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: Gold
Canzone d'amore e della libertà
Located in Milano, MI
Looking at her works of art, at first sight one is amazed, because still unfamiliar, in front of her fantastic creativity. Her characters seem to come from "different" worlds, sometimes distant, other times hidden within us. They walk through the woods and meadows, they peer over the shores where the waves break in a continuous and unstoppable dialogue. Often very small, hiding among the blades of grass, but also huge figures, like the characters from the fairy tales of when we were children, naive and still "pure".
Here, this purity of childhood is slowly and inexorably awakened in us by looking at the works of Carin Grudda...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Mixed Media on Woven Fabriano Painting "Feminin Reign"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
This unique artwork is created through interweaving and twisting strips of painted fabriano paper in order to create a complex composition with depth and texture. The artwork is fram...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pink Ocean with Elements of Gold Painting by Corinne Natel
Located in Deddington, GB
Pink Ocean by Corinne Natel is an abstract ocean interpretation, with elements of gold. Created with fluid acrylics and a high gloss finish on a circular canvas. A stunning colourful...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold
French Contemporary Art by Marie-Anne Decamp - Evanescence 1
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, gold leaf and texture on canvas
Marie Anne Decamp is a French artist born in 1973 who lives and works in Chambly in Oise in Picardy, near Paris. She belongs to the expressi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
French Contemporary Art by Marie-Anne Decamp - California Bloom
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, texture, and gold leaf on canvas
Marie Anne Decamp is a French artist born in 1973 who lives and works in Chambly in Oise in Picardy, near Paris. She belongs to the express...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Unity 4-6
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Unity series is about bringing peace, balance, and harmony to the mind/body/spirit connection. Following the pathway of the chakras of the body and the geometry found in nature, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Unity 4-5
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Unity series is about bringing peace, balance, and harmony to the mind/body/spirit connection. Following the pathway of the chakras of the body and the geometry found in nature, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Unity 4-7
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Unity series is about bringing peace, balance, and harmony to the mind/body/spirit connection. Following the pathway of the chakras of the body and the geometry found in nature, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Unity 4-3
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Unity series is about bringing peace, balance, and harmony to the mind/body/spirit connection. Following the pathway of the chakras of the body and the geometry found in nature, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Unity 4-4
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Unity series is about bringing peace, balance, and harmony to the mind/body/spirit connection. Following the pathway of the chakras of the body and the geometry found in nature, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Unity 4-1
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Unity series is about bringing peace, balance, and harmony to the mind/body/spirit connection. Following the pathway of the chakras of the body and the geometry found in nature, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Unity 4-2
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Unity series is about bringing peace, balance, and harmony to the mind/body/spirit connection. Following the pathway of the chakras of the body and the geometry found in nature, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Light Refraction #23, Abstract painting on canvas mounted in a stretcher
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Light Refraction #23, 2015 by Natasha Zupan
From the series Light Refraction
Oil, fabric, encaustic, 24K Gold, medium, on canvas
Size: 9.5 in. H x 7.5 in. W x 3 in D.
Canvas on a st...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold
Space Junk 23 - Original Acrylic Space Astronaut Line Drawing Artwork on Canvas
By Ricky Hunt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s work is influenced by Egyptian hieroglyphs, graffiti, and his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in his creative life. He covers the canvas with unique imagery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Dawn of a New Day, Moody Landscape Painting, Dartmoor Sky, Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
A gold-leaf landscape painting by Sophie Berger. This original oil painting on canvas board has the depth and moodiness of a Dartmoor sky as well as the vivid sunshine hiding beneath the clouds. This is captured by the iridescent glory of the gold leaf. When the viewer is moving around the room the reflection on the gold leaf changes the whole painting as it glows and reflects. Based on the ever changing skies in Devon where Sophie lives and works.
