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American Contemporary Book Sculpture by Robert Robinson - Punch Magazine, 1859
Located in Paris, IDF
Book Sculpture, signed by Robert Robinson
Robert Robinson is an American artist born in 1960 who lives and works in London, UK. He creates 3-D media artworks using comic book encycl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Paper
The sun Nili Pincas Contemporary art sculpture terracotta pastel woman dream
Located in Paris, FR
Unique terracotta sculpture
Signed by the artist
The contemplative creatures of Nili Pincas, of an extreme refinement, invite silence.
This isolation of the sculpted being seizes an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Fight or Flight
Located in London, GB
Jemma Gowland
Fight or Flight, 2023
Porcelain with gold lustre
35 x 24 x 12 cm
13 3/4 x 9 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.
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Jemma Gowland’s work explores the way that girls are constrained fro...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Vanities
Located in Miami, FL
Coming from a family with a long artistic tradition. Vincent Du Bois accomplished to synthesize both classical background and contemporary vision. From...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Mendive La Fe
Located in Miami, FL
COA by the artist.
Manuel Mendive is an eminent Afro-Cuban painter, sculptor, and performance artist. His colorful, evocative paintings and carvings—as well as his dynamic performan...
Category
Early 2000s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Hare Defense Dance
Located in Red Bank, NJ
Narrative figures in various combinations of human, animal and natural forms are the main characters of this work. This blending of forms is reflective of nature, mythology and story...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Wood, Acrylic
Liggend II Lying Down Bronze Sculpture Torso Torse Nude Figure Female
By KOBE
Located in Utrecht, NL
Liggend II Lying Down Bronze Sculpture Torso Torse Nude Figure Female
KOBE, pseudonym of Jacques Saelens, was a Belgian artist (Kortrijk, Belgiu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
LOVE IS THE ONLY WAY - (BACHELOR IN MIAMI) 4/15
By Lina Condes
Located in New York, NY
Cool stainless steel sculpture. Emoji theme. Can be inside or out. Larger sculptures in photos available as well.
About the Artist:
Lina Condes ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Feeding Nicolas Kennett Contemporary sculpture animal terracotta nature
Located in Paris, FR
Contemporary animal terracotta sculpture
Unique
Signed by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Extrapolation 6
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Guillaume Lachapelle’s work combines the real and the imaginary to create miniature environments and scenarios that showcase connections between humans and their everyday worlds. In Extrapolations, Lachapelle extracts seemingly mundane mechanical objects from a typical cityscape – such as radiators, fire hydrants, and balconies – and manipulates their appearance by creating 3D printed models that visually oscillate between the magical and the monstrous.
In some of his sculptures, Lachapelle uses photogrammetry – a method that scans a series of two-dimensional photographs or images to create three-dimensional models. While photogrammetry typically enables real-life objects to be accurately reproduced, the artist challenges this paradigm by tampering with the machine’s process, both by accepting the machine’s glitches and by triggering them. When scanning images, the results may not always be what is anticipated, however, for Lachapelle it is about welcoming the unknown. In several examples, he encourages the program to read screenshots of images and extrapolates what should be there, filling in blank data with added images and various shapes. The resulting sculptures are symmetrical and geometric, appearing uncannily familiar like human vertebrae, yet unfamiliar in fantastical abstracted forms. The sculptures merge between two different worlds, bridging human and machine through unexpected adaptations to everyday things.
Extrapolations balances between this duality, ultimately reflecting on the increasing dependency humans have on technology in our everyday world. For Lachapelle, this is especially pertinent in a world where technology is continuously developing. The sculptures highlight the dynamic and everchanging relationship between humans and technology, making us question this reliance on technology.
