Contemporary Abstract Photography
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.
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Style: Contemporary
Leaf 15
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Our world is immersed in light, but its physical essence is chemical. Digital photographic processes can record that illumination, but they cannot touch the wet, chemical essence whi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Planet Macallan 101, limited edition color photograph, signed and numbered
By Ernie Button
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Planet Macallan 101, limited edition color photograph, signed and numbered
For much of my adult life, photography has provided me a forum to communicate my past & present, my humor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Minimal Landscape of a Sand Dune in Namibia, Black and White Photography
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Sanctuary"
This award-winning, best-selling image highlights the surreal relationships within mother nature.
The print series Dunes: Landscapes Evolving documents the magnificent...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Snow Queen, #2239 Homage to Horst P. Horst limited edition color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Natasha Zupan's body of work, 'Homage to Horst P. Horst', explores the manipulation of surface texture, light, and the interweaving of time. She has incorporated found images in book...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment
Detroit House 2
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Lauren Davis project titled "Industry Unraveled” presents images of abandoned Rust Belt manufacturing locations produced via a cell phone camera and digital processes derived from th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Tapestry
Planet Macallan 301, limited edition color photograph, signed and numbered
By Ernie Button
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Planet Macallan 301, limited edition color photograph, signed and numbered
Whisky is a time-honored drink, finely crafted and enjoyed for centuries. I feel fortunate that I found the Vanishing Spirits phenomenon. I am a fan of observing my world and the things that are happening around me; noticing the smaller details that may be ignored or overlooked. The idea for this project occurred while putting a used Scotch glass into the dishwasher. I noted a film on the bottom of a glass and when I inspected closer, I noted these fine, lacy lines filling the bottom. What I found through some experimentation is that these patterns and images that are seen can be created with the small amount of Single-Malt Scotch whisky left in a glass after most of it has been consumed. The alcohol dries and leaves the sediment in various patterns. It’s a little like snowflakes in that every time the Scotch dries, the glass yields slightly different patterns and results. Some of the images reference the celestial as if the image was taken of space; something that the Hubble telescope...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cocteau Aqua Atla #2235 Homage to Horst P. Horst limited edition photograh
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Natasha Zupan's body of work, 'Homage to Horst P. Horst', explores the manipulation of surface texture, light, and the interweaving of time. She has incorporated found images in book...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment
Private Pool - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment 35" x 58"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
“Private Pool” is a part of Alex Sher’s popular series REFLECTIONS - underwater photographs that could be almost mistaken for abstract paintings as they bring up recollections of mas...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Glengoyne 117, limited edition color photograph, signed and numbered.
By Ernie Button
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Glengoyne 117, limited edition color photograph, signed and numbered.
For much of my adult life, photography has provided me a forum to communicate my past & present, my humor & con...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Citizen 9
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Christopher Colville is an American artist working to push the boundaries of the photographic medium in both experimental and traditional forms. His images are created outdoors by ig...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Untitled Head Triptych
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Christopher Colville is an American artist working to push the boundaries of the photographic medium in both experimental and traditional forms. His images are created outdoors by ig...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Fluid Variant 3
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Christopher Colville is an American artist working to push the boundaries of the photographic medium in both experimental and traditional forms. His images are created outdoors by ig...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Waves of Stone; landscape, intentional camera movement, mountains, muted colors
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jeffrey Tamblyn
Waves of Stone
Medium: Digital Photography
Year: 2021
Size: 16x20 in
Edition: 50
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-943
Landscape ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Planet Balvenie 140, limited edition color photograph, signed and numbered.
By Ernie Button
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Planet Balvenie 140, limited edition color photograph, signed and numbered.
Whisky is a time-honored drink, finely crafted and enjoyed for centuries. I feel fortunate that I found t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
New Orleans, 2017
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Cameraless – A cameraless image is produced on photographic material without the aid of a camera or lenses.
Chemigram – A Chemigram, from "chemistry" and gramma – Greek for "things...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Stars 11, 2015 - Stars and Trees in Ancient English Woodland Forest Landscape
By Ellie Davies
Located in Brighton, GB
Stars 11, 2015 - Stars and Trees in Ancient English Woodland Forest Landscape by Ellie Davies
Stars 11 by Ellie Davies is a stunning Digital C-Type Print on Fuji Maxima Matte Paper,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital, C Print, Color
Imprint
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Lumen print of fish bladder, gold toned
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Floriculture 2 - Lisa Creagh, Digital, Floral, Patterns, Gardens, Photography
By Lisa Creagh
Located in Brighton, GB
Floriculture 2 by Lisa Creagh
45" x 72" Lightjet Print from a Limited Edition of 10
Creagh's project 'Floriculture' draws on the theme of The Instant Garden, which derived from an ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Lights, Color
Erosion 1, 2018
By David Ondrik
Located in Sante Fe, NM
A photogram is a cameraless photographic image made by placing objects directly onto the surface of a light-sensitive material, such as photographic paper, and then exposing the mate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photogram
The Factory -
Located in Brighton, GB
The Factory is a dynamic C-Type Matte Print by Contemporary photographer Chris Frazer Smith.
