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Contemporary Abstract Paintings

CONTEMPORARY STYLE

Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.

Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.

The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.

Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.

Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.

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Style: Contemporary
Enchantment - Framed Original Abstract Portrait Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian artist Alessandro Casetti's paintings metaphorically represent all the emotions, fears, and hopes that populate our daily life inside and outside of our own bodies. Through a...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

La Mer
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This painting was inspired by the beautiful summer days spent by the ocean, diving through the waves, filled with the joy of life. The ocean captivates me with its beauty. Its rhythm...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas

Cliff Top Walk, Impressionist Seascape Painting, Moody South Wales Landscape
Located in Deddington, GB
Cliff Top Walk is an original seascape by Helen Howells. It was inspired by the emotional responses and memories of walks. Taken along the South Wales coas...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

MINERAL SPRINGS, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
MINERAL SPRINGS, by Pamela Boullier Ross, speaks to the artist's intuitive understanding of multi-level glaze painting in this distinctly one-of-a-kind original masterpiece. "Miner...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Jasconius the Whale, Large oil painting of a whale, blue color palette & design
Located in Dallas, TX
"Jasconius the Whale" is a stunning oil painting by Michele Mikesell. Swirling patterns and gorgeous color tones of blue and black make this pop-surreal sea creature really stand out...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Cotton Canvas

Blue on Black - Series Blobs - Colourful Expression, XL Format Oil Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Grzegorz Radecki is a Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland. Artist about his work: BLOBS. THE CHARM OF DRIPPING PAINT Flowing peacefully in the slow current o...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Oil

Song Cycles
Located in Miami, FL
Since he began painting in 1997, Walala Tjapaltjarri has gained worldwide recognition, participating in several national and international solo and group exhibitions. His paintings are represented in private and public collections in Australia, Europe and the U.S.A. Walala Tjapaltjarri was first introduced to painting by his brother Warlimpirrnga, also a painter of international acclaim. While Walala's first paintings were in a classical Tingari style usually reserved for body painting, ground painting and the decoration of traditional artifacts, within a couple of months of painting he evolved his own innovative style of work. He began abstracting the classical Pintupi designs, creating a highly graphic language to speak of his country and ceremonial sites. The rectangles so prominent in his paintings form both a physical and spiritual map establishing Walala as a discerning draughtsman for his ancient country. In was in late 1984, Walala and several other members of the Pintupi Tribe walked out of the remote wilderness of the Gibson Desert in Western Australia and made contact for the first time with European society. Described as 'The Lost Tribe', he and his family created international headlines. Until that day in 1984, Walala and his family lived the traditional and nomadic life of a hunter-gatherer society. Their intimate knowledge of the land, its flora and fauna and waterholes allowed them to survive, as their ancestors had for thousands of years. It is this sacred landscape with its significant sites that Walala so strikingly describes in his paintings. His style is strongly gestural and boldly graphic, one that is generally highlighted by a series of rectangles set against a monochrome background. He paints the Tingari Cycle (a series of sacred and secret mythological song cycles) which are associated with the artist's many dreaming sites - they are Wilkinkarra, Maruwa, Tarrku, Njami and Yarrawangu, to name a few. These Dreamings are the locations of significant rockholes, sandhills, sacred mountains and water soakages in the Gibson Desert. Walala Tjapaltjarri - Tingari Cycle; During the Tjukurrpa (Creation Era) Tingari ancestors beings gathered at a series of sites for Malliera (Initiation) Ceremonies. They traveled vast stretches of the country, performing rituals at specific sites that in turn created the diverse natural features of the environment. The Tingari men were accompanied by novices and usually followed by Tingari Women. The creation stories and rituals are venerated in the song cycles and ceremonies of today, forming part of the teachings of the post initiatory youths, whilst also providing explanations for contemporary customs. Walala Tjapaltjarri uses a highly personalised and minimal style to represent aspects of the sacred Tingari Cycle, an epic journey of Ancestors of the TJukurrpa (Creation Era). He paints aspects of the Tingari Cycle which are associated with the artist's many sacred sites - such as Wilkinkarra, Maruwa, Tarrku, Njami and Yarrawangu, to name a few. These are locations of significant rockholes, sandhills, sacred mountains and water soakages in the Gibson Desert. Selected Solo Exhibitions: 2019 Walala Tjapaltjarri Self-portrait, Fondation Opale, Lens, Switzerland 2001 Tingari Cycle - Walala Tjapaltjarri, FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane 1999 Tingari Cycle - Walala Tjapaltjarri, FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane 1998 Tingari - Men's Business, Coo-ee Gallery, Sydney 1998 Walala Tjapaltjarri Paintings, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne 1998 Tingari Cycle - Walala Tjapaltjarri, Fire-Works Gallery, Brisbane Selected Group Exhibitions: 2021 50 Years of Papunya Tula Artists, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney 2020 Central Focus, Art Mob, Hobart 2019 An Exhibition on TJAPALTJARRI Brothers from the Indigenous Lost Tribe, Mandel Aboriginal Art Gallery, Melbourne 2019 Defining Tradition the colourists, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney 2019 Defining Tradition: the first wave & its disciples, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney 2019 Sculpture Projects, FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane 2019 Pintupi Artists of the Western Desert, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle, WA 2018 Three Brothers, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney 2010 Lost Tribe, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney 2000-01 The Art of Place Exhibition, Australian Heritage Commission, National Tour 2000 Walala Tjapaltjarri and Dr George Tjapaltjarri, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, Sydney 2000 Songlines: Walala Tjapaltjarri & Dorothy Napangardi , Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London 2000 My Country - Journeys of our Ancestors, Ancient Earth Indigenous Art, Cairns 2000 Lines, FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane 2000 Landmarks Exhibition, Dar Festival, Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane 2000 Fifth National Indigenous Heritage Art Award, Australian Heritage Commission, Canberra 2000 Melbourne ArtFair 2000, Melbourne 1999 Tingari Cycle, FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane 1999 Spirit Country, The California Palace of the Legion of Honour, San Francisco, U.S.A. 1999 Recent Works by Walala Tjapaltjarri and Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

