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Abstract Mixed Media

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
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Abstract Landscape Painting by Victor Manuel Gomez
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Large Format Abstract Pink & Black Mixed Media Painting by Cuban Artist Victor Manuel. Victor is an emerging talent born and raised in Havana. With a great sense of Havana’s always ...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Breaching For The Stars, 2020, Mixed Media on Wood
Located in Atlanta, GA
2020 Mixed Media on Canvas 60 x 48 in. Signed by artist Justin Lyon's credits his introduction into the world of street art as the spark that led him to his style of work. Over the next several years, Justin started to take his art production more seriously. Inspired by the li- ves and work of Cy Twombly, Barry McGee, and Jean-Michel Basquiat, Justin refined his process and worked to develop a style all his own which is both thought- provoked and thought-provoking. Justin’s mediums include wood, acrylic, house paint, spray paint, oil stick, epoxy resin and pencil. He aims to produce art that sticks with the viewer long after they seen it. “What I am after is capturing the thoughts and feelings of the human condition with images and words that make you stop and think about what's in front of you.” Justin wants “to make honest art, raw art, vulnerable art...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Wood Panel, Mixed Media

All Apologies, 2020 Mixed Media on Canvas 48 x 30 in.
Located in Atlanta, GA
2020 Mixed Media on Canvas 48x48 in. Signed by artist Justin Lyon's credits his introduction into the world of street art as the spark that led him to his style of work. Over the next several years, Justin started to take his art production more seriously. Inspired by the li- ves and work of Cy Twombly, Barry McGee, and Jean-Michel Basquiat, Justin refined his process and worked to develop a style all his own which is both thought- provoked and thought-provoking. Justin’s mediums include wood, acrylic, house paint, spray paint, oil stick, epoxy resin and pencil. He aims to produce art that sticks with the viewer long after they seen it. “What I am after is capturing the thoughts and feelings of the human condition with images and words that make you stop and think about what's in front of you.” Justin wants “to make honest art, raw art, vulnerable art...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Canvas, Mixed Media

They Know Why
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Mixed Media house paint on thin wood Purvis Young (1943 - 2010)
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media, Wood, House Paint

Deshilachado 002
Located in New York, NY
unraveled or worn at the edge
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Organic Material, Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor

Soffio
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media Abstract on canvas. About the Artist: Nella was born, raised and educated in Italy in a family with a long heritage of...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Warriors Together
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Purvis Young (1943 - 2010) Warriors Together, 1987 Mixed Media house paint on cardboard and thin wood 17.50 x 48 in
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1980s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media, Wood, House Paint, Cardboard

Apaños y componedas
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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Early 2000s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Mademoiselle Carmela
Located in Lagos, NG
mademoiselle Carmela She is a money goddess a special woman a woman of substance a woman in wealth a good woman and an African woman with a rich cultural heritage she is surround...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

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Acrylic, Watercolor

EOS
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Criswell's standing sculpture emerged from a study of spatial organization by arranging basic, repetitive shapes into a harmonious balance, while exploring the concept of simultaneou...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Wood, Paint, Mixed Media

GS03, Geometric Abstract Multicolor 3D Mixed Media Wall Sculpture
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This artwork is part of a series called "Geometric Sculpture" and is a unique 3D sculpture that features a variety of vibrant colors including yellow, orange, red, blue, dark blue, and black. The sculpture is abstract in nature and showcases geometric shapes that add actual depth and space to the piece, making it visually striking and aesthetically pleasing to the viewer. Zach Touchon has expressed a desire to step outside the traditional square format and focus on movement and 3D effects. As a result, the sculpture creates shadows that further enhance the 3D effect, making the piece truly dynamic and engaging. Touchon has also mentioned his goal to create even larger pieces in the future, pushing the boundaries of the series and the medium itself. Overall, this artwork is a visually stunning and unique addition to the "Geometric Sculpture" series, showcasing the artist's dedication to creating pieces that challenge traditional art forms and create a sense of depth and movement. -- Zach Touchon is a contemporary LA-based abstract expressionist artist. Besides that, Touchon is also an actor, a singer, a screenwriter, and an owner of the Touchon Gallery. Zach Touchon is a second-generation and a successor to his famous father's, Cecil Touchon's, artistic path. By rethinking abstract expressionism ideas, using different media he creates large abstract artwork along with small collages, huge murals, and interior installations. The main focus of his art is depth and space and finding a semantic and aesthetic balance between them. As a muralist, Touchon joins the ranks of such great LA street artists as WRDSMTH, Retna, Shepard Fairy, and Dirt Cobain...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Plywood, Acrylic

