Abstract Art
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
Returning Life
Located in Singapore, SG
Shop "Returning Life" by Tapas Das, an Indian contemporary artist. This one-of-a-kind contemporary artwork is made with tempera on paper medium.
Artwork Description:
The constant us...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Tempera
#26, Joseph Albers Color Aid Paper Collage, Pastel & Optical Illusion Grid
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“Colors appear connected predominantly in space. Therefore, as constellations they can be seen in any direction and at any speed. And as they remain, we can return to them repeatedly...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper
Renneth Over
Located in New York, NY
2021, Photograph on aluminum
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Photographic Film
Moonlight through the Woods - 21st Cent., Oil, abstract, night, blue, gold leaf
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Oil and gold leaf on canvas
For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shine. Also many contemporary artists continue ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
W.T.C: Concrete Abstract#11
By Shai Kremer
Located in New York, NY
Shai Kremer lives and works in New York. He completed his MFA studies at the School of Visual Arts (S.V.A) in Manhattan.
For many years, Kremer's eye has been drawn to themes of urban destruction and reconstruction and to landscapes evidencing trauma. These concerns merged in his ambitious series W.T.C: Concrete Abstract, which explores the impact of the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center. For more than a decade, Kremer made periodic visits to Ground Zero, focusing his camera on the efforts towards recovery, repair, and renewal. As a collection, Concrete Abstract conveys the gradual progression from tragedy towards healing.
Each large-scale archival pigment print in the series is composed from as many as sixty to 100 overlapping images, resulting in a subtle collage that invites closer inspection while also reading as a unified whole.
W.T.C: Concrete Abstract series was shown in the following venues:
9.11 Memorial Museum New York
Museum of the City of New York
The Bronx Museum of the Arts
The Brooklyn Academy of Music
Photolux Festival. Lucca, Italy
FMoPa. Tampa, USA
Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv
Julie Saul Gallery, New York
Robert Koch Gallery...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink
Sparta Lilies
By Mark Schiff
Located in New York, NY
2023, Mixed media on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Translucid Territories 6: Eye
Located in New York, NY
2011, Fine art paper, mounted on aluminum
Limited edition of 20
Unframed prints and custom sizes available, please inquire.
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Tampoco imagine ver paisajes flotantes, acrylic on wooden panel, soccer painting
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Artist Statement on “Empty Landscapes” series:
In the life of the artist, sport fields and arenas have been a refuge and a home. Empty Landscapes is a project that started during the pandemic which explores the football field as a place de-peopled. Among other things we never imagined happening in our lifetime, this space built into our landscapes to be occupied became for nearly a year and a half a space inaccessible- even prohibited. By placing the field vertically, deconstructing it, or rearranging the boundaries and shapes that lay down the foundations of the game the artist creates a familiar, but obsolete representation of a space treasured by so many.
About the artist:
Magdalena Paz...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Kaleidoscope #3
Located in New York, NY
2023, Collage on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"Box of 64 with Built-in Sharpener" - Abstract Contemporary Painting 2022
Located in San Diego, CA
An original, fine art, abstract painting, "Box of 64 with Built-in Sharpener" is a playful, contemporary work for the child in us all. The painting features brilliant red, orange, ye...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Charcoal, Crayon, Acrylic, Graphite
A Sea Change
Located in New York, NY
2022, Collage on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Rainshower
Located in MADRID, ES
Wooden shelf, acrylic, polymer
Artwork Unique
Inspired by Marcel Duchamp’s ready-made objects, “Rainshower” is actually an environmentally conscious and up-cycled object. The artist was walking in his neighborhood in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City, when he found a brand new bookshelf on the street that was to be thrown away. The white bookshelf...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Polymer
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Engraving
Power Are My Words #5 Contemporary Original Mixed Media Painting on Paper
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
Power Are My Words
This series looks at the emotion around words. The way we use words can be uplifting or hurtful, empowering or degrading. Words have always been a tool to suppres...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Oil, Pencil
Monologue Serie #1
Located in Singapore, SG
A reflection of the artist when he finds himself in dialogue with himself regarding many things in life, even death. As we get older, there are more and more burdens and responsibili...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Kaleidoscope #2
Located in New York, NY
2023, Collage on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Orange and White
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Shingo Francis grew up in Los Angeles, immersed in the intense light and vast ocean vistas of life in southern California. Like many LA artists, Francis be...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pura Vida
Located in Toronto, ON
Isabel Beaubien, a native of Montreal, received her training in fine arts at Concordia University. After launching her career in the UK, she later obtained her Masters degree in Con...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Frenzied Pedestrians at Crosswalk Times Square - Street Photography Literally
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk nabs the frenetic energy of Times Square, where the streets are as over-stuffed as the billboards. They are one and the same and powered by an ele...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Resilience #1
Located in Singapore, SG
" The paintings I create are my connections to any city, mountain or coast I visit. I’m fascinated by the everlasting relationship I have with every place I visit, even if in passing...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
W.T.C: Concrete Abstract #7
By Shai Kremer
Located in New York, NY
Israel-born photographer Shai Kremer lives and works in New York. He completed his MFA studies at the School of Visual Arts (S.V.A) in Manhattan.
