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
Boat 3 - Signed limited edition still life print, Large format contemporary Blue
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Boat 3
Large scale photograph by Michael Banks - Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo RAG Baryta 315 gsm )
Limited Editions of 5 , signed + numbered by ar...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Color, Digital, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigme...
Future city 1-Signed limited edition abstract print, Large format contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
' Future city 1 ' - Limited edition pigment print - Limited Editions of 5
Signed + numbered by artist, with certificate of authenticity
This print that is being offered is a high...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Boat 1 -Signed limited edition fine art print, Red Still life, Contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Boat 1
Large scale photograph by Michael Banks - Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo RAG Baryta 315 gsm )
Limited Editions of 5 , signed + numbered by ar...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Color, Digital, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigme...
Fluidity 3-Signed limited edition abstract fine art print, large color photo, Blue
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Fluidity 1 - Large scale photograph by Michael Banks
Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo RAG Baryta 315 gsm )
Limited Editi...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Color, Digital, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigme...
When the Two Continents Met
Located in San Francisco, CA
Gary Goldberg
When the Two Continents Met, 2018
Archival pigmented print
19 x 13 in
Edition of 10
Gary Goldberg has been photographing the unique qualities of Oaxaca City, Mexico fo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Light Mandala1 - Signed limited edition abstract art print, Contemporary, Square
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Light Mandala 1 - Photograph by Michael Banks
Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo RAG Baryta 315 gsm )
Limited Editions of 5 , signed + numbered by arti...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Color, Digital, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
The Color of Water #5 Perseverance
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 weath...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Earth Poem 3- Signed limited edition abstract print, Large format contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Earth Poem 3, Large scale photograph by Michael Banks
Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo RAG Baryta 315 gsm )
Limited Editions of 5 , signed + numbered ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment, Photographic P...
Bling 11 -Signed limited edition art print, Contemporary abstract, Square format
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Bling 11 - Limited edition pigment print . Limited Editions of 5
Signed + numbered by artist, with certificate of authenticity
This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based pape...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment, Pigment
Bling 15 - FRee delivery- Yellow print, Color abstract, Square brown photo
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
'Bling 15' - Limited edition pigment print
Limited Editions of 5
Signed + numbered by artist, with certificate of authenticity
This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based pape...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Bright star 9 -Signed limited edition abstract pigment print, Color square photo
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Bright star 9 - Limited edition pigment print. - Limited Editions of 5
Signed + numbered by artist, with certificate of authenticity
This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber ba...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Color, Digital, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Bright star 4 - Signed limited edition abstract pigment print, Color square photo
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
' Bright star 4 ' - Limited edition pigment print
Limited Editions of 5
Signed + numbered by artist, with certificate of authenticity
This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber bas...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Color, Digital, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Diamond 4-Signed limited edition abstract yellow print, Contemporary, Square
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
' Diamond 4 ' - Limited edition pigment print
Limited Editions of 5
Signed + numbered by artist, with certificate of authenticity
This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based p...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Color, Digital, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Bling 13 -Signed limited edition abstract brown print, Contemporary dark, Square
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Bling 13 - Limited edition pigment print - Limited Editions of 5
Signed + numbered by artist, with certificate of authenticity
This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based pap...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment, Digital, Pigment
Bleed # 202482 (Abstract Photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Bleed # 202481 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas — Unframed.
Work can be hung with either the WallCleat system (support bar supplied) or the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Blus, Abstract Photograph, 2016
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Glitching a greyscale image to reveal color in the file - part of the original set of glitches.
Keywords: glitch, digital, digital art, print, abstract, colorful ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Empire in Black and White"New York, Giclee Print, Abstract Photography, Limited
By Hatice Besun
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Empire in B&W / From the series of Lights of New York / Photograph
Creator: Hatice Besun
Creation year: 2021
Dimension: 40 x 60”
External Dimension( with white border) Height:40.8 i...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Bleed # 202481 (Abstract Photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Bleed # 202481 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas — Unframed.
Work can be hung with either the WallCleat system (support bar supplied) or the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
"Jessica Alba - riding her bike in Malibu, July 5, 2015" Colorful Abstract Photo
Located in Atlanta, GA
Spencer Sloan is a mixed-media artist whose recent work, digitally manipulating paparazzi photographs into abstraction using a series of image-corrupting applications, stems from his...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Bleed # 202420 (Abstract Photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Bleed # 202420 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas — Unframed.
Work can be hung with either the WallCleat system (support bar supplied) or the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
"Abstract Composition XII" in Pink Red Green Black Modern Art Spots
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Abstract Composition XII" by James Chadwick is from his series that takes from vintage patterning, zooming in to see the abstraction of the detail whic...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Paper
Bleed # 202205 (Abstract Photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Bleed # 202205 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas — Unframed.
