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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
Prometheus Freed by Walter Peter Brenner - mythological figure, bronze sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Prometheus Freed is a sculpture by Guatemalan artist Walter Peter Brenner. It is a tribute to the hero of the Greek mythology, Prometheus, who granted human the ability to think. Pro...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Magenta Balloon Dog Iconic Sculpture by Jeff Koons, Porcelain, Contemporary Art
Located in Zug, CH
In Koons’ hands even the most familiar, everyday items transcend commonality to become true icons manifesting the essence of American popular culture. Balloon Dog (Magenta) - Jeff K...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Porcelain

Black Tulips and Vase, April 5 - Contemporary, 21st Century, Sculpture, Black
Located in Zug, CH
Belonging to the famous Flower series, this sculpture is an abstract reinterpretation of still life tradition. Donald Sultan, Black Tulips and Vase, April 5 Black Tulips and Vase, A...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Steel

Rise of a Lollipop Man: The Bike - Original Hand Blown Glass Sculpture
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Boris Shpeizman, an glass craftsman, transforms the childhood dreams of men into tangible art, focusing on the yearning for unattained toys and their delicate inner worlds. He crafte...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Metal

Hombre Colorado II
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Hombre Colorado II" is a papier-mâché sculpture made by Manuel Neri in 1958. The total dimensions of the piece are 65.5 x 27 x 10 inches. This work is a good representation of the ...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Papier Mâché

Nul - Contemporary, 21st Century, Sculpture, Limited Edition, Neon Light
Located in Zug, CH
This high-impact neon sculpture creates a mellow atmosphere as a result of the expertise of a glass blower and a neon technician. Jan Henderikse, Nul Contemporary, 21st Century, Sc...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Neon Light

Mentor
Located in Greenwich, CT
Jim Rennert Biography American, b. 1958 National Sculpture Society Fellow Jim Rennert was born in 1958, and grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Salt Lake City, Utah. After ten trying...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

Belle au bois… Aurore, Female Portrait Bust, Ceramic Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
One-off smoke-fired stoneware sculpture, pigment, copper, steel. 2017-2018. Dimensions: 45 x 30 x 25 cm. This sculpture has been exhibited in the Arts et Métiers museum in Paris, fro...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Sandstone, Copper, Steel

Joonsang Park Ceramic Tiger Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Work is titled “Scientific Name Tiger”. Provenance: Habatat Galleries, Palm Beach, Florida | Private Collection, West Palm Beach, Florida. Marking(s); notes:...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Ceramic

They
Located in Fairfield, CT
Red Porsche Guard on Fiberglass Edition of 6
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Automotive Paint, Fiberglass

Ross Richmond Glass “Portrait” Bust / Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Provenance: Private Collection, Palm Beach, Florida. Marking(s); notes: no marking(s) apparent Country of origin; materials: USA; blown and hot-sculpted gl...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Ross Richmond Glass “Portrait” Bust / Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Provenance: Private Collection, Palm Beach, Florida. Marking(s); notes: no marking(s) apparent Country of origin; materials: USA; blown and hot-sculpted gl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Metal

Crabe aux pattelas by Chésade - Bronze sealife sculpture, animal art, crab
Located in Paris, FR
Crabe aux pattelas is a unique bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Chésade, dimensions are 38 × 31 × 30 cm (15 × 12.2 × 11.8 in). The sculpture is signed and comes with a certifi...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Ross Richmond Glass Bust & Bird / Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Provenance: Private Collection, Palm Beach, Florida. Marking(s); notes: signed; 2008 Country of origin; materials: USA; blown and hot-sculpted glass, metal...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Ueno Masao “Apricot Blossom” Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Provenance: Tai Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico Private Collection, Wilmington, North Carolina Marking(s); notes: no marking(s) apparent Country of origin; m...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Brian F. Russell Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: The sculpture is from the “Hemisphere Series” and was purchased directly from the artist’s Memphis, Tennessee studio. Marking(s); notes: signed, #121, markin...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Walking stallion
Located in Belfast, GB
Walking stallion, 2023 Bronze 14 1/8 x 20 1/2 x 7 7/8 in 36 x 52 x 20 cm Edition 1 of 8 "My great hope for my work is that it makes people experience a truly special feeling that only they can explain. I hope that they experience a sense of what I feel...These feelings and emotions can’t be expressed in words, as it’s on such a deeper level."– John Fitzgerald: Anthology (2023) Born in Co. Meath in 1976, John Fitzgerald is now established as one of Irelands leading Equine, Sporting and Portrait Artists. Originally John studied Industrial Design in Letterkennny RTC & at the University of Wales, Swansea. It was while in college that he developed a strong understanding of drawing and design, and the different techniques used in completing a piece from initial concept sketches, to oberservation, to 3 dimensional form. In 2013 John was asked to be the artist in residence by the Curragh Racecourse where he now has his own studio/gallery, which is open to the public on race days. 2014 saw Johns work reach a huge audience at the Cheltenham festival, where he was filmed by Channel 4 racing while completing a range of works including A.P.Mc Coys portrait, and a set of sketches...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

