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Rock Has No Tongue
Jessica Houston
Sculpture - 99.1 x 38.1 x 29.2 cm Sculpture - 39 x 15 x 11.5 inch
$6,400
Contact color relief
Aurélie Trabaud
Sculpture - 54 x 54 x 4.2 cm Sculpture - 21.3 x 21.3 x 1.7 inch
$3,590
Attends-moi je reviens de bonheur!
Jean-Robert Drouillard
Sculpture - 97.2 x 97 x 97 cm Sculpture - 38.25 x 38.2 x 38.2 inch
$2,468
1986 Water Lilies Cristallisation Nénuphars
Lucette Pillet
Sculpture - 36 x 36 x 1 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 14.2 x 0.4 inch
$4,432
Les sillons de pourpre
Danielle Martin Troulay
Sculpture - 42 x 50 x 26 cm Sculpture - 16.5 x 19.7 x 10.2 inch
$2,580
Etat de corps
Manuela Cordenos
Sculpture - 47 x 35 x 25 cm Sculpture - 18.5 x 13.8 x 9.8 inch
$2,771
Suk mai todos los días
Zoila Andrea Coc-Chang
Sculpture - 48.3 x 38.1 x 0.6 cm Sculpture - 19 x 15 x 0.2 inch
$2,805
Ruban de la mémoire rouge métallique
Jean-Pierre Rives
Sculpture - 8 x 40 x 6 cm Sculpture - 3.1 x 15.7 x 2.4 inch
$3,927
Sculpture sur marbre noir de belgique
Maria Chiara Re
Sculpture - 24 x 6.6 x 6 cm Sculpture - 9.4 x 2.6 x 2.4 inch
$2,917
Territorios, Found objects in wood box wall sculpture
Fernando Otero
Sculpture - 52.1 x 72.4 x 10.2 cm Sculpture - 20.5 x 28.5 x 4 inch
$2,500
La main au Pompon
Richard Di Rosa (dit Buddy)
Sculpture - 98 x 60 x 46 cm Sculpture - 38.6 x 23.6 x 18.1 inch
$8,414
Great rift valley
Maliza Kiasuwa
Sculpture - 200 x 120 x 17 cm Sculpture - 78.7 x 47.2 x 6.7 inch
$3,927
Atoll 2
Harald Schmitz-Schmelzer
Sculpture - 57.8 x 57.8 x 19.1 cm Sculpture - 22.75 x 22.75 x 7.5 inch
$12,500
BLOOM
Aaron Santos Boyd-Rochman
Sculpture - 48 x 40 x 12 cm Sculpture - 18.9 x 15.7 x 4.7 inch
$3,197
Dominus move machine
O'clock
Sculpture - 148 x 138 x 15 cm Sculpture - 58.3 x 54.3 x 5.9 inch
$11,163
Soilart Dojoong Jo
Soilart Dojoong Jo
Sculpture - 65 x 53 x 3 cm Sculpture - 25.6 x 20.9 x 1.2 inch
$6,731
Complicity #34
Tulio Pinto
Sculpture - 68 x 150 x 150 cm Sculpture - 26.8 x 59.1 x 59.1 inch
$35,901
Mains aux graines et coccinelles
Marie Labat
Sculpture - 27 x 27 x 27 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 10.6 x 10.6 inch
$426
Self-Portrait 21.29
Arthur Hent
Sculpture - 120 x 80 x 2.5 cm Sculpture - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$4,039
Le Saint Esprit,argent 1991 Holy Spirit, Silver
B Baschet
Sculpture - 53 x 30 x 25 cm Sculpture - 20.9 x 11.8 x 9.8 inch
$54,973
Léopard sur Canapé
Emmanuel Bour
Sculpture - 54 x 54 x 3 cm Sculpture - 21.3 x 21.3 x 1.2 inch
