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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
Sanctuary #1
Located in New Orleans, LA
Medium: Wood, cutouts from books TONY DAGRADI is an internationally recognized jazz performer, artist, composer, author, and educator. For over three decades he has made his home in...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Wood, Paper

Igneous
Located in Chicago, IL
The work of Eric Serritella is a paean to nature, offered in clay. His trompe l’oeil ceramic sculptures are effigies of nature burned by man. His forms echo natural organisms so per...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Stoneware

Remnants
Located in Chicago, IL
The work of Eric Serritella is a paean to nature, offered in clay. His trompe l’oeil ceramic sculptures are effigies of nature burned by man. His forms echo natural organisms so per...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Stoneware

Reclining Figure with Bird bronze pedestal sculpture
Located in Glen Ellen, CA
Commissioned to create a life-sized reclining figure, John Denning made two maquettes during a stay in a medieval hamlet in France. This is the cast of one of these wax maquettes, finished in a dark bronze patina. Smooth surfaces contrast with highly textured areas, as the figure seems to emerge from a block heavily worked with drips and carvings. As if a ruin herself, the figure’s arm and leg seem partially eroded away, while a bird lighted...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

Branie Sculpture Mixed Media Contemporary Surreal Fantasy Art In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Branie Sculpture Mixed Media Contemporary Surreal Fantasy Art In Stock Corjan Nodelijk is a composer and a professional storyteller. The quirky and surreal creatures...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Mixed Media

More than 2-d dog tower
Located in Santa Monica, CA
common redwood lumber
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Wood

ST. ROPER - Sculpture of White Glove, 3D Scanned and Printed
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
ST.ROPER is a 3D-printed sculpture by Ray Padrón created in 2016. The piece belongs to a series of work centering around clothing items and their relation t...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Wood, Plastic

Intrusion
Located in New Orleans, LA
[Portland, OR b. 1971 - Hunstville, Alabama] Dirk Staschke is a full time studio artist who is best known for his exploration of Dutch Vanitas still life themes in the medium of ce...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Ceramic

Cluster #21
Located in New York, NY
BETH LIPMAN CLUSTER #21, 2021 black glass, adhesive 6 x 12 x 10 in. 15.2 x 30.5 x 25.4 cm.
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Glass, Adhesive

Cluster #17
Located in New York, NY
BETH LIPMAN CLUSTER #17, 2020 black and clear glass, adhesive 8 x 15 x 13 in. 20.3 x 38.1 x 33 cm.
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Glass, Adhesive

Go Easy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This still life sculpture titled "Go Easy" is an original artwork by Lydia Ricci made of scrap materials. The piece measures 4”h by 8.5”w by 2”d. Lydia Ricci is a graduate of Carneg...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Glue, Found Objects

Une Histoire Passionante - Story with Passion Bronze Sculpture Reading In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Une Histoire Passionante - Story with Passion Bronze Sculpture Reading In Stock Veronique Clamot (1964, Charleroi, Belgium) is a self-taught artist. Although she has been occupied w...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

Abandon all hope, ye who exit here
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Glazed porcelain
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Porcelain, Glaze

Asistype 3 - boule sur cercle
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Antonio Asis created a series of 20 Monotypes - all unique pieces. Signed Unique
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Monotype

Mini voxels light red
Located in Tbilisi, GE
wood, LED animation Signed Edition of 4
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Wood, LED Light, Mixed Media

Asistype 6 - boule sur cercle
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Antonio Asis created a series of 20 Monotypes - all unique pieces. Signed Unique
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Monotype

Asistype 7 - boule sur cercle
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Antonio Asis created a series of 20 Monotypes - all unique pieces. Signed Unique
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Monotype

Asistype 5 - boule sur cercle
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Antonio Asis created a series of 20 Monotypes - all unique pieces. Signed Unique
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Monotype

Vibration 16 carres bleu et jaune
Located in Tbilisi, GE
wood, steel and serigraph Signed Edition of 15
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Steel

Vibration bandes bleus et rouges
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Wood, steel and serigraph Signed Edition of 15
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Steel

Vibration bandes noir, bleu et turquoise
Located in Tbilisi, GE
wood, steel and serigraph Signed Edition of 15
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Steel

3 Cercles noir et blanc
Located in Tbilisi, GE
wood, steel and serigraph Signed Edition of 15
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Steel

Vibration grand cercle
Located in Tbilisi, GE
wood, steel and serigraph Signed Edition of 15
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Steel

Vibration cercles noir, orange et rouge
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Wood, steel and serigraph Signed Edition of 15
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Steel

Vibration Carré Noir et Bleu
Located in Tbilisi, GE
wood, steel and serigraph Signed Edition of 15
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Steel

"Yeseria" cast bronze, botanicals
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Beverly Penn Yeseria, 2017 cast bronze 80" x 80" x 6" Beverly Penn works in bronze to create intricate sculptures of natural plan forms that question the fragile balance between t...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

Sunflower Seeds - Skins Series
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Sculpture created with sunflower seeds.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Mixed Media

WILD MADDER SPECIMEN SHEET (PLANTAGO CORDATA)
Located in New York, NY
Porcelain casts of actual specimen sheets of species which have become extirpated or extinct in the upper midwest due to habitat loss and climate change. Set of 6 available or each ...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Porcelain

Asistype 9 - boule sur cercle
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Antonio Asis created a series of 20 Monotypes - all unique pieces; signed - Wood, steel and cork balls
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Steel

Boite à lumières
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Box with motor and moving colored lights; Signed; Edition of 20
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Lights, Mixed Media

