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Abstract Photography

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
New York City at Sunset from New Jersey - Manhattan Skyline with Blue Sky
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, dated, numbered 3/15 lr recto, unframed, other size available, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

Résonance - water drop 84 (Medium)
Located in London, GB
Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5. In his Résonance series, Janiak explores the role of sound in creation. Taking inspiration from sacred texts from multiple spiritual traditions, he p...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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C Print

Intersect # 201803
Located in London, GB
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 4.5mm Plexiglas - Unframed Backed with Dibond and C-channel hanging system + keyhole option. Available on request 5-6 week turnaround. Edition: 1/3. ...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Plexiglass, C Print

NY # 201802
Located in London, GB
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 4.5mm Plexiglas - Unframed. Backed with Dibond and C-channel hanging system + keyhole option. Available on request 5-6 week turnaround. Edition: 2/3. ...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Plexiglass, C Print

NY # 201802
NY # 201802
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Black and White Photograph, Abstract, Soft and Light, Framed, 2020
Located in San Francisco, CA
This black and white abstract photograph is unique. Betsy Kenyon works in a darkroom with light and shapes. There is no negative, making each artwork one ...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Silver Gelatin

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

Gravity - Liquid 02 (Medium)
Located in London, GB
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...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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C Print

Seastar, Lockheed T-33 Silverstar, Chino, USA, 2015 - Aero series (Air)
Located in New York City, NY
Manolo Chretien, France Seastar, Lockheed T-33 Silverstar, Chino, USA, 2015 27 x 43 in Edition of 9 Dye Sublimation on Aluminum 35 x 57 in Edition of...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Dye Transfer

"Abstract Composition VII" in Green Cream Black Modern Art Spots
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Abstract Composition VII" by James Chadwick is from his series that takes from vintage patterning, zooming in to see the abstraction of the detail whic...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Plexiglass, Photographic Paper

Gravity - Bulle d'air 04 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Gravity - Bulle d'air 04 (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5. In his Gravity Bulles d'air series, Janiak creates visual representations of the idea that form can...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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C Print

Untitled 109
Located in London, GB
C print. Unframed. Richard Caldicott is most well known for this earlier work series which used Tupperware containers as the subject for his photographs. As he describes : "Tupperw...
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1990s Abstract Photography

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C Print

Summer storm over the blue Danube / Acrylic, photograph on canvas / 50 x 70 cm
Located in Kraków, Województwo małopolskie
The painting "Summer storm over the beautiful Danube" is a combination of the author's photograph of the statue of Johan Strauss' son, taken in Vienna, c...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Acrylic

Gravity - Liquid 58 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Gravity - Liquid 58 (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5. In his Gravity Liquid series, Janiak creates visual representations of the idea that form cannot exist wi...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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C Print

Morphogenetic field - Beluga Caviar (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Morphogenetic field - Beluga Caviar (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5. In his Morphogenetic fields series, Janiak examines the visi...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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C Print

Magnetic radiation 11 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Magnetic radiation 11 (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5. In his Magnetic radiation series, Janiak reveals the hidden world of magnetism by photographing ferrofl...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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C Print

Photon 06 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Photon 06 (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5. In his Photon series, Janiak explores the intrinsic duality of light. The photons we interpret as light exist in a ...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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C Print

Magnetic radiation 99 (Medium)
Located in London, GB
Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5. In his Magnetic Radiation series, Janiak reveals the hidden world of magnetism by photographing ferrofluids. A ferrofluid is a liquid substance magne...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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C Print

Résonance - water drop 251 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Résonance - water drop 251 (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5. In his Résonance series, Janiak explores the role of sound in creation. Taking inspiration from sa...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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C Print

Gravity - Liquid 04 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Gravity - Liquid 04 (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5. In his Gravity, Liquid series, Janiak creates visual representations of the idea that form cannot exist w...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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C Print

Gravity Bulle d'air 01 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Gravity Bulle d'air 01 (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5 In his Gravity Bulles d'air series, Janiak creates visual representations of the idea that form cannot...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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C Print

Untitled
Located in New Orleans, LA
From the artist, "My abstract work intrigues me the most. I like the experimental aspect of playing with a variety of materials (light, fabric, paper and glass) to create compos...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Pigment

Abstract Color Conceptual Photographic Print, "Pink Ballerina" 2020
Located in San Diego, CA
This is an original photographic print from Southern California artist Michal Greenboim. It is an abstract color print that is 13" x 19" x 0.5" (HxLxD) and is edition 5 of 10. It is ...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Color

Blus, Abstract Photograph, 2016
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: Glitching a greyscale image to reveal color in the file - part of the original set of glitches. Keywords: glitch, digital, digital art, print, abstract, colorful ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

Cosmica #69, 4 Elements
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo Cosmica #115, 4 Elements, Archival Pigment Print Unframed Ask us for framing options. 40 x 40 inches Edition of 13 Archival Pigment Print ...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Metal

Chrysler Building Art Deco Skyscraper
Located in Miami, FL
Architecture becomes an abstract design statement as seen thru the lens of Mithcell Funk Striking graphic design with found elements is a signature style of Mitchell Funk. He brings ...
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1980s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Paper

