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
Deep Mirroring Forest 015 by Bernhard Lang - Landscape photography, framed, tree
Located in Paris, FR
Deep Mirroring Forest 015 is a limited-edition photograph by German contemporary artist Bernhard Lang.
This photograph is a limited edition of 5 copies, it is sold framed. Dimensio...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
"LB31" Abstract Photography 72" x 48" inch Edition of 4 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"LB31" Abstract Photography 72" x 48" inch Edition of 4 by Giuliano Bekor
72" x 48" inch
Edition of 4
Printed on Archival Metallic Paper
Mounted on Aluminum with a 1/4 Museum Acr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
"OPTASIA 14" Abstract Photography 39" x 39" inch Edition 3/5 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"OPTASIA 14" Abstract Photography 39" x 39" inch Edition 3/5 by Giuliano Bekor
OPTASIA 02
39" x 39" inch
Edition 3/5
Archival pigment print.
Not frame...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Life on Mars (My Desert Living Project)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Life on Mars - 2022
Edition of 10,
40x30cm,
Archival Fine Art Paper.
Artist inventory E004.
Signature label and Certificate.
Not mounted.
'Life on Mars' series is part of my ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Pigment
Mirages #10 and #3 Diptych. Landscape architectural color photograph
By Javier Rey
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Mirages. The idea of the monumental, utopian and modern city is constantly debated due to its own fragility. The idealization of the city is weak and vulnerable, threatened by the ru...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Boneyard 006 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial photography, planes, Air Force Base
Located in Paris, FR
Boneyard 006 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Bernhard Lang.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 3 dimensions:
*90 × 68 cm (3...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Succulents 01 - large format photograph from the series Bushes and Succulents
By Mona Kuhn
Located in San Francisco, CA
From the series 'Bushes and Succulents' (2018), Mona Kuhn’s artistic response to the ongoing currents in contemporary feminism. Reminiscent of Georgia O’Keefe’s floral paintings, your eyes wander around the graceful lines, not knowing exactly what you are looking at. The images are a celebration of the female essence - confident, raw and elegant, yet confrontational and unapologetic.
Succulents 01 (2018)
60" x 45" / 152cm x 114cm
edition of 5 + 1AP
40" x 30" / 102cm x 76cm
edition of 8 + 2AP
limited edition photograph printed under artist supervision + accompanied by signed artist certificate:
artist signature labels are 8x10 in size
signed, editioned, dated and titled by the artist, and stamped for authenticity
label is placed centered on verso of the mounted print
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About the artist
Acclaimed for her contemporary depictions, Kuhn is considered a leading artist in the world of figurative discourse. Throughout a career spanning more than twenty years, the underlying theme of her work is her reflection on humanity’s longing for spiritual connection and solidarity. As she solidified her photographic style, Kuhn created a notable approach to the nude by developing friendships with her subjects, and employing a range of playful visual strategies that use natural light and minimalist settings to evoke a sublime sense of comfort between the human figure and its environment. Her work is natural, restful, and a reinterpretation of the nude in the canon of contemporary art.
For the past two decades, the Los-Angeles based artist's works have been shown steadily, revealing an astonishing consistency in technique, of subject and of purpose. In 2001, Kuhn’s photographs were first seen by an influential audience during the exhibition at Charles Cowles Gallery in Chelsea, New York. Kuhn’s distinct aesthetic has propelled her as one of the most collectible contemporary art photographers—her work is in private and public collections worldwide and she is represented by galleries across the United States, Europe and Asia.
Kuhn was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1969, of German descent. In 1989, Kuhn moved to the US and earned her BA from The Ohio State University, before furthering her studies at the San Francisco Art Institute. She is currently an independent scholar at The Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. Occasionally, Mona teaches at UCLA and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.
Mona Kuhn’s first monograph, Photographs, was debuted by Steidl in 2004; followed by Evidence (2007), Native (2010), Bordeaux Series (2011), Private (2014), and She Disappeared into Complete Silence (2018/19). In addition, Kuhn's monograph titled Bushes and Succulents has been published by Stanley/Barker Editions, with a debut at Jeu de Paume in Paris, in 2019. A stunning career retrospective of Mona Kuhn's works has been published by Thames & Hudson, Spring 2021. Kuhn's forthcoming publication Kings Road, will be published and released by Steid this Fall 2021.
