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Art For Sale
Style: Contemporary
Style: American Realist
Contemporary Stainless Steel Sculpture-Unique work - Tree is not Wood #1
Located in Beijing, CN
Stainless Steel Sculpture by Chen Zhiguang Title: Tree is not Wood #1 Material: Stainless Steel Dimension: 218 x 118 x 70 cm Date: 2021 About the artwork: Bonsai (Potted landscap...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Stainless Steel

The cheetah and babies, Elia Shiwoohamba, Linoleum block print
Located in Windhoek, NA
The cheetah and babies, Linoleum block prints on paper. Elia Shiwoohamba was born in 1981 in Windhoek, Namibia. He graduated from the John Muafangejo Art ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Linocut

"Obliteration" Oil and Alkyd Painting on Wood Panels, Yellow, Red, Orange
Located in New York, NY
Grace Graupe-Pillard has concentrated on portraiture since her early charcoal drawings which she exhibited at The Drawing Center, NYC in 1981. Her work, which has been exhibited at notable institutions such as MOMA PS1 and galleries including Cheim & Read Gallery (NY) and Carl Hammer Gallery (Chicago), has evolved from over the years from pastels to large-scale oil paintings and installations of people who she describes as “having not been integrated into mainstream society.” Her more recent paintings, inspired by selfies and iPhone photographs, attempt to convey the vitality and diversity of 21st century contemporary culture while capturing the ineffable moments in our lives. “The sensuality and radiant beauty of youth and ethnic diversity are depicted in my choice of subjects, as well as the ravages of time which are imprinted on our being. All stages of life are filled with humanity that both elevates and dissipates the spirit.” Her work has been written about in The NY Times, Art News, The Village Voice, The Star-Ledger, Newsday, Flash Art...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Alkyd, Paint, Wood Panel

50 Spaces - Contemporary art, 21st Century, Pastel Inks, Editions, Screenprint
By Rachel Whiteread
Located in Zug, CH
Rachel Whiteread 50 Spaces - Contemporary art, 21st Century, Pastel Inks, Editions, Screenprint 2021 Screenprint Edition of 300 60 × 76 cm (23.62 × 29.92 in) Signed, titled and numbered In mint condition PLEASE NOTE: Edition numbers could vary from the one shown in the images. Rachel Whiteread, along with seven other leading international artists, were asked to create a print to celebrate Tate Modern’s 21st anniversary...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

The Incarnation
Located in Singapore, SG
For this painting the artist found inspiration from the religious poem on the ‘Sarvesh’ incarnation of Lord Mahadev. This work illustrates the beauty of that poetic description.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Sailcloth, Tempera

"Harriet" Neon Wall Sculpture Featuring Harriet Tubman, Mounted on Plexiglass
Located in New York, NY
Indira Cesarine is a multidisciplinary artist who works with photography, video, painting, printmaking, and sculpture. A graduate of Columbia University with a triple major in Art Hi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Glass, Plexiglass, Neon Light

Ceramic Gold-Plating Sculpture-Series Animal Zodiac- Rat
Located in Beijing, CN
The sculpture is signed and numbered. Edition 20/99. About the Artwork: The Chinese Zodiac can’t be ignored in the traditional culture of China. It’s closely interconnected with the social customs and habits, the aesthetic taste and the opinion of value. The Twelve animals of Year represent the traditional Chinese wisdom that the laws of Nature governs all things and that man must seek harmony with Nature. I created this Series of twelve zodiac animals made of gold and pottery, trying to give the “zodiac”-this long-standing cultural symbols a meaning of the prosperity and the luckiness. –He Wenjue About the artist: He Wenjue was born in 1970 in Hunan Province, China. He received his MA in painting from Jilin Academy of Fine Arts. Member of Chinese Art Association, Member of Chinese Painting Association.The vice-President of Hunan Oil-Painting Association. Research Fellow of Beijing Academy of China Xieyi Oil Painting.He is currently the vice president of Hunan Oil Painting Society, a member of China Artists Association and a member of Chinese Oil Painting Society. His works have been displayed on exhibitions at“Scenery in Map”ShangHai Solo Exhibition、Solo Exhibition, Frank Schlag Gallery, Essen, Germany、Sense of the Sparkle: He Wenjue Singapore Solo Exhibition, Singapore、Water: Senses of Sparkle, Tang Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand、The 9th & The 10th National Annual Fine Arts Exhibition、The first Chinese Freehand Brushwork Oil Painting、4th Jakarta Contemporary Ceramics Biennale, 6th BICMA ,、Painting the Present, Certosa di San Giacomo, Via Certosa 1 - Capri, Capri, Italy、The 2nd Chinese Oil Painting Biennale, The National Art Museum of China、The Xinjiang International Art Biennial 2014、Ethics as the DNA Art: The 9th Florence Biennale、SEA OF PEACE: Japan-Korea Contemporary Art Exhibition, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea、Faces and Figures, Germany、East side, Michael Schultz Gallery, Berlin, Germany、Vanhaerents Museum Collection, Brussel Belgium、China...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Gold

