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
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
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
Icare
Located in Miami, FL
Icare is a tall abstract resin sculpture made by Patrice Breteau, a French contemporary artist. Very slender shape, this resin sculpture is available in eight different colors, all r...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Resin
$18,000
Bronze Sculpture
Newa
by Carola Eggeling
Located in Paris, FR
Bronze Sculpture 'Newa' by Carola Eggeling
Abstract sculpture with beautiful curved lines and golden skin.
Polished bronze sculpture
Signed and numbered by the artist
Limited editi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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
David Hostetler Carved Zebra Wood Sculpture Beige Contemporary Figurative Exotic
Located in Nantucket, MA
Guardian II is carved from a single piece of zebra wood. The base is a clever find, it's a Chinese brass bowl, turned upside down and patinaed! Davi...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Sister
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
$6,200
Untitled open
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
Pattern Bias
By Gwen Samuels
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This dress was is an early piece when I was beginning to make dresses and was learning about shaping them. I was also using a camera for my imagery not my 1-phone...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Celebrating Ettore Sottsass, Original Glass Sculpture, 2020
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Celebrating Ettore Sottsass, Original Glass Sculpture, 2020
22″ × 16″ × 5″, 40 lbs
Fused Glass and Stainless Steel
Free Standing
Artist Commentary:
While visiting the Biennalle in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Lake Erie and Other Waters 03
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original unique bronze and silver leaf abstract sculpture by Roberley Bell.
This dynamic work from the artist's "Lake Erie and Other Waters" series can...
Category
1990s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Silver, Bronze
Lake Erie and Other Waters 01
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original unique bronze and patina abstract sculpture by Roberley Bell.
This dynamic work from the artist's "Lake Erie and Other Waters" series can be h...
Category
1990s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
SCSC 38 Green Gold, Contemporary Abstract Paper Sculpture, 2021
By Matt Shlian
Located in Boston, MA
Geometric Abstract Contemporary Paper and Metal Sculpture.
29.5"W x 37"H x 2", unframed
Folder paper and metal create depth and reflect light.
Origami, Modern, Optical Illusion, Mi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Pile-up at The Gates of Hell
By Bobbi Meier
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Abstract forms emerge from remembrances of disco dancing, Earth Wind & Fire, darkness, heat, perspiration and glitz. Materials are twisted into ambiguous shapes, s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Found Objects, Other Medium
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 Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Glaze
GEMINI - Abstract Slip Cast Ceramic Fine Art Sculpture Artist Signed 1994
Located in Chico, CA
Slip cast form. Fired to cone 01. Glaze fired to cone 07. Finished with acrylics and oils
Dimensions: 13"h x 10"w x 7"d
Year: 1994
Reflecting on her Mexican roots, Nora Pineda...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
White Wall Sculpture
Wandobjekt
by Carola Eggeling, Aluminum Laquered
Located in Paris, FR
White Wall Sculpture 'Wandobjekt' by Carola Eggeling
Abstract sculpture with beautiful curved lines.
German aluminum sculpture
Aluminum white mat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Span, Copper Abstract Sculpture, 2020
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This piece is made from a truck tire with metal and pvc running through it that touches each side of the space.
Keywords: abstract, yellow, tire, canes
Artist Biography:
Mia Capodilupo is a sculptor and installation artist originally from Boston, MA. She received a BA from University of Chicago, studied sculpture at Massachusetts College of Art and received an MFA in Sculpture from the San Francisco Art Institute. She has participated in solo and group shows and residencies in museums, galleries and alternative spaces around the country. She has received several grants from the City of Chicago...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Lip Service
By Gwen Samuels
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Lip service came about during sheltering in place. While visiting with my grandchildren it broke my heart that they could not see me sm...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Knot #14R 1/7
Located in Napa, CA
The sculptures of Damon Hyldreth appear both static and fluid, rigid and flexible, strong and smooth, effectively blurring the line between nature and structure. By crafting organic ...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
$12,500
Face Wall Piece - Bronze, Abstract Sculpture, 2021
By Lois Sattler
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Face Wall Piece - Bronze. Playful curves play against the strength inherent in this bronze face-to-face mask wall hanging glazed in a bronze patina with a turquois...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
This Rock is in a Hard Place, Original Abstract Sculpture, 2021
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
During the COVID-19 pandemic I decided to collect boxes from around my neighborhood and repurpose the cardboard material. By utilizing materials that would otherwi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media, Cardboard
Gaia, Glass and Mosaic Sculpture, 2021
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This model stated during the photo shoot that ever since elementary school she has felt a strong connection to the earth and that as an adult has embraced the iden...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Mosaic
09-4 revised, Abstract Wooden Sculpture, 2019
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
made from the material that goes in to making plywood. very thin cut found wood with resin. the ends of this piece
were taken from a pal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Wood, Paint
White porcelain vase with face #2
By Lois Sattler
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
White porcelain vase with face #2. Medium: ceramic porcelain. Size: 17 inch tall, 7 inches wide with a 5.5 inch top opening (43 cm t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Woodcutter and Runaway
