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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
Oculus Chrome No.1
Oculus Chrome No.1

Oculus Chrome No.1

By Lisa Bartleson

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This piece is created with pleated linen pulled through the center of the wood panel. Then the linen is chromed (like on metal) and has a punch of yellow paint in the center bring t...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Linen, Panel

Light-Glyph (Red)
Light-Glyph (Red)

Light-Glyph (Red)

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

Robert's Dumpster, Modern and Abstract Wall Art, Inspired by Robert Rauschenberg

Robert's Dumpster, Modern and Abstract Wall Art, Inspired by Robert Rauschenberg

By Sam Silberstein

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: This piece was inspired by a richly splattered construction dumpster. Sections of it reminded me of work by Robert Rauschenberg which I have often admired. I have...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media, Leather

Mask "The Monkey" Brass Wood Sculpture
Mask "The Monkey" Brass Wood Sculpture

Mask "The Monkey" Brass Wood Sculpture

By Elie Hirsch 1

Located in Paris, FR

One of a Kind, French Wood and Patinated Brass Mask Sculpture, (Weight 7kg). About the Artist: Graduate in ceramic design and metal sculpture (2001, 2003), he worked during two years...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Brass

When Color Speaks
When Color Speaks

When Color Speaks

By Jill Casty

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: Walking along the River Arno and over the Ponte Mezzo in Pisa, seeing the palaces reflected on the river or the evening clouds made me appreciate and enjoy the ch...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Sculpture A16 Projection and vibration - Medaglini
Sculpture A16 Projection and vibration - Medaglini

Sculpture A16 Projection and vibration - Medaglini

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

Sculpture A16 Projection and vibration - Medaglini (1939-2011) Drawn iron and cast iron base H90xW62xD17 Signed on the base Circa 1975 490€

Category

1970s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel

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

"Tell It" Brass Sculpture

By Elie Hirsch 1

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

By Elie Hirsch 1

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

Spirits Dancing, Original Glass Sculpture, 2020

Spirits Dancing, Original Glass Sculpture, 2020

By Jill Casty

Located in Boston, MA

Spirits Dancing, Original Glass Sculpture, 2020 28″ × 17″ × 2", 40 lbs Fused Glass and Stainless Steel Wall Mounted Artist Commentary: Living in Pisa, Italy where each evening the ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Fear Singer

Fear Singer

Located in New York, NY

Olga’s artistic approach is centered around the elusive concept of time and its impermanence. Rather than engaging in an ontological reflection on the nature of time, Olga prefers to...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Rainning inside
Rainning inside

Rainning inside

By L.G.

Located in Paris, FR

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...

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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Blown Glass

Constantly and successively
Constantly and successively

Constantly and successively

By L.G.

Located in Paris, FR

One of a kind Blown and fused Glass in opaque black, blueish black, transparent white and sandblasted. Includes its black metal base ( about 32 cm X 10 cm X 18 cm ). Total weight ...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Blown Glass

John Van Alstine - Lunge V, Sculpture 2006
John Van Alstine - Lunge V, Sculpture 2006

John Van Alstine - Lunge V, Sculpture 2006

By John Van Alstine

Located in Greenwich, CT

Stone and metal,usually granite or slate and found object steel are central in my sculpture. The interaction of these materials is a major focus. On the most basic level the work is ...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Slate, Steel

Anachronic, Original Abstract Sculpture, 2021

Anachronic, Original Abstract Sculpture, 2021

By Francisco Rosario

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: Anachronic is a piece in a body of work exploring sound and the way that it inhabits space in the built environment. The pattern, repetition, and weaving represent the rhythm, texture, and syncopation of sound. This piece represents an envelope of sound, a finite piece of time, a controlled environment. It is heavily influenced by my time as a DJ and the practice of connecting patterns. It is about a controlled process - the merging of a creative practice with an understanding of materials and technique. In this object the marks of process are left bare, witness to the hand, craft, and labor. It is an homage to skilled work and the workers I learned from. Keywords: 3D, plane, wood, metal Artist Biography: Leaning into a bias toward abstraction/intuition, artist Francisco Rosario...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

John Van Alstine - Lunge XI, Sculpture 2014
John Van Alstine - Lunge XI, Sculpture 2014

John Van Alstine - Lunge XI, Sculpture 2014

By John Van Alstine

Located in Greenwich, CT

Stone and metal,usually granite or slate and found object steel are central in my sculpture. The interaction of these materials is a major focus. On the most basic level the work is ...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Slate, Stainless Steel

John Van Alstine - Hula V, Sculpture 2017
John Van Alstine - Hula V, Sculpture 2017

John Van Alstine - Hula V, Sculpture 2017

By John Van Alstine

Located in Greenwich, CT

Hula V, John Van Alstine. Stone and metal, usually granite or slate and found object steel are central in my sculpture. The interaction of these materials is a major focus. On the mo...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Slate, Steel

Untitled #2/ Tied series, Handmade Abstract Sculpture
Untitled #2/ Tied series, Handmade Abstract Sculpture

Untitled #2/ Tied series, Handmade Abstract Sculpture

By Yoonshin Park

Located in Boston, MA

Untitled #2/ Tied series 10.0 x 16.0 x 0.5, 1.0 lbs Handmade paper Hand signed by artist Artist's Commentary: "'Tied', the title of the installation series, is a phonetic pun on the rising tides and the paper pages bound by threads.
 As the water rises and falls, pages of our daily experience add and subtract to and from our memory. Our daily life permeates our memory just as the ink is absorbed into each page and create new shapes and patterns onto what once was a clean slate of a blank page." About the Artist: 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