African Dream
Located in Tulsa, OK
African Dream by artist Pascal Pierme is a contemporary red and brown sculpture mixed media wall piece that measures 40 x 40 and is priced at $6,000. Pascal Pierme does not “feel go...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media

Diamond from the Mirror Stone series (Portrait Painting - Audrey Hepburn)
Located in New York City, NY
CAROLINA GOMEZ Diamond from the Mirror Stone series (Portrait Painting - Audrey Hepburn) 48 x 36 inches - Unique OIL ON CANVAS Carolina Gomez’s works have become known for the power...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Life is not for the faint of Heart, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Even though "Life is not for the faint of Heart" is a smallish abstract it has a very strong presence. It is dark and it is glowing. It talks about life, it dark sides and also of th...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Abstraction N0678 - Mixed media on Canvas by Denis Osso - 2018
Located in Roma, IT
Abstraction N0678 is an artwork realized by Denis Osso (1965) Mixed media on Canvas, 2018. 80x60x3.5 cm, unframed. Signature, title, date, measurements and artist's stamp on the b...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

"White Landscape" Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Agrigento, AG
Paesaggio olio su tela 40x40 cm Ready to hang Marilina Marchica, born in Agrigento, where she works and lives, she graduated in Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna i...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Dharamsala by Colin Taylor. Oil Painting on Linen, with Wooden Frame
Located in Coltishall, GB
Dharamsala’ is a small town in the Kangra Vallery in North India. It is the location of the exiled Tibetan Government and home to the Dalai Lama . Colin Taylor...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Linen, Wood, Charcoal, Pastel, Oil, Acrylic

Pie in Sky - colorful, impasto, abstract expressionist, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A riot of colour—blues, green, pink, orange, and yellow pop from the canvas in this lively painting by Adam Cohen. The American abstract artist is known for his grand gestural style ...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Pink Dream, Abstract Seascape, Moody Landscape Art, Original Acrylic Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
'Pink Dream' was painted in the Isle of White in the late afternoon early evening. There was a magical reflection from the Sky onto the sea which had an almost electrical feeling. Discover more of Susanne Winter...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Spring Fire - Framed Original Abstract Portrait Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian artist Alessandro Casetti's paintings metaphorically represent all the emotions, fears, and hopes that populate our daily life inside and outside of our own bodies. Through a...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

"Transparence rouge 2", painting by Park Byung-Hoon (23.6x16"), 2022
Located in Paris, France
"Transparence Rouge 2", by Park Byung-Hoon Park's work is entirely based on color and transparency. Simple and fundamental, it is inspired by the main concepts of Western art of the...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media

