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ABSTRACT STYLE

Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.

Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.

Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.

Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.

Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.

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Style: Abstract
Halcyon / cerulean glaze
Located in Bristol, GB
Halcyon / cerulean glaze is a metallic Lambda photographic print, optionally mounted to Plexiglass and Dibond, and fitted with a hidden subframe, ready to install. The edition may al...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography

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C Print, Plexiglass

Limited edition photography art book & original print: abstract nude, still life
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This limited edition version of "Paul Cava: Photographs, Collages, Montages" is a softcover, limited edition signed book publication featuring the photograph...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Paper

Victory over the sun #2 and #1. Mixed Media Abstract Artworks
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Victory over the sun #2 and #1, 2021 (Diptych) by Monika Bravo From The Series of Duration Archival pigment print on paper mounted on a custom made box and intervened Ultra Premium P...
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2010s Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

New York City Abstract in Yellow by Street Photographer Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Colorful locks hanging from a wire above the Brooklyn Bridge are set against a blurred yellow New York City Taxi Cab. They form an unexpected ambiguous abstract image composed of i...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Shifting the frame 101 (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Shifting the frame 101 (Abstract photography) Photography - Unframed. Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt. Edition of 10 +2 AP - Artworks are printed by the artist on Hahnemühle Fine A...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

Breathe # 202205 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Breathe # 202205 (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas - Unframed. Backed with Dibond and C-channel hanging system + keyhole option. Available...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Plexiglass, C Print

Celebration1, Original Abstract Photograph, 2016
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: From a collection of stills taken from Celebration, 2015. This video compilation celebrates gesture. Unlike “Goodbye Friend” where DeRosato slowly glitches the l...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

Morphogenetic field - Dandelion (Pissenlit) (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Morphogenetic field - Dandelion (Pissenlit) (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5. In his Morphogenetic fields series, Janiak examines the visible manifestation of ...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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C Print

Bleed # 202020
Located in London, GB
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas - Unframed. Available on request - 4 week turnaround. Backed with extruded polystyrene, concrete, acrylic, enamel and pigments (5...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Plexiglass, C Print

Boat 2 - Signed limited edition pigment print, Large format still life photo, Sea
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Boat 2 - Limited edition pigment print - Limited Editions of 5 Signed + numbered by artist, with certificate of authenticity This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Paper, Black and White, Digital, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Dig...

French Contemporary Photo by Olivier Attar - La Plume
Located in Paris, IDF
Subligraphy (CHROMALUX) on aluminium 92 x 93 cm - 36,2 x 36,6 in = $2,200 Ed.1/15 Possibility of frame with additional costs
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Mixed Media, Digital

Wave: original abstract painting on altered color landscape photograph
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an original gouache painting layered over an original archival pigment print using alternative process photography. Image measures 26.25" x 30" on 28" x 32" Hahnemühle German...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Gouache, Rag Paper, Archival Pigment

EM-36 Padmasambhara 2 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
EM-36 Padmasambhara 2 (Abstract Photography) Pigment on canvas - Unframed. Edition of 3. The Emanations series is an attempt to express the spiritual potential of the most essential aspect of photography: light. Each work in the series began its evolution as a scanned image of a Buddhist thangka—a spiritual painting of a Buddhist deity—which was then blurred and stretched until all that remained was a distilled image of color and form. These reduced images were then printed onto canvases, resulting in what Kane refers to as elemental “representations of the light bodies of the Buddhas.” Bill Kane...
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2010s Abstract Photography

Materials

Canvas, Pigment

Syd # 33.85S_151.16E (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Syd # 33.85S_151.16E (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 4.5mm Plexiglas - Unframed. Backed with Dibond and C-channel hanging system + keyhole option. Available on...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Plexiglass, C Print

French Contemporary Photo by Olivier Attar - Rosh
Located in Paris, IDF
Subligraphy (CHROMALUX) on aluminium Ed.1/15 Possibility of frame with additional costs
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Mixed Media, Digital

