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
Assiduosly without words
By L.G.
Located in Paris, FR
One of a kind Blown and fused Glass Sculpture in brown/black, bluish black, opaque white and White sandblasted.
Includes its black metal base ( about 32 cm X 10 cm X 18 cm ).
Tota...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
(4 pieces) Rolling dice/Turning luck, Marble Sculpture, Suitable for Outdoors
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Rolling dice, turning luck! All 6 sides of the dice has the same probability. When the dice is cubic, the results are digital, but when the dice getting closer to the ball shape the results could be analog and infinite when it is a perfect ball. Old cobblestones were used to make the heavy dices. In 3 steps the cube became a ball, a real rolling dice.
Keywords: Abstract, dice, 4 pieces, black, white
Artist Biography:
Born in Hungary, Andrasfalvy is 50, with swift dark eyes, a chiseled jaw, and a casually athletic frame that stretch, well over six feet. He exudes a quiet restlessness. He holds an M.D., a Ph.D., and two curricula vitae—one that lists eleven peer-reviewed publications on neuronal physiology, and another that describes dozens of sculptures, several of them commissioned and many gifts. The pivot between art and science started early. When Andrasfalvy was 10 years old, his father gave him a woodcarving set. By age 20, he had completed his first stone sculpture—and was on the path to medical school. Ever since, he’s spent weekends sculpting leftover granite or marble...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Marble
Israeli Abstract Expressionist Dina Recanati Cosmos Painting, Sculpture in Metal
Located in Surfside, FL
Dina Recanati
Cosmos Series
(they look like outer space or abstract desert landscapes)
Hand signed and dated
2002
Metallic paint, acid etched on aluminum, wood
Dina Recanati (born Diane Hettena; 1928 – 2021) was an Israeli artist, sculptor and painter.
Diane Hettena was born in Cairo, Egypt. In 1946, she married Raphael Recanati in Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine.
Went to London to study History and Art 1946-1948.
Moved to New York 1948. Raised two sons, Oudi and Michael.
Attended Art Student League 1959-1962. Studied with Jose de Creft and John Hovannes.
Beginning in 1964, she was active on the board of the America-israel Cultural Foundation. In the 1970s, she was a member of the board of the Israel Museum and in the 1980s Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem. At the same time as she was working as an artist, she was also collecting artwork. She lives and works in Herzliya and New York.
Most of Recanati's work is in the medium of sculpture. Her works, which contain images of books or parchment, have been influenced by American abstract expressionism in their use of swaths of color. In the 1980s and 1990s, she worked widely in sculptures in the public domain. Dina Recanati was a proponent of Israeli art and supported many Israeli artists. In the 1950s and 1960s, she showcased the work of beginning artists at the 5th Avenue branch of Israel Discount Bank in New York City, while growing Discount Bank’s art collection.
She has gone on to exhibit worldwide with permanent works in the Israel Museum, Tel Aviv Museum, Ben Gurion Airport, The Jewish Museum (New York) among others. She is the recipient of the AICF AVIV Award and The Council for a Beautiful Israel Yakir Award.
She was represented by Flomenhaft Gallery in New York City (was included in the Feminist Art Project along with Miriam Schapiro) and Gordon Gallery in Tel Aviv.
Recanati died in Herzliya Pituah at the ate of 93.
Israeli Art: Painting, Sculpture, Graphic Work. Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv 1971
Artists: Igael Tumarkin, Bezalel Schatz, Yehiel Shemi, Buky Schwartz, Dina Recanati, Menashe Kadishman, David Palombo, Itzhak Danziger, Sorel Etrog, Yaacov Agam, Jakob Steinhardt, Louise Schatz, Anna Ticho, Ruth Schloss, Moshe Castel, Yohanan Simon, Lea Nikel, Marcel Janco, Mordecai Ardon etc.
40 From Israel: Contemporary Sculpture & Drawing Israel: Contemporary Sculpture & Drawing Brooklyn...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Rhythm
Located in New York, NY
Painted Aluminum Sculpture. Blue and white.
