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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Item Ships From: Europe
Style: Contemporary
Planeta XVI - contemporary modern mixed media sculpture painting relief
By Eliza Kopec
Located in Doetinchem, NL
Planeta XVI is a unique small size round contemporary mixed media wall sculpture relief by renowned Polish-Dutch artist Eliza Kopec. This relief is part of a body of work that contin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Mixed Media
French Contemporary Art by Marie-Anne Decamp - Light of Freedom
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on linen with gold leaves 22 carats
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 expre...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold
"Landscape". Contemporary Paint on Canvas Made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape
oil on canvas
100x100 cm
Original Art Made in Italy
2023
Marilina Marchica was born in Agrigento, where she lives and works,
In 2008 she graduated in Painting at the Acad...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Oil
Floral Composition - Oil Painting by Giuseppe Ingegno - 1990
Located in Roma, IT
Floral Composition is an Oil painting realized by Giuseppe Ingegno in 1990.
Hand-signed and dated on the lower. with the label on the rear "Fondazione di Paolo"
Good conditions.
This beautiful colored oil paiting...
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Standing Figure: Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting by John Emanuel
By John Emanuel
Located in Brecon, Powys
Large oil on paper by this well collected British artist. Signed and dated 1980 lower left. Superb example of this artists work. Behind glass in excellent condition, new mount origin...
Category
1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Variation rythmique VI ed. 2/3 - geometric contemporary modern painting relief
Located in Doetinchem, NL
Variation rythmique VI belongs to the most recent series of seven different small and medium size contemporary modern sculpture painting reliefs by French-Dutch artist Olivier Julia....
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Blackboard - Painting by Massimo Greco - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Acrylic on blackboard realized by Massimo Greco in 2020.
Hand-signed on rear.
Authentication certificate by the artist.
Excellent condition.
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
French Contemporary Art by Marie-Anne Decamp - Fortress
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas texture & gold leaves 22 carats
Marie Anne Decamp is a French artist born in 1973 who lives and works in Chambly in Oise in Picar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold
Warmth Beckoning - Contemporary abstraction - Oil Painting
Located in DE
Lilly Muth conveys emotional or expressive feelings and ideas without reliance upon or reference to recognizable objective forms and thus wants the viewer of her art to search for th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Cleromancy II" . Contemporary Ink Painting On 19th Century Paper
Located in Brecon, Powys
Ink on 19th Century Paper
If painting, like any other language, can be considered an abstract system of signs, there must be a pictorial vocabulary and syntactical rules which commu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Archival Paper
Yesterday, Today, Fin .... - Expressive Contemporary Oil Painting, Clouds
By Robert Bubel
Located in Salzburg, AT
The painting is signed on the back.
The whole artistic output of Robert Bubel centres around subjective emotions and arousing emotion in the beholder. The source of inspiration- tha...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
X from The Message Series - Contemporary Abstract Oil Pastel Painting, Framed
By Janusz Kokot
Located in Salzburg, AT
The art work is already framed.
The size of the unframed artwork: 45x45 cm, framed 47 x 47 cm
Janusz Kokot was born in Kalisz in 1960. He studied at the Pedagogical University in C...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
S from The Message Series - Contemporary Abstract Oil Pastel Painting, Framed
By Janusz Kokot
Located in Salzburg, AT
The art work is already framed. They are simple silver frames
The size of the unframed artwork: 45x45 cm, framed 47 x 47 cm
Janusz Kokot was born in Kalisz in 1960. He studied at th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
American Contemporary Art by David Paul Kay - Mona Lisa VIII
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed composition on canvas
with frame + 7 cm = 2,75 in
David Paul Kay is an American contemporary artist born in 1982 who lives and works in New York City, USA. With a focus on vib...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Untitled 3631 & 3637- 21st Century, Contemporary Art, Abstract, Acrylic Painting
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Maria Paola Coda's creative process dwells on a permanent search for the beauty hiding within our state of mind. Coda examines and translates the vibratory element of beauty that goe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Blue Script - Contemporary Abstract Expressive Oil Pastel Painting
By Janusz Kokot
Located in Salzburg, AT
Janusz Kokot was born in Kalisz in 1960. He studied at the Pedagogical University in Częstochowa at the Art Institute. He practices painting and drawing. In the years 1988 - 2020 he ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
American Contemporary Art by David Paul Kay - Frida
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed composition on canvas
with frame + 7 cm = 2,75 in
David Paul Kay is an American contemporary artist born in 1982 who lives and works in New York City, USA. With a focus on vib...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
New York City Jazz Club by Sax Berlin
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Ode to master bassman and composer Lincoln Schleifer from the New York music scene. Sax's look into his head with the musicians seeing, breathing and enveloped by the music.
