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.
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Style: Contemporary
What You All Want ??? - Contemporary Figurative Painting, Polish Young Art
Located in Salzburg, AT
Kasia Mazur is a very young artist, she is still studying painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, where she also lives. She has already had exhibit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Tempera
“Untitled (CVS166)” Contemporary Orange and Pink Geometric Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary geometric colorful abstract painting by Texas-based artist Max Manning. The work features organic and geometric shapes in orange and pink tones. Signed, titled, & dated ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
o.T. (YE15LH) small yellow contemporary modern wall sculpture painting relief
Located in Doetinchem, NL
o.T. (YE15LH) is a unique small size contemporary modern wall sculpture painting relief by German artist Dieter Kränzlein. This sculpture relief is carved from a single block of lime...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Limestone
'Monogrammes'. French Mid-Century Abstract Expressionist. Oil on Canvas.
Located in Cotignac, FR
A mid-century abstract expressionist oil on canvas presented in a plain wooden frame. The work is titled and there are initials 'G.O.' (artist?) on a label to the rear stretcher as w...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
L'Amour Qui Grandit - Tall Dynamic Textured Hearts Painting on Canvas
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"No. 2192" Miniature Collage
Located in Soquel, CA
Miniature paper collage by Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Titled/numbered, initialed, and dated on verso. Acquired with a collection of his work. Presented in a new mat with foa...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper
"Study for a Song 8" Contemporary Colorful Abstract Concentric Circle Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract contemporary circular painting by Houston, TX artist David Hardaker. Signed, titled, and dated by the artist on the reverse. Currently on view in "David Hardaker: R...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Processing Venice - contemporary modern abstract geometric painting relief
By Eliza Kopec
Located in Doetinchem, NL
Processing Venice is a unique contemporary modern painting relief by renowned Polish-Dutch artist Eliza Kopec. This painting relief is a typical exampl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Acrylic, Wood
“American Rural, Cistern” Contemporary Colorful Pastoral Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary colorful pastoral landscape by Texas based artist Jacob Spacek. The work features a bright red and green cistern set against a vibrant blue and peach background. Signed ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Masque of Comus
Located in Atlanta, GA
"My work principally consists of deeply abstracted figure compositions--intuitive constructions that begin with random marks establishing larger masses of torsos, heads, and limbs in an undefined setting. The emphasis is almost purely on intuition. The figures are born of their surrounding environment, emerging only partially and fugitively from the layers of pigment.
A narrative is evident but never overt. A crown, a shield, a boat, a wheel. Though the subject has recently coalesced around my reading of Dante and Shakespeare, the settings remain extremely vague- a beach, an interior, a woodland. The paintings are, in the end, meditations on the relationship between the protagonists in a wordless drama. In my paintings, I use a cold wax medium combined with dry pigments, oil paint, and embedded fragments of burlap. The surfaces eventually build up into a dense, rugged terrain."
