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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
Sea of Reds
Located in West Hollywood, CA
SEA OF REDS Aerosol on Canvas 40” x 30” ABOUT THE ARTWORK A convergence of predominant blues, compelling reds, and vibrant oranges. DUAL’s deft play of fine lines, spanning a divers...
Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Canvas

Blue Dot
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Acrylic, aerosol, tape and varnish on linen 48” x 23” ABOUT THE ARTWORK Blending artistic mediums, DUAL utilizes acrylic, aerosol, tape, and varnish to adorn a meticulously hand-cut ...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Varnish, Acrylic

Remnants, Abstract Paper Sculpture, 2018
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Thread, Other Medium

Neutral Zenith
Located in West Hollywood, CA
ABOUT THE ARTWORK An opulent mixed-media marvel, woven from the intricate interplay of acrylic, ink, epoxy, and laser-cut plexiglass. Overlapping forms gracefully traverse the compo...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Epoxy Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Bronze Sculpture 'Danza II' by Carola Eggeling 'Polished Bronze'
Located in Paris, FR
Bronze Sculpture 'Danza II' by Carola Eggeling Abstract sculpture with beautiful curved lines and golden skin. Polished bronze sculpture Signed and numbered by the artist Limited e...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Pink Sky at Sunset
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

Suspenders and Leggings
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: Suspenders and Leggings is my most recent piece done while sheltering in place. While looking thru my reformatted imagery patterns I came across some buildings I ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wire

From OJ to Merlot
Located in Miami, FL
This interactive work can fit in any format the collector desires and can contain as many elements, both big and small, that the space requires. From the artist's Levitation series...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Azure
Located in Napa, CA
Troy Pillow’s latest sculpture, titled “Azure,” is a striking piece that showcases his signature blend of elegance and innovation. Crafted from painted stainless steel, “Azure” stand...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

The Last Star, Acrylic Painting on Canvas, 2020
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: The Last Star is a result the many sketches I had been doing for sculptures in an ongoing "Event" series. Keywords: absract Artist Biography: Fred Klingelhofer, a primarily self-taught artist, grew up in a Chicago south side neighborhood. He received a BS degree in physics from Roosevelt University and worked as an engineer for 30 years. During those years he enrolled in art workshops and classes at a nearby community college completing courses in figure drawing, 2D and 3D design, ceramics, sculpting the figure, welding and metal sculpture. His focus has been on creating sculpture since 2006. Fred has exhibited his sculpture in a number of group exhibitions with Chicago Sculpture International, Art Prize (Grand Rapids, Michigan), Sculpture in the Park (St Charles, Illinois), Sculpture Walk Sioux Falls...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Acrylic

Gaia, Glass and Mosaic Sculpture, 2021
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Glass, Mosaic

Tucking Under, Original Abstract Sculpture, 2020
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: Some of my reed sculptures include found objects. In "Tucking Under," I found part of a damaged hat form at a flea market. I salvaged what I could and used to cr...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Linen, Organic Material, Wood, Wax

"Choke II: Straits of Tiran (Saudi Arabia & Sinai, Egypt)" - ceramic - map
Located in Atlanta, GA
This ceramic wall sculpture features a topographic map in black and white. Gregor is inspired by the works of Martin Puryear, James Turrell, Louise Bourgeois, Barbara Hepworth, Chr...
Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Celebrating Ettore Sottsass, Original Glass Sculpture, 2020
Located in Boston, MA
Celebrating Ettore Sottsass, Original Glass Sculpture, 2020 22″ × 16″ × 5″, 40 lbs Fused Glass and Stainless Steel Free Standing Artist Commentary: While visiting the Biennalle in ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Ceramic Texture Large Wall Sculpture Abstract Porcelain
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

1990s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

As Night Descends, Original Glass and Steel Sculpture, 2020
Located in Boston, MA
As Night Descends, Original Glass and Steel Sculpture, 2020 31″ × 17″ × 3″, 55 lbs Fused Glass and Stainless Steel Sculpture Wall Mounted Artist Commentary: I made this several year...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Heartcarver
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

