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Abstract Abstract Photography

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
Gravity - Liquid 19 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Gravity - Liquid 19 (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5. In his Gravity Liquid series, Janiak creates visual representations of the idea that form cannot exist wi...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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C Print

Gravity Bulle d air 01 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Gravity Bulle d'air 01 (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5 In his Gravity Bulles d'air series, Janiak creates visual representations of the idea that form cannot...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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C Print

Photon 04 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Photon 04 (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic print. Edition 2/5. In his Photon series, Janiak explores the intrinsic duality of light. The photons we interpret as light exist in a ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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C Print

Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson - Leaving NYC, Nov 26, 2012, II
Located in Atlanta, GA
Edition 1 of 1 Archival print, sintra mount, polished acrylic. Spencer Sloan is a mixed-media artist whose recent work, digitally manipulating paparazzi photographs into abstraction...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Archival Pigment

Fall (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Fall (Abstract photography) Black and white photogram - Unframed Tenesh Webber is a Canadian artist who works in abstract black and white photography. She lives and works in the N...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Paper, Photogram

Cosmosis Collages 4A579E– Composition 84 - Red and grey (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Cosmosis Collages 4A579E – Composition no 84 - Red and grey (Abstract Photography) Photographic C Prints, printed on Canson Platinè fiber Rag 310g - Unframed "Edition of 6 + 2Ap ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Paper, C Print

Passing Through 1 (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Passing Through 1 (Abstract photography) Silver Gelatin Print - Unframed. Tenesh Webber is a Canadian artist who works in abstract black and white photography. She lives and works ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Intersect # 201503 (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Intersect # 201503 (Abstract photography) Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 4.5mm Plexiglas - Unframed. Available on request 5-6 week turnaround. Backed with Dibond and C-channel hangi...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Plexiglass, C Print

Soft Geometry # 13f (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Soft Geometry # 13f (Abstract Photography) Photographic C Prints, printed on Canson Platinè fiber Rag 310g - Unframed "Edition of 6 + 2Ap Turnaround...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Paper, C Print

Gravity - Liquid 02 (Large)
Located in London, GB
Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5. In his Gravity, Liquid series, Janiak creates visual representations of the idea that form cannot exist without an environment. There are the visible...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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C Print

To and Fro 3 (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
To and Fro 3 (Abstract photography) Silver Gelatin Print - Unframed. Tenesh Webber is a Canadian artist who works in abstract black and white photography. She lives and works in th...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Color Kinesthesia 2A9, Purple - pink (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Color Kinesthesia 2A9, Purple - pink (Abstract Photography) Photographic C Prints, printed on Canson Platinè fiber Rag 310g - Unframed "Edition of 6 + 2Ap Turnaround time 2-3 wee...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Paper, C Print

Fall (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Fall (Abstract photography) Black and white photogram - Unframed Tenesh Webber is a Canadian artist who works in abstract black and white photography. She lives and works in the N...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Paper, Photogram

Soft Geometry # 8B (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Soft Geometry # 8B (Abstract Photography) Photographic C Prints, printed on Canson Platinè fiber Rag 310g - Unframed "Edition of 6 + 2Ap Turnaround time 2-3 weeks, printed on de...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Paper, C Print

Soft Geometry # 13f (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Soft Geometry # 13f (Abstract Photography) Photographic C Prints, printed on Canson Platinè fiber Rag 310g - Unframed "Edition of 6 + 2Ap Turnaround time 2-3 weeks, printed on d...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Paper, C Print

Sonoptic Parallels # 16 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Sonoptic Parallels # 16 (Abstract Photography) Photographic C Prints, printed on Canson Platinè fiber Rag 310g - Unframed "Edition of 6 + 2Ap Turnaround time 2-3 weeks, printed o...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Paper, C Print

Cosmosis Collages 24A577C no 123 Pink (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Cosmosis Collages 24A577C no 123 Pink (Abstract Photography) Photographic C Prints, printed on Canson Platinè fiber Rag 310g - Unframed "Edition of 6 + 2Ap Turnaround time 2-3 we...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Paper, C Print

