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Snow - Hooded Bronze Figure with Skis, Light Blue Patina
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá Perez
Snow
bronze and methacrylate
29.50h x 8.75w x 7d in
74.93h x 22.23w x 17.78d cm
ed. 1/8
JCP057
Jesús Curiá's sculptures arouse something more than purely aesthetic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Construction II - Bronze Sculpture Surreal Transfiguring Human Form, Lush Patina
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
***This artwork is currently on exhibit at the Instituto Cervantes, Chicago until September 2025. If purchased this artwork will be available to ship after September 1, 2025. Contact...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Bust with Floral Top by Sydnie Jimenez (INV# NP3235)
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Sidney Jimenez
Bust with Floral Top (INV# NP5235)
stoneware, underglaze, and glaze
10.75 × 9 × 5.5”
2024
signed
Sydnie Jimenez is a ceramic artist whose work centers on the figures ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware, Glaze, Underglaze
Race - Bronze Figures Poised to Start a Race, Grey Patina, Steel Base
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá Perez
Race
iron, bronze and resin
21.75h x 10w x 19.75d in
55.24h x 25.40w x 50.16d cm
ed. 1/8
JCP056
Jesús Curiá's sculptures arouse something more than purely aestheti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Kendo II - Figure, with Arms in Throwing Position, Bronze & Artificial Stone
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá Perez
Kendo II
bronze and artificial stone
30.75h x 12.50w x 7.75d in
78.11h x 31.75w x 19.68d cm
JCP067
Jesús Curiá's sculptures arouse something more than purely aesth...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
RARE EARLY MUG SET by Roberto Lugo (INV# NP3734)
By Roberto Lugo
Located in Morton Grove, IL
RARE EARLY MUG SET (INV# NP3734)
Roberto Lugo
clay, underglaze and glaze
approx: 4.5 x 4.5 x 3” each
date unknown
Category
2010s Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glaze, Ceramic
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
"Pompeii, " Mixed Media Sculpture
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Based in Chicago, IL, contemporary artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites, collages and mixed media works assembled from material fragments of past and present collected in his travels. In his ongoing series of memory jugs, Thompson adorns stoneware vessels with a kaleidoscope of ceramic shards, found objects, and pocket-sized trinkets he collected over the course of his life.
Also known as forget-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one who has recently passed. Small tokens and mementos of the deceased are gathered and affixed to the exterior of a jug or vase, an abundance of memories that celebrates a life lived to the fullest.
Michael Thompson applies this tradition to his own practice, creating tactile assemblages of this and that. Formed in the manner of collage, each jug honors the lost memories of generations past and his own memories of personally discovering each item. With varied sources for materials including Kyoto, Turkey, and Mexico, a great number of the found shards are 18th and 19th century ceramics...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
This Impact - Contemporary Bronze Nude Male Sculpture in Action Pose
By Dean Kugler
Located in Chicago, IL
The beauty of the human form is captured is this dynamic bronze sculpture of a Muay Thai Fighter.
Dean Kugler
Ancient Art
bronze
18h x 9w x 7d in
45.72h x...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Icaro III - Bronze Figure of Mythical Icarus Standing on Wings, Green Patina
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Icaro III
bronze
28h x 12w x 12d in
71.12h x 30.48w x 30.48d cm
ed. 1/8
JCP073
Jesús Curiá's sculptures arouse something more than purely aesthetic pleasure. We can analyze his wor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Atlas Shrugged - Greek Mythology Inspired Bronze Sculpture on Granite Base
By Dean Kugler
Located in Chicago, IL
Dean Kugler
Atlas Shrugged, 2024
bronze, ed. 9/12
22h x 14.50w x 16d in
55.88h x 36.83w x 40.64d cm
ed. 9/12
DK0046
Dean Kugler is a seasoned interdisciplinary artist, painter, and ...
