Sculptors
A sculptor is someone who creates sculptures. The broad term 'sculptor' does not only apply to artists, it can also be used in non-artistic contexts. For example, it may refer to someone working on a restoration site or creating replicas of existing sculptures. For a sculptor to also be defined as an artist, there needs to be a sense of artistic intention behind the objects they create. This person can be a professional or an amateur.
Sculpture is considered a major artistic discipline in the same way as painting. Some sculptors only work in the medium of sculpture while other artists have a multidisciplinary approach.
A sculptor seeks to create three-dimensional shapes out of one or several media. Sculptors can choose from a variety of materials for their sculptures. Some of the most frequently used media include stone (marble, granite etc), concrete, cement, wood and clay (which is used to create terracotta sculptures). Artists can also use metal to create sculptures, bronze has historically been the most commonly used but nowadays, sculptors can also choose aluminum or even steel.
Contemporary practices and technical developments have led to a growing diversity of materials being available for sculptors to use. Contemporary sculpture therefore uses a wider range of materials than modern sculpture did. Nowadays, it is not uncommon to see artworks made of resin, glass or a combination of several different materials. Artists may also use new technologies such as 3D printers to help them create works.
Over the course of the history of sculpture, there have been a many different types of sculptures and artists have developed numerous techniques for creating three dimensional works.
In relief sculpture, the sculpted form stays attached to the background made of the same material. If the carving is shallow then the work is referred to as a bas-relief. If there is some undercutting and more of 50% of the depth is shown, the work is sculptured in high relief.
If a sculpture is described as in the round or free-standing, it means that the work is detached from the background, in the majority of cases this means that the viewer to walk around it and admire it from all angles.
A key basic distinction is sculpture is the contrast between modeling and carving. Modeling is an additive technique which creates forms by adding more material. This is more flexible for sculptors as they can generally add or subtract the material as they please, for example as they would when using clay. Carving is a subtractive method; the sculptor removes material from a solid block of material, for example wood or marble, to reveal the desired shape.
Some of the greatest artists in the history of sculpture include: Michelangelo, Antoine-Louis Barye, Rembrandt Bugatti, Camille Claudel, Auguste Rodin, Alberto Giacometti, Louise Bourgeois, Cesar, Arman, Anish Kapoor, Anselm Kiefer, Jeff Koons, Yayoi Kusama, Richard Orlinski and Christophe Charbonnel.
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Bernar Venet
Position of Two Major Arcs of 257.5 Degrees Each
Bernar Venet
Print - 76.2 x 106.7 x 0.3 cm Print - 30 x 42 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
2365° Arc x IV
Bernar Venet
Sculpture - 172.7 x 172.7 x 31.8 cm Sculpture - 68 x 68 x 12.5 inch
Price upon request
Random Combination of Indeterminate Lines
Bernar Venet
Print - 69 x 91 cm Print - 27.2 x 35.8 inch
$6,170
Position of three major arcs of 265.5° each
Bernar Venet
Print - 50 x 66 cm Print - 19.7 x 26 inch
$3,366
Random Combination of Indeterminate Lines
Bernar Venet
Print - 68.5 x 91 cm Print - 27 x 35.8 inch
$6,170
253 Degree arc
Bernar Venet
Sculpture - 71.1 x 64.8 x 5.7 cm Sculpture - 28 x 25.5 x 2.25 inch
Price upon request
George Lilanga
Untitled sculpture
George Lilanga
Sculpture - 63 x 25 x 20 cm Sculpture - 24.8 x 9.8 x 7.9 inch
$1,571
Sculpture Shetani
George Lilanga
Sculpture - 65 x 15 x 10 cm Sculpture - 25.6 x 5.9 x 3.9 inch
$1,683
Sculpture Shetani
George Lilanga
Sculpture - 63 x 15 x 10 cm Sculpture - 24.8 x 5.9 x 3.9 inch
$2,805
Amhna miiu min ineg mini mlefu iama nandio
George Lilanga
Painting - 61 x 61 x 1 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 0.4 inch
