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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Walk Series: Going Places
Located in Dallas, TX
The figure has always been Deborah Ballard’s muse in her sculptures. Ballard works in bronze, cast stone, and plaster; her figures ranging from life-size to hand-size. Ballard says, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Rapt Triptych - Large, figurative, masks, tryptic aluminum wall sculpture
By Dale Dunning
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Narrow strips of aluminum are skillfully shaped into the curves and folds of three masks by sculptor Dale Dunning. The industrial steam-punk inspired wrapped faces that change from right to left also reflect a romantic sensibility recalling the Gothic literature...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Cloud 1/7 - soft, smooth, calming, human face, white lacquered bronze sculpture
By Dale Dunning
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Dale Dunning’s contemporary sculptures often use the generic image of the human head as a metaphor for our collective experience. With this table top piece in bronze, the Canadian ar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Voice From Without
Located in Dallas, TX
From Memories of Egypt Series.
The figure has always been Deborah Ballard’s muse in her sculptures. Ballard works in bronze, cast stone, and plaster; her figures ranging from life-s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Pigment, Wax, Plaster
Untitled No 51 1/8 - emotive, nude, female, figurative, patina, bronze statuette
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This bronze statuette of a nude female dancer, toes pointed, thin legs outstretched with an anguished torso was created rapidly in gestures that verge on abstraction. The modern and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Drawing in Space - Tall, bright red, geometric abstract, coated steel sculpture
By Shayne Dark
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Slender rings of flattened candy red steel are stacked into an elegant yet playful column by master sculptor Shayne Dark. Aptly titled, Drawing in Space, the work appears from variou...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Agathist Head
Located in Dallas, TX
In his sculptures, drawings and paintings, Michael O’Keefe employs unpredictable processes as a means to discover content. He couples accident and chance with unconventional methods,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Pigment, Plaster
Calligraphy - abstracted, repurposed metal, gothic, bronze figurative sculpture
By Dale Dunning
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Old metal type, welded together to form the head of this over-sized bust, is cast in bronze and perched on a bronze pyramidal base by sculptor Dale Dunn...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Talavera Plate
By Carlos Luna
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A white ceramic plate with black and blue glaze depicting a crowing rooster and a woman's face in profile by Latin American artist Carlos Luna.
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Reflections of Nature Series No 3 - reflective, steel, copper, wall sculpture
By Shayne Dark
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Simply stunning. They shine like jewels…This is Shayne Dark’s Reflections of Nature Series. Dark’s superb sculptural work is informed by nature. This series of wall sculptures—tondos...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Copper, Stainless Steel
Orpheus after the disappearance of Eurydice - male, figurative, bronze sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This powerful bronze sculpture of a nude male, standing, fists raised above a bowed head is by Canadian artist Richard Tosczak. Known for his beautiful figurative work, Tosczak’s pie...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
D S Blues
Located in Dallas, TX
This work is included in the exhibition "David A. Dreyer: Blues Before Dawn" which is on view from February 7 through March 14, 2015.
David A. Dreyer was born in Dallas in 1958, a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Panel, Graphite, Oil
Think II
Located in Dallas, TX
The figure has always been Deborah Ballard’s muse in her sculptures. Ballard works in bronze, cast stone, and plaster; her figures ranging from life-size to hand-size. Ballard says...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Iron, Stainless Steel
Terra Alba - creamy white, nature inspired, tear drop shaped, ceramic vessel
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This superbly crafted tear-drop shaped vessel is by the master Canadian ceramicist Steven Heinemann. The creamy white colour of this piece is highlighted by black detailing and the f...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Reflections of Nature Series No 1 - reflective, steel, copper, wall sculpture
By Shayne Dark
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Simply stunning. They shine like jewels…This is Shayne Dark’s Reflections of Nature Series. Dark’s superb sculptural work is informed by nature. This series of wall sculptures—tondos...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Copper, Stainless Steel
Self
Located in Bloomfield, ON
SELF is a compelling and ambiguous bronze sculpture by this talented young Canadian sculptor.
(b.1989, Kingston, ON) Nicholas Crombach graduated from OCAD University’s sculpture...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Untitled No 50 1/8 - emotive, nude, female, figurative, bronze statuette
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This bronze statuette of a female nude tucked up and rolling on the ground, head to one side was created rapidly in gestures that verge on abstraction. The modern and dynamic formali...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Pleiades-Celaeno 4/8 - emotive, nude, female, figurative, bronze statuette
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Canadian artist Richard Tosczak is known for his beautiful figurative sculptures. This bronze statuette of a nude female leaning as if against a wall, hands behind her back was first...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Palimpsest 5/7 - abstract, repurposed metal, gothic, figurative wall sculpture
By Dale Dunning
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Repurposed metal type was fused in the shape of a mask then cast in aluminum and polished to create a rich surface by artist Dale Dunning. The title of the work palimpsest refers to ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Young Cock
By Anne Chase Martin
Located in Dallas, TX
Artist's Statement
At first I went to state fairs to do small drawings and little gestural sculptures of animals. Eventually I bought some chickens for models but soon realized i...