About the Artist:
Studied engineering and sculpture at Stony Brook University. Steve has created sculptures of welded bronze or aluminum and have installed them around the world, including Hong Kong, Tokyo, England, France, Germany, Israel, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, St. Croix, Grand Cayman...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
$9,200
Vessels
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Sculpture. Can be outside or inside. Materials are cement and reclaimed lumber.
About the Artist:
Born in Montevideo, Uruguay to a family of artists, Aurelio was rais...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
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 Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Dye
Deco, four foot welded steel sculpture, 2004
Located in New York, NY
Carole Eisner's indoor sculptures, averaging two to four feet tall, are made from a welded
collage of drops and cut-out steel pieces from the same series of scrap she found in a
Conn...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel
$38,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Phoenix
Located in Somerset West, WC
Phoenix is a limited edition bronze sculpture with a peacock blue patina
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Propositions are Truth Functions
Located in Denton, TX
Earthenware with colored slips. Epoxy. Cone 04 textured and satin glazes.
Signed, titled, and dated in ink on bottom.
Milnes served as Dean of the College of Visuals Arts and Design at the University of North Texas from January 2006 to his retirement in August 2014, when he moved to Asheville, NC with his wife Karen, re-establishing Arbitrary Forms Studio there. A sculptor and ceramist, he served previously as Director of the School of Art and Design at San Jose State University in California, Director of the School of Art at Louisiana State University, and as Chair of the Art Department at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. He taught at the Penland School of Crafts in 1972 and 1979.
Milnes is the past president of the National Council of Art Administrators and the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. He has served as a consultant or evaluator for more than sixty universities, colleges, and independent schools of art in the US and abroad and served in Dallas on the Board of Directors of the Business Council for the Arts and as Chair of the Community Advisory Board for KERA, the NPR station for North Texas. He was recently named a Fellow and Lifetime Member of NASAD and served on the Board of Directors of the Center for Craft in Asheville, NC and as co-chair of the Blue Ridge Public Radio Strategic Planning Committee.
He is a member of the Southern Highland Crafts Guild.
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware, Slip, Glaze
Sailing into Space, Original Glass Sculpture, 2020
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Sailing into Space, Original Glass Sculpture, 2020
32″ × 19″ × 2″, 40 lbs
Fused Glass and Stainless Steel
Wall mounted
Artist Commentary:
I was working with some metal fabricators w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
FAROLITO
By Nour Kuri
Located in Mexico City, MX
Couple in love synchrony
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$14,000
Ceramic #2403
Located in Fairfield, CT
Alice Federico was born in Selma, Alabama in 1945. She received a BA degree in history from Hollins University (1967), an MFA in ceramics from East Carolina University (1977), as wel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Sea Grid
Located in Denton, TX
Earthenware with colored slips. Epoxy. Cone 04 textured and satin glazes.
Signed, titled, and dated in ink on bottom.
Milnes served as Dean of the College of Visuals Arts and Design at the University of North Texas from January 2006 to his retirement in August 2014, when he moved to Asheville, NC with his wife Karen, re-establishing Arbitrary Forms Studio there. A sculptor and ceramist, he served previously as Director of the School of Art and Design at San Jose State University in California, Director of the School of Art at Louisiana State University, and as Chair of the Art Department at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. He taught at the Penland School of Crafts in 1972 and 1979.
Milnes is the past president of the National Council of Art Administrators and the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. He has served as a consultant or evaluator for more than sixty universities, colleges, and independent schools of art in the US and abroad and served in Dallas on the Board of Directors of the Business Council for the Arts and as Chair of the Community Advisory Board for KERA, the NPR station for North Texas. He was recently named a Fellow and Lifetime Member of NASAD and served on the Board of Directors of the Center for Craft in Asheville, NC and as co-chair of the Blue Ridge Public Radio Strategic Planning Committee.
He is a member of the Southern Highland Crafts Guild.
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware, Slip, Glaze
Fugue (Dialect. series)
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
“Over the last twenty years, I have put together an extensive amount of research towards the intersections and thresholds between
painting, sculpture, and drawing. My aim is to produ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Acrylic, Handmade Paper, Pigment
Potential
Located in Denton, TX
Earthenware with colored slips. Cone 04 textured and satin glazes.
Signed, titled, and dated in ink on bottom.