In this exhibition, Lachapelle also introduces the inclusion of human characters back into his art practice. He places people in unnatural and impossible exchanges with machines and technology. For instance, while in past exhibitions, he has usually tried to conceal the electronic components that make moving pieces...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Paint
Sculpture of a Young Boy with Robe
Located in Milford, NH
A fine classical form marble sculpture of a young boy with robe by Irish / American artist Martin Milmore (1844-1883). Milmore was born in Sligo, Ireland and was brought to Boston, Massachusetts in 1851, where his training began with his brother, Joseph, a stonecutter, who later became his assistant. Milmore was apprenticed to Thomas Ball from 1858 to 1862 working mainly on his equestrian "George Washington" (1858-61, Boston Public Gardens). After Ball departed for Italy, Milmore became Boston's leading sculptor. Realistic in his style, he is best known for his Civil War monuments and sculptures of prominent Bostonians including Wendell Phillips...
Category
Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
PATTY (SCULPTURE)
Located in Aventura, FL
Mixed media sculpture. Printed artist signature and hand numbered on the underside of the sculpture. Signed and numbered certificate of authenticity by the artist. Includes origin...
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Vinyl
$7,125 Sale Price
25% Off
Extrapolation 1
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Guillaume Lachapelle’s work combines the real and the imaginary to create miniature environments and scenarios that showcase connections between humans and their everyday worlds. In Extrapolations, Lachapelle extracts seemingly mundane mechanical objects from a typical cityscape – such as radiators, fire hydrants, and balconies – and manipulates their appearance by creating 3D printed models that visually oscillate between the magical and the monstrous.
In some of his sculptures, Lachapelle uses photogrammetry – a method that scans a series of two-dimensional photographs or images to create three-dimensional models. While photogrammetry typically enables real-life objects to be accurately reproduced, the artist challenges this paradigm by tampering with the machine’s process, both by accepting the machine’s glitches and by triggering them. When scanning images, the results may not always be what is anticipated, however, for Lachapelle it is about welcoming the unknown. In several examples, he encourages the program to read screenshots of images and extrapolates what should be there, filling in blank data with added images and various shapes. The resulting sculptures are symmetrical and geometric, appearing uncannily familiar like human vertebrae, yet unfamiliar in fantastical abstracted forms. The sculptures merge between two different worlds, bridging human and machine through unexpected adaptations to everyday things.
Extrapolations balances between this duality, ultimately reflecting on the increasing dependency humans have on technology in our everyday world. For Lachapelle, this is especially pertinent in a world where technology is continuously developing. The sculptures highlight the dynamic and everchanging relationship between humans and technology, making us question this reliance on technology.
In this exhibition, Lachapelle also introduces the inclusion of human characters back into his art practice. He places people in unnatural and impossible exchanges with machines and technology. For instance, while in past exhibitions, he has usually tried to conceal the electronic components that make moving pieces...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Paint
Prendre soin III
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through a variety of structural and wall-hanged pieces, Karine Payette’s Adaptation examines how changes in the environment can begin to have an impact on our physical existence. Ele...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Frog Bird" Fantastical Psychedelic Sculpture White Limestone Stone Carving
Located in Austin, TX
By Bob Ragan
34" x 17" x 15"
Texas Limestone
675 lbs
About the Artist:
Bob Ragan is a nationally recognized master stone carver who has spent a lifetime stu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Kaplaarzen Wellies Boots Bronze Sculpture Girl Contemporary In Stock
By Erwin Meijer
Located in Utrecht, NL
Kaplaarzen Wellies Boots Bronze Sculpture Girl Contemporary In Stock
The statues of Erwin Meijer are subtle with a recognizable, personal handwr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Tigre atacando I" art toy, tiger, pop art, Mexican, contemporary, 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 tumultuous gatherings marked by disorder, commotion, and sometimes even quarrels. In the colonial past, mitote was a celebration commemorating the establishment of the New Spain kingdom, blending local pride with imperial solemnity. However, throughout both ancient times and the present day, mitotes serve as rituals embedded in the culture and religiosity of various indigenous groups in Mexico, such as the Nahua, Cora, Tepehuan, and Huichol. Adorned in rich attire, gathered around a fire amidst the sounds of musical instruments, and under the intoxicating influence of alcoholic beverages, mitotes serve as occasions to invoke sacred beings—whether protective deities of nature or Christian saints associated with agriculture—to pray for bountiful harvests. Mitotes encompass and have always embodied rites, myths, and life.