Shifting Plane - Abstract Geometric Form, Painted Welded Steel Wall Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
This dynamic wall sculpture is created from sheets of steel, welded together in an abstract geometric pattern. Earth tones of blue, orange, pur...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

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Steel

'Sunset Over Asilomar' Original Contemporary Abstract Yellow &Orange Mixed Media
Located in Carmel, CA
Steven is now one of the top emerging artists in the U.S. His works are ground breaking, bold and imbued with unflinching disregard to painting conventions. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

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Canvas, Oil, Charcoal

Talisman
Located in Buffalo, NY
A modern abstract collage and oil on panel by American artist James Koenig.
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1960s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media, Oil

Large Michael David Abstract Expressionist Encaustic Painting Museum Exhibited
Located in Surfside, FL
Michael David (b. 1954) Billie's Tree Signed, Titled, and Dated 1982 Verso. Provenance: Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (bears label en verso) where it had been exhibited for nearly two decades. It was also Exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA NYC) just after he won the National Guggenheim Award. The Piece Measures approximately 70" x 71" x 8" Deep. Michael David Singer; born 1954, is an American painter. Born in Reno, Nevada, David's family relocated to Brooklyn, New York, where he was raised. He attended SUNY Fredonia for one year and in 1976 received a B.F.A. from Parson's School of Design. Michael David is classified as an abstract painter, best known for his use of the encaustic technique, a was pigmentation technique which incorporates pigment with heated beeswax. He is also known for his works in mixed-media figure painting, photography and environmental sculpture. He often incorporates religious iconography and symbolism, art historical themes such as the nude, and contemporary politics into his paintings resulting in a critical dialogue between the layered abstraction of the surface and the integrated representational imagery. His work is included in the permanent public collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Guggenheim Museum, the Jewish Museum in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, among others. In 1976 David, erotic photographer Roy Stuart and Fredonia friend Richie Stotts formed a band called The Numbers, with David on bass. The group was a fixture in New York's early punk rock music scene, playing in clubs alongside punk pioneers Television, Blondie and the Ramones. David also played bass with punk innovators Jerry Nolan of The New York Dolls, Cheetah Chrome of The Dead Boys, Marky Ramone, Peter Gordon, David Van Tieghem and the free-improvisation noise music group Borbetomagus. In 1977, The Numbers were approached by impresario Rod Swenson, who was seeking musicians to form a backing band for singer Wendy O. Williams, whose radical persona he sought to exploit as punk music and performance art. The Numbers became The Plasmatics but the attention David began to gain as an important voice in the art world caused him to leave the band to pursue his burgeoning painting career. David's first one-man show was in 1981 at the historic Sidney Janis Gallery. That year he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, at the time the youngest artist ever to do so, and in 1982 was awarded an American Academy of Arts and Letters prize. He went on to exhibit at galleries worldwide and was represented by Knoedler & Co. for the next 25 years. David is best known for using the encaustic technique of painting, which uses pigment combined with heated beeswax. David built his early career on abstraction and religious iconography, which formed the bulk of his output until 1999. Since then he has also experimented with representational painting and traditional photography. In 2000, he developed the "Chortens" and "Populations" series, about which prominent art historian and critic Donald Kuspit writes: "They are enigmatic works, all the more so because of the way their innumerable details form singularly monumental, intimidating wholes. Dense yet delicate, awesome yet intimate, they convey the fragility as well as grandeur of sheer being. Layer upon layer of paint piles up like layer upon layer of coral, but the textural result is more epic, not to say startling, than any coral island, and virtually any other existing abstract expressionist painting (upon which they are stylistically founded)." In 2001, David developed bi-lateral neuropathy due to being poisoned by gases released by overheated beeswax used in the encaustic process. The disease left him with partial paralysis of his legs, slowing the production of his painting for a number of years. That year, David began painting one of his best-known series, the "fallen Toreadors", inspired by 19th century French Realist painter Édouard Manet's "The Dead Toreador" of 1864. In 1993, David experimented at the "20x24" Polaroid studio in Manhattan, which resulted in a series of portraits of playwright Edward Albee and of friend Jackie Gross, which would become the ongoing "Jackie" series of mixed-media works. When neuropathy rendered him unable to paint during 2003, he returned to the 20x24 camera and shot large-format Polaroids inspired by Caravaggio; nude men and women dressed as Toreadors, and religious imagery. In 2002, David began to develop The Greenhouse Project, an evolving "architectural construct" based on historical American Antebellum greenhouses built using the actual glass negatives sold to starving farmers in the post-American Civil War South. David has indicated that each greenhouse will, through the display of photography and use of social networking, create a forum and exhibit for ideas and artifacts related to civil and human rights; the specifications of each greenhouse particular to the community in which each is built. David's work was reviewed in Artforum and Art in America, and is considered one of the last links to the New York School of painting. David may be the most innovative master of immediate surface since the abstract expressionists. He has acknowledged his debt to Abstract Expressionism, but he has transformed it. Where the abstract expressionist paintings of the forties and fifties seem like modern cave paintings, as their crude, unfocused, often meandering, turbulent painterliness suggests, and as such to reinstate prehistory, David seems to turn the cave into a temple, as his more considered, concentrated, indeed, dense, contemplative painterliness indicates, so that his paintings have the aura of post history. SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2023 Radiate, Garvey Simon, New York, New York 2021 Selections from NYFA - Courtesy of the Martin Z. Margulies Foundation, New York, New York 2020 Bill Lowe Gallery Presents: Masterworks from the Gallery 2016 The Golem, The Jewish Museum of Berlin, Berlin, Germany In a Post-World: Post-Punk Art Now, The Invisible Dog Art Center, Brooklyn, New York 2014 Gallery Artists, Bentley Gallery, Pheonix, Arizona 2011 Post Mammalian Tension: Michael David & Scott Browning, Bill Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia 1999 Waxing Poetic: Encaustic Art in America, Montclair Art Museum, (Jasper Johns, Jackson Pollock, Robert Rauschenberg etc) Forty Years of American Drawings, Raab Galerie, Berlin, Germany Germany Summertime, Knoedler & Company, New York, New York 1997 Michael David and James Hyde...
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1980s Abstract Mixed Media