Milnes served as Dean of the College of Visuals Arts and Design at the University of North Texas from January 2006 to his retirement in August 2014, when he moved to Asheville, NC with his wife Karen, re-establishing Arbitrary Forms Studio there. A sculptor and ceramist, he served previously as Director of the School of Art and Design at San Jose State University in California, Director of the School of Art at Louisiana State University, and as Chair of the Art Department at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. He taught at the Penland School of Crafts in 1972 and 1979.
Milnes is the past president of the National Council of Art Administrators and the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. He has served as a consultant or evaluator for more than sixty universities, colleges, and independent schools of art in the US and abroad and served in Dallas on the Board of Directors of the Business Council for the Arts and as Chair of the Community Advisory Board for KERA, the NPR station for North Texas. He was recently named a Fellow and Lifetime Member of NASAD and served on the Board of Directors of the Center for Craft in Asheville, NC and as co-chair of the Blue Ridge Public Radio Strategic Planning Committee.
He is a member of the Southern Highland Crafts Guild.
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware, Slip, Glaze
"We Three", Jerry Dane Sanders, Outside Brushed Steel Sculpture, 180x72x72 in.
Located in Dallas, TX
"We Three" by Jerry Dane Sanders is a large brushed finish stainless steel outdoor sculpture measuring 180x72x72. Crafted from high-quality stainless steel, this piece features three pillars that sway gracefully between each other, creating a mesmerizing visual effect. The sculpture is perfect for adding a touch of elegance and sophistication to any outdoor space and is sure to be a conversation starter at any event or gathering. Whether you're looking to enhance the beauty of your garden or simply want to add a unique and eye-catching piece to your outdoor decor, this sculpture is sure to impress.
Jerry Dane Sanders Sadly passed away at age 58 from brain cancer...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Agustina Bottoni - Melodicware — Sound Sculpture
By Agustina Bottoni
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Sculpted BY AGUSTINA BOTTONI
Hand-Sculpted in Italy
Materials: solid brass with satin fnish -
base in black Marquina or white Carrara marble
Dimensions: 185 cm x 50 cm / 73’’ x 19,6’...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Antique Hebrew letters
By Moshe Castel
Located in Jerusalem, IL
The subject of Castel’s early paintings were scenes of Sephardic Jews in the Holy Land. In 1947, Castel helped to found the "New Horizons".In the 1950s Moshe's Castel artwork work was inspired by ancient relief paintings depicting predecessors of the Jewish people...
Category
1970s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Circadian Sons
Located in Detroit, MI
Circadian rhythms dictate and regulate. This work, inspired by Alexander Calder’s architectural sculptures that embrace chance in their aesthetic, envelops the Kinetic art movement f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Untitled 47
By Hunt Rettig
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hunt Rettig's three-dimensional wall sculptures consist of polyester film, thermoplastic rubber and acrylics that he molds to create organic shapes full of light and dimension placed...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Mixed Media, Panel
$24,000
Sors
By Rosa Brun
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Joseph Kosuth, father of conceptual art, once famously said: “Works of art that try to tell us something about the world are bound to fail (…)The absence of reality in art is exactly...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media
$6,500
Untitled (Shift)
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This sculpture has always been dear to me. The original was made while I was still in college. This one was reproduced for an exhibition last year. I still hope...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
$1,512 Sale Price
30% Off
Event Horizon, Original Abstract Wooden and Floral Collage, 2019
Located in Boston, MA
Event Horizon, Original Abstract Wooden and Floral Collage, 2019
30" x 50" x 2" (HxWxD)
Wood, Plastic Tablecloth, Resin
Repurposed materials including ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Wood, Plastic
Bad Moon Ascending, Abstract Steel Sculpture, 2020
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Bad Moon Ascending is a result of a lyric in the CCR song "Bad Moon Rising", the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, and my sculptural pursuits of my "Event" series.
