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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.

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Style: Contemporary
Artist: Russell Frampton
Array n 2 - contemporary mixed media green abstract painting on board
Located in London, GB
”Nautical and maritime themes have often resurfaced in my work mainly because of associations with my childhood, being brought up on the River Hamble within a stones throw from the busy international shipping port of Southampton. The Solent and Cowes as seen from Warsash were formative landscape memories and the regular passage of tankers, passenger ships...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media, Board

Inscription - contemporary gold abstract symbolism iconography mixed media panel
Located in London, GB
acrylic, gold and metallic leaf on pine wood Russell Frampton: ''This recent body of work is informed by my continuing research into the physical and metaphorical nature of archaeol...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Arcturus Disc - contemporary solar disc gold mixed media wood circular
Located in London, GB
This recent body of work is informed by my continuing research into the physical and metaphorical nature of archaeological artefacts and votive objects, allied to the referencing of the symbolic forms and materiality of alchemy. Central to this practical investigation has been the use of ‘gold’, and the qualities that the material, with its obvious chromatic and symbolic values, seems to possess. This has driven both the conceptual and pragmatic concerns within the evolution of this work. Gold is an alluring and complex symbol of many, often conflicting meanings, avarice, greed, wealth but also of purity and celebration, and has been used as the adornment of spiritual and religious iconography as a devotional act for millennia. The titles refer to connections I have made with the forms themselves, often when making a painting a word will emerge which acts as a form of poetic catalyst. ‘Parsival’ or Percivale/Peredur was the knight questing for the holy grail...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Frequency
Located in London, GB
'This recent body of work is informed by my continuing research into the physical and metaphorical nature of archaeological artefacts and votive objects, allied to the referencing of...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Blue Containers - contemporary abstract blue mixed media collage board framed
Located in London, GB
Russell Frampton, was born in 1961 in Hampshire. He was educated at Portsmouth and at Exeter Art College (B.A. in Fine Art), later taking his M.A. in Fine Art at the University of Pl...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Board, Mixed Media

Gold Block II - Parsival -contemporary abstract black and gold leaf on canvas
Located in London, GB
'This recent body of work is informed by my continuing research into the physical and metaphorical nature of archaeological artefacts and votive objects, allied to the referencing of the symbolic forms and materiality of alchemy. Central to this practical investigation has been the use of ‘gold’, and the qualities that the material, with its obvious chromatic and symbolic values, seems to possess. This has driven both the conceptual and pragmatic concerns within the evolution of this work. Gold is an alluring and complex symbol of many, often conflicting meanings, avarice, greed, wealth but also of purity and celebration, and has been used as the adornment of spiritual and religious iconography as a devotional act for millennia. The title refers to connections I have made with the forms themselves, often when making a painting a word will emerge which acts as a form of poetic catalyst. ‘Parsival’ or Percivale/Peredur was the knight questing for the holy grail...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Gold Block IV Taranis - contemporary abstract black and gold leaf on canvas
Located in London, GB
'This recent body of work is informed by my continuing research into the physical and metaphorical nature of archaeological artefacts and votive objects, allied to the referencing of...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Gold Block III Votive Forms -contemporary abstract black and gold leaf on canvas
Located in London, GB
'This recent body of work is informed by my continuing research into the physical and metaphorical nature of archaeological artefacts and votive objects, allied to the referencing of...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Orange Band Escape II -contemporary abstract orange and black oil on canvas
Located in London, GB
Russell Frampton, was born in 1961 in Hampshire. He was educated at Portsmouth and at Exeter Art College (B.A. in Fine Art), later taking his M.A. in Fine Art at the University of Pl...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media

Seilanan Hill - contemporary abstract green mixed media oil board framed
Located in London, GB
Russell Frampton, was born in 1961 in Hampshire. He was educated at Portsmouth and at Exeter Art College (B.A. in Fine Art), later taking his M.A. in Fine Art at the University of Pl...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media, Board

Temple Plan -contemporary abstract white and brown mixed media and oil on canvas
Located in London, GB
Russell Frampton: ”Nautical and maritime themes have often resurfaced in my work mainly because of associations with my childhood, being brought up on the River Hamble within a stone...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Oak -contemporary abstract white and brown mixed media oil on canvas
Located in London, GB
Russell Frampton, was born in 1961 in Hampshire. He was educated at Portsmouth and at Exeter Art College (B.A. in Fine Art), later taking his M.A. in Fine Art at the University of Pl...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media

Ziggurat -contemporary abstract green and white mixed media oil on canvas
Located in London, GB
Russell Frampton, was born in 1961 in Hampshire. He was educated at Portsmouth and at Exeter Art College (B.A. in Fine Art), later taking his M.A. in Fine Art at the University of Pl...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media

Rose AB - contemporary abstract white mixed media collage board
Located in London, GB
Russell Frampton, was born in 1961 in Hampshire. He was educated at Portsmouth and at Exeter Art College (B.A. in Fine Art), later taking his M.A. in Fine Art at the University of Pl...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Board, Mixed Media

Fast Atoms Escape I -contemporary abstract blue mixed media and oil on canvas
Located in London, GB
Russell Frampton, was born in 1961 in Hampshire. He was educated at Portsmouth and at Exeter Art College (B.A. in Fine Art), later taking his M.A. in Fine Art at the University of Pl...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media

Fast Atoms Escape II -contemporary abstract blue mixed media and oil on canvas
Located in London, GB
Russell Frampton, was born in 1961 in Hampshire. He was educated at Portsmouth and at Exeter Art College (B.A. in Fine Art), later taking his M.A. in Fine Art at the University of Pl...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media

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