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
Bowling Alley by Chris Frazer Smith - Contemporary Sports Photography
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order and lead times are between 15-20 days.
Bowling Alley is a dynamic C-Type Matte Print by Contem...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color
Catching Koi
By Tom Chambers
Located in Sante Fe, NM
All my life I have held a fascination with the animal kingdom, which began in my childhood growing up on a farm and extended into my adult years. On some inexplicable level I feel a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Adria 10 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial abstract photography, Italy's Adriatic Coast
Located in Paris, FR
Adria 10 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 cm x 60 cm (35...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Impact (Wastelands) - 100x100cm, Polaroid, Contemporary, Abstract, Mounted
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Impact - it all began quite simply I was very happy (Wastelands) - 2003
Edition of 5,
100x100cm.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Artist inventory Number 1189.08.
Mounted...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Shades , Photography, Limited Edition, Africa, bw, silhouette
Located in München, BY
Shades
Edition of 25
signed and numbered by the artist
A silhouette of a passing woman behind a sunshade.
JJK is a pseudonym for one of the world's most successful photo artists.
I...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Plaisir de France I, Photography, Limited Edition, color, France, Plaisir
Located in München, BY
Plaisir de France I
Edition of 25
signed and numbered by the artist
Plaisir de France was a French magazine owned by the Groupe L'Illustration, owned by the Baschet family, with its...
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Wave II - large scale abstract photograph of water surface reflections
Located in San Francisco, CA
WAVE II by Christian Stoll
large scale abstract photograph of soothing mesmerizing fluid liquid waterscape
58 x 58 inches (147 x 147cm)
edition of 7
signed
48 x 48 inches (122 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Giclée
Stahlwerk 014 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial photography, Germany, industrial area
Located in Paris, FR
Stahlwerk 014 is a limited-edition photograph by German contemporary artist Bernhard Lang.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 3 dimensions:
*80 × ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Mirages #4. Architectural Landscape. Limited Edition Photography
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
Summer - Contemporary, Polaroid, Childhood, abstract
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Summer (Journey to the Center of the Earth) - 2019
Edition of 10.
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, C Print, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
The Unconscious Mind (29 Palms, CA) - Polaroid, Contemporary, Desert, Dream
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Unconscious Mind (29 Palms, CA) - 2021
127x228cm,
Edition of 10,
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory No. 3965.
Not m...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
The Bog 003 by Bernhard Lang - Close-up photography, flora, green tones, swamps
Located in Paris, FR
The Bog 003 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Bernhard Lang. It is a Fine Art Print on Hahnemüle Paper.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Proxima" Photography 36" x 24" inch Edition 1/15 by Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Proxima" Photography 36" x 24" inch Edition 1/15 by Larsen Sotelo
Giclee (Archival Ink) print on 310G Platine Fibre Cotton Rag w/satin finish
Not framed. Ships in tube.
Shot wit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
Cloud Study VI - large scale photograph of dramatic momochromatic 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, Giclée, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink
Vintage C Print Gold Color Photograph Eiffel Tower Paris France Cibachrome Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
Ellen Kaplowitz
"Eiffel Tower, Paris", photograph print,
Hand signed and titled verso,
15.75"h x 23.75"w (sight),
17"h x 25"w (frame)
Ellen Kaplowitz has been globetrotting and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
#00134 Scirpus cyperinus, Unique photogram, gum bichromate, framed
Located in Sante Fe, NM
#00134 Scirpus cyperinus, Unique photogram, gum bichromate, framed
This image is a unique photogram and is printed using Rives BFK, gouache, gum arabic, kitakata and ink. Pricing...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photogram
Dandelion Rain, Photography, Limited Edition, Flower, Galaxy
Located in München, BY
Dandelion Rain
Edition of 25
signed and numbered by the artist
The many small parachutes of the dandelion look like spaceships from a distant galaxy against the black background.
J...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Materia II and IV, Diptych, From The Materia Series
By Mikael Kenta
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Materia II and IV, Diptych, 2023 by Mikael Kenta
From The Materia Series
Archival Pigment Print with a 1 cm white border.
Overall size: 75 cm. H x 120 cm. W
Individual Size: 75 cm. H...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
In Memory Of #10 (Abstract Monoprint)
By Birgit Blyth
Located in Hudson, NY
Unique chromoskedasic monoprint on photographic paper
22 x 18 inches framed
This contemporary, abstract style chromoskedasic monoprint was created by experimental photographer Birgi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Monoprint
Versilia 07 (Tuscany, Italy) by Bernhard Lang - Aerial beach photography, sea
Located in Paris, FR
Versilia 07 is a limited-edition photograph by German contemporary artist Bernhard Lang.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 3 dimensions:
*60 × 80...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
'Sunday's Tulips (II)' Large Scale Photo bold flower pastel red orange white
Located in Penzance, GB
'Sunday's Tulips (II)' 40 x 60" edition
Limited edition archival photograph, hand signed and numbered. Unframed
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Gauzy afternoon light, the tulips are stretching sof...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
H2O V - extra large format photograph of sun reflections on pool water surface
Located in San Francisco, CA
mesmerizing light reflections of glistening sunlight on turquoise aquamarine water surface, an homage to the iconic pool reflections paintings by artist David Hockney
H2O V by Erik ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Lucia and Tyka - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, abstract
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Lucia and Tyka - 2019
50x60cm,
Edition of 10.
