Abstract Sculptures
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
Recognized Seller Listings
Aman
By Rosa Brun
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Joseph Kosuth, father of conceptual art, once famously said: “Works of art that try to tell us something about the world are bound to fail (…)The absence of reality in art is exactly...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Light Form 255.130
By Marc Vaux
Located in London, GB
Acrylic
Edition of 35
31 x 31 x 5 cms (12 1/5 x 12 1/5 x 2 ins)
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer
Yellow Disc
By Phillip King
Located in London, GB
Phillip King
Yellow Disc
2007
Marble and hand-painted steel, Edition of 35
15.3 x 30.5 x 15.3 cms (6 x 12 x 5 7/8 ins)
PK9857
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Doble giro, estructuras variables (rosa)
By Rosa Brun
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Joseph Kosuth, father of conceptual art, once famously said: “Works of art that try to tell us something about the world are bound to fail (…)The absence of reality in art is exactly...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Handmade Paper
K.52
By Frank Stella
Located in London, GB
Frank Stella
K.52
2006
Stainless steel tubing and cast aluminium
40.6 x 40.6 x 26.7 cms (16 x 16 x 10 1/2 ins)
FS10201
K Series
The series is based on the Italian composer Domenico...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Untitled
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Media = carbon and oil on wood.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Flush Pink
By Marc Vaux
Located in London, GB
Marc Vaux
Flush Pink
2019
Acrylic on MDF
60 x 60 x 2.5 cms (23 5/8 x 23 5/8 1 ins)
MV16989
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic
Doble giro, estructuras variables (amarillo)
By Rosa Brun
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Joseph Kosuth, father of conceptual art, once famously said: “Works of art that try to tell us something about the world are bound to fail (…)The absence of reality in art is exactly...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Handmade Paper
Doble giro, con negro y azul
By Rosa Brun
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Joseph Kosuth, father of conceptual art, once famously said: “Works of art that try to tell us something about the world are bound to fail (…)The absence of reality in art is exactly...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Linen, Handmade Paper
Doble giro, estructuras variables (naranja)
By Rosa Brun
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Joseph Kosuth, father of conceptual art, once famously said: “Works of art that try to tell us something about the world are bound to fail (…)The absence of reality in art is exactly...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Handmade Paper
Reclining Figure Alabaster - smooth, stone, figurative, tabletop sculpture
By Jeremy Guy
Located in Bloomfield, ON
From a single piece of silver cloud alabaster, the artist has carved a poetic and modern depiction of a reclining figure. The composition of negative and positive spaces changes as t...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Oro
By Rosa Brun
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Joseph Kosuth, father of conceptual art, once famously said: “Works of art that try to tell us something about the world are bound to fail (…)The absence of reality in art is exactly...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Sors
By Rosa Brun
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Joseph Kosuth, father of conceptual art, once famously said: “Works of art that try to tell us something about the world are bound to fail (…)The absence of reality in art is exactly...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media
Pirouette White 5/50 - polished, abstract, engineered white marble sculpture
By Jeremy Guy
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This sculpture is numbered in an edition of 50. This item can be purchased on commission basis, please allow 8 - 12 weeks before shipping.
Smooth surfaced, engineered white marble ...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
CESTA LUNAR 49
By Olga de Amaral
Located in New York, NY
Large abstract sculpture made of silver leaf and gold leaf on linen
Category
1990s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Silver, Gold Leaf
Cumulus III - large, tall outdoor cloud shaped stainless steel sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This sculpture is made of stainless steel strips and ribbons that are suspended as part of a changing environment. The form is visible from all sides and with the help of nature: sun...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Blue Wave - flowing, glass, translucent, blue, waves, tabletop sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Four lengths of azure blue glass lightly brushed with charcoal intersect in an elegant wave form by artist John Paul Robinson.
Robinson was educated at the Georgian College of Art...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Yellow Disc
By Phillip King
Located in London, GB
Marble and hand-painted steel
Edition of 35
15.3 x 30.5 x 15.3 cms (6 x 12 x 5 7/8 ins)
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Steel
Prelude to the Man Eater, A03849
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Prelude to the Man Eater, A03849" is a mobile sculpture made of sheet metal, wire, and paint by Alexander Calder. The work is signed with the artist's monogram on the uppermost element, "CA". The overall size is 59 x 42 x 18 inches.
This work is a study for "Man-Eater With Pennant", part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art. The work is also represented in "Sketches for Mobiles: Prelude to Man-Eater; Starfish; Octopus", that is in the permanent collection of the Harvard Fogg Museum.
Alexander Calder was a key figure in the development of abstract sculpture and is renowned for his groundbreaking work in kinetic art; he is one of the most influential artists of the Twentieth Century. "Prelude to Maneater" is a delicately balanced standing sculpture that responds to air currents, creating a constantly changing and dynamic visual experience.
