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Sculptures For Sale
Style: Abstract
Style: Expressionist
Limited Edition numbered Italian Blue Ceramic Plate for Dallas Texas restaurant
Located in New York, NY
Louise Bourgeois
Limited Edition Ceramic Plate depicting Malloreddus alla Sarda, Dallas Texas, 1998
Ceramic Plate
10 in diameter
Edition 457/1000 (read description; the edition was not completed)
Unframed (Stand shown is not included)
Makes a memorable gift! This striking, rare limited edition, signed and numbered bowl/plate was handmade in southern Italy by master artisans near Vietri sul Mare. It was designed by renowned American artist Louise Bourgeois. From the late 1990s through the millenium, Buon Ricordo...
Category
1990s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Screen, Mixed Media
Bronze Sculpture “Arroyo Reina”
By Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
Frank Arnold is thought by many to be one of the foremost abstract figurative painters and sculptors of our time. He is a living master whose work is considered to be both personal a...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Light-Glyph 50 (Rose Gold)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
In the first of his newest series, Light-Glyphs, a range of colors illuminate the interior of translucent sculptural boxes. Light diffuses through their frosted surfaces and softens ...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Pigment
Indoor/Outdoor Sculpture_Abstract_Aluminum_Little Boy Blue, Matt Devine
By Matt Devine
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
Large, freestanding sculpture by Matt Devine. With strong line work and comprised of repeated, distinct shapes, "Little Boy Blue" can aslo be placed indoors and outdoors.
MATT DEVI...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Black Labyrinth - 21st Cent, Marble sculpture, Organic shapes, nature inspired
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Noemi Palacios expresses herself through form and matter, a medium through which she has found a deep understanding of her inner self.
Her evocative pieces are inspired by the univer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Large Aharon Bezalel Israeli Modernist Bronze Brutalist Puzzle Sculpture Figures
Located in Surfside, FL
Aharon Bezalel (Afghani-Israeli, 1925-2012)
Family Grouping
Hand signed in with initials in English
Figures fit together like puzzle pieces in solid cast bronze with original patina.
Aharon Bezalel (born Afghanistan 1926) Born in Herat, Afghanistan in 1926 and immigrated to Israel at an early age. His father, Reuven Bezalel, was a rabbi and kabbalist. As a youth Aharon studied gold and silver casting as well as applied arts and worked in these fields as a silversmith and judaica craftsman, and was a student of the sculptor Zev Ben-Zvi at the Bezalel Academy for Art & Design where he also studied with Isidor Ascheim and Mordecai Ardon. There he absorbed the basic concepts of classic and modernist art and interpreted, according to them, ideas based on ancient Hebrew sources. He also studied miniature carving with the artists Martin and Helga Rost applying himself at their workshop. Aharon Bezalel worked and resided in Jerusalem, he taught art for many years. His sculptures - works of wood, bronze, aluminum, Plexiglas - were shown at his studio in Ein Kerem. “I saw myself as part of this region. I wanted to find the contact between my art and my surroundings. Those were the first years of Jean Piro’s excavations at the Beer-Sheba mound. They found there, for example, the Canaanite figurines that I especially liked and that were an element that connected me with the past and with this place.” “…a seed and sperm or male and female. These continue life. The singular, the individual alone, cannot exist; I learned this from my father who dabbled with the Kabbalah.”
(Aharon Bezalel, excerpt from an interview with David Gerstein)
“The singular in Aharon Bezalel’s work is always potentially a couple if not a threesome, the one is also the many: when the individual is revealed within the group he will always seek a huddling, a clinging together.
The principle of modular construction is required by this perception of unity and multiplicity, as modular construction in his work is an act of conception or defense. His work bears a similarity to Berrocal as well as affinities to Henry Moore, Lynne Chadwick and Kenneth Armitage. Two poles of unity, potentially alone, exist in A. Bezalel’s world: From a formal, sculptural sense these are the sphere and pillar, metaphorically these are the female in the final stages of pregnancy and the solitary male individual. Sphere-seed-woman; Pillar-strand-man. The disproportional, small heads in A. Bezalel figures leave humankind in it’s primal physical capacity. The woman as a pregnancy or hips, the man as an aggressive or defensive force, the elongated chest serves as a phallus and weapon simultaneously.
