Contemporary Abstract Paintings
CONTEMPORARY STYLE
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
Style: Contemporary
Color: Black
Romanian Contemporary art by Alex Manea - Polchinski’s Paradox
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, enamel, lacquer & solar print on canvas
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Romanian Contemporary art by Alex Manea - The Black Hole Information Paradox
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, enamel, lacquer & solar print on canvas
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Romanian Contemporary art by Alex Manea - The Fermi Paradox
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, enamel, lacquer & solar print on canvas
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Romanian Contemporary art by Alex Manea - The Fletcher’s Paradox
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, enamel, lacquer & solar print on canvas
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Romanian Contemporary art by Alex Manea - The Paradox of Hedonism
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, enamel, lacquer & solar print on canvas
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Theatre Red with Yellows
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Jennifer Hornyak was born in England, where she studied at the Grimsby School of Art before coming to Canada. For more than forty years, her work has been exhibited in prestigious ga...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Butternut Stack, Newburgh, NY, 2018
Located in Hudson, NY
ABOUT
Erica Hauser is a Newburgh, NY based artist and has a BFA from the School of Visual Arts (2002). She received a 2011 NYFA grant, and has attended ar...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Georgian Contemporary Art by Irakli Kavtaradze (Akuna) - Abstract 1
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on canvas
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"Under Such Sparse Sun", abstract, window, blue, monoprint, acrylic painting
By Tatiana Flis
Located in Natick, MA
Tatiana Flis’ “Under Such Sparse Sun” is a 47 x 23 inch abstract acrylic painting created with multiple monoprinting methods on a birch wood panel. Two sets of window...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel, Monoprint
Balancing Act 2
Located in Park City, UT
Acrylic paint on wood panel
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Erinia
Located in Montreal, Quebec
With roots in classical Greek art, architecture and mythology, Malcolm Rains explores balance and harmony and even an austerity in his elegant pain...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Dragon Spirit
Located in Southampton, NY
Original ceramic artwork by renowned ceramicist, Jared FitzGerald. Unique use of bright underglaze colors in the artist's newer contemporary style.
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ceramic
Romanian Contemporary art by Alex Manea - The Unexpected Hanging Paradox
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, enamel, lacquer & solar print on canvas
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
AC Cobra. Contemporary Car Painting
By David Harper
Located in Brecon, Powys
AC Cobra. Classic car in classic David Harper style. One for the enthusiast
Acrylic on canvas
Deep edge box canvas, sides painted black
Signed
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
' Night Scene ' oil on canvas
Located in London, GB
' Night Scene ' 2005
oil on canvas
76 x 61 cm
signed on reverse by artist.
Unique work.
About the artist :
Katherine Russell is a London based Paint...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
"Averted Vision", abstract, windows, pastel, rainbow, black, acrylic, monoprint
By Tatiana Flis
Located in Natick, MA
Tatiana Flis’ “Averted Vision” is a 47 x 23 inch abstract acrylic painting created with multiple monoprinting methods on a birch wood panel. Three sets of window patterns — one with pastel rainbow...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel, Monoprint
Waterfall Duet 2, Water, Gold, White, Flowing, Acrylic, Oil, Painting, unframed
Located in Riverdale, NY
Waterfall Duet 2 is an original waterfall painting by Hawaii artist Carol Bennett. It is reminiscent of the beautiful flowing waterfalls throughout the Hawaiian islands. It is Acry...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Varnish, Oil, Acrylic, Board
Connectivity no. 23
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Luc Bernard. "Connectivity no. 23" is a contemporary abstract painting, oil on canvas in an earth-tone palette by artist Luc Bernard. The artwork is signed, dated and t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Byzantium
Located in Montreal, Quebec
With roots in classical Greek art, architecture and mythology, Malcolm Rains explores balance and harmony and even an austerity in his elegant pain...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Modern Indian Art Madras, Cat Mixed Media on Canvas Painting, Abstraction India
Located in Norfolk, GB
Part of the history of Modern Art in India, this fabulous, published work is by noted seminal artist R B Bhaskaran. The artist’s work plays with the gen...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Hot, Acrylic on canvas, Black, Red, Yellow by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
By Rathin Kanji
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Rathin Kanji - Hot
Acrylic on canvas
12 x 12 inches, 2020
Style: Kanji believes that we are currently experiencing what is probably the most complex period of human history. Accordi...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
French Contemporary Art by Christiane Hess - Vitrail
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Lupine Trail
Located in Denver, CO
Bayard Hollins' work explores the link between abstraction and figurative representation. Although the lines back to classical realism can be traced, Hollins' approach is absolutely ...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Craig Mooney, "Night and the City", 24x24 Manhattan Oil Painting on Canvas
By Craig Mooney
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "Night and the City", is a 24x24 oil painting on canvas by artist Craig Mooney featuring a street view of New York City. City lights gl...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Christiane Hess - Vision D'un Rêve
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
35x26" - Dark City - Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful piece by Alexis Portilla. The rich inky greys, blues and blacks of this piece contrasts against the light and symbolism of vessels and pictographs. Vessels are a recurring theme in Portilla's work as symbolic of the potential for the ability to hold and receive.
