up and down in style – lang/baumann

Lang/Baumann, Beautiful Steps #4 (Poitiers) (2009), wood and paint

Lang and Baumann are my new favourite art crush.

book sculptures – miler lagos

Miler Lagos, Pie de Amigo

This sculpture by Columbian artist Miler Lagos, entitled Pie de Amigo (Foot of Friend), is constructed of stacked architecture books laid one on top of each in a delicate arc.

our journey – bill starke

American artist Bill Starke has completed this new public sculpture for the Orlando Events Center, the home of the basketball team The Orlando Magic.

coat hangers and collage – david mach

David Mach, The Plague of Frogs (Belfast) (2011), image courtesy of Richard Riddick

Coat-hanger crucifixes, a matchstick Jesus and Satan, and kitsch collages of biblical scenes form this audacious and intense exhibition of the Scottish Turner-nominated artist David Mach at Edinburgh’s City Art Centre (David Mach: Precious Light, ends 16 October).

frozen movement – jerzy goliszewski

Jerzy Goliszewski, Lac Bleu (2008)

Polish artist Jerzy Goliszewski creates fascination installations and sculptures, which at times border on graphic design.

light sculptures – bernardí roig

Bernardí Roig, one of Spain’s most prominent contemporary artists, uses sculpture, installation, videos and drawings to evoke death, immortality, loneliness and human desire.

the poetry of sculpture, or sculpted poetry – jaume plensa

Jaume Plensa, Irma-Nuria (2010)

‘An artist must introduce beauty to people’s everyday lives – it’s our duty.’

music under the bridge – chimecco

I love it when the functional and everyday are transformed into beautiful objects that enrich our lives.

the everyday with a twist – michael beitz

Michael Beitz is a sculptor who takes everyday items or ideas, and through simple – and often humorous – interventions, makes us take a second look.

New sculpture – the anti-heroic

The Shape of Things to Come: New Sculpture, the current exhibition at London’s Saatchi Gallery (until 16 October), not only promises to clarify the heterogeneous and indefinite nature of sculpture today in all its diverse and malleable forms, but to also prophesise as to its future.