Contemporary Abstract Paintings
CONTEMPORARY STYLE
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
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Style: Contemporary
"Symbiotic String I" Paint on paper, nature soft shapes, neutral curves contrast
Located in Hamburg, HH
“Symbiotic Strings” is a series of three small studies of acrylic on paper created in 2024 by Amanda Andersen.
Minimal forms grow into each other with a simplicity and serenity simi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Graphite
The House That Jack Built - Abstract Painting by Lesley Spowart - Contemporary
Located in Carmel, CA
Lesley Anne Spowart, an abstract artist hailing from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, is renowned for her transformative creations that blur the boundaries...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Large Bright Green Abstract Acrylic Painting on Canvas "Abstract no. 48"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Robertson focuses on creating paintings that move beyond portraying reality. Driven by a synthesis of gestural brushstrokes and expressive smears, he offers viewers a liminal space o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic
Versace - Karol Jersak - Abstract Mixed Media Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Karol is a highly skilled artist whose abstract mixed-media paintings exude an exceptional level of raw creativity.
Her artistic process involves skillfully combining colors, chalk ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Eichler Wall 2 - Karol Jersak - Abstract Mixed Media Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Karol is a highly skilled artist whose abstract mixed-media paintings exude an exceptional level of raw creativity.
Her artistic process involves skillfully combining colors, chalk ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Club II
Located in Hamilton, ON
This image is part of the artist's early series of portraits depicting queer subject matter in domestic or outdoor settings. This particular image depicts an abstracted dance scene f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
The Path - Abstract Figurative Art by Lesley Spowart - Contemporary Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Lesley Anne Spowart, an abstract artist hailing from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, is renowned for her transformative creations that blur the boundaries...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Large Bright Green Abstract Acrylic Painting on Canvas "Finding Resonance"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Robertson focuses on creating paintings that move beyond portraying reality. Driven by a synthesis of gestural brushstrokes and expressive smears, he offers viewers a liminal space o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic
"Paper Landscape" Original Paint on Canvas by Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape
100x100 cm
Original Art Ready to Hang
Marilina Marchica orients her pictorial research to the theme of subtraction, her attention is focused on the aesthetic and conceptu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pastel, Oil
Falling Leaves - Abstract Figurative Art by Marc Zimmerman - Contemporary
Located in Carmel, CA
Falling Leaves - Abstract Figurative Painting by Marc Zimmerman - Contemporary Art
This masterwork is exhibited in the Zimmerman Gallery, Carmel CA.
Marc Zimmerman creates playful...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled, Acrylic on canvas, by Modern Indian Artist Jeram Patel "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Jeram Patel
Untitled , Acrylic on Canvas
36 x 48 inches 91.4 x 121.9 cm
2005
Price on Request
( UNFRAMED ALL IN DOOR DELIVERED )
Born : 1930
Died : 2016
Jeram Patel was on...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Bird and Keeper" Oil on Canvas Figurative Painting 2023
Located in Lisboa, PT
Bird and Keeper - Oil on Canvas Figurative Painting 2023
Artwork on supported wooden frame. Ready to hang.
"Sometimes we find comfort in the most unexpected of forms or size. A protector swathed in resonant blues —a guardian cradling the delicate essence of the subconscious in a world engulfed in deep blues and vivid reds."
Tam Ess...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Crest Triptych 1 - Karol Jersak - Abstract Mixed Media Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Karol is a highly skilled artist whose abstract mixed-media paintings exude an exceptional level of raw creativity.
Her artistic process involves skillfully combining colors, chalk ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Crest Triptych 2 - Karol Jersak - Abstract Mixed Media Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Karol is a highly skilled artist whose abstract mixed-media paintings exude an exceptional level of raw creativity.
Her artistic process involves skillfully combining colors, chalk ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Crest Triptych 3 - Karol Jersak - Abstract Mixed Media Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Karol is a highly skilled artist whose abstract mixed-media paintings exude an exceptional level of raw creativity.
Her artistic process involves skillfully combining colors, chalk ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Dogs Feet on High Places - Abstract Animal Painting by Lesley Spowart
Located in Carmel, CA
Lesley Anne Spowart, an abstract artist hailing from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, is renowned for her transformative creations that blur the boundaries...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
My Funny Valentine - Abstract Animal Painting by Lesley Spowart - Contemporary
Located in Carmel, CA
Lesley Anne Spowart, an abstract artist hailing from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, is renowned for her transformative creations that blur the boundaries...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Let Sleeping Dogs - Abstract Animal Painting by Lesley Spowart - Contemporary
Located in Carmel, CA
Lesley Anne Spowart, an abstract artist hailing from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, is renowned for her transformative creations that blur the boundaries...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Canvas
Large Abstract Landscape Acrylic Painting on Canvas "Cross Pollination"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Robertson focuses on creating paintings that move beyond portraying reality. Driven by a synthesis of gestural brushstrokes and expressive smears, he offers viewers a liminal space o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic
Large Abstract Textured Oil Painting on Dibond "Beyond Borders"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Robertson focuses on creating paintings that move beyond portraying reality. Driven by a synthesis of gestural brushstrokes and expressive smears, he offers viewers a liminal space o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Varnish, Oil, Board
Large Orange Abstract Acrylic Painting on Plywood "Synchronous Change"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Robertson focuses on creating paintings that move beyond portraying reality. Driven by a synthesis of gestural brushstrokes and expressive smears, he offers viewers a liminal space o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Varnish, Acrylic, Plywood
Queen Helene - Karol Jersak - Abstract Mixed Media Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Karol is a highly skilled artist whose abstract mixed-media paintings exude an exceptional level of raw creativity.