--Thaddeus Radell
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Jute, Wax, Oil, Wood Panel
MG1910 - contemporary modern abstract geometric film on glass painting relief
By Let de Kok
Located in Doetinchem, NL
Relief MG1901 is a medium size contemporary modern abstract geometric wall relief by Dutch visual artist Let de Kok. This relief consists of two interspaced panels of museum glass wi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Glass, Film, Polymer
"Landscape" Original Paint on Canvas made in Italy, by Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape
oil on canvas
65x50 cm
Original Art
Ready to hang
Certificate of authenticity
Marilina Marchica, born in Agrigento, where she works and lives,
she graduated in Painting at...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$1,614 Sale Price
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"My Horizon - Hamptons Cocktail Party" Color Field Contemporary Painting Paper
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
An acrylic, oil and diamond dust on heavy weight paper piece with bright use of color and texture. We are focused on the simplicity of beauty in the moment as Shaoul creates a transl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Glass
Fields #8 - Abstract Green Gold Geometric Original Wall Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Alex Eulert's mixed-media paintings are abstract propositions of worlds where divergent forces coalesce into harmonious aesthetic interaction. He draws his inspiration from a lifelon...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
Horseman of the Sun
Located in Bozeman, MT
Enthralled with the lore and spirituality of American Indian cultures, his work often depicts these traditional subjects in nontraditional ways. Hawkins captures the raw sense of ele...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Nuances of Depth 1, 2, 3
Located in New York, NY
Albion Vu is an architect, fashion designer and an abstract painter living between NYC and Martha's Vineyard. Born and raised in Eastern Europe, he moved to the USA after graduating ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Plaster, Paper, Acrylic
Hanging Garden II, Vibrant peacock oil painting, abstract realism and texture
Located in Dallas, TX
"Hanging Garden II" is a breathtaking 2024 oil on canvas by Éric Robitaille, measuring 42 × 42 inches. This striking square oriented painting showcases a regal peacock, its iridescen...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"Sunset Lighting" by Nan Van Ryzin - Large Blue and Orange Contemporary Abstract
Located in Carmel, CA
Nan Van Ryzin (American, born 1952)
"Sunset Lighting" 2020
Oil Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
The artist signed the back of the painting.
About the Artist:
Based in Connecticut, Nan ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
"My Falling in Love Heart" Contemporary Multicolor & Gold Oil Painting on Canvas
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
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Stars 21 August 23:36, Modern Night Sky Landscape Painting, Minimalist Art
Located in Salzburg, AT
Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They depend on the season of year, the ti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Black Magic - Abstract Colorful Energetic Street Art Graffiti Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Capturing movement in acrylic and spray paint, Armen Ges experiments with optical illusions and perspective in his original abstract artworks. To create these intriguing visuals, Ges...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Attack From Above, 2020, acrylic, oil, canvas, yarn, thread, green, pink, eagle
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Attack From Above, 2020, acrylic, oil, canvas, yarn and thread on canvas. Green, blue, pink, eagle, jet, spider-man, abstract.
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Thread, Yarn, Pastel, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Graphite
Pikarli - My Country
Located in Miami, FL
Yannima Tommy Watson is a Pitjantjatjara artist born around the 1930s, in the bush some 44km west of the small isolated community of Irrunytju. Not yet very well known to the French public, despite his participation in the architectural project of the Musée du Quai Branly, Tommy Watson is nevertheless often considered the greatest living Aboriginal artist.
Like many aborigines of his generation, he lived a traditional, nomadic or semi-nomadic life before his contact with Western civilization; then he will occupy the only jobs that the Aborigines find: herdsmen (until Yuendumu), laborers for the construction of infrastructures in the desert. Throughout this period he became familiar with his "country", a harsh region, and deepened his knowledge, both profane and sacred, relating to Dreams and Dreamtimes, to the connections between sacred sites and the Ancestors. He will even work in Papunya, where the artistic movement started. But the Pijantjarra are intransigent with tradition…no question at this time of revealing the motives and the secret stories.
