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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.

Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.

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Style: Contemporary
Aura - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract Sculpture, Mahogany Root, Wood
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Mahogany root The Ingravidesa Sculpture Alliance is formed by an international group of sculptors and designers who collaborate to create abstract sculpture inspired by nature. They...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Mahogany

Contemporary Figurative Animal Sculpture- Sparse shadows reflect horizontally
Located in Beijing, CN
This sculpture by Wang Dapeng is signed and numbered. Edition 45/50 Wang Dapeng is a contemporary Realist sculptor. He makes images of spiritual animals –...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Árbol Invertido - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Sculpture, Steel, Tree
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Jordi Díez Fernández graduated from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid with a degree in Fine Art and honours in sculpture. He started his profe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Presencia Efímera II - 21st Century, Contemporary Art, Abstract, Iron Sculpture
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Lukas Ulmi’s work unveils the hidden beauty of shapes taking stones, seemingly static forms, incomplete or meaningless objects and turning them into authent...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Iron

Guepardo - 21st Century, Contemporary Sculpture, Figurative, Recycled Objects
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Miquel Aparici's sculptures are surprising assemblages made from old objects that had other uses in the past, and which the artist recovers and uses in ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Found Objects, Mixed Media

Head
Located in New York, NY
Mixed media and Painted wood, wall sculpture by Rick Prol.
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1980s Contemporary Sculptures

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Wood

Matt Smith, Red Girl with Pearls, Black Parisian, Porcelain Freshwater Pearls
Located in London, GB
Red Girl with Pearls, 2021 Black Parian, Porcelain and Freshwater Pearls 30 x 16 x 13 cm 11 3/4 x 6 1/4 x 5 1/8 in. Girl in red dress with pearls made...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Porcelain

Corner Office
Located in Greenwich, CT
Sculpture of a businessman in the "corner office" Edition of 7
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Steel, Bronze

Next Wave
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1958 Jim Rennert was born in 1958, and grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Salt Lake City, Utah. After ten trying years of working in business, Rennert was inspired to ex...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

Fast Track
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 9 + APs
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Aurora - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract Sculpture, Mahogany Root, Wood
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Mahogany root The Ingravidesa Sculpture Alliance is formed by an international group of sculptors and designers who collaborate to create abstract sculp...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Mahogany

Ilusión (Diptych) - 21st Century, Contemporary Art, Abstract Sculpture, Iron
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Lukas Ulmi’s work unveils the hidden beauty of shapes taking stones, seemingly static forms, incomplete or meaningless objects and turning them into authentic sculptures where weight...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Iron

Elutheria
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

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Canvas, Plaster, Resin, Wood

Marble & Idaho Green Quartzite 4
Located in New York, NY
Born in Pasadena and raised in Orange County, Elizabeth Turk earned her M.F.A. at the Rinehart School of Sculpture, Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. In Turk’s work, the shape of the line is created by extreme loss. That is, the reductive process of carving creates a positive, fragile form in which the absence of the original material is a focus. Turk encourages us to consider how nature has shaped these organic materials long before the artist’s manipulation of them into new forms. When viewed as components in a complex natural system, their singular beauty and inherent mystery is revealed. Turk compels us to view works of art not only as objects to be coveted and collected, but also as expressions of the natural world and our evolving relation to it. A recipient of numerous awards, including a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (2010), a Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation Fellowship (2010), and a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship (2011), Turk is internationally recognized for transforming her signature medium of marble into strikingly intricate objects that defy convention and challenge our preconceptions of what marble can do. Through the use of electric grinders, dental tools...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Marble

Le Tre Grazie
Located in Milano, MI
Szymon Oltarzewski was born in 1977 in Poland. Graduated in Environmental Engineering from the University of Opole, in 2003 he moved to Pietrasanta where he enrolled at the Academy o...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Immortal Flower V painted stainless steel wall sculpture by artist Gloria Kisch
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Painted stainless steel flower wall sculpture by artist Gloria Kisch.
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

The complete mini Buddha set (9 mini buddha statues)
Located in New York, NY
These colorful meditating Buddha silhouette statues are laser cut Plexiglas and acrylic hand painted. They can stand alone, or come in couples, trios or more... This is a unique statue that will start off a conversation and will bring a stylish decoration into your home/ office/ studio or business. It's the perfect gift to someone you love, or when you want to leave an impression. The meditating Buddha statue...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Plexiglass, Acrylic

