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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
Tower of Song, abstract geometric wooden sculpture

Tower of Song, abstract geometric wooden sculpture

By Joe Sultan

Located in New York, NY

Milled wood, encaustic, string and acrylic. Joe Sultan started sculpting later in life after building a home in the Hudson Valley in 2012. He trained, worked as an architect and led his own firms for over 20 years starting in 1980, his focus was special needs housing and other government sponsored commissions.  A second career started in 2001 as owner and CEO of Chilewich, the design brand best known for beautiful and functional home textiles. He built their factory in Georgia where all the products are made, with machines and processes of his design. He stepped down as CEO in May of 2022. During all phases of his career Joe made art, first engraving and drawing before turning to sculpture. But it was at the Hudson Valley house that he turned exclusively to sculpture using the abundant wood of his land. He mills the wood into sticks, planks and blocks. The milling leaves ridges, valleys and cambers making every raw piece, unique. Sculptures start by putting 2 random sticks together, there’s no plan to start with, or drawings. But there’s always an idea about form, space or memory that guides them. The idea solidifies as the piece grows and eventually supersedes initial randomness. All the work contain the markings of its making.  Joe’s work was first shown at Susan Eley Fine Art...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Goddess Ethereal
Goddess Ethereal

Goddess Ethereal

By Kevin Kelly

Located in Westport, CT

This aqua resin and acrylic sculpture is an abstract female for created by Kevin Kelly. The dimensions are noted include a 3 1/2 inch high base. Kelly works out of his Brooklyn studi...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Acrylic

Abstract Mixed Media Biomorphism Wall Sculpture. Miami Artist Carol K Brown
Abstract Mixed Media Biomorphism Wall Sculpture. Miami Artist Carol K Brown

Abstract Mixed Media Biomorphism Wall Sculpture. Miami Artist Carol K Brown

By Carol K. Brown

Located in Surfside, FL

This is a wall sculpture of a protruding abstract organic appendage form. They are in the form of Surrealist fantastic flora and fauna. It is from her 1990-1995 series called tondos & squares. This is a mixed media sculpture composed of plastic/resin (it looks like blackened steel), rubber and metal wire. Hand signed verso. This sale is for one. I have 5 of them available, they make a great wall installation grouping. Carol K. Brown is an American woman artist born in Memphis, Tennessee and lives and works in New York and Miami Beach, Florida. Brown works with sculpture, painting, photography, video, digital and installation art. She has received the State of Florida Fine Arts Fellowship (1983), Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art Fellowship (1986), and two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (1984 and 1986). Her work is owned by the Perez Art Museum Miami, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, and the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University. She is a professor of sculpture at the New World School of the Arts in Miami. She was included in the show Making Art in Miami along with Jose Bedia; Consuelo Castaneda; Quisqueya Henriquez...

Category

1990s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Abstract Mixed Media Biomorphism Wall Sculpture. Miami Artist Carol K Brown
Abstract Mixed Media Biomorphism Wall Sculpture. Miami Artist Carol K Brown

Abstract Mixed Media Biomorphism Wall Sculpture. Miami Artist Carol K Brown

By Carol K. Brown

Located in Surfside, FL

This is a wall sculpture of a protruding abstract organic appendage form. They are in the form of Surrealist fantastic flora and fauna. It is from her 1990-1995 series called tondos & squares. This is a mixed media sculpture composed of plastic/resin (it looks like blackened steel), rubber and metal wire. Hand signed verso. This sale is for one. I have 5 of them available, they make a great wall installation grouping. Carol K. Brown is an American woman artist born in Memphis, Tennessee and lives and works in New York and Miami Beach, Florida. Brown works with sculpture, painting, photography, video, digital and installation art. She has received the State of Florida Fine Arts Fellowship (1983), Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art Fellowship (1986), and two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (1984 and 1986). Her work is owned by the Perez Art Museum Miami, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, and the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University. She is a professor of sculpture at the New World School of the Arts in Miami. She was included in the show Making Art in Miami along with Jose Bedia; Consuelo Castaneda; Quisqueya Henriquez...