Edition: 3/3
Work can be hung with either the WallCleat system (support bar sup...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Eyes to the wind
Located in Deddington, GB
Allan Forsyth
Eyes to the wind
228x76cm
Archival Chromagenic Photographic Print
Diasec Framed
Edition 6 + 2 APs
Allan Forsyth is an artist who explores a breadth of themes that is r...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photogram
Chrysler Building with Brooklyn Bridge
Located in Miami, FL
Color photography in the mid-1970s had barely emerged as a recognized fine art form.
The few works in color that museum curators considered were mostly nature pictures or snapshot-l...
Category
1970s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Blue Haze, Katie Hallam, Limited Edition, Abstract, Photography, Affordable, Art
By Katie Hallam
Located in Deddington, GB
Katie Hallam
Blue Haze
Limited Edition Digital Photograph on a metal backing and does not need framing. It is mounted securely and ready to hang on a wall.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Retro Wave
By Katie Hallam
Located in Deddington, GB
Katie Hallam
Retro Wave
Limited Edition Digital Photograph
Edition of 75
Size of Work: H 90cm x W 90cm x D 1cm
Sold Unframed
Ready to Hang – Please note tha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital
Finding the Universe in Oaxaca, Night Sky
Located in San Francisco, CA
Gary Goldberg
Finding the Universe in Oaxaca, Night Sky, 2018
Archival pigmented print
19 x 13 in
Edition of 10
Gary Goldberg has been photographing the unique qualities of Oaxaca C...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cosmica #74, 4 Elements
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo
Cosmica #115, 4 Elements,
Archival Pigment Print
Unframed
Ask us for framing options.
40 x 40 inches
Edition of 13
Archival Pigment Print
...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Cosmica #72, 4 Elements
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo
Cosmica #115, 4 Elements,
Archival Pigment Print
Unframed
Ask us for framing options.
40 x 40 inches
Edition of 13
Archival Pigment Print
Unframed
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Holding Light In Darkness #7
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 Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Cosmica #94, 4 Elements
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo
Cosmica #115, 4 Elements,
Archival Pigment Print
Unframed
Ask us for framing options.
40 x 40 inches
Edition of 13
Archival Pigment Print
...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
orizzontale
Located in New York, NY
Paper size is 30 x 25 inches, image size is 20 x 15 inches
Signed, dated and numbered
Pigment print on Kodak Metallic paper, there is a 5 inch border around the image which enhances...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Cosmica #71, 4 Elements
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo
Cosmica #115, 4 Elements,
Archival Pigment Print
Unframed
Ask us for framing options.
40 x 40 inches
Edition of 13
Archival Pigment Print
Unframed
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
"Abstract Composition X" in Brown and Tan Modern Art Spots
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Abstract Composition X" by James Chadwick is from his series that takes from vintage patterning, zooming in to see the abstraction of the detail which largely goes unnoticed. Inspir...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Paper
Celebration6, Original Abstract Photograph, 2016
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
From a collection of stills taken from Celebration, 2015.
This video compilation celebrates gesture. Unlike “Goodbye Friend” where DeRosato slowly glitches the l...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Abstract Composition III" in Turquoise Blue Green Orange Modern Art Spots
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Abstract Composition III" by James Chadwick is from his series that takes from vintage patterning, zooming in to see the abstraction of the detail whic...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Paper
"Abstract Composition XI" in Grey Yellow Black Green Blue Red Modern Art Spots
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Abstract Composition X" by James Chadwick is from his series that takes from vintage patterning, zooming in to see the abstraction of the detail which largely goes unnoticed. Inspir...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Paper
Mesh, South China Sea, Traverse, 2011
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Mesh, South China Sea, Traverse, 2011
44 x 44 inches - Edition of 10
Archival Pigment Print
Signature Label
Print only. Ask us for frami...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Katie Hallam, Erosion, Limited Edition Photography, Contemporary Digital Art
By Katie Hallam
Located in Deddington, GB
Katie Hallam
Erosion
Limited Edition Digital Photograph
Edition of 75
Size of Work: H 80cm x W 40cm x D 1cm
Sold Unframed
Ready to Hang – Please note that insitu images are purely an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Katie Hallam, Blue Haze, Limited Edition Abstract Print, Geometric Photograph
By Katie Hallam
Located in Deddington, GB
Katie Hallam
Blue Haze
Limited Edition Digital Photograph on a metal backing and does not need framing. It is mounted securely and ready to hang on a wall.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Diptych No. 57805 / No. 57806 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Diptych No. 57805 / No. 57806 (Abstract Photography)
Photography / Archival pigment print — Unframed.
