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
Bedfellows
Located in Lincoln, RI
Bedfellows refers to partnerships and celebrates relationships. This piece is subtle and beautiful. The pale, purple paint accentuates the carved texture. The piece is framed in wh...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Maple, Acrylic
Ewe and Me (black) 48/500
By Kevin Box
Located in Napa, CA
“It took two years of tireless experimentation for me to develop the process of casting paper into bronze, another seven years to perfect, and it continues to evolve today.” - Kevin ...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Stainless Steel
REVERSING HELIX
By Lyle London
Located in Tempe, AZ
This suspended sculpture in dichroic glass and stainless steel changes color from intense blue in transmitted light to red orange in reflected light creating a dynamic symphony of co...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
$10,500
Starship
By Tim Yankosky
Located in Fairfield, CT
Materials are often the driving force and inspiration behind the works of art that I create. I have always been drawn to the functional wear and patina of vintage and found objects. Recently, vintage measuring tapes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Other Medium
$4,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Triangles
Located in Jerusalem, IL
A uniquely beautiful bronze sculpture made by world famous Indian artist Sayed Haider Raza.
It is dated and stamped on the bottom.
The piece was ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Golden Taurus: Contemporary Sculpture Bicycle Enamel
Located in New York, NY
Golden Taurus is a contemporary abstract sculpture by American Artist Michael Manning. It is made from recycled bike parts and yellow spray paint, fast...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Enamel
$3,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Rondelle
By Lyle London
Located in Tempe, AZ
This spiraling form was created by twisting a helical surface using computer aided design. It is a 3D print made with the laser sintering deposition method from 316 stainless steel ...
Category
2010s 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
Circle XXXI
By Kim Seungwoo
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Kim Seungwoo is a contemporary Korean sculptor, lives in Seoul, South Korea.
Seungwoo is famous for his sculptures made from coins and buttons. He creates hyper-realistic, life-size...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plastic
WTF
By Tim Yankosky
Located in Fairfield, CT
Materials are often the driving force and inspiration behind the works of art that I create. I have always been drawn to the functional wear and patina of vintage and found objects. Recently, vintage measuring tapes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Other Medium
$7,200
Improvisation
Located in New York, NY
Painted, Welded -Aluminum Kinetic Sculpture. Blue and red colors.
About the Artist:
Studied engineering and sculpture at Stony Brook University. Steve has created sculptures of welded bronze or aluminum and have installed them around the world, including Hong Kong, Tokyo, England, France, Germany, Israel, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, St. Croix, Grand Cayman...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
$12,000
Transient
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
$32,000
Gradient 0215.2522.03
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
Jupiter. Lincoln Center
Located in Henderson, NV
Clifford Singer's Lincoln Center Sculpture.
Category
1990s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plastic, Wood, Oil
$3,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Discovery 2018-3, Kug Kyung Oh
Located in Porto, 13
"Discovery 2018-3" by Kug Kyung Oh
Medium: Bronze
Edition: 2 of 6
Dimensions: 19.5 x 19.5 x 89 cm / 7.7 x 7.7 x 35 in
Year: 2018
"Discovery 2018-3" by Kug Kyung Oh is a profound medi...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Doble giro, estructuras variables (naranja)
By Rosa Brun
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Handmade Paper
Gertrude : contemporary modern abstract 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,...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The sculpture is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Resin
GEMINI - Abstract Slip Cast Ceramic Fine Art Sculpture Artist Signed 1994
Located in Chico, CA
Slip cast form. Fired to cone 01. Glaze fired to cone 07. Finished with acrylics and oils
Dimensions: 13"h x 10"w x 7"d
Year: 1994
Reflecting on her Mexican roots, Nora Pineda...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Ceramic #2405
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 wel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Kinetic sculpture made from coins "Circle XII" by Kim Seungwoo
By Kim Seungwoo
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Kim Seungwoo is a contemporary Korean sculptor, lives in Seoul, South Korea.
