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Item Ships From: Continental US
"L'Infini"
By Pierre Charles Lenoir
Located in Southampton, NY
Circa 1910 bronze cast medal by the French sculptor, Pierre Charles Lenoir. Edge mark, cornucopia.
Pierre Lenoir was a French sculptor and medallist and was one of the Breton sculp...
Category
1910s Academic Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Karel Appel Colorful Expressionist Hand Painted Wood Cobra Sculpture Pop Art
By Karel Appel
Located in Surfside, FL
This is an original wooden sculpture with hand painting on both sides. it does not appear to be signed or numbered and does not currently have any label. I believe this might be the ...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Abstract Hanging Sculpture - Triangles with Organic Edges by Mickey "Kano" Kane
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract Hanging Sculpture - Triangle by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 1939-2002).
This striking piece can be viewed from both sides. It is composed of two separate triangles which ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plywood, Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic, Handmade Paper
Abstract Fish Sculpture
Located in Rochester, NY
A striking metal sculpture of a fish. Iron with gold gilt decoration. Probably Asian.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Abstract 3D wall sculpture "Wood Work" #1233, layered collage aesthetic with red
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an abstract 3D wall sculpture in wood, acrylic, and ink. it is from artist Paul Cava's "Wood Work" series, which applies the collage aesthetic he has incorporated into his ph...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Archival Ink, Wood, Acrylic
Linda Stein, Heroes 591 Contemporary Mixed Media Wonder Woman Colorful Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Heroes 591 - Contemporary Mixed Media Wonder Woman Colorful Sculpture
Linda Stein started her Knights of Protection series after she was forced to evacuate her New York downtown studio for a year post-9/11. Stein’s Knights function both as defenders in battle and symbols of pacifism. The series references popular and religious icons such as Wonder Woman, Princess Mononoke...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Archival Ink, Acrylic Polymer, Archival Paper
$36,000 Sale Price
20% Off
"Ex Nihilo Fragment 3", Frederick Hart, Figurative Bronze Sculpture, 43x31x18 in
By Frederick Hart
Located in Dallas, TX
"Ex Nihilo Fragment 3" by Frederick Hart is a figurative bronze with the edition of 56/65.
I saw Ex Nihilo (Out of Nothingness) as a single expression of creation, as the metamorph...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Nude Woman, Sculpture, Stone Handmade by Garo
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: (Garo) Karapet Balakeseryan
Medium: Stone, One of a Kind
Year: 2023
Style: Classic, Impressionism,
Subject: Nude Woman
Size: 30" x 14...
Category
2010s Impressionist Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
$8,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Adrien Étienne Gaudez A patinated bronze group "Duo Difficile"
By Adrien Étienne Gaudez
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite patinated bronze group, "Duo Difficile," is the work of French sculptor Adrien Étienne Gaudez (1845-1902). Circa 1880, the sculpture showcases Gaudez's exceptional abi...
Category
1880s Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Chimera Cowboy
By Joshua Goode
Located in New York, NY
Inspired by amateur archaeologists such as Heinrich Schliemann who discovered Troy and by past elaborate hoaxes like that of the Piltdown Man, Joshua Goode travels the world performi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer
ORIGAMI CRANES
By Lyle London
Located in Tempe, AZ
This sculpture of a pair of Dancing Cranes by Lyle London explores a unique translation of the Japanese art of folded paper into a metal sculpture. Th...
Category
2010s Modern Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
"PUPPIES", Miniature, camping trailer van, paper sculpture, blue, grey, white
By Drew Leshko
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This blue, grey, and white miniature paper sculpture titled "PUPPIES" is an original artwork by Drew Leshko made of paper, acrylic, inkjet prints, basswood, wire, PVC plastic, pastel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wire
"Persian Spaniels" vintage ceramics animals, chimaera, repurposed materials
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This figurative sculpture titled "Persian Spaniels" is an original artwork by Debra Broz made of secondhand ceramics and mixed media. The sculptures measure...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Ceramic
Pair of Gilt Bronze Sculpture of Female Gypsies
Located in New York, NY
ÉMILE CORIOLAN HIPPOLYTE GUILLEMIN
French, (1841-1907)
Pair of Female Gypsies
Both signed ‘Ele Guillemin’.
22 1/2 ...
