Abstract 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
"Gold #1". Fake Marshmallow. Contemporary Pop Art Wall Sculpture in Clay
Located in FISTERRA, ES
"Gold #1" is a stunning piece from Elizabeth Art Candy’s Fake Marshmallow series, a body of work inspired by the evocative power of sweet memories. This sculptural artwork is meticul...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Canvas, Spray Paint
1978 Italy Abstract Bronze Nickeled Finish Sculpture by Carmelo Cappello
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an artwork created by the well known Italian artist Carmelo Cappello. It is a multiple, an Abstract Sculpture one of the identical 99 specimen edited in 1978. This piece is ...
Category
1970s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
River Stele
Located in Santa Fe, NM
It was the tumult of the sixties that compelled me to drop out of Swarthmore College, move “back to the land” and become an intuitive artist. I believed that if we were to survive a...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Jaff_Little Swivel._2022_hand cut paper_minimalism
By Liz Jaff
Located in Darien, CT
Liz Jaff creates intricate constructions which use repetition, patterns and forms from nature and architecture to explore ideas of love, commitment, sacrifice and memory of time and ...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Archival Paper
And Not One Friend, I Can
t Reach You, and Left Behind
Located in Dallas, TX
Cast bronze & goldleaf sculptures:
(1) - 32" x 24" x 24"
(1) - 30" x 43" x 24"
(1) - 25" x 24" x 20"
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Gold Leaf
High Schwerelos by Kuno Vollet - Tall Contemporary Black bronze sculpture
By Kuno Vollet
Located in DE
Artist: Kuno Vollet
Title: High Schwerelos
Materials: Bronze sculpture with a dark patina on black granite base
Size: 90 cm height, base, 6 x 17 x 14 cm
Edition of 15
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Bronze
"SAFE", Sculpture, Concrete and Steel Mesh, Black, Red, Grey, Temple Form, 2016
By Eva Ennist
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Eva Ennist, a mixed media and fiber artist, travels extensively through the Far East, gathering materials and techniques for her practice. The sculpture "SAFE" is a prime example of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Concrete, Steel
Forces of Nature 5 - Sculptural Abstract Minimalist Textural Artwork on Canvas
By Len Klikunas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Len Klikunas creates sculptural minimalist artworks to modify experienced reality through visual perception. His original artwork is a mix of art and architecture, hovering between p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Gesso, Mixed Media, Wood Panel
Joan Grubin, Air Net, 2018, Mylar, Paper, Acrylic Paint
By Joan Grubin
Located in Darien, CT
Weaving is a form of drawing, of plotting and connecting lines. Fabricating a three-dimensional, transparent object using thin strips of paper with differing colors on either side re...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mylar, Paper, Acrylic
ORÍ GUERREIRA TUPINANDACARU I, Figurative Sculpture. From the Series Sculptures
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Wood, stone, iron. The raw material and the material of a sculptor.
ancestor of any architectural practice. But the architect, the sculptor and the artist do not remain alone in thei...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Copper, Iron, Wire
Contemporary Cast Glass Sculpture,
Cloud Study #6
, 2017 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
Cloud Study #6 is a contemporary abstract glass sculpture by David Ruth from his Cloud Study Series. It contains hues of white, yellow and black painterly brushstroke formations in g...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
SIRI GIRL, Figurative Sculpture. From the Series Sculptures
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Wood, stone, iron. The raw material and the material of a sculptor.
ancestor of any architectural practice. But the architect, the sculptor and the artist do not remain alone in thei...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Copper, Iron, Wire
Golden Gingko by Kuno Vollet - Cast Brass gilded sculpture on white marble base
By Kuno Vollet
Located in DE
Artist: Kuno Vollet
Title: 3 Golden Gingko Leaves
Materials: Cast brass, gold leaf, white marble base
Size: 25 x 9 x 9 cm
This small elegant original bronze cast sculpture by German...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Gold, Brass
Handcrafted Urn - Spiral Ceramic Urn by Heidi Hartmann
Located in Winterswijk, NL
This elegant handcrafted ceramic urn with a smooth oval shape, delicate stands soft green and pink tones with fine decorative details, blending timeless design and natural inspiratio...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Large Biomorphic Abstract Bronze Sculpture Phoebe Adams Wall Hanging
Located in Surfside, FL
"What Remains"
Cast bronze with patina, 1985.
