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
Ruby
By Béatrice Hug
Located in New York City, NY
"Béatrice Hug makes colours radiate in all directions and vibrate in a way thought to be restricted to painting, transparencies play like glazes to accent...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Untitled #1 (from Unfocused Series)
By Anne K Smith
Located in Kansas City, MO
Anne K Smith
Title: Untitled #1 (from Unfocused Series)
Medium: Archival Inkjet Print on Museo Silver Rag
Size: 10.5 x 16 inches
Available in sets of 3 (mix and match)
Entire "Unfoc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
Price Upon Request
Tile Photograph 8
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print (Edition of 50)
Signed and numbered in purple, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Category
1980s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Licht II
By Béatrice Hug
Located in New York City, NY
"Béatrice Hug makes colours radiate in all directions and vibrate in a way thought to be restricted to painting, transparencies play like glazes to accent...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Or Rose
By Béatrice Hug
Located in New York City, NY
"Béatrice Hug makes colours radiate in all directions and vibrate in a way thought to be restricted to painting, transparencies play like glazes to accent...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Blue Velvet
By Béatrice Hug
Located in New York City, NY
"Béatrice Hug makes colours radiate in all directions and vibrate in a way thought to be restricted to painting, transparencies play like glazes to accent...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Storm Over Central Park
By Klaus Lucka
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print
Signed and dated in black ink, l.r.
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
160124 Painting 001 1
Located in New York, NY
Ultrachrome ink on canvas
Signed on label, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Well known for her daring and experimental photographic portraits, Ji...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
16502 Painting 250
Located in New York, NY
Ultrachrome ink on canvas
Signed on label, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Well known for her daring and experimental photographic portraits, Ji...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
160124 Painting 012
Located in New York, NY
Ultrachrome ink on canvas
Signed on label, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Well known for her daring and experimental photographic portraits, Ji...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
160128 Painting 0653
Located in New York, NY
Ultrachrome ink on canvas
Signed on label, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Well known for her daring and experimental photographic portraits, Ji...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
160202 Painting 064
Located in New York, NY
Ultrachrome ink on canvas
Signed on label, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Well known for her daring and experimental photographic portraits, Ji...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
SB_Nocturne 5
Located in New York, NY
Digital C-print on Endura metallic paper (Edition of 3)
Signed and numbered, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Begun in 2003, the series of works...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Price Upon Request
SB_Nocturne 4
Located in New York, NY
Digital C-print on Endura metallic paper (Edition of 3)
Signed and numbered, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Begun in 2003, the series of works...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Price Upon Request
SB_Nocturne 3
Located in New York, NY
Digital C-print on Endura metallic paper (Edition of 5)
Signed and numbered, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Begun in 2003, the series of works...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Price Upon Request
SB_Nocturne 1
Located in New York, NY
Digital C-print on Endura metallic paper (Edition of 3)
Signed and numbered, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Begun in 2003, the series of works...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Price Upon Request
Helios
Located in New York, NY
C-print on Endura metallic paper (Edition of 5)
Signed and numbered, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Begun in 2003, the series of works collect...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Price Upon Request
Surya
Located in New York, NY
C-print on Endura metallic paper (Edition of 5)
Signed and numbered, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Begun in 2003, the series of works collect...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Price Upon Request
Inti
Located in New York, NY
C-print on Endura metallic paper (Edition of 5)
Signed and numbered, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Begun in 2003, the series of works collect...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Price Upon Request
Field #12
Located in New York, NY
C-print on Endura metallic paper (Edition of 5)
Signed and numbered, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Begun in 2003, the series of works collect...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Price Upon Request
Field #9
Located in New York, NY
LightJet print on Endura metallic paper (Edition of 5)
Signed and numbered, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Begun in 2003, the series of works ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
Price Upon Request
Rendezvous with Darkness
By Chaco Terada
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Chaco Terada, originally from Japan, was trained at a young age in the art of calligraphy. When Chaco was in her twenties she had the opportunity to work on her calligraphy in ten co...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Silk, Sumi Ink, Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Tear Rain
By Chaco Terada
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Chaco Terada, originally from Japan, was trained at a young age in the art of calligraphy. When Chaco was in her twenties she had the opportunity to work on her calligraphy in ten co...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Silk, Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Light Banquet
By Chaco Terada
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Chaco Terada, originally from Japan, was trained at a young age in the art of calligraphy. When Chaco was in her twenties she had the opportunity to work on her calligraphy in ten co...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Silk, Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Sloth Pieta
By Steve Miller
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for FRAMED print.
