Contemporary Abstract Photography
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
GULFOSS #4 (Hvitá River Canyon, Iceland)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
The William Turner Gallery is pleased to present ÍSLENSKIR FOSSAR, the fourth solo exhibition of Los Angeles-based, multi-disciplinary artist Ja...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Singer
Located in New Orleans, LA
Medium: dye sublimation print on metal
Sherry Karver has been an artist since childhood, born and raised in Chicago, and attended kid's classes at the Art Institute of Chicago. Her ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media
Playing the Game
Located in New Orleans, LA
Medium: dye sublimation print on metal
Sherry Karver has been an artist since childhood, born and raised in Chicago, and attended kid's classes at the Art Institute of Chicago. Her ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media
Salesforce Tower with Burst of Sunlight, San Francisco
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100 - Mitchell Funk is a "Color Photographer Pioneer". He was color when color wasn't considered art.
Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 2/15, unf...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet
Hard Hats in Street Smoke, New York
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15, other size available, printed later, unframed Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Late Light Russian Hill, San Francisco
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 3/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Doggie Day Care
Located in Miami, FL
Dogs at play while owner work. Shot from the a New York City sidewalk. Signed and dated on lower right, 3/15 numbered on verso, unframed. printed later Other sizes available,, othe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
STORM AT SEA #1, Los Angeles 2010
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This large format, color-photograph belongs to Jay Mark Johnson's wave series - the images from which depict the rhythmic cycling and recycling of oceanfront waves as recorded on remote coastlines around the world--in Hawaii, Florida, California, the Caribbean, Great Britain, Australia and South Africa.
These artworks belong to the artist’s ongoing inquiry into the possibilities for timeline photography. For this decades-long project Johnson employs an unconventional camera system to produce seamless delineated renderings of familiar events as they occur over time. The results present an altered view of our surroundings.
Artworks from Johnson’s timeline series have been exhibited extensively throughout the U.S. and Europe. They can be found in the permanent collections of the Bundestag (German Parliament) in Berlin, the Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie at Karlsruhe, the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, the Phoenix Art Museum, the Langen Foundation, Hombroich, Germany, the Peter Klein...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Aluminum
Untitled (1107-44, Nyc), Original Black and White Photograph of NYC, 2014
By Koyo Tamaki
Located in Boston, MA
Untitled (1107-44, Nyc), Original Black and White Photograph of NYC, 2014
Artist Commentary:
This is the first print in an edition of five. Approxi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"LB18" (FRAMED) Abstract Photography 60" x 40" in Edition of 4 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"LB18" (FRAMED) Abstract Photography 60" x 40" in Edition of 4 by Giuliano Bekor
2018
This artwork printed on a highest resolution archival fine art Kodak metallic pearl paper, pri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
"LB10" (FRAMED) Abstract Photography 56 x 40 inch Edition 2/4 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"LB10" (FRAMED) Abstract Photography 56 x 40 inch Edition 2/4 by Giuliano Bekor
Print size 56 x 40 Inches
Artwork finished size 58 x 42 Inches
Limited...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Arugula, Spinach, Tomato, Edible Flowers (Redbud, Calendula)
By Stuart Allen
Located in Denton, TX
Arugula, Spinach, Tomato, Edible Flowers (Redbud, Calendula) - Every Unique Pixel Color (419,260) Plotted by RGB Value, 2021
Edition of 10
Signed, titled, dated and numbered.
Pigmen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Furore (newest series by Alessandro Puccinelli, seascape photography)
Located in New York City, NY
ALESSANDRO PUCCINELLI
FURORE series
Seascape - From the Mare series - Mounted and Framed
Aviailable size:
60 x 48 inches
Edition of 5
Archival Pigment Print
Step into the mesmeriz...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Furore (newest series by Alessandro Puccinelli, seascape photography)
Located in New York City, NY
ALESSANDRO PUCCINELLI
FURORE series
Seascape - From the Mare series - Mounted and Framed
Aviailable size:
60 x 48 inches
Edition of 5
Archival Pigment Print
Step into the mesmeriz...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Tiny Planet, Bannermans" contemporary photograph. limited edition of 25
Located in New York, NY
Signed editioned 18"x18" photograph edition of 25, depicting a spherical panoramic image of Bannerman's Castle, on Pollepel Island in the Hudson Valley. The principal feature on the island is Bannerman's Castle, an abandoned military surplus warehouse.
