Sculpture

Abstract Sculpture

Although abstraction is traditionally associated with two-dimensional art, sculptures present artists with the unencumbered freedom to explore abstract concepts using a creative medium of their choice. In this manner, abstract art no longer needs to be limited to the confines of a canvas, and can take on a more corporeal form.

While conventional sculptures played a more representative role in art, predominantly sequestered to busts and sculptures depicting human and animal forms, abstract sculptures gained popularity particularly with the rise of Cubism. Cubism brought about the dawn of avant-garde, unorthodox abstract art, a movement which was pioneered and almost synonymous with artists like Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque.

As if to solidify this transition, sculptors even dispelled with the traditional techniques of carving sculptures out of materials. As popularized by Picasso, modern abstract sculptors now explored assemblage in their three-dimensional creations.

Whatever the technique or medium used, abstract sculptures have become a widely sought after category for art collectors, and have become a treasured addition to installations, collections and museums around the world.