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Symbol of Service: Handcolored Print of a Sedia Chair Bearer, Plate 29, 1862
Located in Langweer, NL
history, or ceremonial art. Introduction Text Translation: A powerful interest is attached to the
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Antique 1860s Prints

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Paper

Abstract Blue and Cream Persian Rug with Calligraphy Design, 4 x 6
By Bahram Shabahang, Orley Shabahang
Located in New York, NY
creamy background, creating a striking juxtaposition between art and text. The sweeping strokes of the
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2010s Persian Persian Rugs

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Wool

Ceremonial Prestige: Handcolored Print of a Massier, Plate 23, 1862
Located in Langweer, NL
make it an extraordinary piece for collectors of antique prints and religious art. **Introduction
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Antique 1860s Prints

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Paper

Majestic Steward: Handcolored Print of the Dean of Palfreniers, Plate 94, 1862
Located in Langweer, NL
an exceptional addition to any collection of antique prints or historical costume art
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Antique 1860s Prints

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Paper

Robert Alice, TASCHEN, On NFTs. Limited Numbered Collector s Edition Book
By TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
historical survey text on the most compelling, disruptive area of contemporary art today. A rigorous and
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books

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Paper

Donna Dennis: Poet in Three Dimensions
Located in New York, NY
influences through her own words. With insightful text by feminist art scholar Helaine Posner, plus
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21st Century and Contemporary Books

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Paper

Pour Une Renaissance De La Peinture Française
Located in valatie, NY
. Illustration, 1946. Soft cover with French text. 114 pp. An oversized art book on the rebirth of French
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Mid-20th Century French Books

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Paper

Masken Gesichter Der Menschheit Face Masks of Humanity , First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
. First edition hardcover with dust jacket, protective glassine, German text. 229 pp. Art book of human
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20th Century Swiss Books

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Paper

Original Vintage Arosa Switzerland Travel Poster by Hans Aeschbach Alpine Resort
Located in London, GB
stylized title text. Printed in Switzerland by Art. Institut Orell Fussli A.G., Zurich. Very good condition
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Vintage 1940s Swiss Posters

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Paper

Lure of the Exotic: Gauguin in New York Collections, 1st Ed Exhibition Cat
Located in valatie, NY
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The text includes a consideration of Gauguin's exotic voyages and
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books

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Paper

Vintage Turkish Silk Hereke Prayer Rug, Koum Kapi Inspired by Zareh Penyamin
Located in Dallas, TX
traditions and religious texts integral to Islamic art. The corner spandrels, filled with blooming vases
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Mid-20th Century Turkish Islamic Turkish Rugs

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Silk

Alessandro Mendini Contemporary Red, Yellow and Blue Ceramic Italian Totem
By Studio Superego, Alessandro Mendini
Located in Ibiza, Spain
. Bilbiography Domus: monthly magazine of architecture, interiors, design, art. English/Italian text n. 615
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic

Alessandro Mendini Contemporary Modern Colored Ceramic Italian TOTEM
By Alessandro Mendini
Located in Madrid, ES
: monthly magazine of architecture, interiors, design, art. English/Italian text n. 615, March 1981
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic

Les Lalannes: Claude and Francois-Xavier Lalanne (Exhibition Catalog)
By Claude and Francois-Xavier Lalanne
Located in New York, NY
wind.” With an introductory text by art critic and journalist John Russell. 4to (9.5” x 10.5”), glossy
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Vintage 1980s American Modern Books

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Paper

The Machine by K. G. Pontus Hulten (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
with an illustration and description of each piece of art featured, text is in English.
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20th Century Books

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Paper

The Opposite to a Feminist, Text Art, Limited Edition, Signed, Framed
By Sarah Maple
Located in New York, NY
and 5 x 7 inches framed 8 x 10 inches. Sarah Maple graduated with BA in Fine Art from Kingston
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2010s Contemporary More Art

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Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Giclée

Abstract Art, Contemporary, Minimal, Abstract, Text- Based, Painting
By Enn Erisalu
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
1951. He studied art in Florence, London, the University of Oregon and at the Art Center College of
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1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

An Ongoing Text
By Yola Monakhov Stockton
Located in New York, NY
crossroads of art history and photographic experimentation, for the purpose of what Elizabeth Biondi states
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Good Lay Bad Texter
By Adam Mars
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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21st Century and Contemporary Paintings