June 2001, J.T.
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Xiaoze Xie. "June 2001, J.T." is a contemporary painting, oil on canvas by Chinese photorealist Xiaoze Xie. The artwork is signed on the verso, "June 2001 Xie Xiaoze...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Its A Wander-Full Life
Located in Detroit, MI
It's A Wander-Full Life acrylic on canvas 60x60 in Part of the Lunacy series
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Salsa Cures Sadness" Textile Fiber Art, Discarded Clothing, Vivid Colors
Located in New York, NY
This artwork was featured in The Untitled Space group show " UNRAVELED: Confronting The Fabric Of Fiber Art" at The Untitled Space from April 17 - May 28th, 2021. Linda Friedman Schmidt...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Textile, Mixed Media, Fabric

"Untitled" screenprint by Jörg Immendorff from the "Kinderstern" portfolio
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Untitled" screenprint by artist Jörg Immendorff from the "Kinderstern" portfolio, published in 1989 by Edition Domberger to raise money to house famil...
Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

Malinalco, 2017
Located in New York, NY
Malinalco 2017, Is a piece that belongs to a larger series of photo paintings consisting of about 52 total. This piece is made with; ink, and enamel ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Medium Oil painting of Vintage, Antique, Collectable Toy Wearing American Flag
Located in Fort Worth, TX
Political Chatter, 2017 John Hartley discovered his life's passion while growing up in Piqua, Ohio. Encouraged to develop his talents in an academic envi...
Category

2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Oil

Just Beyond
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 17
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Storm, Portugal 1999 /Gelatin Silver Print/ Signed
Located in Coimbra, PT
Street Photography /1999. Portugal / Analog camera photo / B&W 35 mm film. 400 iso / Gelatin Silver Print, Signed, titled, negative date & ...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Black and White

American Contemporary Oil of Antique/Vintage Toy Race Car Driver
Located in Fort Worth, TX
'Champion,' 2019 John Hartley discovered his life's passion while growing up in Piqua, Ohio. Encouraged to develop his talents in an academic environment...
Category

2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

18:30 Wine Time, Petrus Amuthenu, Linoleum block print on paper
Located in Windhoek, NA
18:30 Wine Time, 2018. Linoleum Block Print on Paper, 1/3 Petrus Amuthenu was born in Swakopmund and grew up in northern Namibia in Uukwaludhi. In 2002 a chance encounter with the l...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Linocut

Queen
Located in WINDSOR, AU
4 pieces available from an edition of 8
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Enamel

Look at me, Elia Shiwoohamba, Linoleum block print
Located in Windhoek, NA
Look at me, Linoleum block prints on paper. Elia Shiwoohamba was born in 1981 in Windhoek, Namibia. He graduated from the John Muafangejo Art Centre in Windhoek in 2006. Specialisin...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Linocut

Escorpión - 21st Century, Contemporary Sculpture, Figurative, Recycled Objects
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Complete title: Escorpión Negro Miquel Aparici's sculptures are surprising assemblages made from old objects that had other uses in the past, and which the artist recovers and uses ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Found Objects, Mixed Media

Winterreise
Located in Wien, 9
In his painting, Robert Hammerstiel is in constant search of the balance and harmony of form. In his drastic reduction to the physical essentials and the colourful placarding, he cre...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Graphite, Color Pencil

Stones XXXIV - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract Painting, Mixed Media
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"My work is characterized by forms and lines. The relationship between background and figure is repeated persistently in each of my works. The figure, simple and almost always quadri...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Libertad - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Japanese, Relief Print, Glass
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Relief print on glass with hand applied layers Edition of 50 Mari Ito was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1980. She majored in Nihonga, Japanese-style painting made with traditional practic...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Glass, Mixed Media, Pigment

