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Item Ships From: Chicago
Conversation Piece (erect)
By Bobbi Meier
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Remembering formal dinners my mother would arrange in our modest midwestern, suburban home, this piece and it's companion, Conversation Piece...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Art
Materials
Wood, Found Objects, Other Medium
"Memory of Leaves, " Charcoal on Paper
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in the tradition of Renaissance masters. With strong command of the human form, Surdo creates dynamic compositions of people and places that communicate a rich commentary on the world around him. Depicting trees from personal encounters, Surdo’s latest body of work entitled “Tree Spirits” takes us on a foray into the forest, where leaves, branches and burls express something deeply personal. Applying his mastery of figurative realism to the natural world, he experiments with form and texture to uncover the intangible spirits of trees.
This charcoal drawing entitled “Memory of Leaves” beautifully illustrates the branching form of a mature birch tree. Loosely drawn with informal, sketch-like linework, the tree is shown in the middle of winter, bare of leaves and white with frost. Surdo’s skillful placement of shadow illustrates the forking branches with incredible texture and effortless realism. The intricate play of light and dark is accentuated by the stark white background, a negative space that isolates the tree in space and time.
Restricting the composition to only a portion of the tree trunk, Surdo accentuates the tree’s abstract form, lingering on areas of unusual shape or texture. Seeking to convey the strong emotional response elicited by his initial encounter with the tree, Surdo focuses on the tree’s sculptural form, contrasting the strong trunk...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Chicago - Art
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Yellow
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Made with plastic bags, beeswax, oil paint and graphite
Keywords: abstract, colorful
Artist Biography:
Toby Zallman has always combi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Art
Materials
Plastic, Wax, Oil, Graphite
"E0102-72.3, " Pigment Ink on Photo Paper
By Jan Pieter Fokkens
Located in Chicago, IL
The colorful paintings of Jan Pieter Fokkens transport us to distant worlds beyond our comprehension. Within his seemingly infinite networks of lines, dots, and crosses, he decodes the recognizable to create something unfamiliar.
Each work begins with a colorized photo captured by a deep-space...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Chicago - Art
Materials
Ink, Photographic Paper
"Sailing Boat, " Pointillist Woodcut
Located in Chicago, IL
Entitled “Sailing Boat,” this pointillist woodcut by renowned Chinese artist Ren Hui depicts a lone sailboat at sea within a network of small notches into painted plywood. Red Hui's ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pointillist Chicago - Art
Materials
Plywood, Acrylic
"Meng, " Porcelain Pillow Sculpture by Xie Dong
Located in Chicago, IL
Capturing the ephemeral beauty of a pillow recently dimpled with use, Xie Dong’s porcelain pillow sculptures are at once realistic and mysterious. Sculpted with a subtle impression i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Chicago - Art
Materials
Porcelain
"Superior (Great Lakes), " Oil on Panel, 2023
Located in Chicago, IL
This abstract work by Chicago artist Patrick Fitzgerald belongs to a series of “track paintings” that materialize the imagined tracks navigated by his miniature soap-box car sculptures. Inspired by slot-car racetracks, each painting depicts a meandering, yet cyclical path that twists and turns upon itself in an endless loop. Isolated from time and place, the painting achieves a sense of timelessness and draws a through line linking the past, the present, and the future.
Entitled "Superior," this track painting is one of five compositions inspired by the Great Lakes...
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Art
Materials
Wood, Oil
Superlight Vase
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Superlight Brown Vase (INV#NP3723)
stoneware and glaze
5.75 x 7.25 x 7.25”
circa 1989
stamped
Category
1980s Contemporary Chicago - Art
Materials
Stoneware, Glaze
"Great Wall II, " Pointillist Woodcut
Located in Chicago, IL
Entitled “Great Wall II,” this pointillist woodcut by renowned Chinese artist Ren Hui depicts a stretch of the Great Wall of China in a network...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pointillist Chicago - Art
Materials
Acrylic, Plywood
Blue
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Made with plastic bags, beeswax, oil paint and graphite
Keywords: abstract, calm
Artist Biography:
Toby Zallman has always combined ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Art
Materials
Plastic, Wax, Oil, Graphite
Hybrid 7
By Mia Capodilupo
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
The hybrid series is a combination of found and fabricated forms that imitates nature using materials from the urban industrial landscape.