(Gideon Ofrat)
EIN HAROD About the Museum's Holdings: Israeli art is represented by the works of Reuven Rubin, Zaritzky, Nahum Gutman...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Chester Williams, Black Artist, Abstract Bronze, Wood African American Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Chester L. Williams
Label on bottom, signed. Title: Promethium
Medium: Bronze, Aluminum and wood.
Approx. dimensions: 12 X 11 X 4 inches.
Chester Lee Williams (1944-1919) was born in 1944, in Durham, North Carolina. Chester cultivated a creative mind that eventually led him to pursue an education in fine arts and sculpture at North Carolina Central University (BA) and the University of Michigan (MFA). In 1974, he made his way to Tallahassee and started instructing at FAMU. Students at the university have a deep appreciation for the jazz lover’s insight and skill. A lifelong artist, Chester's work has been featured in galleries and publications across the country. The body of his work produced over 45 years has evolved from smooth and supple sculptures into the more angular and defiant shapes seen in his later works. Chester has said: "All of the works are me. I still embrace every one of them." Chester enjoyed traveling and exploring different cultures. His art was influenced by his travel and knowledge of African culture. He was an educator for 37 years, teaching at Voorhees College, North Carolina Central University and Florida A&M University before retiring in 2011.
He sold his first piece of art in the ninth grade to his homeroom teacher. (That early sale paid off — years later, that teacher’s husband, the president of a bank, commissioned Williams to create a sculpture for the bank’s lobby...
Category
20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Woven Plane - Abstract Geometric Form, Hand Painted Welded Steel Wall Sculpture
By Chris Hill
Located in Chicago, IL
This dynamic wall sculpture is created from sheets of steel, welded together in an abstract geometric pattern. Muted shades of blue, grey, purp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Ragisména series White M4, Abstract Sculpture
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Ragisména series White M4, 2024 by Rodrigo Zampol
From Ragisména Series
Plaster on canvas
Dimensions: 30 cm H x 20 cm W
Weight: 3 kg
Unique piece
Signed on the back
The piece has a...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Canvas, Plaster
Blue Crater - small, blue, geometrical, 3D, felt, fabric, biomorphic, wall art
By Chung-Im Kim
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Sapphire blue felt takes the shape of a biomorphic form in this contemplative wall sculpture by fabric artist Chung-Im Kim. The felt is cut into irregular shapes that are sewn with p...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Felt, Wood
"Without Limits" geometric stainless steel sculpture
Located in Glen Ellen, CA
Mirror polished stainless steel.
This sculpture is one of the last works in John Whitehead’s "Freedom/Progres" series. It highlights several cube-shaped prisms, each with three per...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
La Bouche - playful, red, white, abstract, elongated, ceramic wall sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
It is a striking piece. Steven Heinemann’s wall mounted ceramic sculpture has a bold fluid organic form and equally bold colour—deep red. Called “La Bouche” ...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Nott
Located in Westport, CT
Donald Martiny’s signature work is composed of dispersed pigment on aluminum. He creates immediately frozen brushstrokes that are made from his own movements. They are defined by the...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Pigment
Dance - large, dynamic, abstract, steel, copper, stone, outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Copper burnished in fire, solid brass, piano wires, nylon, aluminum blasted with glass beads and stones—these are the elements used to create Alice Vander Vennen’s elegant new sculpt...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Metal, Brass, Copper, Steel
RED PRISM
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Vasa Mihich is a renowned Los Angeles-based artist known for his sleek, colorful and captivating acrylic sculptures. He is a Senior Professor of Design at the University of Californi...
Category
1980s Abstract Geometric Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer
Large Vessel
By Eileen Braun
Located in Atlanta, GA
Eileen Braun delights in creating biomorphic or organic sculptural forms. Although they may look as though they're constructed of metal rods, they're actually created from rattan ree...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Tissue Paper
Conversation Piece (reclining)
By Bobbi Meier
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Paired with "Conversation Piece (erect)" this work was inspired by childhood memories of formal dinner parties in our split-leve...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Other Medium, Wood
"Geom-Et-Cetera" abstract sculpture
Located in Glen Ellen, CA
Mirror polished stainless steel.