Keywords: abstract, welded metal
Artist Biography:
Fred Klingelhofer, a primarily self-taught artist, grew up in a Chicago south side neighborhood. He received a BS degree in physics from Roosevelt University and worked as an engineer for 30 years. During those years he enrolled in art workshops and classes at a nearby community college completing courses in figure drawing, 2D and 3D design, ceramics, sculpting the figure, welding and metal sculpture. His focus has been on creating sculpture since 2006. Fred has exhibited his sculpture in a number of group exhibitions with Chicago Sculpture International, Art Prize (Grand Rapids, Michigan), Sculpture in the Park (St Charles, Illinois), Sculpture Walk Sioux Falls...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
IN THE GARDEN - Abstract Slip Cast Ceramic Fine Art Sculpture Artist Signed 2018
Located in Chico, CA
Slip cast form. Fired to cone 01. Glaze fired to cone 07. Finished with acrylics and oils.
My work passionately reflects my Mexican cultural roots. The art forms appear and are cre...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Mobile anti directionnel
Located in PARIS, FR
Several of his monumental works can be found in public spaces throughout France,
commissioned as part of the 1% artistic program.
Category
20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Anachronic, Original Abstract Sculpture, 2021
By Francisco Rosario
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Anachronic is a piece in a body of work exploring sound and the way that it inhabits space in the built environment. The pattern, repetition, and weaving represent the rhythm, texture, and syncopation of sound. This piece represents an envelope of sound, a finite piece of time, a controlled environment. It is heavily influenced by my time as a DJ and the practice of connecting patterns. It is about a controlled process - the merging of a creative practice with an understanding of materials and technique. In this object the marks of process are left bare, witness to the hand, craft, and labor. It is an homage to skilled work and the workers I learned from.
Keywords: 3D, plane, wood, metal
Artist Biography:
Leaning into a bias toward abstraction/intuition, artist Francisco Rosario...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
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Angel Combattant
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 12 copies ( 8 + 4 )
Artwork signed
Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the gallery
Invoice from the gallery
Sculpture: bronze, metal, bro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Shatter Stainless
Located in Lenox, MA
Shatter Stainless
14.5" x 8.5" x 8.5" High Chromium Stainless Steel
Unique
$60,000
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
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 Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Diluvio rojo púrpura
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Últimamente mi obra se compone de dos series. La primera llamada “paisajes casi abstractos” con grandes empastes expresionistas de óleo y, una segunda, denominada “Acumulador de torm...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Epoxy Resin
$3,066 Sale Price
20% Off
Switchback, Original Abstract Sculpture, 2020
By Donna Hapac
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
The challenge in making this piece was building two woven forms, one inside of each other. It required all of my dexterity. The title, "Switchback," as in a swit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Linen, Organic Material, Wood, Wax
Easy Chair/Failed Odalisque
By Bobbi Meier
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This chaise, originally covered in lime green cotton upholstery, sat in my studio for months, acting as a daybed for my miniature poodle. Finally after several att...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Other Medium
Tantra 48: minimalist abstract spiritual mandala sculpture painting, red circles
By Antonio Puri
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Antonio Puri's "Tantra" sculptural painting is one of 100 intimately-scaled minimalist round mandala circles built from tiny seed beads adhered to canvas in a range of red hues, crea...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Mask "The Monkey" Brass Wood Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
One of a Kind, French Wood and Patinated Brass Mask Sculpture, (Weight 7kg).
About the Artist:
Graduate in ceramic design and metal sculpture (2001, 2003), he worked during two years...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Transitioning
By Gwen Samuels
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Transitioning is part of my sculptural dress series. I was interested in experimenting with open and closed spaces and colors transitioning from yellow to pink. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wire
"Tell It" Brass Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
One of a Kind, Brass Sculpture, (Weight 3kg).