Blue Book
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: This sculpture is as close to a self portrait as I've ever done. The head and legs of the figure have references to books, and the figure carries a carved wood boo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Untitled by Yukihisa Isobe (1962), Wood sculpture (plaster relief on panel)
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Yukihisa Isobe Untitled Mixed media (plaster relief on panel) Signed, dated and Inscribed “Tokio” (on the reverse) 28 x 40.5 cm Executed in 1962 PROV...
Category

1960s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Wood Panel

Hexnut
Located in Phoenix, AZ
painted wood Growing up Peter Millett was surrounded by activity. His father was an architect and his mother a musician who produced community theatre. There were always sets being ...
Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paint

Wall Stack VI : contemporary modern geometric sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Greg Chann creates contemporary modern abstract geometric sculptures. His constructions are complex interwoven systems of physical elements varying in size, material, and color. Thes...
Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic

Rio 2/30
Located in Napa, CA
Siri Hollander, born in New York, lived most of her childhood in Andalusia, Spain, where the local community revolved around fairs and fiestas. Influenced by a family of artists and ...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

When Color Speaks
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Sailing into Space, Original Glass Sculpture, 2020
Located in Boston, MA
Sailing into Space, Original Glass Sculpture, 2020 32″ × 19″ × 2″, 40 lbs Fused Glass and Stainless Steel Wall mounted Artist Commentary: I was working with some metal fabricators w...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Agustina Bottoni - Melodicware — Sound Sculpture
By Agustina Bottoni
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Sculpted BY AGUSTINA BOTTONI Hand-Sculpted in Italy Materials: solid brass with satin fnish - base in black Marquina or white Carrara marble Dimensions: 185 cm x 50 cm / 73’’ x 19,6’...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Brass

Serge Bernier Reading, mixed media sculpture
Located in Boston, MA
Serge Bernier Reading, mixed media sculpture by Dutch artist Hans Van Meeuwen. Artist Commentary: We all go to school and acquire “big knowledge”. A...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media, Fabric, Fiberglass, Wood

Hues of Baja Sur
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

Tablescape
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 0215.2522.02
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

Mixed Media, Panel, Resin

Untitled Flotsam
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: In my sculpture, I have always combined unrelated materials to represent oppositions such as hard and soft, ephemeral and enduring, open and closed, and natural an...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Easy Chair/Failed Odalisque
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: This chaise, originally covered in lime green cotton upholstery, sat in my studio for months, acting as a daybed for my miniature poodle. Finally after several att...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Found Objects, Other Medium

Quartet
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

Green metallic platter with bronze filagree center.
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: Green metallic platter with bronze filigree center. Medium: ceramic porcelain. Size: 14 inch diameter and 2 inches deep (35 cm diameter and 5 cm deep). Made in Cal...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

White Platter with Silver Lines
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: Round porcelain white platter with silver lines. For decorative use only. Stand not included. All the pieces can be outdoors in rain o...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Plinto, mixed media sculpture
Located in Boston, MA
Plinto, mixed media sculpture by Dutch artist Hans Van Meeuwen. Keywords: representational, architecture, street scenes, figure, pants, legs, shoes, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Fabric, Fiberglass, Mixed Media, Polystyrene

Split Sea
Located in New York, NY
Ben Young Split Sea, 2021 Laminated Float Glass, Cast Concrete and Stainless Steel Frame
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Concrete, Steel, Stainless Steel

Rectangular Symphony- Abstract Geometric Outdoor Sculpture Yellow Orange Gray
Located in Miami, FL
This large indoor outdoor contemporary sculpture is painted in car paints and is impervious to all weather conditions. It is a striking contemporary statement of geometric abstracti...
Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Wall Stack I : contemporary modern geometric sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Greg Chann creates contemporary modern abstract geometric sculptures. His constructions are complex interwoven systems of physical elements varying in size, material, and color. Thes...
Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic

"Choke II: Suez Canal (Egypt) II" - ceramic - map - black & white - Nevelson
Located in Atlanta, GA
This ceramic wall sculpture features a topographic map in black and white. Gregor is inspired by the works of Martin Puryear, James Turrell, Louise Bourgeois, Barbara Hepworth, Chr...
Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

"Grecian Stallion II" Sculpture 19" x 9" inch by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Grecian Stallion II" Sculpture 19" x 9" inch by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak Wood Signed & Dated Sculptures that mostly depict his characteristic figures of feminine form and feeling – a ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Evolution
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