Mona Kuhn’s work is in private and public collections worldwide, including The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Hammer Museum, Perez Art Museum Miami, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Kiyosato Museum in Japan. Kuhn's work has been exhibited at The Louvre Museum and Le Bal in Paris; The Whitechapel Gallery and Royal Academy of Arts in London; Musée de l’Elysée in Switzerland; Leopold Museum in Vienna Austria, The Polygon Gallery in Vancouver Canada, Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Taiwan and Australian Centre for Photography. Mona Kuhn lives and works in Los Angeles.
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Solo Exhibitions
2021
Mona Kuhn: Works, Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York
Mona Kuhn: Works, Flowers Gallery, London
Mona Kuhn: Works, Galerie XII, Los Angeles + Paris + Shanghai
Mona Kuhn: 835 Kings Road, Art, Design and Architecture Museum, Santa Barbara
2020
Still Light, Jardin du Bra'haus, Montée du Château, Clervaux, Luxembourg
Mona Kuhn: Early Depictions, Flowers Gallery, London
Mona Kuhn: Intimate, UP Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2019
Bushes and Succulents, Euqinom Gallery, San Francisco
Mona Kuhn: She Disappeared, Jackson Fine Art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Third Eye, Photography, Limited Edition
Located in München, BY
Limited Edition of 7
Framed size 49 x 69 cm
All works are Archival Pigment prints, floating in an all black wooden frame behind museums glass.
More sizes on request.
Sara Punt's wo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Inspiration
Located in Storrs, CT
"Inspiration" is a part of Christopher Kennedy's "Trees Revered" series that uses his abstract PhotoLuminism technique combined with trees from the real world to create an otherworld...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
$880 Sale Price
20% Off
Candida Höfer, Teatro Degollado Guadalajara III, Contemporary Photograph, Signed
Located in Hamburg, DE
Candida Höfer (German, b. 1944)
Teatro Degollado Guadalajara III, 2015
Medium: C-Print
Dimensions: 38 x 47 cm
Edition of 100: Hand-signed on label, verso
Condition: Excellent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Suprematism Nr. 111 Esoteric Composition – Ola Kolehmainen, Art , Photography
Located in Zurich, CH
Ola KOLEHMAINEN (*1964, Finland)
Suprematism Nr. 111 Esoteric Composition, 2020
Analogue film, ink print in Artist Frame
Sheet 105 x 85 cm (41 3/8 x 33 1/2 in.)
Edition of 5, plus 2 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Easy Rider
By Nick Veasey
Located in Napa, CA
We live in a world obsessed with image, what we look like, what our clothes, houses, and cars look like etc. Nick Veasey counters this obsession with superficiality by using x-rays t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital
$10,800
"David", New York, NY, 1996
By Jose Picayo
Located in Hudson, NY
This photograph is printed on Japanese Paper.
The price is for an unframed photograph.
11" X 14" Edition of 25.
The Robin Rice Gallery is pleased to announce, 25 Years of Polaroi...
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
She Disappeared into Complete Silence (AD14507) - large abstract photograph
By Mona Kuhn
Located in San Francisco, CA
In the series 'She Disappeared into Complete Silence' (2014) Mona Kuhn takes a new direction into abstraction.
She turns to a highly austere and restrained reductionist geometry and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
"Abandoned Tennis Court, Snellville, GA" - drone photography, color, tennis
By Peter Essick
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Abandoned Tennis Court, Snellville, GA" is a drone photograph featuring colors of blue and green. This listing is for an unframed photograph.
This photograph is available in additi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cloud Study VII - large scale photograph of dramatic cloudscapes in summer sky
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large scale original art photography from a series of dramatic cloud atlas and abstract sky scapes observations above the Pacific Ocean
Cloud Study VII by Frank Schott
75 x 58 inc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Strangers (Deconstructivism) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Strangers (Deconstructive) - 2022
Edition of 10,
49x48cm.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Artist inventory number: 18894.
