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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
"Young Flower" Abstract Sculpture 41" x 24.5 "x 13" in Ed. 1/5 by Sergii Shaulis
"Young Flower" Abstract Sculpture 41" x 24.5 "x 13" in Ed. 1/5 by Sergii Shaulis

"Young Flower" Abstract Sculpture 41" x 24.5 "x 13" in Ed. 1/5 by Sergii Shaulis

By Sergii Shaulis

Located in Culver City, CA

"Young Flower" Abstract Sculpture 41" x 24.5 "x 13" in Ed. 1/5 by Sergii Shaulis 2022 Aluminum From the Fateful Flowers series Approximate weight 33 lbs ABOUT ARTIST Born on 27 May 1985 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. From 2005 to 2011 studied at the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts, at the Faculty of "Fine Arts" specialty "Easel and monumental sculpture." Now studying postgraduate at Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts. Works are in private collections in Ukraine, Israel, Germany, USA, Australia, Finland, Holland, Spain, Belgium, England. Education 2002‑2005 Faculty of Engineering and Physics (NTU KhPI) 2005‑2011 Easel and monumental sculpture (KSADA) 2012-2016 postgraduate education (KSADA) Exhibitions 2007-15 City exhibition HONSKHU. Kharkiv. 2007-14 Ukrainian Exhibition KONSKHU. Kyiv. 2008-11 "The maestro and his students", KSADA. Kharkiv (Audience Award 2009) 2008 11 International Triennial of sculpture. Kyiv . 2009 “Male portrait”, gallery KSADA. Kharkiv . 2009 "You get SMS ", Kharkiv ( Grand Prix "The best sculpture...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Marat/Apollo
Marat/Apollo

Marat/Apollo

By Christine Perri

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: This sculpture was inspired by David's late eighteenth-century painting, The Death of Marat. It is carved from various woods and cont...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Inspired Reflection
Inspired Reflection

Inspired Reflection

Located in West Hollywood, CA

At first glance, “Silver Butterflies” may deceive the viewer, who might not immediately discern that the entire composition consists of meticulously crafted butterflies, each intrica...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Foil

Sculpture of Unicorn with Chain: 'Unicorn in Chains'
Sculpture of Unicorn with Chain: 'Unicorn in Chains'

Sculpture of Unicorn with Chain: 'Unicorn in Chains'

By Ivy Naté

Located in New York, NY

Ivy Naté uses universally recognizable objects in non-traditional ways. She creates both large-scale installations and smaller works. Yet, each express Ivy’s captivation with raw hum...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Abstract Relief: flat sculpture for wall or shelf, painted
Abstract Relief: flat sculpture for wall or shelf, painted

Abstract Relief: flat sculpture for wall or shelf, painted

By Ava Blitz

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

This is an abstract painted plaster cast relief sculpture designed to be mounted directly to the wall or installed on a shelf. It is reminiscent of a fossil or natural or scientific curiosity in a "Wunderkammer," or historical cabinet of curiosities. It is signed on the back. Ava Blitz...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Acrylic

Bird House or Face Vase
Bird House or Face Vase

Bird House or Face Vase

Located in Milford, NH

A wonderful example of an abstract ceramic or sculpture in blue, referred to as a bird house or face vase, by Indian / American artist Gerry Williams (1926-2014). Williams was born in India from American parents, and eventually set up a studio and became a longtime resident of Dunbarton, New Hampshire. Williams took his first pottery lessons from master ceramic artist Vivika Heino at the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen in the late 1940s. He became a juried member of the League in 1952. New Hampshire Governor Jeanne Shaheen named Williams the state’s first artist...

