Abstract Sculptures
ABSTRACT STYLE
Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.
Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.
Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.
Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.
Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.
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Style: Abstract
Tea Party Series #2
Located in New York, NY
Abstract stainless steel pipe sculpture. Can be inside or outside.
About the Artist:
Famous abstract expressionist. Soffer was born in Baghdad, died in 2017.
In the early 50’s he made his way to New York City where he studied with Ad Reinhardt, Mark Rothko, Burgoyne Diller, and José de Rivera...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
White and Black Platter with Gold Accents
By Lois Sattler
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
White and black platter with gold accents. Medium: ceramic porcelain. Size: 15 inch diameter and 2 inches deep (38 cm diameter and 6 c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Large pair of signed Murano glass vases.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Large pair of signed Murano glass vases by Olivier Guis. Late 20th century.
Venetian glass (Italian: vetro veneziano) is thought to have been...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Stepping Stone
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Stepping stone image laid out on maple burl veneer with acrylic poured and finished with resin.
Keywords: abstract, blue, stone, ven...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Wood, Acrylic
Light-Glyph 16 (Turquoise)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
In the first of his newest series, Light-Glyphs, a range of colors illuminate the interior of translucent sculptural boxes. Light diffuses through their frosted surfaces and softens ...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Pigment
DEEP PURPLE metal wood cubist
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This wood and metal wall-sculpture is another in McGilvray's several depictions of heavenly bodies in the universe. In this artwork, a primary colored constellation is floating in a deep purple...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Plinto, mixed media sculpture
Located in Boston, MA
Plinto, mixed media sculpture by Dutch artist Hans Van Meeuwen.
Keywords: representational, architecture, street scenes, figure, pants, legs, shoes, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Fiberglass, Mixed Media, Polystyrene
Justin Siegel, Untitled, Ceramic Scultpure, 2021
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Justin Siegel
Title: Untitled (0521-08)
Size: 11h x 4w x 4.5d
Medium: Ceramic pottery , underglaze and acrylic
Year: 2021
Justin Siegel’s abstr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Underglaze, Acrylic
Dummy no1 Clear Resin and Hand Color Dyed Scuplture
By Hsu Yun Chin
Located in London, GB
"Aesthetic of Fear
Fear is like a paper cut on the fingertip, it itches, affects you if you try to ignore it.
Hsu draw her research on understanding fears in psychology and how to u...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Dye
Abstraction in Orange
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This is part of a new series of Free Standing sculptures. I was due to be in a group show where I would have a 6 foot table on which t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Italian Mid Century Mod Large Brutalist Welded Copper Enamel Sculpture Wood Base
Located in Surfside, FL
Welded, brazed, copper (based on the weight, this might be iron or bronze) with colorful inset enamel plaques on a painted wood base. A studio handmade Brutalist sculpture in a mann...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Enamel, Metal, Copper
Quasar
By Clark Derbes
Located in Lincoln, MA
carved and polychromed maple
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint, Underglaze
When Color Speaks
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Walking along the River Arno and over the Ponte Mezzo in Pisa, seeing the palaces reflected on the river or the evening clouds made me appreciate and enjoy the ch...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Solo (miniature)
Located in Napa, CA
A civil engineer for 30 years, Holmes has been exhibiting and selling his sculptures since 1975 in the United States, Europe, South America, and Asia. He is now very well-known for h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Straddle
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Catherine Bohrman's bronze sculptures encompass gestural form with figurative elements. Her international style has been noted to possess soft edges that belie the magnitude of their...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Stoneware pot by Bo Kristiansen (1944-1991)
Located in Fresno, CA
Stoneware pot by Danish Artist/Ceramicist, Bo Kristiansen (1944-1991) A rotund and weighty stoneware pot in true Kristiansen style, (though uncharacteris...
Category
1970s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Wind of Change v.2" Sculpture 19.5" x 9.5" x 5.5" in Ed 1/1 by Sergii Shaulis
Located in Culver City, CA
"Wind of Change v.2" Sculpture 19.5" x 9.5" x 5.5" in Ed 1/1 by Sergii Shaulis
2021
Man. From the Fateful Flowers series
Approximate weight 14 lbs
ABOUT ARTIST
Born on 27 May 19...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Chestnuts
By Megan Frazer
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
I collected horse chestnuts on my frequent walks with Ocho the dog because I love the shapes, color and texture of these large seeds. I cleaned, sealed and painte...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Organic Material, Acrylic, Board
Generator
By Clark Derbes
Located in Lincoln, MA
carved and polychromed maple
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint, Underglaze
Reverse (miniature) - 24 Karat Gold plated
Located in Napa, CA
A civil engineer for 30 years, Holmes has been exhibiting and selling his sculptures since 1975 in the United States, Europe, South America, and Asia. He is now very well-known for h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Gold, Bronze
"Queen Florence, " Abstract Ceramic Vessel
Located in Westport, CT
This glazed porcelain vessel features a bright turquoise form which fades to a white crystalline drip, and cascades over a faded blue base. The wide neck and lip are charcoal grey.