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Wood, Paint, Encaustic, Wax

"Fragments" Modern Textured Neutral Toned Abstract Mixed Media Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern neutral toned abstract mixed media painting by Texas artist Carole Myers. The work features a collage of different textured papers combined with pa...
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1980s Abstract Mixed Media

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Paper, Mixed Media

The Earth XIX-3 - Mixed Media Textural 3-D Abstract Landscape Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Victoria Kovalenchikova’s abstract artworks are an outlook on the transformation of the world surrounding us; a shout in the cold infinity of cosmos. Kovalenchikova expresses through...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

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Concrete

The Floating
Located in Milford, NH
A modern abstract mixed media cityscape painting by contemporary Maine artist Troy M. Stafford (21st c). Troy Stafford is an artist that has lived on both the East and West Coasts and he currently resides in Brunswick, ME. Troy is a multifaceted artist that paints and creates using mixed media. He builds and creates extraordinary picture frames and is a furniture designer and maker. His work is in many private collections as well as in the permanent collections of The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, The New Britain Museum of American Art, Portland Museum of Art, North Carolina Museum of Art, and The Columbia Museum of Art among others. Artist Statement: “I have always been drawn to making things, the idea to make something where nothing had previously been felt right to me at an early age. Growing up in the desert I loved going to the dump...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Walnut, Paper, Found Objects, Oil, Photographic Paper

The Bird Man
Located in Milford, NH
A modern abstract mixed media painting with the figure of a man by the ocean by contemporary Maine artist Troy M. Stafford (21st c). Troy Stafford is an artist that has lived on both the East and West Coasts and he currently resides in Brunswick, ME. Troy is a multifaceted artist that paints and creates using mixed media. He builds and creates extraordinary picture frames and is a furniture designer and maker. His work is in many private collections as well as in the permanent collections of The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, The New Britain Museum of American Art, Portland Museum of Art, North Carolina Museum of Art, and The Columbia Museum of Art among others. Artist Statement: “I have always been drawn to making things, the idea to make something where nothing had previously been felt right to me at an early age. Growing up in the desert I loved going to the dump...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Walnut, Paper, Found Objects, Oil, Photographic Paper