Keywords: still life, plants, vegetation, green, farm
Artist Biography:
Mia Capodilupo is a sculptor and installation artist originally from Boston, MA. She received a BA from University of Chicago, studied sculpture at Massachusetts College of Art and received an MFA in Sculpture from the San Francisco Art Institute. She has participated in solo and group shows and residencies in museums, galleries and alternative spaces around the country. She has received several grants from the City of Chicago...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Art
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Rubber, Wood, Other Medium
"Birch, " Oil Paint on Olive Board
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in the tradition of Renaissance masters. With strong command of the human form, Surdo creates dynamic compositions of people and places that communicate a rich commentary on the world around him. Depicting trees from personal encounters, Surdo’s latest body of work entitled “Tree Spirits” takes us on a foray into the forest, where leaves, branches and burls express something deeply personal. Applying his mastery of figurative realism to the natural world, he experiments with form and texture to uncover the intangible spirits of trees.
Entitled “Birch,” this small-scale oil painting depicts a young birch sapling against an olive wood board. Restricting the composition to only a portion of the trunk, Surdo focuses on qualities that make the tree memorable - its narrow trunk...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Chicago - Art
Materials
Oil, Wood
Span, Copper Abstract Sculpture, 2020
By Mia Capodilupo
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This piece is made from a truck tire with metal and pvc running through it that touches each side of the space.
Keywords: abstract, yellow, tire, canes
Artist Biography:
Mia Capodilupo is a sculptor and installation artist originally from Boston, MA. She received a BA from University of Chicago, studied sculpture at Massachusetts College of Art and received an MFA in Sculpture from the San Francisco Art Institute. She has participated in solo and group shows and residencies in museums, galleries and alternative spaces around the country. She has received several grants from the City of Chicago...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Art
Materials
Copper
Remnants, Abstract Paper Sculpture, 2018
By Yoonshin Park
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Remnants is a 3-part series with relief-like, sculptural pulp figures. Evolved from Finding Space, Remnants brings personal experience in unexpected incidents and uncontrollable situations into focus. This series narrates fragility and vulnerability. Handmade papers are layered as the accumulations of life and the traces of time. Stories from the past and the reminiscences are layered with another folds.
Please reach out to us about purchasing 1 part of the series.
Keywords: abstract, white, thread
Artist Biography:
Yoonshin Park is a Chicago based multimedia artist, curator, and educator working with sculptural papers, artist books, and installations. Her interest in the comprehensive process of papermaking and bookbinding caters her work to encompass various elements woven into complete objects. She often uses her experience as a foreign transplant to question space and its implications in defining one's identity as the inspiration behind her work.
Park has shown at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Hyde Park Art Center...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Art
Materials
Thread, Other Medium
Orchid
Located in Chicago, IL
Orchid
22" x 17"
Edition of 9 + 3 APs
Analog Presets Series
Archival pigment print of treated instant film
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Mind Flowers II
Located in Chicago, IL
Mind Flowers II
22" x 17"
Edition of 9 + 3 APs
Analog Presets Series
Archival pigment print of treated instant film
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lips on Velvet
Located in Chicago, IL
Lips on Velvet
22" x 17"
Edition of 9 + 3 APs
Analog Presets Series
Archival pigment print of treated instant film
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Checkmate
Located in Chicago, IL
Checkmate
22" x 17"
Edition of 9 + 3 APs
Analog Presets Series
Archival pigment print of treated instant film
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Syntax, 1 (Abstract Painting)
By Martina Nehrling
Located in London, GB
Syntax, 1, (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on Montval paper - Unframed
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured...
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Ceiling, No Sky
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Many of my paintings are an upward view of dense urban environments. As a humorous comment on my typical view, I have the sky blocked by an ornate ceiling. Always ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Chicago - Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Floaters 1
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Made with plastic bags, beeswax, Acrylic, oil paint and charcoal
Keywords: abstract, colorful
Artist Biography:
Toby Zallman has alw...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Art
Materials
Charcoal, Wax, Oil, Plastic, Acrylic
Art Deco Chinese Pharmacy Advertisement Poster
Located in Chicago, IL
This advertising calendar poster dated from 1920 for the "Chinese and Western Medicine Pharmacy" melds the meticulous detail of traditional Chinese painting with the craft of color lithography. Compared to other Western influenced advertisements of the era featuring seductive women, posters like this one captivated consumers with the latest fashion trends. We see a woman with a Western hair cut...