Signature label and certificate.
Not mounted. ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Untitled Head Triptych
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Christopher Colville is an American artist working to push the boundaries of the photographic medium in both experimental and traditional forms. His images are created outdoors by ig...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Abstract Nature Photograph by camera artist Susan Wides '9.3.16_11:01:36'
By Susan Wides
Located in White Plains, NY
'9.3.16_11:01:36' 2020 by New York, contemporary camera artist Susan Wides. Pigmented ink print, Ed. of 5, 36 x 24 in. / Frame: 36.75 x 24.75 in. This color photograph features an ab...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment, Digital Pigment
Unfinished Bridge (Stay) - Polaroid, 21st Century, Brooklyn Bridge, New York
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's work was used for Marc Forster's movie 'Stay'. Featuring Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts and Ryan Gosling. Naomi and Ryan were both portraying artists and Stefanie's ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Mr WINTER / Photo / Print / Signed / Limited
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
The background of this photo is an homage to Ľudovít Winter the creator of the famous Spa Piešťany in Slovakia in the beginning of the 20th Century. A statue sitting on bank on a bri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color
$285 Sale Price
20% Off
Untitled X by Matthieu Venot - Abstract photography, architecture, large-size
Located in Paris, FR
Untitled X, Urban Nautilus series, is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Matthieu Venot.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in only o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Pigment
Chanel No.5 with Love, 2023
By Nick Veasey
Located in München, BY
Edition 15, framed Chromaluxe
The famous Chanel No. 5 perfum.
A man with x-ray vision, NICK VEASEY creates art that shows what it is really like inside.
Nick’s work with radiograph...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Construction Site, Atlanta, GA #1, 2021" - drone photography, geometric
By Peter Essick
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Construction Site, Atlanta, GA #1, 2021" is a drone photograph featuring colors of red and orange. This listing is for an unframed photograph.
This photograph is available in addit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Deep Mirroring Forest 011 by Bernhard Lang - Landscape photography, trees, green
Located in Paris, FR
Deep Mirroring Forest 011 is a limited-edition photograph by German contemporary artist Bernhard Lang.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 5 dimens...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
Wallscape VII (Green Door) - abstraction of urban textures and palimpsest colors
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large scale photograph of mesmerizing monochromatic emerald surface abstraction, from a series of photographic observances capturing urban textures and color palettes
Wallscape VII (Green Door) by Frank Schott
48 x 60 inches / 122cm x 152cm
signed edition of 7
32 x 40 inches / 81cm x 102cm
signed edition of 25
archival quality fine art pigment print
limited art edition published by Edition EKTAlux
artist signed + numbered certificate of authenticity
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About the artist:
Frank Schott grew up in Germany and attended the prestigious Academy of Arts in Cologne, studying under Professor Arno Jansen, who was an early influence.
Moving to California in 1998, Schott's work has evolved to include the epic landscapes and deserts of the American West as well as architectural, conceptual and more formal environments from both home and his travels.
Influenced by a number of photographic piers and precursors such as Candida Höfer, Andreas Gursky. Thomas Struth. Jeff Wall, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Steven Shore...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Untitled (Traintracks) - based on the Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Traintracks) - The last Picture Show - 2004
38x37cm.
Edition of 5, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Arti...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Autumn Leaves – Ola Kolehmainen, Contemporary, Colour, Nature, Photography, Art
Located in Zurich, CH
Ola KOLEHMAINEN (*1964, Finland)
Autumn Leaves, 2008
Analogue C-type print face-mounted to acrylic (Diasec)
Sheet 202 x 260 cm (79 1/2 x 102 3/8 in.)