Category
Late 19th Century Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Film Case Nylon Guitar" Hybrid Instrument Assemblage Wall Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
This acoustic guitar sculpture created by Ken Butler is part guitar part vintage film-reel case. It is made in the spirit of absurdity many surrealists embraced using found objects i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Memento Mori
By Kiva Ford
Located in New York, NY
Kiva Ford
Memento Mori, 2015
Borosilicate glass
13.50h x 7.50w x 7.50d in
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Bronze Horse
By Llisa Demetrios
Located in Napa, CA
With Base - 96" x 52 " x 24"
Llisa Demetrios has been a bronze sculptor for over twenty years. She often begins a series by making small wood maquettes and then fabricating in bronz...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$16,000
Mother and Child
By Chaim Gross
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A modernist gilt bronze sculpture of a Mother and Child set on a marble base.
Signed on bronze base.
Great condition
Category
1960s Modern Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cast metal sculpture of alligator head and truck body: 'Truckasuarus'
By Joshua Goode
Located in New York, NY
Inspired by amateur archaeologists such as Heinrich Schliemann who discovered Troy and by past elaborate hoaxes like that of the Piltdown Man, Joshua travels the world performing sta...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic
Cherry - Bleu Vague
By Cat Sirot
Located in New York, NY
Cat Sirot is a French plastic artist, with a focus on painting and Sculpture. She lives near Paris and works in her Argenteuil Studio. Through her sculptural...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Paint, Varnish
20th Century French School Large Bronze Sculpture of a Semi-Nude Dancer
Located in Beachwood, OH
20th Century French School
Dancer
Patinated bronze
38 x 18.5 x 9 inches
Provenance: The Tatti Family Collection
Category
20th Century Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Little Bear, Pop Art Ceramic and Acrylic Sculpture by Olga Patricia Lenis
Located in Long Island City, NY
Olga Patricia Lenis - Little Bear, Medium: Bejeweled Ceramic and Acrylic sculpture signed in marker on bottom, Size: 12 x 7 x 5.5 in. (30.48 x 17.78 x 13.97 cm)
Category
2010s Pop Art Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Acrylic Polymer
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 Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Bowl with Vintage Chair (Handmade, Mid-Century, Modern, Vibrant, ~30% OFF)
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
Melanie Sherman
Bowl with Vintage Chair
Earthenware, 24K German Gold Luster, Glaze, Underglaze, China Paints, Vintage Transfers, Multiple Cone 6 Firings, Hand-built
2024
Size: 1.75 ...
Category
2010s American Modern Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware, Luster, Paint, Glaze, Underglaze
"Chaps" - UV inks printed on acrylic hand formed
By Maeve Eichelberger
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Maeve Eichelberger is a Colorado native, capturing both urban and rural lifestyles in her artwork. Passionate about collage, Maeve specializes in a new form of 3 dimensional collage....
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Ink
Historia #3 - Madame Roland
By Tony Dagradi
Located in New Orleans, LA
Medium: hardcover book, acrylic varnish
TONY DAGRADI is an internationally recognized jazz performer, artist, composer, author, and educator. For over three decades he has made his ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Paper
Angel
By Bruno Lucchesi
Located in Greenwich, CT
Unique bronze sculpture of an angel
Category
20th Century Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Howard Finster Wooden Eagle Cut Out Statue With Religious Writing
By Howard Finster
Located in Chattahoochee Hills, GA
A bold, spiritually and politically charged eagle cut-out sculpture by visionary folk artist and preacher Rev. Howard Finster (1916–2001), dated 1991 and numbered 17,000,610. Crafted...
Category
1990s Folk Art Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Elephant
By Leo Sewell
Located in Greenwich, CT
Leo Sewell (b. 1945) is an American "found object" artist. His assemblages of recycled material are in over 40 museums and in private collections worldwide.
Sewell was born in Annap...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media
$6,500
Austrian Cold Painted Bronze by Franz Bergmann
By Franz Bergmann
Located in New York, NY
FRANZ BERGMANN
Austrian, (1838-1894)
Bath Tent
Two nude women in a bathing tent, reverse impressed with "B" within a vasiform mark for Franz Bergman.
17 1/2 inches high
Category
Early 20th Century Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The World Of Women
Located in New York, NY
Painted, Welded-Aluminum Sculpture. Female figures. Gold color. World theme.