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Woodcutter and Runaway consists of three carved log figures in a rectangular wood structure. There is a male log figure (the woodcutter) on tree stump pedestal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Transient
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Gabriel Sobin was born in 1971 in Salon de Provence, France, to an English mother and an American father. Sobin studied at l’École d’Arts Appliqués Oli ...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
$32,000
Apres Matisse
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
After seeing a show of the works of Matisse, I wanted to express the joy I find in his work. His wonderful pleasure in color and simple forms. Making it while in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Stainless Steel
$1,600 Sale Price
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Blue Book
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This sculpture is as close to a self portrait as I've ever done. The head and legs of the figure have references to books, and the figure carries a carved wood boo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Sunlight on the Baja Shore, Original Glass and Steel Sculpture, 2020
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Sunlight on the Baja Shore, Original Glass and Steel Sculpture, 2020
23″ × 23″ × 1″, 40 lbs
Fused Glass and Stainless Steel
Wall Mounted
Artist Commentary:
The first year we were li...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
The Sound of Color, Original Glass and Steel Sculpture, 2020
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
The Sound of Color, Original Glass and Steel Sculpture, 2020
28″ × 31″ × 3″, 65 lbs
Fused Glass and Stainless Steel
Wall Mounted
Artist Commentary:
I had a wonderful solo show in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Seeking Arrangement
By Bobbi Meier
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This soft, pepto-bismol pink sculpture intertwined around a found traditional lamp and wrapped around the table it is sitting on reminded me of people who are look...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Other Medium, Oak
Ghost Trees in the Fall, Original Glass Sculpture, 2020
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Ghost Trees in the Fall, Original Glass Sculpture, 2020
15″ × 12″ × 3″, 10 lbs
Fused Glass
Free Standing
Can be placed indoors and outdoors.
Artist Commentary:
This is part of a ser...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Untitled Flotsam
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
In my sculpture, I have always combined unrelated materials to represent oppositions such as hard and soft, ephemeral and enduring, open and closed, and natural an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Waves Under the Sea
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
It's about the colors and the beautiful, waving trees of kelp in the sea. Especially wonderful when you can see it at the Monterey Aquarium - or probably any aqua...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Untitled PB3
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
In my sculpture, I have always combined unrelated materials to represent oppositions such as hard and soft, ephemeral and enduring, open and closed, and natural an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plastic
Tuscan Morning
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
I had the great good fortune to live and work in Italy over a period of several years. The Tuscan landscape is very captivating as is life in the area. Fine frien...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
By the Healing Waters, Original Glass and Steel Sculpture, 2020
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
By the Healing Waters, Original Glass and Steel Sculpture, 2020
16″ × 12″ × 3″, 30 lbs
Fused Glass and Stainless Steel
Sculpture
May be installed indoors and outdoors
Free standing
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Pink Sky at Sunset
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Our family loved to see and celebrate the colors of the sky. One of my favorite times was and is when the sky lights up with pink clouds on that beautiful blue background giving us a Sky Blue Pink Sky...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
"Corrugation in White"
Located in Toronto, ON
Encaustic painting is an ancient art form and was practiced by artists as far back as the 5th century B.C. The word encaustic comes from Greek and means “to burn in”, which refers to...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Encaustic, Cardboard
$25,200
Comète
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Gabriel Sobin was born in 1971 in Salon de Provence, France, to an English mother and an American father. Sobin studied at l’École d’Arts Appliqués ...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
$13,500
Mistral
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Gabriel Sobin was born in 1971 in Salon de Provence, France, to an English mother and an American father. Sobin studied at l’École d’Arts Appliqués ...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
Jello (White)
Located in Lenox, MA
Jello (White)
16" x 17" x 17" Aluminum, Automotive Paint
Unique
$50,000
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Automotive Paint
David Hostetler Carved Lacewood Sculpture Beige Female Full Figure Figurative
Located in Nantucket, MA
A stunning figure carved from a single section of lacewood. Natural color finish. The base is a 2 level disk, 5"h x 10"d in black painted wood. Height includes the base. A unique scu...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Jeanne Gentry Keck, Amazon and Me XVII, 2020
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Jeanne Gentry Keck
Title: Sculpture Series / Amazon and Me XVII
Size: 6.5 x 6 x 6 Inches
Medium: Mixed Media
Year: 2020
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Sphère, 2025, sculpture - Pascal Courcelles
Located in Porto, 13
“Sphère”, 2025
Mixed media on preformed structure, edition 1/1
Ø 45 cm / 17.7 in
Unique piece – signed by the artist
The artwork “Sphère” (2025) by Pascal Courcelles is a true paint...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lonely Sister
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
Mid Century Modern Brutalist Welded Abstract Expressionist Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Neo-Dada Abstract Sculpture: Assemblages
In contrast, abstract sculpture followed a slightly different course. Rather than focusing on non-figurative subject matter, it concentrated...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Triangles
Located in Jerusalem, IL
A uniquely beautiful bronze sculpture made by world famous Indian artist Sayed Haider Raza.