Giclée Print on Hahnemühle Fine Art Baryta, based on a Fuji Peel Apart Instant Film (not mounted).
Signed on back with Certificate. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
1955 Mercedes 300 SL Gull-Wing
By Nick Veasey
Located in München, BY
Edition 25
Framed Chromaluxe
In this image we can see a classic 1955 Mercedes 300 SL Gull-Wing.
A man with x-ray vision, NICK VEASEY creates art that ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Minimal Landscape of a Sand Dune in Namibia, Black and White Photography
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Sanctuary"
This award-winning, best-selling image highlights the surreal relationships within mother nature.
The print series Dunes: Landscapes Evolving documents the magnificent...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Day for Night - Mindscreen 11 - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Abstract
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Day for Night - Mindscreen 11 (Night on Earth), 1999
58x56cm, Edition 5/10.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist,
based on an original expired Polaroid.
Signature label and C...
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Baltic Ice, Peipsi Jaerv 016 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial photography, blue, framed
Located in Paris, FR
Baltic Ice, Peipsi Jaerv 016 is a limited-edition photograph by German contemporary artist Bernhard Lang.
This photograph is a limited edition of 5 copies, it is sold framed. Dimen...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
DIALOGUE 14 by Matthieu Venot - Architecture photography, framed, palm, blue
Located in Paris, FR
DIALOGUE 14 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Matthieu Venot.
This photograph is a limited edition of 10 copies, it is sold framed with a white shadow box. Di...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Pigment
Baltic Ice II, Paernu 010 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial photography, winter, cold
Located in Paris, FR
Baltic Ice II, Paernu 010 is a limited-edition photograph by German contemporary artist Bernhard Lang.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 3 dimens...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Baltic Ice, Kakumaee 003 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial photography, winter, blue
Located in Paris, FR
Baltic Ice, Kakumaee 003 is a limited-edition photograph by German contemporary artist Bernhard Lang.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 3 dimensi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Bordeaux - underwater nude photo - print on aluminum 8 x 12"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
“Bordeaux” reveals a gorgeous and haunting purple transformation of a naked body arms, breast, and legs into an amorphous shape, encapsulating the face of the woman. Pouring into the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Yellow Flower (The Last Picture Show) Polaroid, 128x126cm, analog vintage print
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Yellow Flower (The Last Picture Show) - 2005
128x125cm,
Edition of 5,
analog C-Print, based on a Polaroid,
hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper. (matte)
Arti...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
'Sunday's Tulips (III)' Large Scale Photo bold flower pastel red orange white
Located in Penzance, GB
'Sunday's Tulips (III)' 40 x 60" edition
Limited edition archival photograph, hand signed and numbered. Unframed
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Gauzy afternoon light, the tulips are stretching so...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
The Bog Plants 005 by Bernhard Lang - Close-up photography, red tones, flora
Located in Paris, FR
The Bog Plants 005 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Bernhard Lang. It is a Fine Art Print on Hahnemüle Paper.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Sunset (Deconstructivism) - Contemporary, Expired Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Sunset (Deconstructivism) - 2015
- about the narrative potential of images.
20x20cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Artist Inventory...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
#00146 Onoclea sensibilis, Unique photogram, gum bichromate, framed
Located in Sante Fe, NM
#00146 Onoclea sensibilis, Unique photogram, gum bichromate, framed
This image is a unique photogram and is printed using Rives BFK, gouache, gum arabic, kitakata and ink. Pricin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photogram
#00102 Carex spp. Unique handmade photogram, gum bichromate, frame included
Located in Sante Fe, NM
#00102 Carex spp. Unique handmade photogram, gum bichromate, frame included.
This image is a unique photogram and is printed using Rives BFK, gouache, gum arabic, kitakata and ink...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photogram
Adria 13 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial abstract photography, Italy's Adriatic coast
Located in Paris, FR
Aerial Views, Adria 13 is a limited-edition photograph by German contemporary artist Bernhard Lang.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 3 dimension...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Blue Space Light - Planet of the Apes 07 - 21st Century, Polaroid, Abstract
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Blue Space Light - Planet of the Apes 07 - 1999
58x56cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the original Polaroid.
