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ABSTRACT STYLE

Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.

Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.

Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.

Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.

Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.

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Style: Abstract
Color:  Red
The Rush
Located in Greenwich, CT
Nine miles an hour – that’s the top speed of a rooster in a rush. This rooster is one of Thomas Easley’s more abstract depictions, but he is still unmist...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Invisible Women Vermell
Located in New York, NY
Angels Grau is a Catalan artist who spends her time between Barcelona, New York, and a small village located in the breathtaking Priorat, one of the most n...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic, Laid Paper

Red Monologue (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Red Monologue (Abstract painting) Acrylic, charcoal and oil pastel on canvas — Unframed. Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt. This artwork will be shipped rolled in a dent-resistant tube....
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Acrylic

Hidden In Plain Sight
Located in Greenwich, CT
This abstracted painting offers glimpses of a woman's body in a burst of vibrant colors, but only if you can see her. Shades of red -- from bright hues to deep red-browns -- dominate...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Provence Ville Chaude
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1958 Handsigned by the artist in pencil State test Publisher : L'Œuvre Gravée (Paris) 76.50 cm. x 56.50 cm. 30.12 in. x 22.24 in. (paper) 63.00 cm. x 45.00 cm. 24.8 in...
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1950s Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph

Three Rivers
Located in New York, NY
"Three Rivers" from the "Light Leaks" series. Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 1/1 on verso. This is a unique...
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Early 2000s Abstract Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital, Lambda

Julia Craig, Fuego II , Original Abstract Painting , Contemporary Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Julia Craig Fuego II Original Abstract Art Oil on paper Size: H 26cm x W 34.5cm Sold Unframed Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of how a piece may look. Julia...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

Red Poppies, Aug 17, 2022 (Ed: 22/50)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Donald Sultan is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker. He is particularly well-known for large-scale still life paintings, and one of the first to employ a wide range of ind...
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Art

Materials

Screen

Untitled
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Joshua Smith Untitled, 2011 Acrylic on canvas 30 x 24 inches (76.2 x 61 cm)
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Untiled
Located in Ridgewood, NY
Most mornings we wake up to a physical reality of sharp contrast and clear-cut edges. Defined outlines help us navigate everyday life and the world around us. But the blurry fringes ...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Red Poppies, Sept 7, 2022 (Ed: 22/50)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Donald Sultan is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker. He is particularly well-known for large-scale still life paintings, and one of the first to employ a wide range of ind...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Screen

Two Variants - PI-F11
Located in New York, NY
This work is from the series Formulation Articulation consisting of 127 original silkscreens, selected from forty years of Albers' study of the conceptual relationship between color ...
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1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Screen

untitled
Located in New York, NY
gestural screenprint, number 5 from an edition of 40
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1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Screen

Cosmica #74, 4 Elements
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo Cosmica #115, 4 Elements, Archival Pigment Print Unframed Ask us for framing options. 40 x 40 inches Edition of 13 Archival Pigment Print ...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Metal

Colorful mood
Located in King, ON
This abstract painting from new Series “Power of Colors” is inspired by minimalism, modern art and hard edge. This work is signed, dated and tilted by Artist on the back. The sides a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Riptide (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Riptide (Abstract Painting) Acrylic on canvas - Unframed Using the geometric vocabulary found in architectural schemata, Bolt tries to create a dynamic tension between foreground an...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

JHM - II /// Bauhaus Abstract Geometric Josef Albers Screenprint Minimalism
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Josef Albers (German-American, 1888-1976) Title: "JHM - II" Portfolio: Josef Albers Honors the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden *Monogram signed and dated by Albers in p...
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1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Screen

'Action Abstract in Saffron and Ruby', Texas Artist, Large Abstract
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Charles Seligman' (American, 20th century) and created circa 2000. Texas abstract artist Charles Seligman boldly interweaves poi...
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Lacquer, Wax Crayon, Acrylic

