Contemporary Art
CONTEMPORARY STYLE
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
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Style: Contemporary
Gourd in the Middle
Located in New York, NY
Watercolor on paper
32 x 25 inches framed
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Christo 'The Gates I' Central Park, New York Signed Print
By Christo
Located in San Rafael, CA
Christo (1935-2020)
'The Gates I' - Project for Central Park, New York City
Offset lithograph
Based on the original multi-media collage created in 1990
Signed by Christo in orange crayon lower left margin
Sheet: 39in H x 27 3/4in L (unframed)
Published by Schumacher Edition Fils, Dusseldorf
Christo and Jeanne-Claude designed and installed 7,503 "gates" with saffron-colored fabric panels. The exhibit ran from February 12, 2005 through February 27, 2005 along 23 miles of pathways in Central Park in New York City. The Gates alludes to the tradition of Japanese Shinto torii gates similar to the paths of the Fushimi Inari...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Offset
Five, Summer Beach Landscape, Salmon Pink Clouds, Blue Sky, Navy Ocean, Figures
Located in Kent, CT
Figures in the distance walk along the shore of a beach, appearing to gaze out at the deep, dark navy blue ocean, while fluffy, pale salmon pink cumulus clouds float in the idyllic b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
Tonal Jungle - Landscape Painting - Modern Art By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Tonal Jungle - Landscape Paintings - Modern Art By Marc Zimmerman
This masterpiece is exhibited in the Zimmerman Gallery, Carmel CA.
The painting comes with a certificate of authe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Jeanne d'Arc II, Art print, Woman, Butterfly, Print, Handmade
Located in Deddington, GB
Jeanne d'Arc II is a hand coloured limited edition drypoint etching with carborundum by Kate Boxer. The work depicts the famous saint Joan of Arc. According to legend, butterflies fo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Drypoint, Etching
Scarlet Ripples, Red Coral Orange Tree Botanical Branches Painting White Mylar
Located in Kent, CT
Layers of foliage with coral reddish orange leaves with hints of dark burgundy grace dark indigo branches on the pristine white background of this painting in on Mylar mounted on acr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Mylar, Acrylic, Panel
Maselinos Circeria Odissea - Lithograph by Tono Zancanaro - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Maselinos circeria odissea is a contemporary artwork realized in 20th century.
Mixed colored lithograph.
Includes frame.
Hand signed and numbered on the lower margin.
Edition of ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Bucking Bronco, Art print, Horse, Cowboy, Horse riding, Back and white art
Located in Deddington, GB
Bucking Bronco is a limited edition drypoint etching by Kate Boxer. Bucking Bronco depicts a horse rearing up with the rider trying to control it. This contemporary artwork is in Kat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Drypoint, Etching
Ceramic Totem Sculpture With Cat Apple Face And A Dog
Located in Carmel, CA
This masterpiece is currently on display at the Zimmerman Gallery in Carmel, CA
Please note: The base is not included. We will guide you through a simple installation process for ou...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Glaze
ARTIST UNKNOWN 'Singin' in the Rain' 1952- Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 21.75 x 15.75 inches ( 55.245 x 40.005 cm )
Image Size: 16.5 x 10.5 inches ( 41.91 x 26.67 cm )
Framed: Yes
Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling
Supple...
Category
1950s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Eduardo Abela Cuban signed limited edition orginal print engraving 23x31 in
Located in Miami, FL
Eduardo Abela (Cuba, 1963)
'Pos mi tequila tiene un pez', 2006
Engraving, sugarlift on paper. 22.9 x 30.8 in. (58 x 78 cm.)
Edition of 30, unframed
ID: ABE-101-PE1
"'Pos' mi tequila...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Engraving, Etching, Aquatint, Screen
'Tower Bridge II' Original Silkscreen Print, Art print, London, England
Located in Deddington, GB
'Tower Bridge II' is a playful original silkscreen print of the iconic bridge in London, there is man balancing across the top of it. A unique gift for someone who appreciates the si...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
Stefanie Schneider Polaroid sized unlimited Mini 'Radha Shooting' - signed
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider Polaroid sized unlimited Mini 'Radha Shooting' (Long Way Home) - 1999 -
signed in front, not mounted.
