Figurative Sculptures
Figurative Sculptures For Sale
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Deep Orange glossy ceramic balloon sculpture handmade for wall, ceiling
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
This aubergine glossy ceramic balloon sculpture is a balloon for life and an art collectors piece. Its Vivid glossy color enhances sophisticated and cheerful space environment.
handmade in the picturesque village Arsuf in Israel the balloon creates tension betwen ligtht vs. heavy, temporary vs. enterninty, fragilie vs. solid and more. The baloons can be installed individually as one balloon or in different combinations creating a unique installation for every space and making it an art tool for designers and architects as well as home owners.
Harmony and grandeur characterize the work of Reli Smith and Osnat Yaffe Zimmerman in their artistic cooperation under the brand R+O Design. The goal in their work is to create a magical world of bright colors, along with pastels and monochromatic works of differing textures, which together form an aesthetic and “welcoming” tale.
A surrealistic world is at the core of their design and art and this can be seen from ceramic sculptures of balloons, giant hearts, garlic heads made of gold, giant golden eggs as well as giant plates...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Coating, Glaze
Bong Baby II (Street Art, Urban Art, Pop Art)
By Jen Watson
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jen Watson
Bong Baby II
Year: 2021
Medium: Porcelain, Glaze, Luster
Size: 5 x 4.5 x 3.5 inches
Signed
Gallery COA included
About Jen Watson:
My figurines exist somewhere between r...
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Luster, Porcelain, Glaze
Matisse's spirit Ceramic
Located in CANNES, FR
Isaac Grünewald ( 1889-1946 ) Swedish Expressionist painter .
Rare & unique ceramic work ( 1940's )
Glazed stoneware . signed . decorated with n...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Marble Statue of a Young Maiden by Cesare Lapini
Located in New York, NY
CESARE LAPINI
Italian, (1848-1893)
Segreto Al Cuore
Signed Prop ta Fratelli; Lapini; Firenze
29 1/4 x 8 x 11 inches
Notes:
A fine quality white marble sculpture of a you...
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Nailed it
Located in Nottingham, GB
Original Sculpture, Artist Proof, edition of 9
Fantastic sculpture made entirely from nails, this unique sculpture has been Chromed to create a beautiful shine.
Each nail has been ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Loner
Located in New York, NY
Dionisios Fragias is a New York -based artist born on the Greek island of Kefalonia and raised in New York City. He is the protege of the artist Jeff Koons whose years-long mentorshi...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Stainless Steel
Athena, by Troy Williams, sculpture, cement, green, outdoor, indoor, female
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Athena, by Troy Williams, sculpture, cement, green, outdoor, indoor, female
Santa Fe artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Concrete
Evangeline - expressive, textured, female, figurative, paper Mache sculpture
By Paul Duval
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Paul Duval’s engaging sculpted figures capture an emotional moment in time. One in a series of table-top pieces, the Quebec artist uses paper mache, wire and steel to create unique characters expressed through their colour, posture, and gesture. This figure of a woman, clothed in a long royal blue...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wire
BANKSY- Wall Souvenir - From the Walled Off Hotel
By Banksy
Located in PARIS, FR
Collection: Unsigned and marked with a unique reference number on the underside. New although some imperfections may exist given the nature of the material. Sold with the original receipt from WOH.
About: Miniature concrete souvenir sculpture, hand painted by local artists Open edition. The Souvenir Wall Section consists of a mini stretch of separation wall decorated with recreations of well-loved graffiti. Lovingly hand painted by local craftspeople.
Made from enhanced polymer resin on a stone plinth extracted from the dividing wall.