Companions
Located in Milford, NH
A modern abstract mixed media painting with two figures by contemporary Maine artist Troy M. Stafford (21st c). Troy Stafford is an artist that has lived on both the East and West Coasts and he currently resides in Brunswick, ME. Troy is a multifaceted artist that paints and creates using mixed media. He builds and creates extraordinary picture frames and is a furniture designer and maker. His work is in many private collections as well as in the permanent collections of The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, The New Britain Museum of American Art, Portland Museum of Art, North Carolina Museum of Art, and The Columbia Museum of Art among others. Artist Statement: “I have always been drawn to making things, the idea to make something where nothing had previously been felt right to me at an early age. Growing up in the desert I loved going to the dump...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Walnut, Paper, Found Objects, Oil, Photographic Paper

Linda Turner, Art Meditation 18, Collage, Pattern and Decoration, Automatism
Located in Darien, CT
Linda Turner, raised both in NYC and Northern Virginia, resides in Brooklyn, NY. She achieved a BFA in Surface Design/Textile Design from the Fashion Inst...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Archival Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil

Abstract Wooden Wall-Mounted Art Sculpture Panel by Maxime Tendero
Located in Atlanta, GA
This superbly handcrafted abstract wooden wall art sculpture panel was designed by French artist Maxime Tendero (1927-1998) in 1973. Mounted o...
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1970s Abstract Mixed Media

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Wood

gaia 48, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
In this healing and metamorphic new series we explore the countless and brilliant facets of GAIA (to the ancient Greeks) or TERRA (in the Roman pantheon). GaIa was a Mother Earth God...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Surprise box, Mixed Media on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
SUPRISE BOX is an acrylic on wood panel of 12 in H X 12 in W x 1.5 in DEEP piece of work. It is a flamboyant piece of work with warm colors. My work is influence by my surrounding, e...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Abstract Landscape Painting by Victor Manuel Gomez
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Large Format Abstract Pink & Black Mixed Media Painting by Cuban Artist Victor Manuel. Victor is an emerging talent born and raised in Havana. With a great sense of Havana’s always ...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Untitled
Located in Paris, FR
Mixed media , 2005 Handsigned by the artist in pencil Edition : 50 Collaboration between JonOne and Triiad Dimensions: 79.50 x 19.50 cm This skateboard is one of the artist's fifty...
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Early 2000s Abstract Mixed Media

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Wood

Bounce
Located in Tulsa, OK
Brandon Reese’s focus on experimentation and varying techniques relates to his belief that the best part of life is the process, “My art wears the fingerprints, cuts, dents and other...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Porcelain, Stoneware, Wood

Disco Inferno
Located in Washington, DC
Painting titled "Disco Inferno" by Jeanne Cosimano. Wonderful vibrant painting is gouache on paper and dated 2020. Frame is included. This work was recently featured in a solo show at Gallery 2112...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

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Gouache, Archival Paper

PLAY, colorful, dynamic, kinetic mixed media paint and collage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
To create PLAY the artist reached back and up cycled materials that she had worked with in the past. She combined sections of her archival pigment prints collaged with painted wood ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Mixed Media

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Wood, Archival Paper, Acrylic

'Post voor de Haven nr. 20'. Large Dutch Mixed Media Abstract.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Large Abstract Expressionist mixed media work by Dutch artist Kraaijenveld. Titled 'Post voor de Haven Nr. 20' to the front left third and to the rear, also signed with artists monog...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Mixed Media

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Metal, Iron

True Blue (Grass)
Located in Tulsa, OK
PATTI PARSONS True Blue (Grass) • ink stick, china marker, acrylic paint on wood panel 30.00w x 30.00h x 2.00d in $4,500.00 From the perspective of a writer ...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Acrylic, Wood, Ink

Vine Hint
Located in Tulsa, OK
PATTI PARSONS Vine Hint • ink stick, china marker, acrylic paint on wood panel 16.00w x 20.00h x 1.00d in $1,600.00 From the perspective of a writer and ...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Wood, Ink, Acrylic

Pale Plant (Blue)
Located in Tulsa, OK
PATTI PARSONS Pale Plant (Blue) • ink stick, china marker, acrylic paint on wood panel 18.00w x 24.00h x 1.00d in $2,160.00 From the perspective of a wri...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Wood, Ink, Acrylic

Rise
Located in Tulsa, OK
Brandon Reese’s focus on experimentation and varying techniques relates to his belief that the best part of life is the process, “My art wears the fingerprints, cuts, dents and other...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Stoneware, Wood