About the Artist:
Studied engineering and sculpture at Stony Brook University. Steve has created sculptures of welded bronze or aluminum and have installed them around the world, including Hong Kong, Tokyo, England, France, Germany, Israel, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, St. Croix, Grand Cayman...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Hi Ho Silver
By Giuseppe Palumbo
Located in Napa, CA
Monumental Bronze
By applying classical techniques to his contemporary subjects, Palumbo’s textured and spirited bronzes embody the essence of each being he portrays. These whimsic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
$56,000
Classical Male Torso
By Martin Glick
Located in Milford, NH
Wonderful sculpture of a Twisting Male Torso in carved stone by contemporary New York City artist Martin Glick. Born in 1944, Martin Glick resides in Pomona, New York, just outside of New York City. He was taught by Conger Metcalf...
Category
20th Century Renaissance Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
"Nuthatch" (2021) By Dana Younger, Original Bas-Relief Still-Life Sculpture
Located in Denver, CO
Dana Younger's (US based) "Nuthatch" is an original, handmade Bas-relief sculpture on Maple and Niove that depicts a small bird perched on a branch.
(Frame included)
Dana Younger ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Maple
"Brick" Portrait of Man Made Out Layered Paper, Sewn Canvas, and Stone
By Eustace Mamba
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Brick" is a unique piece by Eustace Mamba measures approx. 4.5"h" x 2.5"w x 5"d. Mamba creates an abstract portrait from found material, sewn canvas, acrylic, and oil paint. This sc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Textile, Paint, Mixed Media, Found Objects, Canvas, Thread, Brick, Acrylic
Graft EH9 - Abstract Figurative Wall Sculpture
By Jennyfer Stratman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
There is a metaphorical interplay between the natural imagery, international artist Jennyfer Stratman uses and its multiple meanings. While the human figure features strongly, it is ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Linda Stein, Summer Knight 616 -Contemporary Art Metallic Wall Sculpture Edition
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Summer Knight 616 - Contemporary Art Metallic Wall Sculpture Edition
Summer Knight 616 is from Linda Stein’s Knights of Protection series, which she started after being...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Paint
"Surf Board Guitar" Hybrid Instrument Wall Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
This sculpture created by Ken Butler is part guitar part surfboard. It is made in the spirit of absurdity many surrealists embraced using found objects in functional scenarios. signe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media
Paul Eugene Mengin (French, 1853-1937) Soprano Mandolin Player
Located in New York, NY
Paul Eugene Mengin (French, 1853-1937)
A female figural bronze statue of a soprano mandolin player. Rendered beautifully, the soft folds and drapes of her clothing and hair are cri...
Category
Late 19th Century Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Adhesive, Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic
"Delft Frog 1" - Hand-Painted Resin Sculpture by Nana Williams, 2025
Located in Denver, CO
Nana Williams' "Delft Frog 1" is an exquisitely crafted small-scale sculpture blending contemporary artistry with classic Delftware aesthetics. This one-of-a-kind piece is made from ...
Category
2010s Realist Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Acrylic, Gouache
Dawn
By Jane DeDecker
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 17
Jane DeDecker’s energetic and dynamic bronze sculptures serve as a reflection of her own life experiences and those of her closely-knit family. Her twelve nieces and nephews are the primary source of her inspiration, though DeDecker’s sculptures are not portraits. In fact, her loose style leaves her viewers with room for interpretation, so as to see their own lives within her sculptures. This imprecision, combined with her unique ability to capture specific moments to which each viewer can relate on a personal level, regardless of age, give DeDecker’s work a timeless quality that spans generations.
DeDecker began her artistic training as a painter at the University of Northern Colorado, until a professor, noticing her joy in the portrayal of shapes and forms, suggested she try her hand at sculpture. Taking his advice, DeDecker went on to study at Gobelins School of Tapestry in...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$3,500
HOPE BEAR (SCULPTURE)
By Romero Britto
Located in Aventura, FL
Poly resin sculpture. Britto signature stamped on lower right. From the edition of 4000 (2nd edition). Comes in original box with Britto studio certificate of authenticity. Artw...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Polymer
Maurice Bouval Gilt and Silvered Bronze Art Nouveau Figure
Located in Dallas, TX
Maurice Bouval
French Art Nouveau Gilt and Silvered Bronze Figural Vide Poche
Cast from a model by Maurice Bouval, cast by Jollet & Cie., Paris, circa 1900
Modeled as a maiden in a ...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
9, 10
By Peter Olson
Located in New Orleans, LA
Vases in various sizes.