“Queen is Dead” Contemporary Abstract Pink & White Geometric Circle Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Pink and white abstract contemporary circular painting by Houston, TX artist David Hardaker. The painting features various pink and white linear patterns. Signed, titled, and dated b...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

Ebunoluwa 2 (I Give you My All)
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
OH, my little princess Michaella, my jewel and love, the joy of my heart and the shine of the sun that brightens my day all days. I bless the Almighty in Heaven every day for blessing me with a jewel as priceless as you because my day isn't complete without a smile from you. The world may be full of depths and heights but you remain my solid plain and I promise as long as blood flows through my veins, air through my lungs and as much as beats my heart makes, I WILL ALWAYS GIVE YOU MY ALL. Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Born in the city of Lagos, Awosola Michael...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

I Remember You When The Moon Is Asleep
Located in Denver, CO
Jenny Day (b.1981) is a painter and sculptor who lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She earned an MFA in Painting from the University of Arizona, a BFA in Painting from the University of...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Vinyl, Pen, Color Pencil

Sunshine Fields by Ann Burnham, Limited edition print, contemporary art
Located in Deddington, GB
I was walking alongside the rape fields in Devon, the sky was blue and the light was beautiful in this reduction linocut. This is a method of relief printing in which each colour lay...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Linocut

Dusk No. 4
Located in Columbia, MO
Dusk No. 4 Oil
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Oil

In a White Circle -Series Blobs, Contemporary Oil Painting, Colourful Expression
Located in Salzburg, AT
Grzegorz Radecki is a Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland. Artist about his work: BLOBS. THE CHARM OF DRIPPING PAINT Flowing peacefully in the slow current of...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Ouvert No52
Located in Montreal, Quebec
The work of painter Scott Pattinson (born in 1974 in Toronto, Canada) may be seen in the context of an early 21st century resurgence of formalism unburdened by the meta-narratives of...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Circles One, Orange, Green, Indigo, Teal, Dark Violet Square Abstract Painting
Located in Kent, CT
Layered, circular shapes in orange, indigo blue, green and teal are eye-catching on a multicolored, jewel-toned background. Framed in a thin, light natural wood float frame with a ru...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Seed and its plan - Contemporary Abstract Painting Acrylics, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
ANNA MASIUL-GOZDECKA Graduated from Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts in 2000. She studied painting at prof. Krzysztof Wachowiak`s atelier, photography under the guidance of prof. Rosław S...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Getting Ready for a Night Ride
Located in Denver, CO
Piggott finds resonance and beauty in the familiar. His subjects, anchored in the stuff of the every day, are quietly captured in a moment of time. Each composition speaks to the art...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Cecilia Arrospide - Summer Feelings, Painting 2019
Located in Greenwich, CT
Summer Feeling Oil On Canvas 36 x 42 My work is mainly abstract, I would say abstract expressionism. I love painting with oils, they give me many possibilities I do not find in othe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil

Love at first sight, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Impactful hot pink painting with blue/green undertones. Lots of color blending and clear neon pink to complete a very impactful painting. Signed in f...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

MG2302 - contemporary modern abstract geometric film on glass painting relief
Located in Doetinchem, NL
Relief MG2302 is a new medium size contemporary modern abstract geometric wall relief by Dutch visual artist Let de Kok. This relief consists of two interspaced panels of museum glas...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Glass, Film, Polymer

Powder Festival - colorful, impasto, abstract expressionist, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Joyful. Expressive. Gorgeous. This large abstract painting is by Adam Cohen. The American artist is known for his provocative use of colour, rich texture and gestural form. Cohen fav...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Yemaya Sea Mermaid, Oil on canvas, figurative painting with blue pattern palette
Located in Dallas, TX
"Yemaya, Goddess of the Seas" is a beautiful oil painting of a mermaid by Michele Mikesell. Her animal-human figure has a flawless and beautiful face combined with abstract elements ...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Looking up through tropical leaves to peace
Located in Deddington, GB
Looking up through tropical leaves to peace by Emily Finch [2022] original Oil on Dibond Image size: H:80 cm x W:60 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work:...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

French Contemporary Art by Marie-Anne Decamp - Evanescence 2
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, texture on canvas Marie Anne Decamp is a French artist born in 1973 who lives and works in Chambly in Oise in Picardy, near Paris. She belongs to the expressionist movement...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

