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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
Woodcutter and Runaway
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: Woodcutter and Runaway consists of three carved log figures in a rectangular wood structure. There is a male log figure (the woodcutter) on tree stump pedestal...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Switchback, Original Abstract Sculpture, 2020
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

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Linen, Organic Material, Wood, Wax

Cloudscraper, Fiberglass Figurative Sculpture
Located in Boston, MA
Cloudscraper, Fiberglass Figurative Sculpture by Dutch artist Hans Van Meeuwen Artist Commentary: I express my mood sometimes. Keywords: representa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media, Fabric, Fiberglass, Paper

"Ariane" Brass Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture "Ariane", 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 durin...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

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Brass

Ceramic #2013
Located in Fairfield, CT
Alice Federico was born in Selma, Alabama in 1945. She received a BA degree in history from Hollins University (1967), an MFA in ceramics from East Carolina University (1977), as well as a BFA from Kansas City Art Institute (1983). Trained first as an historian, historical pots have always had an influence on her work. That influence includes Chinese Sung ware...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic

Pile-up at The Gates of Hell
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: Abstract forms emerge from remembrances of disco dancing, Earth Wind & Fire, darkness, heat, perspiration and glitz. Materials are twisted into ambiguous shapes, s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

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Wood, Found Objects, Other Medium

Space and Time I : small interior sculpture out of clay
Located in New York, NY
Katie Yang's abstract ceramic sculptures delve into the unknowable nature of our world, exploring the interplay between control and chance. Influenced by artistic traditions from bot...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Bronze Untitled, Landscape, large scale
Located in Boston, MA
One of a kind cast Bronze and Steel. Cast in a foundry using the lost wax mold process it is very expensive and time consuming to create. No fewer than 12 mo...
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Early 2000s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Steel

Apres Matisse
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: After seeing a show of the works of Matisse, I wanted to express the joy I find in his work. His wonderful pleasure in color and simple forms. Making it while in ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

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Marble, Stainless Steel

Apres Matisse
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The Temple of Fire at the Event Horizon
Located in Fairfield, CT
Mela M’s sculptures are her interpretation of the seamless interconnectedness of light and material form and reference the pronounced uncertainty and unpredictability of our rapidly ...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Doble giro, estructuras variables (amarillo)
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Joseph Kosuth, father of conceptual art, once famously said: “Works of art that try to tell us something about the world are bound to fail (…)The absence of reality in art is exactly...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

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Handmade Paper

At last it is here
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...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic, Porcelain, Glaze

Sunlight on the Baja Shore, Original Glass and Steel Sculpture, 2020
Located in Boston, MA
Sunlight on the Baja Shore, Original Glass and Steel Sculpture, 2020 23″ × 23″ × 1″, 40 lbs Fused Glass and Stainless Steel Wall Mounted Artist Commentary: The first year we were li...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

A New Day Dawning
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: Actually inspired by that yellow glass. Had to use that color once I found it. Then combined it with more colors. Decided to put it in an off square frame. When ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

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 ...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Blown Glass

The Sound of Color, Original Glass and Steel Sculpture, 2020
Located in Boston, MA
The Sound of Color, Original Glass and Steel Sculpture, 2020 28″ × 31″ × 3″, 65 lbs Fused Glass and Stainless Steel Wall Mounted Artist Commentary: I had a wonderful solo show in ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Small 2 Rods
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Inscribed with artist's number on base
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20th Century Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Work N° 3 of Kevin Cheng-Feng YU
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
1) Untitled 2) Wooden cardboard, acrylic 3) Year of creation : 2016 4) 38X16,6X1,7cm 5) Signed on the back 6) Unique copy 7)1100 euros
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

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Acrylic Polymer

Curtain Wall
Located in Lincoln, RI
Curtain Wall is a piece created from cast resin panels. The piece depicts the nighttime Mountain Views and a cave system within that range. With this piece I was inspired by tapest...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Copper, Foil

Ghost Trees in the Fall, Original Glass Sculpture, 2020
Located in Boston, MA
Ghost Trees in the Fall, Original Glass Sculpture, 2020 15″ × 12″ × 3″, 10 lbs Fused Glass Free Standing Can be placed indoors and outdoors. Artist Commentary: This is part of a ser...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Glass

Liquid State (Inhale)
Located in Lenox, MA
Liquid State (Inhale) 22" x 22" x 22" High Chromium Stainless Steel Unique $160,000
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

White Bronze Sculpture 'KAYA' by Carola Eggeling
Located in Paris, FR
White Bronze Sculpture 'KAYA' by Carola Eggeling. Abstract sculpture with beautiful curved lines. German bronze sculpture Bronze Lacquered Color : Glossy White Certificate of authe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

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

Oculus No.10
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"In the Oculus body of work I was interested in reaching back in time and utilizing classic materials and painting techniques then merging them with contemporary – industrial materi...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Linen, Resin, Panel

A Doll House, Mixed Media Figurative Sculpture
Located in Boston, MA
A Doll House, Mixed Media Figurative Sculpture by Dutch artist Hans Van Meeuwen. Artist Commentary: Pars pro toto. A part of the whole, leaving the v...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

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Fabric, Fiberglass, Wood, Mixed Media