John Whitehead's first standing geometric abstract sculpture, this piece is a montage of intersecting geometric shapes in 3D space. Various patterns...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
"MAOLA 2" Steel Sculpture 94.5 x 47 x 47 in Edition 1/2 by ILLYA TIGOIS
Located in Culver City, CA
"MAOLA 2" Steel Sculpture 94.5 x 47 x 47 in Edition 1/2 by ILLYA TIGOIS
Medium: steel & stainless steel
The "MAOLA" project is a series of works aimed at allowing the observer to i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Stainless Steel
"Amorphous Structures 2" Wall Sculpture 45 x 68 x 5 in Ed. 1/5 by ILLYA TIGOIS
Located in Culver City, CA
"Amorphous Structures 2" Wall Sculpture 45 x 68 x 5 in Ed. 1/5 by ILLYA TIGOIS
Title: Amorphous Structures 2, Flesh
Medium: steel & acrylic paint (varnish)
“Amorphous structures” -...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Kulaykili', 2008 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
'Kulaykili' is a contemporary abstract cast glass sculpture by David Ruth from his Darfur series. It features painterly brushstroke formations in glass called trails. These trails ar...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Toothpicks III - 3D wood color contemporary abstract mural sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Erin Vincent is a Toronto based-artist whose work draws on a variety of repetitive and labor intensive processes and materials. Things and common objects have always fascinated Vinc...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Liberty vs Slavery Van Loen Bronze Abstract Chess Set Modernist Museum Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Alfred Van Loen signed 32 piece chess set. In heavy solid bronze.
Rare Chess Game: Liberty versus Slavery
Dimensions:
a) Joy-Tenderness H. 6 3/16 in. a...
Category
1960s Expressionist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Red Bouquet - Tall Modern Floral Bouquet Steel Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Inspired by dance and weightlessness, Granville Beals' industrial metal sculptures are primarily about relationships. Concerned with form and abstraction, he does not merely manipula...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel
"Pre-Columbian Chinesco Bowl, " Glazed Ceramic circa 300 B.C.
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This Chinesco bowl was from a pre-Columbian society from around 300 BCE. It features abstract, geometric designs in red and black. The diameter is 8".
Category
15th Century and Earlier Abstract Geometric Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze
Carved Wood German Expressionist Sculpture Jewish Woman Refugee Artist Judaica
By Miriam Sommerburg
Located in Surfside, FL
Miriam Sommerburg (American female artist, born Germany, Hamburg, 1900–1980 New York)
Modernist Wood Carved Sculpture, Carving depictin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Escalier au Ciel bronze wood abstract
Located in Palm Desert, CA
These sculptures were inspired by the spirituality of the twelve-step programs and the eight-fold path of Buddhism. Meshing these philosophies with meditation led me to express these small sculptures to achieve the connection between art and spirit. Wire figures...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Limited Edition Bronze Plaque (Placca), registered with the Pomodoro Foundation
Located in New York, NY
Arnaldo Pomodoro
Plaque (Placca), 1980
Bronze
3 4/5 × 3 4/5 inches
Edition of 500
Incised signature on the front top left, and foundry mark on the bottom; Rotary Club of Palermo plaq...
Category
1980s Abstract Geometric Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Blue, Expanded Metal Tile. Wall Sculpture
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The panel paintings "Expanded Metal Tile Paintings" are the closest to the classic art of painting. Firstly glaze is applied by roller brush and a piece of expanded metal onto a bloc...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"Queen Ellos, " Abstract Porcelain Sculpture
Located in Westport, CT
This raku ceramic vessel sculpture by Jon Puzzuoli is made with glazed porcelain. The base of the body is a deep umber color with at texture and matte finish, while the top portion i...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Glaze
Reclining Figure Alabaster - smooth, stone, figurative, tabletop sculpture
By Jeremy Guy
Located in Bloomfield, ON
From a single piece of silver cloud alabaster, the artist has carved a poetic and modern depiction of a reclining figure. The composition of negative and positive spaces changes as t...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Shifting Plane - Abstract Geometric Form, Painted Welded Steel Wall Sculpture
By Chris Hill
Located in Chicago, IL
This dynamic wall sculpture is created from sheets of steel, welded together in an abstract geometric pattern. Earth tones of blue, orange, pur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Stainless Steel Sculpture -- The Sun, the Moon and the Wedge
By Martin Rubio
Located in Troy, NY
This elegant stainless steel sculpture relies on forms that change according to the angles at which the piece is observed. It rests on three points that change as the piece is moved....