The North of South Australia, the region where he is from, was touched by the pictorial movement only at the very beginning of the 2000s. In 2001, Tommy began his career as an artist in Irrunytju (Wingellina). He is a young artist… He learns by observing other painters and draws on the experiences of a long life and on the exceptional knowledge he has stored up. But quickly he will find his way, a radically new style where color plays a major role. Very quickly, the iconography now well known by the artists of Yuendumu, or the Western Desert, Balgo or Lajamanu disappeared. The symbols are no longer there. As Rover Thomas, Emily Kame or Paddy Bedford had done before him, this is a real artistic revolution. For Tommy, it is not a question of describing his Dream (Caterpillar), the routes taken by the Ancestors. He concentrates on a site, a story, sometimes very profane, the memory of a meeting, of a hunting party, tries to condense his memories, the information of which he is the depositary, to add a poetic touch to it, sometimes melancholy, and this gives a painting with a very abstract aspect. It is a painting where the emotion is very present, undoubtedly less cerebral than the art of the neighbors of the north the Pintupi, like Ronnie Tjampitjinpa, George...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Linen
"Frammenti" Abstract Drawing Large Size- Original Art by Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Frammenti
Pastel on Paper (Fabriano Elle)
100x70 cm
2023
Original Art
Marilina Marchica's research delves into the relationship between Man and Nature and the emotional implications of the relationship between human and dwelling. In this research, the landscape is the protagonist. People today rule over 75% of the land not covered by ice, which has led to modifying and shaping places, ignoring the life-giving forces of nature. The attempts of modern people...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Pastel
"Evening in Paris" Abstract Figure Chanel Gown Haute Couture Oil Painting Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"On the Water XIX: Morning Sail" Contemporary Abstract Oil and Wax on Panel
Located in Baltimore, MD
"On the Water XIV: Morning Sail" is a framed oil and wax work on panel by Jeff Erickson, with an abstract composition with color blocks of creamy pink and vibrant cool blues. Erickso...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Wax, Oil, Panel
Miniature Landscape Study of Scottish Highlands by Contemporary British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Miniature Landscape Study of the Scottish Highlands by Contemporary British Artist Angela Wakefield
Art measures 6 x 4 inches
Frame measures 12 x 10 inches
Angela Wakefield has tw...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Board
WARM SQUARE QUILT - Framed, Textured, Sculptural, Molded Acrylic Painting
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
In this piece, Natalie Harrison draws on the historically domestic crafts of molding and quilting to create a new work of collage. Shaping pink, orang...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Silhouette with Green by Gee Gee Collins Contemporary painting on paper
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gee Gee Collins was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. She studied painting at the College of Charleston and received a bachelor's degree in Fine Art from the University of Georgi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Rage of Fury
By David Stern
Located in New York, NY
David Stern (Germany, b. 1956)
Acrylics on canvas
81 inches by 71 inches
Hand signed by artist, certificate of authenticity available
Key words used to describe this work by David: abstract figuration, expressionism cabalistic, mysticism, painting, action, pigments, acrylics
David Stern was born on February 3, 1956 in Essen, Germany and lives in New York. Stern has referred to himself as an “action painter,” echoing the artistic legacies of New York School painters Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Franz Kline. Yet his human forms reach further back to histories of portraiture.
After an apprenticeship as a sign painter...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
" Water Ground" Large size Abstract Painting Diptych made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
Water Ground
oil on cotton canvas
110 x180cm
Original Art
Ready to hang
diptych
land / sea
Marilina Marchica, born in Agrigento, where she works and lives,
she graduated in Paintin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$4,440 Sale Price
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Worship, Contemporary Gestural Abstract Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This painting combines organic shapes with gestural brushwork that suggests the human form. Executed in oil on canvas, it reveals the textured grit of the artist’s process and the la...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,625 Sale Price
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"My St. Barths Heart" Blue Gradient Contemporary Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
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
Canvas, Oil
Simple Havoc
Located in Mill Valley, CA
An abstract painting using oil on linen.
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Three" Yellow, Red, Purple Large Scale Floral Petal Oil Painting
Located in East Quogue, NY
Edie Nadelhaft “Three” Oil on canvas, 48 x 44 inches. Offered unframed.
