Audrey Michael Moebius
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Giclée
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Giclée, Canvas
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Canvas, Giclée
People Also Browsed
1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Offset, Lithograph
1940s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Gouache
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Stainless Steel
1980s Pop Art Nude Prints
Lithograph, Offset
2010s Pop Art Still-life Prints
Screen
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Books
Paper
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Black and White, Pigment, Archival Pi...
1980s Contemporary Color Photography
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pig...
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Wood, Giclée, Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographi...
19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Vintage 1970s Photography
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Wood, Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Giclée, Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper,...
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Photography
Paper
Recent Sales
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Aluminum
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Giclée
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Giclée
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Aluminum
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Canvas, Giclée
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Giclée
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Giclée
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Giclée
2010s Portrait Prints
Canvas, Giclée
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Canvas, Giclée
2010s Portrait Prints
Canvas, Giclée
A Close Look at contemporary Art
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.