Dark City...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Denver Night, Modern Colorful Impressionist Cityscape Painting, Colorado, Ltd Ed
Located in Golden, CO
This large limited edition modern landscape painting of Denver, Colorado at night is a bold vivid work of contemporary art. The large-scale digital painting, dye-sublimated onto alum...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal
Georgian Contemporary Art by Irakli Kavtaradze (Akuna) - Ronin
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
22x30" Night Rooms I - Black, White, Monochromatic Oil on Paper I
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful piece by Alexis Portilla. The rich inky greys and blacks of this piece contrasts against the symbolism of vessels and pictographs. Vessels are a recurring theme i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Lofoten, Green - Contemporary Conceptual Abstract, Minimalistic Oil Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
The painting is corresponding most closely to the first photo on the 1stdibs page. A professional photographer took this photo in his studio with good lighting.
The other photos were...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Geometrical View-76, Oil on Canvas, Red, Blue by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sandesh Khule - Geometrical View-76 - 18 x 18 inches (unframed size)
Oil on Canvas.
ABOUT ARTIST :
Painting has a spiritual dimension in its purest sens...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Metal Composition "Colour Study B5"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. Car dumps fascinate him - he is attracted to the broken edge, not the pe...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal, Steel, Iron
Black Waterfall - Wax Pigments on Cardboard by Claudio Palmieri - 2009
Located in Roma, IT
Black Waterfall is an original artwork realized by Claudio Palmieri in 2009.
Wax pigments on cardboard. Sign, title, date, and technique on the back.
...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wax
"Embers of the Day Diptych", abstract, textural, landscape, sunset, oil painting
Located in Natick, MA
“Embers of the Day Diptych” by Catherine Picard-Gibbs is an abstract textural landscape of a brilliant sunset breaking through the trees and is painted in rich yellows, oranges, and ...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Goodbye Cowboy" Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Surrealist painting of a skeleton dressed in western attire and a cowboy hat.
He is centered in front a colorful cactus background.
The work is signed, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Expressionist figurative Oil Painting "4 Musicians"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
This oil painting on Belgian linen canvas depicts people and situations with whom the artist have had contact. Whilst the works are not, strictly speaking, portraits of specific peop...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Irakli Kavtaradze (Akuna) - Esoteroticus
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Perfect Love - Gold Accent Impasto Thick Paint Original Colorful Heart Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Coulombe-Bégin's dynamic acrylic on canvas works seek to produce a metamorphic interpretation of the artist's inner identity. Her paintings make ample use of contrasting colors to cr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Plunging Along The Bracken Line - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract Painting
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Ron Mills-Pinyas’ paintings point to what in creation is, fragile, even possibly frail in a world of powerful simmering explosions of colour and beautiful molecular sub-realities. Th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Black Mountains VI - 21st Century, Contemporary, Painting, Mixed Media
By Jon Errazu
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"My work is characterized by forms and lines. The relationship between background and figure is repeated persistently in each of my works. The figure, simple and almost always quadri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Smeared Love
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Archival ink jet print on aluminum
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Inkjet
Dead Relatives - Glenn Brown, contemporary art, abstract, portrait, auerbach
By Glenn Brown
Located in London, GB
Glenn Brown (British, b.1966)
Dead Relatives
1995
oil on canvas laid on board
57.8 x 47.6 cm (22¾ x 18¾ in.)
signed and dated 'Glenn Brown 1995' (on the verso)
Price:
£341,250 GBP (...