In homage to the artist’s name, this exhibition is presented as a mitote: a celebration displaying the intimate mythologies of its creator through various artistic expressions such as sculpture, artwork, and video. Cosmic Duality is a concept wherein Mr. Mitote delves into memories of his childhood from a contemporary perspective. His mother introduced him at a young age to the traditions and customs of her native Maltrata, Veracruz, a town steeped in the memory of a noble past wherein it fought for its autonomy. Every year on January 1st, to invoke prosperity, the dance of the huehues (meaning “old people” or “elders” in Nahuatl) is performed. According to oral and local traditions, these characters embody foes in a mocked and vanquished manner, dancing beneath the lash of a tiger or devil. Their costumes feature pre-Columbian symbols merged with elements evoking nature, alongside nods to contemporary entertainment culture.
Through the observation and interpretation of nature, numerous ancestral cultures created dual cosmologies. Far from viewing opposites, they conceived of dual complementary systems such as chaos-order, cold-heat, humidity-drought, feminine-masculine, and life-death, among others, to uphold cosmic order. Placed within the context of Mexico City, Mr. Mitote reimagines these enduring principles from ancient religious practices alongside contemporary languages. He does so through vibrant entities that blend tradition and innovation, memory and fantasy, past and present, ancestral ceremonies, and urban rituals. Each artwork serves as a reminder that across all latitudes and human territories, culture thrives, tradition evolves continuously, the past is revitalized, and the present shapes the path forward into the future.
The body has served as the quintessential conduit bridging two dual dimensions: the human and the divine, the earthly and the celestial, the microcosm and the macrocosm. In several of his artworks, Mr. Mitote invokes propitiatory dances, and ritual practices, aimed at attracting abundant rain and fostering good harvests, many of which entail risking the physical well-being and even the lives of participants. The tiger hunt...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Paint, Spray Paint, Acrylic
"Diablito de pared II" art toy, red devil, 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
Félix
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The quiet force.
Category
2010s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Adhesive
$1,902
Ma maison ; Conserve 6
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Born in 1980 in Sainte-Émelie de l’Énergie, Karine Giboulo lives and works in Montreal. Since early 2000, she has been creating work in a variety of media from paintings and works on...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Acrylic Polymer
Extrapolation 7
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Guillaume Lachapelle’s work combines the real and the imaginary to create miniature environments and scenarios that showcase connections between humans and their everyday worlds. In ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Paint
Ma maison ; Conserve 4
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Born in 1980 in Sainte-Émelie de l’Énergie, Karine Giboulo lives and works in Montreal. Since early 2000, she has been creating work in a variety of media from paintings and works on...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Acrylic Polymer
White Marble Sculpture Statue of Two Cherubs Playing
Located in New York, NY
Date: 19th Century
Origin: Italian
Dimension: 18 in x 12 in x 9 1/4 in
Category
19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Korean Contemporary Art by Choi Han Jin - Island Boys
Located in Paris, IDF
Urethane, resin and acrylic
Choi Han-Jin is a Korean artist born in 1981 who lives & works Busan, South Korea. He explores the discourses on scientific development and social change...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Resin
Teddy
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Nicholas Crombach has a BFA from OCAD University with a major in Sculpture and Installation. In 2016-17 he participated in a year-long studio residency at The Florence Trust in Londo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
The Dance
By Bevan Ramsay
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Bevan Ramsay completed his graduate degree in sculpture nearly a decade ago, but it's only now that he feels he has truly graduated from his MFA. This liberating feeling comes with a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Squirrel Skin
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Nicholas Crombach has a BFA from OCAD University with a major in Sculpture and Installation. In 2016-17 he participated in a year-long studio residency at The Florence Trust in Londo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Paint
Victim
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Nicholas Crombach has a BFA from OCAD University with a major in Sculpture and Installation. In 2016-17 he participated in a year-long studio residency at The Florence Trust in Londo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Ma maison ; Conserve 3
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Born in 1980 in Sainte-Émelie de l’Énergie, Karine Giboulo lives and works in Montreal. Since early 2000, she has been creating work in a variety of media from paintings and works on...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Acrylic Polymer
Young St. John the Baptist by Domenico Menconi
Located in New Orleans, LA
Masterfully carved with remarkable detail, a youthful Saint John the Baptist folds his hands in prayer in this stunning marble by the important Italian sculptor Domenico Menconi. The...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Italian Carrara Marble Sculpture by L. TOLDUCCI
By L. Tolducci
Located in New York, NY
L. TOLDUCCI (ITALIAN SCHOOL)
19th Century
La Lezione Di Lettura
Finely Carved Italian Carrara Marble Sculpture of a Girl Reading. S...