Russian Drone Painting No. 6 (Ferris Wheel at Pripyat, 2016)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
William Turner Gallery is proud to present a small solo exhibition of paintings by artist Lawrence Gipe called “Recent Pictures,” which draws fr...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Prop
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Breakfast with Irving Penn 1947
Located in New York, NY
In Anastasia Samoylova's "Breakfast With" series, photo books are splayed open and the iconic images therein mingle with the first meal of the day, reading as affectionate homages to...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Teatro Cervantes, Tanger, Morocco
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Limited Edition Material: Chromogenic Print mounted on dibond and framed with art glass Since 2002, photographers Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre have been united by their shared pa...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print

Patrick Hughes - Hanging on a hook, rainbow, gloss, moon, contemporary, painting
Located in London, GB
Patrick Hughes (b.1939) Hanging on a Hook 1978 gloss paint on board 91 x 91 cm Price: £19,000 GBP Provenance: Private collection, UK (acquired directly from the artist in the late ...
Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paint, Board

"Fashion Victims" 2018 Utopian Sculptures Serial Prints by Fernando Crespo#100
Located in Coimbra, PT
F. Crespo author of a world-famous giant sculpture Pope Francis Heart. Makes a first edition of his private and utopian projects. Fernando Crespo is a recognized artist in Portugal. ...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Inkjet

Sin Título - 21st Century, Contemporary Art, Abstract Sculpture, Iron
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Lukas Ulmi’s work unveils the hidden beauty of shapes taking stones, seemingly static forms, incomplete or meaningless objects and turning them into authent...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Iron

16724 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Painting, Mixed Media, Canvas
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"Martí Bofarull’s work fits in with renovation of the urban landscape that has characterized Catalan painting of the last twenty years. Among our art...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Plage 81 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Beach Landscape Photography
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
C-print mounted on Plexiglass Edition of 30
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Plexiglass, C Print

Storm - large, dark, smoky, atmospheric abstracted landscape, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Painterly swipes and drips light up an atmospheric sky in this dynamic acrylic by Lynne Fernie. The fiery horizon adds to the sense of brewing storm. Lynne Fernie is a Toronto artist...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Máscara Oso - 21st Century, Contemporary Sculpture, Figurative, Recycled Objects
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Miquel Aparici's sculptures are surprising assemblages made from old objects that had other uses in the past, and which the artist recovers and uses in ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Found Objects, Mixed Media

Evening Symphony
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Taking cues from the anti-figurative aesthetic of American Abstract Expressionists, Ripley’s process is one of spontaneity and gesture. Color is applied in broad strokes atop a black...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Garage
Located in Kansas City, MO
archival pigment print
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

When to say When
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Upcycled Shirts, Resin, Nylon Fibres, Acrylic and Sodium Crystals Size US: 29 x 15 x 8 in Size EU: 74 x 38 x 21 cm Contemporary painter and sculptor Noah Kashiani...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Resin, Acrylic

Red 01
Located in Almaty, KZ
Bismildin (b. 1987) is a Kazakh photographer belonging to the young generation who actively collaborates with fashion publications, exhibitions, and social projects. Working primaril...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Metal

Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee - Chris Smith, Muhammad Ali, 34.5x48 in
Located in London, GB
Chris Smith (b.1937) Float like a Butterfly 1971 silver gelatin fibre based print 20 x 30 in. / 34.5 x 48 in. / 46 x 66 in. signed and numbered printed later This work is available in the following sizes (paper size): 20 x 30 in., edition of 25 plus 2 AP, £3,000 GBP (inc. 20% UK VAT) 34.5 x 48 in., edition of 50 plus 2 AP, £6,600 GBP (inc. 20% UK VAT) 46 x 66 in., edition of 25 plus 2 AP, £9,600 GBP (inc. 20% UK VAT) Provenance: Direct from the artist’s studio Notes: All photographs are signed and numbered and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the photographer. 'Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee...
Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Mountain Retreat
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
"Village On The Sea" is a unique oil painting merging academic and contemporary painting styles to build a narrative. Jaroslav Leonets is a young Ukra...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Figurative Still life painting - Seven pots
Located in Beijing, CN
Feng Shi, born in Shanghai in 1990, professional painter. In 2009, he studied in the painting department of the school of fine arts of Shanghai Normal Univer...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Watercolor