Category

1990s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Abstract Mixed Media Biomorphism Wall Sculpture. Miami Artist Carol K Brown
Abstract Mixed Media Biomorphism Wall Sculpture. Miami Artist Carol K Brown

Abstract Mixed Media Biomorphism Wall Sculpture. Miami Artist Carol K Brown

By Carol K. Brown

Located in Surfside, FL

This is a wall sculpture of a protruding abstract organic appendage form. They are in the form of Surrealist fantastic flora and fauna. It is from her 1990-1995 series called tondos & squares. This is a mixed media sculpture composed of plastic/resin (it looks like blackened steel), rubber and metal wire. Hand signed verso. This sale is for one. I have 5 of them available, they make a great wall installation grouping. Carol K. Brown is an American woman artist born in Memphis, Tennessee and lives and works in New York and Miami Beach, Florida. Brown works with sculpture, painting, photography, video, digital and installation art. She has received the State of Florida Fine Arts Fellowship (1983), Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art Fellowship (1986), and two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (1984 and 1986). Her work is owned by the Perez Art Museum Miami, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, and the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University. She is a professor of sculpture at the New World School of the Arts in Miami. She was included in the show Making Art in Miami along with Jose Bedia; Consuelo Castaneda; Quisqueya Henriquez...

Category

1990s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Iris Blue Folds (navy blue, dark blue, hard fabric, contemporary design, textile
Iris Blue Folds (navy blue, dark blue, hard fabric, contemporary design, textile

Iris Blue Folds (navy blue, dark blue, hard fabric, contemporary design, textile

By Chloe Hedden

Located in Quebec, Quebec

“Iris Blue Folds” is a deep blue colored wall sculpture made with burlap on wood. The folds are carefully arranged from a single piece of burlap. This creates a dynamic artwork where...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Fabric, Linen, Mixed Media, Vinyl

Purisima Point  - textured contemporary painting, colorful strokes, round format
Purisima Point  - textured contemporary painting, colorful strokes, round format

Purisima Point - textured contemporary painting, colorful strokes, round format

By Tim Nikiforuk

Located in Dallas, TX

This beautiful contemporary high textured abstract painting is great for a classic and contemporary setting. The variation of colors and rich texture would greatly bring a space to l...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic, Vinyl, Wood Panel

Apple of Eden (Big) Abstract Sculpture, Leather Textile and Epoxy Resin, 2025
Apple of Eden (Big) Abstract Sculpture, Leather Textile and Epoxy Resin, 2025

Apple of Eden (Big) Abstract Sculpture, Leather Textile and Epoxy Resin, 2025

By Olga Radionova

Located in Zofingen, AG

"Apple of Eden (big)" is the largest piece in this series. Here, the idea of human duality unfolds on a grander scale: the outer texture appears solid, yet within lies a different re...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Leather, Textile, Epoxy Resin, Acrylic

Light-Glyph (Silver)
Light-Glyph (Silver)

Light-Glyph (Silver)

By Casper Brindle

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Brindle’s Light Glyph’s, are luminescent and mercurial sculptures, constantly shifting in hue as the viewer moves around them. Absorbing and reflecting light, they have a meditative ...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Automotive Paint, Acrylic

Blue. Glass, 34, 5x15x8 cm
Blue. Glass, 34, 5x15x8 cm

Blue. Glass, 34, 5x15x8 cm

Located in Riga, LV

Blue Glass, 34,5x15x8 cm

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Glass

Groundless, Original Abstract Sculpture, 2018

Groundless, Original Abstract Sculpture, 2018

By Tanner Gauvin

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: As a continuation of the screens series, I experimented with adding air between layers to show the organic process and the play with not only reflected light from behind, but also shadow. (Photo files include one angled shot, and one closeup.) Keywords: abstract, transparent, brush...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Feast of Tabernacles, abstract geometric wooden sculpture

Feast of Tabernacles, abstract geometric wooden sculpture

By Joe Sultan

Located in New York, NY

Milled wood, plaster, burlap and acrylic. Joe Sultan started sculpting later in life after building a home in the Hudson Valley in 2012. He trained, worked as an architect and led h...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Maragogi, abstract geometric wooden sculpture

Maragogi, abstract geometric wooden sculpture

By Joe Sultan

Located in New York, NY

Milled wood and acrylic. Joe Sultan started sculpting later in life after building a home in the Hudson Valley in 2012. He trained, worked as an architect and led his own firms for...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Nancy Cohen "Fire and Ice" Glass

Nancy Cohen "Fire and Ice" Glass

By Nancy Cohen

Located in New York, NY

Line is the operative formal element in the work shown here, but there are many other lines in play. Pieces walk a line between drawings that might be tapestries or sculptures or pa...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Glass

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

By Tony Rosenthal

Located in New York, NY

This stunning Mid Century Modern welded bronze sculpture was realized by the esteemed 20th Century artist Tony Rosenthal circa 1965. Signed and dated by the artist (and with an inclu...