Edition of 6, plus 2AP's; Ed. no. 3/6
Framed print
About Earlier works:
In his earlier works Kolehmainen reduces buildings to their ornamental character. What appeals to him are the geometric grids of façade surfaces, ceiling designs or reflecting window openings on the selected landmarks of architectural history. Where nature meets architecture as a reflection, his minimalist, aesthetic work begins, which was strongly influenced by James Turell...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
"Single Ampeg", Pop Art Music Photography, Contemporary Guitar Amp Wall Art
Located in Dallas, TX
Scott McDermott – “Single Ampeg”
From the Backline series, 2023
Dye sublimation on aluminum, flush mounted
40h x 40w x 2d inches (102h x 102w x 5d cm)
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Dye, Mixed Media, Photographic Paper
N°3, Illusions by Matthieu Venot - Close-up photography, architecture, colourful
Located in Paris, FR
N°3, Illusions is a work by contemporary French photographer Matthieu Venot from the series 'Illusions'.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 3 dimen...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Pigment
Succulents 04 - large format abstract photograph from Bushes and Succulents
By Mona Kuhn
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large scale original photographic print from the series 'Bushes and Succulents' (2018), Mona Kuhn’s artistic response to the ongoing currents in contemporary feminism. Reminiscent of Georgia O’Keefe’s floral paintings, your eyes wander around the graceful lines, not knowing exactly what you are looking at. The images are a celebration of the female essence...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Carnegie Library/ Atlanta-Fulton county public library. Small
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Carnegie Library/ Atlanta-Fulton county public library, 2019 by Ying Chen
From the series "Lost In Transition".
Small image size: 24 in. H x 20 in. W Edition of 10 + 2AP
Archival pig...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Asia, Joy of Color, Contemporary Color Japanese Photography, Limited Edition
By Yasuhiro Ishimoto
Located in New york, NY
Joy of Color, 2002 by Yasuhiro Ishimoto is a contemporary color photograph from an extensive documentary photography series of Japan that Nagano shot on assignment. The image is hand-signed on recto (front left margin) by the photographer.
This is an archival pigment print on Hahnemule Fine Art paper printed 2005 under the direction of the photographer. The 19" x 13" work is from the portfolio "Masters of Modern Photography. Japan," Tokyo. Edition available: 87/100.
Provenance: Private Collector
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Artist’s Bio:
Yasuhiro Ishimoto a Japanese photographer was born in 1921. His work was chosen by Edward Steichen to appear in the Family of Man exhibition and catalogue at the Museum of Modern Art in 1955, and Steichen also selected his work for a three-person exhibition in 1961. From 1973-1993 Ishimoto produced a number of in-camera color abstractions that appeared as covers for a Japanese magazine. Ishimoto's exhibitions, include New Japanese Photography at the Museum of Modern Art in 1974, solo shows in 1960 and 1999 at the Art Institute of Chicago, a retrospective in 1989–1990 at Seibu Museum of Art in Tokyo, and an exhibition at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, in 1996. His later photography addressed the transitory nature of life as shown in photographs of clouds...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digi...
Wallscape VI (Il Famoso) - abstract capture of vintage Italian circus poster
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Wallscape VI (Il Famoso) by Frank Schott
from a series of photographic observances capturing urban textures and palimpsest color palettes in Italy
48 x 60 inches / 122cm x 152cm
edi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Synesthesia - FA-639HZ #2
Located in New York, NY
Synesthesia - FA-639HZ #2
Archival pigment print on Aluminum
16 x 24 inches
Edition of 5
The synesthesia phenomenon is traditionally said to be the confusion of senses; like hearing...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Western Landscape 11, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Western Landscape 11, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered
In my art practice, I create imaginary landscapes and atmospheres through a mixed-media process based in photog...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ramunės No.2- Abstract analogue black and white floral photography, Edition of 5
Located in London, GB
'Ramunės no. 2'
London, United Kingdom 2022
Limited edition of 5.
Printed on archival Hahnehmule German Etching fine art paper. Signed front right bottom corner on additional 4 cm white border with printed Certificate of Authenticity.
Photograph is shipped rolled with express delivery service in secure thick cardboard tube packaging.
Ugne Pouwell is a fine art photographer originally from Lithuania. Today she makes most of her creative work in London, United Kingdom.
Her main focus is black and white landscape and floral photography. Mainly using a large format 4x5 Linhof camera to express the timeless beauty of the subject in focus. Many of the influences come from 20th-century photography. She processes her work from start to finish: film processing, scanning and printing.
