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Style: Abstract
Medium: Found Objects
Lovesuite
Lovesuite

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 Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects, Other Medium

Vestiges spectrales III (texture, organic, biophilic, sand, pastels, mix-media)
Vestiges spectrales III (texture, organic, biophilic, sand, pastels, mix-media)

Vestiges spectrales III (texture, organic, biophilic, sand, pastels, mix-media)

By Melisa Taylor Metzger

Located in Quebec, Quebec

Vestiges spectrales III is a mixed-media painting on canvas that continues Melisa Taylor Metzger’s exploration of the spectral and oceanic sublime. Though more intimate in scale, it ...

Category

2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic

Olafur Eliasson, Herbarium - Collage of Dried Water Lilies, Contemporary Art
Olafur Eliasson, Herbarium - Collage of Dried Water Lilies, Contemporary Art

Olafur Eliasson, Herbarium - Collage of Dried Water Lilies, Contemporary Art

By Olafur Eliasson

Located in Hamburg, DE

Olafur Eliasson (Danish-Icelandic, b. 1967) Herbarium, 2021 Medium: Collage of dried and pressed Nympheas Ellisana water lilies (Latour-Marliac) on Lanaquarelle handmade paper, in fl...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects, Handmade Paper

abstract
abstract

abstract

Located in Indianapolis, IN

Believed to be signed lower right, but little is known of this works' artist or origin.

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Paper, Found Objects, Acrylic, Newsprint

BATIK II
BATIK II

BATIK II

By Kim Fonder

Located in Tulsa, OK

BATIK II by Kim Fonder is a Vintage Batik Textile on Burlap with Plexiglass measuring 60.00 X 36.00 in and is priced at $3,600.00. Kim Fonder loves texture and touch. Her paintings ...

Category

2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Burlap, Plexiglass, Found Objects

Pressure Point
Pressure Point

Pressure Point

Located in Salt Lake City, UT

"Pressure Point" by Sarah Milne, mixed media, 8 1/2 X 5 inches (Frame size:16 1/4 X 13 1/2 in.), $325. I use old book pieces, ephemera, and subtle signs of life as my palette, and c...

Category

2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Paper, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Washi Paper, Magazine Paper

Tablescape
Tablescape

Tablescape

By Bobbi Meier

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: This piece is constructed from my grandmother's dressing table mirror, a found table base, and dismembered segments of a soft sculpture I had previously made and n...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects, Other Medium, Glass, Mirror, Spray Paint

Seeking Arrangement

Seeking Arrangement

By Bobbi Meier

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: This soft, pepto-bismol pink sculpture intertwined around a found traditional lamp and wrapped around the table it is sitting on reminded me of people who are look...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects, Other Medium, Oak

Conversation Piece (erect)
Conversation Piece (erect)

Conversation Piece (erect)

By Bobbi Meier

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: Remembering formal dinners my mother would arrange in our modest midwestern, suburban home, this piece and it's companion, Conversation Piece...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Wood, Found Objects, Other Medium

Conversation Piece (reclining)
Conversation Piece (reclining)

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 Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects, Other Medium, Wood

Pretzel Cup

Pretzel Cup

By Tom Pfannerstill

Located in Fairfield, CT

Tom Pfannerstill recreates found objects on carved basswood and paints over them.

Category

2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Wood, Paint, Found Objects, Other Medium

Superman Candy Sticks (2x)

Superman Candy Sticks (2x)

By Tom Pfannerstill

Located in Fairfield, CT

Tom Pfannerstill recreates found objects on carved basswood and paints over them.

Category

2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Wood, Paint, Found Objects, Other Medium

Zootopia Happy Meal

Zootopia Happy Meal

By Tom Pfannerstill

Located in Fairfield, CT

Tom Pfannerstill recreates found objects on carved basswood and paints over them.

Category

2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Wood, Paint, Found Objects, Other Medium

Popeyes

Popeyes

By Tom Pfannerstill

Located in Fairfield, CT

Tom Pfannerstill recreates found objects on carved basswood and paints over them.

Category

2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Wood, Paint, Found Objects, Other Medium

Common Ground (No. 4) A contemporary textural abstract painting on wood panel
Common Ground (No. 4) A contemporary textural abstract painting on wood panel

Common Ground (No. 4) A contemporary textural abstract painting on wood panel

By Katherine Filice

Located in Hollister, CA

Encaustic abstract painting by Katherine Filice, incorporating charcoal, ink, wax, and found objects on a wood panel. Part of the artist’s newest series, "Common Ground", this painti...

Category

2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Charcoal, Found Objects, Archival Ink, Wax, Wood Panel

Common Ground (No. 3) a textural contemporary painting featuring blues on panel
Common Ground (No. 3) a textural contemporary painting featuring blues on panel

Common Ground (No. 3) a textural contemporary painting featuring blues on panel

By Katherine Filice

Located in Hollister, CA

Contemporary abstract painting combining ink, acrylic, stucco, and found objects on a wood panel. This piece from Katherine Filice’s newest series, "Common Ground" balances fluid ges...