1 Digital Color Photographs based on a Polaroid.
Polaroi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda, Polaroid
Summer Meeting
By Andy Burgess
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Andy Burgess
Summer Meeting, 2024
vintage ephemera collage
5" x 3.5" unframed
10.25" x 8.25" framed
Andy Burgess’s elegant assemblages of found textiles and paper ephemera recall de...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Balaguer Car Races Monte Carlo 1959" original acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Artwork by the Spanish artist Alex Balaguer
Perfect state
BALAGUER , Alex ( Barcelona 1968 )
During early childhood, Àlex Balaguer began to sketch motorcars symbolic of Maranello’s t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gift from My Sister, New Zealand
Located in New York, NY
Watercolor on paper
32 x 25 inches framed
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Yellow Blossom
Located in New York, NY
Watercolor on paper
32 x 25 inches framed
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Relationships - Giclee Print by Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Relationships - Giclee Print by Marc Zimmerman
This masterpiece is exhibited in the Zimmerman Gallery, Carmel CA.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Marc Zimmerman is a visionary artist whose creati...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Maria Vanishvili - N777
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, watercolour, marker & ink on paper
Maria Vanishvili is a Georgian artist born in 2004 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She signa her...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Ink, Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Permanent Marker
Hello Sunshine, Yellow, Indigo Blue, Pink, Aqua Abstract Patterns
By Gabe Brown
Located in Kent, CT
Carefully ordered patterns, geometric shapes and delicate lines in light blue, lime green, indigo, pink and aqua on a luminous golden yellow background. Signed, dated and titled on v...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
Large Abstract Rusted Metal Composition "Matisse 2 Study 1"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. Car dumps fascinate him - he is attracted to the broken edge, not the perfectly straight line. For th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal, Steel, Iron
A Unique Flowering
Located in Toronto, ON
Robert Bentley joined the gallery in 2019, early in his career. Working mostly in watercolour and pen and ink, Robert marries abstract, gestural paint strokes with intensely detailed...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Watercolor
Cowboy, Art print, Horse, Cowboy, Horse riding, Back and white art
Located in Deddington, GB
Cowboy is a limited edition drypoint etching made with carborundum on paper by printmaker and artist, Kate Boxer. The classic black and white artwork is somewhat reminiscent of the o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Drypoint, Etching
Difference & Repetition
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Carrie Marill
Difference & Repetition, 2024
acrylic on linen
36" x 30"
Carrie Marill is a meticulous artist, sophisticated and considered in her techniques and also in the concepts ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Debussy
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Carrie Marill
Debussy, 2024
acrylic on linen
58" x 44"
Carrie Marill is a meticulous artist, sophisticated and considered in her techniques and also in the concepts that underpin ea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Bodyguard #4
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Luis Gonzalez Palma
Bodyguard #4, 2010
Original Goldtone photograph, vintage daguerreotype case
5" x 4" x .75" closed
Print size: 4.25" x 3.25"
Edition 4/6
Luis González Palma’s mul...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Photographic Film
White Radish, Oil Painting
By Pat Doherty
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A vibrant still life depicts radishes resting on a soft peach surface. An unseen light source casts a warm glow on the scene, creating shadows that accentuate t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
"Carousel Horse in the Forest" Oil Painting by Robin Hextrum
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Hextrum's (US based) "Carousel Horse in the Forest" is a monochromatic oil painting that depicts a lone carousel in the dark forest. This painting is sold unframed, but ready t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
“Purple shark” - Bronze sculpture, figurative sculpture
By John Bizas
Located in New York, NY
This bronze sculpture by John Bizas is from his latest body of works!!