Edition of 7.
CURRENT EXHIBITION - runs through December 18th, 2016. Any framed photographs purchased during the show will be available after December ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Price Upon Request
Iguana
By Steve Miller
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for FRAMED print.
Edition of 7.
CURRENT EXHIBITION - runs through December 18th, 2016. Any framed photographs purchased during the show will be available after December ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Price Upon Request
Fish Circle
By Steve Miller
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for FRAMED print.
Edition of 7.
CURRENT EXHIBITION - runs through December 18th, 2016. Any framed photographs purchased during the show will be available after December ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Price Upon Request
Tulips
By Steve Miller
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for FRAMED print.
Edition of 7.
CURRENT EXHIBITION - runs through December 18th, 2016. Any framed photographs purchased during the show will be available after December ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Price Upon Request
Vivier Red, Cornell Medical Center, NY, 2016
By Steve Miller
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for FRAMED print.
Edition of 5.
CURRENT EXHIBITION - runs through December 18th, 2016. Any framed photographs purchased during the show will be available after December ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Price Upon Request
Roots
By Steve Miller
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing.
Edition of 5.
CURRENT EXHIBITION - runs through December 18th, 2016. Any framed photographs purchased during the show wil...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Price Upon Request
Concepción
By Hugh Arnold
Located in Chicago, IL
Limited edition Lambda Chromogenic Print mounted on Dibond (an aluminum substrate) with UV Acrylic.
Available in two sizes:
24 x 36 inches (61 x 94 cm)
Edition size: 12
45 x 60 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Lambda
Price Upon Request
Untitled 14.01 (1990-2014)
By Rita Maas
Located in Sante Fe, NM
20th Century Plastics
The images in this series resemble gestural abstract paintings while clearly being something else. Driven by entropic forces, pictures once fixed within long...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Untitled 14.02 (1994-2014)
By Rita Maas
Located in Sante Fe, NM
20th Century Plastics
The images in this series resemble gestural abstract paintings while clearly being something else. Driven by entropic forces, pictures once fixed within long...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Untitled 14.03 (1994-2014)
By Rita Maas
Located in Sante Fe, NM
20th Century Plastics
The images in this series resemble gestural abstract paintings while clearly being something else. Driven by entropic forces, pictures once fixed within long...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Untitled 14.04 (1994-2014)
By Rita Maas
Located in Sante Fe, NM
20th Century Plastics
The images in this series resemble gestural abstract paintings while clearly being something else. Driven by entropic forces, pictures once fixed within long...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Untitled 14.05 (1989-2014)
By Rita Maas
Located in Sante Fe, NM
20th Century Plastics
The images in this series resemble gestural abstract paintings while clearly being something else. Driven by entropic forces, pictures once fixed within long...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Untitled 14.06 (1989-2014)
By Rita Maas
Located in Sante Fe, NM
20th Century Plastics
The images in this series resemble gestural abstract paintings while clearly being something else. Driven by entropic forces, pictures once fixed within long...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Untitled 14.07 (1992-2014)
By Rita Maas
Located in Sante Fe, NM
20th Century Plastics
The images in this series resemble gestural abstract paintings while clearly being something else. Driven by entropic forces, pictures once fixed within long...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Untitled 14.08 (1991-2014)
By Rita Maas
Located in Sante Fe, NM
20th Century Plastics
The images in this series resemble gestural abstract paintings while clearly being something else. Driven by entropic forces, pictures once fixed within long...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Untitled 14.09 (1989-2014)
By Rita Maas
Located in Sante Fe, NM
20th Century Plastics
The images in this series resemble gestural abstract paintings while clearly being something else. Driven by entropic forces, pictures once fixed within long...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Untitled 14.10 (1991-2014)
By Rita Maas
Located in Sante Fe, NM
20th Century Plastics
The images in this series resemble gestural abstract paintings while clearly being something else. Driven by entropic forces, pictures once fixed within long...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Untitled 14.11 (1991-2014)
By Rita Maas
Located in Sante Fe, NM
20th Century Plastics
The images in this series resemble gestural abstract paintings while clearly being something else. Driven by entropic forces, pictures once fixed within long...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Untitled 14.12 (1991-2014)