Cast at Johnson Atelier, Hamilton NJ
Exhibited at Guggenheim Museum 1985
Provenance: Sold through Grace Borgenicht Gallery, NY
The second photo is the picture in the catalogue. I received it from the artist. I do not have the catalogue available.
Studio handcrafted solid cast bronze Biomorphic shell wall sculpture. Abstract exoskeleton theme. This is a corner piece as can be seen in the catalogue photo (we do not have the catalogue). To be mounted on left side wall of corner, piece reached across to right side across corner (as per artists instructions).
Phoebe Adams...
Category
1980s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Handcrafted Oval Ceramic Urn - pink and green by Heidi Hartmann
Located in Winterswijk, NL
This elegant handcrafted ceramic urn with a smooth oval shape, delicate stands soft green and pink tones with fine decorative details, blending timeless design and natural inspiratio...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Vessel 2
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Hand Built and glazed ceramic. Free standing, two pieces (sphere and stand).
My interest in clay as an artistic medium began in 1984. Like most beginners in the medium, I focused ...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Wind Water #3
Located in Santa Fe, NM
It was the tumult of the sixties that compelled me to drop out of Swarthmore College, move “back to the land” and become an intuitive artist. I believed that if we were to survive a...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Ragisména series White M5, Abstract wall Sculpture
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The Ragisména series, which in Greek means cracked, has its materiality manifested through the desire to recreate and make feelings, memories and mythology tangible in the physical w...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Canvas, Plaster
ORÍ GUERREIRA NA LUZ I, Figurative Sculpture. From the Series Sculptures
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Wood, stone, iron. The raw material and the material of a sculptor.
ancestor of any architectural practice. But the architect, the sculptor and the artist do not remain alone in thei...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Copper, Iron, Wire
Untitled 02 - Contemporary, Abstract, Organic, Black, Metal, 21st Century
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Untitled 02, 2016
Mixed media on metal sheet (Signed on reverse)
70,87 H × 39,37 W x 12,6 D in
180 H × 100 W x 32 D cm
Berszán’s black silicon structures arise through a process of ...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Wire
Black Organic - 3D black color contemporary abstract mural sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Erin Vincent is a Toronto based-artist whose work draws on a variety of repetitive and labor intensive processes and materials. Things and common objects have always fascinated Vinc...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Foam, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Kohler Vase, Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture by Joe DiStefano
Located in Long Island City, NY
Made as part of the artist's residency with Arts/Industry tat John Michael Kohler Arts Center in 1976. The underside is inscribed with the glaze blend used in the piece.
Kohler Vase...
Category
1970s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Construction and Movement - sculpture, geometric, abstract, aluminum, colourful
By Eric Tardif
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Quebec artist Éric Tardif’s colourful and engaging abstract sculptures invite the viewer to think about their own relationship to the environment. This contemporary geometric outdoor...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
1972 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Nickeled Finish by Carmelo Cappello
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an artwork created by the well known Italian artist Carmelo Cappello.
This Carmelo Cappello Abstract Sculpture is a very interesting example of the approach of the artist to...
Category
1970s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Jabón Azul. From The Composition with Tools series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The “Composition with Tools” series engages observers with quirky and playful truisms, gently leading them toward deeper reflections. Jose Ricardo Contreras...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Found Objects, Acrylic, Oil
Cherubino Red Angel Lacquered Playwood Italy 1985 Bruno Chersicla Wall Sculpture
Located in Brescia, IT
This amazing wall sculpture is an abstract figure in a vibrant hand lacquered red color.
