Colored artworks

Color plays a fundamental role in contemporary creation as an element capable on its own of structuring a composition, generating emotion, or conveying an entire aesthetic discourse.

Long relegated to a secondary role behind form and drawing in the traditional hierarchy of the arts, it gradually gained autonomy throughout the twentieth century from Fauvist explorations of pure color to lyrical abstraction until it became, for some artists, the sole subject of the artwork.

Henri Matisse, whose cut-out paper works celebrate color in all its power and simplicity, Mark Rothko with his meditative fields of color, or the Op Art artists who explore optical vibrations between complementary hues, illustrate the diversity of approaches within a field that continues to fascinate contemporary artists.

In current artistic practice, color is explored through a wide range of registers—from vivid, saturated Pop Art–inspired palettes to subtle tonal variations and delicate gradients, as well as strong chromatic contrasts that structure pictorial or sculptural space. Whether applied in flat areas, layered glazes, bursts of material, or plays of light on reflective surfaces, color becomes a language in its own right, capable of expressing emotions such as joy, melancholy, energy, or contemplation.

On Artsper, this selection brings together works in which color plays a central role in composition, highlighting the enduring capacity of this fundamental element to generate visual experiences of inexhaustible richness and intensity.

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Photography, Yin, Kevin Krag

Yin

Kevin Krag

Photography . 121.9 x 81.3 x 0.3 cm Photography . 48 x 32 x 0.1 inch

CHF 4,445

Photography, Untitled 12, Arslan Sükan

Arslan Sükan

Photography . 150 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography . 59.1 x 39.4 x 0 inch

CHF 5,334

Photography, Breeze, Juan Pablo Castro

Juan Pablo Castro

Photography . 91.4 x 243.8 x 0.3 cm Photography . 36 x 96 x 0.1 inch

CHF 6,223

Photography, Plot Twist, Ana Bathe

Ana Bathe

Photography . 30 x 20 x 0.25 cm Photography . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch

CHF 388

Photography, Les Voiles, Uwe Ommer

Uwe Ommer

Photography . 90.2 x 69.9 x 0.3 cm Photography . 35.5 x 27.5 x 0.1 inch

CHF 3,112

Photography, Engulfment Berlin #4, Javier Rey

Javier Rey

Photography . 170.4 x 100.1 x 0.3 cm Photography . 67.1 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch

CHF 2,490

Photography, Les Voiles, Uwe Ommer

Uwe Ommer

Photography . 90.2 x 69.9 x 0.3 cm Photography . 35.5 x 27.5 x 0.1 inch

CHF 3,112

Photography, Les Voiles, Uwe Ommer

Uwe Ommer

Photography . 90.2 x 69.9 x 0.3 cm Photography . 35.5 x 27.5 x 0.1 inch

CHF 3,112

Photography, Familiar, Michaela Haider

Michaela Haider

Photography . 79.8 x 79.8 x 0.3 cm Photography . 31.4 x 31.4 x 0.1 inch

CHF 1,890

Photography, Traces, Michaela Haider

Michaela Haider

Photography . 79.8 x 79.8 x 0.3 cm Photography . 31.4 x 31.4 x 0.1 inch

CHF 1,890

Photography, Becoming water, Michaela Haider

Michaela Haider

Photography . 79.8 x 79.8 x 0.3 cm Photography . 31.4 x 31.4 x 0.1 inch

CHF 1,890

Photography, Adamantine, Michaela Haider

Michaela Haider

Photography . 49.8 x 49.8 x 0.3 cm Photography . 19.6 x 19.6 x 0.1 inch

CHF 889

Photography, Vigil, Michaela Haider

Michaela Haider

Photography . 49.8 x 49.8 x 0.3 cm Photography . 19.6 x 19.6 x 0.1 inch

CHF 889

Photography, Fluid Colour, Michaela Haider

Michaela Haider

Photography . 49.8 x 49.8 x 0.3 cm Photography . 19.6 x 19.6 x 0.1 inch

CHF 889