Category
2010s American Realist Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Swimming with the Fishes" Lidded Jar by Roberto Lugo (INV# NP5370)
By Roberto Lugo
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Roberto Lugo
"Swimming with the Fishes" Lidded Jar
(INV# NP5370)
Clay and Glaze
13 x 9.5 x 9.5"
2018
signed
* small firing crack on bottom but exactly how artist originally made the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Underglaze, Glaze
"Pexto Car, " Mixed-Media Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
To Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald, his miniature car sculptures are a means of traveling through time. Born from a fascination with the soap box derby cars of his youth, eac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paper, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Pugnatum III- Bronze Figures Wrestling Each Other, Verdigris Patina, Steel Base
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá Perez
Pugnatum III
iron and bronze
77h x 24w x 15.75d in
195.58h x 60.96w x 40d cm
JCP054
Jesús Curiá's sculptures arouse something more than purely aesthetic pleasure....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
"Caress of Water, " Mixed Media Sculpture
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Based in Chicago, IL, contemporary artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites, collages and mixed media works assembled from material fragments of past and present collected in his...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Influence - Bare Chested Bronze Figure Wearing Jeans, Verdigris Patina
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá Perez
Influence
bronze
25h x 12.25w x 10.50d in
63.50h x 31.11w x 26.67d cm
1/8
JCP063
It is seemingly easier to identify with the ideas and thoughts of an artist if he ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
"Case Runner, " Mixed Media Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
To Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald, his sculptures are a means of traveling through time. Working from found materials, Fitzgerald constructs miniature soap box cars...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wire
GUARDIAN ANGEL Figurative Decorative Sculpture
By Yasemin Aslan Bakiri
Located in Chicago, IL
Sand-cast glass, steel mesh, silver mesh, and metal.
60"H x 45"W x 20"D
Yasemin Aslan Bakiri specializes in sand-cast glass techniques using ideas relating to the natural world...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel
“Tiny Celadon Green Jacket, ” Steel Sculpture
By Gordon Chandler
Located in Chicago, IL
Upon discovering a weathered steel drum that had been warped to resemble the sleeve of a garment, artist Gordon Chandler was inspired to embark on a series of kimono sculptures formed from found metal scraps. With an eye to the aesthetic possibilities of this humble material, Chandler invests the reclaimed steel with sculptural fluidity and a wry sense of form.
Flattened with the center portion rolled out and the sides left open, this discarded barrel takes on the look of a miniature jacket. Coated with a mint green finish, the eroded metal appears as draped fabric, folded back to form a simple collar. The sculpture is finished with the artist's initials stamped...
Category
2010s Modern Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Horse II - Bronze Figure Riding Stone Carved Horse, Verdigris Patina, Steel Base
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá Perez
Horse II
bronze and artificial stone
27.50h x 22w x 9.50d in
69.85h x 55.88w x 24.13d cm
JCP062
Jesús Curiá's sculptures arouse something more than purely aestheti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Bronze, Steel
"A + L Car & Jacket, " Mixed-Media Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald uses his works as a means of resurrecting the idyllic worlds he once found in the industrial surroundings of his youth. Raised in Grand Rapids...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paper, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Cardboard
Walking Cat - Large Scale Bronze Animal Sculpture with Mosaic Patterned Surface
By Mary Block
Located in Chicago, IL
Mary Block
Walking Cat
bronze
39h x 65w x 15d in
99.06h x 165.10w x 38.10d cm
MBK001
Mary Block
b. 1951, St. Louis, MO
Education
1975 Mechanical Engineering Department, Stainless Steel Casting in Cooperation with Alloy Casting Corporation.
University of Illinois - Champaign
1974 Master of Fine Arts Candidate. School of Fine Arts. University of Iowa.
1973 Bachelor of Fine Arts. College of Fine Arts. University of Illinois – Champaign
Exhibitions
2022 Kiss Me, Its Snowing, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
Illinois Artists’ List, Curator: K. Eaton.
Mary Block Sculpture and Print: A Dialogue Between Form and Image. University of Illinois.
School of Art and Design, Link Gallery. Champaign/Urbana.
1996 ASID Showcase, Chicago, IL
1995 New Glass Review, Corning Museum. Corning, NY. International Exhibition/Catalog featuring innovative glass
sculpture.
