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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
Untitled (black octagons)
Untitled (black octagons)

Untitled (black octagons)

By Thomas Lendvai

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: None of my sculptures are ever worked out on paper. The process is always tactile and worked out in the form of a model or small sculpture. This sculpture was an ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Other Medium, Polyurethane

Istorzo
Istorzo

Istorzo

By Kosso Eloul

Located in Toronto, Ontario

Kosso Eloul (1920-1995) is one of our favorite sculptors and an important contributor to public art in Toronto and beyond. In addition to the numerous public sculptures in Toronto b...

Category

1980s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Pink Sky at Sunset
Pink Sky at Sunset

Pink Sky at Sunset

By Jill Casty

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: Our family loved to see and celebrate the colors of the sky. One of my favorite times was and is when the sky lights up with pink clouds on that beautiful blue background giving us a Sky Blue Pink Sky...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

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...

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1970s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Glass sculpture Assiduosly without  words
Glass sculpture Assiduosly without  words

Glass sculpture Assiduosly without words

By L.G.

Located in Paris, FR

Gorgeous One of a kind Blown and fused Glass Sculpture in brown/black, bluish black, opaque white and White sandblasted. Includes its black metal base ( about 32 cm X 10 cm X 18 c...

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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Blown Glass

Glass Sculpture Rainning inside
Glass Sculpture Rainning inside

Glass Sculpture Rainning inside

By L.G.

Located in Paris, FR

Gorgeous One of a kind Blown and fused Glass Sculpture in molted opaque black , brown/black and sandblasted. Includes its black metal base ( about 32 cm X 10 cm X 18 cm ). Total we...

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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Blown Glass

Glass Sculpture Intimate
Glass Sculpture Intimate

Glass Sculpture Intimate

By L.G.

Located in Paris, FR

Gorgeous of a kind Blown and fused Glass Sculpture in transparent white crystal, black, brown, transparent and dark forest green. Includes its black metal base ( about 32 cm X 10 cm ...

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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Blown Glass

Glass Sculpture Thin
Glass Sculpture Thin

Glass Sculpture Thin

By L.G.

Located in Paris, FR

Gorgeous One of a kind Blown and fused Glass Sculpture in moltted opaque black, transparent white crystal, grey, silver transparent sandblasted. Includes its black metal base ( abou...

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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Blown Glass

Joyride by Nick Weddell
Joyride by Nick Weddell

Joyride by Nick Weddell

By Nick Weddell

Located in Morton Grove, IL

Joyride by Nick Weddell stoneware, porcelain, and glazes 37 x 29 x 27” 2019 Nick Weddell is a sculptor from Austin, Texas. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in ceramics from Texas...

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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Clay

Glass Sculpture Drops sprinkling my discontinuous trip
Glass Sculpture Drops sprinkling my discontinuous trip

Glass Sculpture Drops sprinkling my discontinuous trip

By L.G.

Located in Paris, FR

Gorgeous One of a kind Blown and fused Glasswhite silver transparent and matte white and noir. Includes its black metal base ( about 32 cm X 10 cm X 18 cm ). Total weight about 2...

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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Blown Glass

Polygon in space #25 - orange, grey, blue, sculptural wall painting on linen
Polygon in space #25 - orange, grey, blue, sculptural wall painting on linen

Polygon in space #25 - orange, grey, blue, sculptural wall painting on linen

By Zin Helena Song

Located in New York, NY

acrylic on linen 40" x 35" x 3" 2015 This item is offered by the Muriel Guépin gallery, NY In this piece, Zin Helena Song uses quite a chaotic pattern, and almost looks like a torna...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Linen

"Love of Horses" Bronze and Marble Sculpture 16" x 7" in by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
"Love of Horses" Bronze and Marble Sculpture 16" x 7" in by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak

"Love of Horses" Bronze and Marble Sculpture 16" x 7" in by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak

By Ibrahim Abd Elmalak

Located in Culver City, CA

"Love of Horses" Bronze and Marble Sculpture 16" x 7" in by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak Love of Horses, 2000 Bronze & Marble (Double Face) 40 x 18 cm, Signed & Dated Sculptures that mostl...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

fan 19 - Original Abstract Wood Sculpture

fan 19 - Original Abstract Wood Sculpture

By Marc Lamm

Located in Boston, MA

fan 19 48.0 x 35.0 x 3.0, 17.0 lbs Wood Founder's stamp Artist's Commentary: "Wood wall sculpture. 48 inches wide. I work with wood like a painter works with oils and a sculptor with stone. From a distance, lines, shapes, contours and shadows are easily seen but when you move from side to side, the change in perspective alters the image like the features of a face when it turns. If a light source moves, shadows in the piece move with it like the sun moving across a landscape. As you approach the piece, shallow contours appear like swells on a lake and intricate patterns emerge. You can't help but touch the smooth flowing surface to feel the highly finished solid wood. The furniture grade modified tung oil allows that. It also makes my art easy to clean if necessary. The lines and shapes in my art are the natural colors of solid wood joined along curves. No inlays, veneers, dyes or stains are used." About the Artist: Marc Lamm is a self-taught wood-artist who has been art since 1973. In 1996, he began developing techniques which he uses in his art. In 2011, he began making wood-wall-sculptures and has pieces in Mayo...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Antiguo, Clay Abstract Sculpture, 2019

