Contemporary Sculpture in South America

Contemporary South American sculpture is characterized by its material, conceptual, and territorial diversity. Artists work with metal, wood, natural fibers, ceramics, everyday objects, industrial waste, and even natural landscapes.
The sculptures engage with themes such as political memory, inequality, identity, and ecological transformation.

In countries like Brazil, Colombia, Chile, and Argentina, sculpture has expanded into installations, public works, urban interventions, and participatory processes.
The human body, the tension between emptiness and volume, and the links with architecture remain fundamental axes.
Experimentation with monumental scales or sound installations demonstrates that sculpture in South America is today a hybrid and dynamic territory.

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