Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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.
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Style: Contemporary
Dream of Deads and Alives - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Dream of Deads and Alives is a Drawing realized by Iranian artist and Poet Parimah Avani in 2023.
China ink, acrylic on Japanese Washi Haruki paper with applied Papyrus, Plettenberg...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic
French Contemporary Art by Frédérick Mazoir - Visiting 5
Located in Paris, IDF
Indian ink, carbon black, walnut husk, gouaches & blue oil on AMT paper
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Walnut, India Ink, Gouache, Carbon Pencil
Questioning the Dead Under Moonlight - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Questioning the Dead Under Moonlight is a Drawing realized by Iranian artist and Poet Parimah Avani in 2023.
China ink, acrylic on Japanese Washi Haruki paper with applied Papyrus, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic
First Couple, First Moon - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
First Couple, First Moon is a Drawing realized by Iranian artist and Poet Parimah Avani in 2023.
China ink, acrylic on Japanese Washi Haruki paper with applied Papyrus, Plettenberg,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic
Goddess of Tears and Water - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Goddess of Tears and Water is a Drawing realized by Iranian artist and Poet Parimah Avani in 2023.
China ink, acrylic, and charcoal on traditional Japanese Kozo paper, with applied ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic
Goddess of Invisibility, Air, and Pendulants - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Goddess of Invisibility, Air, and Pendulants is a Drawing realized by Iranian Painter and Poet Parimah Avani in 2023.
China ink, acrylic, and charcoal on traditional Japanese Kozo p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic
Messenger of the Afterlife - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Messenger of the Afterlife is a Drawing realized by Iranian artist and Poet Parimah Avani in 2023.
China ink, acrylic on Japanese Washi Haruki paper with applied Papyrus, Plettenber...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic
Life Spiral, Beacon, NY, 2020
By Matt Kinney
Located in Hudson, NY
ABOUT
Matt Kinney was born in Georgetown, Massachusetts. He attended Pratt Institute and The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, graduating in 1998. After graduation, Kinney began in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Oratorio
By Toni Flynn
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Toni Flynn attended the Art Students League in New York City, the storied institution where Jackson Pollack, Robert Rauschenberg, Alexander Calder, and Georgia O’Keefe studied. At th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Printer's Ink, Acrylic
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Minimal, black and white, graphite drawing: 'FIND'
By Judi Tavill
Located in New York, NY
“My biomorphic abstractions range from intimate to immersive in scale, referencing our interconnectedness.
Building curvilinear ceramic sculpture and then drawing intertwined graph...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Affiorare - Drawing by Maurizio Gracceva - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Affiorare is a beautiful artwork realized by Maurizio Gracceva in the 2023.
Colored mixed media on paper.
Hand signed by the artist.
Title, date, techinique and sign on the back...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Deriva - Drawing by Maurizio Gracceva - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Deriva is a beautiful artwork realized by Maurizio Gracceva in the 2023.
Colored mixed media on paper.
Hand signed by the artist.
Title, date, techinique and sign on the back....
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Finalmente in Viaggio - Drawing by Maurizio Gracceva - 2017
Located in Roma, IT
Espandersi is a beautiful artwork realized by Maurizio Gracceva in the 2017.
China ink on paper.
Hand signed by the artist.
Title, date, techinique and sign on the back.
Auth...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Espandersi - Drawing by Maurizio Gracceva - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Espandersi is a beautiful artwork realized by Maurizio Gracceva in the 2023.
Colored mixed media on paper.
Hand signed by the artist.
Title, date, techinique and sign on the b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
The Navel of The Earth
By Jim Holyoak
Located in Santa Monica, CA
India Ink
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
$3,676 Sale Price
20% Off
The Home of the Giants
By Jim Holyoak
Located in Santa Monica, CA
India Ink
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
$1,296 Sale Price
20% Off
Wandering Gargantuan
By Jim Holyoak
Located in Santa Monica, CA
India Ink
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
$1,056 Sale Price
20% Off
Goddess and Pillar of the West Sky - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Goddess and Pillar of the West Sky is a Drawing realized by Iranian Painter and Poet Parimah Avani in 2023.
China ink, acrylic, and mixed media on traditional Japanese Kozo paper, w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic
Goddess and Pillar of the North Sky - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Goddess and Pillar of the North Sky is a Drawing realized by Iranian Painter and Poet Parimah Avani in 2023.
China ink, acrylic, and charcoal on traditional Japanese Kozo paper, wit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic
"Constellation with Blue Cloud, " Original Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Constellation with Blue Cloud" is an original watercolor painting on paper by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower left. The piece is abstract; a large blue ring...