American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Norman Carton (1908 – 1980) was an American artist and educator known for abstract expressionist art. He was born in the Ukraine region of Imperial Russia and moved to the United States in 1922 where he spent most of his adult life. A classically trained portrait and landscape artist, Carton also worked as a drafter, newspaper illustrator, muralist, theater set designer, photographer, and fabric designer and spent most of his mature life as an art educator. Carton showed in and continues to be shown in many solo and group exhibitions. His work is included in numerous museums and private collections throughout the world. Norman Carton was born in the Dnieper Ukraine territory of the Russian Empire in 1908. Escaping the turbulence of civil war massacres, he settled in Philadelphia in 1922 after years of constant flight. While attending the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art, Carton worked as a newspaper artist for the Philadelphia Record from 1928 to 1930 in the company of other illustrator/artists who had founded the Ashcan School, the beginnings of modern American art. From 1930 to 1935, he studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts under Henry McCarter, who was a pupil of Toulouse-Lautrec, Puvis de Chavanne, and Thomas Eakins. Arthur Carles, especially with his sense of color, and the architect John Harbison also provided tutelage and inspiration. Following his time at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Carton studied at the Barnes Foundation from 1935 to 1936 where he was influenced by an intellectual climate led by visiting lecturers John Dewey and Bertrand Russell as well as daily access to Albert C. Barnes and his art collection. Carton was awarded the Cresson Traveling Scholarship in 1934 which allowed him to travel through Europe and study in Paris. There he expanded his artistic horizons with influences stemming from Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Chaim Soutine, and Wassily Kandinsky. While at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Carton was also awarded the Toppan Prize for figure painting as well as the Thouron Composition Prize. He received numerous commissions as a portrait artist, social realist, sculptor, and theatrical stage designer as well as academic scholarships. During this time, Carton worked as a scenery designer at Sparks Scenic Studios, a drafter at the Philadelphia Enameling Works, and a fine art lithographer. From 1939 to 1942, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project employed Carton as a muralist and easel artist. He collaborated with architect George Howe. The WPA commissioned Carton to paint major murals at the Helen Fleischer Vocational School for Girls in Philadelphia, the Officers’ Club at Camp Meade Army Base in Maryland, and in the city of Hidalgo, Mexico. Throughout the 1940s, Carton exhibited and won prizes for his semi-abstract Expressionist and Surrealist paintings. He socialized with and was inspired by Émile Gauguin and Fernand Leger. During World War II, Carton was a naval structural designer and draftsman at the Cramps Shipbuilding Corporation in Camden, New Jersey. Here, he created non-objective sculpture with metal. After the war, Carton co-founded a fabric design plant in Philadelphia. He produced hand-printed fabrics for interiors and fashion that were featured in Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue and Women’s Wear Daily. Original fabric designs were commissioned by notable clients including Lord & Taylor, Gimbels, and Nina Ricci. Some of these designs are at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Carton traded his partnership in the fabric design company in 1949 to focus full-time on painting. Carton had his first solo exhibition in 1949 at the Philadelphia Art Alliance. This show was followed closely by solo exhibitions at the Laurel Gallery (New York City) and Dubin Gallery (Philadelphia). At this time, his exhibited work was Abstract impressionism. In addition to painting, he taught classes at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and was the Founder and first President of the Philadelphia chapter of Artist’s Equity Association. The Philadelphia Museum of Art and the organization of the National Museums of France commissioned Carton to travel to Europe, mainly France, in 1950 for a color photography study of continental masterpieces. He was granted access to study the restoration of the Mona Lisa and was one of the very few to be given permission to remove the painting from its frame. During his three year stay in Paris, he had solo exhibits at La Sorbonne and Gallery Rene Breteau and was in 15 group shows in Paris salons including Les Sur Independants, Salon d’Automne, and Realities Nouvelles. He also exhibited at the Musee d’Art Juif where he won the Prix d’Art. The Cercle Paul Valery twice sponsored Carton to present lectures at the Sorbonne. He conducted seminars at the Louvre for the Cercle Esthetique Internationale and taught classes in and directed stage and costume design for the Theatre de Recherche at the Paris Opera. Among his Paris artist colleagues were Chana Orloff, Earl Kerkam, Sam Francis, Claire Falkenstein, Lawrence...
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

THE EMPRESSES - WU ZETIAN
Located in Nottingham, GB
Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite, screen printed with glitter Hirst’s art is wide-ranging, including installation, sculpture, painting and drawing. In his relentlessly enterprising, unapologetically commercial approach to art, Hirst’s career is closely aligned with that of Andy Warhol and Jeff Koons, the latter of whom has cited him as an influence Stunning bright red collectable print...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Glitter, Giclée

