Abstract Still-life Sculptures
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
MULTICOLOURED SLIPCAST PORCELAIN, EMMA BELL, WALL SCULPTURE, SLIPCAST, FRAMES,
By Emma Bell
Located in Deddington, GB
Multicoloured Slipcast Porcelain
73 x 73 x7 cm
Emma Bell said : "I have coloured the porcelain body & then put a clear glaze over it"
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Slip
Emma Bell, 3 Clays X, Original Ceramic Sculpture, Installation Art, Calming Art
By Emma Bell
Located in Deddington, GB
Emma Bell
3 Clays X
Original Installation Art
Ceramics
Artwork Size: H 73cm x W 73 cm x D 7cm
Sold Framed
Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of how a piece may ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Three Clays XIII, Emma Bell, Original Installation Art, Living Art, Zen Art
By Emma Bell
Located in Deddington, GB
Emma Bell
73cmx73cmx 7cm
Three clays XIII
Emma Bell’s ceramic and porcelain Pot Frame – Installation Piece.
Emma Bell says: “This piece is inspired by my glaze test...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Wood
Violin - Collage and assembly in plexi case, Italy 1970s
Located in Napoli, IT
Assemblage, violin, paper collage on board, plexiglass case.
Chiari freely uses painting, objects, drawing and collage of photocopies and photographs to create intriguing works.
Exhibitions: Back to Future, Glenda Cinquegrana: lo Studio, 17.07-24.09.2013, Milan, Italy Giuseppe Chiari...
Category
1970s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Paper
Don Frost - Idyll, Sculpture 2022
By Don Frost
Located in Stamford, CT
Fiberglass / Carbon Fibre Impregnated With Catalysed Polyester Resin Graphite Filled Acrylic Laquor On Filled Polyester Resin Base
"Don Frost, sculptor, creator of completely unique...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Fiberglass, Polyester, Lacquer, Acrylic Polymer, Graphite
Don Frost - Wren, Sculpture 2022
By Don Frost
Located in Stamford, CT
Fiberglass / Carbon Fibre Impregnated With Catalysed Polyester Resin Graphite Filled Acrylic Laquor On Filled Polyester Resin Base
"Don Frost, sculptor, creator of completely unique...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Fiberglass, Lacquer, Acrylic Polymer, Graphite
Don Frost - Avender, Sculpture 2020
By Don Frost
Located in Stamford, CT
Fiberglass / Carbon Fibre Impregnated With Catalysed Polyester Resin Graphite Filled Acrylic Laquor On Filled Polyester Resin Base
"Don Frost, sculptor, creator of completely unique...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Fiberglass, Polyester, Lacquer, Acrylic Polymer, Graphite
Paul Wunderlich - Leaf - Signed Bronze Sculpture
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Paul Wunderlich
Leaf
Bronze Sculpture
Signed, Numbered 248/350
Dated 1979
Paul Wunderlich, (1927 - 2010)
Born in Eberswalde on 10 March 1927. The German painter studied at the K...
Category
1970s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Rain God Vase
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic paint on ceramic vase
Sumit Mehndiratta is an Indian artist born in 1986 who lives & works in New Delhi, India. He has pursued Master of Science in International Fashion Mar...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Ceramic
Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Drip chrome
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on ceramic vase
Sumit Mehndiratta is an Indian artist born in 1986 who lives
works in New Delhi, India. He has pursued Master of Science in International Fashion M...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Mixed Media
Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Citrus Elixir
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on ceramic vase
Sumit Mehndiratta is an Indian artist born in 1986 who lives
works in New Delhi, India. He has pursued Master of Science in International Fashion M...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Mixed Media
"№5" Abstract Aluminum Sculpture 46" x 19" in Edition of 5 by Sergii Shaulis
Located in Culver City, CA
"№5" Abstract Aluminum Sculpture 46" x 19" in Edition of 5 by Sergii Shaulis
From "The man without a rod" series
Bronze. Approximate weight 110lbs.