Category
1960s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Whale in a Sea of Symbols, " Drawing on Handmade Paper by Miguel Castro Leñero
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Whale in a Sea of Symbols" is an original ink and charcoal on handmade amate paper by Miguel Castro Leñero. The artist initialed the piece lower right. This piece features an abstra...
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Ink, Handmade Paper
American Contemporary Art by Michael Alan - Toxic American
By Michael Alan
Located in Paris, IDF
Wash, ink, wash & pen on paper
Michael Alan is an American artist born in 1977 who lives & works in New York, USA. As a multidisciplinary artist. His work has been featured in many ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Self-Esteem
Located in New York, NY
Ink on paper, Acrylic and / or watercolor, signed in the front, framed in a thin blond wood frame, glass.
Philip Wittmann work is based on signs. Sign...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Beaten Rose of Revolution - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
Beaten Rose of Revolution is a Drawing realized by Iranian Painter and Poet Parimah Avani in 2022.
China ink and acrylic on ivory-colored paper.
Hand-signed and dated with the embossing stamp.
Excellent conditions.
Presented in a Personal exhibition of "le Poesie Di Lutto e Di Lotta " (The Poems of Struggle and Mourning) curated by Leda Bartolucci in Turin, Italy, Bagni Pubblici, 2022.
The artwork is poetically created through expressionistic brush strokes, the well-applied dry and watery strokes from the series “The Poems of Struggle and Mourning " in poetic style representing revolutionary figures in a minimalistic manner.
What makes this series unique: is deeply behind the dynamic emotion of each figure and abstract form, four colors here have metaphorical features; pink as woman, yellow as hope, silvery as resistance, and red as blood.
Her works in this series challenge oppression, torture, censorship, and gender-related issues themes by applying oriental brushstrokes of calligraphy in ink as a primary tool, to fragile subjects. She portrays her Eastern identity through materials and techniques as a fundament, adding layers of today's socio-political concerns. In her Exhibition "Heroine's Journey" presented in the Sparkasse Plettenberg, Germany in 2023, she with the same approach successfully presented revolutionary and rebellious gestures figures.
The panoramic lines inspired by Persian calligraphy created motifs and repetition harmoniously in a neat composition, each reminding mysterious words. The style of Persian calligraphy and her knowledge of poetry let her create a visual poem in an expressionistic style, the use of space and maintaining an empty background and foreground intentionally have been made to emphasize the solitude and loneliness of figures and at the same time connect to oriental calligraphy in which empty space has the same value as the filled one, succeed to create pure incarnation.
Avani's artworks have evident characteristics, firstly strongly inspired by Tachisme's “Abstraction lyrique" and artworks of Henri Michaux, and Hans Hurting secondly oriental Persian calligraphy of poem style is evident in her artworks, finally dynamic sensation of revolutionary art, the slogan of street wall transformed into contemporary language and its features intuitively are subtly inserted.
Parimah Avani, born in 1988 in Tehran, Iran, is a multidisciplinary artist and a recognized figure in contemporary hermetic Persian literature and the avant-garde "Other" movement. Her book, "Magic Verses of Antalus," was a finalist for the prestigious "Shamlou" Award. Her most recent achievement is winning an art competition for a scholarship from Werkstatt Plettenberg in Germany, culminating in a solo exhibition held at the Gallery of the German Bank...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic
Silvery Song of Resistance - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
Silvery Song of Resistance is a Drawing realized by Iranian Painter and Poet Parimah Avani in 2022.
China ink and acrylic on ivory-colored paper.
Hand-signed and dated with the embossing stamp.
Excellent conditions.
Presented in a Personal exhibition of "le Poesie Di Lutto e Di Lotta " (The Poems of Struggle and Mourning) curated by Leda Bartolucci in Turin, Italy, Bagni Pubblici, 2022.
The artwork is poetically created through expressionistic brush strokes, the well-applied dry and watery strokes from the series “The Poems of Struggle and Mourning " representing revolutionary figures in a minimalistic manner. The figure on the right and left made an impressive composition dynamically.
What makes this series unique: is deeply behind the dynamic emotion of each figure and abstract form, four colors here have metaphorical features; pink as woman, yellow as hope, silvery as resistance, and red as blood.