Red 3
Located in Fresno, CA
"Red 3" Oil on Canvas . Frank Arnold is thought by many to be one of the foremost abstract figurative painters and sculptors of our time. He is a living master whose work is conside...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Red Bodice Nude Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Red Bodice Nude Abstract A vibrant abstract painting in reds accented in canary yellow with gray background, by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic, Charcoal, Watercolor, Paper

The Bridge No1 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
The Bridge No1 (Abstract painting) Earth and oil on canvas — Unframed This artwork is exclusive to IdeelArt. This artwork will be shipped rolled in a dent-resistant tube. This metho...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Bridge No2 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
The Bridge No2 (Abstract painting) Earth and oil on canvas — Unframed This artwork is exclusive to IdeelArt. This artwork will be shipped rolled in a dent-resistant tube. This metho...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Bridge No1 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
The Bridge No1 (Abstract painting) Earth and oil on canvas — Unframed This artwork is exclusive to IdeelArt. This artwork will be shipped rolled in a dent-resistant tube. This metho...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Kill Devil Hills - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract vs Figurative, Acrylic
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Kerry’s education followed the principles of the Bauhaus . He has practiced professionally in all three disciplines of Art, Design, and Architecture. Often as the liaison between the...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

The artists eye, The Gorge, California.
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
Artist Dorothy signed lower right. The artwork is an acrylic on canvas with a size of 36"x35.5". This painting was displayed in Dorothy Marootian's art exhibition "The artist's eye"...
Category

1990s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

untitled-#1 blue, green, transparent yellow on bright red
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled painting/collage 2022 acrylic and painted silkscreen mesh on 140 lb. cold press paper 30x22” unframed blue, green, transparent yellow on bright red irregular texture surface...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic, Archival Paper

Untitled / Acrylic on cardboard / 100 x 70 cm
Located in Kraków, Województwo małopolskie
Expressive abstraction with background music. A red and black painting with the catalog number A0031, one of two paintings in a short series. The second blue and black one with the c...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

"The eagle of freedom" /Acrylic on cardboard/ 70 x 100 cm
Located in Kraków, Województwo małopolskie
A picture full of energy and magic of color. Expressive abstraction. The painting is framed in a beautiful frame, ready to hang. Signed on the front. The painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the author. Tadeusz Zych...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Black and Pink Without a Yellow Sun - colorful, abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Fresh and modern, Aron Hill embraces colour and bold, simple shapes to create dynamic paintings. Curves, lines and half-circles in hot pink, bright yellow, deep blue, green, red and ...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Acrylic

Delights of Dusk, Abstract Floral Painting, Contemporary Landscape Artwork
Located in Deddington, GB
The colour choice for the sky emanates a deep warmth - reds and yellows and oranges and pinks all blended together. The bright colours of the flowers give a pop to the painting givin...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Expansion of the Heart , modern art contempary sculpture 21st century
Located in LELYSTAD, NL
This contemporary modern art sculpture "Expansion of the Heart "is a vertical harmonious composition that changes and expands at every angle for the spectator. The interaction betwee...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Resin

Untitled
Located in Austin, TX
Waterline Fine Art, Austin, TX is pleased to present the following work: Oil on canvas. Signed lower right, signed and sequentially numbered on verso. 44 x 30.25 in. 47.5 x 33.75 in. (framed) Custom framed in a two-tiered matte white hardwood tray frame. Provenance Estate of Norman Carton Norman Carton was born in the Ukraine, eventually immigrating to the U.S. in 1922 and settling in Philadelphia, where he attended the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art. In the 1930s, he received a scholarship to attend the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA). Between 1939 and 1942, the Works Project Administration (WPA) employed Carton as a muralist. During World War II, Carton was a naval structural designer and draftsman at the Cramps...
Category

1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Opium Dance
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
Acrylic on canvas.
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Generations 1
Located in London, GB
Etching with aquatint on watercolour wash on paper 53 x 71 cms (21 x 28 ins) Edition of 35, Set of 24 Signed, dated, and numbered 3/35 Published by Bernard Jacobson Ltd., London Prin...
Category

1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Color, Etching, Aquatint

Abstract Light
Located in NIAGARA PARK, NSW
This artwork is about an abstract that is segmented by light. The work is in the style of abstract expressionism. This artwork is painted on professional-grade canvas stretched and sealed with varnish. The canvas has dimensions 225 cm in width by 100 cm in height. The painting wraps around the sides of the stretcher, so the sides are painted in the same style as the surface. As such it does not need a frame. The artwork was created on the 2nd day...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic

Contemporary Red Painting Primitive Power By Troy Smith
Located in Toronto, CA
"Primitive Power" challenges the viewer with its singularly bold, red-dominated exterior while concealing a deeper narrative beneath the surface. Hidden words and symbols, sketched w...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Generations 16
Located in London, GB
Etching with aquatint on watercolour wash on paper 53 x 71 cms (21 x 28 ins) Edition of 35, Set of 24 Signed, dated, and numbered 3/35 Published by Bernard Jacobson Ltd., London Prin...
Category

1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Color, Etching, Aquatint

Springtime Resurrection
Located in Austin, TX
Waterline Fine Art, Austin, TX is pleased to present the following work: Acrylic on canvas. Signed, titled, and dated on verso. 86 x 74 in. 87.25 x 75.25 in. (framed) Please note: This work was re-framed AFTER photography was completed. The frame seen in the photos was original, and has since been replaced with a solid maple floater, finished in a polyurethane clear coat (see other listings for an example of this frame). Provenance Steve Chase Design, Palm Springs, CA Ronnie Landfield was born in the Bronx, NY on January 9, 1947 - the same day as his older brother. As a teenager, he was encouraged to pursue a career as an artist, subsequently creating his first real paintings around the age of 14. He was particularly influenced by a Life magazine article from 1961 on the Abstract Expressionists, most notably: Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Adolph Gottlieb, Hans Hofmann, Mark Rothko, Clyfford Still, Robert Motherwell and Franz Kline. After stints at the Art Students League, the Kansas City Art Institute, the San Francisco Art Institute, and the University of California at Berkeley, Landfield’s professional career as a painter began in New York in 1965. The following year, after completing a major series of hard-edge border paintings, success as a painter began to materialize. The famous architect and collector Philip Johnson and the collector Robert Scull each acquired large paintings works, as did the Sheldon Memorial Museum in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1967, Landfield was invited to participate in the Whitney Annual at the end of the year. His work attracted considerable attention, and he was invited to participate in important group exhibitions at the Bykert, Bianchini, and Park Place Galleries in New York. Landfield joined the David Whitney...
Category

1980s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Red Window (artist framed) - large scale abstract monochromatic photograph
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale monochromatic abstract observation of geometric architectural elements, from Raymond Meier's series Renderings Red Window (Renderings 05) by Ra...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée

Red and black composition by Gilbert Pauli - Mixed media 83x75 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Four oils on canvas glued on an aluminium plate tinted by acrylique Born in 1944 in the canton of Fribourg, Gilbert Pauli currently lives in Geneva, where he devotes himself to pai...
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Baram 2
Located in Goyang-si, KR
The word "Baram" has two meanings in Korean: "wish (feel or express a strong desire or hope for something that is not easily attainable)" and "wind (the perceptible natural movement of the air)." The "Baram Series" portrays the moment of the air that's stopped in a simple two-dimensional form. Thus, the wind in the Baram Series represents the "present", which means the wind that has already blown represents the "past", and the wind that is about to blow represents the "future". Our wind in the past may be calm or turbulent. Regardless, the present is filled with hope, strongly wishing for the future wind to guide us to happiness. Maybe, these winds in our lives are dictated by our choices, and Baram Series embodies wish to deliver hope to all viewers facing the winds of their choices. <Geonwoo Lee...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

GIFT Photography print signed limited
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Abstract photography, signed by the author, limited 5.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Color

Contemporary Collage, Fluorescent Neon Pink Color on Black. Framed in Gold
Located in ALCOY/ALCOI, ES
About the Artist After living several years outside Spain, in cities like Bangkok (Thailand), or Dusseldorf (Germany), currently Cristina Estañ, lives...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Sonnet (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Sonnet (Abstract Painting) Oil on paper - Unframed Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet complementary mystical trad...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Oil