Her artistic process involves skillfully combining colors, chalk ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
DJ Simpson, Mr Natural (Aqua), 1999
Located in Manchester, GB
DJ Simpson, Mr Natural (Aqua), 1999
Alkyd paint on ply
Six panels 103 x 154 cm (40.55 x 60.63 in)
Original artwork
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Plywood, Alkyd
Golden Dreams, Metallic wooden carved modern wall sculpture, geometric
Located in Dallas, TX
"Rose Gold Shimmers" is a contemporary and parametric wall sculpture. Made from oil lacquer paint and acrylic mirror on carved maple, this body of work is contemporary & sculptural. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mirror, Maple, Plywood, Lacquer, Oil
Daniel Lefcourt, Graphite Painting (Reversed and Enhanced), 2014
Located in Manchester, GB
Daniel Lefcourt, Graphite Painting (Reversed and Enhanced), 2014
Graphite and resin on machined fiberboard panel with pine frame
157.2 x 116.2 cm (61.82 x 45.75 in)
Original Artwork
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Resin, Fiberboard, Graphite
Ink Flowers - Karol Jersak - Abstract Mixed Media Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Karol is a highly skilled artist whose abstract mixed-media paintings exude an exceptional level of raw creativity.
Her artistic process involves skillfully combining colors, chalk ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Nest - Karol Jersak - Abstract Mixed Media Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Karol is a highly skilled artist whose abstract mixed-media paintings exude an exceptional level of raw creativity.
Her artistic process involves skillfully combining colors, chalk ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
7 Rocks with arch - contemporary, abstracted landscape, acrylic on canvas
By Aron Hill
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Aron Hill’s newest series of contemporary works are inspired by the personal narrative of their life as an artist, a writer and a parent. Hill recalls the unique bold imagery and cle...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Thread, Ink, Acrylic
Red Bird - Karol Jersak - Abstract Mixed Media Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Karol is a highly skilled artist whose abstract mixed-media paintings exude an exceptional level of raw creativity.
Her artistic process involves skillfully combining colors, chalk ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
You are my Paradise - Contemporary Architecture Oil Painting
Located in DE
Lilly Muth's architectural paintings transport viewers on a visual journey to a different world, where imagination knows no bounds and the boundaries between reality and fantasy blur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Triptych of Haystacks, Original Painting, Landscape, Cotswolds, Fields
By Rupert Aker
Located in Deddington, GB
This is a Triptych of Haystacks by Ruper Aker, consistiting of three paintings; Cotswolds at Harvest and Bibury - Big Bales I & II. Sizes vary as outlined below:
Bibury - Big Bale...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Beach Pool" Acrylic and mixed media on board, white float frame
Located in Dallas, TX
"Beach Pool" is a lovely and calming work depicting two children in the midst of a colorful background with palm trees. The painting gives off a calm and relaxed vibe. Artist Dan Parry...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board
Leave the Path, Olive Green, Sage, Jade, Aqua Blue Green Tinted Polymer Painting
Located in Kent, CT
The surface of Leave the Path by Susan English is a wonderful play of color, light, and composition. Hues of olive, soft jade, pale sage green, light mint green, and pale bluish gree...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal
"Skater with Night Sky" Acrylic and mixed media on board, white float frame
Located in Dallas, TX
"Skater with Night Sky" is a lovely and calming work depicting two children in the midst of a colorful background with palm trees. The painting gives off a calm and relaxed vibe. Artist Dan Parry...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board
Abstract Expressionist Painting Miami Architecture Modernist Lynne Golob Gelfman
Located in Surfside, FL
Lynne Golob Gelfman, American (1944-2020)
Abstract Composition in colors
Acrylic paint on paper
1983
Hand signed and dated recto
23" X 29", Frame measures 26" X 33".
Provenance: Jan ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Opal Tea - Karol Jersak - Abstract Mixed Media Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Karol is a highly skilled artist whose abstract mixed-media paintings exude an exceptional level of raw creativity.
Her artistic process involves skillfully combining colors, chalk ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Madelyn's Room - Karol Jersak - Abstract Mixed Media Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Karol is a highly skilled artist whose abstract mixed-media paintings exude an exceptional level of raw creativity.
Her artistic process involves skillfully combining colors, chalk ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Le Jardin - Karol Jersak - Abstract Mixed Media Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Karol is a highly skilled artist whose abstract mixed-media paintings exude an exceptional level of raw creativity.