Jon Puzzuoli...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Contemporary Ceramic Cube Wall Sculpture by Kaiser Suidan
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Artist: Kaiser Suidan
4 x 4 Cubes all Hand Made in Studio
Signed on the bottom
From first generation Lebanese descent, Kaiser Suidan was raised in a l...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Turquoise no1 Clear Resin and Hand Color Dyed Scuplture
By Hsu Yun Chin
Located in London, GB
"Aesthetic of Fear
Fear is like a paper cut on the fingertip, it itches, affects you if you try to ignore it.
Hsu draw her research on understanding fears in psychology and how to u...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Dye
Peekin (Colorful Abstract Geometric Wood Wall Sculpture in Blue, Green & White)
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract geometric three-dimensional wood wall sculpture in shades of blue, green, teal, with contrasts of white
"Peekin", made by Hudson Valley artist, Stephen Walling, in 2020
35 x...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic, Wood Panel
The Abundant Swamp
Located in Southampton, NY
This stylized landscape immediately catches attention from 360 degrees around. The bold blues, greens, browns and touches of warm colors too bring attention to the bustling summer li...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
As Night Descends, Original Glass and Steel Sculpture, 2020
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
As Night Descends, Original Glass and Steel Sculpture, 2020
31″ × 17″ × 3″, 55 lbs
Fused Glass and Stainless Steel
Sculpture
Wall Mounted
Artist Commentary:
I made this several year...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Dummy no6 Clear Resin and Hand Color Dyed Scuplture
By Hsu Yun Chin
Located in London, GB
"Aesthetic of Fear
Fear is like a paper cut on the fingertip, it itches, affects you if you try to ignore it.
Hsu draw her research on understanding fears in psychology and how to u...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Dye
Chairman of the Bored
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
NB: This piece was photographed at an angle to avoid reflection.
Finished with a resin topcoat, this piece is glass-like in appearance. This helps accentuate the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Wood, Acrylic
Mural Modern Wall Hanging Brass and Steel "Shades of Gold" Brutalist Outdoor
Located in Benahavis, ES
The modern Wall Sculpture " Shades of Gold ” is a unique metal Mural made from a burnout mold by David Marshall in 2021, sand cast in brass and steel in our foundry, handcrafted by ...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Brass, Steel
Bandscape
By Clark Derbes
Located in Lincoln, MA
carved and polychromed maple
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint, Underglaze
Seule Italy 1985 Post_Modern Bronze Abstract Sculpture Annie Lambert
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an interesting and deep multiple artwork by Annie Lambert, a talented artist of 1980’ in Italy.
This is a multiple of a numbered edition of 1.00...
Category
1980s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Moment's Splendor
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
There was a restaurant in La Paz, BCS, Mexico where they kept peacocks and other birds in large cages in the back. I've always loved the glory of the peacock and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
September Song
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
While living in La Paz, BCS, Mexico, where the spring and summer were tremendously hot, I was thinking about the wonderful fall and fall colors in the eastern Uni...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
By the Healing Waters, Original Glass and Steel Sculpture, 2020
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
By the Healing Waters, Original Glass and Steel Sculpture, 2020
16″ × 12″ × 3″, 30 lbs
Fused Glass and Stainless Steel
Sculpture
May be installed indoors and outdoors
Free standing
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Candle Holders in Stacked Squares of Matte Steel Grey, Capped in Brilliant Gold
By Lois Sattler
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Candle Holders in stacked squares of matt steel grey, capped in brilliant gold luster. Medium: ceramic porcelain. Size: 5 x 4 in (12.7 x 10.2 cm).