Contemporary Collage, Fluorescent Neon Orange Color on Black. Framed in Gold
Located in ALCOY/ALCOI, ES
COLUMN FRAGMENT, RECTANGULAR FLUOR CORAL Belonging to the exhibition "FROM STONE TO CANVAS" inspired by the cathedral of Granada. The work FRAGMENT OF COLUMN CORAL FLUOR COLOR is intended to simulate a fragment of the columns and semicolumns characteristic of the cathedral of Granada. The main color of the series "from stone to canvas" is white with all its nuances, a chromatic scheme all its shades, a chromatic scheme that, together with touches of gold, was chosen by the master from Burgos SILOE to preside over the interior of the cathedral. The collection includes colors such as black or fluorine tones to make a wink to another of my most characteristic series, the series "Pop Miami", creating a fusion between both series as in this work. Worked with fabric on canvas, the folds, gathers and drapes that during my professional draping that during my professional career in the world of fashion, I would use to design and make distinguished garments, are part of the world of art in this work, painted and sculpted, they become a semi-rigid piece that simulates the fragment of a column. The framing in black and gold wood adds exquisiteness to the whole. About the Artist After living several years outside Spain, in cities like Bangkok (Thailand), or Dusseldorf (Germany), currently Cristina Estañ...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Night Pilgrim 25 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Night Pilgrim 25 (Abstract Painting) Acrylic on paper - Unframed Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet complementary mystical traditions. He looks toward elements of Western and Eastern art...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

"Untitled 3" Painting 102" x 102" inch by GUELA TSOULADZE
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 3" Painting 102" x 102" inch by GUELA TSOULADZE Oil painting on oilcloth canvases. ABOUT THE ARTIST: Nomad from birth, Guela Tsouladzé was born on November 8, 1959 in Tbilisi, Georgia, from a French mother and a Georgian father. His father was one of the first Georgian psychanalyst; but working with the conscient and subconscient of the homo sovieticus was a disputed occupation, criticized by the soviet ideology. Therefore, it required a significant dose of audacity; it’s in this context of insubordination and freedom, that Guela tirelessly repeats that he will be an artist, without ever having painted anything. The father thus commissioned his first work: a black dot on the ceiling of his office, which his patients would fix during the sessions. The gateway to hypnosis, and the artist’s future signature. Perhaps Guela's innate sense of daring and escapism comes from there; these two themes are till today reflected in his works. Guela grows up in a surreal artistic universe, between France and Georgia, inspired in particular by Pirosmani, the brothers Zdanevitch and Salvador Dali, whom he met shortly before his death in 1981 at Portiligat Cadaques, and surrounded by the filmmaker Paradjanov, a friend of the Tsouladze family. He begins his studies at the Fine Arts on Tbilisi in 1977, but the ultimate horizon is Paris. He joins the Art Décoratifs from 1980 to 1983 and then the Beaux-Arts from 1983 to 1985. He becomes the assistant of Christian Boltanski, whom he follows from exhibition to exhibition. In France, the 80s are colorful years, wild like a Fauvist painting. Art comes out of museums and gives birth to the free figuration, an elusive movement, which was slowly taking shape in the lethargy of the Beaux-Arts. Pop culture, in its spontaneity and in its lack of self-control, takes over everything and breaks down all codes, groups and borders. Art is free from all constraints and analysis. Guela is there at the right time, in the right place, with the right people. The Holy Trinity, as he likes to repeat. These crazy years are an ecstatic playground for his artistic instincts. Guela paints on everything: papers, canvases or newspapers. His grand formats are at the scale of his silhouette; he leaves the Beaux-Art and joins the first squats in the nineteenth arrondissement of Paris, notably the Quai de Seine workshop, which he shares with Remy Blanchard and Vincent Scali. These are the years of Ben, of the Di Rosa brothers, of Robert Combas and François Boisrond. Art for everyone, and party for all. Guela follows his intuitions to Ibiza and Barcelona from 1987 to 1993, where he works at the Casa Caritad, which will later become the city's Museum of Modern Art. This colorful and collective delight contrasts with the dark anxieties of our time. Contrary to the widespread dystopia, it was then the utopia that reigned! New York is its epicenter, shaped by Basquiat and Keith Haring. Guela lives there from 1993 to 1998, including several years at the legendary Chelsea Hotel, of which he covers the walls and furniture with Georgian calligraphy. This is where his simplistic, black, and loving figures were born, later becoming his trademark and one of the symbols of Batumi. It was precisely at the end of the 90s that his desire to build bridges between his native country and France became deeper. The Soviet Union died in a burst of freedom, and the Georgians slowly come out of a fratricidal war, fueled by Russia. Georgia needs love, so Guela replaces the flag’s crosses with hearts, following the 2003 Rose Revolution. Since then, convinced that art is the answer to the stress that is still plaguing Georgia, Guela multiplies projects for exhibitions, partnerships, festivals and art centers. He brings several French artists to the Garikula Residency, including Jean Dupuy...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Children of the World: Red World
Located in Southampton, NY
“Children of the World” consists of sensitive, abstracted representations that reflect the vivid memory of Oscar Molina’s journey to the United States: a ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Red tango. Abstract large size painting in red. 2018, oil on canvas, 100x120 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Red tango. 2018, oil on canvas, 100x120 cm Abstract composition in red colors Igor Leontiev (1957) - one of the leading independent painters in Latvia ...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Blue flowers Abstract Colorful Portrait of Girl with Flowers by German Artist
Located in Zofingen, AG
Original portrait painting by the German artist Ljubow Jung. Jung is a professional artist and clothes designer. Imitation of stained glass windows. Stained glass windows are made o...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Welcome (Commissioned by Andy Warhol for Winter Olympics 1984, Sarajevo) Hodgkin
Located in New York, NY
In 1983, Hodgkin was asked by Andy Warhol to contribute to the official art portfolio of the Olympic Winter games to be held in Sarajevo in 1984. He produced this striking print, wit...
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph

Baram 16
Located in Goyang-si, KR
The word "Baram" has two meanings in Korean: "wish (feel or express a strong desire or hope for something that is not easily attainable)" and "wind (the perceptible natural movement of the air)." The "Baram Series" portrays the moment of the air that's stopped in a simple two-dimensional form. Thus, the wind in the Baram Series represents the "present", which means the wind that has already blown represents the "past", and the wind that is about to blow represents the "future". Our wind in the past may be calm or turbulent. Regardless, the present is filled with hope, strongly wishing for the future wind to guide us to happiness. Maybe, these winds in our lives are dictated by our choices, and Baram Series embodies wish to deliver hope to all viewers facing the winds of their choices. <Geonwoo Lee...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Baram 13
Located in Goyang-si, KR
The word "Baram" has two meanings in Korean: "wish (feel or express a strong desire or hope for something that is not easily attainable)" and "wind (the perceptible natural movement of the air)." The "Baram Series" portrays the moment of the air that's stopped in a simple two-dimensional form. Thus, the wind in the Baram Series represents the "present", which means the wind that has already blown represents the "past", and the wind that is about to blow represents the "future". Our wind in the past may be calm or turbulent. Regardless, the present is filled with hope, strongly wishing for the future wind to guide us to happiness. Maybe, these winds in our lives are dictated by our choices, and Baram Series embodies wish to deliver hope to all viewers facing the winds of their choices. <Geonwoo Lee...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Event Horizon 1
Located in Cincinnati, OH
Artist: Tim Harrier Museum Grade Archival Pigment Print. Hahnemühle Torchon Archival 285 gsm paper, 2021, signed in pencil. Numbered (there were also fifteen artist's proofs), with ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Contemporary Collage, Fluorescent Neon Red Color. Framed in Gold & White
Located in ALCOY/ALCOI, ES
COLUMN FRAGMENT , RED SQUARE Belonging to the exhibition "FROM STONE TO CANVAS" inspired by the cathedral of Granada. The work FRAGMENT OF COLUMN QUADRADO COLUMN in red color is intended to simulate a fragment of the columns and semicolumns characteristic of the cathedral of Granada. The main color of the series "from the stone to the canvas" is white with all its shades, a chromatic scheme all its shades, a chromatic scheme that, together with touches of gold, was chosen by the master from Burgos SILOE to preside over the interior of the cathedral. The collection includes colors such as black or fluorine tones to make a wink to another of my most characteristic series, the series "Pop Miami", creating a fusion between both series as in this work. Worked with fabric on canvas, the folds, gathers and drapes that during my professional career in the world of fashion, I would use to design and make distinguished garments, are part of the world of art in this work, painted and sculpted, they become a semi-rigid piece that simulates the fragment of a column. The framing is made of wood in white and gold, which adds exquisiteness to the exquisiteness to the whole. About the Artist After living several years outside Spain, in cities like Bangkok (Thailand), or Dusseldorf (Germany), currently Cristina Estañ...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Sanford Biggers African American Geometric Abstraction signed silkscreen Framed
By Sanford Biggers
Located in New York, NY
Sanford Biggers Untitled, for the Cue Art Foundation, 2011 Silkscreen on paper Frame included Edition 10/35 Signed and numbered on the front Framed Mea...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Screen

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