Tarot Card Box
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Digital
People Also Browsed
Late 20th Century French Games
Paper
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Metal
2010s Italian Ceramics
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Books
Foil
Antique Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Taxidermy
Other
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Leather
Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Bookcases
Spruce
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Bone, Wood, Rosewood
Mid-20th Century American Games
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Brass
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Games
Leather
Late 20th Century Italian Other Games
Sterling Silver
Late 20th Century Japanese French Provincial Games
Porcelain
Vintage 1930s Austrian Art Deco Ashtrays
Silver, Sterling Silver
1970s More Prints
Screen
Late 20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Wall Clocks
Plastic
Recent Sales
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Art
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Mixed Media
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Digital
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.
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