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Calebasse peinte
George Lilanga
Sculpture - 40 x 30 x 30 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 11.8 x 11.8 inch
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Ian Philip
Porsche 75th years anniversary Helmet
Ian Philip
Sculpture - 7 x 5 x 5.5 cm Sculpture - 2.8 x 2 x 2.2 inch
$3,141
Lewis Hamilton Brick
Ian Philip
Sculpture - 52 x 25 x 25 cm Sculpture - 20.5 x 9.8 x 9.8 inch
$4,039
Porsche Martini Skate Board
Ian Philip
Sculpture - 82 x 20 x 3 cm Sculpture - 32.3 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
$2,693
The Business Stormtrooper
Ian Philip
Sculpture - 65 x 45 x 30 cm Sculpture - 25.6 x 17.7 x 11.8 inch
$4,375
Hoodie Porsche Gulf
Ian Philip
Sculpture - 40 x 30 x 15 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 11.8 x 5.9 inch
$1,010
Pappay
Léo Caillard
Hipster Marie-Antoinette
Léo Caillard
Sculpture - 58 x 34 x 22 cm Sculpture - 22.8 x 13.4 x 8.7 inch
$23,560
Hipster in Stone XVII, Philopoemen
Léo Caillard
Photography - 120 x 80 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 inch
$4,039
Hipster 20s XXIII, Muse
Léo Caillard
Photography - 80 x 120 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 inch
$4,039
Hipster in Stone VIII, Hoplite standing
Léo Caillard
Photography - 80 x 120 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$4,039
Captain America
Léo Caillard
Sculpture - 85 x 72 x 47 cm Sculpture - 33.5 x 28.3 x 18.5 inch
$20,194
Renaissance woman 1
Léo Caillard
Photography - 120 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$4,263
Vasya Dmytryk
Teslamobile IIIIII
Vasya Dmytryk
Sculpture - 42 x 29 x 16 cm Sculpture - 16.5 x 11.4 x 6.3 inch
$1,210
Alex Hodge
And You Blink, The Rush of Love, and Here I Learn Triptych
Alex Hodge
Sculpture - 10.2 x 22.9 x 7.6 cm Sculpture - 4 x 9 x 3 inch
$600
Your Name Plays, We had been Mountains, and No One Ever Fed You. Triptych
Alex Hodge
Sculpture - 14 x 22.9 x 7.6 cm Sculpture - 5.5 x 9 x 3 inch
$600
I Could Start Fires, So I Lay Here and Why Do You Insist on Shattering. Triptych
Alex Hodge
Sculpture - 12.7 x 22.9 x 7.6 cm Sculpture - 5 x 9 x 3 inch
$600
Your Lipstick Left a Bruise, Your Pulsing Giant Heart, Carry the Song. Triptych
Alex Hodge
Sculpture - 12.7 x 22.9 x 7.6 cm Sculpture - 5 x 9 x 3 inch
$600
Growing Out of My Ribcage, Darling Your Words, and As You Pray. Triptych
Alex Hodge
Sculpture - 14 x 22.9 x 7.6 cm Sculpture - 5.5 x 9 x 3 inch
$600
Is Beating Me From the Inside, and You Wanted Something.
Alex Hodge
Sculpture - 14 x 15.2 x 7.6 cm Sculpture - 5.5 x 6 x 3 inch
$400
I Whisper Just to You, and Some Days We are Both at Sea Diptych
Alex Hodge
Sculpture - 10.2 x 15.2 x 7.6 cm Sculpture - 4 x 6 x 3 inch
$400
Why do you insist on shattering, and eyes that are.
Alex Hodge
Sculpture - 10.2 x 15.2 x 7.6 cm Sculpture - 4 x 6 x 3 inch
$400
Natasha Zupan
Tactile Memory #34
Natasha Zupan
Painting - 24.1 x 19.1 x 7.6 cm Painting - 9.5 x 7.5 x 3 inch
$2,150
Eternal Recurrence #16, deiNERI
Natasha Zupan
Sculpture - 185.4 x 50.8 x 20.3 cm Sculpture - 73 x 20 x 8 inch
$5,500
Tactile memory #120
Natasha Zupan
Painting - 45.7 x 38.1 x 7.6 cm Painting - 18 x 15 x 3 inch
$4,200
Tactile memory #145
Natasha Zupan
Painting - 45.7 x 38.1 x 7.6 cm Painting - 18 x 15 x 3 inch
$4,200
Tactile memory #138
Natasha Zupan
Painting - 69.9 x 59.9 x 7.6 cm Painting - 27.5 x 23.6 x 3 inch
$6,800
Tactile memory #134
Natasha Zupan
Painting - 24.1 x 19.1 x 7.6 cm Painting - 9.5 x 7.5 x 3 inch
$2,150
Eternal Recurrence #54
Natasha Zupan
Photography - 45.7 x 34.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 18 x 13.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,200
Eternal Recurrence #48
Natasha Zupan
Photography - 35.6 x 29.2 cm Photography - 14 x 11.5 inch
$1,200
Art'Mony
Jesús-Rafael Soto
Miroir d'Artistes
Jesús-Rafael Soto
Print - 50.2 x 50.2 x 5.1 cm Print - 19.75 x 19.75 x 2 inch
$24,000
Rafael Barrios
Verticale Disloquée
Rafael Barrios
Sculpture - 229 x 169 x 40 cm Sculpture - 90.2 x 66.5 x 15.7 inch
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Móvil Espiral Fractal - M596
Rafael Barrios
Sculpture - 178 x 80 x 8 cm Sculpture - 70.1 x 31.5 x 3.1 inch
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