Handmade Paper

John Van Alstine - ARCOS, Sculpture 2002
John Van Alstine - ARCOS, Sculpture 2002

John Van Alstine - ARCOS, Sculpture 2002

By John Van Alstine

Located in Greenwich, CT

Rose Granite / Steel Stone and metal, usually granite or slate and found object steel are central in my sculpture. The interaction of these materials is a major focus. On the most b...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Granite, Steel, Cut Steel

Light-Gllyph (Orange)
Light-Gllyph (Orange)

Light-Gllyph (Orange)

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

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

Leslie Fry, Untitled (Little Cuffed), bronze fantastical sculpture female hand
Leslie Fry, Untitled (Little Cuffed), bronze fantastical sculpture female hand

Leslie Fry, Untitled (Little Cuffed), bronze fantastical sculpture female hand

By Leslie Fry

Located in New York, NY

A 2023 recipient of the Vermont Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, Leslie Fry is represented in this show with fantastical sculptures of female hands, titled the “Cuffed” series. Tensely poised and mannered gestures, inspired by Parmigianino and Caravaggio, cascade into blooms and barnacles, creating a mesmerizing visual dissonance. This elision of romance and rigidity both draws attention to the limitations of the female form and liberates it from the constraints of reality. Leslie Fry’s works have been exhibited internationally at such venues as Kunsthaus in Hamburg, Zwitscher Machine Gallery in Berlin, Hangaram Art Museum in Seoul, Windspiel Galerie in Vienna, Couvent des Cordeliers in Paris, Artists Space and Wave Hill in New York, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum near Boston, and Centre des Arts Visuels in Montreal. Her public sculptures have been commissioned in New York, South Korea, Montreal, Florida, Wisconsin, and Vermont; public collections include Tufts University, Songchu International Sculpture Park, Freehand New York, Kohler Arts Center, Tampa Museum of Art, Fleming Museum of Art, Musée d’art de Joliette, and St. Petersburg, Florida’s Museum of Fine Arts. Fry’s M.F.A. is from Bard College, and her B.A. is from the University of Vermont, with a Foundation year at the Central School of Art in London. She currently lives and works in Winooski, VT. Artist Statement: #1 My hands reach, touch, and shape. Hands let go and receive; they try to hold things and to hold things together. Some of my images of hands are derived from Mannerist paintings by Parmigianino and Caravaggio, and are ink-washed onto vintage tablecloths...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Leslie Fry, Untitled (Cuffed 3), bronze fantastical sculpture of female hand
Leslie Fry, Untitled (Cuffed 3), bronze fantastical sculpture of female hand

Leslie Fry, Untitled (Cuffed 3), bronze fantastical sculpture of female hand

By Leslie Fry

Located in New York, NY

A 2023 recipient of the Vermont Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, Leslie Fry is represented in this show with fantastical sculptures of female hands, titled the “Cuffed” series. Tensely poised and mannered gestures, inspired by Parmigianino and Caravaggio, cascade into blooms and barnacles, creating a mesmerizing visual dissonance. This elision of romance and rigidity both draws attention to the limitations of the female form and liberates it from the constraints of reality. Leslie Fry’s works have been exhibited internationally at such venues as Kunsthaus in Hamburg, Zwitscher Machine Gallery in Berlin, Hangaram Art Museum in Seoul, Windspiel Galerie in Vienna, Couvent des Cordeliers in Paris, Artists Space and Wave Hill in New York, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum near Boston, and Centre des Arts Visuels in Montreal. Her public sculptures have been commissioned in New York, South Korea, Montreal, Florida, Wisconsin, and Vermont; public collections include Tufts University, Songchu International Sculpture Park, Freehand New York, Kohler Arts Center, Tampa Museum of Art, Fleming Museum of Art, Musée d’art de Joliette, and St. Petersburg, Florida’s Museum of Fine Arts. Fry’s M.F.A. is from Bard College, and her B.A. is from the University of Vermont, with a Foundation year at the Central School of Art in London. She currently lives and works in Winooski, VT. Artist Statement: #1 My hands reach, touch, and shape. Hands let go and receive; they try to hold things and to hold things together. Some of my images of hands are derived from Mannerist paintings by Parmigianino and Caravaggio, and are ink-washed onto vintage tablecloths...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Quartet

Quartet

By Jill Casty

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: Working in glass is a real joy. The colors inspire. The forms. I wanted to make a piece that was really painterly and I think it worked. Words that describe this...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

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

Work  N° 1  of Kevin Cheng-Feng YU
Work  N° 1  of Kevin Cheng-Feng YU

Work N° 1 of Kevin Cheng-Feng YU

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

1) Untitled 2) Wooden cardboard, acrylic. 3) Year of creation : 2016-2017 4) 106,5X48X0,5cm and 36X16X1cm 5) signed on the back 6) Unique copy 7) 3600 euros

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer

Peek
Peek

Peek

By Michael Thacker

Located in Belgravia, London, London

"Peek" by Michael Thacker British, 21st Century Ancaster Weatherbed Limestone with Gold Leaf Sculpture size (HxWxD): 21 x 6 x 6 inches

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Limestone, Gold Leaf

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

The Binding of Isaac, abstract geometric wooden sculpture

The Binding of Isaac, abstract geometric wooden sculpture

By Joe Sultan

Located in New York, NY

Milled wood, 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

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