Category

2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Common Ground (No. 2) Textural Abstract Painting on Wood, Contemporary
Common Ground (No. 2) Textural Abstract Painting on Wood, Contemporary

Common Ground (No. 2) Textural Abstract Painting on Wood, Contemporary

By Katherine Filice

Located in Hollister, CA

Textural abstract painting by Katherine Filice, featuring stucco, mica, ink, charcoal, and found materials layered onto wood. From her "Common Ground" series, this work demonstrates ...

Category

2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects, Mica, Wood Panel

Art in the Courtyard
Art in the Courtyard

Art in the Courtyard

By Varujan Boghosian

Located in Milford, NH

A fine abstract expressionist collage by American artist Varujan Boghosian (1926-2020). Boghosian was born in New Britain, CT and after serving in the United States Navy, he attended...

Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Paper, Found Objects, Black and White

"Hopper-Feeder" Mixed-Media Collage
"Hopper-Feeder" Mixed-Media Collage

"Hopper-Feeder" Mixed-Media Collage

Located in Chicago, IL

This three-dimensional collage entitled "Hopper-Feeder” by Chicago artist Patrick Fitzgerald finds its place alongside his series of abstract “track paintings,” initially born as the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Wire

Classic Colors Mixed Media on canvas Contemporary Signed 2010+
Classic Colors Mixed Media on canvas Contemporary Signed 2010+

Classic Colors Mixed Media on canvas Contemporary Signed 2010+

Located in Yuba City, CA

This mixed media piece "Classic Colors ", explores texture and abstract color composition through layers of acrylic and found objects. The artist's contemporary and abstract expressi...

Category

2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects

Rift Valley, Sonde 1 (khaki tan green organic copper coastal abstract texture)
Rift Valley, Sonde 1 (khaki tan green organic copper coastal abstract texture)

Rift Valley, Sonde 1 (khaki tan green organic copper coastal abstract texture)

By Melisa Taylor Metzger

Located in Quebec, Quebec

"Rift Valley, Sonde 1" is a textural and elemental abstract painting on canvas. It explores the hybridization of chance-derived color-fields with bas-relief aesthetics. Various techn...

Category

2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic

LEVEL : mixed media work of art

LEVEL : mixed media work of art

Located in New York, NY

Mixed media work of art by Gerald Wolfe. Concrete, plaster, wood lath, wood filler, and found objects are the materials of choice for New York artist Gerald Wolfe. He cuts, scrapes,...

Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Metal, Enamel, Wire

Traveler's Thanks
Traveler's Thanks

Traveler's Thanks

By Varujan Boghosian

Located in Milford, NH

A fine abstract expressionist collage by American artist Varujan Boghosian (1926-2020). Boghosian was born in New Britain, CT and after serving in the United States Navy, he attended...

Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Paper, Black and White, Color, Found Objects

Rose & Book Fragment
Rose & Book Fragment

Rose & Book Fragment

By Varujan Boghosian

Located in Milford, NH

A fine abstract expressionist collage by American artist Varujan Boghosian (1926-2020). Boghosian was born in New Britain, CT and after serving in the United States Navy, he attended...

Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Paper, Color, Found Objects

Fruits of War
Fruits of War

Fruits of War

By Varujan Boghosian

Located in Milford, NH

A fine abstract expressionist assemblage by American artist Varujan Boghosian (1926-2020). Boghosian was born in New Britain, CT and after serving in the United States Navy, he attended Central Connecticut Teachers College and the Vesper George School of Art in Boston. In 1953, he had a Fulbright grant to paint in Italy, and from 1956 to 1959, he worked with Josef Albers, geometric abstractionist, at Yale University where he earned both his BFA and MFA. Boghosian became a professor of sculpture at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, and became primarily known for his assemblages in which he uses a variety of incongruous objects such as parts of weathered barn...

Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects

Lost in the Stars
Lost in the Stars

Lost in the Stars

By Varujan Boghosian

Located in Milford, NH

A wonderful abstract expressionist three dimensional construction by American artist Varujan Boghosian (1926-2020). Boghosian was born in New Britain, CT and after serving in the United States Navy, he attended Central Connecticut Teachers College and the Vesper George School of Art in Boston. In 1953, he had a Fulbright grant to paint in Italy, and from 1956 to 1959, he worked with Josef Albers, geometric abstractionist, at Yale University where he earned both his BFA and MFA. Boghosian became a professor of sculpture at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, and became primarily known for his assemblages in which he uses a variety of incongruous objects such as parts of weathered barn doors, antique dolls' heads, old leather, marbles, and ping-pong balls. This construction consists of antique lithographs laid on board, including a shooting target sheet, and metal jacks, all presented on an antique celestial map...