It is available in this size in an Edition of 25, and is sold unframed.
Frazer Smith pl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Falling
Located in Sante Fe, NM
These are tiny paintings, made with a few grains of developer and a drop of water
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
David Burdeny - In Bloom 02, Kunming, China, Photography 2019, Printed After
Located in Stamford, CT
David Burdeny (b. 1968. Winnipeg, Canada) graduated with a Masters in Architecture and Interior Design and spent the early part of his career practicing in his field before establish...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
David Burdeny - Kadō 1, Photography 2019, Printed After
Located in Stamford, CT
David Burdeny (b. 1968. Winnipeg, Canada) graduated with a Masters in Architecture and Interior Design and spent the early part of his career practicing in his field before establish...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Meditation
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Cameraless – A cameraless image is produced on photographic material without the aid of a camera or lenses.
Chemigram – A Chemigram, from "chemistry" and gramma – Greek for "things...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Songs of the Sky 9 (Abstract Landscape Sepia Toned Photograph of Clouds
Sky)
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstracted landscape sepia toned photograph of clouds and sky on three panels
Japanese Kozo paper infused with encaustic on 3 panels, each panel ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Wax, Encaustic, Mulberry Paper
Construction Site, Tucker, Georgia
By Peter Essick
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Construction Sites are areas of rapid change to the environment. Forest, farms, old structures or empty lots are converted to new buildings with larg...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Brittany II (Photograph, Print, Nature, Wildlife, Outdoors, Blue, Grass)
By Jo Crowther
Located in Brighton, GB
Edition of 50.
All items are shipped as a print only and come unframed.
Jo Crowther was born in York in 1963, and a childhood of much travelling resulted in her attending 14 differ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Inkjet
Driving Range - Sports Photography Golf Course Driving Range Pitch and Putt
Located in Brighton, GB
Driving Range is a dynamic C-Type Matte Print by Contemporary photographer Chris Frazer Smith.
It is available in this size in an Edition of 25, and is sold unframed.
In a departur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
The Macallan 136, limited edition color photograph, signed and numbered
By Ernie Button
Located in Sante Fe, NM
The Macallan 136, limited edition color photograph, signed and numbered
For much of my adult life, photography has provided me a forum to communicate my past & present, my humor & c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
30x30" Modern Sensual Art Nude Photography - Nudes n.1
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a series of black and white Nude art photography (13 in series). We present this series of the human form - that which has inspired artists from time immemorial. This series ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
To the Flow 2
By Chaco Terada
Located in Sante Fe, NM
practiced since childhood. I take a line from one character, and when that brushstroke is made it tells me where the next one should be placed. This method of working is untraditional. I have found that the details and individual lines of a character are beautiful by themselves. I may use the individual brushstrokes that form a written word, Japanese letters...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Silk, Sumi Ink, Archival Pigment
Shibui 2619, limited edition color photograph, signed and numbered by the artist
By Ernie Button
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Shibui 2619 is a limited edition color photograph, signed and numbered by the artist.
Focusing on subjects grand and mundane, Ernie Button takes color photographs of cities and sigh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Shibui 2988, limited edition color photograph, signed and numbered
By Ernie Button
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Shibui 2988 is a limited edition color photograph and is signed and numbered
Focusing on subjects grand and mundane, Ernie Button takes color photographs of cities and sights on his...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Shibui 3087, limited edition color photograph, signed and numbered by the artist
By Ernie Button
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Shibui 3087 is a limited edition color photograph, signed and numbered by the artist
Focusing on subjects grand and mundane, Ernie Button takes color photographs of cities and sight...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tide, 2018
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vintage Watch, Mixed Media, Unique
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media
Leaf No. 7C3
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Our world is immersed in light, but its physical essence is chemical. Digital photographic processes can record that illumination, but they cannot touch the wet, chemical essence whi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Leaf No. 32C1
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Our world is immersed in light, but its physical essence is chemical. Digital photographic processes can record that illumination, but they cannot touch the wet, chemical essence whi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
In Memory Of #10 (Abstract Monoprint)
By Birgit Blyth
Located in Hudson, NY
Unique chromoskedasic monoprint on photographic paper
22 x 18 inches framed
This contemporary, abstract style chromoskedasic monoprint was created by experimental photographer Birgi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Monoprint
Untitled
Located in Sante Fe, NM
My work investigates the atmosphere of place through chance-based approaches to photography. I am interested in the mysterious space between the camera lens and outside world, and ho...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Planet Glenfiddich 125, limited edition color photograph, signed and numbered
By Ernie Button
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Planet Glenfiddich 125, limited edition color photograph, signed and numbered
For much of my adult life, photography has provided me a forum to communicate my past & present, my hu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Salt 04040 (Fractured I)
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Salt is the commonest of common things. Essential as it is to human lives, salt finds its place in countless metaphors. As a mineral in the world, it has a sort of life of its own. L...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Escape Through the Window
Located in Sante Fe, NM
This series of images reflects a time when I was caring for my mother, who was rapidly declining into dementia, in my home.
