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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
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

Gravity - Liquid 21 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Gravity - Liquid 21 (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

Magnetic radiation 01 (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Magnetic radiation 01 (Abstract photography) Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5. In his Magnetic Radiation series, Janiak reveals the hidden world of magnetism by photographing ferrofl...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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C Print

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

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C Print

Dissolve #201901 (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 4.5mm Matt Plexiglas - Unframed Backed with Dibond and C-channel hanging system + keyhole option. Edition: 1/3 + AP Paul Snell combines traditional ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Plexiglass, 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

Intersect # 201801
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

Gravity - Liquid 58 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Gravity - Liquid 58 (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

Untitled 201 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 201 (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 ph...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Photography

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C Print

Magnetic radiation 02 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Magnetic radiation 02 (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5. In his Magnetic radiation series, Janiak reveals the hidden world of magnetism by photographing ferrofl...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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C Print

Magnetic radiation 14 (Large) (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Magnetic radiation 14 (Large) (Abstract photography) Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5. In his Magnetic Radiation series, Janiak reveals the hidden world of magnetism by photographing...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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C Print

Hover # 201913 (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Hover # 201913 (Abstract photography) Chromogenic Print face-mounted 3mm matt 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

Gravity - Liquid 02 (Large) (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Gravity - Liquid 02 (Large) (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5. In his Gravity, Liquid 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

Mute # 201705
Located in London, GB
This work is framed 8mm face and 65mm depth. Chromogenic print face-mounted 8 mm plexiglass. Available on request 5-6 week turnaround. Backed with Dibond and C-channel hanging syst...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Plexiglass, C Print

Mute # 201705
Mute # 201705
$3,493 Sale Price
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Loops 1 (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Loops 1 (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...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Black and White, Photogram

EM-46 Ratnasambhava (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
EM-46 Ratnasambhava (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

Trace # 201904 (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Trace # 201904 (Abstract photography) Chromogenic Print face-mounted 3mm matt 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

View (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
View (Abstract Photography) Unique - Photography/painting, mixed media - Unframed. Signed by the Artist at the back. Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt. Artworks are of the highest a...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Paint, Mixed Media, Wood Panel

Untitled 153 (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 153 (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 ph...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Photography

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C Print

Gravity - Liquid 51 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Gravity - Liquid 51 (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic print. Edition 2/2. 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

Magnetic radiation 14 (Medium) (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Magnetic radiation 14 (Medium) (Abstract photography) Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5 In his Magnetic Radiation series, Janiak reveals the hidden world of magnetism by photographing...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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C Print

EMDL-6 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
EMDL-6 (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 ph...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Canvas, Pigment

EM-3 Vajrayogini (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
EM-3 Vajrayogini (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

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

EM-117 Asanga 6 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
EM-117 Asanga 6 (Abstract Painting) Pigment on canvas - Unframed. Edition of 3. The Emanations series is an attempt to express the spiritual potential of the most essential aspect...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Canvas, Pigment

Bleed # 202021 (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Bleed # 202021 (Abstract photography) Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas - Unframed. Available on request 5-6 week turnaround. Edition: 1/3. Paul Snell combines tra...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Plexiglass, C Print

Division (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Division (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 Ne...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Bleed # 202041 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Bleed # 202041 (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas - Unframed. Available on request - 4 week turnaround. Backed with extruded polystyrene, co...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Plexiglass, C Print

Magnetic radiation 99 (Medium) (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5. In his Magnetic Radiation series, Janiak reveals the hidden world of magnetism by photographing ferrofluids. A ferrofluid is a liquid substance magne...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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C Print

Bleed # 202020
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

Magnetic radiation 99 (Large) (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5. In his Magnetic Radiation series, Janiak reveals the hidden world of magnetism by photographing ferrofluids. A ferrofluid is a liquid substance magne...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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C Print

Untitled 2322: still life photograph w/ white cast foot, antler, bone potatoes
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an archival pigment print depicting an abstracted still life printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308 gsm by artist Paul Cava. It is from the "Table Top" series, which is one of t...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Bleed # 202053 (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas - Unframed. Backed with Dibond and C-channel hanging system + keyhole option. Available on request 5-6 week turnaround. Edition: 3...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Plexiglass, C Print