Cosmosis Collage 4A53.1.2 – Composition no 7C2 Blue (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Cosmosis Collage 4A53.1.2 – Composition no 7C2 Blue (Abstract Photography) Photographic C Prints, printed on Canson Platinè fiber Rag 310g - Unframed "Edition of 6 + 2Ap Turnarou...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Paper, C Print

Untitled 110/3
Located in London, GB
C Print. Unframed. Richard Caldicott is most well known for this earlier work series which used Tupperware containers as the subject for his photographs. This work is edition 7/15. ...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Photography

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C Print

No.38633 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
No.38633 (Abstract Photography) Archival ink print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag - Unframed. Artwork is exclusive to IdeelArt. Image size: 140x105 cm/ 55.1x41.3 inches Available on reques...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Ink, Archival Pigment

No. 42499 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
No. 42499 (Abstract Photography) Archival ink print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag - Unframed. Artwork is exclusive to IdeelArt. Image size: 80 x 60 cm/31.4 x 23.6 inches Available on request - 2 weeks turnaround. Print can be mounted to 4mm Dibond, price on request. Larger sizes are available on request. The photographic artworks of Sebastiaan Knot...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Ink, Archival Pigment

Twin Towers , World Trade Center Abstract
Located in Miami, FL
The image is signed dated lower right signed dated and numbered verso 2 /15, Unframed, Other sizes available, printed later
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1970s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

EMDL-9
Located in London, GB
Pigment on canvas - Unframed. Edition of 3. The Emanations series is an attempt to express the spiritual potential of the most essential aspect of photography: light. Each work in ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Canvas, Pigment

Orb # 202003
Located in London, GB
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas - Unframed. Available on request - 4 week turnaround. Backed with extruded polystyrene, concrete, acrylic, enamel and pigments (5...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Plexiglass, C Print

Bleed # 202012
Located in London, GB
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas - Unframed. Available on request - 4 week turnaround. Backed with extruded polystyrene, concrete, acrylic, enamel and pigments (5...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Plexiglass, C Print

EM-46 Ratnasambhava
Located in London, GB
Pigment on canvas - Unframed. Edition of 3. The Emanations series is an attempt to express the spiritual potential of the most essential aspect of photography: light. Each work in ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Canvas, Pigment

Chance/Fall (4) (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Chance/Fall (4) (Abstract Photography) C Print - Unframed As the title suggests, Chance/Fall emanates from Caldicott’s improvised method. This abstract composition with overlappin...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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C Print

Hover # 201909
Located in London, GB
Chromogenic Print face-mounted 3mm matt plexiglas - Unframed. Backed with Dibond and C-channel hanging system + keyhole option. Available on request - 4 week turnaround Edition o...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Plexiglass, C Print

EM-26 Siddhartha
Located in London, GB
Pigment on canvas - Unframed. Edition of 3. The Emanations series is an attempt to express the spiritual potential of the most essential aspect of photography: light. Each work in ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Canvas, Pigment

Water Reflection, Abstract Color Photography by Geoffrey Baris, Blue, Black
Located in New York, NY
Water Reflection, Abstract Color Photography by Geoffrey Baris Archival pigment print on museum fine art paper Edition of 7 Includes certificate of authenticity. Signed and numbered...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Intersect # 201605
Located in London, GB
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 4.5mm Plexiglas - Unframed. Available on request 5-6 week turnaround. Backed with Dibond and C-channel hanging system + keyhole option. Edition: 1/3. ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Plexiglass, C Print

Place (Series) #665
Located in Houston, TX
Bill Jacobson Place (Series) #665, 2012 Pigment print mounted to museum board 37 3/4 x 31 3/4 inches, framed Ed. 7
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography

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Pigment

Résonance - water drop 84 (Medium) (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Résonance - water drop 84 (Medium) (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5. In his Résonance series, Janiak explores the role of sound in creation. Taking inspiration from sacred texts from multiple spiritual traditions, he points to a recurring idea that sounds, or words, were the initial source of the energy that shaped the universe. To examine the shape of sound, Janiak illuminated water then vibrated it using different sound frequencies. Each frequency has a particular effect on the water, manifesting shapes, forms and patterns that would otherwise be invisible to the eye. Seb Janiak is a photographic artist whose work explores conditions in which opposites can co-exist, revealing the visual characteristics of the hidden forces...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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C Print

Floating Future Seven
Located in BARCELONA, ES
In my work, I explore the tension and interaction between inner experience and physical form, with notions of depth and spatiality playing a central role. My artworks embody thoughts...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Photographic Film, Acrylic Polymer, Platinum

Untitled 110/3 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 110/3 (Abstract Photography) C Print. Unframed. Richard Caldicott is most well known for this earlier work series which used Tupperware containers as the subject for his p...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Photography

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C Print

Bleed # 202198 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Bleed # 202198 (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas - Unframed. Backed with Dibond and C-channel hanging system + keyhole option. Edition 1/3...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Plexiglass, C Print

Bleed # 202051 (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Bleed # 202051 (Abstract photography) Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas - Unframed. Backed with Dibond and C-channel hanging system + keyhole option. Edition: 1/...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Plexiglass, C Print

French Contemporary Photo by Olivier Attar - Neptune
Located in Paris, IDF
Subligraphy (CHROMALUX) on aluminium 120 x 80 cm - 47,2 x 31,5 in = $2800 Ed.1/15 Possibility of frame with additional costs
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Mixed Media, Digital

Feel, Canyon Road (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Feel, Canyon Road (Abstract photography) Photography and paint on wood - Unframed. Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt. Artworks are of the highest archival s...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Wood

Unlock (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Unlock (Abstract photography) Silver Gelatin Print - Unframed. Tenesh Webber is a Canadian artist who works in abstract black and white photography. She lives and works in the New ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Intersect # 201502 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Intersect # 201502 (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 4.5mm Plexiglas - Unframed. Backed with Dibond and C-channel hanging system + keyhole option. Edition: 2/3...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Plexiglass, C Print

EM2020-104 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
EM2020-104 (Abstract Photography) Pigment on watercolor paper - Unframed. Edition of 10. The Emanations series is an attempt to express the spiritual potential of the most essential aspect of photography: light. Each work in the series began its evolution as a scanned image of a Buddhist thangka—a spiritual painting of a Buddhist deity—which was then blurred and stretched until all that remained was a distilled image of color and form. These reduced images were then printed onto canvases, resulting in what Kane refers to as elemental “representations of the light bodies of the Buddhas.” Bill Kane...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Paper, Pigment

Shifting the frame 101 (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Shifting the frame 101 (Abstract photography) Photography - Unframed. Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt. Edition of 10 +2 AP - Artworks are printed by the artist on Hahnemühle Fine A...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

Gravity - Liquid 05 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Gravity - Liquid 05 (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5. In his Gravity Liquid series, Janiak creates visual representations of the idea that form cannot exist without an environment. There are the visible forms we see in the world, and then there are the conditions that allow those forms to exist. As a catalyst for his exploration of this topic, Janiak chose gravity, one of the most ubiquitous and easily observable forces, and the one that allows so many forms in the physical universe to exist. The photographs in these series show two types of matter—liquids and gasses—being manipulated by gravity. Form is frozen by the photographic process, but the process is ever changing depending on the shifting conditions of their environment. Seb Janiak is a photographic artist whose work explores conditions in which opposites can co-exist, revealing the visual characteristics of the hidden forces...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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C Print

Huis Clos Exit Here (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Huis Clos Exit Here (Abstract photography) Photography and paint on wood - Unframed. Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt. Artworks are of the highest archival standards. Wood supports a...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Wood

Real (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Real (Abstract photography) Photography and paint on wood - Unframed. Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt. Artworks are of the highest archival standards. Wood supports are sealed with ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Wood