The version of that size in bronze casting is going to be in a total number of 10 pieces each of them in a diff...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Check Check Check
By Hunt Rettig
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Hunt Rettig
Check Check Check, 2024
mixed media
47" x 39" framed
Hunt Rettig’s elegant compositions of curves and loops give the illusion of being flat, illuminated digital images t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Synthetic, Plexiglass, Film, Acrylic
Commited (29 Palms, CA) - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Commited (29 Palms, CA) - 1999
20x20cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Certificate and signature label.
Artist inventory ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Korean Contemporary Art by Lee Yu Min - Dream Road
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on wooden panel
Lee Yu Min is a Korean artist born in 1987 who lives and works in Daejeon, South Korea. She is specialized in Korean painting, completing her doctoral studi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Long Player
By Andy Burgess
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Andy Burgess
Long Player, 2024
vintage ephemera collage
5" x 3.5" unframed
10.25" x 8.25" framed
Andy Burgess’s elegant assemblages of found textiles and paper ephemera recall deepl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Theatre Night
By Andy Burgess
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Andy Burgess
Theatre Night, 2024
vintage ephemera collage
4" x 2.5" unframed
9.25" x 7.25" framed
Andy Burgess’s elegant assemblages of found textiles and paper ephemera recall deep...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
The Twenties
By Andy Burgess
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Andy Burgess
The Twenties, 2024
vintage ephemera collage
4" x 2.5" unframed
9.25" x 7.25" framed
Andy Burgess’s elegant assemblages of found textiles and paper ephemera recall deepl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Noise 3
Located in New York, NY
This is a digital print created by ipad in 2012
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital
Untitled, (Wooden Kente Quilt #61)
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Ato Ribeiro
Untitled (Wooden Kente Quilt #61), 2024
repurposed wood, acrylic, HDPE
24" x 24" x 1"
Ato Ribeiro works in a variety of media: sculpture, installation, drawing and print...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood
Elements - Surfing Art - Figurative - Woodcut Print By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Elements - Surfing Art - Figurative - Woodcut Print By Marc Zimmerman
Limited Edition 01/04
This masterwork is exhibited in the Zimmerman Gallery, Carmel CA.
Immerse yourself in t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Woodcut
Mid Century Modern Surrealist Hawaiian Visionary Art - The Dream & the Dreamers
Located in Soquel, CA
Symbolic and surreal landscape with three women in a mystical garden setting walking toward a plaque "The dream and the dreamer are one" by Marguerite Louis Blasingame (American; 190...
Category
1940s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Shark Mountain, Fakarava by Paul Nicklen - Contemporary Wildlife Photography
By Paul Nicklen
Located in Chicago, IL
Shark Mountain
Fakarava, French Polynesia, 2023
Edition of 20: 24” x 36” (61 x 91.4 cm) - $3,500
Edition of 15: 31” x 46.5” (78.7 x 118.1 cm)
Edition of 10: 40” x 60” (101.6 x 152.4...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Traces of Time III (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Traces of Time III (The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence) - 2013
20x20cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper
Tiger Rising, the Bahamas by Paul Nicklen - Contemporary Wildlife Photography
By Paul Nicklen
Located in Chicago, IL
Tiger Rising
The Bahamas, 2019
Edition of 20: 24” x 42.5” (61 x 108 cm) - $4,500
Edition of 15: 36” x 64” (91.4 x 162.6 cm)
Edition of 10: 50.5” x 90” (128.59 x 228.6 cm)
"Tiger sh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Contemporary portrait "Once by the Sea"
Located in Zofingen, AG
I want to take the evening train to Kyiv-Simferopol.
Wake up in the morning and watch as we pass through the tunnel.
