In the blink of an eye they move from abstract to representational, conjuring a great deal of Western sculpture as they go.

FROM a certain angle, realism can seem like one of the worst things that ever happened to Western art, especially Western sculpture.

When critics write about Mr. Edwards's sculpture, they usually note the apparent influence of stars in Western modernist sculpture like David Smith and Anthony Caro.

Although much of the work is informed by Western sculpture of the past 25 years, the primary model is more likely to be African or Asian.

He joined the Getty in 1982, having previously worked in the department of Western European sculpture and decorative arts at the Metropolitan Museum, New York.

The house contains large quantities of Western sculpture and Victorian furniture, paintings by European and Indian artists, and other objets d'art.

From 1978 to 1980, he worked in the department of Western European sculpture and decorative arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan.

High relief has remained the dominant form for reliefs with figures in Western sculpture, also being common in Indian temple sculpture.

The sarcophagi in particular exerted a huge influence on later Western sculpture.

Both were students of Shanghai-based sculptor Zhang Chongren, who had studied Western sculpture in Europe.