For many years, Kremer's eye has been drawn to themes of urban destruction and reconstruction and to landscapes evidencing trauma. These concerns merged in his ambitious series W.T.C: Concrete Abstract, which explores the impact of the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center. For more than a decade, Kremer made periodic visits to Ground Zero, focusing his camera on the efforts towards recovery, repair, and renewal. As a collection, Concrete Abstract conveys the gradual progression from tragedy towards healing.
Each large-scale archival pigment print in the series is composed from as many as sixty to 100 overlapping images, resulting in a subtle collage that invites closer inspection while also reading as a unified whole.
W.T.C: Concrete Abstract series was shown in the following venues:
9.11 Memorial Museum New York
Museum of the City of New York
The Bronx Museum of the Arts
The Brooklyn Academy of Music
Photolux Festival. Lucca, Italy
FMoPa. Tampa, USA
Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv
Julie Saul Gallery, New York
Robert Koch Gallery...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Henri
Located in New York, NY
2021, Acrylic & oil on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Oil
Passing Through
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Edition 2/15
Archival pigment print
“Water’s Edge” a collection of photos by Marian Crostic defines the power of the ocean
and the land which borders it. Having spent much of her l...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bardo
Located in New York, NY
The watercolor series is a group of forty iridescent watercolors made during my time in the Hawaiian Islands. Those works on paper are made under the inspiration of the light phenome...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Watercolor
Drive Home from Montauk
Located in New York, NY
2022, Acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Chic Fashion Model with Fireworks Explosion of Color - Monochromatic
Located in Miami, FL
A chic, high-fashion model clad in high heels and a chic hat holds a refreshing drink as she sits on a pedestal. She is depicted in silhouette as a burst of zoomed fireworks explode...
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Mea Culpa #1
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
The Mea Culpa series is more about feeling than a specific vision. I attempt to use mark-making, color, and surface to explore the emotions I need to convey. I never know when they w...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
#32, Abstract Pastel & Chevron Grid, Joseph Albers Color Aid Paper Collage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“Colors appear connected predominantly in space. Therefore, as constellations they can be seen in any direction and at any speed. And as they remain, we can return to them repeatedly and in many ways.”
― Josef Albers, Interaction of Color (1963)
“I wanted to see if I could create tension and interest just by playing with color and composition—as to build a foundation on which my paintings could be constructed [. . .] I realized they were the first space in which I allowed myself to be free of representation, to explore color and composition not just as tools but as the medium through which my vision could come to life.”
― Lucía Rodríguez Pérez on the Grid series, 2023
In 2018, Lucía Rodríguez Pérez commenced her Grid series collages, which began as an exercise in exploring color without the constraints of paint. Her inspiration for this work came from two artistic influences: the medium of German artist and educator Joseph Albers...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper
Republic of Haut Bay II
Located in San Luis Obispo, CA
Danielle Eubank is a painter who is exploring the relationship between abstraction and realism. Based on the oceans of the world, her abstract oil paintings are modern and emotive.
...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Carried Away
By Thea Schrack
Located in San Luis Obispo, CA
Thea Schrack is a photographer and painter with a penchant for the past. Her photographic forays have taken her to English country estates, Czech castles, vineyards and to the shores...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Echoes of Literature, library, multicolor abstract, expressionism, geometric
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
"Echoes of Literature" is an abstract artwork that invites the viewer to delve into the timeless realm of books and stories. With dimensions of 50 x 50 cm, this captivating canvas ca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas
A GARDEN FOR ICARO - Etching on paper signed Gaetano Carboni, Italy 1970
Located in Napoli, IT
Etching on paper, signed Gaetano Carboni
A painter and engraver, Gaetano Carboni was born in 1928 in Ascoli Piceno and, between 1940 and 1950, implemented his first figurative experi...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Etching, Aquatint
Floating Music
By Thea Schrack
Located in San Luis Obispo, CA
Thea Schrack is a photographer and painter with a penchant for the past. Her photographic forays have taken her to English country estates, Czech castles, vineyards and to the shores...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Mini Meditation
Located in MADRID, ES
Acrylic on primed surface with cradled wooden frame
Artwork Unique
“Mini Meditation” was inspired by my meditation and mindfulness practice. It is the smaller version of the much la...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Water's Edge
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Edition 2/15
Archival pigment print
“Water’s Edge” a collection of photos by Marian Crostic defines the power of the ocean
and the land which borders it. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
To Plant Flowers While Waiting
Located in New York, NY
2012, Acrylic on canvas (Triptych)
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Blue, my favorite colour
Located in Berlin, DE
Blue, my favorite colour
Mixed
Acryl on canvas
With this work Betty Schmidt combines photography and painting. The subject - created by the "gestural photography" in the camera and ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled-009 Abstraction in Reds mixed media painting by John Von Wicht
Located in Hudson, NY
One of a group of over 100 works personally selected by the artist and gifted to a close personal friend in 1969, this work was never matted, framed, glued, taped or exposed to light...
