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, Others, Héléna Palazzi

Héléna Palazzi

Photography . 89 x 71 x 0.1 cm Photography . 35 x 28 x 0 inch

€900

Print, Hot Flush, Rob Omodiagbe

Rob Omodiagbe

Print . 59.2 x 45 x 0.3 cm Print . 23.3 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch

€265

Print, Blue Madonna, Tracey Emin

Tracey Emin

Print . 65.5 x 55.5 x 0.01 cm Print . 25.8 x 21.9 x 0 inch

€18,000

Print, Colette, Sephora Venites

Sephora Venites

Print . 81.3 x 58.4 x 0.3 cm Print . 32 x 23 x 0.1 inch

€2,360

Photography, Dottor Pupius, Massimo Festi

Massimo Festi

Photography . 200 x 100 x 1 cm Photography . 78.7 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€900

Print, Little David, tizlu

tizlu

Print . 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm Print . 23.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch

€380

Photography, Breath, Yuhao Pan

Yuhao Pan

Photography . 70 x 50 x 0.3 cm Photography . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,200

Print, Drifting, tizlu

tizlu

Print . 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Print . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€350

Print, Des mots coeurs, Miss.Tic

Miss.Tic

Print . 50 x 65 x 0.5 cm Print . 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.2 inch

€2,500

Photography, Down in Mexico, Rodrigo

Rodrigo

Photography . 53 x 35.1 x 0.1 cm Photography . 20.9 x 13.8 x 0 inch

€1,999

Print, Barack Obama, Marie Serruya

Marie Serruya

Print . 29.7 x 21 x 0.3 cm Print . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€250

Photography, Hunter, Massimo Festi

Massimo Festi

Photography . 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Photography . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

€350

Print, Over and out, Tracey Emin

Tracey Emin

Print . 65.5 x 55.5 x 0.01 cm Print . 25.8 x 21.9 x 0 inch

€10,500

Photography, Discord, Thandiwe Muriu

Thandiwe Muriu

Photography . 120 x 120 x 0.2 cm Photography . 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch

€13,000

Print, I Know, Jane Munro

Jane Munro

Print . 100 x 80 x 1 cm Print . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

€950

Photography, Arcoíris, Rodrigo

Rodrigo

Photography . 32.3 x 43.1 x 0.1 cm Photography . 12.7 x 17 x 0 inch

€1,999

Print, Art Deco, Sephora Venites

Sephora Venites

Print . 114.3 x 78.7 x 0.3 cm Print . 45 x 31 x 0.1 inch

€1,895

Print, RBA 209316, Yigit Yazici

Yigit Yazici

Print . 67 x 74 x 2 cm Print . 26.4 x 29.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Photography, Prophetess Mama, Thandiwe Muriu

Thandiwe Muriu

Photography . 90 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography . 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch

€10,000

Photography, Movida Massala, Sarah Caron

Sarah Caron

Photography . 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch

€2,500

Photography, Just Coke, Rodrigo

Rodrigo

Photography . 53 x 35.1 x 0.1 cm Photography . 20.9 x 13.8 x 0 inch

€1,799