Category
1920s Art Deco Chicago - Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
The Symphony, Original Surrealist Painting, 2021
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
A sampling of the art motifs of Samuel Leopold.
Keywords: sampling, motifs, Samuel Leopold, moon, symphony
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Chicago - Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tablescape
By Bobbi Meier
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This piece is constructed from my grandmother's dressing table mirror, a found table base, and dismembered segments of a soft sculpture I had previously made and n...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Art
Materials
Found Objects, Other Medium, Glass, Mirror, Spray Paint
Untitled Flotsam
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
In my sculpture, I have always combined unrelated materials to represent oppositions such as hard and soft, ephemeral and enduring, open and closed, and natural an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Art
Materials
Mixed Media
"Feng Shui, " Mixed-Media Kite
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites crafted from split bamboo frames covered with stretched muslin and a collage of vintage Asian ephemera—including fragments of fabric, scrolls, drawings, and books collected during his travels.
In “Feng Shui...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Art
Materials
Muslin, Silk, Wood
Disintegration 1
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This piece is created from a photo of one of my sculptures, manipulated on the computer, printed on a laser print then drawn on with graphite and charcoal.
Keywords: abstract, bold, plastic
Artist Biography:
Toby Zallman...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Art
Materials
Charcoal, Graphite, Laser
Butterfly, פַּרְפַּר, бабочка
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Butterflies and imagination are the ingredients to start a well-rounded life.
Keywords: Butterfly, aqueduct, beach, window
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Chicago - Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Planter
By Christine Perri
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
The main log of this sculpture was gotten through Chicago's Streets and Sanitation Department. It was from a catalpa tree that once grew in the city.
Keywords: fi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Art
Materials
Wood
Mollusc 3 Suite, Abstract Drawing, 2021
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This piece is created from a photo of a piece from the Small Works Group, manipulated on the computer, printed on a laser print then drawn on with graphite and cha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Art
Materials
Charcoal, Graphite, Laser
Vintage Chinese Cigarette Advertisement Poster, c. 1930
Located in Chicago, IL
This poster from the 1930s draws from a well known Chinese opera scene. It melds the meticulous detail of traditional Chinese painting with the craft of color lithography. These advertisements, influenced by the Art Deco movement in the west, recall the economic boom of early 20th century Shanghai, an international center of business and trade. Layered with imagery of traditional Chinese life, the poster is nonetheless an advertisement for the modern cigarette industry, with several tobacco brands displayed in the top left corner, including Lan Ting, Hong Chun, and Jade Rabbit...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Chicago - Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Leaning In (Abstract painting)
By Martina Nehrling
Located in London, GB
Leaning In (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on Montval paper
Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured paintings evoke kaleidoscopic worlds of pa...
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Bulk Candy (Abstract painting)
By Martina Nehrling
Located in London, GB
Bulk Candy (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on Montval paper
Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured paintings evoke kaleidoscopic worlds of pa...
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Japanese Festival Folding Screen, Paint on Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
This folding screen is a stunning example of Japanese artistry. Beautifully painted with delicate brushwork, the evocative screen depicts a lively festival during the Edo period (1615–1912). The raucous scene is full of life; within the dense crowd, you can make out people dancing...
Category
19th Century Edo Chicago - Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pigment
Chinese Mythical Immortal Screen Painting, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Since the 12th century, people in China have used folding screens and doors to partition and decorate their homes - the vivid scenes backing the screens added life and color to a roo...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chicago - Art
Materials
Fabric, Ink, Pigment
Chinese Mythical Immortal Screen Painting, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Since the 12th century, people in China have used folding screens and doors to partition and decorate their homes - the vivid scenes backing the screens added life and color to a roo...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chicago - Art
Materials
Fabric, Ink, Pigment
Holding Light In Darkness #6
Located in Los Angeles, CA
THE COLOR OF WATER
Lake Michigan blue sits at the pastel confluence of green, grey and cyan on the nearby shoreline. In truth, the color of the lake is as transitory as Chicago weather. The shade of blue is widely determined by the reflection of the sky above and the organic material and sediment carried below.
I recently learned that invasive mussel species have slowly transformed the lake from green to bluer over the past two decades. I often return to the water’s edge to document the color of a given day.
Susan Isaacson...
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Art
Materials
Archival Paper
Crazy Feeling Of Want (Abstract Painting)
By Martina Nehrling
Located in London, GB
Crazy Feeling Of Want (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on canvas - Unframed
Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured paintings evoke kaleidosco...