Category
19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
"Looking For, " Ceramic Portrait of Young Child signed on bottom by Orly Montag
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Looking For" is a ceramic bust of a small child signed on bottom by Orly Montag. The child looks upwards sadly, almost pouting. His body is purely white e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Minnie Mellow Pink
By Anna Kara
Located in PARIS, FR
Information: Anna is a designer who does everything with hands. She uses resin and marble powder for her creations, and we find on each skull more than 150 details. Born in Armenia i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Talk to Me
By Bevan Ramsay
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Bevan Ramsay completed his graduate degree in sculpture nearly a decade ago, but it's only now that he feels he has truly graduated from his MFA. This liberating feeling comes with a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Metal
Gold Angel - Chanel Tribute
Located in PARIS, FR
-This artwork needs 3 weeks to be shipped to you-
Jimmie Martin is an established luxury brand and designer since 2004, based in London, United Kingdom...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Fiberglass
Hunter #1
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Nicholas Crombach is currently an artist in residence at The Florence Trust in London, UK. Crombach graduated from OCAD University’s Sculpture and Installation program in 2012. He h...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
"A Girl Sitting on a Stool Tying Her Shoe", 20th Century Bronze by Juan Clará
Located in Madrid, ES
JUAN CLARÁ AYATS
Spanish, 1878 - 1958
A GIRL SEATED ON A STOOL TYING HER SHOE
signed "Juan Clara" and stamped A.G. Paris (on the stool )
bronze figure
6-3/8 x 3 x 4 inches (16 X 7.5 X 10 cm.)
PROVENANCE
Private Collector, France
Gilded bronze sculpture of Art Nouveau style, depicting a little girl sitting on a sidewalk tying her shoe.
The plasticity that Juan Clará achieves with the bronze when shaping this beautiful little sculpture is wonderful. We notice the effort that the little girl is making to put on her shoe, her gestures and attitudes which moves us and attracts us towards her.
Juan Clará Ayats. Olot (Gerona), 6.XII.1875 - Paris (France), II.1958. Sculptor
Student of José Berga at the Olot School of Fine Arts, developed his training in France, first at the School of Fine Arts in Toulouse, in 1896, and from 1901 in Paris. At this stage he lived with his younger brother, José Clará...
Category
1920s Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Standing female figure: 'Acrobate plongeuse'
Located in New York, NY
‘I have created characters since I was a child.
I studied painting at the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris, but now I have a preference for sculpture.
I do not have an intellectual proc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Sumo + Barril
Located in Porto, 13
Sumo
The sumo wrestler is a symbol of power and spirituality seen as a messenger from the gods in Japan. He throws an oil drum countering spiritual power and industrial power to ask ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Italian Marble Statue of a Young Maiden by Cesare Lapini
Located in New York, NY
CESARE LAPINI
Italian, (1848-1893)
Segreto Al Cuore
Signed Prop ta Fratelli; Lapini; Firenze
29 1/4 x 8 x 11 inches
Notes:
A fine quality white marble sculpture of a you...