Category
1990s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf, Bronze
East Wind - blue, translucent, flowing, glass, intersecting tabletop sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Metaphors of time, space, earth and its elements are reflected in the elegant and glowing glass sculptures by Canadian artist John Paul Robinson. In this table-top piece, gently curved tubes of azure blue glass move together mimicking the effect of wind on water. Historically, the east wind...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Glass
The Pleiades-Taygete 1/8 - emotive, nude, female, figurative, bronze statuette
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The elegant form of a nude female figure is captured in this sculpture by Canadian artist Richard Tosczak. This table-top piece is named after ‘Taygete’ one of the Pleiades--seven si...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Green Samurai - patinated, rustic, baroque, figurative, bronze wall sculpture
By Dale Dunning
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Bronze head fashion from cast found objects - the decorative elements added to furniture early in the last century. This piece is cast using elements of wood molding to create a mask...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sounding IV - narrative of journey and change, mixed media, tapestry and vessel
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A ceramic canoe shape perforated and marked emerges from a plinth next to a tapestry of blue and light brown that repeats the vertical canoe shape. The title of this mixed media work...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Textile, Clay
Kuro Koi AP - black, rustic, baroque, face, figurative, bronze wall sculpture
By Dale Dunning
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Bronze cast mask, created by casting decorative escutcheons used in furniture at the turn the 19th century, and combining them into a mask that challenges both traditional ideas of t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Indispensable Losses 3
Located in Dallas, TX
Michael O’Keefe’s sculptures, drawings, and paintings depict figurative narratives born from unpredictable processes. He couples innovative methods with unconventional tools to creat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Granite
The Pleiades-Alcyone AP/12 - emotive, nude, female, figurative, bronze statuette
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This strongly posed female nude figure in patinated bronze was created rapidly in clay - in gestures that verge on abstraction. It has then been cast in bronze. This is the Artist...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Talavera Plate
By Carlos Luna
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A white ceramic plate with deep blue glaze depicting an abstracted elephant by Latin American artist Carlos Luna.
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
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 Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Talavera Plate
By Carlos Luna
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A white ceramic plate with deep blue glaze depicting an abstracted head of a man in a hat with three hammers above his head by Latin American artist Carlos Luna.
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Windfall Series No 06 - smooth, polished, natural wood abstract carved sculpture
By Shayne Dark
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This series of eight abstract sculptures by Shayne Dark is made from applewood burls collected from apple orchards in Prince Edward County. "Many of the local apple orchardists were ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Wood
Talavera Plate
By Carlos Luna
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A blue and white ceramic plate depicting a stylized crowing rooster by Carlos Luna.
Carlos Luna’s oeuvre is an amalgam of native Cuban influence from twentieth century artists suc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Windfall Series No 07 - smooth, polished, natural wood abstract carved sculpture
By Shayne Dark
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This abstract sculpture from the Windfall Series by Shayne Dark is made from one of the applewood burls collected from apple orchards in Prince Edward County, Ontario. Many of the lo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Wood
Rethinking It All
Located in Dallas, TX
This sculpture is cast and manipulated stone, fiberglass, iron, and casters.
Deborah Ballard is best known for conceiving of figures and groupings of figures who relate to one anoth...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Cast Stone, Iron
In to Down
Located in Dallas, TX
David A. Dreyer was born in Dallas in 1958, and earned his BFA and MFA at Southern Methodist University. He was a recipient of the Moss/Chumley Award from the Meadows Museum and has ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Laminate, Oil, Plywood
Sleep
Located in Dallas, TX
"Since childhood, I have been making clay figures to express what interested me. When I make a figure I try to feel what my subjects feel from the inside out. I choose the motif of p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Glaze, Ceramic
Shoes
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An abstract sculpture by Post War artist Tim Hawkinson depicting yellow shoes encased in plaster in a red shoe box. Signed underneath, "Tim Hawkinson, Tim...
Category
1990s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Plaster, Cardboard
Walk/Inner Voice Series: Changing Direction
Located in Dallas, TX
The figure has always been Deborah Ballard’s muse in her sculptures. Ballard works in bronze, cast stone, and plaster; her figures ranging from life-size to hand-size. Ballard says, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Matchstick Head
By David Mach
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A sculpture by David Mach. "Matchstick Head" is a small sculpture executed in matchsticks & depicting an abstracted mask by contemporary artist David Mach.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects
Release Series: Curled
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 Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Flying With Fire - large, translucent, red, feathers, solid glass wall sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Available on commission. Size can vary. Can be pre-mounted on panel or installed directly on wall. Please allow 8-10 weeks completion time before shipping.
Crimson glass feathers ar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Sculpture XXIX 1/8 - emotive, nude, female, figurative, patina, bronze statuette
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This delicately balanced, female nude figure is patinated in a dark blue and black tone.