This photograph is included in the series, “No Man Is an Island: Poetry in the Ruins of the New York Archipelago,” fifty years of work by photographer Phillip Buehler documenting many of the islands surrounding Manhattan.
Phillip Buehler is a New York based photographer who documents the deterioration and remnants of neglected architecture constructed in the recent past. In the series “No Man is an Island…” Buehler has photographed the historic, and also often forgotten islands, around New York City. Some of them, like Ellis Island, loom large in their impact on history, culture and existence in the national identity. Others, like “Rat Island,” a privately-owned 2.5 acre islet north of The Bronx, with an unusual statue...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Les Mélodies de Saint-Pétersbourg #13
Located in PARIS, FR
Le grand musicien russe Alexandre Scriabine disait que la musique possède ses propres couleurs. Il cherchait à créer des mélodies qui évoquent des associations de couleurs. Dans ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
$333 Sale Price
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Les Mélodies de Saint-Pétersbourg #9
Located in PARIS, FR
Le grand musicien russe Alexandre Scriabine disait que la musique possède ses propres couleurs. Il cherchait à créer des mélodies qui évoquent des associations de couleurs. Dans ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
$333 Sale Price
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Les Mélodies de Saint-Pétersbourg #7
Located in PARIS, FR
Le grand musicien russe Alexandre Scriabine disait que la musique possède ses propres couleurs. Il cherchait à créer des mélodies qui évoquent des associations de couleurs. Dans ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
$333 Sale Price
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Les Mélodies de Saint-Pétersbourg #6
Located in PARIS, FR
Le grand musicien russe Alexandre Scriabine disait que la musique possède ses propres couleurs. Il cherchait à créer des mélodies qui évoquent des associations de couleurs. Dans ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
$333 Sale Price
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Les Mélodies de Saint-Pétersbourg #5
Located in PARIS, FR
Le grand musicien russe Alexandre Scriabine disait que la musique possède ses propres couleurs. Il cherchait à créer des mélodies qui évoquent des associations de couleurs. Dans ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
$333 Sale Price
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Les Mélodies de Saint-Pétersbourg #4
Located in PARIS, FR
Le grand musicien russe Alexandre Scriabine disait que la musique possède ses propres couleurs. Il cherchait à créer des mélodies qui évoquent des associations de couleurs. Dans ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
$333 Sale Price
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Untitled (from the series A Bee in the Rose)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Erica Kelly Martin is an artist and photographer, based in Los Angeles, whose work centers on recurring themes of identity, transformation, and the paradox of human existence, conden...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Blue Pet
Located in PARIS, FR
Ce tirage fait partie de l'exposition "Chasing Hallucinations". Il est aussi consultable dans le catalogue "Paréidolie" de La Galerie des Photographes.
