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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
Work  N°6  of Kevin Cheng-Feng YU
Work  N°6  of Kevin Cheng-Feng YU

Work N°6 of Kevin Cheng-Feng YU

Located in Saint-Didier, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Plywood, acrylic, elastic threads 3) Year of creation 2019 4) 38X56X80 ( variable dimension ) 5) Without signature in the state. But will be delivered on support bearing the artist's...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer

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

Les ruines de Delphes
Les ruines de Delphes

Les ruines de Delphes

By Francois Bauer

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

Blowout

Blowout

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

Steel

Emma Bell, Multi coloured I, Contemporary Art
Emma Bell, Multi coloured I, Contemporary Art

Emma Bell, Multi coloured I, Contemporary Art

By Emma Bell

Located in Deddington, GB

Multi Coloured I Emma Bell 73×73 cm Emma Bell’s ceramic and porcelain Pot Frame – Installation Piece. Emma Bell says: “This piece is inspired by my glaze test...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Emma Bell, 3 Clays X, Original Ceramic Sculpture, Installation Art, Calming Art
Emma Bell, 3 Clays X, Original Ceramic Sculpture, Installation Art, Calming Art

Emma Bell, 3 Clays X, Original Ceramic Sculpture, Installation Art, Calming Art

By Emma Bell

Located in Deddington, GB

Emma Bell 3 Clays X Original Installation Art Ceramics Artwork Size: H 73cm x W 73 cm x D 7cm Sold Framed Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of how a piece may ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Wood

Concrete form tube series #1
Concrete form tube series #1

Concrete form tube series #1

By Mia Capodilupo

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: This piece is created using a variety of casting materials cast into a concrete form tube (sonotube) and combined with cast off indust...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Fabric, Plastic, Foam, Rubber, Plaster

Armadillo, scrap metal abstract sculpture

Armadillo, scrap metal abstract sculpture

By Carole Eisner

Located in New York, NY

Carole Eisner's indoor sculptures, averaging two to four feet tall, are made from a welded collage of drops and cut-out steel pieces from the same series of scrap she found in a Conn...

Category

1970s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Heartcarver
Heartcarver

Heartcarver

By Christine Perri

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: This sculpture is a classically carved walnut bas-relief of a female woodworker dressed in contemporary commercial materials: vinyl cloth stitched with tactical co...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Remnants, Abstract Paper Sculpture, 2018
Remnants, Abstract Paper Sculpture, 2018

Remnants, Abstract Paper Sculpture, 2018

By Yoonshin Park

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: Remnants is a 3-part series with relief-like, sculptural pulp figures. Evolved from Finding Space, Remnants brings personal experience in unexpected incidents and uncontrollable situations into focus. This series narrates fragility and vulnerability. Handmade papers are layered as the accumulations of life and the traces of time. Stories from the past and the reminiscences are layered with another folds. Please reach out to us about purchasing 1 part of the series. Keywords: abstract, white, thread Artist Biography: Yoonshin Park is a Chicago based multimedia artist, curator, and educator working with sculptural papers, artist books, and installations. Her interest in the comprehensive process of papermaking and bookbinding caters her work to encompass various elements woven into complete objects. She often uses her experience as a foreign transplant to question space and its implications in defining one's identity as the inspiration behind her work. Park has shown at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Hyde Park Art Center...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Thread, Other Medium

Vessel #3, multicolored mixed media sculptural piece, textured, 22" diameter
Vessel #3, multicolored mixed media sculptural piece, textured, 22" diameter

Vessel #3, multicolored mixed media sculptural piece, textured, 22" diameter

By Francie Hester

Located in New York, NY

Acrylic paint and aluminum leaf on acrylic glass. 22" diameter. This is a time that has forced us to redefine. Redefine how we live, how we interact, how we see, what we value. Th...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Glass, Mixed Media, Acrylic

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

Lip Service
Lip Service

Lip Service

By Gwen Samuels

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: Lip service came about during sheltering in place. While visiting with my grandchildren it broke my heart that they could not see me sm...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wire

Pattern Bias

Pattern Bias

By Gwen Samuels

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: This dress was is an early piece when I was beginning to make dresses and was learning about shaping them. I was also using a camera for my imagery not my 1-phone...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wire

Homage to Miro`

Homage to Miro`

By Jill Casty

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: I went on a drive with some friends up into the hills of Carrara where the marble quarries are. There were marble "rocks" all over the place and I when I expresse...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Stainless Steel