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
Available on request - 2 weeks turnaround.
So...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Ink, Archival Pigment
Irons and Tomatoes: still life color photograph w/ abstract shadow patterns, sm
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 three series, along with his "Still Life" and his "Flora" series, making up a larger body of work produced between the years 2019-2021. The leading actor in this three-part drama is the late afternoon light with the supporting cast being the objects of his attention -- a deer antler, a dying flower, plaster casts of his daughter’s hand and foot, the various vessels and forms in relation to each other as the light moves across their surfaces. The elephant in the room for the latter work is the lockdown mood that intensifies and thickens the air in these still lifes. Image size is approx. 14 1/2 x 11” printed on 19 x 13” sheets, edition of 10. Also available as image size approx. 19 x 14 1/4” printed on 22 x 17” sheets, edition of 5 ($2,500) - listed separately. Signed, titled, dated and numbered lower margin.
Brooklyn-born artist Paul Cava began his career as an artist in the late 1960's. Cava made his first explorations as a poet, multi-media artist, filmmaker, photographer and painter. He finally settled in the last three decades on a hybrid form of expression that synthesized his previous efforts and anticipated the current digital use of photography by combining photographs, words, collage, drawing, painting, and printmaking into his own visual language, the core of which is a personal visual poetry.
Cava has exhibited paintings, drawings and photo-based works from 1976 to the present in galleries and museums in the United States and Europe. His work has been collected by a broad range of private and public institutions, including The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Princeton University Museum of Art, and The Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. His work has been featured in many publications including "Eyemazing Magazine" and "Das Magazin." Cava was a recipient of Pennsylvania Council on the Arts grants in 1981 and 1999. In 2005, the German publisher Edition Galerie Vevais released "Walt Whitman and Paul Cava / Children of Adam," a deluxe volume of Cava’s photo-based art and Walt Whitman’s poetry. The artist’s second book, "Paul Cava: Photographs Collages...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Floral Study 13: still life color photograph w/ dried flowers on black field
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 "Flora" seri...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Floral Study 181: still life color photograph w/ dried flowers on sky blue field
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 "Flora" seri...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Untitled (2159): still life photograph w/ antler
abstract shadow patterns, lg
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" ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Bleed # 202173 (Abstract Photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Bleed # 202173 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas — Unframed.
Edition: 1/3.
Work can be hung with either the WallCleat system (support bar sup...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Untitled #61 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Untitled #61 (Abstract Photography)
C-print — Unframed.
Edition: 3/5 + 2 A/P
This early work from Caldicott's acclaimed Tupperware series exemplifies his ability to breathe life in...
Category
1990s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Untitled #59 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Untitled #59 (Abstract Photography)
C-print — Unframed.
Edition: 2/5 + 2 A/P
This early work from Caldicott's acclaimed Tupperware series exemplifies his ability to breathe life in...
Category
1990s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Combination Red (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Combination Red (Abstract Photography)
C-print — Unframed.
Edition of 5 + 2 AP, next 1/2 AP
This early work from Caldicott's acclaimed Tupperware series exemplifies his ability to ...
Category
1990s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Combination Blue No.1 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Combination Blue No.1 (Abstract Photography)
C-print — Unframed.
Edition: 5/5 + 2 A/P
This early work from Caldicott's acclaimed Tupperware series exemplifies his ability to breath...
Category
1990s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Combination White/Cream (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Combination White/Cream (Abstract Photography)
C-print — Unframed.
Edition: 4/5 + 2 A/P
This early work from Caldicott's acclaimed Tupperware series exemplifies his ability to brea...
Category
1990s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Orange Flask (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Orange Flask (Abstract Photography)
C-print — Unframed.
Edition: 4/5 + 2 A/P
This early work from Caldicott's acclaimed Tupperware series exemplifies his ability to breathe life in...
Category
1990s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
The Peacock of Coconut Grove, Animal Photography
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Peacocks roam freely in the streets around Coconut Grove in Miami. Arguably, they are one of nature's most exquisite works of art. They are adorned wit...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Red Head Girl in the Bowery - Graffiti Street Photography
Located in Miami, FL
A graffiti street scene in New York City becomes a semi-abstract picture.
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso Edition 3 of 15. Unframed. Other size available, Printe...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Chrysler Building Spire from Grand Central Station
Located in Miami, FL
The Chrysler Building is one of the most photographed buildings in the world, with millions of images of it taken from various perspectives. Yet, it has never been captured quite li...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Urban Landscapes - Serie Bouquet N° I
Located in Miami, FL
Born 1959, Geneva, Switzerland
Vanna Karamaounas aka Iseult Labote – Lives and works in Geneva and Berlin.