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20th Century Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware

Walking Man
Walking Man

Walking Man

By Ed Haugevik

Located in New York, NY

Abstract Sculpture. About the Artist: Ed Haugevik has established a career as professional sculptor placing his work at numerous private and public sites throughout the country. ...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Marble, Steel

Spoke
Spoke

Spoke

By Eric Johnson

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Inspired by both art and science, Eric Johnson creates composite works of pigment, wood and resin that reference a kinship with other artists: to the sensuality of Brancusi, the arch...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Wood

Split Sea
Split Sea

Split Sea

By Ben Young

Located in New York, NY

Ben Young Split Sea, 2021 Laminated Float Glass, Cast Concrete and Stainless Steel Frame

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Concrete, Steel, Stainless Steel

Circus 1
Circus 1

Circus 1

By Richard Taylor

Located in Milwaukee, WI

Circus 1 is a wall sculpture inspired by the playful musings of Alexander Calder’s Circus. The wit and whimsy of the circus are referred to in the colors, forms, spontaneity and move...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Out West 2
Out West 2

Out West 2

By Richard Taylor

Located in Milwaukee, WI

Out West 2 is from a series of wall sculptures inspired by the open spaces of sky and landscape of the American West. The landscape is abstracted to painterly and geometric forms and...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

"Flower Maiden" Wood Sculpture 17" x 11" in by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
"Flower Maiden" Wood Sculpture 17" x 11" in by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak

"Flower Maiden" Wood Sculpture 17" x 11" in by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak

Located in Culver City, CA

"Flower Maiden" Wood Sculpture 17" x 11" in by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak Sculptures that mostly depict his characteristic figures of feminine form and feeling – a central element to Abd E...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Thunderbird (2/2)
Thunderbird (2/2)

Thunderbird (2/2)

By Marela Zacarias

Located in Cuernavaca, Morelos

Wood, window screen, plaster, joint compound, polymer and acrylic paint

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Wood, Acrylic, Polymer

Tablescape
Tablescape

Tablescape

By Bobbi Meier

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: This piece is constructed from my grandmother's dressing table mirror, a found table base, and dismembered segments of a soft sculpture I had previously made and n...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Found Objects, Other Medium, Glass, Mirror, Spray Paint

Gradient No.10
Gradient No.10

Gradient No.10

By Lisa Bartleson

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Lisa Bartleson is a Northern California - based mixed-media artist whose work is inspired by the Light and Space movement from the 1960’s and 1970’s. Her work has a luminous quality ...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Wood Panel, Pigment

Geometric (Dancing Gold Var.)
Geometric (Dancing Gold Var.)

Geometric (Dancing Gold Var.)

By Catherine Lee

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Catherine Lee, American (1950 - ) Title: Geometric (Dancing Gold Var.) Year: circa 1989 Medium: Welded Bronze and Steel Sculpture Size: 57 x 35.5 x 3.5 in. (144.78 x 90.17 x ...

Category

1980s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Steel

You put the magic in me

You put the magic in me

By Dionisios Fragias

Located in New York, NY

Dionisios Fragias is a New York -based artist born on the Greek island of Kefalonia and raised in New York City. He is the protege of the artist Jeff Koons whose years-long mentorshi...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel, Stainless Steel

Thunderbird (1/2)
Thunderbird (1/2)

Thunderbird (1/2)

By Marela Zacarias

Located in Cuernavaca, Morelos

Wood, window screen, plaster, joint compound, polymer and acrylic paint

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Wood, Acrylic, Polymer

Hybrid 7

Hybrid 7

By Mia Capodilupo

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: The hybrid series is a combination of found and fabricated forms that imitates nature using materials from the urban industrial landscape. Keywords: still life, plants, vegetation, green, farm Artist Biography: Mia Capodilupo is a sculptor and installation artist originally from Boston, MA. She received a BA from University of Chicago, studied sculpture at Massachusetts College of Art and received an MFA in Sculpture from the San Francisco Art Institute. She has participated in solo and group shows and residencies in museums, galleries and alternative spaces around the country. She has received several grants from the City of Chicago...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Fabric, Canvas, Rubber, Wood, Other Medium