Awards:
2022 Black Spider Awards, Honourable mention in Still-life
2022 IPA International Photography Awards, Honourable mention in Analogue / Film Fine Art
2021 Mono Visions...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Film, Photographic Film, Giclée
'Yellow is the Dawning of May' Large scale photograph flowers blue green pastel
Located in Penzance, GB
'Yellow is the Dawning of May' 60 x 40" Master Edition
Limited edition (1 of 5) archival photograph, hand signed and numbered. Unframed
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Illuminated among painted po...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Giclée, Archival Pigment, Digital...
Boneyard 003 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial view photography, planes, Air Force Base
Located in Paris, FR
Boneyard 003 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Bernhard Lang.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 4 dimensions:
*60 × 60 cm (2...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Suprematism Nr. 103 Pantheon – Ola Kolehmainen, Contemporary Photography
Located in Zurich, CH
Ola KOLEHMAINEN (*1964, Finland)
Suprematism Nr. 103 Pantheon, 2020
Archive photo (1933) ink print in Artist Frame
Sheet 68 x 48 cm (26 3/4 x 18 7/8 in.)
Edition of 6, plus 2 AP; Ed....
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Portwood 21 The Balvenie 0182, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered
By Ernie Button
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Portwood 21 The Balvenie 0182, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered
Ernie Button’s photographs are a treat to the imagination. A journey along the delicate lines and vib...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Möbius Mermaid - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 35x50"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Radiating with mythic sexuality, the mermaid’s topless body becomes fluid, her multiplying naked breasts and her scaly tail swirling into the hips of a real woman form a Möbius Strip...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Farewell - Contemporary, Polaroid, Childhood
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Farewell - 2019 -
20x25cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Photograph printed in Canson Barita Fiber Rag 340gr,
based on a reclaimed Fuji Instant Film Negative (not mounted)...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
Cloud Study I - large format photograph of dramatic cloudscape sky
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
an homage to Caspar David Friedrich, towering thunder clouds over the Mediterranean Sea, captured with a large format camera to allow epic scale photograph...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Giclée, Black and ...
Clipper - Contemporary British Photography, Butterflies, Tim Flach
By Tim Flach
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days.
'Clipper' is a stunning C-Type print by contemporary British photographer Tim ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Intersect, Photography, Limited Edition
Located in München, BY
Limited Edition of 7
Framed size 49 x 69 cm
All works are Archival Pigment prints, floating in an all black wooden frame behind museums glass.
More sizes on request.
Sara Punt...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cloud Study IV - large format photograph of dramatic cloudscape sky
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
An homage to Caspar David Friedrich, towering thunder clouds over the Pacific Ocean, from a series of dramatic cloud atlas observations and abstract skyscapes above the winter sea, c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Black and White, G...
2 Face II
Located in München, BY
This abstract photography shows a face of a man. One part of the face is starring at you the other part you can see from the side.
ALEXANDER PALACIOS is a young high talented pho...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Suprematism Nr. 106 Circles in Red, Blue and – Ola Kolehmainen, Art , Photography
Located in Zurich, CH
Ola KOLEHMAINEN (*1964, Finland)
Suprematism Nr. 105 Circles and a bulb, 2020
Analogue film, ink print in Artist Frame
Sheet 135 x 135 cm (53 1/8 x 53 1/8 in.)
Edition of 4, plus 2 A...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Songs of the Sky 4 (Abstract Landscape Photograph of Clouds & Sky, 4 panels)
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract landscape sepia tone photograph of clouds
Japanese Kozo paper infused with encaustic on 4 panels, each panel is 36 inches x 11 inches
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Wax, Encaustic, Mulberry Paper
Back Lighting purple
By Dora Franco
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Each image by photographer Dora Franco is accompanied by a detailed, visual description of the moment, light, and colors of the scene. Franco always observes how light touches things...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
Summer 2023 - Contemporary, Polaroid, Landscape
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Summer 2023 -
60x50cm,
Edition of 7, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival Print on Hahnemuehle Baryta Fiber Rag 340gr,
based on an original peel apart Polaroid Negative Film (not moun...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
Spring Poppies (30 x 22.5" cyanotype painting)
Located in Oakland, CA
This unique multistep technique is a combination of a painting and a photograph or monotype. Cyanotypes are a kind of alternative photographic process from the 1800s. The chemicals a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
She Disappeared into Complete Silence (AD14558) - large abstract photograph
By Mona Kuhn
Located in San Francisco, CA
In the series 'She Disappeared into Complete Silence' (2014) Mona Kuhn takes a new direction into abstraction.