Born in Geneva of mixed Greek and Swiss heritage, Labote studied art his...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital
Space Field, Digital Iris Print Muse X Large Photograph on Heavy Paper
Located in Surfside, FL
These are from the 1990s printed at Muse X and never framed. they are unsigned and unnumbered but from a very small edition. they are quite beautiful.
Victor Raphael was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1950. He studied art and theater at California State University Northridge and graduated from UCLA. He has exhibited throughout the nation and abroad. In 1996, his work was among the 50 best examples of Polaroid photography included in Polaroid 50: Art and Technology, an international touring exhibition commemorating the company’s 50th anniversary. He works in a wide range of media spanning painting, photography, filmmaking, printmaking, and digital technology. He creates complex and beautiful images that expand conventional views of time and space. For the past three decades, Raphael has produced a unique body of work by merging traditional media such as painting, photography and printmaking with modern electronic media, including video, digital printing and interactive technologies. In addition to his central themes of the exploration of the cosmos and aspects of travel–through space or time–and their visual records, the artist has developed an important body of paintings, in which water, for instance, and its protean and timeless qualities, form an important part. His photography process of digitally manipulating NASA photographs of planets and other natural celestial phenomena into Polaroid prints, and next altering them by hand with metallic paints and gold and metal leaf.
Education: University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., 1973, Magna Cum Laude
California State University, Northridge, 1968-1970
SELECTED ONE AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA, From Lead Into Gold
Oregon Jewish Museum, The Heavens Spread Out Like A Prayer Shawl
Skirball Cultural Center, Illuminated Reflections: A Bill Aron and Victor Raphael Collaboration.
Cypress College, Victor Raphael & Clayton Spada Collaboration: From Zero to Infinity
Karpeles Manuscript Library and Museum, Santa Barbara, CA, Jean-Pierre Hebert & Victor Raphael: Illuminated Collaboration
Cypress College, Paris Polaroids: Art In The City Of Lights
Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Victor Raphael: Envisioning Space
(20-year survey with catalogue)
Santa Monica College, Space Fields, Abstractions and Jackson Pollock 1980-1991 (catalogue)
Richard Green Gallery...
Category
1990s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Space Field, Digital Iris Print Muse X Large Photograph on Heavy Paper
Located in Surfside, FL
These are from the 1990s printed at Muse X and never framed. they are unsigned and unnumbered but from a very small edition. they are quite beautiful.
Victor Raphael was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1950. He studied art and theater at California State University Northridge and graduated from UCLA. He has exhibited throughout the nation and abroad. In 1996, his work was among the 50 best examples of Polaroid photography included in Polaroid 50: Art and Technology, an international touring exhibition commemorating the company’s 50th anniversary. He works in a wide range of media spanning painting, photography, filmmaking, printmaking, and digital technology. He creates complex and beautiful images that expand conventional views of time and space. For the past three decades, Raphael has produced a unique body of work by merging traditional media such as painting, photography and printmaking with modern electronic media, including video, digital printing and interactive technologies. In addition to his central themes of the exploration of the cosmos and aspects of travel–through space or time–and their visual records, the artist has developed an important body of paintings, in which water, for instance, and its protean and timeless qualities, form an important part. His photography process of digitally manipulating NASA photographs of planets and other natural celestial phenomena into Polaroid prints, and next altering them by hand with metallic paints and gold and metal leaf.
Education: University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., 1973, Magna Cum Laude
California State University, Northridge, 1968-1970
SELECTED ONE AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA, From Lead Into Gold
Oregon Jewish Museum, The Heavens Spread Out Like A Prayer Shawl
Skirball Cultural Center, Illuminated Reflections: A Bill Aron and Victor Raphael Collaboration.
Cypress College, Victor Raphael & Clayton Spada Collaboration: From Zero to Infinity
Karpeles Manuscript Library and Museum, Santa Barbara, CA, Jean-Pierre Hebert & Victor Raphael: Illuminated Collaboration
Cypress College, Paris Polaroids: Art In The City Of Lights
Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Victor Raphael: Envisioning Space
(20-year survey with catalogue)
Santa Monica College, Space Fields, Abstractions and Jackson Pollock 1980-1991 (catalogue)
Richard Green Gallery...
Category
1990s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Porthole #7
By Jami Goldman
Located in New York, NY
Ed. of 15
Dye infused aluminum photograph
Series: Portholes, abstract realism
Jami Goldman is an American fine art photographer, with over 30 years experience behind the lens. She...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
On Distant Shores #3
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 Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Abstract photography for sale on 1stDibs.
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