Graffiti artist Banksy opened ‘The Walled Off Hotel’ in the Palestinian city of Bethlehem in March 2017, his first major project since Dismaland in 2015. ‘The Walled Off Hotel’ is only a few metres the West Bank barrier. Only visitors staying at the art hotel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Concrete
Surrealist Sculpture, "Gentleman of Verona"
By Cheryl Tall
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original three piece sculpture by San Diego artist, Cheryl Tall. The dimensions of the largest is 4" x 11"x 4". The small...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Pink glossy ceramic helium balloon sculpture handmade for wall installation
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
This pink glossy ceramic helium balloon sculpture is a balloon for life and an art collectors piece. Its Vivid glossy color enhances sophisticated and cheerful space environment.
handmade in the picturesque village Arsuf in Israel the balloon creates tension betwen ligtht vs. heavy, temporary vs. enterninty, fragilie vs. solid and more. The baloons can be installed individually as one balloon or in different combinations creating a unique installation for every space and making it an art tool for designers and architects as well as home owners.
Harmony and grandeur characterize the work of Reli Smith and Osnat Yaffe Zimmerman in their artistic cooperation under the brand R+O Design. The goal in their work is to create a magical world of bright colors, along with pastels and monochromatic works of differing textures, which together form an aesthetic and “welcoming” tale.
A surrealistic world is at the core of their design and art and this can be seen from ceramic sculptures of balloons, giant hearts, garlic heads made of gold, giant golden eggs as well as giant plates...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze
Tempering, 21st Century Contemporary Glazed Ceramic Sculpture, Kneeling Figure
Located in Beachwood, OH
Kristen Newell (American, b. 1989)
Tempering, 2021
Glazed stoneware
Signed and dated on bottom
24 x 12 x 13.5 inches
Kristen Newell was born in a small town on the coast of Massachusetts, where from a very early age, she demonstrated a strong propensity for the arts. Important additional inspiration came from her family and from the family of a childhood friend, where Kristen found herself surrounded by the work of Paul Manship, her friend’s grandfather and one of America’s greatest sculptors.
With increased focus on her art, along with winning numerous awards throughout high school, Newell eagerly enrolled in the arts program at University of Vermont and augmented her studies with a valuable year at the Cleveland Institute of Art.
Upon graduation, Newell moved back to Cleveland to begin her art career and started participating in group shows, including River Gallery and the Ohio State...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware, Glaze
Altered Madonnas, Camilla Hanney, 2020, Cast and handbuilt porcelain
Located in London, GB
Cast and handbuilt porcelain, gold lustre
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Luster, Porcelain
Venus with Koalas in Her Hair, 21st Century Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture
Located in Beachwood, OH
Kristen Newell (American, b. 1989)
Venus with Koalas in Her Hair, 2020
Glazed stoneware and acrylic
Signed and dated on bottom
14 x 12 x 6 inches
Kristen Newell was born in a small town on the coast of Massachusetts, where from a very early age, she demonstrated a strong propensity for the arts. Important additional inspiration came from her family and from the family of a childhood friend, where Kristen found herself surrounded by the work of Paul Manship, her friend’s grandfather and one of America’s greatest sculptors.
With increased focus on her art, along with winning numerous awards throughout high school, Newell eagerly enrolled in the arts program at University of Vermont and augmented her studies with a valuable year at the Cleveland Institute of Art.
Upon graduation, Newell moved back to Cleveland to begin her art career and started participating in group shows, including River Gallery and the Ohio State...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Stoneware, Glaze
Antique rose glossy ceramic balloon sculpture handmade for wall, ceiling
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
This antique rose glossy ceramic balloon sculpture is a balloon for life and an art collectors piece. Its Vivid glossy color enhances sophisticated and cheerful space environment.
handmade in the picturesque village Arsuf in Israel the balloon creates tension betwen ligtht vs. heavy, temporary vs. enterninty, fragilie vs. solid and more. The baloons can be installed individually as one balloon or in different combinations creating a unique installation for every space and making it an art tool for designers and architects as well as home owners.
Harmony and grandeur characterize the work of Reli Smith and Osnat Yaffe Zimmerman in their artistic cooperation under the brand R+O Design. The goal in their work is to create a magical world of bright colors, along with pastels and monochromatic works of differing textures, which together form an aesthetic and “welcoming” tale.