Briefly Scattered Blue (Grass)
Located in Tulsa, OK
PATTI PARSONS Briefly Scattered Blue (Grass) • ink stick, china marker, acrylic paint on wood panel 30.00w x 30.00h x 2.00d in $4,500.00From the perspect...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Wood, Ink, Acrylic

Saturday Morning
Located in Tulsa, OK
AMEE CALLOWAY Saturday Morning • mixed media on board 31.00w x 29.00h x 2.00d in $1,200.00
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Flower Fade
Located in Tulsa, OK
PATTI PARSONS Flower Fade • ink stick, china marker, acrylic paint on wood panel 36.00w x 48.00h x 2.00d in $8,700.00 From the perspective of a writer an...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Wood, Ink, Acrylic

Rebel Leaf
Located in Tulsa, OK
PATTI PARSONS Rebel Leaf • ink stick, china marker, acrylic paint on wood panel 48.00w x 60.00h x 2.00d in $14,400.00 From the perspective of a writer an...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Wood, Ink, Acrylic

Stem Study
Located in Tulsa, OK
PATTI PARSONS Stem Study • ink stick, china marker, acrylic paint on wood panel 36.00w x 48.00h x 2.00d in $8,700.00 From the perspective of a writer and...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Wood, Ink, Acrylic

Burnout
Located in Greenwich, CT
Burnout Oil, Marble Powder, Resin, Asphalt, Spray Paint On Canvas 24" X 20" I am a visual artist whose work investigates small and large -scale abstraction primarily in the medium o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

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Marble

Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media on Board, Homage to Jackson Pollock
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mixed media abstract expressionist work on board, presented in a gilt wood frame. Artist unknown. Acrylic paint in blue, white and black has been thickly applied to a weave of orga...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Mixed Media

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Organic Material, Acrylic, Board

Brutalist Abstract Enamel Mounted Wall Panel Plaque Artwork
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning modernist abstract enamel plaque composition is dated circa 1960. The brutalist design has contrasting red, orange, black, and white colors. There is no visible artist ...
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1960s Abstract Mixed Media

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Copper, Enamel

Planning the Jump
Located in New Orleans, LA
Non-objective artist AIMÉE FARNET SIEGEL works with color and line through the medium of found, hand-painted, and manipulated paper. Her works inhabit space outside the two-dimension...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

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Acrylic, Wood Panel

Netting the Wind
Located in New Orleans, LA
Non-objective artist AIMÉE FARNET SIEGEL works with color and line through the medium of found, hand-painted, and manipulated paper. Her works inhabit space outside the two-dimension...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

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Acrylic, Wood Panel

City Skyline. Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Early work was impressionistic and hard abstract. Carola later developed a more mature way of working in a colourful exploration of the subject. Colour was her main interest and she...
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1980s Abstract Mixed Media

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Gouache, Charcoal, Oil

Colourful Mixed-Media Sculptural 'Montage', Hommage to Gaugin's "Manau Tupapau"
Located in Cotignac, FR
Gaugin inspired 'montage' titled 'Manau Tupapau' (spirit of the dead watching) by French artist, Armand Avril. Signed and dated 2004 to the bottom right and mou...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Mixed Media

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Wood, Acrylic, Cardboard, Oil

Pianissimo (Abstract Wood Wall Sculpture in Pastel Shades of Pink, Blue, Green)
Located in Hudson, NY
abstract three-dimensional wall sculpture, acrylic and wood on panel carved strips of painted wood in shades of pastel blue, green, pink, and purple 22 x 19 x 2 inches, can be oriented vertically or horizontally Dynamic and graphic wall sculpture...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Wood, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Flowers, Monotype , Abstract Figurative Art, Framed 23x23, Free Shipping
Located in Houston, TX
Flowers is a1 of 1 Monotype and displays bold and bright colors to highlight this abstract figurative work of art. This is a new series of monotypes by Charlotte Seifert that she began doing in 2021. It is 1/1 on paper in a custom frame which measures 23 x 23 framed. It is protected by conservation Plexiglass. The piece of art is 1/1 and was produced in 2023. Also shown are others available on 1stdibs. The images are hand cut and attached to the monotype print. This is the only print so that is why it is a monotype. A monotype is a print, but with one major difference from other printmaking processes: the artist creates exactly one print, instead of multiples (called editions). This is due to the way a monotype is made. To make a monotype, the artist applies paint or ink directly onto the plate — which can be metal, glass, plexiglas, or even gelatin. The plate is pressed against the paper to transfer the ink. (So the finished print is a mirror image of what’s on the plate.) The printing can be done with a printing press or sometimes by hand. It’s a simple process that allows for lots of experimentation and variation. The artist can create layered prints, use objects as masks between plate and paper, or selectively apply pressure to create a trace monotype. Charlotte's work is largely abstract with landscape and nature elements incorporated into her work. Her inspiration comes from themes in literature, theology and personal history. Evoking an emotion or sense of place is Charlotte's focus rather than depicting a specific setting or rendering a certain object. Nature has become a metaphor for her for the current of constant change in life and love. This Houston based artist has been making art for most of her life. She was trained at SMU where she earned her BFA and MFA in painting. Her first art instructor was Roger Winter...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Monotype

