The sculptures of Daniel Silver (b. 1972, London) explore the many forms and presences of the human body. His practice is influenced by the art of the ancient world, modernism, Sigmund Freud and psychoanalytic theories. Silver uses concrete, bronze, marble, stone, wood and clay and his works often manifest as monuments or fragments. He uses sculpture to explore what it is to be human, both physically and psychologically. Daniel Silver's 2013 installation 'Dig', an Artangel commission, took place in a derelict London cinema, where he presented an imagined archaeological dig of sculptures looking both ancient and futuristic, conceived by the artist as a 'history of sculpture'. In 2019, a commission for London's Bloomberg Space resulted in a set of monumental, figurative works that spoke of the artist's fascination with psychology as well as his profound interest in ancient cultures.