UnEarthed

Jill CastyUnEarthed, 2020

$2,240Sale Price|20% Off

UnEarthed

By Jill Casty

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: The reds in my glass collection speak loudly to me. I wanted to do an experiment using reds and blacks in a hot melt. The color is intense and wonderful and felt ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Hues of Baja Sur

Hues of Baja Sur

By Jill Casty

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: Made in La Paz, BCS, Mexico where the sunsets and the colors of the sea are moving and inspiring. The rocks and the coral and the bird life. Very peaceful - La Pa...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Black Labyrinth - 21st Cent, Marble sculpture, Organic shapes, nature inspired
Black Labyrinth - 21st Cent, Marble sculpture, Organic shapes, nature inspired

Black Labyrinth - 21st Cent, Marble sculpture, Organic shapes, nature inspired

By Noemi Palacios

Located in Barcelona, Catalonia

Noemi Palacios expresses herself through form and matter, a medium through which she has found a deep understanding of her inner self. Her evocative pieces are inspired by the univer...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Brushstroke No. 2
Brushstroke No. 2

Brushstroke No. 2

By Judith + Rolfe

Located in Boston, MA

1/8" – 3/8" high on-edge paper on mat board. Handcut Stardream® Bluebell paper on gray background. Call them brushstrokes, or call them waves. These are beginning explorations ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Paper, Board

Untitled III : abstract steel sculpture
Untitled III : abstract steel sculpture

Untitled III : abstract steel sculpture

Located in New York, NY

Transform any interior or exterior into a truly unique space with the dynamic works of an acclaimed sculptor Naomi Press. Naomi Press was one of the very few women working in large ...

Category

1980s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Watch-log
Watch-log

Watch-log

By Christine Perri

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: This sculpture is a combination of the natural (the standing walnut split log) and the classical (the cherry bas-relief face). Keywords: figurative carved log and...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood

“Pirkkala Cube” , 1999
“Pirkkala Cube” , 1999

“Pirkkala Cube” , 1999

By Jay Wholley

Located in New York, NY

Lost Wax Cast Iron & Bronze This sculpture comes directly from the artist's private collection and is shown in his book on his "Cube" Series.

Category

1990s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Iron, Bronze

Jello (White)

Jello (White)

By Jonathan Prince

Located in Lenox, MA

Jello (White) 16" x 17" x 17" Aluminum, Automotive Paint Unique $50,000

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Automotive Paint

Large Ceramic Sculpture Texture Spiral Wall

Large Ceramic Sculpture Texture Spiral Wall

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, Porcelain

On Impact

On Impact

By Matt Gil

Located in Napa, CA

California born and educated sculptor Matt Gil graduated from San Jose State University, and his work has been widely exhibited throughout California since 1977. His sophisticated, s...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Echo lumineux

Echo lumineux

By Gabriel Sobin

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

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...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

KALEIDOSCOPE - Abstract Slip Cast Ceramic Fine Art Sculpture Artist Signed 2018
KALEIDOSCOPE - Abstract Slip Cast Ceramic Fine Art Sculpture Artist Signed 2018

KALEIDOSCOPE - Abstract Slip Cast Ceramic Fine Art Sculpture Artist Signed 2018

By Nora Pineda

Located in Chico, CA

Fired to cone 01. Glaze fired to cone 07. Low fire glaze applications. Finished with acrylics and oils. Dimensions: 5.5" x 5.5" x 5" Year: 2018 ARTIST STATEMENT My work passionately reflects my Mexican cultural roots. The art forms appear and are created as stories in the round as I transform and mutate a magic fusion of colors, shapes and a way of life into them. I often use faces joined by zigzag or curved lines. Flower petals characteristically fashion the idea of dealing with one’s aura. Some of the vessel forms I use (the goddess series) are used to symbolically connect earth to women… a container used for nutrients of survival. My work also speaks of healing. Pieces are created to capture great depth of emotion, celebration, suffering, and cultural bonding. Slip cast...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Clay

Berkshire Blue
Berkshire Blue

Berkshire Blue

By Jaena Kwon

Located in Westport, CT

This blue work is by Korean artist, Jaena Kwon. Her dimensional relief work is concerned with painting components and how painting space is constructed. She treats painting as an ima...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic, Fiberboard

Untitled 47
Untitled 47

Untitled 47

By Hunt Rettig

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Hunt Rettig's three-dimensional wall sculptures consist of polyester film, thermoplastic rubber and acrylics that he molds to create organic shapes full of light and dimension placed...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Mixed Media, Panel

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.