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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
Veil of dawn, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Veil of dawn, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Veil of dawn, Painting, Oil on Canvas

By Ludmila Budanov

Located in Yardley, PA

In Fail of Dawn, the first light of morning hesitates on the edge of the horizon, as if unsure whether to rise. Soft veils of grey and muted lavender drift across the scene, dissolvi...

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2010s Abstract More Art

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Oil

Blue Poppies, Aug 17, 2022 (Ed: 22/50)
Blue Poppies, Aug 17, 2022 (Ed: 22/50)

Blue Poppies, Aug 17, 2022 (Ed: 22/50)

By Donald Sultan

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Donald Sultan is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker. He is particularly well-known for large-scale still life paintings, and one of the first to employ a wide range of ind...

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2010s Abstract More Art

Materials

Screen

Les poisssons, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Les poisssons, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Les poisssons, Painting, Oil on Canvas

By Laurent Proneur

Located in Yardley, PA

"Les Poissons" is a whimsical dive into an underwater dreamscape. The fish seem to float through layers of color and texture, evoking both serenity and mystery. With fluid brushstrok...

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2010s Abstract More Art

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Oil

Sahara, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Sahara, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Sahara, Painting, Oil on Canvas

By Laurent Proneur

Located in Yardley, PA

Golden waves in endless flight, Sahara burns in molten light. Whispers ride the shifting sand, Time erased by nature’s hand. Moonlight paints the dunes in white, A silent sea ...

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2010s Abstract More Art

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Oil

Hidden Dancers, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Hidden Dancers, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Hidden Dancers, Painting, Oil on Canvas

By Laurent Proneur

Located in Yardley, PA

In shadows cast, the dancers hide, Their steps in silence, side by side. Behind the veil, they slip away, A secret dance at close of day. Yet in the dark, their movements...

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2010s Abstract More Art

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Oil

premiers dessins, Painting, Oil on Canvas
premiers dessins, Painting, Oil on Canvas

premiers dessins, Painting, Oil on Canvas

By Laurent Proneur

Located in Yardley, PA

Crayon skies and scribbled trees, A sun with smiles, no rules to please. Stick-figure dreams on paper fly, No need to ask the how or why. Each line a laugh, each shape a song, In tho...

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2010s Abstract More Art

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Oil

Navajo Blanket, Red Tan Brown Pattern, 55 x 35 Handwoven Textile

Navajo Blanket, Red Tan Brown Pattern, 55 x 35 Handwoven Textile

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Blanket with Red, Tan and Brown Pattern, created by an Unknown Navajo (Diné) Weaver, is a refined textile defined by its subtle balance, geometric restraint, and warm earth-toned pal...

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Early 20th Century Abstract More Art

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Textile

Spring Whisper, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Spring Whisper, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Located in Yardley, PA

Just after the cold darkness begins to retreat, the first hints of springs tip toe in. The birds return to eat the freshly sown grass seeds and the leaves begin to twinkle in a born-...

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2010s Abstract More Art

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Acrylic

Song of Love, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Song of Love, Painting, Oil on Canvas

By Ethan Newman

Located in Yardley, PA

One of the greatest joys of painting for me is watching the unexpected emerge. And one of the greatest feelings while working is completely forgetting yourself, and just losing yours...

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2010s Abstract More Art

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Oil

Silver Poppies, Aug 17, 2022 (Ed: 22/50)
Silver Poppies, Aug 17, 2022 (Ed: 22/50)

Silver Poppies, Aug 17, 2022 (Ed: 22/50)

By Donald Sultan

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Donald Sultan is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker. He is particularly well-known for large-scale still life paintings, and one of the first to employ a wide range of ind...

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Early 2000s Abstract More Art

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Screen

Nick Thomm - STEMS (Azure) XL
Nick Thomm - STEMS (Azure) XL

Nick Thomm - STEMS (Azure) XL

By Nick Thomm

Located in FITZROY, VIC

Nick Thomm - 'STEMS' - (Azure) XL SIZE 92cm x 122cm 36" x 48" Limited Edition of #25 Hand Signed & Numbered. Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle 308gsm Fine Art Paper. Condit...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

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Archival Ink, Giclée, Archival Pigment

Black Field
Black Field

Black Field

By Adolph Gottlieb

Located in New York, NY

Color screenprint on white wove paper, 1972. Signed by the artist dated in pencil lower left. Numbered 67/150 in pencil lower right. Printed by Kelpra Studio, London, with the ink ...