New original artwork by artist, Sophie Berger is available with Wychwood Art in their gallery and online. Sophie Berger's recent work has been greatly influenced by her move to Devon and a new found love of the Dartmoor. She often sketches on the north moors and in Skaigh woods, taking in the mood of the sky, rolling hills and streams or concentrating on the intricate twisted branches and roots of the bracken. Sophie Berger's next stage is to recapture these sketches using oil paint when back at the studio in Kigbeare, thereby creating a strong connection between her work and the landscape. The changeable, moody landscapes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Sundae
Located in Lincoln, RI
This super colorful and vibrant wall sculpture is both a painting and a sculpture in one. The piece floats off the wall and is created using black plexiglass which is carved with an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Copper, Gold Leaf
Tiger in Sunrise, Ancient Inspired painting on paper with acrylic and gold leaf
Located in Dallas, TX
This is a magnificent large scale painting on paper, showing a powerful Tiger, full of the artist's signature motifs, inspired by ancient Greece and Egypt. This artwork comes in a be...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Out Off The Cave – Atmospheric Abstract Nature Painting, Expression
Located in Salzburg, AT
Agnieszka Zawisza (born 1970) is a painter, visual artist and art teacher. She studied at the Warsaw Art Academy, Department of Painting (1994-2000),...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Untitled No. 54
Located in Westport, CT
This beautiful painting is by Japanese artist, Takefumi Hori. He was born in Tokyo, Japan. He paints beautiful gold leaf paintings. This piece is acrylic, gold leaf and metal leaf ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver, Gold Leaf
Color Boundaries 34, 35 & 38, Abstract painting on canvas, mounted on a strecher
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Color Boundaries #34, #35, and #38, (Triptych) 2018 by Natasha Zupan
-Color Boundaries #34 and #38
Oil, fabric, medium, on canvas
-Color Boundaries #35
Oil, fabric, medium, gold, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold
Light Refraction #23 and Small White Lies. Abstract painting on canvas, mounted
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Light Refraction #23 and Small White Lies, 2013-2015 by Natasha Zupan
-Small White Lies, 2013
Oil, fabric, medium, on canvas
-Light Refraction #23, 2...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold
A Playful Disposition 2 Abstract Floral Painting by Magdelena Morey, 2022
Located in Deddington, GB
A Playful Disposition 2 by Magdelena Morey [2022]
A Playful Disposition 2 is a cheerful, original abstract floral painting by Magdalena Morey. This co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Untitled No. 64
Located in Westport, CT
This beautiful painting is by Japanese artist, Takefumi Hori. He was born in Tokyo, Japan. He paints beautiful gold leaf paintings. This piece is acrylic, gold leaf and metal leaf ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver, Gold Leaf
Untitled No. 55
Located in Westport, CT
This beautiful painting is by Japanese artist, Takefumi Hori. He was born in Tokyo, Japan. He paints beautiful gold leaf paintings. This piece is acrylic, gold leaf and metal leaf ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver, Gold Leaf
Dark Mixed Media on Woven Fabriano Painting "Growth is Worth Celebrating"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
This unique artwork is created through interweaving strips of painted fabriano paper in order to create a complex composition with depth and texture. The artwork is framed and floate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
A Playful Disposition 4, Magdelena Morey, Floral painting, Contemporary art
Located in Deddington, GB
A Playful Disposition 4 by Magdelena Morey [2022]
A Playful Disposition 4 is a cheerful, original abstract floral painting by Magdalena Morey. This co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Abstract Composition in Blue & Gold 2 by Lélia Pissarro - Abstract painting
Located in London, GB
Abstract Composition in Blue & Gold 2 by Lélia Pissarro (b. 1963)
Acrylic and gold on canvas
61 x 50 cm (24 x 19 ³/₄ inches)
Signed and inscribed on the reverse
Executed in 2017
Thi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold
Late Summer Full Moon – Oil Atmospheric Nature Painting, Abstraction, Expression
Located in Salzburg, AT
Agnieszka Zawisza (born 1970) is a painter, visual artist and art teacher. She studied at the Warsaw Art Academy, Department of Painting (1994-2000), obtaining a Master's degree with...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Les enfants de la liberté by Lélia Pissarro - Contemporary painting
Located in London, GB
Les enfants de la liberté by Lélia Pissarro (b. 1963)
Acrylic, pigment and gold powder on canvas
100 x 120 cm (39 ³/₈ x 47 ¹/₄ inches)
Signed lower right, Lélia Pissarro
Signed, titl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold
Glimpses No. 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Alexander Eulert's original mixed media paintings on wood panels are abstract propositions of worlds where divergent forces coalesce into harmonious geometric interactions. He draws ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
I'll try anything with you by Lélia Pissarro - Contemporary painting
Located in London, GB
I'll try anything with you by Lélia Pissarro (b. 1963)
Acrylic, pigment and gold powder on canvas
81 x 65 cm (31 ⁷/₈ x 25 ⁵/₈ inches)
Signed and titled on the reverse
This work is a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold
Avec ou sans coeur? by Lélia Pissarro - Abstract painting
Located in London, GB
Avec ou sans coeur? by Lélia Pissarro (b. 1963)
Acrylic, gold and a heart brooch on canvas
145.5 x 114 cm (57 ¹/₄ x 44 ⁷/₈ inches)
This work is accompanied by a certificate o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold
"Dripping Dots - Gramercy" Blue & Pink Gradient Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
With layers of bright oils and whisking brush strokes, the paint is able to shine and shimmer in a very unique pattern. The artist uses gold leaf with thick textured oils and glass t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"My Horizon on Gold, Black & White" Abstract Color Field Contemporary Painting
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
An acrylic with pops of gold leaf on canvas piece with bright use of color and texture. We are focused on the simplicity of beauty in the moment as Shaoul creates a translucent but v...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Contemporary Landscape painting by Qiu Ting- Series Deep Valley No.1
Located in Beijing, CN
Description
Qiu Ting (B.1971)
Series Deep Valley No.1
50 by 35 cm
Dated 2015
Chinese ink on gold paper
Mounted and framed
Signed Qiu Ting (Qiu Ting in Chinese) on upper right, with one seal of the artist
The artwork comes with COA
Artist Biography
Qiu Ting was born 1971 in Luhe, Guangdong province. In 1992, he enrolled in the traditional Chinese painting department of China Academy of Art to study landscape painting,and graduated with a master's degree in 2000. In 2004, he earned his doctorate in fine arts from Tsinghua University. He is presently vice-president in the traditional Chinese painting department of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China.