$3,141
The time machine powers up at 18:24
Eugenia Soma
Sculpture - 370 x 200 x 16 cm Sculpture - 145.7 x 78.7 x 6.3 inch
$7,466
Open the Gates II
Judit Horvath Loczi
Sculpture - 125 x 105 x 50 cm Sculpture - 49.2 x 41.3 x 19.7 inch
$6,574
Sin título (Prayer Flags Series)
Imanol Marrodán
Sculpture - 45 x 52 x 0.5 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 20.5 x 0.2 inch
$248
Five to one
Madeleine Dietz
Sculpture - 180.3 x 121.9 x 25.4 cm Sculpture - 71 x 48 x 10 inch
$20,000
Saint Esprit argent 1990 Holy Spirit silver
Bernard BASCHET
Sculpture - 11.5 x 10 x 5 cm Sculpture - 4.5 x 3.9 x 2 inch
$10,658
The Story of Water
Fabienne Decornet
Sculpture - 150 x 150 x 2.5 cm Sculpture - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1 inch
$15,033
Suspended #27
Perla Krauze
Sculpture - 302.3 x 200.7 x 101.6 cm Sculpture - 119 x 79 x 40 inch
$18,000
Son medallones blancos, negros y plateados
Carmen Calvo
Sculpture - 62 x 62 x 3 cm Sculpture - 24.4 x 24.4 x 1.2 inch
$7,853
Coffret 5 carrés inox
Michel Jouet
Sculpture - 15 x 100 x 5 cm Sculpture - 5.9 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$15,146
Femme citron
Thierry Pelletier
Sculpture - 55 x 29 x 20 cm Sculpture - 21.7 x 11.4 x 7.9 inch
$20,194
Couleurs en diffusion
Gregorio Vardanega
Sculpture - 35 x 33 x 18 cm Sculpture - 13.8 x 13 x 7.1 inch
$16,828
Autel profane Piège à plumes Bird Altar
Alexis Gorodine
Sculpture - 40 x 30 x 4 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch
$6,619
King of Things
David Middlebrook
Sculpture - 177.8 x 55.88 x 60.96 cm Sculpture - 70 x 22 x 24 inch
$30,000
Black Bird
Fabienne Auzolle
Sculpture - 150 x 150 x 20 cm Sculpture - 59.1 x 59.1 x 7.9 inch
$28,047
Vidas - Aletas
Angela Castro (Fenix)
Sculpture - 39 x 39 x 5 cm Sculpture - 15.4 x 15.4 x 2 inch
$2,805
Untitled
Laddie John Dill
Sculpture - 26.7 x 57.2 x 3.8 cm Sculpture - 10.5 x 22.5 x 1.5 inch
$3,500
Module XL18
Mehdi Cibille Le MoDuLe De ZeeR
Sculpture - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,702
Ecureuil Squirrel 1987 KENJI BANLIEUE BANLIEUE
Kenji
Sculpture - 48 x 12 x 12 cm Sculpture - 18.9 x 4.7 x 4.7 inch
$4,432
Belle Sirène Sweet green Siren
SHIM SANG OK
Sculpture - 39 x 35 x 25 cm Sculpture - 15.4 x 13.8 x 9.8 inch
$5,553
Attractive wounds
Kang Sanghee
Sculpture - 69 x 47 x 10 cm Sculpture - 27.2 x 18.5 x 3.9 inch
$13,855
Untitled Clay Pieces
Derick Smith
Sculpture - 96 x 46 x 2 cm Sculpture - 37.8 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,468
El viento, espiral de la rosa.