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

Materials

Bronze

One Light - immersive infinite perceptual ambient light wall sculpture
By Raymond Graber
Located in San Francisco, CA
Raymond Graber‘s celestial light sculptures transform the sense of perception, challenging the human eye’s sense for scale and time with a transcendenta...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Lights, LED Light, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Neon Light

Antique
Located in Porto, 13
Conscious reuses and surrealist reminiscences agree and mix between seduction and disorder. From one attitude to another, a dramatic, expressionistic tension is added. Then violence ...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Nul - Contemporary, 21st Century, Sculpture, Limited Edition, Neon Light
Located in Zug, CH
This high-impact neon sculpture creates a mellow atmosphere as a result of the expertise of a glass blower and a neon technician. Jan Henderikse, Nul ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Neon Light

Backwards Rule
Located in Greenwich, CT
Peter Kirkiles Biography American, b. 1966 Sculptor Peter Kirkiles stresses that the inspiration for his metal sculptures comes from the satisfaction of the process of fabricating a...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Untitled
Located in Oslo, 03
Unique artwork. Ceramic sculpture with steel base.
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Junk Caps - Milky Way - Pink
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Polyurethane UV resin + encapsulated and discarded food wrapper Height-5.12 Width-1.77 Depth-1.77
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Polyurethane

Telling my Story 2, Elisia Nghidishange, Mixed media sculpture
Located in Windhoek, NA
This artwork formed part of Nghidishange's exhibition titled 'Ehafo' held at the Namibian Arts Association in 2022. Nghidishange was born in Eenhana in northern Namibia. This printma...
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Wire

Altered Madonnas, Camilla Hanney, 2020, Cast and handbuilt porcelain
Located in London, GB
Cast and handbuilt porcelain, gold lustre
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Luster, Porcelain

Peace Harmonist 1, Elisia Nghidishange, Mixed media sculpture
Located in Windhoek, NA
This artwork formed part of Nghidishange's exhibition titled 'Ehafo' held at the Namibian Arts Association in 2022. Nghidishange was born in Eenhana in northern Namibia. This printma...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Wire

The woods give comfort II
Located in Oslo, 03
Black stoneware
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Nest
Located in PARIS, FR
Unique piece Created in 2015 38 x 23 x 33 cm " My work investigates the slippery intersection between the digital world and reality. Specifically, I am interested in how we experie...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Plywood, Ink, Acrylic

RGB Kudu
Located in PARIS, FR
Unique piece Created in 2015 109 x 61 x 48 cm " My work investigates the slippery intersection between the digital world and reality. Specifically, I am interested in how we experie...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Plywood, Ink, Acrylic

Thelxinoe 2/4
Located in PARIS, FR
Edition: 2/4 Casting date: 2018 Signature engraved on the back Pollès’s power of giving life to the bronze by infusing it with a carnal quality enables him to combine the breath o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Ciervo" - figurative animal sculpture, translucid resin, blue deer
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
The artwork of Alejandra España is an invitation to her intimate cosmogony. In it, she displays modules to give meaning to the observer through the co...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Resin