Edie Nadelhaft's bold, large-scale, colorful monolithic oil paintings of bodega flowers were born from her ea...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Dripping Dots - Saint Barts" Multicolor Contemporary 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 flakes with thick textured oils and glass...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"My Petit Grape Heart" Purple Pop Art Contemporary Oil Painting with 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
Oil, Board
Entrelacements no. I - contemporary modern geometric sculpture painting relief
Located in Doetinchem, NL
Entrelacements I is the first of two different medium size contemporary modern sculpture painting reliefs by French-Dutch artist Olivier Julia. The relie...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Xavi Carbonell, Untitled 2022, Abstract, Mixed media on canvas
Located in New York, NY
Xavi Carbonell (b. 1971) is a Spanish artist known for creating playful, childlike works that invite viewers to engage their imaginations. His pieces remain untitled, encouraging ind...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Oil, Permanent Marker, Graphite
Early November, original painting, contemporary, abstract
Located in Deddington, GB
Originally an abstract floral tribute to autumn’s quiet beauty, this painting took on a new layer of meaning when a friend spotted a hidden image of a kissing couple within it. The s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Becoming 2 - Lush blue and silver vertical abstraction of a galaxy in formation
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Just like its counterpart, Becoming I, the energy of the oblong orb in Becoming II is viscerally palpable as it rises and appears to unfold and extend outside of the canvas plane as ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Wax Crayon, Acrylic
You Have To Be Silent To Hear Something - Modern Abstract Large Format Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Magdalena Pela deals with the signs of everyday life. In her works, she refers to the category of palimpsest, blurring traces, illegibility. She is fascinated by the mystery of the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Havana No 5, Blue - bold, bright, colorful, abstract, modernist, oil on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
When David Sorensen visited Havana, Cuba in 1999 he was captivated by the rich textural atmosphere of the city. Using a spatula and paintbrush he created a series of abstract paintings in bright colours and graphic form. No 5 features a sky-blue square in the center, laid over a field of similar shapes in various sizes. Thick lines that run both vertically and horizontally across the canvas add drama. The colour palette—orange, yellow, red, and indigo is both joyful and intense.
“Through the medium of his art, a bridge is built between inner sensation and outer world experience, illusion and reality, what we cannot see and what we see, life and afterlife.” John K. Grande, Montreal poet and writer
Born in Vancouver Sorensen (1937-2011) studied at UBC and the Vancouver School of Art. His teachers were renowned—Arthur Erikson...
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Bright Ideas" Contemporary Abstract Framed Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Bright Ideas" is a framed acrylic work on canvas by Charlie Bluett with abstract asymmetric forms in contrasting shades of sunny yellow and soft blues. The ethereal layers of paint ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
Intersections 8 - Painting by Salvatore Travascio - 2010s
Located in Roma, IT
Intersections 8 is an original painting realized by the Italian artist Salvatore Travascio in the 2010s.
This is a beautiful oil painting on paper on wooden support. Hand-signed on ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Wood Panel
"Colorful Stories" by Masri - Large Colorful Stunning Contemporary Abstract
Located in Carmel, CA
Masri (Lebanese, born 1965)
"Colorful Stories" 2018
Acrylic paint, Oil paint, Mixed Media, Canvas, Stretcher bars
The artist signed the back of the painting.
"Colorful Stories" by M...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
$24,000 Sale Price
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"Dripping Dots - Chanel in St Barts" Contemporary Perfume Bottle Chanel Painting
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
This piece is part of an exciting new collection depicting iconic "Chanel N°5" with the artists "Dripping Dots" style. Focused on a pointillistic technique, the paint is able to capt...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Glass, Mixed Media, Oil, Board
No Expectations, Contemporary Geometric Black and Tan Abstract Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This painting combines abstract mark-making, geometric shapes, collaged canvas, and intricate line work. The title "No Expectations" reflects its intuitive, process-driven creation. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
C23-6 (Abstract Geometric Color Field Multi Panel Painting in Charcoal Grey)
By Ginny Fox
Located in Hudson, NY
C23-6, 2023 Geometric Abstract Color Field Panel Painting by Ginny Fox in Charcoal Gray
Painting is on three panels
(2) 24 x 18 inches, (1) 24 x 12 inches
Can be oriented horizonta...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
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
Cloud Ocean 2 by Katherine Warinner Relief Monotype on Paper in Blue
Located in Atlanta, GA
With ethereal layering and rich tonal contrast, Cloud Ocean 2 continues Warinner’s exploration of water and air. Swirls of cerulean, charcoal, and silvery white create depth and moti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Monotype
"My Let It Be Heart" Contemporary Pop Art Gold Oil Painting with 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
Oil, Board
Large Woven Mixed Media Painting "Autumn is a Time for Looking Within"
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
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Archival Paper
“Bang Bang, Beep Beep” Abstract Contemporary Figurative Cowboy Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Figurative contemporary painting by Houston, TX artist Tra' Slaughter. The painting features two figures wearing cowboy hats set against a light tan background. Signed in the front l...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Dripping Dots - Gramercy" Colorful 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
'Omega II' - Contemporary Geometric Abstraction Pixelation - Skull - Bosch
Located in Atlanta, GA
'Omega II' is an abstract pointillist painting featuring hues of tan, ocher, green, brown, pink and black.