1996 Solo Exhibition, Nina Own Gallery, Chicago, IL
1996 Gallery Artists, Nina Owen Gallery. Chicago, IL
1995 Gallery Artists, Nina Owen Gallery. Chicago, IL
1995 Sandy and Dave, Group Exhibition. North Shore/Skokie Sculpture Park. Skokie, IL
1994 Sandy and Dave, Group Exhibition. North Shore/Skokie Sculpture Park. Skokie, IL
1992 Twenty Women, Adler Cultural Center. Libertyville, IL
1991 The Discerning Eye-National Exhibition, Charles A. Wustum Museum. Racine, WI
1988 North Shore Skokie Sculpture Walk, Curator: J. Folise. McCormick Blvd, Skokie, IL
Public Commissions
2022 Skyway Prints, Delta Airlines. Skyway Lounge, O’Hare Airport, Chicago, IL
2018 Mindfulness Center Sculpture, Roslyn Road School, Barrington. IL
2011 Grove School Children’s Amphitheater, Ft. Grove School, Barrington, IL
2007 Generations, Village Hall of Deerfield, Deerfield, IL
1999 Lifetime Learners, Danville Community College. Danville, IL
1997 Heroic Women Collection, Las Sendes Sculpture Park, Phoenix, AZ
1996 Wrapped Figure, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
Book With Hands Memorial, Oak Grove...
Category
2010s Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Cut-Rate Liquor Car, " Mixed-Media Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald uses his works as a means of resurrecting the idyllic worlds he once found in the industrial surroundings of his youth. Raised in Grand Rapids...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paper, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Figure vase by Beatrice Wood BEATO
By Beatrice Wood
Located in Morton Grove, IL
A rare and beautiful vase by Beato! Beatrice Wood,
It is signed.
Beatrice Wood (American, 1893–1998) was a painter, draughtsman, and sculptor best known for her luster-glazed ceramic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glaze, Terracotta, Ceramic
$3,200 Sale Price
20% Off
"Jubilee Car, " Mixed-Media Sculpture, 2018
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald uses his works as a means of resurrecting the idyllic worlds he once found in the industrial surroundings of his youth. Raised in Grand Rapids...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paper, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
"New York Blower Car, " Mixed-Media Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
To Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald, his miniature car sculptures are a means of traveling through time. Born from a fascination with the soap bo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paper, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
"Drafting Car, " Mixed-Media Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald uses his works as a means of resurrecting the idyllic worlds he once found in the industrial surroundings of his youth. Raised in Grand Rapids, MI, he looks to the raw beauty and inherent potential of his manufacturing hometown as an endless source of creative inspiration.
Working from found materials, Fitzgerald constructs miniature versions of soap box cars...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paper, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
"Neapolitan Car, " Mixed-Media Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
To Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald, his miniature car sculptures are a means of traveling through time. Born from a fascination with the soap box...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paper, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Fabric
"Dynamic Car, " Mixed-Media Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald uses his works as a means of resurrecting the idyllic worlds he once found in the industrial surroundings of his youth. Raised in Grand Rapids...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paper, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Cardboard
Untitled Duck by Robert "BOB" Brady
By Robert Brady
Located in Morton Grove, IL
ROBERT BRADY - UNTITLED DUCK
stoneware
14.5 x 15.25 x 4.25”
date unknown
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Senzo Titulo (Michelangelo Antonioni), " Mixed-media Sculpture, 2022
Located in Chicago, IL
To Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald, his miniature car sculptures are a means of traveling through time. Born from a fascination with the soap box...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paper, Mixed Media, Oil
"Iron Sponge Car, " Mixed Media Sculpture, 2019
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald uses his works as a means of resurrecting the idyllic worlds he once found in the industrial surroundings of his youth. Raised in Grand Rapids...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paper, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
"Tiny Two-Toned Jacket, " Steel Sculpture
By Gordon Chandler
Located in Chicago, IL
Upon discovering a weathered steel drum that had been warped to resemble the sleeve of a garment, artist Gordon Chandler was inspired to embark on a series of kimono sculptures forme...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Deslizando - Bronze Sculpture of Speed Skating Figure in Orange Outfit
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá Perez
Deslizando
bronze and acrylic
24h x 12.50w x 11.75d in
60.96h x 31.75w x 29.84d cm