*...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"Abstract Calligraphy" Abstract Sculpture 31.5" x 20" x 35" in by Ibrahim Khatab
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Calligraphy" Abstract Sculpture 31.5" x 20" x 35" in by Ibrahim Khatab
Ibrahim Khatab was born in Cairo 1984, works as a co-teacher in Cairo University, he mixes between p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media, Polyester
"Calligraphic Cat" Abstract Sculpture 33.5" x 20" x 20" in by Ibrahim Khatab
Located in Culver City, CA
"Calligraphic Cat" Abstract Sculpture 33.5" x 20" x 20" in by Ibrahim Khatab
Ibrahim Khatab was born in Cairo 1984, works as a co-teacher in Cairo University, he mixes between paint...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
You put the magic in me
Located in New York, NY
Dionisios Fragias is a New York -based artist born on the Greek island of Kefalonia and raised in New York City. He is the protege of the artist Jeff Koons whose years-long mentorshi...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Stainless Steel
"AVIRONS, Lunar Cycles, - wall sculpture, moon, celestial, space, oar
Located in Atlanta, GA
"AVIRONS, Lunar Cycles" is a wall sculpture made of copper & brass with patina, steel.
Corrina is inspired by the work of Louise Bourgeois, Louise Nevelson, Albert Paley, Lee Bontec...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Copper, Steel
"Prières et Rituels dans L
émerveillement" - indoor / outdoor sculpture, surreal
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Prières et Rituels dans L'émerveillement" is a surrealist metal sculpture made of stainless steel & bronze with patina. This boat, branch, ladder sculpture...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Stainless Steel
Fighting over
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Ruan Hoffmann uses ceramic earthenware as his preferred medium. Ruan Hoffmann chooses familiar objects such as plates as his canvases, however the resulting works are not presented a...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Glaze
Untitled 136
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Ruan Hoffmann uses ceramic earthenware as his preferred medium. Ruan Hoffmann chooses familiar objects such as plates as his canvases, however the resulting works are not presented a...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Glaze
Principled Opportunism Matter
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Ruan Hoffmann uses ceramic earthenware as his preferred medium. Ruan Hoffmann chooses familiar objects such as plates as his canvases, however the resulting works are not presented a...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Glaze
To Find Each Other, We Have to Leave Our Depths; To Survive, We Can Not Stay
Located in Boston, MA
Original Contemporary Sculpture
Wood, plastic whale, plastic squid, dyes, pigmented finish, clear finish
Artist's Commentary:
"The sperm whales of the world consume more squid each year by mass than the mass of the human population of the planet. It's a lot of squid. They're almost constantly hunting squid. What you may not have known is that there is some evidence giant squid...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Dye
Emma Bell, Multi coloured I, Contemporary Art
By Emma Bell
Located in Deddington, GB
Multi Coloured I
Emma Bell
73×73 cm
Emma Bell’s ceramic and porcelain Pot Frame – Installation Piece.
Emma Bell says: “This piece is inspired by my glaze test...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Forrest II
Located in Bozeman, MT
In 1968 Waddell joined the University of Montana art faculty, teaching sculpture and design. For eight years he lived in Arlee MT, teaching at the Universi...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Tucker I No.5
Located in Bozeman, MT
In 1968 Waddell joined the University of Montana art faculty, teaching sculpture and design. For eight years he lived in Arlee MT, teaching at the Universi...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Voyageur en Bateaux" - large abstract painting, drips, nautical
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Voyageur en Bateaux" is a sculptural wall piece featuring hues of brown and blue.
Corrina is inspired by the work of Louise Bourgeois, Louise Nevelson, Albert Paley, Lee Bontecou.
...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Pigment
At last it is here
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Ruan Hoffmann uses ceramic earthenware as his preferred medium. Ruan Hoffmann chooses familiar objects such as plates as his canvases, however the resulting works are not presented a...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Glaze
Think Orange
Located in New York, NY
A sculpture made with glass layers and painted with nail polish and acrylic, set on an acrylic pedestal.
