Milan based Italian Sculptor Matteo Pugliese creates breathtaking sculptures of men that appear as if they are trying to escape from the gallery walls.

His unique bronze figurative sculptures are made from multiple parts and display men that appear to be trapped in the vertical space of gallery walls. The figures really do appear as if they’re in perpetual motion, in action, escaping from something, trying to set themselves free from some kind of entrapment or restriction. Matteo Pugliese’s metal sculptures are impressive and aesthetically pleasing, yet they convey a sense of dynamism and will to escape some invisible barrier.

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In the rugged, mountainous regions of the former Yugoslavia, Spomeniks are everywhere. You’ll see them on strategic outcrops, lofty passes and sweeping plateaus: gigantic sculptures, firmly anchored to the rocks. They are objects of stunning beauty.

Translated the word Spomenik means “Monument”, these gigantic, unusual, monuments are the reminiscences of a different era. Their abstract geometric shapes recall macro views of viruses, flower-petal goblets, crystals. They are built of indestructible materials like reinforced concrete, steel and granite. Some are solid, others hollow. The largest Spomeniks even afford access to the public, teetering on the boundary where sculpture becomes architecture.

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Beijing based artists Liu Zhan, Kuang Jun and Tan Tianwei who go by the name Unmask present a series of impressively elegant metal figurative sculptures that appear to be dissolving in air.

Liu Zhan, Kuang Jun and Tan Tianwei met one another at the Central Academy of Fine Arts and has been doing sculptural work together since 2001. Their latest work is these stunning figurative sculptures made of stainless steel that appear to be in a state of dissolution. The abstract aesthetics of these impressive pieces makes the viewer focus on the minimal details of intimate moments between humans and compositions that portray humans and horses. With their delicate lines and smooth curves created by the absence of materials, these exquisite sculptures radiate an unusual sensuality.

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Motohiko Odani is a well known contemporary Japanese sculptor whose imaginative, elegant, yet unsettling works leave the viewer breathless.

“Right now I have this strong Futurist interest in how to capture the concepts of movement and transformation, dynamism and speed in sculpture” Odani said. He also stated that he hopes to “give form to what the eyes cannot see…the phantoms that are hidden inside us,” his work (as if by a process of transference) is full of unsettling sensations: unsettling because they feel contradictory. With his stunning creations Motohiko Odani is reaching at the ever-important themes of death, love, national identity and the ethereal spiritual side of life, through abstract concepts characterized by his own unique personal style.

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Confetti Death by Miami based artist TYPOE is a spectacular art installation composed of countless shards of spray paint caps and a human skull.

The confetti of color sees a splash through the mouth of a skull, juxtaposing quite nicely with the white wall it’s placed on. Confetti Death is a dynamic artwork characterized by TYPOE’s signature style, which combines Punk styling, back humor and a multitude of colors.

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Japanese artist Sayaka Ganz creates amazing animal sculptures made of salvaged plastic parts. Her breathtaking creations are characterized by an incredible sense of motion and her inspiration is supported by a genuine belief that “If we value our resources we will waste less.”

Driven by a combination of her passion for fitting odd shapes together and a sympathy towards discarded objects, Sayaka Ganz creates her amazing plastic animals from thrift store plastics. Sayaka grew up in Japan and several other different countries, but she was raised under the Japanese philosophy of Shinto. Shinto beliefs are such that all objects and organisms have spirits. The constant need to adjust to a new environment also gave Sayaka a strong desire to fit in and create harmony around her. By creating her stunning animal sculptures she is engaging in a process of reclamation and liberation, which liberates her as an artist.

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Laszlo Tompa is a Hungarian Designer-Carpenter with a real eye for beauty. His wooden Flower Lamps are a marvelous example of artistic woodturning.

The hanging Flower Lamps are made of solid cherry wood and they ooze quality and originality. The basic structure of the Flower Lamps are hexagonal and pentagonal pyramids covered with different matching geometric ornaments. The lamp produces downward facing light and an impressive visual effect by combining the traditional aesthetics of wood with light and a fluid sculptural form.

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Berlin Based Polish artist Monika Grzymala creates dramatic art installations using several kilometers of black adhesive tape.

The tape looks like a complex drawing, it covers archways, creates barriers, and spreads throughout the surrounding space like a chaotic three-dimensional net. While Grzymala’s focus is largely abstract, the black lines of these impressive art installations cannot help but hold subtle resonance with the complex nets of architectural blueprints and design drawings. There is also a strong performative element as each piece requires a huge physical effort to create.

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