Contemporary sculpture

Haunted by her experience of war, Magdalena Abakanowicz sought to shine a light on some of the darkest and most terrifying aspects of humanity

Transforming a simple mineral powder with water, fire, and a long succession of occult manipulations into a luxurious and highly refined material - porcelain - is what makes artist Nadège Mouyssinat an alchemist. Click through to discover her sculptures series "Nuria". Ceramic art sculpture | ceramic sculpture abstract | Ceramic art sculpture contemporary | porcelain sculpture | modern sculpture

Joel Escalona's wooden standing sculptures are objects of raw beauty and serene grace. Each one is a testament to the power of the material, with smooth curves that flow into one another, inviting the viewer to pause and reflect. — info@joelescalona.com

Magdalena Abakanowicz's pioneering works, from "Abakans" and beyond, will take over the Polish city next month.

16 Contemporary Women Sculptors You Should Know

Artist Jaime Pitarch creates contemporary sculpture out of household objects, asking us to reconsider their function, from chairs to coat hangers.

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Anselm Kiefer: “The Women of the Revolution (Die Frauen der Revolution)” (1992/2013), lead beds: dimensions variable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anselm_Kiefer

Italian sculptor Aron Demetz (cousin of Gehard Demetz, whose work we featured in Hi-Fructose Vol. 22) creates wood sculptures that appear distressed, burnt and scarred. The process of working with wood is a fundamental part of Demetz's aesthetic — instead of presenting polished and perfected works, Demetz celebrates the wood's textures and its transformation through various natural processes. The simplified, abstracted human figures can seem like personifications of the wood itself. Demetz…