It is dated and stamped on the bottom.
The piece was ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Gryphon
Located in Napa, CA
The sculptures of Damon Hyldreth appear both static and fluid, rigid and flexible, strong and smooth, effectively blurring the line between nature and structure. By crafting organic forms from an obviously man-made metal, Hyldreth creates a unique symbiosis between nature and structure, unifying the sculpture and the surroundings through the free-flowing energy and architecture of his artworks. Keeping in mind the intimate connection between artists and their tools, Hyldreth studies the potential energies of his metals and coaxes out exquisite forms and natural power. Using mainly stainless steel, as well as the occasional bronze and Cor-ten steel, Hyldreth allows his materials to dictate their final shape and become an ultimate collaboration between man and matter. The evocative forms subliminally draw the audience in, giving every viewer a deeply personal experience. In 2004 Damon received his BFA in Sculpture from San Francisco Art Institute in San Francisco, CA. Public and private installations of Hyldreth’s work include the town of Palm Desert, CA, the Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong, The W Hotel in Taipei, Taiwan, Trump Hollywood, Hollywood, FL Neiman Marcus, Houston, TX, Soffitel Hotel, Los Angeles, CA and the Westminster Bridge Park Plaza...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
$16,500
Ceramic #2301
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
Ceramic #2310
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
Ceramic #2010
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
Pathway
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kristina Grace is a fine artist who both resides and draws inspiration from the Southern California coastline. Living in Newport Beach has served as a constant source of inspiration for Grace. Her life and work reflect countless hours spent on the sand surrounded by surfers and the culture that comes with it.
Grace’s art is colorful and whimsical, reflecting a joy found in her surrounding environment. Her unique sculptural works are a result of time spent at a local surf glassing shop, where she honed her interpretation and technique of applying epoxy and polyester resins. While these types of resins are typically used for creating surfboards, Grace has taken the medium even further, incorporating applications of tinted resins on top of small, assemblage figurines in her work. Surfers, skateboarders, and snowboarders appear throughout her current body of work.
In addition to resins, Grace works with dense foam and fiberglass to create select pieces. Both of these materials pay homage to the surf culture...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media, Panel
$5,100
Fear Singer
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
Star fossil, polished bronze sculpture 16 x 16 x 4 cm - 2025
Located in Milano, MI
This striking bronze sculpture "Fossile di stelle" (Fossil of Stars) by acclaimed Japanese artist Kyoji Nagatani presents a captivating interplay between geological and celestial the...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Hang Tight, Glass and Metal Sculpture with natural Stone base, colour Silver
Located in Benahavis, ES
" Hang Tide " This unique sculpture was created by David Marshall and Jennifer Baker from sand cast aluminium and cast glass. Mounted on sandstone base.
Certified authentic by both ...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone, Metal
Quinquerimi with Blue
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Sculpture. Can be outside or inside. Materials are reclaimed lumber.
About the Artist:
Born in Montevideo, Uruguay to a family of artists, Aurelio was raised in New York City. His father, Horacio Torres, was an accomplished classically trained artist. Aurelio’s artistic training was in Barcelona, Spain, where he studied for several years with his uncle Augusto Torres, also a classically trained painter. Aurelio’s grandfather, was the acclaimed Modernist Master Joaquin Torres...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Abstract sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract 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 sculptures created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, red, purple, green and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Scott Troxel, John Van Alstine, Marty Mackenzie, and Stephen Walling. Frequently made by artists working with Wood, and Paint 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 sculptures, so small editions measuring 0.38 inches across are also available. Prices for 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 $11 and tops out at $1,400,000, while the average work sells for $4,500.
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