Her works in this series challenge oppression, torture, censorship, and gender-related issues themes by applying oriental brushstrokes of calligraphy in ink as a primary tool, to fragile subjects. She portrays her Eastern identity through materials and techniques as a fundament, adding themes of today's socio-political concerns. In her Exhibition "Heroine's Journey" presented in the Sparkasse Plettenberg, Germany in 2023, with the same approach successfully presented revolutionary and rebellious gestures figures.
The panoramic lines inspired by Persian calligraphy created motifs and repetition harmoniously in a neat composition, each reminding mysterious words. The style of Persian calligraphy and her knowledge of poetry let her create a visual poem in an expressionistic style, the use of space and maintaining an empty background and foreground intentionally have been made to emphasize the solitude and loneliness of figures and at the same time connect to oriental calligraphy in which empty space has the same value as the filled one, succeed to create pure incarnation.
Avani's artworks have evident characteristics, firstly strongly inspired by Tachisme's “Abstraction lyrique" and artworks of Henri Michaux, and Hans Hurting secondly oriental Persian calligraphy of poem style is evident in her artworks, finally dynamic sensation of revolutionary art, the slogan of street wall transformed into contemporary language and its features intuitively are subtly inserted.
Parimah Avani, born in 1988 in Tehran, Iran, is a multidisciplinary artist and a recognized figure in contemporary hermetic Persian literature and the avant-garde "Other" movement. Her book, "Magic Verses of Antalus," was a finalist for the prestigious "Shamlou" Award. Her most recent achievement is winning an art competition for a scholarship from Werkstatt Plettenberg in Germany, culminating in a solo exhibition held at the Gallery of the German Bank...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic
Red Rose of Revolution - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
Red Rose of Revolution is a Drawing realized by Iranian Painter and Poet Parimah Avani in 2022.
China ink and acrylic on ivory-colored paper.
Hand-signed and dated with the embossing stamp.
Excellent conditions.
Presented in a personal exhibition of "Le Poesie Di Lutto e Di Lotta" (The Poems of Struggle and Mourning) curated by Leda Bartolucci in Turin, Italy, Bagni Pubblici, 2022.
The artwork is poetically created through expressionistic brush strokes, the well-applied dry and watery strokes from the series “The Poems of Struggle and Mourning " in poetic style representing revolutionary figures in a minimalistic manner.
What makes this series unique: is deeply behind the dynamic emotion of each figure and abstract form, four colors here have metaphorical features; pink as woman, yellow as hope, silvery as resistance, and red as blood.
The panoramic lines inspired by Persian calligraphy created motifs and repetition harmoniously in a neat composition, each reminding mysterious words. The style of Persian calligraphy and her knowledge of poetry let her create a visual poem in an expressionistic style, the use of space and maintaining an empty background and foreground intentionally have been made to emphasize the solitude and loneliness of figures and at the same time connect to oriental calligraphy in which empty space has the same value as the filled one, succeed to create pure incarnation.
Avani's artworks have evident characteristics, firstly strongly inspired by Tachisme's “Abstraction lyrique" and artworks of Henri Michaux, and Hans Hurting secondly oriental Persian calligraphy of poem style is evident in her artworks, finally dynamic sensation of revolutionary art, the slogan of street wall transformed into contemporary language and its features intuitively are subtly inserted.
Parimah Avani, born in 1988 in Tehran, Iran, is a multidisciplinary artist and a recognized figure in contemporary hermetic Persian literature and the avant-garde "Other" movement. Her book, "Magic Verses of Antalus," was a finalist for the prestigious "Shamlou" Award. Her most recent achievement is winning an art competition for a scholarship from Werkstatt Plettenberg in Germany, culminating in a solo exhibition held at the Gallery of the German Bank...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic
Broken Heart Blues
By Mark Lembo
Located in Boston, MA
About the piece:
Oddly enough, I was quite happy that day.
Words that describe this piece:outsider, blue, monochrome, action, dynamic
Artist Biography:
Mark A. Lembo Script M Abstract Art Mark’s dynamic work blurs the distinction between alcohol ink and watercolor - working with dyes, inks, liquid acrylic, liquid watercolor, and other aqueous media; lately, he has been incorporating metallic watercolor and pearlescent ink to his work. He has used canvas, synthetic Yupo™ paper, Yasutomo Mineral Paper, and various watercolor papers. Mark’s journey into the world of creative arts started with the question, “What would Jackson Pollock’s work look like if he had used transparent watercolors?” So, it was out with the pencils, pens, and brushes, and on to the pouring of various aqueous solutions. While mostly self-taught, Mark took a series of classes at the Creative Arts Group, Sierra Madre, CA, under Joe Stoddard, as well as seminars with Robert Burridge...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Synthetic Paper
American Contemporary Art by Michael Alan - Arf Art
By Michael Alan
Located in Paris, IDF
Watercolor and ink on Bristol paper
Michael Alan is an American artist born in 1977 who lives & works in New York, USA. As a multidisciplinary artist. His work has been featured in ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
"Glower, " Pastel on Grocery Bag signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Glower" is an original pastel drawing on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece on the back of the artwork. This piece features abs...