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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects, Laid Paper, Lithograph, Adhesive, Wood Panel

"Tethered To The Echos of You" a stunning textural painting with blues and grays
"Tethered To The Echos of You" a stunning textural painting with blues and grays

"Tethered To The Echos of You" a stunning textural painting with blues and grays

By Katherine Filice

Located in Hollister, CA

Tethered to the Echos of You Ink, Charcoal, Embers & Natural Mixed Media on Buried Canvas by Katherine Filice Tethered to the Echos of You is a 39.5 x 27 x 3‑inch work on buried canv...

Category

2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Canvas, Driftwood, Charcoal, Found Objects, Archival Ink, Mica

Epsi

Epsi

By Tom Pfannerstill

Located in Fairfield, CT

Tom Pfannerstill recreates found objects on carved basswood and paints over them.

Category

2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Wood, Paint, Found Objects, Other Medium

Hiding on Saturn (No. 2) A gorgeous forestal blue dimensional framed painting
Hiding on Saturn (No. 2) A gorgeous forestal blue dimensional framed painting

Hiding on Saturn (No. 2) A gorgeous forestal blue dimensional framed painting

By Katherine Filice

Located in Hollister, CA

"Hiding on Saturn (No. 2)" is a 31.5 x 36-inch mixed media painting by Katherine Filice, made with ink, paper, charcoal, branches, stucco, and chalk on buried canvas. The surface is ...

Category

2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Canvas, Chalk, Charcoal, Found Objects, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Portrait of an African  - Collage
Portrait of an African  - Collage

Portrait of an African - Collage

By Ivan Chermayeff

Located in Miami, FL

Mixed media on paper, 1990, signed 'Ivan Chermayeff' and dated lower right, titled lower left. 30 x 22 in. (sheet), 36 x 28 in. (frame). Provenance:The artist, Art Planning Consult...

Category

1990s Abstract Geometric Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects, Mixed Media, Archival Paper

"Burn Scar (No. 3)" Sculptural Forest Inspired Painting by Katherine Filice
"Burn Scar (No. 3)" Sculptural Forest Inspired Painting by Katherine Filice

"Burn Scar (No. 3)" Sculptural Forest Inspired Painting by Katherine Filice

By Katherine Filice

Located in Hollister, CA

Burn Scars (No. 3)" is an 11 x 11-inch (Framed Size 15 x 15 x 2 in) mixed media piece from Katherine Filice’s "Burn Scar" series, which reflects on the resilience of nature and the s...

Category

2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects, Archival Ink, Wax

"Burn Scar (No 2)" Textural Forest-Inspired Painting by Katherine Filice
"Burn Scar (No 2)" Textural Forest-Inspired Painting by Katherine Filice

"Burn Scar (No 2)" Textural Forest-Inspired Painting by Katherine Filice

By Katherine Filice

Located in Hollister, CA

"Burn Scar (No. 2)" exemplifies Filice's unique approach, combining ink, paper, branches, bark, and stucco on canvas to create a textured, tactile piece that invites deep contemplati...

Category

2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Canvas

African with Brian's Note
African with Brian's Note

African with Brian's Note

By Ivan Chermayeff

Located in Miami, FL

Mixed media on paper, 1990, signed 'Ivan Chermayeff' and dated lower right, titled lower left. 30 x 22 in. (sheet), 36 x 28 in. (frame). Provenance:The artist, Art Planning Consult...

Category

1990s Abstract Geometric Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects, Mixed Media, Archival Paper

Breathe A New 11 : mixed media collage
Breathe A New 11 : mixed media collage

Breathe A New 11 : mixed media collage

Located in New York, NY

Contemporary collage by Roxane Hollosi. In her art Hollosi documents the emotional, social and environmental energies she encounter in the moment of creation. The artist founds her ...

Category

2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Fabric, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Thread, Found Objects

Breathe A New 4 : mixed media collage
Breathe A New 4 : mixed media collage

Breathe A New 4 : mixed media collage

Located in New York, NY

Contemporary collage by Roxane Hollosi. In her art Hollosi documents the emotional, social and environmental energies she encounter in the moment of creation. The artist founds her ...