Fashionable woman's Green Stripes Echo Stripes of the Street
Located in Miami, FL
A Dress Designer and a Street Engineers' graphic style collide in this caught Manhattan moment. In New York City art is everywhere. You can wear it and walk on it at the same time...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Victory over the sun #2. Mixed media Abstract Artwork
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Victory over the sun #2, 2021 by Monika Bravo From The Series of Duration Archival pigment print on paper mounted on a custom made box and intervened Ultra Premium Photo paper Paper ...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Gravity - Liquid 19 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Gravity - Liquid 19 (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5. In his Gravity Liquid series, Janiak creates visual representations of the idea that form cannot exist without an environment. There are the visible forms we see in the world, and then there are the conditions that allow those forms to exist. As a catalyst for his exploration of this topic, Janiak chose gravity, one of the most ubiquitous and easily observable forces, and the one that allows so many forms in the physical universe to exist. The photographs in these series show two types of matter—liquids and gasses—being manipulated by gravity. Form is frozen by the photographic process, but the process is ever changing depending on the shifting conditions of their environment. Seb Janiak is a photographic artist whose work explores conditions in which opposites can co-exist, revealing the visual characteristics of the hidden forces...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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C Print

Feel, Canyon Road (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Feel, Canyon Road (Abstract photography) Photography and paint on wood - Unframed. Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt. Artworks are of the highest archival standards. Wood supports are...
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2010s Abstract Photography

Materials

Wood

Celebration3, Original Abstract Photograph, 2016
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: From a collection of stills taken from Celebration, 2015. This video compilation celebrates gesture. Unlike “Goodbye Friend” where DeRosato slowly glitches the l...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Celebration6, Original Abstract Photograph, 2016
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: From a collection of stills taken from Celebration, 2015. This video compilation celebrates gesture. Unlike “Goodbye Friend” where DeRosato slowly glitches the l...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Edd, Abstract Photograph, 2016
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: glitched each RGB channel, resulting in the image pulling apart in different locations. Thank you Eddie. Keywords: glitch, digital, digital art, print, abstract, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

French Contemporary Photo by Olivier Attar - Emo
Located in Paris, IDF
Subligraphy (CHROMALUX) on aluminium 65 x 63 cm - 25,5 x 24,8 in = $1,600 Ed.1/15 Possibility of frame with additional costs
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2010s Abstract Photography

Materials

Mixed Media, Digital

Bleed # 202052 (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Bleed # 202052 (Abstract photography) Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas - Unframed. Available on request 5-6 week turnaround. Backed with Dibond and C-channel hang...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Plexiglass, C Print

NY # 40.78N_73.96W (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
NY # 40.78N_73.96W (Abstract photography) Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Plexiglas - Unframed. Available on request 5-6 week turnaround. Artwork made with 2 elements ( 80 x 250 ...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Plexiglass, C Print

Radius (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Radius (Abstract photography) Silver Gelatin Print - Unframed. Tenesh Webber is a Canadian artist who works in abstract black and white photography. She lives and works in the New ...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Untitled 156 (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 156 (Abstract photography) C print - Unframed. Richard Caldicott is most well known for this earlier work series which used Tupperware containers as the subject for his ph...
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Early 2000s Abstract Photography

Materials

C Print

Rainy New York City Street Scene in Grays and Monochromatic Color
Located in Miami, FL
A rainy day photograph of a New York City woman with an umbrella is depicted with Precisionist linearity. Taken from a birds-eye view looking down the New York City street looks mor...
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2010s Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

French Contemporary Photo by Olivier Attar - Mars
Located in Paris, IDF
Subligraphy (CHROMALUX) on aluminium Ed.1/15 Possibility of frame with additional costs
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2010s Abstract Photography

Materials

Mixed Media, Digital

Real (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Real (Abstract photography) Photography and paint on wood - Unframed. Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt. Artworks are of the highest archival standards. Wood supports are sealed with ...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Wood

Duration 08. Abstract limited edition color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Duration 08, 2019 by Monika Bravo From The Series of Duration Paper Type: Ultra Premium Photo paper Paper size: 40 in. H x 30 in. W Image size on paper: 40 in. H x 30 in. W Edition 1...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Stono River 47077, Landscape Fine Art Photography, Framed in Plexiglass
Located in Armonk, NY
Best described as paintings from a camera, John Duckworth’s Landscape Abstracts evoke the sea, forest, marsh, and sky in rich bands of saturated color. This body of work captures the...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Plexiglass, Archival Pigment

Architectonic 3- Signed Limited edition abstract print, Large format contemporary
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Architectonic 3 -Large scale photograph by Michael Banks Contact me if you are interested in another photograph of my store, we can always discuss Archival Pigment print on fiber ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Pigment, Archival P...