Yet ag...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache
Early Morning Dumhach II
Located in Belfast, GB
Grainne Dowling
Early Morning Dumhach II
Mixed Media on Board
14 x 21 7/8 in
35.5 x 55.5 cm
"I want to celebrate the subtlety and nuance, the sense of timelessness, strength and fra...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Board
American Contemporary Art by Maxwell Stevens - Last Days of Summer 3
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Maxwell Stevens is an American artist born in 1971 who lives and works in New York, USA. He received an MFA in Painting from the School of Art at Washington University...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Clouds Original Oil paint made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
Clouds
oil on canvas
50x40 cm
Original Oil paint on canvas
Ready to hang
Marilina Marchica, born in 1984, was born in Agrigento, where she lives and works. She graduated in Painti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Purple Flyeater - Contemporary Abstract Expressive Oil Pastel Painting
By Janusz Kokot
Located in Salzburg, AT
Janusz Kokot was born in Kalisz in 1960. He studied at the Pedagogical University in Częstochowa at the Art Institute. He practices painting and drawing. In the years 1988 - 2020 he ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Clearance - Expressive Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Realism, Warm Tones
By Robert Bubel
Located in Salzburg, AT
The painting is signed on the back.
The whole artistic output of Robert Bubel centres around subjective emotions and arousing emotion in the beholder. The source of inspiration- tha...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Contemporary Art by Maxwell Stevens - Beach Scene Abstraction
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Maxwell Stevens is an American artist born in 1971 who lives and works in New York, USA. He received an MFA in Painting from the School of Art at Washington University...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Contemporary Art by Maxwell Stevens - Wading Nude
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Maxwell Stevens is an American artist born in 1971 who lives and works in New York, USA. He received an MFA in Painting from the School ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Contemporary Art by Maxwell Stevens - Beach Girls
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Maxwell Stevens is an American artist born in 1971 who lives and works in New York, USA. He received an MFA in Painting from the School ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Contemporary Art by Maxwell Stevens - Bikini Girl
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Maxwell Stevens is an American artist born in 1971 who lives and works in New York, USA. He received an MFA in Painting from the School ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Contemporary Art by Maxwell Stevens - Last Days of Summer 2
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Maxwell Stevens is an American artist born in 1971 who lives and works in New York, USA. He received an MFA in Painting from the School of Art at Washington University...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Contemporary Art by Maxwell Stevens - Last Days of Summer 1
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Maxwell Stevens is an American artist born in 1971 who lives and works in New York, USA. He received an MFA in Painting from the School of Art at Washington University...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Contemporary Art by Maxwell Stevens - Emerald Waters
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Maxwell Stevens is an American artist born in 1971 who lives and works in New York, USA. He received an MFA in Painting from the School ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Contemporary Art by Maxwell Stevens - Soft Focus Beach Scene (Fourth of
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Maxwell Stevens is an American artist born in 1971 who lives and works in New York, USA. He received an MFA in Painting from the School of Art at Washington University...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Contemporary Art by Maxwell Stevens - Beach Scene (Siblings)
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Maxwell Stevens is an American artist born in 1971 who lives and works in New York, USA. He received an MFA in Painting from the School of Art at Washington University...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Contemporary Art by Maxwell Stevens - Beach Girls (Friends)
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Maxwell Stevens is an American artist born in 1971 who lives and works in New York, USA. He received an MFA in Painting from the School of Art at Washington University...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Blue Bird - Contemporary Abstract Expressive Oil Pastel Painting
By Janusz Kokot
Located in Salzburg, AT
Janusz Kokot was born in Kalisz in 1960. He studied at the Pedagogical University in Częstochowa at the Art Institute. He practices painting and drawing. In the years 1988 - 2020 he ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
American Contemporary Art by Maxwell Stevens - Beach Scene, In Repose
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Maxwell Stevens is an American artist born in 1971 who lives and works in New York, USA. He received an MFA in Painting from the School of Art at Washington University...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled 21 - Contemporary Blue, White, Abstract Oil Painting, Conceptual Art
Located in Salzburg, AT
The painting is painted with oil on chipboard. It is on a stretcher frame and ready to hang
Urszula Wilk – artist statment:
I have always been interested in the idea of infinitene...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"PaperLandscape" Oil Paint on Canvas made in Italy By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape
Oil on Canvas
100x100 cm
Original Paint
Ready to hang
...My painting tells of the relationship between man, nature and time, the landscape, the sign and the trace,
through...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled 20 - Contemporary Blue, White, Abstract Oil Painting, Conceptual Art
Located in Salzburg, AT
Urszula Wilk – artist statment:
I have always been interested in the idea of infiniteness of a painting and its opposite – that is the physical finiteness of the painting. This phys...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Untitled 1627 - 21st Century, Contemporary Art, Abstract, Acrylic Painting