About the Artist:
Graduate in ceramic design and metal sculpture (2001, 2003), he worked during two years with the sculptor Hervé Wahlen...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Leslie Fry, Untitled (Cuffed 3), bronze fantastical sculpture of female hand
Located in New York, NY
A 2023 recipient of the Vermont Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts,
Leslie Fry is represented in this show with fantastical sculptures of female hands, titled the “Cuffed” series. Tensely poised and mannered gestures, inspired by Parmigianino and Caravaggio, cascade into blooms and barnacles, creating a mesmerizing visual dissonance. This elision of romance and rigidity both draws attention to the limitations of the female form and liberates it from the constraints of reality. Leslie Fry’s works have been exhibited internationally at such venues as Kunsthaus in Hamburg, Zwitscher Machine Gallery in Berlin, Hangaram Art Museum in Seoul, Windspiel Galerie in Vienna, Couvent des Cordeliers in Paris, Artists Space and Wave Hill in New York, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum near Boston, and Centre des Arts Visuels in Montreal. Her public sculptures have been commissioned in New York, South Korea, Montreal, Florida, Wisconsin, and Vermont; public collections include Tufts University, Songchu International Sculpture Park, Freehand New York, Kohler Arts Center, Tampa Museum of Art, Fleming Museum of Art, Musée d’art de Joliette, and St. Petersburg, Florida’s Museum of Fine Arts. Fry’s M.F.A. is from Bard College, and her B.A. is from the University of Vermont, with a Foundation year at the Central School of Art in London. She currently lives and works in Winooski, VT.
Artist Statement:
#1 My hands reach, touch, and shape.
Hands let go and receive; they try to hold things and to hold things together. Some of my images of hands are derived from Mannerist paintings by Parmigianino and Caravaggio, and are ink-washed onto vintage tablecloths...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Leslie Fry, Untitled (Cuffed 2), pink fantastical sculpture of female hand
Located in New York, NY
A 2023 recipient of the Vermont Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts,
Leslie Fry is represented in this show with fantastical sculptures of female hands, titled the “Cuffed” series. Tensely poised and mannered gestures, inspired by Parmigianino and Caravaggio, cascade into blooms and barnacles, creating a mesmerizing visual dissonance. This elision of romance and rigidity both draws attention to the limitations of the female form and liberates it from the constraints of reality. Leslie Fry’s works have been exhibited internationally at such venues as Kunsthaus in Hamburg, Zwitscher Machine Gallery in Berlin, Hangaram Art Museum in Seoul, Windspiel Galerie in Vienna, Couvent des Cordeliers in Paris, Artists Space and Wave Hill in New York, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum near Boston, and Centre des Arts Visuels in Montreal. Her public sculptures have been commissioned in New York, South Korea, Montreal, Florida, Wisconsin, and Vermont; public collections include Tufts University, Songchu International Sculpture Park, Freehand New York, Kohler Arts Center, Tampa Museum of Art, Fleming Museum of Art, Musée d’art de Joliette, and St. Petersburg, Florida’s Museum of Fine Arts. Fry’s M.F.A. is from Bard College, and her B.A. is from the University of Vermont, with a Foundation year at the Central School of Art in London. She currently lives and works in Winooski, VT.
Artist Statement:
#1 My hands reach, touch, and shape.
Hands let go and receive; they try to hold things and to hold things together. Some of my images of hands are derived from Mannerist paintings by Parmigianino and Caravaggio, and are ink-washed onto vintage tablecloths...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Oil
Concrete form tube series #1
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This piece is created using a variety of casting materials cast into a concrete form tube (sonotube) and combined with cast off indust...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Plastic, Foam, Rubber, Plaster
Figure 8/Infinity, Orignal Abstract Sculpture, 2020
By Donna Hapac
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
I found a nice wooden towel holder that attaches to the wall and kept it around my studio for awhile thinking about how to use it in my sculpture. I was inspired ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Linen, Organic Material, Wood, Wax
Untitled #3/ Tied series (Black and white), Handmade Abstract Sculpture, 2018
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
“Tied”, the title of the installation, is a phonetic pun on the rising tides and the paper pages bound by threads.
As the water rises and falls, pages of our daily...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Thread, Ink, Handmade Paper
Equanimity #11, shredded New Yorker mag, envelopes, mixed media
Located in New York, NY
Jaynie Crimmins’s abstract, wall-mounted sculptures embody transfiguration. Constructed of meticulously handled shreds of magazines, catalogs, and security envelopes, her materials f...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Paper, Magazine Paper
Tucking Under, Original Abstract Sculpture, 2020
By Donna Hapac
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Some of my reed sculptures include found objects. In "Tucking Under," I found part of a damaged hat form at a flea market. I salvaged what I could and used to cr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Linen, Organic Material, Wood, Wax
Face with goggle-eyed, Abstract Sculpture, Suitable for Outdoors
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Half face with one goggling eye. The turnable eye has pupil on both side, light can go through. When the eye turned sideway, it becomes cat eye. Our eye movements are the most talkative part of our face.
