Sculpture

May 7, 2025

Artist Meticulously Recreates Italian Monuments With Thousands of LEGO Bricks

Luca Petraglia often refers to his custom-designed LEGO models as โ€œminiature emotions.โ€ For years, the Italian artist has recreated some of his countryโ€™s most renowned architectural marvels, alongside what he calls โ€œoverlooked gems,โ€ but it was only during his first few exhibitions that he registered their emotional valence. โ€œPeople would stop, share personal memories, and even get emotional while looking at the sculptures,โ€ Petraglia tells My Modern Met.

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April 16, 2025

Artist Transforms Discarded Books Into Mini Mountainous Sculptures

Just as books hold knowledge, ancient mountains have their own stories to tell. For over two decades, interdisciplinary artist Guy Laramรฉe has been exploring this concept with his ongoing Bookwork. He breathes new life into old, discarded volumes, transforming their pages into dreamlike, geological sculptures. Laramรฉe currently works from his mountainside studio in Nova Friburgo, Brazil, where heโ€™s inspired by the dramatic peaks of the nearby Pico da Caledoฬ‚nia.

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April 8, 2025

Evocative Faces Emerge From Surreal Sculptures of Gigantic Book Pages

During her childhood, Paola Grizi would often watch her aunt working with clay. In those moments, Grizi followed her auntโ€™s hands as they coaxed out the forms of small sculptures, sparking her own fascination with the medium. โ€œI experienced it as a game, and from there, I have always found pleasure in modeling clay,โ€ the Italian artist tells My Modern Met.

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March 23, 2025

Glistening Sculptures Pay Tribute to the Myriad of Colors, Textures, and Shapes Found in Nature

Artist Eelco Hilgersom finds inspiration in the organic, paying tribute to the many colors, textures, and shapes nature has to offer. But rather than trying to mimic them, the artist draws from these elements to create dynamic, other-worldly sculptures. This is particularly noticeable in his Habitat series, where pieces made of glass and wood look like shiny scale-cover creatures that could start crawling at any second.

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanityโ€”from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.