A Cotswold Harvest, Expressionist Landscape Painting, Contemporary Rural Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Big round bales on the Cotswolds, warm orchres of harvest time. Rupert Aker artist sells his works online and in our contemporary art gallery in Deddington. Rupert Aker is a Cotswold...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French Contemporary Art by Marie-Anne Decamp - California Bloom
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, texture, and gold leaf on canvas Marie Anne Decamp is a French artist born in 1973 who lives and works in Chambly in Oise in Picardy, near Paris. She belongs to the express...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Gold Leaf

On The Violet - Series Blobs - Colourful Expression, XL Format, Oil Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Grzegorz Radecki is a Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland. Artist about his work: BLOBS. THE CHARM OF DRIPPING PAINT Flowing peacefully in the slow current of...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Every Day there is a Reason to Smile 2, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
This is a vibrant and passionate acrylic painting on paper. It is a one of a kind painting, a spontaneous and passionate unique creation by me, Christel Haag. Size: 50x65x0,1 cm /...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

MATINEE, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
MATINEE, by Pamela Boullier Ross, speaks to the artist's instinct for balance, color and engaging subject matter in this distinctly one-of-a-kind original masterpiece. "I usually a...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

French Contemporary Art by Marie-Anne Decamp - Evanescence 6
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, texture and crushed concrete on canvas Marie Anne Decamp is a French artist born in 1973 who lives and works in Chambly in Oise in Picardy, near Paris. She belongs to the e...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Dance To The Radio Disco (Dark)
Located in Manchester, GB
Dance To The Radio Disco (Dark) 2018 65 x 65 cm 25.59 x 25.59 in Four-layer Screenprint on Hahnemuhle on 300 gsm cotton paper with multi fade lettering with black glitter background Limited edition of 50 Hand-signed, dated and numbered by the artist Ben Eine is most notable for his alphabet lettering and phrases on anything and everything across the world. Prior to becoming involved in commercial graffiti, Eine was a very famous and highly credible writer in the underground London graffiti scene. His unusual ‘throw up’ was created to stand out from the usual tags and dubs seen on the streets and can still be found in some dingy areas of East London. Inspired by the work of fashion assassin Noki, Eine first started to explore more commercial avenues in a workshop above the Dragon Bar in Lenoard Street, London (now knocked down). Eine produced a number of custom clothing designs notably some custom “VANDALS” sweatshirts and started to explore screen prints eventually working as a screen printer for cult screen print company Pictures On Walls. Eine produced many of the hand pulled prints for artists represented by POW including Banksy, Jamie Hewlett...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Screen

Bonitou, vespers Nicolas Kennett Contemporary painting art lines landscape waves
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint on wood panel Unique work Hand-signed on the back by the artist
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

French Contemporary Art by Marie-Anne Decamp - Rainforest
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, texture on canvas Marie Anne Decamp is a French artist born in 1973 who lives and works in Chambly in Oise in Picardy, near Paris. She belo...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Japanese Contemporary Drawing by Tomo Sakurai - Ensou
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on panel Tomo Sakurai is a Japanese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. She had an awakening of her talent in pencil drawing as a teenager. It was the bea...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

French Collage Assemblage Painting Lace and Music Notes Abstract Composition
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed by artist. In this composition by Nissan Engel the artist incorporates blocks of color with painted collage elements and non-traditional art materials such as printed m...
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20th Century Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media

Take A Bow, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This is an original abstract painting presented on gallery wrapped canvas. There are 10+ layers of acrylic paint and washes that give the piece depth and interest. The edges are p...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

"Frammento" Contemporary Art, Oil pain on Canvas , Large size Made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
Frammento/ Traces oil on canvas 100x120 cm 2023 Original oil painting on canvas ready to hang the canvas is stretched on an xxl wooden stretcher frame with a 3.5 cm border the fra...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Gauge (Contemporary Painting, Framed)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist's Statement: "Having a good time with metaphor and all kinds of odd media. To me, harkens back a bit to late 50's/early 60's Rauschenberg, Johns and Dine, some of my all-time...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Metal