ed. 1/8
JCP068
Jesús Curiá's sculptures arouse something more than purely aesthe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Venice Beach Cow by Magdalen Suarez-Frimkess (INV# NP4060)
By Magdalena and Michael Frimkess
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Magdalena Suarez-Frimkess
Venice Beach Cow (INV# NP4060)
clay and glaze
4.75 x 6.25 x 2.5"
2018
signed by artist
Magdalena Suarez Frimkess and Michael Frimkess began working togethe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Glaze
Adan- Bronze Figure of Adam with Hand Reaching Down to Bitten Apple
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá Perez
Adan
bronze
23h x 7w x 7d in
58.42h x 17.78w x 17.78d cm
ed. 4/8
JCP069
Jesús Curiá's sculptures arouse something more than purely aesthetic pleasure. We can anal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Lichtenstein's Woman: Sunlight - Hand Built Ceramic Bust After Roy Lichtenstein
By Sandy Kaplan
Located in Chicago, IL
"Lichtenstein's Woman: Sunlight" is a direct reference to the iconic Roy Lichtenstein's 1996 painted and patinated bronze sculpture simply entitled "Sunlight". Kaplan's ceramic sculpture brings a three dimensionality to Lichtenstein's sculpture.
Sandy Kaplan
Lichtenstein's Woman: Sunlight
ceramic, glaze
17h x 11w x 7d in
43.18h x 27.94w x 17.78d cm
SAK013
Sandy Kaplan
b. 1943, St. Louis, MO
2021 Maturity and Its Muse, Art Saint Louis
2020 Storytellers Exhibit, Art Saint Louis
2019 SOFA Chicago, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Honors Exhibit, Art Saint Louis
Anthony Bourdain - Parts Unknown: Ceramic Centric, Foundry Arts Ctr, St. Charles, MO
Current Profiles, Craft Alliance Center, St. Louis, MO
2018 SOFA Chicago, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Maturity and Its Muse, Art Saint Louis
Works from the Studios, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
Drawn From Life: Artful Aging, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
2017 3-D, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
SOFA Chicago, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2016 Works from the Studio, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
A Moveable Feast Exhibit, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL
Maturity and Its Muse, Art Saint Louis
2015 Writers Round Table, Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2014 Save the Last Dance for Me, Art Saint Louis XXX...
Category
2010s Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Yellow Tigre Dance Mask Zitlala Guerrero, Mexico
Located in Morton Grove, IL
A VERY rare Tigre (TIGER) Dance Mask Zitlala Guerrero, Mexico.
Anonymous Deep Yellow Tigre Dance Mask.
Early 20th C. Zitlala Guerrero, Mexico.
Painted leather and fur.
Museum-quality...
Category
Early 20th Century Outsider Art Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Leather, Acrylic
Adan Y Eva - Bronze Figures of Adam and Eve Surrounded by Apples and a Snake
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá Perez
Adan Y Eva
bronze
26.50h x 9.50w x 8.75d in
67.31h x 24.13w x 22.23d cm
ed. 4/8
JCP070
Jesús Curiá's sculptures arouse something more than purely aesthetic pleasu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Serie Olimpo Vulcano - Bronze Sculpture of Mythological God of Fire
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Serie Olimpo Vulcano
bronze, 2/8
30h x 14w x 8.75d in
76.20h x 35.56w x 22.23d cm
ed. 2
JCP072
Jesús Curiá's sculptures arouse something more than purely aesthetic pleasure. We can ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Samurai - Bronze Figure Wearing a Helmet , Verdigris Patina, Steel Base
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá Perez
Samurai
bronze and methacrylate
27h x 7w x 7d in
68.58h x 17.78w x 17.78d cm
JCP059
Jesús Curiá's sculptures arouse something more than purely aesthetic pleasure. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Horse I - Horse and Rider, Bronze and Artificial Stone on Steel Base
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá Perez
Horse I
bronze and artificial stone
23h x 19.75w x 8.25d in
58.42h x 50.16w x 20.95d cm
JCP061
It is seemingly easier to identify with the ideas and thoughts of a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Cord
By Michael Ayrton
Located in Chicago, IL
Edition of 12
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$20,000
Falling Up - Highly Detailed Paper Sculpture of Woman Falling Off a Bicycle
By Ivan Markovic
Located in Chicago, IL
A split second moment is frozen in time as a rider falls from her bike, just barely making contact with the ground. The fluidity with which the artist is able to capture this specifi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Dance IV - Hanging Sculpture of Dancing Bronze Figure with Yellow Head
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Suspended in air, this lone figure floats in a curled pose with hands clasped . This dynamic and innovative sculpture challenges our perception of space while captivating the imagination. This sculpture hangs from the ceiling by an adjustable wire and can be installed in the middle of a room or over a buffet or credenza. The possibilities for placement are endless. This artwork can be paired with Flight I as shown in the photos, Also available on 1stDibs.
