Czech artist Matyáš Chochola is showing three 3D printed concrete sculptures, BRUTALIST, METEOR and MACE II, at Frieze Sculpture 2026 in The Regent's Park, London. They belong to a series of twelve works that answer, 300 years later, the Baroque sandstone figures of Matthias Bernard Braun. The pieces are on view until 1 November 2026.
The sculptures were printed robotically with the Czech company Voxell. Each one stands roughly 3–4 metres tall and weighs about a tonne. The print paths change orientation, run non-planar and include large overhangs held up by lightweight clay aggregate, while the surfaces were later ground, carved and polished by hand, with glass shards, bronze, brass and pigments worked in.
Why it matters to us: this is printed concrete treated as a sculptural medium, with the layer line kept as part of the language rather than hidden. It shows how far form can go without any mould, and how printing and hand finishing can sit together on the same piece.