Calder's Stabiles were a result of his continuous experimentation with materials, form, and balance. This Stabile is a historically significant prelude to a larger work commissioned in 1945 by Alfred Barr, the first director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
"Prelude to Maneater" is designed to be viewed from multiple angles, and encourages viewers to walk around and interact with it. Work by Calder can be found in esteemed private collections, and the collections of major museums worldwide including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Tate Gallery in London among others.
Provenance:
Estate of the Artist
M. Knoedler & Co., New York
Galerie Internazionale, Milan
Arnold Herstand...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Wire
Contemporary Chinese small stainless steel sculpture
By Zheng Lu
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Zheng Lu
Ripple, 2023
Stainless steel
Edition 2 of 20
29 7/8 x 23 5/8 x 20 1/2 in.
76 x 60 x 52 cm
ZL088.2
The gravity-defying sculptural works of Zheng Lu (b. 1978) are installed i...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Maquette No. 1
Located in New York, NY
Lika Mutal is a Dutch-Peruvian sculptor, who worked on diverse stones and material from Peru, inspired on Pre-Columbian art.
Category
1980s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Granite
Contemporary Chinese calligraphic stainless steel sculpture
By Zheng Lu
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Zheng Lu
Silver River, 2023
Stainless steel
Edition 1 of 3
47¼ x 27½ x 19¾ in.
120 x 70 x 50 cm
ZL090.1
The gravity-defying sculptural works of Zheng Lu (b. 1978) are installed in p...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Cyclone
By Gino Miles
Located in Boca Raton, FL
46 x 32 x 32 inch bronze sculpture on 32 x 16 x 16 inch black granite base
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Posthuman #22
Located in New York, NY
View works.
From early childhood, ceramic artist Uriel Caspi (Israeli, b. 1994) has been fascinated with clay. Working with clay to articulate thoughts and feelings, the artist has d...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Posthuman #21
Located in New York, NY
View works.
From early childhood, ceramic artist Uriel Caspi (Israeli, b. 1994) has been fascinated with clay. Working with clay to articulate thoughts and feelings, the artist has d...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Posthuman #09
Located in New York, NY
View works.
From early childhood, ceramic artist Uriel Caspi (Israeli, b. 1994) has been fascinated with clay. Working with clay to articulate thoughts and feelings, the artist has d...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Yellow Coil #01
Located in New York, NY
View works.
From early childhood, ceramic artist Uriel Caspi (Israeli, b. 1994) has been fascinated with clay. Working with clay to articulate thoughts and feelings, the artist has d...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Nurture
By Gino Miles
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Bronze knot sculpture
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Colored flowers. Glazed ceramic sculpture
By Charo Oquet
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Colored flowers, by Charo Oquet
Glazed Ceramic
18” x 14” x 14”
2018
These gravity-defying ceramics stacked constructions struggle to soar beyond the boundaries of the spaces that co...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze
Jai-Alai Suite: Multiple IV
Located in New York, NY
Jesús Rafael Soto
Untitled (Jai-Alai no. 2), 1969
white and black wood with red metal bar, edition of 300
19 3/4 x 6 x 6 in.
Category
1960s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Beverly Pepper
Untitled, 1982-1983
steel and iron
33h x 27.50w x 10d in
Category
1980s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Iron
Wide Wheel
By Joel Perlman
Located in New York, NY
JOEL PERLMAN
Wide Wheel, 2013
Welded Steel
78 x 93 x 38 inches
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Threesome
Located in New York, NY
GEORGE SUGARMAN Threesome, 1968-1969
Acrylic on wood
84 3/4 x 156 x 120 inches
Available for outdoor fabrication
Category
1960s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plywood, Acrylic
Train
By Alex Corno
Located in Dallas, TX
In his abstract constructions, Alex Corno does not make art to repeat what is visible, to paraphrase Klee’s affirmation. He uses the formal language of materials and space: opposing thin arcs, rods, and loops with weighty rectilinear forms to achieve a dynamic balance. Corno welds his iron and stainless steel sculptures in a diverse range of scales, from small interior works to monumental garden...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Traccia
By Alex Corno
Located in Dallas, TX
In his abstract constructions, Alex Corno does not make art to repeat what is visible, to paraphrase Klee’s affirmation. He uses the formal language of materials and space: opposing thin arcs, rods, and loops with weighty rectilinear forms to achieve a dynamic balance. Corno welds his iron and stainless steel sculptures in a diverse range of scales, from small interior works to monumental garden...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Starry Night
By Alex Corno
Located in Dallas, TX
In his abstract constructions, Alex Corno does not make art to repeat what is visible, to paraphrase Klee’s affirmation. He uses the formal language of materials and space: opposing thin arcs, rods, and loops with weighty rectilinear forms to achieve a dynamic balance. Corno welds his iron and stainless steel sculptures in a diverse range of scales, from small interior works to monumental garden...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Vela
By Alex Corno
Located in Dallas, TX
In his abstract constructions, Alex Corno does not make art to repeat what is visible, to paraphrase Klee’s affirmation. He uses the formal language of materials and space: opposing thin arcs, rods, and loops with weighty rectilinear forms to achieve a dynamic balance. Corno welds his iron and stainless steel sculptures in a diverse range of scales, from small interior works to monumental garden...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel, Iron
Trigono
By Alex Corno
Located in Dallas, TX
In his abstract constructions, Alex Corno does not make art to repeat what is visible, to paraphrase Klee’s affirmation. He uses the formal language of materials and space: opposing thin arcs, rods, and loops with weighty rectilinear forms to achieve a dynamic balance.