From left to right:
9 - 21h x 5w in
10 - 20h x 5w in
[lives & works – Philadelphia, PA ::: b. 1954]
Peter Olson is a Philadelphia-based photographer and c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Photographic Film
$5,800
8
By Peter Olson
Located in New Orleans, LA
[lives & works – Philadelphia, PA ::: b. 1954]
Peter Olson is a Philadelphia-based photographer and ceramicist who creates pieces that chemically and conceptually fuse the two medi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Photographic Film
$3,200
6
By Peter Olson
Located in New Orleans, LA
[lives & works – Philadelphia, PA ::: b. 1954]
Peter Olson is a Philadelphia-based photographer and ceramicist who creates pieces that chemically and conceptually fuse the two medi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Photographic Film
$4,200
5
By Peter Olson
Located in New Orleans, LA
[lives & works – Philadelphia, PA ::: b. 1954]
Peter Olson is a Philadelphia-based photographer and ceramicist who creates pieces that chemically and conceptually fuse the two medi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Photographic Film
$4,200
Visitors
By Kat Flyn
Located in New Orleans, LA
assemblage sculpture: old wood dugout made from an antique stool, hand-painted graffiti on all sides & back & roof under old wood painted and distressed scoreboard with graffiti bench inside.
"I like using baseball...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
$3,600
Sculpture in Brass by Jacques Jarrige "Angel #1"
By Jacques Jarrige
Located in New York, NY
A small scale sculpture formed with a ribbon of hand-hammered brass.
Unique piece by French sculptor Jacques Jarrige from a body of work create...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Brass
Second Sight
By Esperanza Cortes
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: installation, table, mirror, 20 glass and metal beaded clay sculptures
Esperanza Cortés is a Colombian born multidisciplinary artist based in New York City. Cortés has been ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Antique Horse Bronze Trotting Stallion Isidore Jules Bonheur (France, 1827-1901)
By Isidore Jules Bonheur
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Horse Bronze
Portrait of a Trotting Stallion
Isidore Jules Bonheur (France, 1827-1901)
Cast bronze mounted on a rectangular plinth with dark brown patina,
Signed: I. BONHEUR
17 x 11 3/4
A brilliant exploration of a stallion in full trot. The patina is a deep, warm walnut brown with honey-colored tones.
Isidore Bonheur was best known and the most distinguished of the 19th century French animalier sculptors. Isidore, the younger brother of Rosa Bonheur and older brother of Auguste, began his studies of painting initially with his father, who was friends with Francisco Goya. By 1848 he debuted at the Paris Salon having discontinued animal and landscape painting to concentrate on creating sculptures and in 1849, Bonheur enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. He won medals at the Paris Salon in 1859 and did so again in 1865 and in 1869. After entering the Exposition Universelle 1855, he won the Gold Medal in 1889. In the 1870s exhibited in the London at the Royal Academy of Arts where he earned great prestige and won the coveted Medaille d’Or. After winning numerous other medals and prizes, Bonheur was awarded the Legion d' Honneur in 1895 and he was Knighted in Portugal, Spain and France. Bonheur continued exhibiting at the Paris Salon until 1899.
Many of his bronzes were fabricated at the foundry owned by Hippolyte Peyrol, Bonheur's brother-in-law by marriage to Isidore’s youngest sister Juliette Bonheur. The Peyrol casts for both Rosa and Isidore are exceptionally well executed which suggests a strong working relationship between the founder and sculptor. There is little doubt that Isidore Bonheur was an acute observer of nature; his animals were not anthropomorphized but modelled to catch movement or posture characteristics of the particular species he was sculpting. He achieved this most successfully with his sculptures of horses which are usually depicted as relaxed rather than spirited. These figures are among his most renowned works and his equestrian models became very popular, particularly among the British aristocracy.
An acute observer of nature, his sculptures reflect his commitment to the Realist school - with precise detailing of the movements of animals in their natural habitats. Ultimately, His naturalistic studies of animals are now some of the most highly sought after works by any of the animalier. He was possibly inspired by his many visits to the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show...
Category
1870s Realist Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Austrian Cold Painted Bronze by Franz Bergmann
By Franz Bergmann
Located in New York, NY
FRANZ BERGMANN
Austrian, (1838-1894)
The Harem
Revolving figures of a man holding a sword and a seated half nude woman.