She turns to a highly austere and restrained reductionist geometry and distilled formal purity, connecting the interior to the exterior, the visible to the hidden. These reflections cause one to linger, as they merge to create a dynamic equilibrium of tension, spaces and rythms.
AD14558 (She Disappeared into Complete Silence)
40" x 30" / 102cm x 76cm
edition of 8 + 2AP
60" x 45" / 152cm x 114cm
edition of 8 + 2AP
limited edition photograph is printed under artist supervision and accompanied by signed artist certificate:
artist signature labels are 8x10 in size
signed, editioned, dated and titled by the artist, and stamped for authenticity
label is then placed centered on verso if the mounted print
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About the artist
Acclaimed for her contemporary depictions, Kuhn is considered a leading artist in the world of figurative discourse. Throughout a career spanning more than twenty years, the underlying theme of her work is her reflection on humanity’s longing for spiritual connection and solidarity. As she solidified her photographic style, Kuhn created a notable approach to the nude by developing friendships with her subjects, and employing a range of playful visual strategies that use natural light and minimalist settings to evoke a sublime sense of comfort between the human figure and its environment. Her work is natural, restful, and a reinterpretation of the nude in the canon of contemporary art.
For the past two decades, the Los-Angeles based artist's works have been shown steadily, revealing an astonishing consistency in technique, of subject and of purpose. In 2001, Kuhn’s photographs were first seen by an influential audience during the exhibition at Charles Cowles Gallery in Chelsea, New York. Kuhn’s distinct aesthetic has propelled her as one of the most collectible contemporary art photographers—her work is in private and public collections worldwide and she is represented by galleries across the United States, Europe and Asia.
Kuhn was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1969, of German descent. In 1989, Kuhn moved to the US and earned her BA from The Ohio State University, before furthering her studies at the San Francisco Art Institute. She is currently an independent scholar at The Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. Occasionally, Mona teaches at UCLA and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.
Mona Kuhn’s first monograph, Photographs, was debuted by Steidl in 2004; followed by Evidence (2007), Native (2010), Bordeaux Series (2011), Private (2014), and She Disappeared into Complete Silence (2018/19). In addition, Stanley/Barker Editions published Kuhn's Bushes and Succulents (2018) with a debut at Musee Jeu de Paume in Paris in 2019. Thames & Hudson published a career retrospective titled Works. Kuhn's most recent publication Kings Road with Steidl accompanies a multi-dimensional museum exhibition in Germany and the US.
Mona Kuhn’s work is in private and public collections worldwide, including The J. Paul Getty Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Hammer Museum, the Perez Art Museum in Miami, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Kiyosato Museum in Japan. Kuhn's work has been exhibited at The Louvre Museum and Le Bal in Paris, The Whitechapel Gallery and Royal Academy of Arts in London, Musée de l’Elysée in Switzerland, Leopold Museum in Vienna Austria, The Polygon Gallery in Vancouver Canada, Australian Centre for Photography and Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Taiwan.
Mona Kuhn currently lives and works in Los Angeles.
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Solo Exhibitions
2024
Mona Kuhn: Between Modernism and Surrealism, Houk Gallery, New York, NY
2023
Mona Kuhn: Kings Road, Galerie XII...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
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Category
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Materials
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Please note: Artwork will be on display through February 25, 2024 and will be shipped to collectors within two weeks following the closing of the exhibition.
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Category
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Materials
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Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order and lead times are expected between 15-20 days.
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Category
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Materials
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Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
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Category
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This image is a unique photogram and is printed using Rives BFK, gouache, gum arabic, kitakata and ink...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
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