A graphic drawing on the wall like a Pop Art artwork.
Bruno C...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plywood
Golden Apples 56
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Hand Built and glazed ceramic. Free standing, two pieces (sphere and stand).
My interest in clay as an artistic medium began in 1984. Like most beginners in the medium, I focused ...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Untitled 03 - Black, Mixed Media, 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Untitled 03, 2016
Mixed media on metal sheet
Signed on reverse
70,8 H × 39,4 W x 12,6 D in
180 H × 100 W x 32 D cm
Berszán’s black silicon structures arise through a process of etch...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Chrome Double Diamond Meander
Located in Santa Fe, NM
It was the tumult of the sixties that compelled me to drop out of Swarthmore College, move “back to the land” and become an intuitive artist. I believed that if we were to survive a...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
"Elevate No. 3" floating wall shelf sculpture
By Huy Lam
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This work titled "Elevate No. 3" is an original artwork by Huy Lam made of burnt wood and brass inlay. The piece measures 8" x 20" x 3.5".
Please note: The plant and the pot pictur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
letsgoawayforawhile - playful, blue, abstract, elongated, ceramic wall sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This intriguing large blue clay piece by Canadian artist Steven Heinemann bridges the divide between sculpture and ceramics. The teardrop-shaped vessel appears deflated and gently cu...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Twelve Twenty-One
By Lizzie Scott
Located in Dallas, TX
Flashe on muslin with mixed textiles
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Muslin, Paint
Clown Cat - Limited Edition Sculpture 9/10
By Karel Appel
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Discover the Essence of Joy: Karel Appel's "Clown Cat" 9/10 Limited Edition Sculpture in Acrylic on wood.
Crafted from the finest wood, its playful contours and vibrant hues captiva...
Category
1970s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
$15,372 Sale Price
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Sojourner Series #16
By Bill Barrett
Located in New York, NY
A great small maquette that has a naturalistic form mirroring nature. Works like these by Bill Barrett have long been loved to grace bookshelves, consoles, coffee tables and mantles...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Wind Girl II Medium
Located in Somerset West, WC
Wind Girl II medium is a limited edition bronze sculpture with a nickel plating.
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Woven Plane - Abstract Geometric Form, Hand Painted Welded Steel Wall Sculpture
By Chris Hill
Located in Chicago, IL
This dynamic wall sculpture is created from sheets of steel, welded together in an abstract geometric pattern. Muted shades of blue, grey, purp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Umbra series 14, Abstract Sculpture
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Fear and insecurity came uninvited to keep the artist company. Suddenly it became necessary to release the sensations that surrounded him day and night. At times the artist felt as i...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Contemporary Cast Glass Sculpture,
Cloud Study #5
, 2017 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
Cloud Study #5 is a contemporary abstract glass sculpture by David Ruth from his Cloud Study Series. It contains hues of white, yellow and black painterly brushstroke formations in g...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Machet 1, Abstract Sculpture
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The Ragisména series, which in Greek means cracked, has its materiality manifested through the desire to recreate and make feelings, memories and mythology tangible in the physical w...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Canvas, Paper
Ori Guerreira na luz III, Figurative Sculpture. From the Series Sculptures
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Wood, stone, iron. The raw material and the material of a sculptor.
ancestor of any architectural practice. But the architect, the sculptor and the artist do not remain alone in thei...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Copper, Iron, Wire
Turquoise Chinlone
Located in Santa Fe, NM
It was the tumult of the sixties that compelled me to drop out of Swarthmore College, move “back to the land” and become an intuitive artist. I believed that if we were to survive a...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Warm Luau
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Warm Luau" is an original, painted ceramic sculpture by John Oliver Lewis measuring 7”h x 5”w x 5”d.