The glass leaves are separated by slits on the pedestal and give the sculptu...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Think Pink
Located in New York, NY
A sculpture made with glass layers and painted with nail polish and acrylic, set on an acrylic pedestal.
The glass leaves are separated by slits on the pedestal and give the sculptu...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Green Tree D
Located in New York, NY
A sculpture made with glass layers and painted with nail polish and acrylic, set on an acrylic pedestal.
The glass leaves are separated by slits on the pedestal and give the sculptu...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Green Tree C
Located in New York, NY
A sculpture made with glass layers and painted with nail polish and acrylic, set on an acrylic pedestal.
The glass leaves are separated by slits on the pedestal and give the sculptu...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Green Tree B
Located in New York, NY
A sculpture made with glass layers and painted with nail polish and acrylic, set on an acrylic pedestal.
The glass leaves are separated by slits on the pedestal and give the sculptu...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Green Tree A
Located in New York, NY
A sculpture made with glass layers and painted with nail polish and acrylic, set on an acrylic pedestal.
The glass leaves are separated by slits on the pedestal and give the sculptu...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
White Rose
Located in New York, NY
A sculpture made with glass layers and painted with nail polish and acrylic, set on an acrylic pedestal.
The glass leaves are separated by slits on the pedestal and give the sculptu...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Marble Blue Pine Tree
Located in New York, NY
A sculpture made with glass layers and painted with nail polish and acrylic, set on an acrylic pedestal.
The glass leaves are separated by slits on the pedestal and give the sculptu...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Fragile
Located in New York, NY
With the distinctive medium of nail polish on glass, Özmenoğlu re-contextualizes everyday objects from ordinary to beautiful works of art. Her glass panel sculptures play with the vi...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Price Upon Request
The Afterparty (Octopus)
Located in New York, NY
Dionisios Fragias is a New York -based artist born on the Greek island of Kefalonia and raised in New York City. He is the protege of the artist Jeff Koons whose years-long mentorshi...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Stainless Steel
Price Upon Request
Memory Palace
Located in New York, NY
Dionisios Fragias is a New York -based artist born on the Greek island of Kefalonia and raised in New York City. He is the protege of the artist Jeff Koons whose years-long mentorshi...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Stainless Steel
Price Upon Request
Minotaur Bouquet
Located in New York, NY
Dionisios Fragias is a New York -based artist born on the Greek island of Kefalonia and raised in New York City. He is the protege of the artist Jeff Koons whose years-long mentorshi...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Stainless Steel
Price Upon Request
Ship as Flag as Storm
Located in New York, NY
Dionisios Fragias is a New York -based artist born on the Greek island of Kefalonia and raised in New York City. He is the protege of the artist Jeff Koons whose years-long mentorshi...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Stainless Steel
Price Upon Request
Concussion Garden
Located in New York, NY
Dionisios Fragias is a New York -based artist born on the Greek island of Kefalonia and raised in New York City. He is the protege of the artist Jeff Koons whose years-long mentorshi...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Price Upon Request
Diken
Located in New York, NY
A sculpture made with glass layers and painted with nail polish and acrylic, set on a wood pedestal.
The glass leaves are separated by slits on the pedest...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Acrylic, Wood
Price Upon Request
Red Tree on a Stand
Located in New York, NY
A sculpture made with glass layers and painted with nail polish and acrylic, set on a cement pedestal.
The glass leaves are separated by slits on the pedestal, giving the sculpture ...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Price Upon Request
Cherry
Located in New York, NY
A sculpture made with glass layers and painted with nail polish and acrylic, set on an acrylic pedestal.
The glass leaves are separated by slits on the pedestal and give the sculptu...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Bradley Sabin Antler Set with Orange Floral Pods (dimensions variable)
Located in New Orleans, LA
ceramic, glaze
dimensions variable
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Fruit Bowl - Chrome
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a signed and limited edition of 18. Commission Only, lead time is apx. 5 weeks. This dimensional sculpture is created with layered laser cut chromed steel pieces with spacers...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Price Upon Request
Candy Rose - Blue on Orange - COMMISSION ONLY
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Candy Rose - Blue on Orange" — custom paint on layered laser cut aluminum — 32 x 32 x 7 inches. Edition of 18.