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Maria Paola Coda's creative process dwells on a permanent search for the beauty hiding within our state of mind. Coda examines and translates the vibratory element of beauty that goe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
View from my Balcony- 21st Century figurative abstract painting of a woman
By Martin Koole
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Martin Koole
View from my Balcony
120 x 120 cm with frame (included in price) 126x126 cm
Acryl on canvas
Martin Koole's paintings are distinguished from the work of other painters b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Red Cardinal - Contemporary Abstract Expressive Oil Pastel Painting
By Janusz Kokot
Located in Salzburg, AT
Janusz Kokot was born in Kalisz in 1960. He studied at the Pedagogical University in Częstochowa at the Art Institute. He practices painting and drawing. In the years 1988 - 2020 he ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
"Abstract Landscape" Original Paint on Cotton Canvas, By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape
mixed media on canvas 97x37 cm
this artwork have a frame
47x110 cm
Marilina Marchica, born in 1984, was born in Agrigento, where she lives and works. She graduated in Pai...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled 3389 - 21st Century, Contemporary Art, Abstract, Acrylic Painting
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Maria Paola Coda's creative process dwells on a permanent search for the beauty hiding within our state of mind. Coda examines and translates the vibratory element of beauty that goe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Red Black & White Painting on Canvas by Contemporary British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Red Black & White Painting on Canvas by Contemporary British Artist
Art measures 12 x 12 inches
Original, Acrylic on Canvas
Signed & dated on the rear
Fil Earthstomp is an enig...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
View from my Balcony II- 21st Century figurative abstract painting of a woman
By Martin Koole
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Martin Koole
View from my Balcony II
120 x 120 cm with frame (included in price) 126x126 cm
Acryl on canvas
Martin Koole's paintings are distinguished from the work of other painter...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Girl Reading- 21st Century figurative abstract of a reading girl in a library
By Martin Koole
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Martin Koole
Girl Reading
120 x 120 cm with frame (included in price) 126x126 cm
Acryl on canvas
Martin Koole's paintings are distinguished from the work of other painters by his ve...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
American Contemporary Art by David Paul Kay - In the Zone
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on wood
David Paul Kay is an American contemporary artist born in 1982 who lives and works in New York City, USA. With a focus on vibrant lines and intricate composition...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Wood
American Contemporary Art by David Paul Kay - Rejected
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on wood
David Paul Kay is an American contemporary artist born in 1982 who lives and works in New York City, USA. With a focus on vibrant lines and intricate composition...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media
American Contemporary Art by David Paul Kay - Unstoppable
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on wood
David Paul Kay is an American contemporary artist born in 1982 who lives and works in New York City, USA. With a focus on vibrant lines and intricate composition...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media
"Landscape" , Original Oil Paint on Canvas Made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape
Oil on Canvas
Original Art Ready to Hang
65x50 cm
2023
...My painting tells of the relationship between man, nature and time, the landscape, the sign and the trace,
thr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Oil
PaperLandscape , Original Art Ready to Hang, made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
PaperLandscape
Oil Paint and collage on Cotton Canvas
50x50 cm
2020
Ready to hang
certificate of authenticity included
One of a kind, non-reproducible
Marilina Marchica was born i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Handmade Paper
Landscape Original Oil paint by Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape
Oil on Canvas
120x100 cm
Ready to Hang
Marilina Marchica, born in 1984, was born in Agrigento, where she lives and works. She graduated in Painting at the Academy of F...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Impressionistic Winter Snow Landscape Painting of Forest in Zurich Switzerland
Located in Preston, GB
Impressionistic Winter Snow Landscape Painting of Forest in Zurich Switzerland by Leading Contemporary British Artist, Angela Wakefield.
Art m...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Board
Composition IXV
Located in Wien, 9
The artwork is signed, dated and titled verso.
The artist says herself about her art "My focus has always been on abstract art. I'm attracted to its reduction of the "real", its es...
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Keith Haring, Untitled, 1984
By Keith Haring
Located in Manchester, GB
Keith Haring, Untitled, 1984
Ink on yellow wove paper
Hand-signed and dated in ink in the lower portion of the right margin: K Haring
11.75 x 16.5 in (30 x...
Category
1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Felt Pen
The Edge of Twilight - Expressive Contemporary Figurative Painting, Landscape
By Robert Bubel
Located in Salzburg, AT
The painting is signed on the back.
The whole artistic output of Robert Bubel centres around subjective emotions and arousing emotion in the beholder. The source of inspiration- tha...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Landscape" Contemporary Landscape large size Made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape
Abstract
80x100 cm
Ready to Hang
one of a kind
Shipped with certificate of authenticity and signed on the back
Marilina Marchica, born in 1984, was born in Agrigento, w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pastel, Oil
Jean-Michel - Acrylic by Vito Difilippo - 2017
Located in Roma, IT
Acrylic on cardboard by Vito Difilippo.
Excellent condition.
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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