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1970s Abstract More Art

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Screen, Color

"Aquatic Forest" Contemporary Large Scale Abstract Painting, violet, turquoise
"Aquatic Forest" Contemporary Large Scale Abstract Painting, violet, turquoise

"Aquatic Forest" Contemporary Large Scale Abstract Painting, violet, turquoise

By Debra Drexler

Located in New York, NY

This is a large scale, contemporary abstract painting by the New York/ Hawaiian artist, Debra Drexler. Vertical elongated forms in rose pink, mauve, lavender and turquoise blue rise over a layered field of cream white brushed with violet. Washes of red and orange fade into hot pink in this vibrant abstract painting by the artist. You can see the influence of tropical colors in this canvas and a wistful yearning for the beach and the sea. Debra Drexler is an American painter, installation artist, curator and professor. Her work is informed both by participating in the contemporary resurgence of abstraction coming out of New York, and by living in the Post Colonial Pacific since 1992. She has participated in over thirty solo and over 100 group exhibitions in national and international venues including Front Room Gallery, Exit Art, The Drawing Center, White Box-The Annex, Art Finance Partners, Van Der Plas Gallery, Sideshow Gallery, and Denise Bibro Gallery in New York, as well The Honolulu Museum of Art and Maui Arts and Cultural Center. Debra Drexler is a Professor at the University of Hawaii, where she is Chair of the Drawing and Painting Area. She maintains studios in Brooklyn, NY and on the island of Oahu in Hawai’i. Debra Drexler's most recent work is highly experimental large-scale abstract painting. In a recent review of a two-person exhibition (Whitehot Magazine,2017) Drexler's work as clearly referencing the long tradition of American abstraction and the established legacy of the New York School. The reviewer, Jonathan Goodman, described the work as a “new non-objectivity” that comes out of the current moment. He states that Drexler's painting “quite accurately describes the spirit of abstract art today, in which painting is struggling to break free of the constraints of time." Debra Drexler frequently uses hot pink, a color with heavily gendered associations. Her hot pink brushstrokes...

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2010s Abstract More Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

White Poppies, Aug 17, 2022 (Ed: 22/50)
White Poppies, Aug 17, 2022 (Ed: 22/50)

White Poppies, Aug 17, 2022 (Ed: 22/50)

By Donald Sultan

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Donald Sultan is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker. He is particularly well-known for large-scale still life paintings, and one of the first to employ a wide range of ind...

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2010s Abstract More Art

Materials

Screen

Red Poppies, Aug 17, 2022 (Ed: 22/50)
Red Poppies, Aug 17, 2022 (Ed: 22/50)

Red Poppies, Aug 17, 2022 (Ed: 22/50)

By Donald Sultan

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Donald Sultan is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker. He is particularly well-known for large-scale still life paintings, and one of the first to employ a wide range of ind...

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Early 2000s Abstract More Art

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Screen

Blue Boy
Blue Boy

Blue Boy

By Billy Criswell

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Criswell's dimensional wall sculpture emerged from a study of spatial organization by arranging basic, repetitive shapes into a harmonious balance, while exploring the concept of sim...

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2010s Abstract More Art

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Wood, Paint, Wood Panel

Fragments Monument IX Silent Horizon, Abstract Oil Painting
Fragments Monument IX Silent Horizon, Abstract Oil Painting

Fragments Monument IX Silent Horizon, Abstract Oil Painting

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
The minimalist geometric painting features a grey curved shape appearing from the upper right of the composition. The blue and white horizontal divisions create...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

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Oil

Quadrille IV
Quadrille IV

Quadrille IV

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This unframed, signed, limited edition pigment print by renown artist Patsy Krebs exists in an edition of 30. Paper size is 37"h x 35"w with an image size of 26.5"h x 26.5"w. Patsy ...

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2010s Abstract More Art

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Cotton, Pigment, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

Bhutan Abstraction with Green - 1
Bhutan Abstraction with Green - 1

Bhutan Abstraction with Green - 1

By Ricardo Mazal

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This unframed, signed, limited edition pigment print by world renown artist Ricardo Mazal exists in an edition of 30. Paper size is 35 inches h x 30 inches w with an image size of 26 inches h x 27 inches w. Born in Mexico City in 1950, Ricardo Mazal moved to Barcelona Spain in 1986, and since 1990 has lived and worked in New York City, as well as Santa Fe New Mexico. Mazal’s work explores the process of visual perception as it takes form in the human consciousness. His paintings depict the passage of time, not by illustrating events but by leaving their residue to dissipate in space like a still photograph of a speeding object blurred to abstraction. In the last decade he has been honored with ten individual museum exhibitions, including a retrospective at the Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City and the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo (MARCO) in Monterrey. He has also shown at the Museo Nacional de Anthropologia, Mexico City and the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. KORA follows the direction begun by La Tumba de La Reina Roja (The tomb of the Red Queen...