THIS IS A COMMISSION-ONLY PIECE THAT IS MADE UPON REQUEST. PLEASE AL...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
Price Upon Request
Candy Rose - Pink on Pearl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Candy Rose - Pink on Pearl" — custom paint on layered laser cut aluminum — 32 x 32 x 7 inches. Edition of 18.
THIS IS A COMMISSION-ONLY PIECE THAT IS MADE UPON REQUEST. PLEASE ALL...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
Price Upon Request
Candy Rose - Blue on Red
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Candy Rose - Blue on Red" — custom paint on layered laser cut aluminum — 32 x 32 x 7 inches. Edition of 18. Please contact gallery regarding availability.
THIS IS A COMMISSION-ONLY PIECE THAT IS MADE UPON REQUEST. PLEASE ALLOW 3-4 WEEKS LEAD TIME. *PLEASE CONTACT GALLERY REGARDING AVAILABILITY.
An incredibly dimensional wall sculpture made with multiple layers of laser cut aluminum, a material that contrasts the delicate subject of many "Kalish Editions" works – roses. See the FP Contemporary website for more colors.
Michael Kalish is an internationally acclaimed mixed-media artist based in Los Angeles. His passion for metal started with vintage car parts and license plates and evolved to more refined laser cut aluminum and mirrored stainless steel sculptures, with references to American culture.
In his most daring and bold expression of the force of nature known as love, the renowned sculptor unveiled his own artistic sonnet in sculpture form – "THE ART OF FINDING LOVE...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
Price Upon Request
Candy Rose - Orange on Pink
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Candy Rose - Orange on Pink" — custom paint on layered laser cut aluminum — 32 x 32 x 7 inches. Edition of 18.
THIS IS A COMMISSION-ONLY PIECE THAT IS MADE UPON REQUEST. PLEASE ALLOW 3-4 WEEKS LEAD TIME. *PLEASE CONTACT GALLERY REGARDING AVAILABILITY.
An incredibly dimensional wall sculpture made with multiple layers of laser cut aluminum, a material that contrasts the delicate subject of many "Kalish Editions" works – roses. See the FP Contemporary website for more colors.
Michael Kalish is an internationally acclaimed mixed-media artist based in Los Angeles. His passion for metal started with vintage car parts and license plates and evolved to more refined laser cut aluminum and mirrored stainless steel sculptures, with references to American culture.
In his most daring and bold expression of the force of nature known as love, the renowned sculptor unveiled his own artistic sonnet in sculpture form – "THE ART OF FINDING LOVE", a 20 foot x 6 foot x 6 foot interactive sculpture...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
Price Upon Request
Candy Rose - Pink on Purple
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Candy Rose - Pink on Purple" — custom paint on layered laser cut aluminum — 32 x 32 x 7 inches. Edition of 18.
THIS IS A COMMISSION-ONLY PIECE THAT IS MADE UPON REQUEST. PLEASE ALL...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
Price Upon Request
Illumetric: Rectangle
By Shana Mabari
Located in New York, NY
Illumetric: Rectangle, 2014
Acrylic, Steel, LED lighting
3 x 2 x 10 feet (91 x 61 x 305 cm)
Edition of 3
Shana Mabari is a Los Angeles-based artist exploring the intersections ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Price Upon Request
Abstract still-life sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract still-life sculptures 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 still-life sculptures created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of red, blue, orange, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Corrina Sephora, Andrzej Szymczyk, Dionisios Fragias, and Michael Kalish. Frequently made by artists working with Metal, and Ceramic 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 still-life sculptures, so small editions measuring 3 inches across are also available. Prices for still-life sculptures 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 $150 and tops out at $120,000, while the average work sells for $3,647.