Antiguo, Clay Abstract Sculpture, 2019

By Beverly Morrison

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: Dark Chocolate Brown Stoneware; Cone 5/6 Oxidation Firing; Slips & Oxides; Faux metal detailing "A relic of nature." Keywords: abstract, textured, ceramic, clay,...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Clay

Ceramic Texture Large Wall Sculpture

Ceramic Texture Large Wall Sculpture

By Neil Tetkowski

Located in Buffalo, NY

The material of choice for Neil Tetkowski's abstract sculptural work comes directly from the Earth. Most often he uses clay, which he believes is the perfect medium to express his re...

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2010s 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 ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Francesco De Molfetta (1979) – Bush Bunny– Hand painted wood and lacquered- 2008
Francesco De Molfetta (1979) – Bush Bunny– Hand painted wood and lacquered- 2008

Francesco De Molfetta (1979) – Bush Bunny– Hand painted wood and lacquered- 2008

By Francesco de Molfetta

Located in Varese, IT

Hand painted wood and lacquered resin sculpture, 2008 sculpture size: 25 x 15 x 10 cm hand signature under the base We offer professional packaging and tracked shipping with DHL Ex...

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Early 2000s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Wood, Paint

Aperture - Abstract Scaled Blue Copper Spiral

Aperture - Abstract Scaled Blue Copper Spiral

By John Whitmarsh

Located in Boston, MA

Aperture 36.0 x 36.0 x 1.0, 23.0 lbs Copper, mixed media Hand signed by the artist Artist's Commentary: "Deep turquoise scales form a spiral, drawing the eye into a hypnotic vorte...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Copper

Lacuna
Lacuna

Lacuna

By Michael Thacker

Located in Belgravia, London, London

"Lacuna" by Michael Thacker British, 21st Century Statuary Marble Sculpture size (HxWxD): 15.25 x 8 x 5 inches Monogrammed and dated 29 2 23

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Quill, Clay Abstract Sculpture, 2019

Quill, Clay Abstract Sculpture, 2019

By Beverly Morrison

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: Stoneware and clay slip; Cone 5/6 Oxidation Firing; Slips & Oxides Keywords: abstract, textured, ceramic, clay, expressive, black, blown, white, zen, meditative, nature, vessel Artist Biography: Beverly Morrison...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Clay

"Renaissance" Bronze and Marble sculpture 13" x 9" in by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
"Renaissance" Bronze and Marble sculpture 13" x 9" in by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak

"Renaissance" Bronze and Marble sculpture 13" x 9" in by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak

By Ibrahim Abd Elmalak

Located in Culver City, CA

"Renaissance" Bronze and Marble sculpture 13" x 9" in by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak Songbird, 2005 Bronze & Marble 33 x 23 cm, Signed & Dated Sculptures that mostly depict his c...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Organic Confluence, Abstract Corner Wall Sculpture Painting, Mixed Media, 2024
Organic Confluence, Abstract Corner Wall Sculpture Painting, Mixed Media, 2024

Organic Confluence, Abstract Corner Wall Sculpture Painting, Mixed Media, 2024

By Taly Cohen

Located in Miami, FL

Organic Confluence, Abstract Corner Wall Sculpture Painting, Mixed Media, 2024 Taly Cohen transforms the corner—an often overlooked architectural junction—into a powerful focal poin...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Acrylic

Geometric Circles - Abstract Blue Wall Copper Mosaic
Geometric Circles - Abstract Blue Wall Copper Mosaic

Geometric Circles - Abstract Blue Wall Copper Mosaic

By John Whitmarsh

Located in Boston, MA

Geometric Circles 36.0 x 36.0 x 1.0, 21.0 lbs Copper, mixed media Hand signed by the artist Artist's Commentary: "Overlapping circles of translucent blue form multiple patterns in...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Copper

Nebza II Sculpture by Camilo Andres Rodriguez Marquez a.k.a CarmWorks
Nebza II Sculpture by Camilo Andres Rodriguez Marquez a.k.a CarmWorks

Nebza II Sculpture by Camilo Andres Rodriguez Marquez a.k.a CarmWorks

By Camilo Andres Rodriguez Marquez

Located in Paris, FR

Nebza II by Camilo Andres Rodriguez Marquez Iranian Pink Marble Dimensions: H. 10.5 cm x 33 cm x 4 cm Camilo Andres Rodriguez Marquez is a Colombian born designer with a degree in...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Marble