13 1/4 inches high
Category
Early 20th Century Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
An Important Pair of Monumental Parcel-Gilt and Patinated Bronze Figural Torchèr
By Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in New York, NY
Mounted as lamps and cast by Ferdinand Barbedienne after models by Alexandre Falguiere and Paul Dubois. Both statues are signed on the bases.
These fine torchères are reductions of...
Category
Late 19th Century Renaissance Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Ex Nihilo Figure 2", Frederick Hart, Bronze Sculpture, Figurative, Traditional
By Frederick Hart
Located in Dallas, TX
Don't miss this opportunity to own a piece of history! Ex Nihilo Figure 2, a full-scale plaster from the final stone sculpture of Ex Nihilo, commissioned as part of the Creation Scul...
Category
Early 2000s American Impressionist Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Amancio Pool Gold and Black Bronze. iron. EL SALTO III. original sculpture
By Amancio González Andrés
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Amancio. pool. gold and black bronze. iron. EL SALTO III. original sculpture
sculpture by the Spanish artist AMANCIO GONZALEZ
7 COPIES
Fantastic piece of art representing Spanish scu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Mars Blackbird (Blue Patina) 10/12
By Sharon Loper
Located in Napa, CA
Cast bronze with Blue Patina, Edition of 12
Sharon Loper creates transitory sculptures out of bronze, stone, and wood and views her work as landscapes of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Picador, A.R. 200
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1953, ceramic Picador A.R. 200 is a round plate of white earthenware clay with oxidized paraffin decoration (brown, green, white) in a stanniferous enamel bath...
Category
1950s Abstract Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
$9,600 Sale Price
20% Off
English Bulldog
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze sculpture by artists Bill and Renee Shisler. Edition 7/25.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Purple Heart
By Esperanza Cortes
Located in New Orleans, LA
The artist says of her work...
Arrested Symphony is an exhibition incorporating sculptures, reliefs, drawings and hanging works that explore the theme of injustice that is at the roots of the predatory gem and mineral excavation industry. While at a residency in Knoxville, Tennessee, I discovered that Oakridge was only 30 miles away. Oakridge played a key role in the development of the Atom Bomb and the Manhattan Project. I began an exploration and comparison of Uranium and Emeralds. These minerals look very much alike, beautiful but dangerous on their effect on civil conflict. Colombia my birthplace, has the finest Emeralds in the world. The mining of Emeralds was an important element in the continued colonization of the region. Emeralds have helped to fund the more than 60-year conflict which has taken over 450,000 lives and displaced about 5.7 million people. Uranium has brought destruction to a level which altered the future of warfare. The developments made during the Manhattan Project led to the death of about 700,000 people and its effects are still felt around the world. I use Colombia as an example, however this situation is repeating itself in many parts of the world. Sierra Leone, Liberia, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo are all involved in brutal civil conflicts fueled by Blood Diamonds. This project will make visual the human cost extracted with these minerals, once exposed to the light of day they can never be unearthed.
My practice is an ongoing object-based exploration through which I create artworks which are organic and improvisational constructions that are infused with hope and renewal. The hand-crafted artworks are poetically and intricately crafted, creating an intimate repository for the individual and collective memory and implement the human body as a symbol and expression of nature, vulnerability and power. The work encourages viewers to reconsider social and historical narratives especially when dealing with the aftermath of Colonialism and raises critical questions about the politics of erasure and exclusion.
ESPERANZA CORTÉS is a Colombian born contemporary multidisciplinary artist based in New York City. Cortés has exhibited in the United States in solo and group exhibitions in venues including Smack Mellon Gallery, Neuberger Museum of Art, Bronx Museum of Art, Queens Museum, El Museo Del Barrio, MoMA PS1, Socrates Sculpture Park and White-box Gallery in New York City. Nationally Cortes exhibitions include Cleveland Art Museum, OH, CSU Galleries at Cleveland University, OH, Helen Day Art Center, VT and The Lorenzo Homar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Fine Pair of Patinated Bronze Sculptures by Hippolyte Moreau
By Hippolyte François Moreau
Located in New York, NY
HIPPOLYTE FRANÇOIS MOREAU
French, (1832-1927)
‘Eaves Dropping’ and ‘Consolation’
Patinated bronze; signed ‘Moreau’
25 x 11 inches
Category
1880s Continental US - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