Her artistic process involves skillfully combining colors, chalk ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
"Sunset Swim" Acrylic and mixed media on board, white float frame
Located in Dallas, TX
"Sunset Swim" is a lovely and calming work depicting two children in the midst of a colorful background with palm trees. The painting gives off a calm and relaxed vibe. Artist Dan Parry...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board
No. 5 - Karol Jersak - Mixed Media Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Karol is a highly skilled artist whose abstract mixed-media paintings exude an exceptional level of raw creativity.
Her artistic process involves skillfully combining colors, chalk ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
"Station to Station" colorful red and blue multi layered oil painting
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Station to Station" is a colorful red and blue multi layered oil painting from Nick Weber.
Nick Weber (b.1971), living and painting in Springs, NY (about a block away from Jackson...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Beach II - Painting by Johanna Winkelgrund - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Acrylic painting.
The landscapes painted by Johanna Winkelgrund in the 2020s are abstract and representational.
Following the color alone, she dispenses with the human figure here....
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Beach IV - Painting by Johanna Winkelgrund - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Acrylic painting.
The landscapes painted by Johanna Winkelgrund in the 2020s are abstract and representational.
Following the color alone, she dispenses with the human figure here...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Cinnamon - Karol Jersak - Mixed Media Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Karol is a highly skilled artist whose abstract mixed-media paintings exude an exceptional level of raw creativity.
Her artistic process involves skillfully combining colors, chalk ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Patchwork Fields, Original Painting, Contemporary Abstract art, Colourful summer
Located in Deddington, GB
Colourful landscape with warm fields and a farmhouse in the distance.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Patchwork Fields by Ana Bianchi [2023]
Original painting
Oil paint on Canvas
Signed by...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Thailand Home - Karol Jersak - Mixed Media Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Karol is a highly skilled artist whose abstract mixed-media paintings exude an exceptional level of raw creativity.
Her artistic process involves skillfully combining colors, chalk ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Trip - Karol Jersak - Eiffel Tower Landscape Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Karol is a highly skilled artist whose abstract mixed-media paintings exude an exceptional level of raw creativity.
Her artistic process involves skillfully combining colors, chalk ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Red Shadow - Modern Expressive Minimalistic Painting, Large Format
Located in Salzburg, AT
Joanna Mrozowska
Born in 1976 in Warsaw. Studied in the Department of Painting in the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw; she graduated with a Master’s degree in painting, with the cycle...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Step Forward - Contemporary Expressive Symbolic and Minimalistic Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Joanna Mrozowska
Born in 1976 in Warsaw. Studied in the Department of Painting in the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw; she graduated with a Master’s degree in painting, with the cycle...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Controlling Chaos 30 X 30
By José Castro
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Controlling Chaos. 2023
30 X 30
Acrylic, gesso, plaster of Paris and ink on cradled birchwood.
Jose Castro was born in Matanzas, Cuba in 1947. In 1961, when he was 14, he was sent to...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Plaster, Ink, Acrylic, Wood Panel
This Means War - Contemporary Expressive Symbolic and Minimalistic Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Joanna Mrozowska
Born in 1976 in Warsaw. Studied in the Department of Painting in the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw; she graduated with a Master’s degree in painting, with the cycle...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Bush And Chessboard - Contemporary Expressive Symbolic and Minimalistic Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Joanna Mrozowska
Born in 1976 in Warsaw. Studied in the Department of Painting in the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw; she graduated with a Master’s degree in painting, with the cycle...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Ultramarine - Mixed Media Abstract Painting by Lesley Spowart - Contemporary Art
Located in Carmel, CA
Lesley Anne Spowart, an abstract artist hailing from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, is renowned for her transformative creations that blur the boundaries...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper, Mixed Media
PARAMETERS OF THE JOINT INDEVEAR
Located in Aventura, FL
Original oil painting on handmade paper. Hand signed on front by Alexander Gore. Artwork sheet size 15 x 10 inches. Frame size approx 23 x 19 inches.
Artwork is in excellent cond...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Handmade Paper
Red Square 36 X 36
By José Castro
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Red Square 36 X 36
Jose Castro was born in Matanzas, Cuba in 1947. In 1961, when he was 14, he was sent to Miami to escape the Revolution. Later he was joined by his mother and sist...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Fig. XLIII
Located in Westport, CT
Paul Michael Graves began his art practice as an abstract oil painter while serving in the US Air Force as an officer and helicopter pilot flying and commanding special operations mi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Parasol" Abstract Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Parasol" Abstract Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
ABOUT
A characteristically bold and optimistic palette does not belie the inescapably pensive nature and at times, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Matthew Jay Russell "Racing Feet II" 20x20 Abstract Horseshoe Painting on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
"Racing Feet II" is a 20x20 mixed media painting on canvas by artist Matthew Jay Russell, featuring a grid of repeating horseshoes. Layering of textures and mixed media in soft blues...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
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