Keywords: Abstract, geometric, white, black, kinetic, stone
Artist Biography:
Born in Hungary, Andrasfalvy is 50, with swift dark eyes, a chiseled jaw, and a casually athletic frame that stretch, well over six feet. He exudes a quiet restlessness. He holds an M.D., a Ph.D., and two curricula vitae—one that lists eleven peer-reviewed publications on neuronal physiology, and another that describes dozens of sculptures, several of them commissioned and many gifts. The pivot between art and science started early. When Andrasfalvy was 10 years old, his father gave him a woodcarving set. By age 20, he had completed his first stone sculpture—and was on the path to medical school. Ever since, he’s spent weekends sculpting leftover granite or marble salvaged...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Marble
Red Queen
By Tom Nussbaum
Located in New Orleans, LA
Tom Nussbaum is known for a variety of work including drawings, paper cuts, prints, sculpture, children’s books, animations, functional design objects, and site-specific commissions....
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
$12,800
Sans nom
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Olga’s artistic approach is centered around the elusive concept of time and its impermanence. Rather than engaging in an ontological reflection on the nature of time, Olga prefers to...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$7,000
Abstraction in Orange
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This is part of a new series of Free Standing sculptures. I was due to be in a group show where I would have a 6 foot table on which t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Nook, Mixed Media Sculpture
Located in Boston, MA
Nook, Mixed Media Sculpture by Dutch artist Hans Van Meeuwen.
Artist Commentary:
One side of the book is much longer that the other. One physically and metaphorically cannot close ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Fiberglass, Mixed Media, Wood
Knight, mixed media sculpture
Located in Boston, MA
Knight, mixed media sculpture by Dutch artist Hans Van Meeuwen.
Artist Commentary:
The knight in the chsess game is either black or white. The zebra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media, Polystyrene, Adhesive
Ceramic Texture Large Wall Sculpture
Located in Buffalo, NY
The material of choice for Neil Tetkowski's abstract sculptural work comes directly from the Earth. Most often he uses clay, which he believes is the perfect medium to express his re...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Conversation Piece (reclining)
By Bobbi Meier
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Paired with "Conversation Piece (erect)" this work was inspired by childhood memories of formal dinner parties in our split-leve...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Other Medium, Wood
Joyous Morning
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
In Tuscany the Red Poppies start to emerge in April and May. So beautiful. So happy. Joyous Morning.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
$2,240 Sale Price
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Plinto, mixed media sculpture
Located in Boston, MA
Plinto, mixed media sculpture by Dutch artist Hans Van Meeuwen.
Keywords: representational, architecture, street scenes, figure, pants, legs, shoes, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Fiberglass, Mixed Media, Polystyrene
UnEarthed
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
The reds in my glass collection speak loudly to me. I wanted to do an experiment using reds and blacks in a hot melt. The color is intense and wonderful and felt ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
$2,240 Sale Price
20% Off
Purisima Point - textured contemporary painting, colorful strokes, round format
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautiful contemporary high textured abstract painting is great for a classic and contemporary setting. The variation of colors and rich texture would greatly bring a space to l...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Vinyl, Wood Panel
Holding Space (Dialect series)
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
“Over the last twenty years, I have put together an extensive amount of research towards the intersections and thresholds between
painting, sculpture, and drawing. My aim is to produ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Handmade Paper, Pigment
Code Breaker (Dialect series)
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
“Over the last twenty years, I have put together an extensive amount of research towards the intersections and thresholds between
painting, sculpture, and drawing. My aim is to produ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
September Song
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
While living in La Paz, BCS, Mexico, where the spring and summer were tremendously hot, I was thinking about the wonderful fall and fall colors in the eastern Uni...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Fat Stacks
Located in Lincoln, RI
This is a resin sculpture thats made up of twelve identical triangular pieces glued to wood frames and permanently assembled into the trapezoidal composition you see. The piece is ...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Acrylic
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