"Photography teaches us the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Pigment, Pigment
Hangzhou, Zheijiang, China
By Lois Conner
Located in New York, NY
Lois Conner
Hangzhou, Zheijiang, China, 1998
Pigment ink on Hahnemühle cotton paper
17 x 35 1/2 inches (sheet)
29 3/8 x 45 3/4 inches (frame)
AP 3
Signed
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Rag Paper
Mare 420 - Seascape photograph
Located in New York City, NY
ALESSANDRO PUCCINELLI
MARE series
Seascape - From the Mare series - Mounted and Framed
Aviailable sizes:
27 x 40 inches
Edition of 10
40 x 60 inches
Edition of 5
47 x 71 inches
Ed...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Mare 400 - Seascape photograph
Located in New York City, NY
ALESSANDRO PUCCINELLI
MARE series
Seascape - From the Mare series - Mounted and Framed
Aviailable sizes:
27 x 40 inches
Edition of 10
40 x 60 inches
Edition of 5
47 x 71 inches
Ed...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
India
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo
India series, 2014
Archival Pigment Print
40 x 60 inches
Edition of 13
Unframed
Ask us for custom framing options
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
India
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo
India series, 2014
Archival Pigment Print
40 x 60 inches
Edition of 13
Unframed
Ask us for custom framing options
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
India
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo
India series, 2014
Archival Pigment Print
40 x 60 inches
Edition of 13
Unframed
Ask us for custom framing options
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
India
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo
India series, 2014
Archival Pigment Print
40 x 60 inches
Edition of 13
Unframed
Ask us for custom framing options
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
India
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo
India series, 2014
Archival Pigment Print
40 x 60 inches
Edition of 13
Unframed
Ask us for custom framing options
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
India
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo
India series, 2014
Archival Pigment Print
40 x 60 inches
Edition of 13
Unframed
Ask us for custom framing options
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
India
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo
India series, 2014
Archival Pigment Print
40 x 60 inches
Edition of 13
Unframed
Ask us for custom framing options
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
India
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo
India series, 2014
Archival Pigment Print
40 x 60 inches
Edition of 13
Unframed
Ask us for custom framing options
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
India
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo
India series, 2014
Archival Pigment Print
40 x 60 inches
Edition of 13
Unframed
Ask us for custom framing options
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
India
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo
India series, 2014
Archival Pigment Print
40 x 60 inches
Edition of 13
Unframed
Ask us for custom framing options
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Diamond Beach - Other sizes available
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Nature shot. Blues. Water.
About the artist:
Mital Patel is an internationally recognized nature and wildlife photographer who focuses on capturing beauty in all its f...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Arctic Flow (other sizes available)
Located in New York, NY
Abstract nature photography. Could be mounted on plexiglass or framed with a linen matte.
About the artist:
Mital Patel is an inter...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: McDonalds
Located in Miami, FL
It used to be that wherever you looked, you could see the Chrysler Building. With Manhattan's rapid growth, you now must look a little harder.
In the foreground of this image, the 4...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Fashion Model In Green, Street Photography of Abstract Wall Women Yellow Coat
Located in Miami, FL
A fashionable woman in a solid yellow coat passes in front of an oversized Fashion Model On a Green Billboard on New York's Madison Avenue. In the foreground, an equally solid yello...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
In Between #15 - Panoramic Seascape Photography
Located in New York City, NY
Alessandro Puccinelli
In Between #15, 2018
In Between series
Seascape
20 x 40 inches
Edition of 10
Archival Pigment Print
30 x 60 inches
Edition of 5
Archival Pigment Print
35.5 x...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
In Between #20 - Seascape
Located in New York City, NY
Alessandro Puccinelli
In Between #20, 2018
Seascape - From the In-Between series - Framed
27 x 40 inches
Edition of 10
40 x 60 inches
Edition of 5
47 x 71 inches
Edition of 3
Arc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
In Between #19 - Seascape
Located in New York City, NY
Alessandro Puccinelli
In Between #19, 2018
Seascape - From the In-Between series - Framed
27 x 40 inches
Edition of 10
40 x 60 inches
Edition of 5
47 x 71 inches
Edition of 3
Arc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
In Between #12 - Seascape
Located in New York City, NY
Alessandro Puccinelli