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Found Objects
Black Sky (The Cave Series), 2
Located in New York, NY
Black Sky (The Cave Series), 2, 2015
graphite on paper
77 x 112 cm
Category
Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Songs of Moon, Sun, Sunset - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Songs of Moon, Sun, Sunset is a drawing realized by Iranian Painter and Poet Parimah Avani in 2023.
Sumi and traditional Persian ink, and acrylic on kraft paper.
Hand-signed and da...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Sumi Ink, Acrylic
Blooms and Ballads of Hope - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Blooms and Ballads of Hope is a drawing realized by Iranian Painter and Poet Parimah Avani in 2023.
Sumi and Persian ink, and acrylic on traditional Lokta Hymalian paper "Nepali Kag...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Sumi Ink, Acrylic
Golden Rainfall of Hope - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Golden Rainfall of Hope is a drawing realized by Iranian Painter and Poet Parimah Avani in 2023.
Sumi and Persian ink, and acrylic on traditional Lokta Hymalian paper "Nepali Kagaj"...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Sumi Ink, Acrylic
Drizzle of Freedom - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Drizzle of Freedom is a drawing realized by Iranian Painter and Poet Parimah Avani in 2023.
Sumi and Persian ink, and acrylic on traditional Lokta Hymalian paper "Nepali Kagaj".
Ha...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Sumi Ink, Acrylic
Songs of Putrefaction - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Songs of Putrefaction is a drawing realized by Iranian Painter and Poet Parimah Avani in 2023.
Sumi and Persian ink, and acrylic on traditional Lokta Hymalian paper "Nepali Kagaj".
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Sumi Ink, Acrylic
The Darkness' Last Breath - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
The Darkness' Last Breath is a drawing realized by Iranian Painter and Poet Parimah Avani in 2023.
Sumi and Persian ink, and acrylic on traditional Lokta Hymalian paper "Nepali Kaga...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Sumi Ink, Acrylic
Silvery Hymns of Hope - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Silvery Hymns of Hope is a drawing realized by Iranian Painter and Poet Parimah Avani in 2023.
Sumi and Persian ink, and acrylic on traditional Lokta Hymalian paper "Nepali Kagaj".
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Sumi Ink, Acrylic
Songs of Golden Freedom - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Songs of Golden Freedom is a drawing realized by Iranian Painter and Poet Parimah Avani in 2023.
Sumi and traditional Persian ink, and acrylic on kraft paper.
Hand-signed and dated...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Sumi Ink, Acrylic
Potion of Eternal Freedom - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Potion of Eternal Freedom is a realized by Iranian Painter and Poet Parimah Avani in 2023.
Sumi, Persian ink, and acrylic on kraft paper.
Hand-signed and dated.
Excellent conditions.
From the series "Resistance and Alchemical Metals"
The artwork is expressively poetic, with an exclusive title that refers to the socio-political context, and the application of limited color of metals" various copper, gold, silver, bronze" have metaphorical features of alchemy. In this series artist took positions, and gestures of revolutionary and rebellious bodies on the battlefield of revolution and transformed them dynamically into precious sources of resistance by spiritual transitions of colors akin to alchemy, meat, and blood found their symbolic meaning through colors and expressive brushstrokes, metals here refer to bodies of freedom seekers, shapable, flexible, shiny and a source of strength, that highlights how a body becomes a battlefield, a golden source of sacrifice, a silver font of resistance, copper as blood and women fighting for freedom.
What makes this series unique: it is deeply behind the dynamic emotion of each gestural figure, in a minimalistic manner, and the vigorous and unbridled energy of brushstrokes, is raw, spontaneous, and emotionally charged.
Her works in this series challenge oppression, torture, censorship, and gender-related issues themes by applying oriental brushstrokes of calligraphy in ink as a primary tool, to fragile subjects. She portrays her Eastern identity through materials and techniques as a fundament, adding layers of today's socio-political concerns. In her Exhibition "Heroine's Journey" presented in the Sparkasse Plettenberg, Germany in 2023, she with the same approach successfully presented revolutionary and rebellious gestures by applying the same limited colors of alchemical metals.