ABOUT // Originally from Wisconsin, John Oliver Lewis currently lives and works...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Acrylic
Spring - contemporary, figurative, mask, aluminum, chrome, wall sculpture
By Dale Dunning
Located in Bloomfield, ON
One of Canada’s leading contemporary sculptors, Dale Dunning continues to create new, original work from his foundry in Ontario. Forged from tube aluminum and coated with a reflectiv...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Gen-Form Study No.7 - contemporary, abstract, indoor resin sculpture
By W.W. Hung
Located in Bloomfield, ON
W.W. Hung created this contemporary abstract indoor sculpture from resin.
This elegant sculpture was made using 3-D modeling software and computer printing. Study No. 7’s organic for...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Contemporary Cast Glass Sculpture,
Cloud Study: Bird
, 2013 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
"Cloud Study: Bird' is a contemporary abstract glass sculpture by David Ruth from his Cloud Study Series. It contains hues of white painterly brushstroke formations in glass called t...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Contemporary Cast Glass Sculpture,
Cloud Study: House
, 2013 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
Cloud Study: House is a contemporary abstract glass sculpture by David Ruth from his Cloud Study Series. It contains hues of white and blue painterly brushstroke formations in glass ...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Infinite Drifter 3
By Lizzie Scott
Located in Dallas, TX
Textile & mixed media
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Muslin, Paint
Eyes to the Skies I Purple
Located in Santa Fe, NM
It was the tumult of the sixties that compelled me to drop out of Swarthmore College, move “back to the land” and become an intuitive artist. I believed that if we were to survive a...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
"#LayingItOnThick" Textured Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This large abstract statement painting by Teodora Guererra features a palette that transitions from deep blue at the bottom of the canvas up to lighter blue followed by a lavender vi...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Red Baby Chinlone
Located in Santa Fe, NM
It was the tumult of the sixties that compelled me to drop out of Swarthmore College, move “back to the land” and become an intuitive artist. I believed that if we were to survive a...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Madame Butterfly Sculpture.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The act of painting becomes a form of meditation. Marino explains that the time and process of creating work are at the core of what the painting wants to mean, declaring: that is ho...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Polystyrene, Wood
Turquoise Crook Mesa
Located in Santa Fe, NM
It was the tumult of the sixties that compelled me to drop out of Swarthmore College, move “back to the land” and become an intuitive artist. I believed that if we were to survive a...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Bintou Italy 1969 Bronze Abstract Sculpture
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an intense bronze abstract sculpture and it was created by the Italian artist Andrea Picini.
The artwork is hand made by the technic of the ...
Category
1960s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Double Diddle Phlebotomy Movement #2" drawing and layered paper sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Original multicolored hand-cut paper and ink on illustration board layered paper sculpture by Charles Clary measuring 16"h x 21"w. This piece ships in the pictured black frame.
Cha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Paper, Ink, Illustration Board
Day
By Lizzie Scott
Located in Dallas, TX
Paint on muslin with mixed textiles
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Muslin, Paint
$2,800
Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture,
Mandul
, 2008 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
'Mandul' is a contemporary abstract cast glass sculpture by David Ruth from his Internal Space & Standing Stones series. It features painterly brushstroke formations in glass called ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Early Childhood,
by Arman Hambardzumyan, Bronze Sculpture
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 35.43" x 9.84" bronze sculpture by Armenian artist, Arman Hambardzumyan, features a faceless figural form with long legs and a short torso. Th...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Belt Buckle, limited edition in collection of Victoria
Albert Museum UK
By Anthony Caro
Located in New York, NY
Anthony Caro
Bronze Belt Buckle, 1993
Bronze sculpted belt buckle. Stamped on the verso
3 × 4 1/2 inches
Exhibition History:
Victoria and Albert Museum, L...
Category
1990s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Early American modernist abstract sculpture - Totem
Located in Colfax, CA
A rare sculpture by a fascinating American modernists, Louis Schanker.
Shanker was born in New York City in 1903. At a young age he quit school, ran away from home and joined the ci...
Category
1930s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Oil
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