EM-78 Vajra 3 (Abstract new media)
Located in London, GB
EM-78 Vajra 3 (Abstract new media) Pigment on canvas - Unframed. Edition of 3. The Emanations series is an attempt to express the spiritual potential of the most essential aspect of photography: light. Each work in the series began its evolution as a scanned image of a Buddhist thangka—a spiritual painting of a Buddhist deity—which was then blurred and stretched until all that remained was a distilled image of color and form. These reduced images were then printed onto canvases, resulting in what Kane refers to as elemental “representations of the light bodies of the Buddhas.” Bill Kane...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Canvas, Pigment

Intersect # 201803
Located in London, GB
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 4.5mm Plexiglas - Unframed Backed with Dibond and C-channel hanging system + keyhole option. Available on request 5-6 week turnaround. Edition: 1/3. ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Plexiglass, C Print

Passing Through 2 (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Passing Through 2 (Abstract photography) Silver Gelatin Print - Unframed. Tenesh Webber is a Canadian artist who works in abstract black and white photography. She lives and works ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Morphogenetic field - Dandelion (Pissenlit) (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Morphogenetic field - Dandelion (Pissenlit) (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5. In his Morphogenetic fields series, Janiak examines the visible manifestation of ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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C Print

Gravity - Bulle d air 04 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Gravity - Bulle d'air 04 (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5. In his Gravity Bulles d'air series, Janiak creates visual representations of the idea that form can...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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C Print

Drift # 201501 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Drift # 201501 (Abstract Photography) This work is framed 8mm face and 65mm depth. Chromogenic print face-mounted 8 mm plexiglass. Backed with Dibond and C-channel hanging system...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Plexiglass, C Print

Wind (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Wind (Abstract photography) Photography. Painting. Wood support. Varnished with uvls protective coating - Unframed. Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt. Artworks are of the highest arch...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Wood

Be Becoming (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Be Becoming (Abstract Photography) Photography/painting, mixed media - Unframed. Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt. Artworks are of the highest archival standards. Wood supports are s...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Paint, Mixed Media, Wood Panel

Chance/Fall (11), 2010 (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Chance/Fall (11), 2010 (Abstract photography) C print - Unframed As the title suggests, Chance/Fall emanates from Caldicott’s improvised method. This abstract composition with o...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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C Print

Intersect # 201702
Located in London, GB
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 4.5mm Plexiglas - Unframed. Backed with Dibond and C-channel hanging system + keyhole option. Available on request 5-6 week turnaround. Edition: 2/3. ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Plexiglass, C Print

Shifting the frame 101 (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Shifting the frame 101 (Abstract photography) Photography - Unframed. Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt. Edition of 10 +2 AP - Artworks are printed by the artist on Hahnemühle Fine Ar...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

Gravity - Liquid 83 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Gravity - Liquid 83 (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5. In his Gravity Liquid series, Janiak creates visual representations of the idea that form cannot exist wi...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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C Print

Syd # 33.85S_151.16E (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Syd # 33.85S_151.16E (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 4.5mm Plexiglas - Unframed. Backed with Dibond and C-channel hanging system + keyhole option. Available on...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Plexiglass, C Print

EM-26 Siddhartha (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
EM-26 Siddhartha (Abstract Photography) Pigment on canvas - Unframed. Edition of 3. The Emanations series is an attempt to express the spiritual potential of the most essential aspect of photography: light. Each work in the series began its evolution as a scanned image of a Buddhist thangka—a spiritual painting of a Buddhist deity—which was then blurred and stretched until all that remained was a distilled image of color and form. These reduced images were then printed onto canvases, resulting in what Kane refers to as elemental “representations of the light bodies of the Buddhas.” Bill Kane...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Canvas, Pigment

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Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract abstract photography 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 photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, red, purple, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Mitchell Funk, Paul Snell, Seb Janiak, and Michael Banks. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Pigment Print and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Abstract abstract photography, so small editions measuring 2.38 inches across are also available. Prices for abstract photography made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $105 and tops out at $36,000, while the average work sells for $3,580.

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