Vitruvian Woman
Located in Greenwich, CT
Figurative sculpture of a woman standing like Leonardo da Vinci's "Vitruvian Man". Edition of 21
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Early 2000s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Exodus
Located in New York, NY
Amarist Studio Exodus, 2018 Pink Concrete and Bronze plated in 24 Karat Gold 24h x 8w x 24d in
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Concrete, Gold, Bronze

The Scholar Red Clay Contemporary Sculpture
Located in London, GB
Christian Mizon Contemporary The Scholar Red Clay Height: 6 ¼ inches (16 cm) Stamped by artist Christian Mizon is a graduate of Camberwell College of A...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Clay

3 Heads are better than 1
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Guido Oakley is a modern imaginative artist that directs design concepts, computerised innovation and uses exotic materials such as precious metals, gemstones and crystal clear resin...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Gold

"Pantaloncini: Work No. 012 (Emma)" sculpture with pins
By Angela Ellsworth
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Angela Ellsworth Pantaloncini: Work No. 012 (Emma), 2017 47,160 pearl corsage pins, colored dress pins, fabric, steel 25”h x 18"w x 12”d Angela Ellsworth is an interdisciplinary artist who works in sculpture, drawing, installation, and performance. Her solo and collaborative work draws on a broad range of topics: illness (particularly her personal battle with cancer in her twenties), physical fitness, endurance, religious traditions (influenced by her family’s history and especially her great, great, grandfather, Lorenzo Snow, who was the fifth prophet and president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints), and social issues (such as queerness and non-heteronormative relationships in contemporary society as well as the tradition of polygamy with the early history of Mormonism.) Addressing the secret languages pulsing beneath officially-sanctioned accounts of history and religion, Ellsworth’s mysterious, entrancing objects and performances draw lines of communication between her Mormon ancestry and the work of 19th and 20th century female mystics, delving into an unspoken realm of gestural language, psychic connection, and sensuous geometry. In 2014, she founded the Museum of Walking, which is committed to conversations about land, action and site within the context of art. Ellsworth holds a MFA in painting and performance from Rutgers University and a BA in photography and painting from Hampshire College. Her work has been shown internationally including at The Getty Center (CA), Museum of Contemporary Art (Sydney, Australia), Zacheta National Gallery of Art (Warsaw, Poland), National Review of Live Art...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Anabiose
Located in Porto, 13
Filipe Curado relates to universal and comprehensive themes. The tree has been a recurring theme, but not the only one. Along his path, he always made pieces with the image of the tr...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Lady Moon, edition 4 of 15
Located in Nutfield, Surrey
Ruth Bloch was born in Israel in 1951 to artist parents. Her father was a musician, while her mother worked in ceramics, Ruth's family were members of a Kibbutz called Alonim, a plac...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

ÉTUDE 8.0 - N°4 - LA COLONNE
Located in Marrakech, MA
Sculpture in oak and metal.
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Metal

Pez Fanal - 21st Century, Contemporary Sculpture, Figurative, Recycled Objects
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Miquel Aparici's sculptures are surprising assemblages made from old objects that had other uses in the past, and which the artist recovers and uses in a creative and ingenious way. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Found Objects, Mixed Media

Ascent - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract Sculpture, Stainless Steel
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Stainless steel sculpture Liechennay was exposed to the creative process from a very young age through his mother’s artistic pursuits as a designer of gold jewelry in Indonesia, his...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Máscara Azteca - 21st Cent, Contemporary Sculpture, Figurative, Recycled Objects
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Miquel Aparici's sculptures are surprising assemblages made from old objects that had other uses in the past, and which the artist recovers and uses in a creative and ingenious way. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Found Objects, Mixed Media

Aiden (Spout with pearls), 2021, Black Parian, Freshwater pearls
Located in London, GB
MATT SMITH (BRITISH) Aiden (Spout with pearls), 2021 Black Parian, Freshwater pearls 20 x 12 x 6 cm 7 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. (MS210) UK-born Matt Smith is well known for his site-...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Porcelain, Precious Stone