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
"Patterned" acrylic painting on linen abstract pattern
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Carrie Marill
Patterned, 2012
acrylic on linen
10" x 8" unframed
11.2" x 9.4" in Walnut frame
Carrie Marill is a meticulous artist, sophisticated and ...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Black Mountains XVII - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract Painting, Landscape
By Jon Errazu
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"My work is characterized by forms and lines. The relationship between background and figure is repeated persistently in each of my works. The figure, simple and almost always quadri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Magma-221, Acrylic & Pigment on Canvas by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
By Madhu Basu
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Madhu Basu - Magma - 21 x 18 inches (unframed size)
Acrylic & Pigment on canvas
Inclusive of shipment in roll form.
Vessels and pots being of importance in Madhu Basu's works ta...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic, Pigment
Untitled-165, Watercolor, Bindi on Magnani 300 gsm paper, Indian Art "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sandesh Khule - Untitled-165 - 6.3 inches Diameter (unframed size)
Watercolor, Bindi on Magnani 300 gsm Paper.
ABOUT ARTIST :
Painting has a spiri...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Waterfall Duet 1, Water, Gold, White, Flowing, Acrylic, Oil, Painting, unframed
Located in Riverdale, NY
Waterfall Duet 1 is an original waterfall painting by Hawaii artist Carol Bennett. It is reminiscent of the beautiful flowing waterfalls throughout the Hawaiian islands. It is Acry...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board, Varnish, Oil
Circles 1 - Contemporary Landscape Abstract Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Own Technique on canvas: oil and ink
Aleksandra Batura (b. 1982 in Augustów) a Warsaw based artist. She earned a Doctor of Fine Arts degree from the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Center - black red contemporary modern abstract sculpture painting relief
Located in Doetinchem, NL
Center is a unique contemporary modern sculpture painting by Dutch artist Michiel Jansen. This wall relief is made from dozens of indivually cut strips ...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Slate
Abstract Metal "Black Square"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. Car dumps fascinate him - he is attracted to the broken edge, not the perfectly straight line. For th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Iron, Metal, Steel
A moon fell down - Figurative Painting on Paper, Young art, Colorful, Vibrant
Located in Warsaw, PL
WALERIA MATELSKA (born 1994 in Belarus)
In 2012-2015 she studied at the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where in the years 2015-2018 she her diploma from t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Large Textured Abstract Acrylic Painting "Fragments of the Mind 10"
By Maico Camilo
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A unique, large scale/oversized, expressive artwork, from the Fragments of the Mind series.
This series examines the delicate balance of the mind and the intricacies of our thoughts...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Polyurethane, Canvas, Mixed Media
THE WHEEL
By Tomo Mori
Located in Three Oaks, MI
Tomo Mori's canvas on canvas collage paintings captures her memories of emotion. The diffused forms suggest the complexity and ambiguity of how the memories can change their colors ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Portia Pink
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Jennifer Hornyak was born in England, where she studied at the Grimsby School of Art before coming to Canada. For more than forty years, her work has been exhibited in prestigious ga...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Material Pleasures: Artemisia" Lia Cook, Contemporary mixed media textile
By Lia Cook
Located in Wilton, CT
"Material Pleasures: Artemisia", acrylic on linen, dyes on rayon; woven, 53" x 77", 1993.
This contemporary abstract mixed media tapestry was done by California-based American fib...
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Tapestry, Thread, Linen, Acrylic
Big Blue
Located in New Orleans, LA
Non-objective artist Aimée Farnet Siegel works with color and line through the medium of hand-painted and manipulated paper. Her works inhabit space outside the two-dimensional plan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Thistles III - Contemporary Nature Expressive Oil Painting, Abstraction
Located in Salzburg, AT
Katarzyna Swinarska is a contemporary visual artist working with painting and video which often follows the convention of video performance. She creates also multimedia projects wher...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Smoke Green with Pink
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Jennifer Hornyak was born in England, where she studied at the Grimsby School of Art before coming to Canada. For more than forty years, her work has been exhibited in prestigious ga...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Contemporary abstract paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
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