Curious Text- Canvas, Ink, Latex, Text, Black, Social Commentary, Expressionist
By Marlos E’van
Located in Nashville, TN
This painting involves visually impactful text that confronts the viewer and creates a pensiveness
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Latex, Ink

"Read Red, " Modern Art, Text- Based, Red, Acrylic Painting
By Enn Erisalu
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
"Read Red" (1990) Acrylic on canvas 58 x 68 x 1.5 inches (framed) This modern art uses bold red
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1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Same, " Modern Art, Abstract, Text- Based, Mixed Media, Painting
By Enn Erisalu
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Estonia and immigrated to Canada in 1951. He studied art in Florence, London, the University of Oregon and
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1990s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic

Break-Up Text Painting : Bodega
By Allison L. Wade
Located in New York, NY
of communication. Her paintings and photographs show text messages that have ended the artist's own
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

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Acrylic

Break-up Text Painting: Prescription
By Allison L. Wade
Located in New York, NY
of communication. Her paintings and photographs show text messages that have ended the artist's own
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

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Acrylic

Inaction, Installation Art, Mirror, Mixed Media, Reflective, Text, Signed
By Sarah Maple
Located in New York, NY
-style performance as a means to convey her message. Sarah Maple graduated with BA in Fine Art from
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Mixed Media, Glass, Plastic

Groping - Painting, Black White, Text, Contemporary, Art, Norberto Sayegh
Located in Barcelona, Catalunya
expressionism and conceptual art. Norberto creates his works in different media, such as painting, photography
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2010s Conceptual Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Nada - Conceptual Painting, Text, White, Contemporary, Art, Norberto Sayegh
Located in Barcelona, Catalunya
expressionism and conceptual art. Norberto creates his works in different media, such as painting, photography
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2010s Conceptual Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Apariencia - Painting, Black White, Text, Contemporary, Art, Norberto Sayegh
Located in Barcelona, Catalunya
expressionism and conceptual art. Norberto creates his works in different media, such as painting, photography
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2010s Conceptual Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Slick Rick Silver Text
By Janette Beckman
Located in New York, NY
Indiana and Alex Katz and has been exhibited in New York’s Museum of Modern Art, the San Francisco Museum
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2010s Street Art Portrait Prints

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Screen

Break-up Text Painting: You re Free
By Allison L. Wade
Located in New York, NY
of communication. Her paintings and photographs show text messages that have ended the artist's own
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

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Acrylic

Buried Alive In His Own Dirt Text Based Painting, Adam Mars, Text, Graphic
By Adam Mars
Located in Los Angeles, CA
With cultural awareness and acerbic wit, Mars’ slogansfunction as synopses of daily life. As the proliferation of images and data has re-mapped our reality, Mars uses humor to reflec...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Spray Paint, Acrylic

Half as Bad As Dad Text Based Painting, Adam mars, Text, Social Commentary
By Adam Mars
Located in Los Angeles, CA
With cultural awareness and acerbic wit, Mars’ slogansfunction as synopses of daily life. As the proliferation of images and data has re-mapped our reality, Mars uses humor to reflec...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Fabric, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Panel

Opposite to a Feminist, Text, Feminist Art, Signed, Framed
By Sarah Maple
Located in New York, NY
Limited Edition of 100, each signed and framed. Sarah Maple graduated with BA in Fine Art from
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Photographic Film, Archival Paper, C Print

Break-up Text Painting: That s Some Sad Shit
By Allison L. Wade
Located in New York, NY
of communication. Her paintings and photographs show text messages that have ended the artist's own
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

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Acrylic

Daniele Sigalot, Art must be taken seriousl y, words, post-it, red, text
By Daniele Sigalot
Located in Ornavasso, IT
spanning diverse media such as text, aluminum, neon art and photography. The most notable were held at: La
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2010s Conceptual Abstract Sculptures

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Oil Pastel, Acrylic

So Be It, Contemporary, Minimal, Text, Painting on Canvas
By Enn Erisalu
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
This abstract, contemporary, minimal, text-based work by Enn Erisalu, uses jumped lettering to make
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Break-Up Text Photograph: I Handled Things Very Poorly
By Allison L. Wade
Located in New York, NY
of communication. Her paintings and photographs show text messages that have ended the artist's own
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Digital

Accumulations I - encaustic painting of old text
By Catherine Eaton Skinner
Located in Seattle, WA
"My work has been centered on concepts of this balance of opposites, as well as methods of numerical systems and patterning we use to construct an order to our world. Counting and me...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Encaustic, Oil