Trofeos I - 21st Century, Contemporary Sculpture, Figurative, Recycled Objects
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Trofeos - Homenaje a Picasso I Miquel Aparici's sculptures are surprising assemblages made from old objects that had other uses in the past, and which ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Found Objects, Mixed Media

Pato Rojo- 21st Century, Contemporary Sculpture, Figurative, Recycled Objects
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Miquel Aparici's sculptures are surprising assemblages made from old objects that had other uses in the past, and which the artist recovers and uses in a creative and ingenious way. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Mixed Media, Found Objects

Árvore Interior
Located in Porto, 13
Filipe Curado relates to universal and comprehensive themes. The tree has been a recurring theme, but not the only one. Along his path, he always made pieces with the image of the tr...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Rhinoceros Bottle
Located in New York, NY
Kiva Ford Rhinoceros Bottle, 2009 Borosilicate glass 17.50h x 7w x 7d in
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Glass

From Kate with Love
Located in Greenwich, CT
Sculpture of a young girl Edition of 31
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Gray rhombohedron (F)
Located in Paris, IDF
Bruno DESPLANQUES (Born in 1966, France) Grey rhombohedron (F) Enamelled Baillet clay H. 14 cm ; L. 14 cm ; P. 14 cm 2021
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Enamel

Eleven Minors and You high polished Chrome metal elements Zammy Migdal 2018
Located in Miami, FL
Eleven Minors and You high polished Chrome metal elements Zammy Migdal 2018- Comprised of 11 high polished stainless steel elements, this interactive installation can be displayed i...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Contenedores de suelos y semillas 3
Located in Cuernavaca, Morelos
Assemble, flowers, seeds and wax
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1990s Contemporary Sculptures

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Found Objects

Cubes
Located in New York, NY
Abstract design. Blown glass. Circle, cube shape. Clear. No color. About the Artists: Bengt Hokanson and Trefny Dix, are known for their distinctive blown glass forms and their mixed media sculptures. Contemporary Italian and Swedish glasswork, urban graffiti, world textiles, as well as forms and color patterns from nature have influenced their blown glasswork. Bengt Hokanson graduated from Tulane University with a degree in Anthropology and a minor in Glass. After graduating, Bengt worked for glass artist, Gene Koss...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Blown Glass

Golden Ballerina
Located in Southampton, NY
As Molina developed a deeper connection to the art world, he began to notice a positive correlation with this emotions. As he shares, art is “like a therapy in the way of expressing ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Radices Systemata
Located in Phoenix, AZ
**1stDibs Shipping quotes are not accurate for this work. Please be in touch directly with the seller about shipping options for this piece** Beverly Penn Radices Systemata, 2021 c...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Teeter Piper
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Creating sculptures of exquisite peculiarity is an art in which Takei excels. His elegantly crafted works embody the notion of the whimsical, contradictory and idiosyncratic. There is an immediately detectable sense of humor and quick wit about the sculptures in this exhibition. Beyond playfulness, however, Takei’s aim is to challenge the viewer to alter the way in which they look at reality. Taking cues from the Surrealists of the early 20th century, Takei transforms the mundane into the fantastic - and sometimes absurd. His work is a constant inquiry into the meaning of functionality and the perception of purpose. Much like Man Ray’s iconic readymade sculpture, The Gift (1921), and Meret Oppenheim’s infamous fur-covered teacup (Object, 1936), Takei recontextualizes those pragmatic objects that we immediately recognize. With his piece Soft Shoulders (2011), Takei deconstructs a wooden clothes hanger...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Metal, Enamel

Kioetano by Jacques Owczarek - Animal Bronze Sculpture (Scorpio)
Located in Paris, FR
This scorpio in bronze by French contemporary artist Jacques Owczarek takes shape through a series of lines, edges and curves. The peculiarity of the ...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

Granulari 04
Located in New York, NY
Joshua Bernbaum Granulari 04, 2015 Furnace glass 9.25h x 7.25w x 6d in $3,500
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Glass

