Figure sculpture

Large collection of figure sculpture images from around the world

http://ilovefiguresculpture.com/

Kevin Francis Gray

http://www.goffandrosenthal.com/display/ShowGallery?moduleId=1550353&galleryId=68129

Kevin Francis Gray makes sculptures of adolescents. Artsy ones. The tight black dress worn by the figure in "Goth Girl" and the unlaced shoes "Ghost Boy" are knowing markers of a subculture. But these are not the fashion cues of the slick hipster culture that surrounds contemporary art. Gray's figures are too self-conscious, ungainly even. Something ofthe awkwardness of childhood still hovers around them. These are adolescents who might aspire to be artists, attracted by the glamorous status of professional outsiders, but right now they are only outcasts in the proper sense of the word.

Leipzig Calling at the New York Academy of Art

Leipzig Calling at the New York Academy of Art. Sept 18th -Oct 18th 2009
"The 'New' New Leipzig School and its next generation
Curated by Anna-Louise Kratzsch, Director, Leipzig International Art Programme"

This was a group exhibition showcasing some "new" Leipzig artists. Leipzig is a city in what was once East Germany. This isolated and insulated the group of artists working around the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst school--A traditional school where they learned composition and perspective while painting from nude models. They have since become incredibly popular and well-bought artists due in part to the quirkiness of their imagery but also to their position as figurative painters in an art world dominated by works that have felt increasingly trite and/or esoteric in their lack of recognizable skills visible in the works.

I didn't get all the names of the participating artists, and they weren't listed on the website but Stephen Black had the most compelling paintings. Very similar to Vladimir Gorychevs color pallet and use of empty space but with more Lucian Freud-like application of paint to the subjects faces.

Leipzig School artists:

Eitel, Tim

Fabritius, Tom

Gogel, Sebastian

Loy, Rosa

Rauch, Neo

Rink, Arno

Ruckhaberle, Christoph

Schnell, David

Weischer, Matthias

 

http://www.nyaa.edu/nyaa/home.html

I love figure sculpture .com

www.ilovefiguresculpture.com is a collection of traditional figurative sculptures form around the world.

Blane De St Croix

Blane De St Croix is sculptor who makes sections of landscapes out of various non-traditional materials such as building materials, model trees, foam, flocking, etc.

A large work at Smack-Mellon, a more than one hundred foot scale model Mexican/American border fence snaked through the gallery space, has brought him to the attention of various other project spaces. He is currently working on multiple projects including a giant upside down strip-mined mountain at the Black and White project space down the street from my studio. I have been helping him occasionally on his current project as it is, like any good project, more than you can realistically do in the time allotted.

Blane sees himself coming out the tradition of landscape painters. Formally he uses shape, color, and texture to imply greater space.

He has an impressively short statement which I would like to emulate:
My work utilizes sculptural object, installation and drawing. Employing a combination of natural and industrial materials. I am interested in articulating humankind’s desire to take command over the earth --alluding to conflicts with ecology, politics, ourselves and the level of human absence and/or presence in industry. I often borrow from man-made elements and architectural environments and adjoin them with natural habitats, asking us to reflect on our precarious relationship with our surroundings.

http://blanedestcroix.blogspot.com/
http://www.blackandwhiteprojectspace.org/

Joshua Been Website

Joshua Been is a Colorado landscape and figurative artist. He also offers helpful material for artist. Here is his educational section that talks about studio setup and color mixing.

http://www.joshuabeen.com/educational/