The Pointman is one of the most recognizable figures created by the artist known as Futura (formally Futura 2000).
Stripped to its essential form, the figure carries no face, no expression, no fixed narrative. Instead it becomes a vessel for ideas: movement, curiosity, vigilance, and endurance. The Pointman stands at the threshold between exploration and uncertainty, a quiet symbol of the individual stepping forward into the unknown.
The term itself comes from the military role of the pointman: the person who moves first into unfamiliar territory. The one who leads. The one who accepts the risk. In Futura’s hands, that idea becomes something universal.
Across paintings, sculptures, and editions, the Pointman appears again and again. Minimal yet unmistakable. A solitary figure navigating an abstract space. It echoes the visual language that runs throughout Futura’s work: futurism, urban energy, scientific notation, and the geometry of motion.
This collection brings a group of these figures together. Individually they stand alone. Together they form a quiet procession of explorers.
Not yet on the shelf, but no longer on the hunt. This piece has a line of sight: a gallery, agreed terms, and a shipment soon taking shape. It currently sits between the catalogue above and the wanted list below.
The collection keeps stepping forward. These are the bronze Pointmen still being sought: the monumental FL-001, the monumental FL-001 (edition of three), the FL-003 polished silver bronze (edition unknown), and the hand-finished white-and-speckled variant (edition unknown, possibly bespoke). If one of these is yours, or you know where one stands, the Pointman Club is the way to reach me.
The Pointman is the recurring figure at the centre of this collection. Across more than three decades of work, Futura (b. 1955, New York) has returned to this form again and again -- through painting, sculpture, vinyl, and collaboration. Faceless, forward-facing, stripped of fixed narrative. The figure accumulates meaning through repetition.
This collection began in December 2024 and grew over fifteen months. It started not from any prior knowledge of Futura or the Pointman, but because a sculpture arrived that was, simply, a robot with a lamp. Something in that combination was enough. Fourteen pieces arrived in the first month. By the end of 2025, the collection had expanded to include marble sculptures, unique hand-painted works, limited bronze editions, and vinyl figures across more than a dozen colourways and collaborations.
Each work is documented here with full provenance: acquisition date, channel, condition, authentication, and edition details. The records exist because objects carry histories, and those histories are part of what a piece is.
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