Three mini Buddhas statue - Black, Gold and Grey Buddha sculpture
Located in New York, NY
These colorful meditating Buddha silhouette statues are laser cut Plexiglas and acrylic hand painted. They can stand alone, or come in couples, trios or more... This is a unique statue that will start off a conversation and will bring a stylish decoration into your home/ office/ studio or business. It's the perfect gift to someone you love, or when you want to leave an impression. The meditating Buddha statue...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Plexiglass, Acrylic

Untitled (Look Back)
Located in New York, NY
Matt Robertson Untitled (Look Back), 2014 Borosilicate glass 7.60h x 13.50w x 2.71d in
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Glass

Fragment- Gold Plated Stainless Steel - post-pop, abstract, outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This highly reflective, gold electro-plated outdoor sculpture by Viktor Mitic is visible at a distance in full sun. Created using 3D renderings of acute angles, the form takes on a w...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Gold, Stainless Steel

Contemporary Porcelain and Earthenware Sculpture with Glaze and Luster
Located in St. Louis, MO
Paul McMullan's work combines the surreal with the sublime; referencing imagery and objects we encounter in our every day lives, but collaged together in such a way that prompts the ...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Ceramic, Clay, Earthenware, Glaze, Luster

After Botero - Bull Bronze Sculpture
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
Bull Bronze Sculpture on Marble Base in Fernando Botero style. Stamped and Numbered, F. BOTERO 1992 FONDERIA M ITALY
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20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Great Standing Figure II - Contemporary Bronze Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Great Standing Figure II (Grande Figure Debout II) is a bronze sculpture by French artist Pierre Yermia. Limited edition of 8 and 4 artist's proofs, signed and numbered. In this pie...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

Jon Kuhn ''Winter Moon - 2024' 6 Layers Glass Art Cube Sculpture
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Basic Information: Made in Kernersville, Completion date - April/2024 Dimensions: H: 6.5" x 6.5 x 9.5 H Inches Condition - Mint Item Description: Titled "Winter Moon" Signed "Jon K...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Wall mirror “with fold” I by Franck K - Stainless steel sculpture, reflection
Located in Paris, FR
Wall mirror “with fold” I is a unique mirror-polished stainless steel sculpture by contemporary artist Franck K, dimensions are 92 × 92 × 3 cm (36.2 × 36.2 × 1.2 in). The sculpture ...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Pirouette 19/50 - smooth, black, granite, indoor/outdoor, abstract sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Smooth surfaced, engineered black granite is sculpted into an elegant, spinning form by Jeremy Guy. This lively shape that appears to spin dynamically on its narrow base, like a piro...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Cast Stone, Granite

Stone Celebration - brass, copper, stone, nylon, contemporary wall sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A stunning contemporary composition of carefully curated objects, this wall sculpture is by Alice Vander Vennen. Her mixed media works are made from an eclectic assortment of ‘found’...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Stone, Copper

Water Lillies In The Pond With Pots Of Flowers By David Hockney
Located in London, GB
Water Lillies In The Pond With Pots Of Flowers By David Hockney David Hockney, a prominent British artist, is celebrated for his versatile and innovative contributions to 20th-cent...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Ceramic

Abstract Figure Sculpture By Jim Coleman - Contemporary Art
Located in Carmel, CA
This masterwork is exhibited in the Zimmerman Gallery, Carmel CA. About The Artist: Jim Coleman is an up-and-coming talent in the world of sculpture, celebrated for his out-of-the-b...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Wood, Oil, Mahogany

“Shattered” wall mirror III by Franck K - Stainless steel sculpture, reflection
Located in Paris, FR
“Shattered” wall mirror III is a unique mirror-polished stainless steel sculpture by contemporary artist Franck K, dimensions are 90 × 90 × 13 cm (35.4 × 35.4 × 5.1 in). The sculptu...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Dancer “Elevation” by Yann Guillon - Figurative bronze sculpture, man, torso
Located in Paris, FR
Dancer “Elevation” is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Yann Guillon, dimensions are 37 × 22 × 15 cm (14.6 × 8.7 × 5.9 in). Height of the sculpture with the metal base: 51 cm...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

Fisherman on stilt II by Marine de Soos - Bronze sculpture, human figure, man
Located in Paris, FR
Fisherman on stilt II is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 50 × 24 × 21 cm (19.7 × 9.4 × 8.3 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered,...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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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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