Alex Corno welds his iron and stainless steel sculptures in a diverse range of scales, from small interior works to monumental garden...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Grande Spazio
By Alex Corno
Located in Dallas, TX
In his abstract constructions, Alex Corno does not make art to repeat what is visible, to paraphrase Klee’s affirmation. He uses the formal language of materials and space: opposing thin arcs, rods, and loops with weighty rectilinear forms to achieve a dynamic balance. Corno welds his iron and stainless steel sculptures in a diverse range of scales, from small interior works to monumental garden...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Miami Star
By Alex Corno
Located in Dallas, TX
In his abstract constructions, Alex Corno does not make art to repeat what is visible, to paraphrase Klee’s affirmation. He uses the formal language of materials and space: opposing thin arcs, rods, and loops with weighty rectilinear forms to achieve a dynamic balance. Corno welds his iron and stainless steel sculptures in a diverse range of scales, from small interior works to monumental garden...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Ovale
By Alex Corno
Located in Dallas, TX
In his abstract constructions, Alex Corno does not make art to repeat what is visible, to paraphrase Klee’s affirmation. He uses the formal language of materials and space: opposing thin arcs, rods, and loops with weighty rectilinear forms to achieve a dynamic balance. Corno welds his iron and stainless steel sculptures in a diverse range of scales, from small interior works to monumental garden...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Iron
BLIND 57 (BLACK LEAVES)
By Gregg Louis
Located in New York, NY
Mobile sculpture of black leaves made up of powder coated aluminum.
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
V (Mid-Scale)
Located in New York, NY
RONALD BLADEN
V (Mid Scale), 1973
Painted aluminum
60 1/2 x 106 x 8 inches
Edition 1 of 3
Category
1970s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Yellow and Blue Spiral
Located in New York, NY
GEORGE SUGARMAN
Yellow and Blue Spiral, 1967
Acrylic on wood
33 x 19 x 19 inches
Category
1960s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Desertica 6
By Alex Corno
Located in Dallas, TX
Alex Corno achieves a sense of poetry in his use of proportion, rhythm, color, texture, and the dance between negative and positive spaces. Casting sentimentality aside, Corno is rel...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Threesome
Located in New York, NY
GEORGE SUGARMAN
Threesome, 1968-1969
Acrylic on wood
84 3/4 x 156 x 120 inches
Large sculpture.
Space opens up ever more in Threesome (1968-1969), perhaps the most elegant and gra...
Category
20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Bronze Twister
By Joel Perlman
Located in New York, NY
JOEL PERLMAN
Bronze Twister, 2017
Bronze
11 x 5 x 5 inches
For more on Perlman, search for our "Joel Perlman - New Works 2016" video on vimeo.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Four Forms in Walnut
Located in New York, NY
GEORGE SUGARMAN
Four Forms in Walnut, 1959
Carved walnut
20 x 97 x 20 inches
Category
20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Scultura Sun
By Alex Corno
Located in Dallas, TX
Alex Corno achieves a sense of poetry in his use of proportion, rhythm, color, texture, and the dance between negative and positive spaces. Casting sentimentality aside, Corno is rel...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Red and Brown Relief
By Alex Corno
Located in Dallas, TX
Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden presented the first solo exhibition in the United States of sculpture and works on paper by Italian artist ALEX CORNO in 2015. In his studio n...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Planet X
By Alex Corno
Located in Dallas, TX
Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden presented the first solo exhibition in the United States of sculpture and works on paper by Italian artist ALEX CORNO in 2015. In his studio n...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Iron, Stainless Steel
Dancing Star
By Alex Corno
Located in Dallas, TX
Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden presented the first solo exhibition in the United States of sculpture and works on paper by Italian artist ALEX CORNO in 2015. In his studio n...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Compass
By Alex Corno
Located in Dallas, TX
Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden is honored to present the first solo exhibition in the United States of sculpture and works on paper by Italian artist ALEX CORNO. In his stud...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Adirondack
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic on cast fiberglass
Category
1960s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Fiberglass, Acrylic Polymer
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