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Abstract Art Ideas to Take Your Style to the Next Level

Published January 22, 2020

These abstract art ideas will take your style for a spin (or a splatter, or a brushstroke….you get the idea).

1. Focalize

Center attention with a big, bold statement piece.

2. Contrast.

For balanced energy, go yin yang with colors, shapes and pattens.

42X52 Step At A Time

$275

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24X79 Abstract Cityscape

$275

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35X14 Black Distressed Metal Wire Wall Decor Panel

$89

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48X36 Fighter Pilot By Coup D'Esprit With White Frame

$995

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3. Multiply

The more the merrier! A row of abstract art creates soothing movement and further draws the eye.

28X28 Gold Medallion Set Of 3

$150

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16X38 Natural + White Wood Damask Carved Dimensional Wall Decor Panel

$89

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15X15 Red Moroccan Tile Set Of 4

$130

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24X36 Golden Landscape Gallery Wrap Canvas

$99

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4. Color

Live a little through your art! Abstract brushstrokes in punchy colors will heat up any space.

5. Energize.

Look for paintings that mimic motions like wind, rainfall, or river streams.

An abstract isn’t just a thing grad students use to summarize their theses; it’s also a type of home decor that’s effortlessly bold and cool. It’s an art form that’s not really of anything – except whatever you perceive it to be. It’s at once simple and complex, linear and curved, peaceful and vivid, realistic and dreamlike. It can add storied and varied meanings to your home, or simply serve as ‘pretty aesthetic’ and nothing more. It is, finally, yours. The moment you bring it into your home and ascribe to it your interpretation, it simultaneously dies and is reborn as its own original masterpiece, unique to itself (and, for that reason, invaluable).

Intrigued? You should be, as intrigue is the essence of abstract art! Like Alice’s rabbit hole or some sort of enchanted mirror, abstract art contains within it layers – which often don’t reveal themselves all at once. And, like that perfect dress or pair of shoes you happened to catch a glimpse of through a store window in passing, the perfect abstract for your home can’t be planned or decided on – you’ll simply know it when you see it.

Watch: An Artist's Take on Incorporating Abstract Art into the Home

Abstract Wall Art Ideas

38X50 Amish Couture I With Black Frame

$330

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38X50 Amish Couture II With Black Frame

$330

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15X12 Black Metal Thin Minimalist Frame Wall Shelves Set Of 3

$95

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71X32 Multi Color Polystone Wall Art

$195

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19.5X27.5 Blue And White Negative Space Ii Wall Art

$130

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19.5X27.5 Blue And White Negative Space I Wall Art

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42X52 Abstract Swish With Black Frame

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55X28 Abstract Shades Of Blue + Gray With Silver Frame

$175

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