Jesús Curiá Perez
Dance IV...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Arco II - Bronze Figure Poised Shooting an Arrow, Verdigris Patina, Steel Base
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá Perez
Arco II, ed. 3/8
iron and bronze
26h x 17.75w x 7.75d in
116.84h x 45.09w x 17.14d cm
JCP055
It is seemingly easier to identify with the ideas and thoughts of an ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
"Bouquet, " Mixed Media Sculpture
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Based in Chicago, IL, contemporary artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites, collages and mixed media works assembled from material fragments of past and present collected in his travels. In his ongoing series of memory jugs, Thompson adorns stoneware vessels with a kaleidoscope of ceramic shards, found objects, and pocket-sized trinkets he collected over the course of his life.
Also known as forget-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one who has recently passed. Small tokens and mementos of the deceased are gathered and affixed to the exterior of a jug or vase, an abundance of memories that celebrates a life lived to the fullest.
Michael Thompson applies this tradition to his own practice, creating tactile assemblages of this and that. Formed in the manner of collage, each jug honors the lost memories of generations past and his own memories of personally discovering each item. With varied sources for materials including Kyoto, Turkey, and Mexico, a great number of the found shards are 18th and 19th century ceramics...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
"Retablo No. 4 (Blackbird)", Mixed Media Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
The intricate retablos of contemporary artist Patrick Fitzgerald are his means of paying homage to the musicians that inspired him throughout his life. Derived from Mexican votive...
Category
2010s Surrealist Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Paper, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel
"Beach-Combed Mochaware, " Mixed Media Sculpture
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Based in Chicago, IL, contemporary artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites, collages and mixed media works assembled from material fragments of past and present collected in his travels. In his ongoing series of memory jugs, Thompson adorns stoneware vessels with a kaleidoscope of ceramic shards, found objects, and pocket-sized trinkets he collected over the course of his life.
Also known as forget-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one who has recently passed. Small tokens and mementos of the deceased are gathered and affixed to the exterior of a jug or vase, an abundance of memories that celebrates a life lived to the fullest.
Michael Thompson applies this tradition to his own practice, creating tactile assemblages of this and that. Formed in the manner of collage, each jug honors the lost memories of generations past and his own memories of personally discovering each item. With varied sources for materials including Kyoto, Turkey, and Mexico, a great number of the found shards are 18th and 19th century ceramics...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Lichtenstein's Portrait of a Woman - Ode to Roy Lichtenstein, Hand Built Ceramic
By Sandy Kaplan
Located in Chicago, IL
"Lichtenstein's Portrait of a Woman " is a direct reference to the iconic Roy Lichtenstein's 1979 painting of the same name. Kaplan's ceramic sculpture brings a three dimensionality to Lichtenstein's painting.