Colorful SYMBOLS & SOUNDS Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Not quite sure of the medium. it is a stretched canvas like material with overpainting and some sort of possible photo based process. it is a unique mixed media piece. Dorothy Gillespie (June 29, 1920 – September 30, 2012) was an American artist and sculptor who became known for her large and colorful abstract metal sculptures. Gillespie became best known for the aluminum sculptures she started to produce at the end of the 1970s. She would paint sheets of the metal, cut them into strips and connect the strips together to resemble cascades or starbursts of bright colored ribbon. The New York Times once summarized her work as “topsy-turvy, merrymaking fantasy,” and in another review declared, “The artist’s exuberant sculptures of colorful aluminum strips have earned her an international reputation.Her works are featured at her alma mater (Radford University) in Virginia, where she later returned to teach, as well as in New York (where she was artist in residence for the feminist Women's Interart Center), Wilmington, North Carolina and Florida. She enrolled both at Radford University near her hometown, and the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland. The director of the Maryland Institute, Hans Schuler, helped foster her career in fine art. On June 5, 1943, aged 23, Gillespie moved to New York City. There she took a job at the B. Altman department store as assistant art director. She also joined the Art Students League where she was exposed to new ideas about techniques, materials, and marketing. She also created works at Atelier 17 printmaking studio, where Stanley William Hayter encouraged to experiment with her own ideas. She and her husband, Bernard Israel, opened a restaurant and night club in Greenwich Village to support their family. She returned to making art in 1957, and worked at art full-time after they sold the nightclub in the 1970. In 1977 Gillespie gave her first lecture series at the New School for Social Research, and she would give others there until 1982. She taught at her alma mater as a Visiting Artist (1981-1983) and gave Radford University some of her work to begin its permanent art collection. Gillespie then served as Woodrow Wilson visiting Fellow (1985-1994), visiting many small private colleges to give public lectures and teach young artists. She returned to Radnor University to teach as Distinguished Professor of Art (1997–99).[8] She also hosted a radio program, the Dorothy Gillespie Show on Radio Station WHBI in New York from 1967-1973. Gillespie began moving away from realism and into the abstraction that marked her career. Gillespie returned to New York City in 1963 to continue her career. She maintained a studio through the 70s and advocate worked towards feminist goals in the art industry, picketing the Whitney Museum, helping to organize the Women's Interart Center, curating exhibitions of women's art, and writing articles raising awareness of her cause. Gillespie numbered among her acquaintances such art-world luminaries as Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, Alice Neel, Louise Nevelson and Georgia O’Keeffe. “She had amazing stories that unfortunately are gone,” her son said. During the 1960s, she built multimedia art installations that made political statements, such as 1965’s “Made in the USA,” that used blinking colored lights, mirrors, shadow boxes, rotating figures and tape recordings to convey a chaotic look at American commercial fads. The floor was strewn with real dollar bills, which visitors assumed were fake. By the 1980s, Gillespie's work had come to be known internationally. She completed many commissions for sculptures in public places, including Lincoln Center, Rockefeller Center and Walt Disney World Epcot Center in Orlando, Florida. Her work is in many collections across the United States, including the Delaware Museum, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Her sculptures can also be found in the Frankfurt Museum in Germany and the Tel Aviv Museum in Israel. Group Shows Conceived and Curated by Dorothy Gillespie Women's Interart Center, New York, NY 1974 included: Betty Parsons, Elsie Asher, Alice Baber, Minna Citron, Nancy Spero, Seena Donneson, Alice Neel, Natalie Edgar, Dorothy Gillespie, and Anita Steckel...
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Early 2000s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

