It is difficult for those growing up within contemporary institutions of culture (museums, universities, art schools, etc) to appreciate the vitality and scope of 20th Century figure sculpture.

It's also difficult, especially for contemporary Americans, to appreciate those qualities of figure sculpture that cannot be found in a wax museum.

(and here is an informative historical essay on that topic - by American sculptor, Michael Keropian)


The problem is that, unless included within the canonical narrative of confrontational Modernism, the figure sculptors of this period have been locked out of major art museums around the world.


Eventually, museums will probably take a more aesthetic approach to the art of the 20th century.


But in the meantime, here are the things that I wish I could see in person -- although the list has grown so large, it seems unlikely that even I will ever re-visit all of the images posted to this site.

....Chris Miller, Forest Park, Illinois

































































































































































































































































































































Shahid Hussein












Eja Van Den Berg

























Satoru Kitagou












Waldemar Grzimek












Georg Arfmann












Egidio Casarotti












Alfredo Ceschiatti












Xavier Duver












Tullio Figini












Martin Mayer












Vasyl Yarych












Arvid Knoppel

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