Parimah Avani, born in 1988 in Tehran, Iran, is a multidisciplinary artist and a recognized figure in contemporary hermetic Persian literature and the avant-garde "Other" movement. Her book, "Magic Verses of Antalus," was a finalist for the prestigious "Shamlou" Award. Her most recent achievement is winning an art competition for a scholarship from Werkstatt Plettenberg in Germany, culminating in a solo exhibition held at the Gallery of the German Bank...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Sumi Ink, Acrylic
Papierschnitt 3
Located in Wien, 9
> Papercut, Watercolor
> signed and dated lower right
Barbara Szüts was born in Bad Bleiberg in Carinthia (AUSTRIA) in 1952. She studied painting with Carl Unger at the University o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Untitled
Located in Wien, 9
> signed and dated lower right
Barbara Szüts was born in Bad Bleiberg in Carinthia (AUSTRIA) in 1952. She studied painting with Carl Unger at the University of Applied Arts in Vienn...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
"Postcard Size Impression of Autumn at Star Lake..." Watercolor by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Postcard Size Impression of Autumn at Star Lake, WI" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower center. The piece is an abstract representation of the ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Chinese Contemporary Art by Xia FuNing - The Naked Poverty No.1
By Xia FuNing
Located in Paris, IDF
Watercolour on paper
Xia Fu-Ning is a Chinese artist born in 1962 in Nanjing. He was once a professor in the Department of Fine Arts during 1980s in Tianjin Polytechnic University a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Golden Song of Revolution - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Golden Song of Revolution is a drawing realized by Iranian Painter and Poet Parimah Avani in 2023.
Sumi, Persian ink, and acrylic on kraft paper.
Hand-signed and dated.
Excellent ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Sumi Ink
Song of Freedom in Copper Color - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Golden Song of Revolution is a drawing realized by Iranian Painter and Poet Parimah Avani in 2023.
Sumi, Persian ink, and acrylic on kraft paper.
Song of Freedom in Copper Color is...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Sumi Ink, Acrylic
Quarantine Drawings 9, 6, 5
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: Chinese ink, ink stick, and charcoal on handmade paper
ANASTASIA PELIAS was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is roote...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Ink, Handmade Paper
"Living Figures, " Oil Pastel on Grocery Bag signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Living Figures" is an original oil pastel on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower right and dated it on the back. It features two abstracted figures i...
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Found Objects
Abstract Composition
Located in Astoria, NY
Elfi Schuselka (Austrian, b. 1940), Abstract Composition, Mixed Media on Paper with three-dimensional collage elements, signed in pencil lower right, unframed. 23" H x 30" W. Provena...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Pencil, Graphite
Sunset Of Revolution - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Sunset Of Revolution is an original painting realized by Iranian Painter and Poet Parimah Avani in 2023.
China ink and acrylic on framed canvas.
H...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic
Silvery Lullaby of Freedom - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Silvery Lullaby of Freedom is an original painting realized by Iranian Painter and Poet Parimah Avani in 2023.
China ink and acrylic on framed canvas....
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic
American Contemporary Art by Michael Alan - Enigma
By Michael Alan
Located in Paris, IDF
Marker, gouache, ink, colored pencil and collage on paper
Michael Alan is an American artist born in 1977 who lives & works in New York, USA. As a multidisciplinary artist. His work has been featured in many solo shows, over 200 group shows, and over 200 Living Installations in New York. His art has been discussed in over 200 publications, books and media sources, including the New York Times, The Huffington Post, Bomb Magazine, Art 21,NBC's Today Show, Marie Claire Italia, Frank 151, Art+Auction, the New York Post, Fox Channel 5, the Village Voice's “Best in Show", The Creator's Project, Art Forum...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pen, Permanent Marker, Pencil, Color Pencil, Ink
"It's a Gusher II, " Original Color Ink Drawing signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"It's a Gusher II" is an original ink drawing by David Barnett, signed in the lower center within the red stripe. It depicts an oil rig exploding with black oil and color, mimicking ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Revolution's Night - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
The Revolution's Night is an original painting realized by Iranian Painter and Poet Parimah Avani in 2023.
China ink and acrylic on framed canvas.
Hand signed and dated.
Excellent conditions.
Presented in a Solo exhibition of "Calligraphy of Bodies" in Luoghi Comuni Turin 2023.
