series 3
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This Mixed Media piece titled "Starflower Series 3" is an original artwork by Roxana Azar made of a digital print on acrylic. The piece measures approx. 5.25”h x 5”w. Roxana Azar’s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Digital, Lucite, Pigment

Starflower Series 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This Mixed Media piece titled "Starflower Series 1" is an original artwork by Roxana Azar made of a digital print on acrylic. The piece measures approx. 5....
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Digital, Lucite, Pigment

Rhaphidorpha Tertasperma Suncatcher
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This Mixed Media piece titled "Rhaphidorpha Tertasperma Suncatcher" is an original artwork by Roxana Azar made of a digital print on acrylic, plastic chain, metal, and glass. The pie...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Double Sided Orchid
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This Mixed Media piece titled "Double-Sided Orchid" is an original artwork by Roxana Azar made of a digital print on acrylic. The piece measures approx. 37.5”h x 12.5”w x 1”d. Roxan...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Digital, Lucite, Pigment

Small Black & Umber Ginger Jar with Engraved Leaves - porcelain vessel
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This elegantly shaped ceramic jar in jet black and umber (reddish-brown) colours is one of Loren Kaplan’s new vessels. Engraved with a leaf motif, this porcelain jar’s classic shape ...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Ceramic, Porcelain

Neuropolis / In cities we are born and in cities we die
Located in München, BY
KRIŠTOF KINTERA Neuropolis / In cities we are born and in cities we die, 2022 Mixed Media 80 x 71 x 23 cm 31 1/2 x 28 x 9 1/8 in
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Big Funky Monstera Suncatcher
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This Mixed Media piece titled "Big Monstera Deliciosa Suncatcher" is an original artwork by Roxana Azar made of a digital print on acrylic, plastic chain, metal, and glass. The piece...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Digital, Lucite, Pigment

«It was you that put your foot into my habitat» Ceramic Sculpture by Hvidsten
Located in Oslo, NO
Signed and dated. «It was you that put your foot into my habitat» was part of O. F. Hvidsten's first solo-exhibition «This will never pass». The works com...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Wall sculpture: 'Home Stretch'
Located in New York, NY
My art mirrors natural forms with biomorphic dystopian edges. In the viewer’s mind the shapes are familiarly organic yet there is a tension as one struggles to comprehend the life cy...
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Adhesive, Mixed Media, Wax

FIFA - Found Object Sculpture with Deflated Soccer Ball and Barbed Wire
By Rick Farrell
Located in Chicago, IL
A found object is a natural or man-made item, or fragment of an item that is found by an artist and kept because of some intrinsic interest the artist sees in it. Beginning with Picasso, who incorporated newspapers and matchboxes into his cubist collages and constructions, this idea has been carried forward. It was popular with the Dada and Surrealist movements and with such great artists as Damien...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Found Objects

The Matador
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A sculpture by David Morris. "The Matador" is an abstract sculpture, cast steel by American artist David Morris. The artwork is signed on the base, "David...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Steel

porcelain horse sculpture in pink flowers "Womb" by Bethany Krull
Located in Buffalo, NY
This porcelain horse wall sculpture is hand-built without the use of molds by New York artist Bethany Krull and floats peacefully in a womb-like nest of pink silk flowers.
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain, Mixed Media

Red Rocking Horse, Porcelain Skull "Resurrection of Gemini" by Bethany Krull
Located in Buffalo, NY
This piece is a beautiful and large red wooden rocking horse sculpture with a mounted white porcelain skull created by New York artist, Bethany Krull. ...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain, Wood, Paint

"Mountain King" ceramic sculpture with figure, deer, snake and chrysallis
Located in New York, NY
This free standing glazed porcelain sculpture features multi-level coves in which various scenes are depicted. The bottom level of the 'mountain form' holds a dreamer figure with a hanging chrysallis above. The second, middle section holds a snake in a nest like form. The top level holds a resting deer. The overall mountain form is transfigured into the embodiment of a male figure, with a long cloak draped along the back. This figures and forms in this sculpture are all hand-built by Austrian-American artist, Sascha Mallon. “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...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain, Ceramic

Fiber wall hanging: 'Yellow Fringe Gal 1'
Located in New York, NY
I custom dyed the cotton rope a bright yellow using Jacquard ink, then wrapped the rope with ribbon, pom pom trim, yarn and vintage fabric from a block print tapestry that hung in my college dorm room. Theda Sandiford...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Thread, Yarn, Fabric

White Porcelain Baby Birds, Topiary Tree "Birdie Topiary" by Bethany Krull
Located in Buffalo, NY
This sculpture depicts two newborn baby birds perch atop a potted topiary hand built using super white porcelain and archival white paper mache by New York Artist Bethany Krull. The...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Porcelain, Handmade Paper

Bittern- 21st Century Sculpture of a Bird made out of recycled Black Plastics
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This sculpture is made out of black plastic by Dutch artist Eric Schutte. The artist who also paints paintings, made this sculpture out of plastic. The plastic is recycled and used ...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Plastic

Large fiber wall hangings: 'Yellow Fringe Gal 1 & 2'
Located in New York, NY
Theda Sandiford, is a self-taught mixed media artist based in Jersey City, NJ. Though art is engrained in her psyche, Theda’s first creative endeavors were in the music business as a...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Fabric

Untitled #6 - abstract geometric, organic white glazed porcelain sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Joan Lurie Untitled #6 White Glazed Porcelain 20" x 14" x 14" 2019 Artists Statement: My interest is in exploring ways of building structural forms in ceramics. Many ideas for the f...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Hyacinth Macaw
Located in New York, NY
Anodized aluminum, dark blue
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Metal

Bruce Houston "Untitled (Homage to Frank Stella)", mixed media sculpture
By Bruce Houston
Located in Glenview, IL
"Untitled (Homage to Frank Stella)" by contemporary American artist Bruce Houston is a mixed media sculpture created with wood, paint and toy parts in 1989.
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1980s Contemporary Sculptures

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Mixed Media

Swallows and stars -turkey feather back and white abstract composition on paper
Located in New York, NY
American artist Chris Maynard gives homage to nature through the plumage of birds -using feathers acquired from legal sources such as zoos and private aviaries all naturally shed by ...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Archival Paper

Contemporary sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary 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 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, red, purple, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including KOBE, Richard MacDonald, KAWS, and HIRO ANDO. 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 sculptures, so small editions measuring 0.25 inches across are also available.

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