Seungwoo is famous for his sculptures made from coins and buttons. He creates hyper-realistic, life-size...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Puntigrama
Located in PARIS, FR
Cesar Andrade is an artist, poet and musician born in Guarico, Venezuela in 1939. He studied at El Tucayo and at the School of Fine Arts in Barquisimeto. In 1964 he became a professo...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The sculpture is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Indigo Heart 46
By Eric Johnson
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Eric Johnson creates enigmatic and sensual abstract sculptures that are constructed with pigment, wood and resin. Johnson’s work seamlessly unites two traditions of Southern California art - the sleek and sexy aesthetic of the Finish Fetish movement and the organic and elegant tradition of woodworking. His handcrafted pieces are sheathed in resin skins, which often reveal glimpses of the wooden architectures encased within. Endlessly fascinated by physics and science, Johnson’s references range from cosmology and astrophysics to the human form.
Johnson’s work is deeply personal - in addition to drawing inspiration from his ancestral boat-building heritage (which is Norwegian, Scottish and Cree Native...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Resin
DYAD 8 - Square Sculptural Painting - Contemporary Oil & Acrylic on Linen
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
Linda King Ferguson describes her "Equivalence Series" as social bodies; a re-thinking of Modernist figurative abstraction. They are a discursive formal and reductive language. As fi...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
KALEIDOSCOPE - Abstract Slip Cast Ceramic Fine Art Sculpture Artist Signed 2018
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
"Steel Rods with Brass Cylinder Chimes"
By Val Bertoia
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Val Bertoia was born in Santa Monica, California in 1949. In the 1950s, his family moved from California to Pennsylvania where he has lived and worked here ever since. In the1960s, V...
Category
20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Steel
After the rain. 2009, stone wear, 50x31x26 cm
Located in Riga, LV
After the rain.
2009, stone wear, 50x31x26 cm
Gray abstract sculpture from stone
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone
$1,897 Sale Price
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Vase 2017. Stone mass, 14x15.5x12 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Vase
2017. Stone mass, 14x15.5x12 cm
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone
$455 Sale Price
20% Off
Artemis
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
Stainless Steel
$120,000
Ceramic Texture Wall Sculpture Abstract Color
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
Porcelain
Untitled X : large-scale steel sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A large-scale steel sculpture by Naomi Press. Signed with initials.
Naomi Press is a female abstract sculptor, who was one of the very few women working i...
Category
1980s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Balance Struck
By Shray
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Bronze sculptor, Shray, is one of the few working artists today who employs the rare Subtractionist technique. Like Michaelangelo, who released the human form in stone, Shray unveils...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$14,500
Vacuum Vertical Light-Glyph (Rose Gold)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
With Light Glyphs, Casper Brindle presents two new bodies of work, each involving dramatic investigations into light, color and perspective. The results are poetic, sensual and spat...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Pigment
Holding Space (Dialect series)
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
“Over the last twenty years, I have put together an extensive amount of research towards the intersections and thresholds between
painting, sculpture, and drawing. My aim is to produ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Handmade Paper, Pigment
Chapter II - Catharsis
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
Duality 4/12
Located in Napa, CA
Bronze Installed at one of wine country's most iconic luxury resorts Auberge Du Soleil
By applying classical techniques to his contemporary subjects, Palumbo’s textured and spirit...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$39,900
Carib
By Zammy Migdal
Located in Miami, FL
Undulating on the wall in any pattern desired, this colorful installation of various shades of Caribbean blue is a multi element installation that can be arranged in any way you like...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
$18,500
Geometrical Clouds. White Cloud
Located in Henderson, NV
Clifford Singer's Geometrical Clouds Series has evolved since 1974.
Category
1970s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Polystyrene, Acrylic
$14,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Bronze Sculpture 'O.T. IV' by Carola Eggeling, Patinated Bronze
Located in Paris, FR
Bronze Black Sculpture 'O.T. IV' by Carola Eggeling
Abstract sculpture with beautiful curved lines.
German bronze sculpture
Certificate of authenticity
Numbered and signed artwork
L...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ceramic #2302
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 wel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Blockhead
Located in Lincoln, RI
This low relief sculpture is created by casting hydrocal FGR 95 (a very hard plaster) over a hand sculpted oil clay design. Once the hydrocal is...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Copper
$4,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Ceramic #2309
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 wel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Untitled
Located in New York, NY
This sophisticated sculpture was realized from lymed French oak circa 1950. The perimeter of the piece consists of a mosaic of rectilinear blocks, while the interior rectangular pane...