Robert Hightower is inspired by the work of Giotto, Hieronymus Bosch, Jean-François Millet, Roger Brown, Howard Arkley and Julian Opie.
This piece is a part of a special immersive gallery installation, “The Apocalypse Simulacra,” which is a narrative presentation of the twilight of humanity, at the fulcrum of extinction by Atlanta-based artist Robert Hightower. Through stage-set constructions, readymade plastic models and paintings, Hightower investigates the duality of right/wrong, good/bad, eternal/ephemeral in light of the imminent end of the Human Epoch. It depicts the ideological origins of corporate greed and power, the reality of wealth distribution in the “American Dream,” and the socio-economic and environmental impacts of that collective greed. After receiving a BFA in sculpture from the University of Georgia, Hightower moved to New York City and participated in The Bronx Museum of the Art’s AIM Fellowship (Artist In the Marketplace). While in New York, his interests expanded to include art installation and the creation of spaces, and has since designed and built many unique homes, penthouses and restaurants throughout the United States. Hightower has returned home to Atlanta and will be presenting his most comprehensive body of work to date, “The Apocalypse Simulacra,” a unique universe of beauty, dichotomy and uncertainty.
ARTIST STATEMENT
The 'Apocalypse Simulacra' is a presentation of the twilight of humanity, at the fulcrum of extinction.
The climate is the subject. The Simulacra is the Theme. First discussed by Plato, the Simulacra is the search for Truth in Duality. Developing into Post-Modernism with Nietzsche’s: truth=Truth. Now with Bauvillard, the Simulacra has evolved beyond Post-Modernism, into the wholesale confusion of the real/fake, the true/false… between reality and hyper-reality. This crumbling, confusing of the truth (not necessarily the Truth) is our Reality.
For over two decades, I have created large format paintings of strip malls, suburban houses and toys. These paintings present singular images flattened-out (almost floating) on color-fields. They create a certain duality - a loving portrait of an inanimate object that would not normally be singled-out for affection. With my latest work, I have added a variety of iconic images: an airplane, a whisky bottle, a woman floating in a pool. The icons are presented in a pixelated or degenerated state. In addition to paintings, I have used adult-size building blocks to create sculptures or three-dimensional paintings. Using a child's toy at an adult-scale gives the building blocks an austere and powerful presence. The building blocks echo the blocks of the pixelated paintings...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Paradise Of Blue - Large Blue Textural Seascape Ocean Water Swimmers Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elizabeth Langreiter’s "Paradise of Blue" is a mesmerizing aerial ocean painting that captures the serenity of floating in crystal-clear tropical ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Deborah Bigeleisen - Illuminata 12, Painting 2015
Located in Greenwich, CT
Having started my career by painting Rembrandt-like portraits of luminous white roses, I credit my discovery of fractals for transforming my artistic vision, and changing the directi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
The Stories that Create Us #9, 2021 Mixed Media Painting in Teal, Orange & Black
Located in Gilroy, CA
In this work by Laurie Barmore, the artist's hand is exceedingly present. Using strong strokes of black and blue creates its own essences of form atop washes of whites and orange. Sp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Wood Panel
"Rainbow Reflections" Contemporary Abstract Oil and Wax on Panel Framed Painting
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Rainbow Reflections" is a framed oil and wax work on panel by Jeff Erickson, with an abstract composition of plum purple and creamy white interrup...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Wax, Oil, Panel
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