"Tube Shape Array with Steel Spokes"
By Val Bertoia
Located in Lambertville, NJ
During those 6-years, Val worked on his own projects including wind-electric systems as derivatives of kinetic sculpture models. Harry was an intuitive engineer and Val's wind-syste...
Brass, Steel
"Array of Steel Rods with Brass Chimes"
By Val Bertoia
Located in Lambertville, NJ
During those 6-years, Val worked on his own projects including wind-electric systems as derivatives of kinetic sculpture models. Harry was an intuitive engineer and Val's wind-sys...
Brass, Steel
Reliquary, The Dead Photographed in Upper Derby PA
By Peter Olson
Located in New Orleans, LA
He is the field’s most inventive and inspired master of fired decals (a 17th-century innovation) infusing them with the passion for his subjects and magical, kinetic banding. As a p...
Ceramic, Porcelain, Photographic Film
Impending Doom
By Peter Olson
Located in New Orleans, LA
He is the field’s most inventive and inspired master of fired decals (a 17th-century innovation) infusing them with the passion for his subjects and magical, kinetic banding. As a p...
Ceramic, Porcelain, Photographic Film
Mobile Sculpture in hammered aluminum "Waves"
By Jacques Jarrige
Located in New York, NY
The tension between minimal solid shapes and expansive open space is at the heart of his three-dimensional drawings. Then there is the kinetic element: the line itself already embo...
Metal
Jo Yarrington, See-matics - Answer, 2019, acrylic, 9 x 22 inches
By Jo Yarrington
Located in Darien, CT
Light, both natural and ambient, provides a kinetic or time-based element to her work. Scale and the integration of architecture are also pivotal components.
Plexiglass
Jo Yarrington, See-matics - Voice, 2019, acrylic, 9 x 22 inches
By Jo Yarrington
Located in Darien, CT
Light, both natural and ambient, provides a kinetic or time-based element to her work. Scale and the integration of architecture are also pivotal components.
Plexiglass
Jo Yarrington, See-matics Wish_2019_acrylic_9 x 22 inches
By Jo Yarrington
Located in Darien, CT
Light, both natural and ambient, provides a kinetic or time-based element to her work. Scale and the integration of architecture are also pivotal components.
Plexiglass
$3,125
Jo Yarrington, Mute-Ability_Composition 6, 2019_acrylic, steel, player piano rol
By Jo Yarrington
Located in Darien, CT
Light, both natural and ambient, provides a kinetic or time-based element to her work. Scale and the integration of architecture are also pivotal components.
Steel
$2,500
Jo Yarrington, Mute-Ability_Composition 5, 2019_acrylic, steel, player piano rol
By Jo Yarrington
Located in Darien, CT
Light, both natural and ambient, provides a kinetic or time-based element to her work. Scale and the integration of architecture are also pivotal components.
Steel
$2,125
Jo Yarrington, Mute-Ability_Composition 4, 2019_acrylic, steel, player piano rol
By Jo Yarrington
Located in Darien, CT
Light, both natural and ambient, provides a kinetic or time-based element to her work. Scale and the integration of architecture are also pivotal components.
Steel
$2,500
Jo Yarrington, Mute-Ability_Composition 1, 2019_acrylic, steel, player piano rol
By Jo Yarrington
Located in Darien, CT
Light, both natural and ambient, provides a kinetic or time-based element to her work. Scale and the integration of architecture are also pivotal components.
Steel
$2,500
Jo Yarrington, Mute-Ability_Composition 3, 2019_acrylic, steel, player piano rol
By Jo Yarrington
Located in Darien, CT
Light, both natural and ambient, provides a kinetic or time-based element to her work. Scale and the integration of architecture are also pivotal components.
Steel
$2,500
Jo Yarrington, Mute-Ability_Composition 2, 2019_acrylic, steel, player piano rol
By Jo Yarrington
Located in Darien, CT
Light, both natural and ambient, provides a kinetic or time-based element to her work. Scale and the integration of architecture are also pivotal components.
Steel
Price Upon Request
Star of Peace
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Missouri, MO
He received his first one-man show, the first recorded one-man show of kinetic art, in 1953. One of the artistic phenomena of post World War II Europe, he is a leader in the world o...
Metal
If you’re thinking about decorating your space with abstract sculpture, there are a couple of things to keep in mind.
You don’t have to look for a piece that demands attention. Find a work of abstract sculpture that speaks to you. As is the case with any abstract art, whether it’s sculpture, an abstract painting or a grouping of prints, you can select a work for your living room or dining room, for example, that will either casually fade into the background or serve as a focal point. When you’re thinking about how to arrange your furniture and decor, consider color, texture and what kind of energy you’d like a specific room or corner to evoke. Abstract sculpture can go a long way in elevating a home, and its history is interesting if you’re shopping for a new piece today.
As a pioneer in naturalistic forms and figures that vividly express emotion, Auguste Rodin is often called the father of modern sculpture. His work in the 19th and early 20th century broke with artistic conventions and inspired modernism, leading to a new period of avant-garde abstraction.
Among the first artists to push abstract sculpture into the mainstream were Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. They helped define the movement of Cubism, which focused on deconstructing the world abstractly.
Later in the 20th century, the artistic movements of Italian Futurism, Dadaism, Neo-Dadaism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism and minimalism all contributed to the advancement of new and more abstract sculpture designs. Italian Futurism, for example, celebrated movement, dynamics and technology in abstract sculpture. These movements passed down ideas that continue to inform abstract sculpture today.
Browse a range of modern abstract sculptures, postmodern abstract sculptures and other kinds of sculpture on 1stDibs.
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At Waddesdon Manor, artist Joana Vasconcelos has installed a three-tiered patisserie inspired by the narrative tile work of her homeland. We take a look at the cake sculpture and how Portuguese tiles have been used in architecture from the 17th century to today.
Miami artist and designer Gabriela Noelle’s fantastical creations appeal to the Peter Pan in all of us.