Lost in the Stars
Located in Milford, NH
A wonderful abstract expressionist three dimensional construction by American artist Varujan Boghosian (1926-2020). Boghosian was born in New Britain, CT and after serving in the United States Navy, he attended Central Connecticut Teachers College and the Vesper George School of Art in Boston. In 1953, he had a Fulbright grant to paint in Italy, and from 1956 to 1959, he worked with Josef Albers, geometric abstractionist, at Yale University where he earned both his BFA and MFA. Boghosian became a professor of sculpture at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, and became primarily known for his assemblages in which he uses a variety of incongruous objects such as parts of weathered barn doors, antique dolls' heads, old leather, marbles, and ping-pong balls. This construction consists of antique lithographs laid on board, including a shooting target sheet, and metal jacks, all presented on an antique celestial map...
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Early 2000s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Found Objects, Laid Paper, Lithograph, Adhesive, Wood Panel

Pathway
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kristina Grace is a fine artist who both resides and draws inspiration from the Southern California coastline. Living in Newport Beach has served as a constant source of inspiration for Grace. Her life and work reflect countless hours spent on the sand surrounded by surfers and the culture that comes with it. Grace’s art is colorful and whimsical, reflecting a joy found in her surrounding environment. Her unique sculptural works are a result of time spent at a local surf glassing shop, where she honed her interpretation and technique of applying epoxy and polyester resins. While these types of resins are typically used for creating surfboards, Grace has taken the medium even further, incorporating applications of tinted resins on top of small, assemblage figurines in her work. Surfers, skateboarders, and snowboarders appear throughout her current body of work. In addition to resins, Grace works with dense foam and fiberglass to create select pieces. Both of these materials pay homage to the surf culture...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media, Panel

Homage to Miro`
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Stainless Steel

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 ...
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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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

09-4 revised, Abstract Wooden Sculpture, 2019
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: made from the material that goes in to making plywood. very thin cut found wood with resin. the ends of this piece were taken from a pal...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Wood, Paint

Oculus Chrome No.1
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...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Linen, Panel

Stirring Within Light Gray Abstract Metal Wall Sculpture
Located in Miami, FL
From the newest original works by Zammy Migdal, these wall objects hang as sculpture on the wall, each one unique, forming its own fluid story. This light gray work is from a series...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Untitled PB3
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Plastic

"Corrugation in Deep Blue"
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

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Encaustic, Cardboard

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

Conversation Piece (erect)
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Found Objects, Other Medium

By the Healing Waters, Original Glass and Steel Sculpture, 2020
Located in Boston, MA
By the Healing Waters, Original Glass and Steel Sculpture, 2020 16″ × 12″ × 3″, 30 lbs Fused Glass and Stainless Steel Sculpture May be installed indoors and outdoors Free standing ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

This Rock is in a Hard Place, Original Abstract Sculpture, 2021
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: During the COVID-19 pandemic I decided to collect boxes from around my neighborhood and repurpose the cardboard material. By utilizing materials that would otherwi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

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Mixed Media, Cardboard

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

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

Untitled
By Pedro S. De Movellan
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1967 Pedro S. de Movellan was born in Providence, Rhode Island but moved to Mexico at a young age. As the son of an artist and an architect, de Movellan was interested in art from an early age. He studied fine art at the University of Amherst in Massachusetts and became deeply inspired by kinetic sculptor...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

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 ...
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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...
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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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood

White porcelain vase with face #2
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: White porcelain vase with face #2. Medium: ceramic porcelain. Size: 17 inch tall, 7 inches wide with a 5.5 inch top opening (43 cm t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic, Porcelain

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

Watch-log
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

TRIAD
Located in Tempe, AZ
This piece of brushed bronze is an edition of 12. The style I have in mind here could be described as organic abstraction. Each of the individual sculptures is assembled in a sligh...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Organic Permutation
Located in Tempe, AZ
This organic shape seems to morph into various shell like forms across it's length. I created this piece using wire armatures and stretching lycra fabric over the frame and then coa...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

Lake Erie and Other Waters 03
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original unique bronze and silver leaf abstract sculpture by Roberley Bell. This dynamic work from the artist's "Lake Erie and Other Waters" series can...
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1990s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Silver, Bronze

Lake Erie and Other Waters 01
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original unique bronze and patina abstract sculpture by Roberley Bell. This dynamic work from the artist's "Lake Erie and Other Waters" series can be h...
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1990s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Fear Singer
Located in Miami Beach, FL
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...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Axis Mundi
Located in Lincoln, RI
This free standing wooden screen depicts the constellations Ursa Major & Minor along with the North Star. It's created using ash wood veneer formed around a mold. The frame is bent laminated ash. Screen does not include a plinth; a nicer plinth can be constructed for an additional fee. Not the right size? I'm happy to create custom sizes; custom screens...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Tin Tiles with Rods
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

Metal

Work N° 2 of Kevin Cheng-Feng YU
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
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
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer

Bucket
Located in New York, NY
Alan Shields Bucket, 1977-79 Metal wire wrapped in dyed paper 13 3/4 x 8 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches Unsigned
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1970s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wire

Leda and the Swan, Ed. 1/9
Located in Greenwich, CT
Classical mythology is fraught with stories of sexual misdeeds by Zeus, King of the Gods. Often Zeus would fall in love with a mortal woman and then transform himself into an animal ...
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1970s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

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