Text-based Artwork, Photography with Words, Red, Black
By Hamish Fulton
Located in Inglewood, CA
Text-based Artwork, Photography with Words, Red, Black Hamish Fulton Photography 1988 25 x 41 in
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Ink, Photographic Paper

Steve Jobs (Text from Think Differently campaign, 2021
By David Hollier
Located in San Francisco, CA
Hollier. Hollier masterfully paints image using the text from Pull up to the Bumper, Art Groupie, Feel
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

It Left a Mark Where You Were (text/dot)
By Trey Speegle
Located in New York, NY
"Buddha" Text: Metta Karuna Prayer, Acrylic on Canvas
By David Hollier
Located in San Francisco, CA
the text from Metta Karuna Prayer as his medium. This piece is signed and comes ready to hang
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Framed Painting of Trumpeter with Text and Color
Located in San Antonio, TX
text and color. The artist applied the paint in a thick patterned texture over the entire canvas
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic

Clown Leg- Acrylic Paint, Ceramic, Oil Paint, Pattern, Text, Abstract, Sculpture
By Marlos E’van
Located in Nashville, TN
This ceramic sculpture is filled with brightly colored patterns and text. From street art to
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2010s Sculptures

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Ceramic, Oil, Acrylic

"Language Collage #1023", Unique Script, Music and Text Collage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
other works the content of the language is important to me. The maps, people and text depicted in my art
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Archival Paper, Newsprint

Justice for Breonna Taylor-Acrylic Paint, Cotton, Latex, Text, Social Commentary
By Marlos E’van
Located in Nashville, TN
specific story. The artist employs figurative imagery and text to get their message across. From street
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2010s Paintings

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Cotton, Latex, Acrylic

Large, Sunrise, Abstract, Text, Figurative, Painting, Basquiat, Black, Large
By Matthew Heller
Located in Inglewood, CA
highlights a sunrise, text, and abstract figures. painting is reminiscent of early Basquiat with its wild
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Boxing Trophy, Acrylic, Paint, Canvas, Animal, Text, Figurative, 1234
By Matthew Heller
Located in Inglewood, CA
Matthew Heller Boxing Trophy, Acrylic, Paint, Canvas, Animal, Text, Figurative, 1234 Acrylic on
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Small Acrylic Painting, Floral, Text In Painting, Purple Colour
By Valerie Savchits
Located in London, GB
dynamic compositions. Savchits further accentuates the chaos by adding handwritten texts as the final
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Memory Melody, Contemporary, Minimal, Text- Based, Mixed Media Painting
By Enn Erisalu
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
This abstract, text-based work by Enn Erisalu is a minimal and fun play on words, which reads
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1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Black and Blue, Contemporary, Minimal, Abstract, Text-Based Painting
By Enn Erisalu
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
This abstract, contemporary, minimal, text-based work by Enn Erisalu, uses jumbled black and blue
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1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Immaturing with Age, Adam Mars, 2018, Mixed Media, Text Based Painting
By Adam Mars
Located in Los Angeles, CA
With cultural awareness and acerbic wit, Mars’ slogans function as synopses of daily life. As the proliferation of images and data has re-mapped our reality, Mars uses humor to refle...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Panel

Happy birthday figurative painting humor text colored small scale
By Vytautas Tomasevicius
Located in Paris, FR
Art Biennial in Saint Petersburg. In 2019 he won an Excellence Award in the Open Category at the third
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

QUEEN - pop still-life with roses, text and Versace Medusa
By Justyna Kisielewicz
Located in Seattle, WA
Pop still-life with roses, text and Versace Medusa - Red - Gold - Blue Justyna Kisielewicz, is a
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2010s Pop Art Still-life Paintings

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Stacked and Layered- Graphic Text Black Latex, Oil Pen Painting on Canvas
Located in Charlotte, NC
Savannah College of Art & Design. In 2009, she graduated with a MFA in Photography and in 2012, received a
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21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Abstract Paintings

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Oil Crayon, Latex, Pen

Black Square - Contemporary Black and White Digital Print - Text - Malevich
Located in Moscow, RU
Alexey Mandych (1973) - artist and photographer, graduated from Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Archival Paper, Digital, Laser

Small Acrylic Painting, Diamonds Painting, Text in Painting, Purple Colour
By Valerie Savchits
Located in London, GB
compositions. Savchits further accentuates the chaos by adding handwritten texts as the final layer of her
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2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Board

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