Epos II
Epos II

Epos II

By Marela Zacarias

Located in Cuernavaca, Morelos

Wood, window screen, plaster, joint compound, polymer and acrylic paint

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Wood, Acrylic, Polymer

Planter
Planter

Planter

By Christine Perri

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: The main log of this sculpture was gotten through Chicago's Streets and Sanitation Department. It was from a catalpa tree that once grew in the city. Keywords: fi...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Paul Wunderlich - Leaf - Signed Bronze Sculpture
Paul Wunderlich - Leaf - Signed Bronze Sculpture

Paul Wunderlich - Leaf - Signed Bronze Sculpture

By Paul Wunderlich

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

Paul Wunderlich Leaf Bronze Sculpture Signed, Numbered 248/350 Dated 1979 Paul Wunderlich, (1927 - 2010) Born in Eberswalde on 10 March 1927. The German painter studied at the K...

Category

1970s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Tell It" Brass Sculpture
"Tell It" Brass Sculpture

"Tell It" Brass Sculpture

Located in Paris, FR

One of a Kind, Brass Sculpture, (Weight 3kg). About the Artist: Graduate in ceramic design and metal sculpture (2001, 2003), he worked during two years with the sculptor Hervé Wahlen...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Brass

"Beauty Belt" Brass Sculpture
"Beauty Belt" Brass Sculpture

"Beauty Belt" Brass Sculpture

Located in Paris, FR

Sculpture "Beauty Belt", Pièce unique, one of a kind, created in patinated brass (weight 3Kg) About the artist. Graduate in ceramic design and metal sculpture (2001,2003), he worked ...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Brass

Switchback, Original Abstract Sculpture, 2020
Switchback, Original Abstract Sculpture, 2020

Switchback, Original Abstract Sculpture, 2020

By Donna Hapac

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: The challenge in making this piece was building two woven forms, one inside of each other. It required all of my dexterity. The title, "Switchback," as in a swit...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Linen, Organic Material, Wood, Wax

Seeking Arrangement

Seeking Arrangement

By Bobbi Meier

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: This soft, pepto-bismol pink sculpture intertwined around a found traditional lamp and wrapped around the table it is sitting on reminded me of people who are look...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Found Objects, Other Medium, Oak

Gaia, Glass and Mosaic Sculpture, 2021
Gaia, Glass and Mosaic Sculpture, 2021

Gaia, Glass and Mosaic Sculpture, 2021

By Gerald Davidson

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: This model stated during the photo shoot that ever since elementary school she has felt a strong connection to the earth and that as an adult has embraced the iden...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Glass, Mosaic

"Insomnia" Abstract Brass Sculpture
"Insomnia" Abstract Brass Sculpture

"Insomnia" Abstract Brass Sculpture

Located in Paris, FR

Patinated brass Sculpture, patinated steel socle, Weight 5kg. About the Artist: Graduate in ceramic design and metal sculpture (2001, 2003), he worked during two years with the sculptor Hervé Wahlen...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Brass

Untitled 136

Untitled 136

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Ruan Hoffmann uses ceramic earthenware as his preferred medium. Ruan Hoffmann chooses familiar objects such as plates as his canvases, however the resulting works are not presented a...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain, Glaze

Forever
Forever

Forever

By Santiago Medina

Located in Fairfield, CT

Master sculptor Santiago Medina’s Tuscany inspired Italian stainless steel masterpiece sculptures are at marquee public art venues such as Harvard, Stanford, Tufts and Washington Uni...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Form as absence
Form as absence

Form as absence

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Gabriel Sobin was born in 1971 in Salon de Provence, France, to an English mother and an American father. Sobin studied at l’École d’Arts Appliqués Oli ...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Alabaster

Moonrise

Moonrise

By Damon Hyldreth

Located in Napa, CA

The sculptures of Damon Hyldreth appear both static and fluid, rigid and flexible, strong and smooth, effectively blurring the line between nature and structure. By crafting organic ...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Les ruines de Delphes
Les ruines de Delphes