Get off at the platform in Simferopol and breathe in the Crimean ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lacquer, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Pink Blossom Started
Located in New York, NY
Monotype
44 x 30.5 inches unframed
47 x 34 inches framed
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Monotype
Prague Bulls
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Archival digital print
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sandaig, mid to late 20th century landscape
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Sandaig, a contemporary landscape by Helen M. Turner, offers a bright and peaceful coastal scene. While evidence of civilisation may be found in the houses tucked into the painting’s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Patrick's Bel Air, Las Vegas - American Vintage Car Color Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Capturing the cinematic Glass Pool Motel which is sadly no longer there, and an iconic Chevy Bel Air, it is a perfect example of a Lost Vegas. This is one of Richard Heeps' classic A...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Lamborghini Mechanic
Located in New York, NY
Lamborghini Mechanic by Tyler Shields from his Provocateur Series. In this bold continuation of his Provocateur series, Shields invites viewers into a world where beauty meets rebell...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
C Print
Break Patterns
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Carrie Marill
Break Patterns, 2024
acrylic on linen
58" x 44"
Carrie Marill is a meticulous artist, sophisticated and considered in her techniques and also in the concepts that unde...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
H14 Full Set of 8 (from the Secrets), Damien Hirst, Laminated Giclée print, HENI
By Damien Hirst
Located in Bristol, GB
Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite panel
Edition varies:
H14-1 Realisation edition of 395
H14-2 Happiness edition of 327
H14-3 Toleranceedition of 402
H14-4 Wisdom editi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Giclée
Islands in the Moonlight - Contemporary Whimsical Landscape Painting
Located in Boston, MA
Islands in the Moonlight
23.5 x 15.74 x 1.0, 2.0 lbs
Acrylic paint on canvas
Hand signed by artist
Artist's Commentary:
"I have been painting these stylized trees for years and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
Wanderer, Svalbard, Norway by Paul Nicklen - Contemporary Landscape Photography
By Paul Nicklen
Located in Chicago, IL
Wanderer
Svalbard, Norway, 2017
24 × 36 in / 61 × 91.4 cm / Edition of 20 - $3,500
31 × 46.5 in / 78.7 × 118.1 cm / Edition of 15
40 × 60 in / 101.6 × 152.4 cm / Edition of 30
60 × ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Hunt, Norway by Paul Nicklen - Contemporary Seascape Photography
By Paul Nicklen
Located in Chicago, IL
The Hunt
Northern Fjords, Norway, 2014
24 in x 36 in (61 x 91.4 cm) Edition of 20 - $3,500
31 in x 46.5 in (78.7 x 118.1 cm) Edition of 15
40 in x 60 in (101.6 x 152.4 cm) Edition o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Beholder, Rwanda by Paul Nicklen - Contemporary Wildlife Photography
By Paul Nicklen
Located in Chicago, IL
The Beholder
Rwanda, 2018
24 × 36 in / 61 × 91.4 cm / Edition of 20
31 × 46.5 in / 78.7 × 118.1 cm / Edition of 15
40 × 60 in / 101.6 × 152.4 cm / Edition of 10
60 × 90 in / 152.4 ×...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Elvis Presley: The Wink
By Lloyd Dinkins
Located in Austin, TX
Vintage candid image of The King, Elvis Presley photographed early in his career in 1956 in Memphis Tennessee by Lloyd Dinkins.
Elvis Aaron Presley, also known simply as Elvis, was...
Category
1950s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Ma'ah, British Columbia by Paul Nicklen - Contemporary Wildlife Photography
By Paul Nicklen
Located in Chicago, IL
Ma’ah
British Columbia, Canada, 2011
24 × 36 in / 61 × 91.4 cm / Edition of 20 - $3,500
31 × 46.5 in / 78.7 × 118.1 cm / Edition of 15
40 × 60 in / 101.6 × 152.4 cm / Edition of 10
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Pink Rose" Oil Painting by Robin Hextrum
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Hextrum's (US based) "Pink Rose" is a colorful oil painting that depicts a delicate pink rose in full bloom. This painting is sold unframed, but is ready to hang.
Artist Bio:
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Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Horst P. Horst 'Marlene Dietrich'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 31.5 x 23.5 inches ( 80.01 x 59.69 cm )
Image Size: 23 x 18.75 inches ( 58.42 x 47.625 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: B: Very Good Condition, with signs of handling or age
Su...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Offset
Contemporary art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary art available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Stefanie Schneider, Tyler Shields, Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde, and Richard Heeps. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Contemporary art, so small editions measuring 0.02 inches across are also available.