"Wolf - Cherry", unique animal sculpture, ceramic, sgraffito technique
Located in CANNES, FR
Unique, original work of art, made 100% of ceramic, hand-signed, siliconized underneath. Original composition of a classical sculpture with a graphic design in sgraffito technique. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Cystophore
Located in PARIS, FR
Edition: 2/4 Casting date: 2009 Signature engraved on the back Pollès’s power of giving life to the bronze by infusing it with a carnal quality enables him to combine the breath of...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Lioness - Protea", unique animal sculpture, ceramic, sgraffito technique
Located in CANNES, FR
Unique, original work of art, made 100% of ceramic, hand-signed, siliconized underneath. Original composition of a classical sculpture with a graphic design in sgraffito technique. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Keeping my Story 1, Elisia Nghidishange, Mixed media sculpture
Located in Windhoek, NA
This artwork formed part of Nghidishange's exhibition titled 'Ehafo' held at the Namibian Arts Association in 2022. Nghidishange was born in Eenhana in northern Namibia. This printma...
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Wire

Loops (Sky Blue)
Located in New York, NY
Jonas Noël Niedermann LOOP (Sky Blue), 2022 Blown glass 11.50 x 8.50 x 4 in.
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Blown Glass

"Portrait of a Lady" Steel Sculpture, Plasma Cut and Welded
Located in New York, NY
Dimensions 17.5in x 14in x 9in Unique, Signed on verso, includes a certificate of authenticity. Indira Cesarine is a multidisciplinary artist who works with photography, video, pain...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Sable bust
Located in Knysna, ZA
Large sable bust cast in aluminium, with wall mounting and textured finish. African decor, ideal for your home, office, game lodge and interior decorator...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Zeus
Located in Miami, FL
Approximately 10,000 U.S pennies.
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Letto matrimoniale
Located in Milano, MI
Giuseppe Bergomi was born in Brescia in 1953. After attending the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, he held his first solo exhibition as a painter in his ho...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bromoil

"In Pursuit of Happiness" Mixed Media Sculpture, Neon Glass, Archival Photograph
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media, Neon Glass Mounted to Medium Format Archival Photograph on Sintra with Electrical transformer Dimensions 30 x 40 in Unique Signed on Verso, includes certificate of authe...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Glass, Neon Light, Archival Pigment

Kamyki, Mounted Sculptures in Stainless Steel by Zieta
Located in Paris, FR
Kamyki original decorative wall mirror (18 pieces), Zieta DImensions: Ø 7-20 cm Material: stainless steel. Dimensions of the set : H. 76 cm W. 150 cm D. 6...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Kamyki 18 Emerald, Mounted Sculptures by Zieta
Located in Paris, FR
Kamyki original decorative wall mirror (18 pieces), Zieta DImensions: Ø 7-20 cm Material: stainless steel. Color: Emerald Dimensions of the set : H. 76 cm W. 150 cm D. 6 cm About the Gradient collection: Mirrors by Zieta Studio cross the border between art and technology and reflect Oskar Zięta’s research on the physical qualities of steel. Their uneven surfaces, with artistic deformations suggesting softness...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Under the Waver
Located in PARIS, FR
" Under the Waver " 2022 Unique Mixed Media Sculpture 23 x 24 x 8 cm Working in wire allows Chedburn to draw in three dimensions; creating lines, curves and volumes to reveal the c...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Mixed Media

Cangrejo - 21st Century, Contemporary Sculpture, Figurative, Recycling
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Aparici's work is characterized by simplicity, since most of his pieces bring together few elements, resulting in very elegant compositions with simple lines, which together with his...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Found Objects

Bee bowl
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Within the framework of a collective and cultural exchange, where the current artistic work needs conscious active voices, Claudio Jerónimo puts on the table an urgent discussion about the sustainability of the vital balance and the essential role of bees to maintain said balance. Communication, relationship, and reciprocal influences of the cycle that sustains life in the world, which in the service of "progress" has been affected by excessive and devastating human activity reaching a point of no return. It is a call to action...
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20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Pigment

Loops (Amber)
Located in New York, NY
LOOP (Amber), 2022 Etched blown glass 10.25h x 5.25w x 4.25d in.
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Blown Glass, Etching