Artwork Details...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Candle Holders in stacked squares of rich chocolate, capped in brilliant gold
By Lois Sattler
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Candle Holders in stacked squares of rich chocolate, capped in brilliant gold luster. Medium: ceramic porcelain. Size: 5 x 4 in (12.7 x 10.2 cm)
Artwork Details:...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
White Platter with Silver Lines
By Lois Sattler
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Round porcelain white platter with silver lines. For decorative use only. Stand not included. All the pieces can be outdoors in rain o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Sargasso ( Abstract New Brutalism 3D Wooden Wall Sculpture in Blues and Greens)
Located in Hudson, NY
"Sargasso" hand-carved wooden New Brutalism wall sculpture by Hudson Valley artist, Stephen Walling, made in 2013
36 x 40 x 2.5 inches
Carved wood and ac...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Dye, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Passion - abstract wall sculpture
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful Laser cut sculpture is part of Ilanit`s Calligraphy series. It is made of laser cut metal covered with automotive paint and comes re...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Conversation Piece (reclining)
By Bobbi Meier
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Paired with "Conversation Piece (erect)" this work was inspired by childhood memories of formal dinner parties in our split-leve...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Other Medium, Wood
Totem Poem, Original Glass and Metal Sculpture, 2020
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Totem Poem, Original Glass and Metal Sculpture, 2020
43″ × 72″ × 36″, 70 lbs
Fused Glass and Varied Metals
Sculpture may be installed indoors and outdoors
Free Standing
Artist Comme...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Portal
By Clark Derbes
Located in Lincoln, MA
carved and polychromed maple
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint, Underglaze
Wired VI
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Wired VI Wall Sculpture Powder-coated steel wire 68 x 46x 3 $4800. Artistic concepts are taken down to the wire in Los Angeles artist Camey McGilvrays latest series, Wire World....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Wire
"Julie" Modern Abstract Bronze Female Bust Portrait Sculpture of Julie Burrows
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract bronze portrait bust sculpture by Houston, Texas artist David Adickes. The work is modeled after Adickes' friend, Julie Burrows, and features sharp facial features an...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Untitled
By Tony Rosenthal
Located in New York, NY
This stunning Mid Century Modern welded bronze sculpture was realized by the esteemed 20th Century artist Tony Rosenthal circa 1965. Signed and dated by the artist (and with an inclu...
Category
1960s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Planter
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
The main log of this sculpture was gotten through Chicago's Streets and Sanitation Department. It was from a catalpa tree that once grew in the city.
Keywords: fi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
The Temple of Fire at the Event Horizon
By Mela M
Located in Fairfield, CT
Mela M’s sculptures are her interpretation of the seamless interconnectedness of light and material form and reference the pronounced uncertainty and unpredictability of our rapidly ...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
The Ladies (Picasso Homage) metal wall sculpture
Located in Palm Desert, CA
The Ladies (Picasso Homage) Wall Sculpture Powder-coated steel wire 54 x 48x 3 $6500. Artistic concepts are taken down to the wire in Los Angeles arti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Powder Coating
KIKKŌ 31
Located in Boston, MA
Traditional Japanese patterns, known as Wagara, have specific meanings that date back to historical references. Kikkō consists of hexagonal shapes resembling a tortoise-shell, symbol...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Paper
Generations, Abstract Sculpture Suitable for Outdoors, 2021
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Currently being shown on the Sedgewood Club golf course. The Sedgewood Club is a warm community in the Hudson Valley of NYS. Many NY families have multiple genera...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Action - tall, dynamic, reflective, geometric, abstract, steel outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
With Action, Canadian artist Ryan Van Der Hout creates a sense of motion in rigid steel. Paying homage to Eadweard Muybridge's seminal photographs, which first captured frame-by-fram...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Departure
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Walnut abstract inspired by nature
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Untitled I
By Lyndi Sales
Located in New York, NY
Untitled
Acrylic on paper
2021
Unframed size at 53 ½ x 45 ½ in.
Current framed in white wood shadow box.
Lyndi Sales is an artist based in Cape Town, Sout...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Paper, Archival Paper
Uluru
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This piece features the profile of Uluru, the iconic landmark in the center of Australia. The copperleaf sections have had a patina applied through the use of cert...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Woodcutter and Runaway
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Woodcutter and Runaway consists of three carved log figures in a rectangular wood structure. There is a male log figure (the woodcutter) on tree stump pedestal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Sunlight on the Baja Shore, Original Glass and Steel Sculpture, 2020
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Sunlight on the Baja Shore, Original Glass and Steel Sculpture, 2020
23″ × 23″ × 1″, 40 lbs
Fused Glass and Stainless Steel
Wall Mounted
Artist Commentary:
The first year we were li...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Lovesuite
By Bobbi Meier
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
An interactive hybrid of social experiment and sculptural object, envelopes the sitter into it’s cushiony softness, referencing a Victorian courting chair...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Other Medium
The eternal radiance in light speed delivers its colors...
By Mela M
Located in Fairfield, CT
Mela M’s sculptures are her interpretation of the seamless interconnectedness of light and material form and reference the pronounced uncertainty and unpredictability of our rapidly ...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
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