Modernist Dry Pigment Plaster Lacquer Abstract Geometric Painting Gregg Robinson
Located in Surfside, FL
Gregg Robinson, American (born 1948) Canvas mounted on wood board work of art depicts geometric shapes and forms with a lacquered high gloss finish. Hand signed lower left and dated 1995. Dimensions: 24 X 24 X 1.75 in. GREGG ROBINSON The universe of visual art encompasses a huge spectrum of motivation and means of expression. Examples range from the most syrupy sentimentality to extremes of moral and intellectual confrontation. For me, the creative process is, on the simplest level, an aesthetic puzzle. Elements of the puzzle include contrast, color, visual texture, graphic pattern, and in some recent work, a simple cryptic symbolism. I have never been particularly interested in lyric or pictorial content, and though some of my work does contain undeniable spatial illusion, even that tends to be a by-product rather than a goal of the primary pursuit: the balance of light and dark, pure color and organic neutrals, energy and calm, strong pattern and subtle field. Having grown up in an environment of contemporary architecture, I have always valued the classic modern synthesis of form and function exemplified by the Bauhaus movement of the early 20th century. Hence, the simplest solutions are often the most satisfying. Obviously, the modernist ideal of efficiency in form and function requires that method of execution be as well adapted to the aesthetic goal as the visual language itself. The media before you is the result of many years of experimentation that came to its current form in early 1992. I work with dry pigment over a plaster surface. My tools are broad knives, sponges, rags and masking. The finish is a high gloss alkyd resin. His prints have been published by GalleryOnline, publishers of Per Arnoldi, Ricardo benaim, Pierre Marie Brisson, Simon Bull, Fanch Ledan, Claude Gaveau and Laurent Schkolnyk and more. SELECT CORPORATE COLLECTIONS: Allstate Insurance NBC Productions Alaska Airlines...
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1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Plaster, Mixed Media, Oil, Board, Pigment

Tree Side, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Very abstracted depiction of a tree sitting on the bank of a river, with rust/sepia fall colours on blue in a square 48" sizing :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with a...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Spring, 2009
Located in Hudson, NY
ABOUT Matt Kinney was born in Georgetown, Massachusetts. He attended Pratt Institute and The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, graduating in 1998. After graduation, Kinney began in...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Watercolor

Longways Home
Located in Denver, CO
Piggott finds resonance and beauty in the familiar. His subjects, anchored in the stuff of the every day, are quietly captured in a moment of time. Each composition speaks to the art...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

"landscape" Minimal Painting, contemporary art made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape in the works of Marilina Marchica the landscape and nature are the protagonists The trace and the sign of the passage of man is testimony of a time in constant evolution I...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Oil

I’ve Been Baking Pie With My Mom - Modern Figurative Painting, Polish Young Art
Located in Salzburg, AT
Kasia Mazur is a very young artist, she is still studying painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, where she also lives. She has already had exhibit...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Deborah Bigeleisen - Untitled No. 30, diptych (horizontal view), Painting 2012
Located in Greenwich, CT
Collection: Multiple Perspectives Artist Statement Having started my career by painting Rembrandt-like portraits of luminous white roses, I credit my discovery of fractals for transforming my artistic vision, and changing the direction and force of my work. Always working with a single image of a flower, or a component thereof, I have stripped away the mask of the exterior form and magnified the interior thousands of times to depths beyond what is visible to the naked eye. My subject is no longer simply a flower; it is a dynamical system existing in a chaotic universe filled with energy, turbulence, mystery and beauty. Additionally, I have discovered that the system repeats itself through multiple phenomena. This is where I have taken the literal definition of fractals, and put my creative voice to the principles. Though the non-representational work may suggest a natural likeness - a wing, a wave, a shell, or even a human form - my vision invites a fresh dialogue between aesthetics and science. Whether creating evocative representational images or boldly deceptive non-objective work, my focus is always on the choreography of the movement, the organization of the space, the subtlety in the tonal transitions, and the intricacy of the brushwork. Exclusively painting...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Oil

MG2204 - contemporary modern abstract geometric film on glass painting relief
Located in Doetinchem, NL
Relief MG2204 is a new medium size contemporary modern abstract geometric wall relief by Dutch visual artist Let de Kok. This relief consists of two interspaced panels of museum glas...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Glass, Film, Polymer

Meeting Yankel Contemporary painting sculpture abstract collage art cross red
Located in Paris, FR
Oil painting on wood panel Unique work Hand-signed lower right by the artist
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1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Spring Field
Located in Columbia, MO
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Contemporary abstract paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary abstract paintings 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 abstract paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Anastasia Pelias, Chelsea Davine, Waleria Matelska, and Anna Maria Caboni. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Fabric and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Contemporary abstract paintings, so small editions measuring 1.63 inches across are also available.

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