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2010s Abstract More Art

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

'Okina 3

'Okina 3

By Brad Brown

Located in Lyons, CO

Color monotype. The ‘okina is the Hawaiian representation of the glottal stop. It is a separation of doubles. The monotypes in the ‘Okina series are doubles; the prints are divided...

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2010s Abstract More Art

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Monotype

Funky Punky Rockers (New York) - original cityscape painting-contemporary Art
Funky Punky Rockers (New York) - original cityscape painting-contemporary Art

Funky Punky Rockers (New York) - original cityscape painting-contemporary Art

By Therese James

Located in London, Chelsea

We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Goddess 5
Goddess 5

Goddess 5

By Gary Mankus

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This unframed, signed, limited edition pigment print by artist Gary Mankus exists in an edition of 40. Paper size is 37"h x 35"w with an image size of 29"h x 29"w. Gary Mankus was b...

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2010s Abstract More Art

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Cotton, Digital, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

Praga P-2
Praga P-2

Praga P-2

By Ricardo Mazal

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This unframed, signed, limited edition pigment print by world renown artist Ricardo Mazal exists in an edition of 30. The paper size is 35 inches h x 39 inches w and an image size of...

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2010s Abstract More Art

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Jam Spread
Jam Spread

Jam Spread

By Ella Freire

Located in Deddington, GB

Jam Spread [2021] original Acrylic on board Image size: H:40cm cm x W:40cm cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:2cm cm x W:40cm cm x D:2cmcm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look Warm pinks and orange with a shot of blue, evocative of my sunny morning walks along my favourite beach in Santa Teresa...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

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Acrylic, Board

Finding the Universe in Oaxaca, Pink Wave

Finding the Universe in Oaxaca, Pink Wave

By Gary Goldberg

Located in San Francisco, CA

Gary Goldberg Finding the Universe in Oaxaca, Pink Wave, 2018 Dry wool needle felting 48 x 120 in Edition of 3 One of Gary Goldberg’s photographs from his Finding the Universe in Oa...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

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Textile, Felt

Finding the Universe in Oaxaca, Sunset

Finding the Universe in Oaxaca, Sunset

By Gary Goldberg

Located in San Francisco, CA

Gary Goldberg Finding the Universe in Oaxaca, Sunset, 2018 Dry wool needle felting 48 x 32 in Edition of 3 One of Gary Goldberg’s photographs from his Finding the Universe in Oaxaca...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

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Textile, Felt

Framed Mixed Media Colorful Portait Painting: The Convict
Framed Mixed Media Colorful Portait Painting: The Convict

Framed Mixed Media Colorful Portait Painting: The Convict

Located in New York, NY

As a multidisciplinary artist, Jenny Flexner Reinhardt explores a range of mediums, including painting, sculpture, collage, and mixed-media. Her art delves into the complexities of m...

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2010s Abstract More Art

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Mixed Media

Winter Light, St Lawrence County, New York, Oil Painting
Winter Light, St Lawrence County, New York, Oil Painting

Winter Light, St Lawrence County, New York, Oil Painting

By Doug Cosbie

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Doug Cosbie presents a rustic farmstead in a winter landscape with an impressionistic approach. "This scene is typical of the old farms along Hwy 37 along the St Lawrence River," says Doug. The winter sky, at first glance, appears grey and leaden while the snow appears white. On closer inspection, subtle shades of blue, purple, and even pink luster depending on the winter light.


About the Artist
Artist Doug Cosbie presents the vibrancy found in nature with his impressionist, rural architecture centered artwork. Longing to create something that connects with people, Cosbie spent countless years perfecting how he portrays the world on canvas. Within his journey, he studied as an apprentice in the studios of Sam Black and Jack Shadbolt. As a plein air artist, Doug's studio is a portable pochade box...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

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Oil

"Symbiosis" Contemporary Large Scale Abstract Painting 60"x48"

"Symbiosis" Contemporary Large Scale Abstract Painting 60"x48"