In Between #12, 2018
Seascape - From the In-Between series - Framed
27 x 40 inches
Edition of 10
40 x 60 inches
Edition of 5
47 x 71 inches
Edition of 3
Arc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
In Between #5 - Seascape
Located in New York City, NY
Alessandro Puccinelli
In Between #6, 2018
Seascape - From the In-Between series - Framed
27 x 40 inches
Edition of 10
40 x 60 inches
Edition of 5
47 x 71 inches
Edition of 3
Arch...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
In Between #4 - Seascape
Located in New York City, NY
Alessandro Puccinelli
In Between #4, 2018
Seascape - From the In-Between series - Framed
27 x 40 inches
Edition of 10
40 x 60 inches
Edition of 5
47 x 71 inches
Edition of 3
Arch...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
In Between #3 - Seascape
Located in New York City, NY
Alessandro Puccinelli
In Between #3, 2018
Seascape - From the In-Between series - Framed
27 x 40 inches
Edition of 10
40 x 60 inches
Edition of 5
47 x 71 inches
Edition of 3
Arch...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Large Scale Color Photograph of Abstract Waterscape "In the Deep" series 1. #13
Located in New York, NY
Large Scale Limited edition color photograph, 40"x60" depicting an abstract waterscape that has a painterly feel. Below a golden yellow sky, a wave is pulled back to shore, with lines of rose pink, deep blue, turquoise and warm white. The photographer Danny Weiss...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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Desejos #1 YSL
Located in New York City, NY
Fernanda Naman
Desejos #1, 2016
40 x 40 inches
100 x 100 cm
Edition of 9
C-Print - DIASEC
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Desejos #17
Located in New York City, NY
Fernanda Naman
Desejos #17, 2016
40 x 40 inches
100 x 100 cm
Edition of 9
C-Print - DIASEC
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Desejos #18
Located in New York City, NY
Fernanda Naman
Desejos #18, 2016
40 x 40 inches
100 x 100 cm
Edition of 9
C-Print - DIASEC
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
India
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo
India series, 2014
Archival Pigment Print
40 x 60 inches
Edition of 13
Unframed
Ask us for custom framing options
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Oceano
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo
Oceano, 2020
Archival Pigment Print
Framed (White Frame Matt)
40 x 60 inches
Edition of 7
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"In the Deep" Series 2. #7 Abstract Waterscape, Black and White Photograph
Located in New York, NY
Large Scale Limited edition black and white photograph, 40"x60" depicting an abstract waterscape of a wave in motion that has a painterly feel. In this black and white photograph, the artist has captured rich, dark tones, of the water contrasted against the clouds and foaming rush of the waves. The photographer Danny Weiss...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mare #337 Seascape Photography
Located in New York City, NY
Alessandro Puccinelli
Mare #337, 2018
Seascape - From the Mare series - Framed
27 x 40 inches
Edition of 10
40 x 60 inches
Edition of 5
47 x 71 inches
Edition of 3
Archival Pigme...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Mare #333 Seascape Photography
Located in New York City, NY
Alessandro Puccinelli
Mare #333, 2018
Seascape - From the Mare series - Framed
27 x 40 inches
Edition of 10
40 x 60 inches
Edition of 5
47 x 71 inches
Edition of 3
Archival Pigme...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Mare #336 Seascape Photography
Located in New York City, NY
Alessandro Puccinelli
Mare #336, 2018
Seascape - From the Mare series - Framed
27 x 40 inches
Edition of 10
40 x 60 inches
Edition of 5
47 x 71 inches
Edition of 3
Archival Pigme...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Mare #335 Seascape Photography
Located in New York City, NY
Alessandro Puccinelli
Mare #335, 2018
Seascape - From the Mare series - Framed
27 x 40 inches
Edition of 10
40 x 60 inches
Edition of 5
47 x 71 inches
Edition of 3
Archival Pigme...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Mare #327 Seascape Black and White Photography
Located in New York City, NY
Alessandro Puccinelli
Mare #327, 2016
Seascape - From the Mare series - Framed
27 x 40 inches
Edition of 10
40 x 60 inches
Edition of 5
47 x 71 inches
Edition of 3
Archival Pigme...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Mare #326 Seascape Photography
Located in New York City, NY
Alessandro Puccinelli
Mare #326, 2017
Seascape - From the Mare series - Framed
27 x 40 inches
Edition of 10
40 x 60 inches
Edition of 5
47 x 71 inches
Edition of 3
Archival Pigme...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Contemporary abstract photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary abstract photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add abstract photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, red, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Alessandro Puccinelli, Peter Mendelson, Stefanie Schneider, and Jessica Houston. Frequently made by artists working with Pigment Print, and Archival Pigment Print and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Contemporary abstract photography, so small editions measuring 2 inches across are also available.