Bright star 9 - Signed limited edition abstract print, Color Photo, Square blue
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Bright star 9 - Limited edition pigment print Limited Editions of 5 Signed + numbered by artist, with certificate of authenticity This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based p...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Paper, Color, Digital, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigme...

EMDL-9 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
EMDL-9 (Abstract Photography) Pigment on canvas - Unframed. Edition of 3. The Emanations series is an attempt to express the spiritual potential of the most essential aspect of ph...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Canvas, Pigment

Rainbow of Color Refection in Car Window - (Abstract Photography)
Located in Miami, FL
Veteran Street Photographer Mitchell Funk encountered a newly painted wall in Queens, New York. Next to the wall was a newly washed red car. This was red meat subject matter for...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Topologie I
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edition of 20
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography

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Photogravure

Colony Hotel Ocean Drive, South Beach at Night Tropical Neon Reds and Neon Blue
Located in Miami, FL
Tropical Colors abound in this photography of South Beach. Ocean Drives Neon light show is in full display in this Mitchell Funk photograph. This archival color photograph by fine ...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Cracked Paint Abstraction Chinatown San Francisco Mural, Abstract Photography
Located in Miami, FL
A painted wall advertisement becomes an abstract work of art through the lens of Mitchell Funk. San Francisco is known for is a rich environment of...
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Early 2000s Abstract Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Plaza Hotel on Fifth Avenue Central Park South with Kelly Green Roof
Located in Miami, FL
The Plaza Hotel in New York City looks differently in this detailed view. Photographer Mitchell Funk has honed in on a less studied part of the historic French Renaissance-inspired ...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Tentation #10- Floral landscape soft pastel color contemporary abstract photo
Located in New York, NY
Belgian photographer Isabelle Menin creates portraits of flowers that are not only gorgeous in form and color, but also uniquely expressive. Fresh blossoms and withering blooms melt ...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

New York City Abstract Multiple Exposure Kaleidoscope Reds Blues, Architecture
Located in Miami, FL
In-camera Multiple Exposure using colored gels and negative color. Eye-popping and optically stimulating interpretation of New York skyscapers. Signed and dated on lower right, num...
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1970s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

Classic Art Deco Marlin Hotel Miami Beach, South Beach, Fine Art Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Puffy clouds over Marlin Hotel on Collins Avenue in South Beach, Miami Beach. This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2/1...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet

Brick's Photography Print Limited Edition Signed
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Print, limited edition of 15. Photographed in Bratislava a detail of a technical building-architect Jurkovic. Signed by the author.
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color, Digital, Archival Pigment

Street Art: Literally. New York City Rainy Day with Purple Umbrella
Located in Miami, FL
City road workers inadvertently become modern-day Steet Artists. Mitchell Funk in a continuing series, captures the colorful diagram mark-ups that city road crews use to plot out th...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Loops 1 (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Loops 1 (Abstract photography) Black and white photogram. Unframed. Tenesh Webber is a Canadian artist who works in abstract black and white photography. She lives and works in the...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Black and White, Photogram

Colors of Africa Abstracted Zebras
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted limited edition photograph of zebras with vivid colors by Ken Dorr (American, 20th Century), c. 2000. #10/250. Signed and numbered lower edge of mat. Presented in black me...
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Early 2000s Abstract Photography

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Ink, Photographic Paper

Untitled 109 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 109 (Abstract Photography) C print. Unframed. Richard Caldicott is most well known for this earlier work series which used Tupperware containers as the subject for his pho...
Category

1990s Abstract Photography

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C Print

Antelope Canyon, Arizona, USA, black and white photography, medium landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
© Gerald Berghammer - Limited edition of 7. Archival fine art pigment print. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Printed with 4cm whit...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Digita...