By Rita Maas
Located in Sante Fe, NM
20th Century Plastics
The images in this series resemble gestural abstract paintings while clearly being something else. Driven by entropic forces, pictures once fixed within long...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Untitled 14.13 (1989-2014)
By Rita Maas
Located in Sante Fe, NM
20th Century Plastics
The images in this series resemble gestural abstract paintings while clearly being something else. Driven by entropic forces, pictures once fixed within long...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Untitled 14.14 (1990-2014)
By Rita Maas
Located in Sante Fe, NM
20th Century Plastics
The images in this series resemble gestural abstract paintings while clearly being something else. Driven by entropic forces, pictures once fixed within long...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Untitled 14.15 (1991-2014)
By Rita Maas
Located in Sante Fe, NM
20th Century Plastics
The images in this series resemble gestural abstract paintings while clearly being something else. Driven by entropic forces, pictures once fixed within long...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Untitled 14.16 (1991-2014)
By Rita Maas
Located in Sante Fe, NM
20th Century Plastics
The images in this series resemble gestural abstract paintings while clearly being something else. Driven by entropic forces, pictures once fixed within long...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Untitled 14.17 (1990-2014)
By Rita Maas
Located in Sante Fe, NM
20th Century Plastics
The images in this series resemble gestural abstract paintings while clearly being something else. Driven by entropic forces, pictures once fixed within long...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Untitled 14.18 (1989-2014)
By Rita Maas
Located in Sante Fe, NM
20th Century Plastics
The images in this series resemble gestural abstract paintings while clearly being something else. Driven by entropic forces, pictures once fixed within long...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Untitled 14.19 (1992-2014)
By Rita Maas
Located in Sante Fe, NM
20th Century Plastics
The images in this series resemble gestural abstract paintings while clearly being something else. Driven by entropic forces, pictures once fixed within long...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Flower Dust III
By Chaco Terada
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In this series, Terada photographs cherry blossoms on water in energetic and engaging all-over compositions working on both micro and macro ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Star Dust III
By Chaco Terada
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In this series, Terada photographs cherry blossoms on water in energetic and engaging all-over compositions working on both micro and macro ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Star Dust IV, 2014
By Chaco Terada
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In this series, Terada photographs cherry blossoms on water in energetic and engaging all-over compositions working on both micro and macro ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Flower Dust II
By Chaco Terada
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In this series, Terada photographs cherry blossoms on water in energetic and engaging all-over compositions working on both micro and macro ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
DEBRIS (CARRIZO)
Located in New York, NY
DEBRIS (CARRIZO), 2004
digital chromogenic print
92 x 44 inches / 2336 x 1117 mm
edition of 3 plus AP
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Price Upon Request
Ephemeral Moments (06 2473)
By David Gibson
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Born in 1939 in Louisville Kentucky, David Gibson is primarily a self-taught photographer. Years of developing and refining his photographic technique have afforded him much recognit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
"Ephemeral Moments (06 297)"
By David Gibson
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Born in 1939 in Louisville Kentucky, David Gibson is primarily a self-taught photographer. Years of developing and refining his photographic technique have afforded him much recognit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Gabriella Reece in Piero Panchetti, LA - Fashion, Fine Art Photography, 1989
Located in Vienna, AT
Supermodel in checkerboard Haute Cotoure, photographed by Albert Watson.
All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on request.
All prints are done and signed by the artist. The collector receives an additional certificate of authenticity from the gallery.
Albert Watson's photograph "Gabrielle Reece...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Transformed Brooklyn Bridge (gone wild)
Located in New York, NY
Transformed Brooklyn Bridge (gone wild)
Archival pigment print
40 x 40 inches
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Receiving guidance from nature - nude silver dancers, fine art photography, 2008
Located in Vienna, AT
Two nude dancers covered in silver paint in symmetric pose, photographed by Guido Argentini in 2008.
All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary 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.