Martin Chirino
Sculpture - 27 x 60 x 60 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 23.6 x 23.6 inch
$24,009
BIophilia; Cell
Kazuhiro Toyama
Sculpture - 37 x 40 x 40 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 15.7 x 15.7 inch
$18,848
Meltdown - Black structure
Ralph Posset
Sculpture - 23 x 20 x 5 cm Sculpture - 9.1 x 7.9 x 2 inch
$954
Married to Success
DOC (Desire Obtain Cherish)
Sculpture - 76 x 38 x 38 cm Sculpture - 29.9 x 15 x 15 inch
$20,200
L'arbre de vie
Rachel Daireaux
Sculpture - 165 x 144 x 123 cm Sculpture - 65 x 56.7 x 48.4 inch
$10,658
Welle V (wave V)
Brigitte und Martin Matschinsky-Denninghoff
Sculpture - 11.5 x 5.8 x 18 cm Sculpture - 4.5 x 2.3 x 7.1 inch
$6,507
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Drawing No. 453
Sumit Mehndiratta
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 60 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,346
La vie en effervescence
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2.4 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.9 inch
$1,178
The tree of life
Seyran Gasparyan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,200 $1,020
Abstract Sculpture for Sale
Abstract sculpture is a pure product of the 20th century. It was Auguste Rodin who defined the beginning of modern sculpture and who marked the end of the secular antique inspiration which dominated in sculpture. Rodin's sculptures broke the ancient rules and inspired many sculptors of the 20th century to depart from the traditional conventions. Rodin's sculptures inspired Brancusi and his simple and pure lines, which in turn laid the ground for abstract sculpture.
The beginning of the 20th century was accompanied by numerous discoveries and in particular mathematical advances that fascinated intellectuals. At the same time, many exiled European artists found refuge in Paris and joined different movements, all in search of a better world. For it was also the wars that encouraged artists to detach themselves from reality. From this desire was born a new language, that of abstraction! Artists no longer express reality through figuration, but through the immaterial, form, color... Cubism initiated this use of geometric form in modern art by approaching the objects of reality as forms that can be represented in different facets to obtain a complete perspective. Thank you Pablo Picasso! Sculpture was no longer dedicated to representing reality as we see it, but the sculpture becomes the object in its own right, extracting the essence. The Cubists also adopted a greater freedom in the choice of less noble materials than before, perhaps out of necessity... The movements that followed, such as Dadaism, Neo-Dadaism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism all enriched abstract art. Italian Futurism focused on the representation of movement and saw the appearance of kinetic art where movement is the work of art.
One artist in particular had a profound impact on abstract sculpture: Alexander Calder. His mobiles are made of thin pieces of metal smoothed and connected by wire. His color palette is inspired by Piet Mondrian, and the artist once said: "I wanted to make Mondrian that move." Jean Tinguely or Nicolas Schöffer will also illustrate themselves in kinetic art and robotics. Then Marcel Duchamp, whose research also revolves around the movement will introduce in the history of art his first 'ready-made' and induce the idea that a work of art can be a manufactured object, it is the artist to assign the status of work of art.
The more abstract sculpture approaches the daily life, the more artists turn to poor materials, objects that they recycle. After the Second World War, sculptors could see things in a big way. Thanks to industrialization in particular, they conceived sculptures of more and more monumental size which resisted bad weather and could thus be installed outside.
In contemporary sculpture, the environment is therefore more easily taken into account by artists. In the land art for example, Christo and Jeanne Claude create abstract sculptures that are directly integrated into the landscape, the installations of Richard Serra are so monumental that they allows visitors to walk inside, and in minimalism, the sculpture and the material is determined by its environment because it emphasizes the emptiness and the space around it. Among the great contemporary abstract sculptors, we can mention Henry Moore, Niki de Saint Phalle, Barbara Hepworth and Louise Bourgeois. On Artsper, you can find abstract sculptures by famous and emerging artists, such as César, Crixo Aponte, and Yannick Bouillault!
What is the meaning of abstract sculpture?
Abstract sculpture refers to a type of sculpture that does not accurately depict the physical world, but is rather made up of forms, shapes, colors and other visual elements.
What is an example of abstract sculpture?
Barbara Hepworth's sculptural works are a famous example of abstract sculpture. These include works such as Two Forms (Divided Circle) and Mother and Child. Hepworth's sculptures are abstract in form while often making reference to the natural world and relationships between natural forms.
When did abstract sculpture start?
Abstract sculpture in the sense that we refer to it today has its roots in the 20th century, when European artists began creating abstract art. This followed a decline in the popularity of Realism in the art world, as artists sought alternative ways to represent the world around them. The Cubist art movement is credited with producing first abstract sculptures, which experimented with geometrical shapes and abstract forms.