The artwork is expressively and poetically created, the well-applied dry and watery strokes represent gestural revolutionary figures in a minimalistic manner in a miniature style of composition. which makes this series unique: it is deeply behind the dynamic emotion of each gestural figure, four colors here have metaphorical features; pink as woman, yellow as hope, silvery as resistance, and red as blood. another aspect that stands out in this art is the vigorous and unbridled energy of brushstrokes. Her Series could be described as raw, spontaneous, and emotionally charged. Gestures are a powerful and thought-provoking commentary on social and political issues.
Parimah Avani, born in 1988 in Tehran, Iran, is a multidisciplinary artist with various solo
and group exhibitions, performances, and published illustrations and writings. She is a
recognized figure in contemporary hermetic Persian literature and the avant-garde "Other"
movement. Her book, "Magic Verses of Antalus," was a finalist for the prestigious
"Shamlou" Award. Her most recent achievement is winning an art competition for a
scholarship and an art residency at Werkstatt Plettenberg in Germany, culminating in a
solo exhibition held at the Gallery of the German Bank...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic
American Contemporary Art by Michael Alan - Tree of Life
By Michael Alan
Located in Paris, IDF
Watercolor, ink, wash & pen on paper
Michael Alan is an American artist born in 1977 who lives & works in New York, USA. As a multidisciplinary artist. His work has been featured in...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Friday I'm in Love (red gold)
By Ayse Wilson
Located in Westport, CT
Ayse Wilson is a Turkish-American artist who lives and lives and works in Connecticut. Her work draws from memory and emotion to remind viewers of youth, innocence and the timeless space we occupy when we are young. She creates lively and childlike characters, finding inspiration in the works of early Italian Renaissance masters such as Fra Angelico.
Wilson graduated from Wellesley College in 1991, and pursued her education in Florence. She received her MFA at New York Academy of Art, and later worked as a painting assistant to Jeff Koons for two years.
This current series employs the toile wallpaper samples that the artist had lying around her house during lockdown as a backdrop for ambiguous and complicated feelings toward quarantine and domestic confinement. In this work, she is hoping to narrate how fear of the pandemic unknown, coupled with household anxieties, and increased self-awareness contributed to the mixed emotions of security and hostility towards enforced domesticity within a masked world.
The toile tradition represented a coincidental parallel with the COVID era rediscovery of old-fashioned pastoral lifestyles, and the embrace of self-reliant artisanal practices like cooking, gardening, sewing, and prescribed homeschooling. Her colorful inscriptions, some original, some appropriated, layer in our contemporary lifestyle, our modern methods of connectivity as well as our high-tech world.
The punky playfulness of the neon and fluorescents contrasts with the backdrop of Fragonard-esque imagery and hopes to delivery her messages of love and connection, awareness and newness, hope and emotions, as well as the occasional glossily veiled hostility expressed in certain so-called “love” declarations.
The phrases evolved from a previous series addressing the Me Too movement...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
UNTITLED (ORIGINAL DRAWING)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original color drawing on paper. Hand signed lower front by Roberto Matta. Image size 12 x 16 inches. Frame size approx 23.25 x 27.5 inches.
Artwork is in overall excellent co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
$23,600 Sale Price
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Georgian Contemporary Art by Rezo Khasia - Graphics
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on paper
Rezo Khasia is a Georgian artist born in 1947 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. The sculptures performed by him are generalized and minimalist. He Uses as a working material the bronze, wood, stone, metal and general energy, which perfectly perfects both exterior and interior spaces. All sculpture itself is made of solid material. He has implemented many creative projects both in Georgia and abroad, participated in both domestic and international exhibitions, exhibitions-competitions, symposia and architectural-creative competitions. He has been awarded from numerous creative awards and prizes as Grand Prix - Work Muse International Sculpture Symposium in Nadiotadi, Hungary, I Prize - International Exhibition-Competition Olympiad-2004 in Tbilisi, Georgia, Grand Prix in Sculpture - International Exhibition at Blue Gallery...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Georgian Contemporary Art by Nina Narimanishvili - Inside Out 2
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on handmade paper
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Abstract Composition - Mixed Media by Paolo Pasotto - 1986
Located in Roma, IT
Astract composition is an artwork realized by Paolo Pasotto in 1986.
50 x 35 cm.
Hand signed bottom right.
Mixed techinique on paper.
Good conditions!
Category
1980s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
Abstract Composition - Mixed Media by Paolo Pasotto - 1996
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract composition is an artwork realized by Paolo Pasotto in 1996.
50 x 35 cm.
Hand signed on both short sides.
Mixed techinique on paper.
Good conditions.
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
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