Available by commission in an edition of 8, this piece is 1/8.
A former student of philosop...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Tabula Rasa - abstracted, gothic, bronze, gold plated, figurative sculpture
By Dale Dunning
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A gold patinated head bursts from its shell of bronze in this aptly titled sculpture by Dale Dunning.
Bronze sculptor Dale Dunning’s skilled craftsmanship never overshadows the stor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mr. Blu
Located in Dallas, TX
After receiving her BFA from the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, Carol Cook earned a Master of Occupational Therapy degree from Texas Woman’s University in Denton. In 2000, Cook e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Acrylic, Glaze
Maquette for Memories of Egypt Series
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 Sculptures
Materials
Cast Stone
Coversation
By Ron Reihel
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A sculpture by Ron Reihel. "Conversation" is an abstract, plaster, wood and canvas sculpture, executed in black by contemporary artist Ron Reihel. "Conversation" depicts a group of t...
Category
1990s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Canvas
I Ain't Takin' No Shower
Located in Dallas, TX
After receiving her BFA from the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, Carol Cook earned a Master of Occupational Therapy degree from Texas Woman’s University in Denton. In 2000, Cook e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Acrylic, Glaze
Joyce
Located in Dallas, TX
After receiving her BFA from the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, Carol Cook earned a Master of Occupational Therapy degree from Texas Woman’s University in Denton. In 2000, Cook e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Acrylic, Glaze
Astarte
Located in Dallas, TX
"The Phoenician goddess of fertility and sexual love, she is also regarded as a moon goddess."
Quote from the monograph "Anita Huffington," Photographs by David Finn...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Elutheria
By Ron Reihel
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A sculpture by Ron Reihel. "Elutheria" is an abstract, cast resin, plaster, wood and canvas wall sculpture executed in a deep, glossy black by contemporary artist Ron Reihel. Ron Rei...
Category
1990s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Canvas, Plaster, Resin, Wood
Shiro Koi AP - white, rustic, baroque, face, figurative, bronze wall sculpture
By Dale Dunning
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Using small hand carved wooden escutcheons created by rural furniture makers early in the last century as the basis for the molds, Dunning has created the wax elements and sculpted a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Akai Koi AP - red, rustic, baroque, face, figurative, bronze wall sculpture
By Dale Dunning
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Bronze sculptor Dale Dunning’s skilled craftsmanship never overshadows the story he wants to tell. Often he presents new ways of looking at the human face – sometimes as a mask, other times brimming with words and thoughts – and always compelling, sacred and narrative. His formal education includes a MFA (1971) from Cranbrook Academy...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Midori Koi (AP) - green, rustic, baroque, face, figurative bronze wall sculpture
By Dale Dunning
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The exquisite detail of antique hand-carved wood has been re-imagined as a mask in this intriguing sculpture by Dale Dunning. The Canadian artist often re-purposes found objects—this...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Elefante
By Carlos Luna
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A sculpture by Carlos Luna. "Elefante" is a bronze sculpture depicting an detailed yet abstracted elephant by Latin American artist Carlos Luna. Edition 8 of 8.
Signed lower left.
C...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cloud
Located in Dallas, TX
The alabaster of "Cloud," upon which this bronze is based, is in the collection of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas.
Anita Huffington's work is also included in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; the Morris Museum in Augusta, Georgia; the Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock; and the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida in Gainesville.
Anita Huffington's history includes a long period in New York City starting in the late fifties when she studied dance with Martha Graham and Merce Cunningham. Huffington became acquainted with a circle of artists of the New York School, including Kline and de Kooning, as well as a diverse and individualistic group of painters, sculptors, musicians, and poets in this vital and idealistic period. These experiences, and her later choice to live in the woods of the Arkansas Ozarks, sowed the seeds for the sculpture she makes in stone, bronze, wood, and mixed media. Her work reflects both the world of art and the spirit of her life in the woods.
Anita Huffington states:
"I do direct carving in stone and make bronzes, often using the stone as part of the process. My sculpture is usually based on the human form, primarily the female nude. I often carve torsos...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Untitled XXVII 4/8 - emotive, nude, female, figurative, patina, bronze statuette
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Powerful bronze female nude sculpture caught in a transitional movement. The patina on this textured sculpture is a deep blue-black. The modern and dynamic formalism that departs fro...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sculpture VIII 1/8 - emotive, nude, female, figurative, patina, bronze statuette
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This thoughtful, female, nude figure is patinated in a dark blue and black tone.
Available by commission in an edition of 8, this piece is 1/8. Please allow 4-5 weeks for completion...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Untitled XXVIII A.P./8 - emotive, nude, female, figurative, bronze statuette
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This thoughtful female figure has wrapped her arms around herself. The light green patina highlights this gentle gesture. The study feels intimate, and indeed, the sculptor's wife wa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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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