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Art
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"NGC-6397, " Pigment Ink on Paper
By Jan Pieter Fokkens
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Jan Pieter Fokkens uses his work as a means of processing the incomprehensible. Navigating the relationship between algorithmic abstraction and the tangible qualities of pattern and color, Fokkens meditates on how reality is mediated by digital image. Entitled "NGC-6397," this vibrant drawing offers a representation of the globular cluster NGC-6397, also known as Caldwell 87, located 7,800 light-years from Earth. Using an image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Chicago - Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Photographic Paper
Cracked Up (Abstract Painting)
By Martina Nehrling
Located in London, GB
Cracked Up (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on Montval paper - Unframed
Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured pain...
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"Hanging Scroll of Prunus Branches, " Ink on Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
Chinese scholars used natural imagery and scenery to aid in contemplation within the walls of their studios. The complex beauty inherent to landscapes and natural forms inspired clea...
Category
19th Century Qing Chicago - Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Cracked Up (Abstract Painting)
By Martina Nehrling
Located in London, GB
Cracked Up (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on Montval paper - Unframed
Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured pain...
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"Patina, " Mixed Media Kite
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites crafted from split bamboo frames covered with stretched muslin and a collage of vintage Asian ephemera—including fragments ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Art
Materials
Muslin, Wood, Watercolor, Rice Paper, Mixed Media
Get a Load
Located in Chicago, IL
Bald and chunky, Esther Shimazu’s quirky clay figures are unabashedly naked and delightfully indulgent. Drawing up on her Japanese ancestry and experience...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chicago - Art
Materials
Stoneware, Ceramic
Clench (Abstract Painting)
By Martina Nehrling
Located in London, GB
Clench (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on Montval paper - Unframed
Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured paintings evoke kaleidoscopic world...
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
The Surface of Things (Abstract Painting)
By Martina Nehrling
Located in London, GB
The Surface of Things, (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on Montval paper - Unframed
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and ric...
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Sequencing 11 (Abstract Painting)
By Martina Nehrling
Located in London, GB
Sequencing 11 (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on Montval paper - Unframed
Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured paintings evoke kaleidoscopi...
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Panther - Limited Edition Color Photograph, Woman Artist, Interior, Decor
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
Panther is a color photograph of a staged panther themed room, created by photographer Patty Carroll. This scene consists of a mannequin, representing a woman, laying on a couch surr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Chicago - Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slouch (Abstract Painting)
By Martina Nehrling
Located in London, GB
Slouch (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on Montval paper - Unframed
Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured paintings evoke kaleidoscopic world...
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Quite a Bit (Abstract Painting)
By Martina Nehrling
Located in London, GB
Quite a Bit, (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on panel - Unframed
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
For Nehrling, smaller pieces often operate as a visual poem, prayer or wish. The challe...
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Art
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Loll (Abstract Painting)
By Martina Nehrling
Located in London, GB
Loll (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on Montval paper - Unframed
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured paint...
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Weeds (Abstract painting)
By Martina Nehrling
Located in London, GB
Weeds (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on Montval paper - Unframed.
Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured paintings evoke kaleidoscopic world...
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Unfurling (Abstract painting)
By Martina Nehrling
Located in London, GB
Unfurling (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on Montval paper - Unframed.
Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured paintings evoke kaleidoscopic w...
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Maybe Maybe Maybe Hopefully (Abstract Print)
By Martina Nehrling
Located in London, GB
Maybe Maybe Maybe Hopefully (Abstract Print)
6 color acrylic ink silkscreen on 100% cotton Pearl Gray Stonehenge paper - Unframed
Edition of 20.
Martina Nehrling is an American ab...
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Pierced (Abstract Painting)
By Martina Nehrling
Located in London, GB
Pierced (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on Montval paper - Unframed
Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured paintings evoke kaleidoscopic worl...
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
All over the world (Abstract Painting)
By Martina Nehrling
Located in London, GB
All over the world (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on Montval paper - Unframed
Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured paintings evoke kaleido...
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Clench (Abstract Painting)
By Martina Nehrling
Located in London, GB
Clench (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on Montval paper - Unframed
Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured paintings evoke kaleidoscopic world...
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Wishful thinking (Abstract painting)
By Martina Nehrling
Located in London, GB
Wishful thinking (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on canvas - Unframed.
Martina Nehrling imagines wishful thinking falls along a spectrum with desperatio...
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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