"Red Rust Jacket, " Found Steel Sculpture, 2017
Located in Chicago, IL
Upon discovering a weathered steel drum that had been warped to resemble the sleeve of a garment, artist Gordon Chandler was inspired to embark on a series of kimono sculptures forme...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Steel

High Relief Totem, Abstract Geometric Sculptural Wall Applique.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Contemporary abstract geometric sculptural wall applique "Haut Relief Totem' by French artist Joseph Alessandri, signed and dated 2011 with reference number to the reverse. Superb a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

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Metal

Bad Habits
Located in Greenwich, CT
Bad Habits Oil, Powdered Pigment, Collage On Canvas 24" x 30" I am a visual artist whose work investigates small and large -scale abstraction primarily in the medium of painting emp...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

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Canvas, Powder Coating, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Pigment

Gray (Booze)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Gray (Booze) Enamel, Bitumen, Jute On Canvas 9" x 12" I am a visual artist whose work investigates small and large -scale abstraction primarily in the medium of painting employing t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

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Canvas, Jute, Cotton Canvas

Perpetual Intermittence
Located in Tulsa, OK
JENNIFER WAGNER Perpetual Intermittence 60.00w x 60.00h x 2.00d in $5,500.00 With a deep understanding of the mechanics of pigment, transparency, refraction, and finish from her time...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

"Superior (Great Lakes), " Oil on Panel, 2023
Located in Chicago, IL
This abstract work by Chicago artist Patrick Fitzgerald belongs to a series of “track paintings” that materialize the imagined tracks navigated by his miniature soap-box car sculptures. Inspired by slot-car racetracks, each painting depicts a meandering, yet cyclical path that twists and turns upon itself in an endless loop. Isolated from time and place, the painting achieves a sense of timelessness and draws a through line linking the past, the present, and the future. Entitled "Superior," this track painting is one of five compositions inspired by the Great Lakes...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Wood, Oil

Au Natural, 72 x 48, Mixed Media, Concrete, Spackle, Gesso & Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Armonk, NY
Au Natural is an abstract painting on canvas by artist Chanel Cohn. Chanel used mixed media including, concrete, gesso, sparkle and acrylic paint to create...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Concrete

Grant Series Torn Paper Collage Painting African American Artist John Rozelle
Located in Surfside, FL
John Rozelle (American, 1944-) Grant Series II #5, Collage, 1988 Hand signed, dated and titled in pencil Provenance: Isobel Neal Gallery, Chicago, Measurements Matted to approximately 20 by 16 Sight: 11 by 9 inches Layers of torn ripped, and painted paper with music notes are overlaid on top of each other in this contemporary collage assemblage composition with a jazz sensibility. The pieces of paper have been arbitrarily arranged while in contrast, the artist has applied color in this piece in a very thoughtful way. John Everette Rozelle is an internationally renowned artist from St. Louis, Missouri now living in Banyoles, Girona. He is a masterful collagist, painter and sculptor included in museums and private collections worldwide. John Rozelle was born in St. Louis, Missouri and holds a B.F.A with a major in painting and a minor in sculpture from Washington University and a M.F.A from Fontbonne College. John Rozelle is currently tenured Associate Professor in the Drawing and Painting Department at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Prior to joining the Art Institute faculty he taught drawing, design, painting, and sculpture as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Fontbonne College. Rozelle has served on numerous occasions as curator, juror, and artist-in-residence for several exhibitions. His twenty years of solo and group shows have included those in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis, Atlanta, and Los Angeles. His work is housed among various corporate collections some of which include: Anheuser Busch, Citibank Corp., AT&T, Borg-Warner, Price Waterhouse, Saks Fifth Avenue, the Seven-Up Company, Ralston Purina, the Westin Hotels and ARCO. Rozelle is currently tenured Associate Professor in the Drawing and Painting Department at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His art can be found in over 20 public collections and in over 50 private collections throughout the United States. He has been in many important exhibitions including Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Layers of Meaning: Collage and Abstraction in the Late 20th Century. Included: Romare Bearden, Moe Brooker...
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1980s Abstract Mixed Media

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Laid Paper, Mixed Media

BLOC 261
Located in Tulsa, OK
BLOC 261 by Pascal Pierme is a Mixed Media that measures 32.00 X 32.00 in and is priced at $6,000. French-born sculptor, Pascal Pierme is inspired by his surroundings. For the last ...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

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