After Henri Matisse: The Goldfish 1 1912, 2017
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --In 2013, I first saw Carol Inez Charney’s striking semi-abstract photographs depicting details of modernist architecture partially ob...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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C Print

Space Field, Digital Iris Print Muse X Large Photograph on Heavy Paper
Located in Surfside, FL
These are from the 1990s printed at Muse X and never framed. they are unsigned and unnumbered but from a very small edition. they are quite beautiful. Victor Raphael was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1950. He studied art and theater at California State University Northridge and graduated from UCLA. He has exhibited throughout the nation and abroad. In 1996, his work was among the 50 best examples of Polaroid photography included in Polaroid 50: Art and Technology, an international touring exhibition commemorating the company’s 50th anniversary. He works in a wide range of media spanning painting, photography, filmmaking, printmaking, and digital technology. He creates complex and beautiful images that expand conventional views of time and space. For the past three decades, Raphael has produced a unique body of work by merging traditional media such as painting, photography and printmaking with modern electronic media, including video, digital printing and interactive technologies. In addition to his central themes of the exploration of the cosmos and aspects of travel–through space or time–and their visual records, the artist has developed an important body of paintings, in which water, for instance, and its protean and timeless qualities, form an important part. His photography process of digitally manipulating NASA photographs of planets and other natural celestial phenomena into Polaroid prints, and next altering them by hand with metallic paints and gold and metal leaf. Education: University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., 1973, Magna Cum Laude California State University, Northridge, 1968-1970 SELECTED ONE AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA, From Lead Into Gold Oregon Jewish Museum, The Heavens Spread Out Like A Prayer Shawl Skirball Cultural Center, Illuminated Reflections: A Bill Aron and Victor Raphael Collaboration. Cypress College, Victor Raphael & Clayton Spada Collaboration: From Zero to Infinity Karpeles Manuscript Library and Museum, Santa Barbara, CA, Jean-Pierre Hebert & Victor Raphael: Illuminated Collaboration Cypress College, Paris Polaroids: Art In The City Of Lights Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Victor Raphael: Envisioning Space (20-year survey with catalogue) Santa Monica College, Space Fields, Abstractions and Jackson Pollock 1980-1991 (catalogue) Richard Green Gallery...
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1990s Abstract Photography

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Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

American Flag Reflection
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100 Times Square monumental digital screens reflect colorful image on to a rainfull street Punctuated by a solitary figure carry an umbrella with the sam...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

Porthole #7
Located in New York, NY
Ed. 4/15 Dye infused aluminum photograph Series: Portholes, abstract realism Jami Goldman is an American fine art photographer, with over 30 years experience behind the lens. She ...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Metal

Urban Landscapes - Serie Bouquet N° I
Located in Miami, FL
Born 1959, Geneva, Switzerland Vanna Karamaounas aka Iseult Labote – Lives and works in Geneva and Berlin. Born in Geneva of mixed Greek and Swiss heritage, Labote studied art his...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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C Print, Digital

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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

Holding Light In Darkness #9
Located in Los Angeles, CA
THE COLOR OF WATER Lake Michigan blue sits at the pastel confluence of green, grey and cyan on the nearby shoreline. In truth, the color of the lake is as transitory as Chicago weather. The shade of blue is widely determined by the reflection of the sky above and the organic material and sediment carried below. I recently learned that invasive mussel species have slowly transformed the lake from green to bluer over the past two decades. I often return to the water’s edge to document the color of a given day. Susan Isaacson...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Paper

Blanket8, Abstract Photograph, 2015
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: Your purchase through TurningArt can be displayed as either a high quality print, or it's true original form as a woven blanket. Please contact TurningArt for more...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography

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Fabric

Cosmica #192, 4 Elements
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo Cosmica #115, 4 Elements, Archival Pigment Print Unframed Ask us for framing options. 40 x 40 inches Edition of 13 Archival Pigment Print ...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Metal

Vox Linea
Located in Bristol, GB
Vox Linea is a metallic Lambda photographic print, optionally mounted to Plexiglass and Dibond, and fitted with a hidden subframe, ready to install. The edition may also be fitted wi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography

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Plexiglass, C Print

Holding Light In Darkness #2
Located in Los Angeles, CA
THE COLOR OF WATER Lake Michigan blue sits at the pastel confluence of green, grey and cyan on the nearby shoreline. In truth, the color of the lake is as transitory as Chicago weather. The shade of blue is widely determined by the reflection of the sky above and the organic material and sediment carried below. I recently learned that invasive mussel species have slowly transformed the lake from green to bluer over the past two decades. I often return to the water’s edge to document the color of a given day. Susan Isaacson...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Paper

Blanket12, Version1, Abstract Photograph, 2015
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: Your purchase through TurningArt can be displayed as either a high quality print, or it's true original form as a woven blanket. Please contact TurningArt for more...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography

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Fabric

Elevated View Of Las Vegas At Night With Moonlit Sky
Located in Miami, FL
Luxor Hotel&Casino and Las Vegas skyline at night. Shipping should be around $100. This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet

Stellify / TWO / cerise glaze
Located in Bristol, GB
Stellify / TWO / cerise glaze is a metallic Lambda photographic print, optionally mounted to Plexiglass, laser cut to shape, and fitted with a hidden subframe, ready to install. Wor...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography

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Plexiglass, C Print

Turquoise and Yellow Victorian Houses in Mission District San Francisco
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be $100. Turquoise and Yellow Victorian Houses in Mission District San Francisco. Signed, Dated, number Lower left 4/15 recto, unfra...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Inkjet

Blanket12, Version2, Abstract Photograph, 2015
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: Your purchase through TurningArt can be displayed as either a high quality print, or it's true original form as a woven blanket. Please contact TurningArt for more...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography

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Fabric

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

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

Blanket6, Abstract Photograph, 2015
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: Your purchase through TurningArt can be displayed as either a high quality print, or it's true original form as a woven blanket. Please contact TurningArt for more...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography

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Fabric

Montauk Reflections #23 Ltd Ed of 10
Located in New York, NY
Archival Ink. Commercial fishing boats reflection. Can be hung horizontally as well. Produced by Dye Sublimation - which means archival in...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Metal

Event Horizon #209, abstract aerial landscape photograph
Located in New York, NY
Kacper Kowalski began his career as a landscape photographer, far before the preeminence of drones or Google Earth, strapping himself into a gyrocopter and exploring his native Poland through the lens of a film camera. This repeated, almost ritualistic exploration of home became the foundation of his work. Kowalski observes the macro-evolution of the Polish landscape...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Pigment

Depth of Winter #54
Located in New York, NY
Kacper Kowalski began his career as a landscape photographer, far before the preeminence of drones or Google Earth, strapping himself into a gyrocopter and exploring his native Pola...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Pigment

Toxic Beauty #84, abstract aerial landscape photograph
Located in New York, NY
Kacper Kowalski began his career as a landscape photographer, far before the preeminence of drones or Google Earth, strapping himself into a gyrocopter and exploring his native Poland through the lens of a film camera. This repeated, almost ritualistic exploration of home became the foundation of his work. Kowalski observes the macro-evolution of the Polish landscape...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Pigment

Depth of Winter #171, abstract aerial landscape photograph
Located in New York, NY
Kacper Kowalski began his career as a landscape photographer, far before the preeminence of drones or Google Earth, strapping himself into a gyrocopter and exploring his native Poland through the lens of a film camera. This repeated, almost ritualistic exploration of home became the foundation of his work. Kowalski observes the macro-evolution of the Polish landscape...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Pigment

Event Horizon #30, abstract aerial landscape photograph
Located in New York, NY
Kacper Kowalski began his career as a landscape photographer, far before the preeminence of drones or Google Earth, strapping himself into a gyrocopter and exploring his native Poland through the lens of a film camera. This repeated, almost ritualistic exploration of home became the foundation of his work. Kowalski observes the macro-evolution of the Polish landscape...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Pigment

After Claude Monet: Iris 1 1916, 2017
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --In 2013, I first saw Carol Inez Charney’s striking semi-abstract photographs depicting details of modernist architecture partially ob...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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C Print

Echoes of My Mind
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This 48x30 abstract is a bold exploration of contrast and color. Striking black and white elements create a dramatic foundation, while vibrant pops of blue, yellow, and green add dep...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Canvas, Acrylic

Climbing the Columns
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: This composite photograph originated with rays of sunlight through a glass bottle. Words that describe this piece: color, light, bright, sunlight, red, light bea...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

William Eggleston, Untitled (Mayfield, Kentucky) - Signed Light Box, Photography
Located in Hamburg, DE
William Eggleston (American, born 1939) Untitled (Mayfield, Kentucky), 2002 Medium: Transparency in aluminum light frame with electrical fittings (light box) Dimensions: 45.8 x 60.4 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography

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Digital

Haight-Ashbury
Located in Miami, FL
Haight-Ashbury in full bloom. I single Hippie like figure is framed perfectly in the doorway to give this beautiful urban graphic scale. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered ...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

Abstract Landscape #23
Located in New York City, NY
Daniel Mansur Abstract Landscape #23 Canvas Fine Art - Framed Archival Pigment Print
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Canvas, Archival Pigment

Piet 1
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 1/2 on verso. Artist Andrew George is based in Los Angeles. He recently premiere...
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Early 2000s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda

rosadue
Located in New York, NY
Paper size is 30 x 25 inches, image size is 20 x 15 inches Signed, dated and numbered Pigment print on Kodak Metallic paper, there is a 5 inch border around the image which enhances...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Digital Pigment

Cosmica #72, 4 Elements
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo Cosmica #115, 4 Elements, Archival Pigment Print Unframed Ask us for framing options. 40 x 40 inches Edition of 13 Archival Pigment Print Unframed
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Metal

orizzontale
Located in New York, NY
Paper size is 30 x 25 inches, image size is 20 x 15 inches Signed, dated and numbered Pigment print on Kodak Metallic paper, there is a 5 inch border around the image which enhances...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Digital Pigment

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