Signature ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Versilia 03 (Tuscany, Italy) by Bernhard Lang - Aerial beach photography, sea
Located in Paris, FR
Versilia 03 is a limited-edition photograph by German contemporary artist Bernhard Lang.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 3 dimensions:
*60 × 77...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Gerbera - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Childhood. 21st Century, abstract
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Gerbera (2019)
100x82cm,
Edition of 5 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Photograph printed in Canson Barita Fiber Rag 340gr,
based on a reclaimed Fuji Instant Film Negative (not mounted).
Sig...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
"In Praise of Entropy (Untitled #10)", Lenticular transition, Kaleidoscope photo
By Anna Tas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"In Praise of Entropy (Untitled #10)" is an original artwork by Anna Tas made of an archival pigment print with lenticular lens. The piece is lenticular––transitioning and creating t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Lenticular, Archival Pigment
The Back Line, 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
Wallscape II - abstract photograph of rust red toned wall textures
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Wallscape II by Frank Schott
from a series of photographic observances capturing urban textures and color palettes
48 x 60 inches / 122cm x 152cm
edition of 7
signed
32 x 40 inches...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée
#00128 Spiraea alb, Unique photogram, gum bichromate, framed
Located in Sante Fe, NM
#00128 Spiraea alb, Unique photogram, gum bichromate, framed
This image is a unique photogram and is printed using Rives BFK, gouache, gum arabic, kitakata and ink. Pricing inclu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photogram
III, Photography, Limited Edition
Located in München, BY
Limited Edition of 10
Framed size 27 x 37 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
Post Soviet Russian Avant Garde Photograph Mixed Media Gum Arabic Photo Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Igor Vishnyakov is a Russian Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1968 in Moscow. Igor spent his childhood in Africa and Southeast Asia. After returning to Moscow in the mi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Photographic Paper
Circle Irrigation 02 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial abstract photography, Kansas
Located in Paris, FR
Circle Irrigation 02 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:
*60 × ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Waterhole - Planet of the Apes 05 - 21st Century, Polaroid, Abstract
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Waterhole - Planet of the Apes 05 - 1999
58x56cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label a...
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
The Bog Renaturated 016 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial view photography, blue colour
Located in Paris, FR
The Bog Renaturated 016 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Bernhard Lang. It is an archival pigment print on Hahnemüle Fine Art Paper.
This photograph is sold u...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Archival Pigment
Stars 6, 2014 - Limited Edition Digital C-Type Photograph on Fuji Paper
By Ellie Davies
Located in Brighton, GB
Stars 6 is a stunning Digital C-Type Print on Fuji Maxima Matte paper, available in this size from a Limited Edition of 7 + 2 Artist Proofs.
Ellie has been working in the forests of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital, C Print
Lantern number 20, Arizona, USA, black and white, landscape, photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Coal Mine 2 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial fine art photography, Germany, grey
Located in Paris, FR
Aerial Views, Coal Mine 2 is a limited-edition photograph by German contemporary artist Bernhard Lang.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 3 dimensions:
*60 cm × 84 cm (23.6" × 33.1"), edition of 10 copies
*84 cm x 120 cm (33.1" × 47.2"), edition of 7 copies
*106 cm x 150 cm (41.7" × 59.1"), edition of 5 copies
All prints are signed and numbered.
Contact us regarding framing options.
It is a piece from the "Coal Mine" series, which was shot from above the German state of North Rhine Westphalia's Hambach mine. 240 000 tons of lignite are extracted daily from this open pit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Versilia 06 (Tuscany, Italy) by Bernhard Lang - Aerial beach photography, sea
Located in Paris, FR
Versilia 06 is a limited-edition photograph by German contemporary artist Bernhard Lang.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 3 dimensions:
*60 × 80...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
She Disappeared into Complete Silence (AD14491) - large scale abstract photo
By Mona Kuhn
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large scale photograph of reflective golden architectural abstraction
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.
AD14491 (She Disappeared into Complete Silence)
60" x 45" / 152cm x 114cm
edition of 8 + 2AP
40" x 30" / 102cm x 76cm
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, Paris, France
Mona Kuhn: Kings Road, Kunsthaus-Göttingen, Germany
Mona Kuhn: Kings Road, Jackson Fine Art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Fingertips, Photography, Limited Edition
Located in München, BY
Limited Edition of 10
Framed size 27 x 37 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
Carnegie Library/ Atlanta-Fulton county public library. Landscape abstract photo
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Carnegie Library/ Atlanta-Fulton county public library, 2019 by Ying Chen
From the series "Lost In Transition".
Archival pigment print
Image size: 80 in. H x...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
Western Landscape 9, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Western Landscape 9, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered
In my art practice, I create imaginary landscapes and atmospheres through a mixed-media process based in photogr...
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.