Category

1960s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Space concept, '90s - plexiglass, 14x16x14 cm.
Space concept, '90s - plexiglass, 14x16x14 cm.

Space concept, '90s - plexiglass, 14x16x14 cm.

Located in Nice, FR

Little sculpture by the south france sculptor Edmond Vernassa. Signed. Né à Nice, le 3 septembre 1926, Vernassa dessine et sculpte dès son plus jeune âge. Il obtient un CAP d’électr...

Category

1990s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Plexiglass

Salvaged Book Abstract Wall Sculpture, Contemporary Installation Made to Order
Salvaged Book Abstract Wall Sculpture, Contemporary Installation Made to Order

Salvaged Book Abstract Wall Sculpture, Contemporary Installation Made to Order

By Nikki Rudolph

Located in Boston, MA

Made to order. Requires 4-8 weeks processing time depending on the request and the artist's current waitlist. Please contact the gallery, TurningArt, for more information. These wall sculptures created by artist Nikki Rudolph...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paper

Abstract Wall Sculpture 'Untitled Wallpaper Abstraction #36'
Abstract Wall Sculpture 'Untitled Wallpaper Abstraction #36'

Abstract Wall Sculpture 'Untitled Wallpaper Abstraction #36'

Located in White Plains, NY

'Untitled Wallpaper Abstraction #36' 2024. Found wallpaper collage on wood form, 48 x 36 x 6 in. is a multicolor, abstract geometric sculpture featuring carefully cut pieces of found...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Archival Ink, Wood Panel

Emma Bell, Grey I, Original Ceramic Art, Installation Art, Premier Art
Emma Bell, Grey I, Original Ceramic Art, Installation Art, Premier Art

Emma Bell, Grey I, Original Ceramic Art, Installation Art, Premier Art

By Emma Bell

Located in Deddington, GB

Emma Bell Grey I Original Installation Art Ceramic and Porcelain Pots Artwork Size: H 73cm x W 73cm x D 7cm Sold Framed Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of ho...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Wood

Untitled Abstract Steel Sculpture, Circa 2010, 26x9x5 Inches
Untitled Abstract Steel Sculpture, Circa 2010, 26x9x5 Inches

Untitled Abstract Steel Sculpture, Circa 2010, 26x9x5 Inches

By Ben McLeod

Located in Vancouver, CA

Ben McLeod (b. 1948, Aberdeen, Scotland) is a preeminent Canadian sculptor whose over five-decade practice is characterized by a profoundly self-propelled trajectory and the cultivat...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel

"From time to time" - abstract sculpture
"From time to time" - abstract sculpture

"From time to time" - abstract sculpture

By Ilanit Vigodsky

Located in New York, NY

This beautiful Laser cut sculpture is part of Ilanit`s Calligraphy series. It is made of laser cut aluminium covered with automotive paint. As all of Ilanit`s works, this work is ba...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

"White Washed" Abstract Paper Wall Relief Sculpture, Mixed Media Collage
"White Washed" Abstract Paper Wall Relief Sculpture, Mixed Media Collage

"White Washed" Abstract Paper Wall Relief Sculpture, Mixed Media Collage

By Joan Giordano

Located in New York, NY

"White Washed" by Joan Giordano Mixed media, archival newspapers, photographs, corrugated cardboard Museum shown and collected artist Joan Giordano is known for her unique hand made paper sculpture and wall relief sculpture and Japanese influenced wall scrolls...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Newsprint, Cardboard

Column

Column

By Ilya Bolotowsky

Located in New York, NY

Plexiglass and color screenprint multiple, circa 1970. With the artist's signature incised and numbered 85/125 at the base.

Category

1970s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Plexiglass, Color, Screen

Small Light Green LED

Small Light Green LED

By Margaret Joplin

Located in Santa Fe, NM

For indoor or outdoor use We create hand-made cast glass works. Using the age-old technique of lost wax casting. We craft forms ranging in shape from jewel-like elements to large sc...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Random Weave

Random Weave

By Eileen Braun

Located in Atlanta, GA

Eileen Braun delights in creating biomorphic or organic sculptural forms. Although they may look as though they're constructed of metal rods, they're actually created from rattan ree...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Abstract sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract sculptures 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 sculptures created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, red, purple, green and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Scott Troxel, John Van Alstine, Marty Mackenzie, and Stephen Walling. Frequently made by artists working with Wood, and Paint 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 sculptures, so small editions measuring 0.38 inches across are also available. Prices for sculptures 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 $11 and tops out at $1,400,000, while the average work sells for $4,500.