"Fateful Flowers №2" Sculpture 17.5" x 12 "x 13" inch Ed. 1/1 by Sergii Shaulis
"Fateful Flowers №2" Sculpture 17.5" x 12 "x 13" inch Ed. 1/1 by Sergii Shaulis

"Fateful Flowers №2" Sculpture 17.5" x 12 "x 13" inch Ed. 1/1 by Sergii Shaulis

By Sergii Shaulis

Located in Culver City, CA

"Fateful Flowers №2" Sculpture 17.5" x 12 "x 13" inch Ed. 1/1 by Sergii Shaulis 2020 Approximate weight 15 lbs Man. From the Fateful Flowers series: "I believe that flowers are like people. Flowers come in different colors, shapes, and sizes. Some extremely rare and some very common. They are all beautiful in their own unique way...⁠" The goal of this project is to reflect the duality of the world. The artist tries to show the fine line between the terrible and the beautiful. The work is a result of observing the lives of people whose destinies were changed by chance. This is the story of an explosion preceded by another explosion until the situation becomes understood later. It is about the opportunity to see the beautiful and vice versa. Illusory freedom that you define for yourself, constrained by those restrictions. A person can never be 100 % sure about his life as the red roses can change their delicate velvet petals to the cold metal shine at one point. A flower is a metaphor for human growth and development. Freedom depends on the size of the pot, the boundaries of which are determined by the individual. Nowadays, when the whole planet is isolated due to the pandemic, we want to be free more than ever. In the modern world, thus, binding to a position (rooting) becomes obsolete. 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

Brass

"Corrugation in White"

"Corrugation in White"

By David Brown 3

Located in Toronto, ON

Encaustic painting is an ancient art form and was practiced by artists as far back as the 5th century B.C. The word encaustic comes from Greek and means “to burn in”, which refers to...

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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Encaustic, Cardboard

Wood panels with Dowels

Wood panels with Dowels

By Koji Takei

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Koji Takei works reference synthetic cubism in the most literal of senses. In cubist artworks, the objects are broken up, analyzed and re-assembled in abstracted form. These pieces...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Alabaster Wave

Alabaster Wave

By Gabriel Sobin

Located in New York, NY

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 ...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Alabaster, Marble

Ceramic Texture Large Sculpture Abstract

Ceramic Texture Large Sculpture Abstract

By Neil Tetkowski

Located in Buffalo, NY

The material of choice for Neil Tetkowski's abstract sculptural work comes directly from the Earth. Most often he uses clay, which he believes is the perfect medium to express his re...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Organza Fold
Organza Fold

Organza Fold

By Jaena Kwon

Located in Westport, CT

This purple/lavender piece is by Korean artist, Jaena Kwon. Her dimensional relief work is concerned with painting components and how painting space is constructed. She treats painti...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic, Fiberboard

"Eclipse" - wall sculpture, metal, ladder, moon
"Eclipse" - wall sculpture, metal, ladder, moon

"Eclipse" - wall sculpture, metal, ladder, moon

By Corrina Sephora

Located in Atlanta, GA

"Eclipse" is a wall sculpture made of forged and fabricated steel and bronze featuring shapes of a paddle, ladder and moon eclipse. Corrina is inspired by the work of Louise Bourge...

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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Copper, Steel

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

By Koji Takei

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Creating sculptures of exquisite peculiarity is an art in which Takei excels. His elegantly crafted works embody the notion of the whimsical, contradictory and idiosyncratic. There is an immediately detectable sense of humor and quick wit about the sculptures in this exhibition. Beyond playfulness, however, Takei’s aim is to challenge the viewer to alter the way in which they look at reality. Taking cues from the Surrealists of the early 20th century, Takei transforms the mundane into the fantastic - and sometimes absurd. His work is a constant inquiry into the meaning of functionality and the perception of purpose. Much like Man Ray’s iconic readymade sculpture, The Gift (1921), and Meret Oppenheim’s infamous fur-covered teacup (Object, 1936), Takei recontextualizes those pragmatic objects that we immediately recognize. With his piece Soft Shoulders (2011), Takei deconstructs a wooden clothes hanger...

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Early 2000s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Enamel, Metal

Lost & Found 2/9

Lost & Found 2/9

By JD Hansen

Located in Napa, CA

jd Hansen creates art that explores the tension and balance between vulnerability and strength through the human and animal form. Her sculptures examine the intricacies of human psyc...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Wish
Wish

Wish

By Michael Thacker

Located in Belgravia, London, London

"Wish" by Michael Thacker British, 21st Century Portoro Marble with Gold Leaf Sculpture size (HxWxD): 22.5 X 11.75 X 8 inches Monogrammed and dated 17 1 2022

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Gold Leaf

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