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Pandasan's Petite Blossom : Magenta Serenade
By Hiro Ando
Located in PARIS, FR
2015, 8 Editions
stainless steel carved painted & varnished
19 7/10 × 15 7/10 × 15 7/10 in - 50 × 40 × 40 cm
The artwork is signed by the Artist , carved with edition number and date...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Do Not Touch
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 2020, this painted resin and steel multiple with accompanying acrylic painting on canvas with original wood crate is signed by Javier Calleja (Spain, 1978 - ) in black ink...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
$18,000 Sale Price
28% Off
Black Poppies
Located in Fairfield, CT
Shaped aluminum with black powder coat on polished aluminum base. Edition 21/25.
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Pop Art - Figurative Animal Sculpture- Moon Rabbit Version Van Gogh No.2
Located in Beijing, CN
Description
Xu Ming (B.1983)
Moon Rabbit Version Van Gogh No.2
Resin, electroplating
165 x 80 x 80 cm
Dated 2021
The artwork comes with an COA
About Xu Ming
Emerging artist Xu Ming was born in 1983 in Changchun, China. He earned his M.A at Jilin University of Arts. Xu once worked for famous established Chinese contemporary artist Fang Lijun...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Coating
Buste Africaine
By Mauro Corda
Located in Atlanta, GA
Mauro Corda’s figurative sculptures maintain a reverence for classical and modernist traditions, while also expressing the artist’s voice. Though born in France, the artist hails fro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
The Swimmer
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
This very finely carved statue is of a swimmer just leaning over to dive into an unseen pool. Signed P. Barzanti, Florence for Pietro Barzanti (1825-1895) of Florence, Italy. Barzani was a well known sculptor known for classical works in marble which is reflected in this figure's very delicate facial features and the skill shown in the carving of her hair and the cloth of her bathing costume...
Category
1870s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Pop Art - Figurative Animal Sculpture- Moon Rabbit Version Van Gogh No.1
Located in Beijing, CN
Description
Xu Ming (B.1983)
Moon Rabbit Version Van Gogh No.1
Resin, electroplating
165 x 80 x 80 cm
Dated 2021
The artwork comes with an COA
About Xu Ming
Emerging artist Xu Ming was born in 1983 in Changchun, China. He earned his M.A at Jilin University of Arts. Xu once worked for famous established Chinese contemporary artist Fang Lijun...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Coating
Petit Plasir
By Laure Krug
Located in Atlanta, GA
Laure Krug. Contemporary French artist
Holder of a license in plastic arts, she naturally turns to sculpture.
Materials: She begins by working the soil and masters the different co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Fiberglass, Polyester, Acrylic
$8,450
Petite Nishikigoi Elegance in Metal Red : Mizu no Kasai Whispers
By Hiro Ando
Located in PARIS, FR
2015, 8 Editions
Stainless Stell Polished & Carved , Painted and Varnished
15 7/10 × 24 4/5 × 18 1/2 in - 40 × 63 × 47 cm
The artwork is signed by the Artist , carved with edition nu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Carrara Marble "Covid"
Located in Miami, FL
Coming from a family with a long artistic tradition. Vincent Du Bois accomplished to synthesize both classical background and comtemporary vision. From...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
"Diablito comiendo elote", mexican, sculpture, contemporary, figurative
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Mexican, sculpture, contemporary, figurative
Category
2010s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Untitled
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Guillaume Lachapelle’s work combines the real and the imaginary to create miniature environments and scenarios that showcase connections between humans and their everyday worlds. In ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Paint
Julia
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Guillaume Lachapelle’s work combines the real and the imaginary to create miniature environments and scenarios that showcase connections between humans and their everyday worlds. In ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Paint
Extrapolation 5
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Guillaume Lachapelle’s work combines the real and the imaginary to create miniature environments and scenarios that showcase connections between humans and their everyday worlds. In ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Paint
"Tigre de pared I" art toy, tiger, 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
"Tigre atacando" 1/20, mini sculpture, special edition, art toy, tiger, Mexican
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 tumultuous gatherings marked by disorder, commotion, and sometimes even quarrels. In the colonial past, mitote was a celebration commemorating the establishment of the New Spain kingdom, blending local pride with imperial solemnity. However, throughout both ancient times and the present day, mitotes serve as rituals embedded in the culture and religiosity of various indigenous groups in Mexico, such as the Nahua, Cora, Tepehuan, and Huichol. Adorned in rich attire, gathered around a fire amidst the sounds of musical instruments, and under the intoxicating influence of alcoholic beverages, mitotes serve as occasions to invoke sacred beings—whether protective deities of nature or Christian saints associated with agriculture—to pray for bountiful harvests. Mitotes encompass and have always embodied rites, myths, and life.