Major exhibitions include:“Mountains and Flowing Water” Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China(2004); Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu, China(2005, 2011); The 5th International Ink Painting Biennale in Shenzhen, China(2006); “The same world”,Beijing, New York, Tokyo,(2007); “The Blue Brittany”, Sichuan Art Museum, China(2007); Contemporary Chinese Ink...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold
Contemporary Landscape painting by Qiu Ting- Peak Aolai
Located in Beijing, CN
Description
Qiu Ting (B.1971)
Series Deep Valley No.1
50 by 35 cm
Dated 2015
Chinese ink on gold paper
Mounted and framed
Signed Qiu Ting (Qiu Ting in Chinese) on upper right, with one seal of the artist
The artwork comes with COA
Artist Biography
Qiu Ting was born 1971 in Luhe, Guangdong province. In 1992, he enrolled in the traditional Chinese painting department of China Academy of Art to study landscape painting, and graduated with a master's degree in 2000. In 2004, he earned his doctorate in fine arts from Tsinghua University. He is presently vice-president in the traditional Chinese painting department of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China.
Major exhibitions include:“Mountains and Flowing Water” Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China(2004); Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu, China(2005, 2011); The 5th International Ink Painting Biennale in Shenzhen, China(2006); “The same world”,Beijing, New York, Tokyo,(2007); “The Blue Brittany”, Sichuan Art Museum, China(2007); Contemporary Chinese Ink...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold
French Contemporary Art by M.-P. Autonne - La Promenade de Némo
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, pigments & gold leaves on wooden panel
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Starry Eyed #2
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Capturing movement in acrylic paint, Armen Ges experiments with optical illusions and perspective in his original pop artworks. To create these intriguing vi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Mixed Media on Woven Fabriano Painting "African Night Sky"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
This unique artwork is created through interweaving strips of painted fabriano paper in order to create a complex composition with depth and texture. The artwork comes framed in a bo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Purple Mixed Media on Woven Fabriano Painting "KaliMa"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
This unique artwork is created through interweaving strips of painted fabriano paper in order to create a complex composition with depth and texture. The artwork is framed and floate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"My The Girl from Ipanema Heart" Yellow Contemporary Oil Painting Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
210
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean BIJOUX
(XX)
210
Acrylic painting and gold leaf on vellum
Signed lower right
H. 26,5 cm ; L. 20 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Autumn Meridian - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Painting, Gold, Moon
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Oil and gold leaf on canvas
For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shine. Also many contemporary artists continue ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
220
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean BIJOUX
(XX)
220
Acrylic painting and gold leaf on canvas
Signed lower right
H. 81 cm ; L. 65 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
223
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean BIJOUX
(XX)
223
Acrylic painting and gold leaf on canvas
Signed lower right
H. 81 cm ; L. 65 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
213
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean BIJOUX
(XX)
213
Acrylic painting and gold leaf on vellum
Signed on the right
H. 26,5 cm ; L. 20 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
211
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean BIJOUX
(XX)
211
Acrylic painting and gold leaf on vellum
Signed lower middle
H. 27 cm ; L. 18 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
N° 150-21, 2020 (Painting Gold Leaf)
Located in New York City, NY
Nicolas Galtier
N° 150-21, 2020
60 x 60 inches
150 x 150 cm
Unique
Mixed Media
Nicolas Galtier is a French painter who has exhibited his work...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold, Gold Leaf
201
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean BIJOUX
(XX)
201
Acrylic painting and gold leaf on vellum
Signed lower left
H. 21 cm ; L. 19 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
208
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean BIJOUX
(XX)
208
Acrylic painting and gold leaf on vellum
Signed
H. 23 cm ; L. 16 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
209
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean BIJOUX
(XX)
209
Acrylic painting and gold leaf on vellum
Signed upper right
H. 23 cm ; L. 16 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
212
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean BIJOUX
(XX)
212
Acrylic painting and gold leaf on vellum
Signed lower left
H. 16 cm ; L. 23 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
214
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean BIJOUX
(XX)
214
Acrylic painting and gold leaf on vellum
Signed upper right
H. 16 cm ; L. 23 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
219
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean BIJOUX
(XX)
219
Acrylic painting and gold leaf on canvas
Signed lower left
H. 50 cm ; L. 40 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
222
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean BIJOUX
(XX)
222
Acrylic painting and gold leaf on canvas
Signed lower left
H. 81 cm ; L. 65 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
221
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean BIJOUX
(XX)
221
Acrylic painting and gold leaf on canvas
Signed lower right
H. 81 cm ; L. 65 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
205
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean BIJOUX
(XX)
205
Acrylic painting and gold leaf on panel
Signed lower right
H. 22 cm ; L. 16 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
218
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean BIJOUX
(XX)
218
Acrylic painting and gold leaf on canvas
Signed lower right
H. 50 cm ; L. 40 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Contemporary abstract paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
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