Chatterbox, hot pink (set of 3)
Located in Solana Beach, CA
Original/Unique
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Automotive Paint

Reef II
Located in New York, NY
Zoe Woods Reef II, 2016 Blown glass, wheel cut 6.06h x 6.06w x 6.06d in
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Glass, Blown Glass

Black Goblet with Green Stem
Located in New York, NY
Joshua Bernbaum Black Goblet with Green Stem, from the Black Goblet Trio Blown glass 8h x 4w x 4d in
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Blown Glass

Black Goblet with Orange Stem
Located in New York, NY
Joshua Bernbaum Black Goblet with Orange Stem, from the Black Goblet Trio Blown glass 8h x 4w x 4d in
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Blown Glass

Energies of Wind
Located in Southampton, NY
Original artwork by renowned ceramicist, Jared FitzGerald. This was part of a small series done by the artist studio to explore using bold colored glazes on smaller ceramic forms. Th...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Ceramic

55 (for Mikey)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native and ancestral roots in New Orleans, LA...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Slate, Steel

CASTLE FABRICKS - Surrealist Cubist Installation Sculpture, Mystical Dreamscape
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
This sculpture by Kenzie Wells depicts a surrealist landscape and an abstraction of a home or "castle." Stone tiles create a small walkway and steps to an archway, where a blue foam ...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Steel

FORMLESS - Steel Sculpture, Cube, Reflective
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
Formless is a project that attempts to replicate the logic of color, which is that color only exists because of and upon a background. Each cube is TIG welded from stainless steel an...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

EXCAVATED PARKING - Mixed Media Sculpture, Large Installation, Surrealist
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
This sculpture by Kenzie Wells was created for an exhibit titled Gradience. A plush roadway bends in an impossible manner, creating a loop. Yellow lines designate parking spaces on t...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Steel

HOSES IN THE NIGHTTIME - Hanging Sculptural Painting, Surrealist, Blue, Black
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
This sculptural piece by Kenzie Wells depicts a surrealist, abstracted landscape of a house. Arches or cloudy blue skies intertwine with dark, geometric shapes. Flashes of steel and aluminum are interwoven by green garden hoses...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Resin, Polystyrene, Masonite

SNEAKING OUT - Sculptural Painting, Surrealist House, Abstract
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
This piece by Kenzie Wells was created for a series titled "Strange Houses." "Strange Houses" is a series of dimensional paintings and objects that consider the physical and psycho...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Polystyrene

STORM - Purple nebulous oil painting on canvas - Extra-terrestrial
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
This piece by Kenzie Wells was made for an exhibit titled "Chroma Complex." It is an oil painting of purple clouds that have an extra-terrestrial, sci-fi feel. Bright pinks and purpl...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Canvas, Oil

Mountain Pathways
Located in Southampton, NY
"Mountain Pathways" is a seminal work from renowned ceramicist, Jared FitzGerald's signature style of Blue/ White underglaze ceramic work. Traditionalist Chinese glaze painting techn...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Ceramic

Blue Harvest
Located in Southampton, NY
Original artwork by renowned ceramicist, Jared FitzGerald. This was part of a small series done by the artist studio in China to explore using bold colored glazes on smaller ceramic ...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Ceramic

Grand Prix
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Colleen Wolstenholme’s work has the ability to engage and provoke viewers by piquing the social conscious. She’s a prolific artist with of an impressive oeuvre of intriguing art work...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Plaster, Wood, Oil

Tight end
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Colleen Wolstenholme’s work has the ability to engage and provoke viewers by piquing the social conscious. She’s a prolific artist with of an impressive oeuvre of intriguing art work...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Wood, Oil

Untitled Blue 1
Located in New Orleans, LA
JENNY DAY is a painter who lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She earned an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Arizona, a BFA in Painting from the University of Alaska Fa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Stoneware

Untitled Green 1
Located in New Orleans, LA
JENNY DAY is a painter who lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She earned an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Arizona, a BFA in Painting from the University of Alaska Fa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Stoneware

An offering
Located in New Orleans, LA
JENNY DAY is a painter who lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She earned an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Arizona, a BFA in Painting from the University of Alaska Fa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware

Images From The Floating World
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 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Paper, Varnish

Medicine Man
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 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Paper, Varnish

Fingers Step
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Bronze
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

A Life Attuned To Larger Rhythms
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Jessica Houston has traveled from pole to pole—using photography, painting, oral histories and objects—to evoke natureculture entanglements. Her multimedia projects often include sit...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Paper

Double Header
Located in New Orleans, LA
JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY is proud to announce, Shape-Memory, a solo exhibition of new textile and sculptural artworks by New Orleans-based artist Gina Phillips. Initially born from h...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Metal

Crane (Decoy)
Located in New Orleans, LA
JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY is proud to announce, Shape-Memory, a solo exhibition of new textile and sculptural artworks by New Orleans-based artist Gina Phillips. Initially born from h...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Paint, Wax, Wood

Cloud Plaque
Located in New Orleans, LA
JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY is proud to announce, Shape-Memory, a solo exhibition of new textile and sculptural artworks by New Orleans-based artist Gina Phillips. Initially born from h...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Wood

Purple Fletcher
Located in New Orleans, LA
JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY is proud to announce, Shape-Memory, a solo exhibition of new textile and sculptural artworks by New Orleans-based artist Gina Phillips. Initially born from h...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Wood, Paint

315 Tricou Street
Located in New Orleans, LA
Display Dimensions Variable Medium: termite nest, wood sealer JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY is proud to announce, Shape-Memory, a solo exhibition of new textile and sculptural artworks b...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Wood

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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