By Debra Drexler

Located in New York, NY

60"x 48" acrylic on canvas, signed on reverse by the artist. This is a contemporary abstract painting by the New York/ Hawaiian artist, Debra Drexler. Turquoise and violet raspberry colored forms reminiscent of Matisse cut outs, curl in a textural ground of brushed and poured paint. Drexler's process of composed shapes and fields of color are created with brushwork, poured glazes and and textural depth. This immersive and expressive painting is created with vibrant colors, which react beautifully with each other to create a rhythm of forms that is meditative and contemplative. Debra Drexler's paintings are informed both by participating in the contemporary resurgence of abstraction coming out of New York, and by living in the Post Colonial Pacific for close to three decades. In the 21st century, much of our experience is mediated through the screens of our devices. In contrast, the making and viewing of paintings remains a direct, engaging experience in Drexler's paintings. She aims to take us to a state of timelessness that is primal in its humanity, disconnecting us momentarily from the mediated “now” of our electronic devices, and connecting us to a “now” that gives us a glimpse of the infinite. As a colorist, Debra Drexler provokes unexpected color relationships and creates spatial contradictions that come from those interactions. Some of her color choices reference the post digital experience with its highly saturated synthetic color. The luminosity and saturation also mirror the unique quality of light and tropical color interactions in Hawai’i, where Drexler also lives. Her work is driven by an athletic...

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2010s Abstract More Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

NYC Rain III Oil on Canvas Abstract Impressionist oil Painting, Signed, 90x90cm
NYC Rain III Oil on Canvas Abstract Impressionist oil Painting, Signed, 90x90cm

NYC Rain III Oil on Canvas Abstract Impressionist oil Painting, Signed, 90x90cm

By José Martinez

Located in London, Chelsea

We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

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Canvas, Oil

"Permeate and Radiate" Contemporary Abstract Painting, rose pink and turquoise

"Permeate and Radiate" Contemporary Abstract Painting, rose pink and turquoise

By Debra Drexler

Located in New York, NY

48"x36" abstract composition in golden yellow, rose pink and turquoise on a white ground. The painting surface incorporates impasto brushwork and poured paint to give an active composition. This painting is signed on reverse by the artist, Debra Drexler. Debra Drexler maintains studios in both New York and Oahu, Hawaii, and her work is informed by her unique bi-coastal experience. In her luminous, large-scale abstract paintings, she brings the transcendent experience of the Hawaiian landscape to a New York audience. Through her New York based studio and curatorial practices, she is also deeply engaged in critical conversation surrounding new abstraction. She states “Abstraction takes us to a state of timelessness that is primal in its humanity, disconnecting us momentarily from the mediated “now” of our electronic devices, and connecting us to a “now” that gives us a glimpse of the infinite. While our insistent digital projections can take us away from both our animal and spiritual nature, abstract painting reminds us again of what it means to be human. The corporality of the paint mirrors the flesh of the body and transports us into the timeless.” Debra Drexler's paintings are informed both by participating in the contemporary resurgence of abstraction coming out of New York, and by living in the Post Colonial Pacific for close to three decades. In the 21st century, much of our experience is mediated through the screens of our devices. In contrast, the making and viewing of paintings remains a direct, engaging experience in Drexler's paintings. She aims to take us to a state of timelessness that is primal in its humanity, disconnecting us momentarily from the mediated “now” of our electronic devices, and connecting us to a “now” that gives us a glimpse of the infinite. As a colorist, Debra Drexler provokes unexpected color relationships and creates spatial contradictions that come from those interactions. Some of her color choices reference the post digital experience with its highly saturated synthetic color. The luminosity and saturation also mirror the unique quality of light and tropical color interactions in Hawai’i, where Drexler also lives. Her work is driven by an athletic painting...

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2010s Abstract More Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Assiduosly without  words
Assiduosly without  words

Assiduosly without words

By L.G.

Located in Paris, FR

One of a kind Blown and fused Glass Sculpture in brown/black, bluish black, opaque white and White sandblasted. Includes its black metal base ( about 32 cm X 10 cm X 18 cm ). Tota...

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2010s Abstract More Art

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Blown Glass

"Urban Riot 3", Original Abstract Painting
"Urban Riot 3", Original Abstract Painting

"Urban Riot 3", Original Abstract Painting

By Sandy Palasti

Located in Westport, CT

Radiating energy and movement, this original floral abstract "Urban Riot 3" by Sandy Palasti transforms a single bloom into an immersive exploration of color, texture, and emotion. P...

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2010s Abstract More Art

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Canvas, Oil

Composicion #23
Composicion #23

Composicion #23

Located in Milford, NH

A fine Mid Century vertical abstract expressionist oil painting by Panamanian artist Antonio Alvarado (b. 1938). Antonio studied under the figurative ...

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1960s Abstract More Art

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Canvas, Oil

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