In homage to the artist’s name, this exhibition is presented as a mitote: a celebration displaying the intimate mythologies of its creator through various artistic expressions such as sculpture, artwork, and video. Cosmic Duality is a concept wherein Mr. Mitote delves into memories of his childhood from a contemporary perspective. His mother introduced him at a young age to the traditions and customs of her native Maltrata, Veracruz, a town steeped in the memory of a noble past wherein it fought for its autonomy. Every year on January 1st, to invoke prosperity, the dance of the huehues (meaning “old people” or “elders” in Nahuatl) is performed. According to oral and local traditions, these characters embody foes in a mocked and vanquished manner, dancing beneath the lash of a tiger or devil. Their costumes feature pre-Columbian symbols merged with elements evoking nature, alongside nods to contemporary entertainment culture.
Through the observation and interpretation of nature, numerous ancestral cultures created dual cosmologies. Far from viewing opposites, they conceived of dual complementary systems such as chaos-order, cold-heat, humidity-drought, feminine-masculine, and life-death, among others, to uphold cosmic order. Placed within the context of Mexico City, Mr. Mitote reimagines these enduring principles from ancient religious practices alongside contemporary languages. He does so through vibrant entities that blend tradition and innovation, memory and fantasy, past and present, ancestral ceremonies, and urban rituals. Each artwork serves as a reminder that across all latitudes and human territories, culture thrives, tradition evolves continuously, the past is revitalized, and the present shapes the path forward into the future.
The body has served as the quintessential conduit bridging two dual dimensions: the human and the divine, the earthly and the celestial, the microcosm and the macrocosm. In several of his artworks, Mr. Mitote invokes propitiatory dances, and ritual practices, aimed at attracting abundant rain and fostering good harvests, many of which entail risking the physical well-being and even the lives of participants. The tiger hunt...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Paint, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Centaure
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Guillaume Lachapelle’s artistic practice is shaped predominantly by sculpture, expressed in the form of installations and detailed miniature models. Lachapelle presents playful unive...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Nylon
Room 102
By Mauro Corda
Located in Atlanta, GA
Mauro Corda’s figurative sculptures maintain a reverence for classical and modernist traditions, while also expressing the artist’s voice. Though born in France, the artist hails fro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
$8,110
Embrace by Nguyen Tuan
By Nguyen Tuan
Located in Woodmere, OH
Embrace by Nguyen Tuan
The Vietnamese master sculptor Nguyen Tuan is internationally known for his seemingly “weightless” figurative sculpture merging Western techniques with tradi...
Category
2010s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Blue Body
By Lina Condes
Located in New York, NY
Lina Condes is a contemporary American - Ukrainian artist known for her stick figure sculptures, earned her MFA in Fine Arts, Interior and Furniture Design from Kiev University of T...
Category
2010s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Price Upon Request
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At Hosfelt Gallery, Bertoia Masterworks Complement Dynamic Contemporary Art
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