A surrealistic world is at the core of their design and art and this can be seen from ceramic sculptures of balloons, giant hearts, garlic heads made of gold, giant golden eggs as well as giant plates...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Coating, Glaze
Altered Madonnas, Camilla Hanney, 2020, Cast and handbuilt porcelain
Located in London, GB
Cast and handbuilt porcelain, gold lustre
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Luster, Porcelain
Fat Gun
Located in Miami, FL
Coming from a family with a long artistic tradition. Vincent Du Bois accomplished to synthesize both classical background and comtemporary vision. From...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Queen Medieval Tile Gypsum Cast
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Gypsum cat-medieval tile, inspired from Central Europe. Sold without the frame.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Gothic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gesso
Maybe She's Not a Straight On Type of Gal, Marbled Ceramic Head, 21st Century
Located in Beachwood, OH
Kristen Newell (American, b. 1989)
Maybe She's Not a Straight On Type of Gal, 2022
Stoneware and porcelain
Signed and dated on bottom
12 x 9 x 9 inches
Kristen Newell was born in a small town on the coast of Massachusetts, where from a very early age, she demonstrated a strong propensity for the arts. Important additional inspiration came from her family and from the family of a childhood friend, where Kristen found herself surrounded by the work of Paul Manship, her friend’s grandfather and one of America’s greatest sculptors.
With increased focus on her art, along with winning numerous awards throughout high school, Newell eagerly enrolled in the arts program at University of Vermont and augmented her studies with a valuable year at the Cleveland Institute of Art.
Upon graduation, Newell moved back to Cleveland to begin her art career and started participating in group shows, including River Gallery and the Ohio State...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Stoneware
Red glossy ceramic balloon sculpture for wall, ceiling installation. Medium size
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
This red glossy ceramic balloon sculpture is a balloon for life and an art collectors piece. Its Vivid glossy color enhances sophisticated and cheerful space environment.
handmade in the picturesque village Arsuf in Israel the balloon creates tension betwen ligtht vs. heavy, temporary vs. enterninty, fragilie vs. solid and more. The baloons can be installed individually as one balloon or in different combinations creating a unique installation for every space and making it an art tool for designers and architects as well as home owners.
Harmony and grandeur characterize the work of Reli Smith and Osnat Yaffe Zimmerman in their artistic cooperation under the brand R+O Design. The goal in their work is to create a magical world of bright colors, along with pastels and monochromatic works of differing textures, which together form an aesthetic and “welcoming” tale.
A surrealistic world is at the core of their design and art and this can be seen from ceramic sculptures of balloons, giant hearts, garlic heads made of gold, giant golden eggs as well as giant plates...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Coating, Glaze
NAOR - 45cm Bear CD Tribute
Located in PARIS, FR
About the artist : Naor is a French artist from Lyon born in 1988. Completely anchored in his time, he has always traveled a lot around the world. If travels form youth, Naor was ins...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
"Square Peg Round Hole" Abstract Sculpture 16" x 16" x 16" in by Shawn Kolodny
Located in Culver City, CA
"Square Peg Round Hole" Abstract Sculpture 16" x 16" x 16" in by Shawn Kolodny
Steel sculpture
Creating art to reflect the times we live in, Kolodny creates art for our short atte...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Flap Dancer : contemporary steel sculpture and home decor
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful contemporary sculpture by Susan Woods. This artwork would be a great addition to any location and a wonderful decor for your home or commercial space.
