Arsham Camera
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Glass, Plaster
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Resin
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Glass, Plaster
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Resin
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Resin
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Resin
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Glass, Plaster
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Glass, Resin, Plaster, Mixed Media, Plastic, Cardboard
2010s Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Glass, Plaster
People Also Browsed
2010s Decorative Boxes
Leather
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Trunks and Luggage
Leather
Vintage 1980s French Sectional Sofas
Leather
Mid-20th Century American Rustic Trunks and Luggage
Leather
Early 20th Century British Colonial Scientific Instruments
Leather
20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints
Woodcut
20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints
Woodcut
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Resin
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Prints
Tissue Paper, Woodcut
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Leather, Foam
Early 2000s More Art
Leather
2010s Portuguese Contemporary Art
Wool, Pine
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Trunks and Luggage
Brass
1980s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Woodcut
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Resin
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Wood, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Recent Sales
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Glass, Plaster
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Resin
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Resin
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Glass, Plaster
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Glass, Plaster
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Glass, Plaster
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Glass, Plaster
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Glass, Plaster
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Glass, Plaster
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Glass, Plaster
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Resin
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Resin
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Resin
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Resin
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Resin
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Resin
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Glass, Plaster
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Glass, Plaster
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Glass, Plaster
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Glass, Plaster
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Glass, Plaster
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Glass, Plaster
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Glass, Plaster
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Glass, Plaster
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Plaster, Glass
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Mixed Media
Daniel Arsham for sale on 1stDibs
Daniel Arsham lives and works in New York. Arsham has been exhibited worldwide, including at the Moco Museum, Amsterdam; the How Museum, Shanghai; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA and the Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH. His works are included in the permanent collections of the Pérez Art Museum, Miami, FL; the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN and the Centre Pompidou, Paris. His artistic practice includes several high profile collaborations with choreographer Merce Cunningham, Producer Pharrell Williams and Designer Hedi Slimane and companies such as Dior and Rimowa. Arsham is the co-founder of Snarkitecture, a New York-based collaborative design practice established in 2007 to investigate the boundaries between disciplines of art, architecture and design. A component of Arsham’s iconic and immediately recognizable practice is the conception of his works as fossilized “future” relics that distort the viewer’s perception of space and time.
A Close Look at modern Art
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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Finding the Right figurative-sculptures for You
Figurative sculptures mix reality and imagination, with the most common muse being the human body. Animals are also inspirations for these sculptures, along with forms found in nature.
While figurative sculpture dates back over 35,000 years, the term came into popularity in the 20th century to distinguish it from abstract art. It was aligned with the Expressionist movement in that many of its artists portrayed reality but in a nonnaturalistic and emotional way. In the 1940s, Alberto Giacometti — a Swiss-born artist who was interested in African art, Cubism and Surrealism — created now-iconic representational sculptures of the human figure, and after World War II, figurative sculpture as a movement continued to flourish in Europe.
Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon were some of the leading figurative artists during this period. Artists like Jeff Koons and Maurizio Cattelan propelled the evolution of figurative sculpture into the 21st century.
Figurative sculptures can be whimsical, uncanny and beautiful. Their materials range from stone and wood to metal and delicate ceramics. Even in smaller sizes, the sculptures make bold statements. A bronze sculpture by Salvador Dalí enhances a room; a statuesque bull by Jacques Owczarek depicts strength with its broad chest while its thin legs speak of fragility. Figurative sculptures allow viewers to see what is possible when life is reimagined.
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