Category
1970s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
"Alpine View II" Porcelain Pedestal Bowl
Located in Westport, CT
This glazed ceramic bowl with pedestal base features a multi-colored palette with muted grey, blue, and sepia tones. It has a wide, shape with crimped rim. The artist's stamp is loca...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Glaze
Bronze Sculpture “Understander”
By Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
Frank Arnold is thought by many to be one of the foremost abstract figurative painters and sculptors of our time. He is a living master whose work is considered to be both personal a...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Hope You Don't See Me (Abstract Geometric Wall Sculpture in White and Gray)
By Dai Ban
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract geometric, minimalist wall sculpture in white and grey
Precision board, Venetian Plaster, pigments, and beeswax
Despite it's stone-like appearance, the sculpture weighs abo...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Board, Pigment
"Walk in the Park I and II" Abstract Diptych Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This textured abstract diptych by Teodora Guererra features a light, cool palette with subtle warm pink accents throughout. The artist layers thick strokes of paint using a palette k...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Board
John Van Alstine - Implement 39, Sculpture 2015
Located in Greenwich, CT
Stone and metal,usually granite or slate and found object steel are central in my sculpture. The interaction of these materials is a major focus. On the most basic level the work is ...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Sculptures
Materials
Slate, Steel
Art in motion n°2
Located in Geneva, CH
Born in 1944 in the canton of Fribourg, Gilbert Pauli currently lives in Geneva, where he devotes himself to painting and sculpture, a passion he developed from his childhood. His fa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Concrete, Steel
Colorful Glass Sculpture Sunset
Located in Winterswijk, NL
This hand-crafted glass sculpture "Sunset" vividly depicts a desert scene with cacti and an intense sunset. Thousands of artfully arranged pieces of glass blend together to create th...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Sculpture Abstract Geometry and Colors by Spanish Artist Mariona Espinet 2023
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of Au...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
"Rhapsody" by Kevin Barrett, Unique Abstract Metal Sculpture in Bronze
Located in New York, NY
"Rhapsody" by Kevin Barrett
Bronze indoor/outdoor sculpture
Kevin Barrett is noted for creating unique, rhythmic, abstract indoor and outdoor sculpture and wall reliefs.
Bronze Met...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Deep Blue 2
Located in Dallas, TX
Stoneware with colored slips. Cone 04 textured and satin glazes.
Signed, titled, and dated in ink on bottom by Robert Milnes
Milnes served as Dean of the College of Visuals Arts and...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware, Slip, Glaze
"The Path (La Sente)", Yellow and Black Metal Aerial Hand-Woven Mural Sculpture
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Titled "The Path", this airy sculpture is hand-woven by artist Delphine Grandvaux from black and yellow iron wires.
"The Path" is that little trail,
The one on which we proceed with...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
State of Mind, Contemporary Woven Tapestry, Geometric Abstract Textile Sculpture
By Ane Henriksen
Located in Wilton, CT
State of Mind, Contemporary Woven Tapestry, Abstract Textile Wall Sculpture, Viscosed silk, cotton cloth, jersey dots, 102” x 95”, 2016 by textile artist, Ane Henriksen...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Textile, Tapestry, Cotton, Silk
Borrego Springs - textured contemporary painting, colorful strokes, round format
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautiful contemporary high textured abstract painting is great for a classic and contemporary setting. The variation of colors and rich texture would greatly bring a space to l...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Vinyl, Wood Panel
Brutalist Sailboats Wall-Mounted Mix Metal Art Panel by Jacques Potage
Located in Atlanta, GA
Stunning handcrafted French brutalist metal wall art sculpture panel by Jacques Potage (1931 -). The metal panel is mounted on a wood board covered in textured pewter and features a ...