The sculpture is a...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Vasque
Located in Montreal, Quebec
The concrete works of David Umemoto stand as studies about volume. At the juncture of sculpture and architecture, these miniature pieces evoke temporary buildings or monuments standi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Concrete
GrendelMutter (a reasoned argument against the pitfalls of parenting)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Second in a series of works inspired by the Goya painting “Saturn Devouring His Son”, Grendel Mutter (Mother of Grendel) explores the transformation that can occur when consumed and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
KAWS Seeing/Watching (KAWS plush companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Seeing/Watching 2018:
Released in conjunction with the installation of the KAWS Seeing/Watching sculpture overlooking the Xiang River & city of Changs...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
NAOR - 35cm Paint Splash tributes
Located in PARIS, FR
About the artist : Naor is a French artist from Lyon born in 1988. Completely anchored in his time, he has always traveled a lot around the world. If travels form youth, Naor was ins...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
White Swimmer - Modern Unique Handmade Glazed Ceramics Sculpture , Man Portrait
Located in Salzburg, AT
The sculpture is signed below, inside
Tomasz Bielak born in Lublin in 1967. He graduated of The Academy of Fine Arts, Painting and Graphics Design Department in Gdańsk, in 1994. He realized installation art, graphics press, large format murals, sculpture and painting.
In all these areas, in addition to artistic workshop, the most important thing is his message of the work, the message contained therein.
He believe that "art" is one of many languages (perhaps even more sophisticated than others) that humanity learned to lead the discourse at a level different than just verbal.
He indentify with the principle "if you have nothing to say - be quiet...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
State of Siege - Sculpture by V. Trubbiani - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
State of Siege is a sculpture realized by Valeriano Trubbiani (Macerata 1937) in 1972.
Zinc and chromed metal.
EXHIBITIONS:
- Venice, XXXVI International Art Biennial, 1972;
- Ro...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Chihuahua with Pink Chain
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Ross Bonfanti
Chihuahua with pink chain, 2015
Concrete, mixed media
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Concrete
GrumbleBear
Located in New Orleans, LA
Paired with Screamin’ Eagle, these large animal-themed heads represent forces of power that enjoy talking over you or each other, always sure that what they are shouting about is mor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Monument Maquette : contemporary steel sculpture and home decor
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful contemporary sculpture by Susan Woods. This artwork would be a great addition to any location and a wonderful decor for your home or commercial space.
The sculpture is a...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Triad 3 : contemporary steel sculpture and home decor
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful contemporary sculpture by Susan Woods. This artwork would be a great addition to any location and a wonderful decor for your home or commercial space.
The sculpture is a...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Demons of Social Approval no. 3 (the cyclops sees the future)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Chasing the spiral of approval can be a dizzying experience. The rounded-cornered form is a subtle reference to a smart phone, the cyclopean eye a nod to the camera that always stare...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Hollow Figure Daniel Arsham White Ceramic Sculpture Modern Contemporary Design
Located in Bristol, GB
Cast opaque white resin
Edition of 500
Numbered on the accompanying box
As new. Some imperfections in the resin surface are inherent to the nature of the material, including air bubb...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
NAOR 45cm Teddy LV Tribute NEW
Located in PARIS, FR
About the artist : Naor is a French artist from Lyon born in 1988. Completely anchored in his time, he has always traveled a lot around the world. If travels form youth, Naor was ins...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
She Protects
Located in New Orleans, LA
The wildness and attention to detail that underlies the creative forces of nature are also present in these fantastic mixed-media sculptural works by Eva Maier. Made manifest in the...
Category
2010s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Wool, Felt
Untitled
Located in New Orleans, LA
The physical processes involved in making these sculptures also reflects transformation of materials. Felt that is hardened and molded by repeated pricking with a barbed metal point...
Category
2010s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Wool, Felt
Dusk (Wolverine) Nicolas Kennett Contemporary sculpture animal terracotta
Located in Paris, FR
Contemporary animal terracotta sculpture
Unique
Signed by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
OBSERVADORA DEL UNIVERSO
Located in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
modern-surreal sculpture, with a wooden base covered in gold leaf. The presence of this observer of the universe transmits peace and fantasy.