Ceramic Gold-Plating Sculpture-Series Animal Zodiac- Rat
Located in Beijing, CN
The sculpture is signed and numbered. Edition 20/99. About the Artwork: The Chinese Zodiac can’t be ignored in the traditional culture of China. It’s closely interconnected with the social customs and habits, the aesthetic taste and the opinion of value. The Twelve animals of Year represent the traditional Chinese wisdom that the laws of Nature governs all things and that man must seek harmony with Nature. I created this Series of twelve zodiac animals made of gold and pottery, trying to give the “zodiac”-this long-standing cultural symbols a meaning of the prosperity and the luckiness. –He Wenjue About the artist: He Wenjue was born in 1970 in Hunan Province, China. He received his MA in painting from Jilin Academy of Fine Arts. Member of Chinese Art Association, Member of Chinese Painting Association.The vice-President of Hunan Oil-Painting Association. Research Fellow of Beijing Academy of China Xieyi Oil Painting.He is currently the vice president of Hunan Oil Painting Society, a member of China Artists Association and a member of Chinese Oil Painting Society. His works have been displayed on exhibitions at“Scenery in Map”ShangHai Solo Exhibition、Solo Exhibition, Frank Schlag Gallery, Essen, Germany、Sense of the Sparkle: He Wenjue Singapore Solo Exhibition, Singapore、Water: Senses of Sparkle, Tang Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand、The 9th & The 10th National Annual Fine Arts Exhibition、The first Chinese Freehand Brushwork Oil Painting、4th Jakarta Contemporary Ceramics Biennale, 6th BICMA ,、Painting the Present, Certosa di San Giacomo, Via Certosa 1 - Capri, Capri, Italy、The 2nd Chinese Oil Painting Biennale, The National Art Museum of China、The Xinjiang International Art Biennial 2014、Ethics as the DNA Art: The 9th Florence Biennale、SEA OF PEACE: Japan-Korea Contemporary Art Exhibition, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea、Faces and Figures, Germany、East side, Michael Schultz Gallery, Berlin, Germany、Vanhaerents Museum Collection, Brussel Belgium、China...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Gold

Conveyance Vector 5
Located in Santa Fe, NM
This piece is a hologram encased in hand-ground glass and can be hung from the ceiling (in front of a window) or displayed as a singular sculptural object. C Alex...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Glass

Abstract Form Study in Bronze III
Located in New York, NY
George William Bell Abstract Form Study in Bronze III, 2022 Blown glass, mirrored 18¾ x 16½ x 14 in.
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Blown Glass

Aladåb (á la daube)
Located in Oslo, 03
Glazed Stoneware Sculpture
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Stoneware, Glaze

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

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Marble

Máscara Oso - 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

Materials

Found Objects, Mixed Media

Stand-Ins for Period of Wreckage 25
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A sculpture by Theaster Gates. "Stand-Ins for Period of Wreckage 25" is a contemporary sculpture, white concrete and porcelain by American, Blue Chip artist Theaster Gates. The artwork is unsigned. Theaster Gates' practice includes sculpture, installation, performance and urban interventions that aim to bridge the gap between art and life. Gates works as an artist, curator, urbanist and facilitator and his projects attempt to instigate the creation of cultural communities by acting as catalysts for social engagement that leads to political and spatial change. Gates has described his working method as “critique through collaboration” – often with architects, researchers and performers – to create works that stretch the idea of what we usually understand visual-based practices to be. For his exhibition at Milwaukee Art Museum exhibition in 2010, for example, Gates invited a 250 strong gospel choir into the galleries to sing songs adapted from the inscriptions on pots by the famous 19th century slave and potter 'Dave Drake'. For the 2010 Whitney Biennial, Gates transformed the Whitney’s Sculpture Court with a spare, architectural installation that functioned as a communal gathering space for performances, social engagement, and contemplation. For the duration of the exhibition Gates collaborated with various creative practitioners on a series of 'monastic residencies', holding live events such as the session by Gates' musical ensemble, the Black Monks of Mississippi. In another recent exhibition at Seattle Art Museum, Gates transformed the gallery into an audio archive entitled 'The Listening Room', incorporating a hand-built DJ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Concrete

When to say When
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Upcycled Shirts, Resin, Nylon Fibres, Acrylic and Sodium Crystals Size US: 29 x 15 x 8 in Size EU: 74 x 38 x 21 cm Contemporary painter and sculptor Noah Kashiani...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Resin, Acrylic

Spider vase
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Clay work was essential in the development of Mesoamerican cultures, not only for its utilitarian value but also for its sculpture, loaded with symbolism as a mirror of the worldview...
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20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Pigment

Just Beyond
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 17
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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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