Sandy Kaplan
Lichtenstein's Portrait of a Woman
ceramic, glaze
13h x 9w x 6d in
33.02h x 22.86w x 15.24d cm
SAK014
Sandy Kaplan
b. 1943, St. Louis, MO
2021 Maturity and Its Muse, Art Saint Louis
2020 Storytellers Exhibit, Art Saint Louis
2019 SOFA Chicago, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Honors Exhibit, Art Saint Louis
Anthony Bourdain - Parts Unknown: Ceramic Centric, Foundry Arts Ctr, St. Charles, MO
Current Profiles, Craft Alliance Center, St. Louis, MO
2018 SOFA Chicago, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Maturity and Its Muse, Art Saint Louis
Works from the Studios, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
Drawn From Life: Artful Aging, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
2017 3-D, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
SOFA Chicago, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2016 Works from the Studio, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
A Moveable Feast Exhibit, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL
Maturity and Its Muse, Art Saint Louis
2015 Writers Round Table, Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2014 Save the Last Dance for Me, Art Saint Louis XXX...
Category
2010s Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Fight I - Hanging Sculpture of Intertwined Bronze Figures with Orange Hood
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Suspended in air, these figures float and dance, their bodies intertwined in embrace for all time. This dynamic and innovative sculpture challenges our perception of space while capt...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"XMITTER" Helmet & Jacket Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
To Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald, his sculptures are a means of traveling through time. Working from found materials, Fitzgerald constructs miniature soap box cars...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Troyano - Bronze Trojan Figure Posed Holding a Gun, Verdigris Patina, Steel Base
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá Perez
Troyano
bronze and methacrylate
29.50h x 7.50w x 7.50d in
74.93h x 19.05w x 19.05d cm
JCP058
Jesús Curiá's sculptures arouse something more than purely aesthetic p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Motion - Bronze Figurative Sculpture - Yoga - Decorative - Price for the Pair
By Kostis Georgiou
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Bronze sculptures
11 x 7.8 x 2.3 in
28 x 20 x 6 cm
Available in RED & BLACK painted patinas
Born in Thessaloniki, Greece, Kostis Georgiou studied stage scenery in Flo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
DAMAGED (Gold Leaf)
By Boky Hackel-Ward
Located in Chicago, IL
Bronze with Gold Leaf
From Boky Hackel-Ward’s Figurative Poetry Collection, this bronze was directly inspired by a poem entitled Mea Culpa taken from Paul Géraldy’s book Toi et Moi....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Tiny Brocade Jacket, " Steel Sculpture
By Gordon Chandler
Located in Chicago, IL
Upon discovering a weathered steel drum that had been warped to resemble the sleeve of a garment, artist Gordon Chandler was inspired to embark on a series of kimono sculptures forme...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
"Tiny Striped Jacket, " Steel Sculpture
By Gordon Chandler
Located in Chicago, IL
Upon discovering a weathered steel drum that had been warped to resemble the sleeve of a garment, artist Gordon Chandler was inspired to embark on a series of kimono sculptures forme...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
"Tiny Rust Jacket, " Steel Sculpture
By Gordon Chandler
Located in Chicago, IL
Upon discovering a weathered steel drum that had been warped to resemble the sleeve of a garment, artist Gordon Chandler was inspired to embark on a series of kimono sculptures forme...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Trio VI - Monumental Bronze Sculpture With Three Balancing Acrobat Figures
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
This monumental bronze sculpture by Jesús Curiá features three youthful acrobats in a feat of coordination and balance. The composition of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
DAS ICH UND DAS ES (The Ego and the Id)
By Boky Hackel-Ward
Located in Chicago, IL
DAS ICH UND DAS ES
(The Ego and the Id)
Bronze with 24k Gold Leaf
Dimensions:
9.4" x 5.1" x 5.1" (24 x 13 x 13 cm)
Edition Size: 6
This sculpture was inspired by Freud’s paper b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Gold Leaf
Thesis by Kostis Georgiou - Yoga - Figurative Sculpture
By Kostis Georgiou
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Bronze sculptures
7 x 9.5 x 2 in
18 x 24 x 5 cm
Available in RED & BLACK painted patinas
Born in Thessaloniki, Greece, Kostis Georgiou studied stage scenery in Floren...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