Each morning before the long day...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Leaf No. 7C3
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Our world is immersed in light, but its physical essence is chemical. Digital photographic processes can record that illumination, but they cannot touch the wet, chemical essence whi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
David Burdeny - Kadō 2, Photography 2019, Printed After
Located in Stamford, CT
David Burdeny (b. 1968. Winnipeg, Canada) graduated with a Masters in Architecture and Interior Design and spent the early part of his career practicing in his field before establish...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
David Burdeny - In Bloom 01, Kunming, China, Photography 2019, Printed After
Located in Stamford, CT
David Burdeny (b. 1968. Winnipeg, Canada) graduated with a Masters in Architecture and Interior Design and spent the early part of his career practicing in his field before establish...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Creekbed in Winter (Contemporary Digital Print of Abstract Winter Landscape)
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract landscape photography for a snow filled creek bed during winter
Archival digital print
36 x 32 inches, edition of 30
Additional sizes available
This contemporary, archival ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital
The Angel Hair - underwater photograph - print on paper 35x23"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a young woman with long golden hair. The hair covers the woman's face making this figurative photograph look like an abstract art.
Original gallery quali...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Shape of Heart
By Chaco Terada
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Chaco Terada, originally from Japan, was trained at a young age in the art of calligraphy. When Chaco was in her twenties she had the opportunity to work on her calligraphy in ten co...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Silk, Sumi Ink, Pigment
Brushstroke - underwater photograph from series REFLECTIONS - aluminum 20x36"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
In a delicate smear of faded blues intermingled with the curves and lines of the pale colors of the skin, Alex Sher’s “Brushstroke” uncovers his phenomenal ability to
capture the tr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Tight Grouping #1
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Christopher Colville is an American artist working to push the boundaries of the photographic medium in both experimental and traditional forms. His images are created outdoors by ig...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Target D11
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Christopher Colville is an American artist working to push the boundaries of the photographic medium in both experimental and traditional forms. His images are created outdoors by ig...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Revinins 2
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Christopher Colville is an American artist working to push the boundaries of the photographic medium in both experimental and traditional forms. His images are created outdoors by ig...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Target D10
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Christopher Colville is an American artist working to push the boundaries of the photographic medium in both experimental and traditional forms. His images are created outdoors by ig...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Target B2
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Christopher Colville is an American artist working to push the boundaries of the photographic medium in both experimental and traditional forms. His images are created outdoors by ig...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Target E
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Christopher Colville is an American artist working to push the boundaries of the photographic medium in both experimental and traditional forms. His images are created outdoors by ig...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Target C4
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Christopher Colville is an American artist working to push the boundaries of the photographic medium in both experimental and traditional forms. His images are created outdoors by ig...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Citizen 5
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Christopher Colville is an American artist working to push the boundaries of the photographic medium in both experimental and traditional forms. His images are created outdoors by ig...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Waiting for the Fairy 1
By Chaco Terada
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Chaco Terada, originally from Japan, was trained at a young age in the art of calligraphy. When Chaco was in her twenties she had the opportunity to work on her calligraphy in ten co...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Silk, Sumi Ink, Pigment
Reverberation
By Chaco Terada
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Chaco Terada, originally from Japan, was trained at a young age in the art of calligraphy. When Chaco was in her twenties she had the opportunity to work on her calligraphy in ten co...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Silk, Sumi Ink, Pigment
Memory Bouquet
By Chaco Terada
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Chaco Terada, originally from Japan, was trained at a young age in the art of calligraphy. When Chaco was in her twenties she had the opportunity to work on her calligraphy in ten co...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Silk, Sumi Ink, Pigment
Contemporary abstract photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary 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, purple, red, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Alessandro Puccinelli, Peter Mendelson, Stefanie Schneider, and Jessica Houston. Frequently made by artists working with Pigment Print, and Archival 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 Contemporary abstract photography, so small editions measuring 2 inches across are also available.
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