Category
1950s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Life
Located in Singapore, SG
Life is a daughter-mother co-project by Deeksha and Roma in an effort to re-create the light and energy that sustain are precious planet Earth! It is inspired by poet Rabindranath Tagore...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Play Drawing #4 Contemporary Original Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
Play Drawing #4 Contemporary Original Abstract Oil Painting
This series focuses on the idea of play and the emotions involved in the act of playing. We often forget the importance o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Oil
Down To Earth
Located in Singapore, SG
Making mistakes is often a taboo in society. This forms a person's mentality and when problems come they tend to blame circumstances. This artwork invites us to be more open and acce...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Play Drawing #8 Contemporary Original Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
Play Drawing #8 Contemporary Original Abstract Oil Painting
This series focuses on the idea of play and the emotions involved in the act of playing. We often forget the importance o...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Oil
Look At Me #9 Contemporary Original Abstract Acrylic Painting on Wood Panel
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
Look At Me #9 Contemporary Original Abstract Acrylic Painting on Wood Panel
The Look At Me series references society’s hunger for attention. Social media, news outlets, and the pres...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
"Pollen" Textured Mixed Media Collage Abstract Painting on Canvas, 2021
Located in Mantova, MN
This artwork has been on exhibit at Volta Basel Art Fair 2022 with AC Latin Art.
Textured mixed media and collage abstract modern painting inspired by nature and flowers, questioning reality, often playing with inserts to introduce the doubt of something more. In the research of contemporary artist Federica Aiello Pini...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Pastel, Acrylic, Pencil
Génétic ‘ IOTA
Located in New York, NY
2023, Watercolor & acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Watercolor
Human Centipede
Located in New York, NY
2022, Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Génétic ‘ TAU
Located in New York, NY
2023, Watercolor & acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Watercolor
Children of the world ( Multidimensions 1 )
Located in Southampton, NY
J. Oscar Molina is a painter and sculptor as well as Founder of Oscar Molina Gallery in Southampton, NY. He is most well-known for his “Children o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Landscape
Located in Singapore, SG
The colourful backdrop of nature blends in a sacred moment when the artist explores the outdoors. The beauty, majesty, wonder and allure are all turbulent yet calming.
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Worries and Fear
Located in New York, NY
2023, Metal print
Limited edition of 8
Sets of 4, 8, 12, or 16 also available, please inquire
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Metal
ABSTRACT Painting White Lines Wood Panel by Spanish Artist Alicia Gimeno 2024
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Alicia Gimeno, born in Barcelona (1989), trained in graphic design during her time in Mexico. From the beginning, she was captivated by calligraphy, the gestuality of brush strokes, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Mann und Frau
Located in Wien, 9
Seit seinem frühen Tod 1999 erlebt das Werk von Franz Ecker eine längst fällige Neubewertung, die sich auch in zahlreichen Einzelausstellungen, Katalogen und einem sehenswerten Kinof...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
The Last Banyan Tree
Located in Singapore, SG
The form of a large tree and the city's high-rise buildings are illustrated here to depict the fate of a big tree exposed to the unstoppable concrete flat construction culture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Cotton, Pigment
City Party 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 f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Judgemental Lines
Located in Singapore, SG
Illusion is always on the other side of the line of reality. It changes reality into discovery with different perspectives. This discovery of illusion is reflected in the artist’s wo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Metal
K - P1, F4, I1
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Josef Albers, German (1888 - 1976)
Title: K - P1, F4, I1
Year: 1972
Edition size: 1000
Medium: Screenprint on Mohawk Superfine Bristol paper
Image Size: 12 x 14 inches
Size: ...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Screen
Serie Diálogo Rosa y Gris #5
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas
55 x 40 in
Unstretched
Rebeca Mendoza plays with simultaneity, superimposition, and ambiguity in her work as she goes through the stages of oil painting. The artist se...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
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