Metal, Stainless Steel

Composition 6
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...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood

"Choke II: Bosporus (Turkey) II" - ceramic - map - black & white - Nevelson
Located in Atlanta, GA
This ceramic wall sculpture features a topographic map in black and white. Gregor is inspired by the works of Martin Puryear, James Turrell, Louise Bourgeois, Barbara Hepworth, Chr...
Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

"Choke II: Bass Strait (Tasmania & Australia)" - ceramic sculpture - map
Located in Atlanta, GA
This ceramic wall sculpture features a topographic map in black and white. Gregor is inspired by the works of Martin Puryear, James Turrell, Louise Bourgeois, Barbara Hepworth, Chr...
Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Joana's Orchard
Located in Nashville, TN
“Joana’s Orchard” is a hand-carved wood sculpture made of Tennessee applewood by artist Brad Sells. It is part of his ongoing series of forms called “vessels.” This particular style ...
Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Cloud
Located in Greenwich, CT
Dutch, b. 1938 Renowned for his monumental sculpture created primarily for open-air public locales, Hans Van de Bovenkamp has been described as an artist-mystic whose work -- with i...
Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Mystic Aura in Red" abstract expressionist wall sculpture
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This minimalist abstract wall sculpture made from Wood Block and Acrylic by Anthony Liggins is a beautiful addition to any home. It has brackets attached to the back and is ready to be hung in any interior. INSPIRATION - Inspired by the artist's background in fashion design, Le Smoking sculptures...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Gradient No.10
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

"Experience №1 v.2" Bronze sculpture Edition 1/5 by Sergii Shaulis
Located in Culver City, CA
"Experience №1 v.2" Bronze sculpture Edition 1/5 by Sergii Shaulis 2019 From the EXPERIENCE series Bronze Approximate weight 15lbs ABOUT ARTIST Born on 27 May 1985 in Kharkiv, U...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

"Chrysalis" Bronze and Marble sculpture 19" x 15" in by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Chrysalis" Bronze and Marble sculpture 19" x 15" in by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak Chrysalis, 2005 Bronze & Marble 48 x 39 cm, Signed & Dated Sculptures that mostly depict his character...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Assiduosly without words
By L.G.
Located in Paris, FR
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 cm ). Tota...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Blown Glass

Abstract Ceramic Vessel Sculpture; 'Creature Medium No. 10'
Located in New York, NY
Ak Jansen was born in Dongen, The Netherlands, in 1988. He studied at the Design Academy Eindhoven focusing on textile design, material culture, and techniques of fabrication. He wor...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Clay, Glaze

"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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

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Wood

Sculpture of Unicorn with Chain: 'Unicorn in Chains'
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...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

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Mixed Media

Sculpture of stuffed animal cube: "Cube'
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 human emotion and how familiar childhood objects evoke a myriad of reactions. Encountering the stuffed animals...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

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Mixed Media

"Choke II: Otranto Strait (Italy, Albania & Greece)" - ceramic - map - Nevelson
Located in Atlanta, GA
This ceramic wall sculpture features a topographic map in black and white. Gregor is inspired by the works of Martin Puryear, James Turrell, Louise Bourgeois, Barbara Hepworth, Chr...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Crystallization of Thoughts, Brushed Steel Wall Hanging by Preston Abernathy
Located in Long Island City, NY
A unique wall-hanging steel sculpture by Preston Abernathy (American XXth). The work is a solid panel of brushed, polished and etched stainless steel in a geometric pattern with gre...
Category

1970s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Ceramic Texture Large Wall Sculpture
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

"Premonition" Mixed Media Wall Sculpture 39" x 48" inch by Dmitry Kawarga
Located in Culver City, CA
"Premonition" Mixed Media Wall Sculpture 39" x 48" inch by Dmitry Kawarga Medium: aluminum, oil, 3D printing, polymer resin Artist Dmitry Kawarga - Bi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

Aqua Sprinkle Pop
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Betsy Enzensberger sculpts works that create a visceral longing and remembrance of the most nostalgic delights from childhood. The artist uses the familiarity of those sweet treats t...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Epoxy Resin

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