Category
1970s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"Queen Enceladus, " Abstract Porcelain Sculpture
Located in Westport, CT
This raku ceramic vessel sculpture by Jon Puzzuoli is made with glazed porcelain. The base of the round body is a deep umber color with at texture and matte finish, while the top por...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Glaze
Riverbank
By Eileen Braun
Located in Atlanta, GA
Eileen Braun delights in creating biomorphic or organic sculptural forms. Although they may look as though they're constructed of metal rods, they're actually created from rattan ree...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Action - tall, dynamic, reflective, geometric, abstract, steel outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
With Action, Canadian artist Ryan Van Der Hout creates a sense of motion in rigid steel. Paying homage to Eadweard Muybridge's seminal photographs, which first captured frame-by-fram...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Schwerelos by Kuno Vollet - Elegant Contemporary Black bronze sculpture
By Kuno Vollet
Located in DE
Artist: Kuno Vollet
Title: Schwerelos 5
Materials: Bronze sculpture with a dark patina on black granite base
Size: 65cm height of upper sculpture, base: 18 x 18 cm x 8 cm
Ed of 15
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Bronze
#4- intricate copper color 3D abstract circle drawing with pulled paper fiber
Located in New York, NY
Finesse and delicateness are what best characterize Antonin Anzil’s artistic practice. Using a sharp tool to carefully pull the fiber of the paper from the front, the artist gives bi...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Sculptures
Materials
Archival Paper
Bronze Sculpture “Arise”
By Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
Frank Arnold is thought by many to be one of the foremost abstract figurative painters and sculptors of our time. He is a living master whose work is considered to be both personal a...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Multifaceted Copper Enamel Tiles Abstract by N.G. Bloome
Located in Soquel, CA
Multifaceted Copper Enamel Tiles Abstract by N.G. Bloome
Enameled Copper panels "Picasso" esq by an unknown artist. N.G. Bloome (American, 20th C).
Uniq...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Sculptures
Materials
Copper, Enamel, Wire
Sculpture Geometry Colors by Spanish Artist Mariona Espinet Terracota
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of Au...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
John Van Alstine - Icarus (Frail Wings of Vanity), Sculpture 2010
Located in Greenwich, CT
Stone and metal, usually granite or slate, and found object steel are central in my sculpture. The interaction of these materials is a major focus. On the most basic level, the work ...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Slate, Metal, Steel
Warm Luau
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Warm Luau" is an original, painted ceramic sculpture by John Oliver Lewis measuring 7”h x 5”w x 5”d.
ABOUT // Originally from Wisconsin, John Oliver Lewis currently lives and works...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Acrylic
"Coral Mandala 2", Hand Cut, Laser Cut Paper Wall Sculpture
By Rogan Brown
Located in New York, NY
"Coral Mandala 2" by Rogan Brown
Laser and hand cut paper, framed
Available by commission. Please allow 8-12 weeks for production.
Rogan Brown creates abstract and sculptural wall r...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Paper
Nude, Abstract and Figurative Sculptures for Sale
The history of sculpture as we know it is believed to have origins in Ancient Greece, while small sculptural carvings are among the most common examples of prehistoric art. In short, sculpture as a fine art has been with us forever. A powerful three-dimensional means of creative expression, sculpture has long been most frequently associated with religion — consider the limestone Great Sphinx in Giza, Egypt — while the tradition of collecting sculpture, which has also been traced back to Greece as well as to China, far precedes the emergence of museums.
Technique and materials in sculpture have changed over time. Stone sculpture, which essentially began as images carved into cave walls, is as old as human civilization itself. The majority of surviving sculpted works from ancient cultures are stone. Traditionally, this material and pottery as well as metal — bronze in particular — were among the most common materials associated with this field of visual art. Artists have long sought new ways and materials in order to make sculptures and express their ideas. Material, after all, is the vehicle through which artists express themselves, or at least work out the problems knocking around in their heads. It also allows them to push the boundaries of form, subverting our expectations and upending convention. As an influential sculptor as much as he was a revolutionary painter and printmaker, Pablo Picasso worked with everything from wire to wood to bicycle seats.
If you are a lover of art and antiques or are thinking of bringing a work of sculpture into your home for the first time, there are several details to keep in mind. As with all other works of art, think about what you like. What speaks to you? Visit local galleries and museums. Take in works of public art and art fairs when you can and find out what kind of sculpture you like. When you’ve come to a decision about a specific work, try to find out all you can about the piece, and if you’re not buying from a sculptor directly, work with an art expert to confirm the work’s authenticity.
And when you bring your sculpture home, remember: No matter how big or small your new addition is, it will make a statement in your space. Large- and even medium-sized sculptures can be heavy, so hire some professional art handlers as necessary and find a good place in your home for your piece. Whether you’re installing a towering new figurative sculpture — a colorful character by KAWS or hyperreal work by Carole A. Feuerman, perhaps — or an abstract work by Won Lee, you’ll want the sculpture to be safe from being knocked over. (You’ll find that most sculptures should be displayed at eye level, while some large busts look best from below.)
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