Shadows and Marbles, Cushing, ME Vintage Print
Located in Carmel, CA
Gelatin Silver Print, signed, titled, and dated on verso in pencil. Great Condition. Matted to 16x20"
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Silver Gelatin

EM-36 Padmasambhara 2
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

Bleed # 202031
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 # 202009
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 # 202025
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

Untitled 176
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. As he describes : "Tupper...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Photography

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C Print

Untitled 201
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. As he describes : "Tupper...
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Photography

Materials

C Print

Mute # 201706
Located in London, GB
This work is framed 8mm face and 65mm depth. Chromogenic print face-mounted 8 mm plexiglass. Backed with Dibond and C-channel hanging system + keyhole option. Edition: 1/3. Paul...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Plexiglass, C Print

Mute # 201706
Mute # 201706
$3,493 Sale Price
20% Off
EM-12 Red Tara
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

Mute # 201801
Located in London, GB
This work is framed 8mm face and 65mm depth. Chromogenic print face-mounted 8 mm plexiglass. Backed with Dibond and C-channel hanging system + keyhole option. Edition: 1/3. Paul...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Plexiglass, C Print

Mute # 201801
Mute # 201801
$3,493 Sale Price
20% Off
EM-39 Medicine Buddha 3
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

EMDL-1
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 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

Thought is the Architect of Reality
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing. Edition of 25. If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a different print size, the photograph is prod...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography

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Archival Pigment

Photon 01 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Photon 01 (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5. 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

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

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C Print

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 05 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Gravity Bulle d'air 05 (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5. In his Gravity Bulles d'air series, Janiak creates visual representations of the idea that form canno...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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C Print

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

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C Print

Magnetic radiation 14 (Medium)
Located in London, GB
Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5 In his Magnetic Radiation series, Janiak reveals the hidden world of magnetism by photographing ferrofluids. A ferrofluid is a liquid substance magnet...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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C Print

Save Me - Abstract Expressionist Art Photography
Located in Zürich, CH
Der Foto-Künstler, Roger Reist, reflektiert die Welt um uns herum und in seinen Bildern auf zauberhafte Weise: "Die gesellschaftlichen Muster zu erkennen, diese anhand von meinen Bil...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Black and White

The New World
Located in Red Bank, NJ
Though abstract, Kelton’s works are representative, often simulating seascapes or other-worldly environments. At the same time, they are evocative of other medias such as watercolors...
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20th Century Abstract Abstract Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Mondi I, 2025, Curacao, Unique pigment print, digitally made by hand
Located in New York, NY
Mondi I, is part of the artist's "The Curacao Pictures" Series. This one-of-a- kind, archival pigment print is printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag bright paper with a deckled edge. Sign...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Archival Pigment

Het Tuinpad II, 2025, Curacao, Unique pigment print, digitally made by hand
Located in New York, NY
Het Tuinpad II, is part of the artist's "The Curacao Pictures" Series. This one-of-a- kind, archival pigment print is printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag bright paper with a deckled edg...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Archival Pigment

Tribute to Mira, 2018, 18 × 12 in each (polyptych)
Located in Miami, FL
Edition: Limited edition of 15 Size: 45 × 30 cm each (polyptych) Medium: Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 g cotton paper In Tribute to Mira, Eduardo Rezende transf...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Shallow Line, 2025, 40 x 60 in
Located in Miami, FL
In Shallow Lines, Eduardo Rezende captures the quiet geometry of nature — where stone, water, and shadow meet in perfect stillness. The composition unfolds in three abstract bands, r...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Cotton Canvas, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

The Self Representation of Light #412, Unique Luminogram Silver Print, Framed
Located in London, GB
It's really majestic piece. It's grand in size and its got a very beautiful and impressive contrast in shades. This piece is something very special... two Luminograms in one work of...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

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Black and White, Photogram, Silver Gelatin, Glass, Oak, Archival Paper

"Shadows Kept Alive No.90", signed numbered Giclée print, Hahnemühle paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Shadows Kept Alive No. 90” is a triptych of 3 abstract images composed together as one single image measuring 14” high by 42” wide. It is a giclée print on archival Hahnemüle paper....
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography

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Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée

Abstract abstract photography for sale on 1stDibs.

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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