Les ruines de Delphes

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Francois Bauer studied graphic design in Chaumont, then went to HEAR, where he deepened his curriculum in object design. He then studied at the European Institute of Ceramic Arts in ...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Enamel

Vessel in White and Gold - No 119, Contemporary Abstract Ceramic Sculpture
Vessel in White and Gold - No 119, Contemporary Abstract Ceramic Sculpture

Vessel in White and Gold - No 119, Contemporary Abstract Ceramic Sculpture

By Beverly Morrison

Located in Boston, MA

Vessel in White and Gold - No 119, Abstract Ceramic Sculpture, 2022 17" x 12" x 7" (HxWxD) This ceramic vessel is formed in an organic shape, with its rounded shape almost resemblin...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Clay, Porcelain, Stoneware

Expanding Universe

Expanding Universe

By Janine Sopp

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: My work is spontaneous, like writing or dancing to the energy I feel. I begin with slabs in a puzzle-like formation, take a deep breath, and exhale what I feel int...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Contact
Contact

Contact

Located in West Hollywood, CA

In Contact, Craig Wcislo presents a commanding sculpture that feels as though it were unearthed from a futuristic ecosystem. A coiled wire structure rises vertically from a dense sto...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wire

Senescence
Senescence

Senescence

Located in West Hollywood, CA

In Senescence, Craig Wcislo presents a sculptural form that feels simultaneously ancient and speculative, as though shaped by evolutionary pressures beyond human time. The work’s swo...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wire

Arched Dancers 2 (Miniature) #11/40

Arched Dancers 2 (Miniature) #11/40

By Robert Holmes

Located in Napa, CA

A civil engineer for 30 years, Holmes has been exhibiting and selling his sculptures since 1975 in the United States, Europe, South America, and Asia. He is now very well-known for h...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Blue

Blue

By Dennis Leri

Located in New York, NY

Painted steel. Metal sculpture. Abstract sculpture. Blue. About the Artist: I create sculpture for indoor, outdoor, private and public spaces from various materials such as stee...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Tuna Steaks and the Fishermen, abstract geometric wooden sculpture
Tuna Steaks and the Fishermen, abstract geometric wooden sculpture

Tuna Steaks and the Fishermen, abstract geometric wooden sculpture

Located in New York, NY

Milled wood, LED lights 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 o...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Blueberry Illusion 4/7

Blueberry Illusion 4/7

By Damon Hyldreth

Located in Napa, CA

The sculptures of Damon Hyldreth appear both static and fluid, rigid and flexible, strong and smooth, effectively blurring the line between nature and structure. By crafting organic ...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Candle Holders in Stacked Squares of Matte Steel Grey, Capped in Brilliant Gold

Candle Holders in Stacked Squares of Matte Steel Grey, Capped in Brilliant Gold

By Lois Sattler

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: Candle Holders in stacked squares of matt steel grey, capped in brilliant gold luster. Medium: ceramic porcelain. Size: 5 x 4 in (12.7 x 10.2 cm). Artwork Details...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Conversation Piece (erect)
Conversation Piece (erect)

Conversation Piece (erect)

By Bobbi Meier

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: Remembering formal dinners my mother would arrange in our modest midwestern, suburban home, this piece and it's companion, Conversation Piece...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Found Objects, Other Medium

Antique Hebrew letters
Antique Hebrew letters

Antique Hebrew letters

By Moshe Castel

Located in Jerusalem, IL

The subject of Castel’s early paintings were scenes of Sephardic Jews in the Holy Land. In 1947, Castel helped to found the "New Horizons".In the 1950s Moshe's Castel artwork work was inspired by ancient relief paintings depicting predecessors of the Jewish people...

Category

1970s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Ocean

Ocean

By Janine Sopp

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: Drawing and stamping on clay allows for immediate and spontaneous expression. This piece was inspired by the fluidity and bounty of the ocean. The ocean, a source ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

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