Category
1960s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Oak
$3,475
Henri : contemporary modern abstract 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,...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Abstract Geometric Modern Metal Etching
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
Modern geometric etching on a metal sheet in an abstract style. The piece is not framed.
Artist Biography:
Dick Wray, a native Houstonian, born in Heights Hospital in 1933 was prima...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
NAME by Steven John Clark x denHolm
Located in Paris, FR
'NAME' by Steven John Clark x den Holm
Limestone sculpture
Hand carved by Steven John Clark
Country: Australia
Dimensions: H. 80 x W. 125 x D. 125 cm
Wh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Gryphon
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 forms from an obviously man-made metal, Hyldreth creates a unique symbiosis between nature and structure, unifying the sculpture and the surroundings through the free-flowing energy and architecture of his artworks. Keeping in mind the intimate connection between artists and their tools, Hyldreth studies the potential energies of his metals and coaxes out exquisite forms and natural power. Using mainly stainless steel, as well as the occasional bronze and Cor-ten steel, Hyldreth allows his materials to dictate their final shape and become an ultimate collaboration between man and matter. The evocative forms subliminally draw the audience in, giving every viewer a deeply personal experience. In 2004 Damon received his BFA in Sculpture from San Francisco Art Institute in San Francisco, CA. Public and private installations of Hyldreth’s work include the town of Palm Desert, CA, the Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong, The W Hotel in Taipei, Taiwan, Trump Hollywood, Hollywood, FL Neiman Marcus, Houston, TX, Soffitel Hotel, Los Angeles, CA and the Westminster Bridge Park Plaza...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
$16,500
SPIRALIS
By Lyle London
Located in Tempe, AZ
60 parallel contour stainless steel plates create an exploration of spiral geometry in this organic form. 3 color changing
LED lights are included with the piece. This sculpture is...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Plywood
$13,500
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
$36,000
Sculptures 'Wandobjekt' by Carola Eggeling, Bronze and Aluminum
Located in Paris, FR
Sculptures 'Wandobjekt' by Carola Eggeling
Abstract sculpture with beautiful curved lines.
Set of 3
German aluminum and bronze sculptures
Finishes:
- Aluminum white lacquered
- Al...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Reverse (miniature) - 24 Karat Gold plated
Located in Napa, CA
A civil engineer for 30 years, Holmes has been exhibiting and selling his sculptures since 1975 in the United States, Europe, South America, and Asia. He is now very well-known for h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Gold, Bronze
TRIPLE HELIX
By Lyle London
Located in Tempe, AZ
Intense, dynamic color radiates from this suspended sculpture made up of 3 intertwined spiral arrays. Color shifting dichroic glass within the polished stainless frames creates an e...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Knot #63CT 1/7
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
Steel
$24,500
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
Fenced
Located in Lincoln, RI
This piece is made by casting Hydrocal FGR95 (a very hard plaster) on top of an oil clay pattern. Once cured, the oil clay is removed, then paint and brass leaf are applied to the s...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
$1,800
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The sculpture is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Multiply Connected Triangle II
Located in Montreal, Quebec
By Sophie Lynch
In Hyperobjects, Nova Scotia-based artist Colleen Wolstenholme presents works that developed from her earlier drawings of brain cell patterns and her interest in t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Glacier
Located in PARIS, FR
"The Glacier"
by Emile GILIOLI (1911-1977)
"Perlino rosato" polished marble
signed to underside "Gilioli"
and dated "61"
France
1961
height 27 cm
width 29 cm
depth 20 cm
Provenance :
World House Galleries, New York, 1962;
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 1962-1966;
Donation to the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington;
Christie's, sold by order of the trustees of the Hirshhorn Museum, 1994.
Biography :
Émile Gilioli (1911-1977) was a French sculptor. He was one of the leaders of French post-war abstract sculpture, alongside Brancusi and Arp. Born into a family of Italian shoemakers living in Paris, they moved to Nice after the World War I. In 1932, Émile Gilioli took lessons at the School of Decorative Arts in Nice, notably with the future artist Marie Raymond...
Category
1960s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
$37,945
The Conversation
By Tim Yankosky
Located in Fairfield, CT
Materials are often the driving force and inspiration behind the works of art that I create. I have always been drawn to the functional wear and patina of vintage and found objects. Recently, vintage measuring tapes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Other Medium
$6,400 Sale Price
20% Off
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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.
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