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Concrete
Fragment Nicolas Kennett Contemporary sculpture fish terracotta sea
Located in Paris, FR
Contemporary terracotta sculpture
Unique
Signed by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Modernist Hand Forged Iron Mosaic Sculpture Animal Ram Israeli David Palombo
Located in Surfside, FL
Heavy Hand Forged Brutalist Iron Ram or Goat Sculpture
David Palombo was an Israeli sculptor and painter. He was born in Turkey to a traditional family and immigrated to the Land of Israel with his parents in 1923. They lived in the Nahalat Shiva neighborhood of Jerusalem. In 1940 he began his studies at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, and from 1942 was a student of sculptor Ze’ev Ben-Zvi. For a period of time, Palombo was an assistant at Ben-Zvi’s studio and also taught at Bezalel. During this period he was also a member of the “Histadrut HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed” (The General Federation of Students and Young Workers in Israel). In the 1940s he took art lessons at night. In 1948 he went to Paris, where he visited the studio of the sculptor Constantin Brancusi whose work influenced him. Around 1958 he married the artist Shulamit Sirota. In 1960 he quit his job to devote himself to art. In 1964 he married for the second time to the artist Yona Palombo. The two of them went to live in an abandoned home on Mount Zion in Jerusalem. In 1966 he was killed when the motorcycle on which he was riding ran into a chain stretched across the street to prevent the desecration of Shabbat. His widow opened a museum in their home that was active until the year 2000.
Work by Palombo is included in the Judaic collection of the Jewish Museum (a well known Hanukkah menora). Palombo executed the impressive metal gates of the Tent of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem, the memorial to the martyrs of the holocaust, as well as the gates to the Knesset Building the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco award) awarded him a scholarship for study in Japan. He worked in marble, granite, bronze, iron and steel. as well as with glass mosaic tiles. Palombo’s early works, in the 1950s, were influenced by modernist sculptors such as Brancusi. These works were composed of abstract images from nature and were carved out of stone or wood. At the end of the 1950s he began making metal sculptors, using the technique of welding. His work took on a more abstract and expressive character.
Education
1940 Painting with Isidor Ascheim, New Bezalel School for Arts and Crafts, Jerusalem
1942 Sculpture with Zeev Ben Zvi, Jerusalem
1956 Mosaic, Ravenna, Italy
1958 Welding Course
Awards And Prizes
1966 UNESCO Award
Exhibitions:
Sculpture in Israel, 1948-1958 Mishkan Museum of Art, Kibbutz Ein Harod
Artists: Zvi Aldouby, Yitzhak Danziger, Arieh Merzer, Dov Feigin, Aaron Priver, David Palumbo, Menashe Kadishman, Kosso Eloul, Yehiel Shemi, Zahara Schatz.
The Spring Exhibition of Jerusalem Artists, Artists' House, Jerusalem
Artists: Palombo, David Bezalel Schatz, Mordechai Levanon, Fima, Ludwig Blum
12 Artists, The Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem
Avraham Ofek, Aviva Uri, Avigdor Arikha, Yosl Bergner, Lea Nikel, Palombo, Ruth Zarfati,
General Exhibition, Art in Israel 1960 Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Artists: Naftali Bezem, Nachum Gutman, Shraga Weil, Shraga, Marcel Janco, Ruth Schloss
Category
Mid-20th Century Arte Povera Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
NAOR - 45cm Bear CD Tribute
Located in PARIS, FR
About the artist : Naor is a French artist from Lyon born in 1988. Completely anchored in his time, he has always traveled a lot around the world. If travels form youth, Naor was ins...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Feeding Nicolas Kennett Contemporary sculpture animal terracotta nature
Located in Paris, FR
Contemporary animal terracotta sculpture
Unique
Signed by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Hawk Nicolas Kennett Contemporary sculpture animal terracotta bird
Located in Paris, FR
Contemporary animal terracotta sculpture
Unique
Signed by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
NAOR - 45cm TEDDY Collage Porsche Tribute
Located in PARIS, FR
Naor is a French artist from Lyon born in 1988. Completely rooted in his time, he has always traveled a lot around the world. If travel trains youth, Naor was inspired by it. From th...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Abstraction Female - Unique Handmade Modern Glazed Ceramics Wall Sculpture
Located in Salzburg, AT
Weigt of the sculpture 1,25 kg
Monika Zadurska-Bielak, Graduated from the studio of Prof. Franciszek Duszeńko at the Faculty of Sculpture of the Acade...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Unbreakables (Diptych)