Urban Journey 75674, Fine Art Photography, Framed in Plexiglass
Located in Armonk, NY
The Urban Journey series has roots in the early 1990s and John’s first serious exploration of photography. Wandering the streets of San Diego with a Pentax K1000, he sought out what ...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Plexiglass

Lumina # 202104 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Lumina # 202104 (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 4.5mm Matte Plexiglas Box - Unframed. Available on request 5-6 week turnaround. Backed with Dibond and C-channe...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Plexiglass, C Print

Beautiful Flower Woman on Fifth Avenue Easter Parade, Fine Art Photography
Located in Miami, FL
The merger of human and plant forms is complete with a lovely young woman dressed in an elaborate flower hat. The beauty and warmth of her floral outfit are matched by her smile. Si...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Gravity - Liquid 01 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Gravity - Liquid 01 (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5. In his Gravity, Liquid series, Janiak creates visual representations of the idea that form cannot exist without an environment. There are the visible forms we see in the world, and then there are the conditions that allow those forms to exist. As a catalyst for his exploration of this topic, Janiak chose gravity, one of the most ubiquitous and easily observable forces, and the one that allows so many forms in the physical universe to exist. The photographs in these series show two types of matter—liquids and gasses—being manipulated by gravity. Form is frozen by the photographic process, but the process is ever changing depending on the shifting conditions of their environment. Seb Janiak is a photographic artist whose work explores conditions in which opposites can co-exist, revealing the visual characteristics of the hidden forces that shape the physical universe. He creates images that blend science with creativity, analytics with the poetic. He lives and works in Paris, France. Janiak began his career as a graphic designer. While freelancing, he engaged with state-of-the-art technology, becoming a pioneer in the field of digital photography. His work gained him global attention, and he expanded into music video directing, fashion photography, and finally into fine art. Since 2009, he has focused on expanding the potential of contemporary analogue photography. Technique Since 2009, Janiak has only used basic photographic tools. He says, “I only allow myself the techniques which have been used in analogue photography since 1850. Namely, making adjustments to contrast and exposure, and using superimposition.” When a special effect is needed in order to achieve a particular shot, he finds a way to achieve it manually rather than through digital manipulation, for example by using refraction...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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C Print

Gravity - Liquid 02 (Large) (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Gravity - Liquid 02 (Large) (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5. In his Gravity, Liquid series, Janiak creates visual representations of the idea that form cannot exist without an environment. There are the visible forms we see in the world, and then there are the conditions that allow those forms to exist. As a catalyst for his exploration of this topic, Janiak chose gravity, one of the most ubiquitous and easily observable forces, and the one that allows so many forms in the physical universe to exist. The photographs in these series show two types of matter—liquids and gasses—being manipulated by gravity. Form is frozen by the photographic process, but the process is ever changing depending on the shifting conditions of their environment. Seb Janiak is a photographic artist whose work explores conditions in which opposites can co-exist, revealing the visual characteristics of the hidden...
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2010s Abstract Photography

Materials

C Print

Street Art New York City in Pink and Green
Located in Miami, FL
Street Art is today's dominant contemporary aesthetic. It abounds every day and in on potentially everything. Colorful chairs and tables are complemented by colorful wall murals in ...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Lumina # 202104 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Lumina # 202104 (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 4.5mm Matte Plexiglas Box - Unframed. Backed with Dibond and C-channel hanging system + keyhole option. Editi...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Plexiglass, C Print

EM-46 Ratnasambhava (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
EM-46 Ratnasambhava (Abstract Photography) Pigment on canvas - Unframed. Edition of 3. The Emanations series is an attempt to express the spiritual potential of the most essential aspect of photography: light. Each work in the series began its evolution as a scanned image of a Buddhist thangka—a spiritual painting...
Category

2010s Abstract Photography

Materials

Canvas, Pigment

Paul Cava photography art book illustrated w/ nude, still life & abstract images
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"Paul Cava: Photographs, Collages, Montages" is a softcover, limited edition (of 250) book publication featuring the photography and photo-based fine art of ...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Paper

Abstract photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic 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 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 Mitchell Funk, Paul Snell, Michael Banks, and Seb Janiak. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and 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 Abstract photography, so small editions measuring 0.5 inches across are also available. Prices for photography made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $50 and tops out at $36,000, while the average work sells for $3,359.

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