Category

2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Mixed Media, Plastic, Thread, Found Objects

Span, Copper Abstract Sculpture, 2020
Span, Copper Abstract Sculpture, 2020

Span, Copper Abstract Sculpture, 2020

By Mia Capodilupo

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: This piece is made from a truck tire with metal and pvc running through it that touches each side of the space. Keywords: abstract, yellow, tire, canes Artist Biography: Mia Capodilupo is a sculptor and installation artist originally from Boston, MA. She received a BA from University of Chicago, studied sculpture at Massachusetts College of Art and received an MFA in Sculpture from the San Francisco Art Institute. She has participated in solo and group shows and residencies in museums, galleries and alternative spaces around the country. She has received several grants from the City of Chicago...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Copper

All For You, Original Abstract Painting, 2017
All For You, Original Abstract Painting, 2017

All For You, Original Abstract Painting, 2017

By Dyanna Dimick

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: Found material, pastel, paper, ink on a cardboard box. A piece about hurting yourself for the love of another. Will professionally frame in float frame if purchase...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Ink, Pastel, Found Objects

Easy Chair/Failed Odalisque
Easy Chair/Failed Odalisque

Easy Chair/Failed Odalisque

By Bobbi Meier

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: This chaise, originally covered in lime green cotton upholstery, sat in my studio for months, acting as a daybed for my miniature poodle. Finally after several att...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects, Other Medium

Cross-Roads, acrylic paint, patinaed copper & cold wax on wood panel
Cross-Roads, acrylic paint, patinaed copper & cold wax on wood panel

Cross-Roads, acrylic paint, patinaed copper & cold wax on wood panel

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Cross-Roads has a highly textured surface on canvas with rusted metal and handmade paper. It echoes the adage that one should not confuse the world with our perception of it, or the ...

Category

2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Metal

Rita's (cup)

Rita's (cup)

By Tom Pfannerstill

Located in Fairfield, CT

Tom Pfannerstill recreates found objects on carved basswood and paints over them.

Category

2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects, Other Medium

Paint Roller
Paint Roller

Paint Roller

By Jerry Cabrera

Located in New Orleans, LA

Jerry Cabrera’s Light Painting series captures the preciousness and sacredness of light through his glowing and vibrant rectangular canvasses. Although abstract, Cabrera’s stacked ca...

Category

2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects, Oil

Paint Roller
Paint Roller

Paint Roller

By Jerry Cabrera

Located in New Orleans, LA

Jerry Cabrera’s Light Painting series captures the preciousness and sacredness of light through his glowing and vibrant rectangular canvasses. Although abstract, Cabrera’s stacked ca...

Category

2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects, Oil

Paint Roller
Paint Roller

Paint Roller

By Jerry Cabrera

Located in New Orleans, LA

Jerry Cabrera’s Light Painting series captures the preciousness and sacredness of light through his glowing and vibrant rectangular canvasses. Although abstract, Cabrera’s stacked ca...

Category

2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects, Oil

Paint Roller Series
Paint Roller Series

Paint Roller Series

By Jerry Cabrera

Located in New Orleans, LA

Jerry Cabrera’s Light Painting series captures the preciousness and sacredness of light through his glowing and vibrant rectangular canvasses. Although abstract, Cabrera’s stacked ca...

Category

2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects, Oil

The Letter "A"
The Letter "A"

The Letter "A"

By Varujan Boghosian

Located in Milford, NH

A fine abstract expressionist collage by American artist Varujan Boghosian (1926-2020). Boghosian was born in New Britain, CT and after serving in the United States Navy, he attended Central Connecticut Teachers College and the Vesper George School of Art in Boston. In 1953, he had a Fulbright grant to paint in Italy, and from 1956 to 1959, he worked with Josef Albers, geometric abstractionist, at Yale University where he earned both his BFA and MFA. Boghosian became a professor of sculpture at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, and became primarily known for his assemblages in which he uses a variety of incongruous objects such as parts of weathered barn doors, antique dolls' heads, old leather, marbles, and ping-pong balls. This abstract expressionist collage includes an antique handwritten...

Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Paper, Found Objects, Color

Businessman, Boats,  & Clocks
Businessman, Boats,  & Clocks

Businessman, Boats, & Clocks

By Varujan Boghosian

Located in Milford, NH

A fine abstract expressionist collage by American artist Varujan Boghosian (1926-2020). Boghosian was born in New Britain, CT and after serving in the United States Navy, he attended...

Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Paper, Found Objects, Black and White

African with Brian's Note
African with Brian's Note

African with Brian's Note

By Ivan Chermayeff

Located in Miami, FL

Mixed media on paper, 1990, signed 'Ivan Chermayeff' and dated lower right, titled lower left. 30 x 22 in. (sheet), 36 x 28 in. (frame). Provenance:The artist, Art Planning Consult...

Category

1990s Abstract Geometric Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects, Mixed Media, Archival Paper

Concussion Garden

Concussion Garden

By Dionisios Fragias

Located in New York, NY

Dionisios Fragias is a New York -based artist born on the Greek island of Kefalonia and raised in New York City. He is the protege of the artist Jeff Koons whose years-long mentorshi...

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Steel

Memory of Saigon

Memory of Saigon

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Acrylic and found objects.

Category

2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic

Found Objects art for sale on 1stDibs.

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