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Guillaume Lachapelle’s work combines the real and the imaginary to create miniature environments and scenarios that showcase connections between humans and their everyday worlds. In ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Paint
The Banksee
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Ed. 75
Patrick Hughes (b. 1939) is a British artist working in London. He is the creator of “reverspective,” an optical illusion on a three-dimensional surface where the parts of th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Ink
zzzzzZzz (sleep peacefully)
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Bullet shells
27 x 24 x 48 cm
Edition of 3
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Eel Nicolas Kennett Contemporary sculpture animal terracotta nature fish
Located in Paris, FR
Contemporary animal terracotta sculpture
Unique
Signed by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Doum
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Guillaume Lachapelle’s work combines the real and the imaginary to create miniature environments and scenarios that showcase connections between humans and their everyday worlds. In ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Paint
Extrapolation 4
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Guillaume Lachapelle’s work combines the real and the imaginary to create miniature environments and scenarios that showcase connections between humans and their everyday worlds. In Extrapolations, Lachapelle extracts seemingly mundane mechanical objects from a typical cityscape – such as radiators, fire hydrants, and balconies – and manipulates their appearance by creating 3D printed models that visually oscillate between the magical and the monstrous.
In some of his sculptures, Lachapelle uses photogrammetry – a method that scans a series of two-dimensional photographs or images to create three-dimensional models. While photogrammetry typically enables real-life objects to be accurately reproduced, the artist challenges this paradigm by tampering with the machine’s process, both by accepting the machine’s glitches and by triggering them. When scanning images, the results may not always be what is anticipated, however, for Lachapelle it is about welcoming the unknown. In several examples, he encourages the program to read screenshots of images and extrapolates what should be there, filling in blank data with added images and various shapes. The resulting sculptures are symmetrical and geometric, appearing uncannily familiar like human vertebrae, yet unfamiliar in fantastical abstracted forms. The sculptures merge between two different worlds, bridging human and machine through unexpected adaptations to everyday things.
Extrapolations balances between this duality, ultimately reflecting on the increasing dependency humans have on technology in our everyday world. For Lachapelle, this is especially pertinent in a world where technology is continuously developing. The sculptures highlight the dynamic and everchanging relationship between humans and technology, making us question this reliance on technology.
In this exhibition, Lachapelle also introduces the inclusion of human characters back into his art practice. He places people in unnatural and impossible exchanges with machines and technology. For instance, while in past exhibitions, he has usually tried to conceal the electronic components that make moving pieces...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Paint
Hippo Spirit (Water green edition) - Sculpture in original box with artist coa
Located in Paris, FR
Richard ORLINSKI
Hippo Spirit (Water green Edition)
Sculpture in resin
Metallic Green
About 15 x11 x 6 cm (c. 6 x 4.3 x 2.4 in)
Presented in original box ...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Contemporary Sculpture Vase Vessel Still Life Flora Dark Metallic Pop Porcelain
Located in Buffalo, NY
Intricate, monochrome florals contrast with the flat, near-abstract twin vases from which they grow, yearning toward one other. “Reaching and Pulling” (2022) by Colleen Toledano. Por...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
NAOR - 45cm BEAR GUC Tribute
Located in PARIS, FR
About the artist : Naor is a French artist from Lyon born in 1988. Completely anchored in his time, he has always traveled a lot around the world. If travels form youth, Naor was ins...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Snowdrop Nicolas Kennett Contemporary sculpture flower terracotta nature plant
Located in Paris, FR
Contemporary terracotta sculpture
Unique
Signed by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Dom
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Guillaume Lachapelle’s work combines the real and the imaginary to create miniature environments and scenarios that showcase connections between humans and their everyday worlds. In ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Paint
Bring Figurative Sculptures into Your Home
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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