Like Ice in the Sunshine II (L.A.) No. 17
Located in New York, NY
15 x 15 archival pigment print (image size 14 x 14 inches), edition 8. Signed, titled, dated and editioned on frame label provided. Framing also available at an additional cost. In ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Pájaro Chino - 21st Cent, Contemporary Sculpture, Figurative, Recycled Objects
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Miquel Aparici's sculptures are surprising assemblages made from old objects that had other uses in the past, and which the artist recovers and uses in a creative and ingenious way. ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Found Objects, Mixed Media

"Word Portrait: In Carl's Words" Painting, Pastels on Cutout Canvas, Figurative
Located in New York, NY
Grace Graupe-Pillard has concentrated on portraiture since her early charcoal drawings which she exhibited at The Drawing Center, NYC in 1981. Her work, which has been exhibited at notable institutions such as MOMA PS1 and galleries including Cheim & Read Gallery (NY) and Carl Hammer Gallery (Chicago), has evolved from over the years from pastels to large-scale oil paintings and installations of people who she describes as “having not been integrated into mainstream society.” Her more recent paintings, inspired by selfies and iPhone photographs, attempt to convey the vitality and diversity of 21st century contemporary culture while capturing the ineffable moments in our lives. “The sensuality and radiant beauty of youth and ethnic diversity are depicted in my choice of subjects, as well as the ravages of time which are imprinted on our being. All stages of life are filled with humanity that both elevates and dissipates the spirit.” Her work has been written about in The NY Times, Art News, The Village Voice...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Pastel

Untitled (limited edition blanket) blue
By KAWS
Located in London, GB
KAWS Untitled (limited edition blanket) blue, 2019 100% cashmere 130 x 180 cm Edition of 85
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Other Medium, Tapestry

Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee - Chris Smith, Muhammad Ali, 46x66 in
Located in London, GB
Chris Smith (b.1937) Float like a Butterfly 1971 silver gelatin fibre based print 20 x 30 in. / 34.5 x 48 in. / 46 x 66 in. signed and numbered printed later This work is available in the following sizes (paper size): 20 x 30 in., edition of 25 plus 2 AP, £3,000 GBP (inc. 20% UK VAT) 34.5 x 48 in., edition of 50 plus 2 AP, £6,600 GBP (inc. 20% UK VAT) 46 x 66 in., edition of 25 plus 2 AP, £9,600 GBP (inc. 20% UK VAT) Provenance: Direct from the artist’s studio Notes: All photographs are signed and numbered and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the photographer. 'Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee...
Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Megalopolis Lights - 21st Century, Contemporary, Landscape, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Atmosphere -masses of evaporating water in the air- describes Ekaterina Smirnova's paintings best. Working in watercolour, Smirnova has a unique approach to this traditional medium. ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Fly Over New York City Illustration - Optimism - Empire State Building
Located in Miami, FL
If people don't swat you . . . then something else happens." Illustration for Blechman's popular book Franklin the Fly (Mankato, MN: Creative Editions, 2007). Watercolor, pen and ink...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Pen

Like Ice in the Sunshine II (L.A.) No. 15
Located in New York, NY
15 x 15 archival pigment print (image size 14 x 14 inches), edition 8. Signed, titled, dated and editioned on frame label provided. Framing also available at an additional cost. In ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Mail Man
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Shepard Fairey Mail Man 2000 Screenprint 24 x 18 in. Edition of 140 Pencil signed & numbered Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shienbaum Fine Art Condition...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

"Minamina Dreaming - Minamina Juk", Acrylic Contemporary Aboriginal Painting
Located in London, GB
Simon employs optic whites and an array of pastels to capture the feeling and colour of the desert flowers, and its natural features surrounding the salt plains of Mina Mina, a salt ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Linen, Acrylic

Seascape VII - large format photograph of cloud formations and reflecting sea
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale original photograph of dramatic cloud formations and reflecting sea SEASCAPE VII by Frank Schott 58 x 58 inches ( 147 x 147cm ) signed edition of 7 48 x 48 inches ( 12...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Black and White, Giclée, Archival ...

Catapult, from Kites Suite
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Charles Hinman Kites Suite - Catapult 2013 5 color screenprint 32 x 32 in. Edition of 5 Pencil signed, dated and numbered Condition: This work is in exce...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

"Gemini" oil painting on panel figurative two women female red hair
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Rachel Bess Gemini, 2020 oil on panel 17.5" x 12" unframed 21” x 15.5” framed Rachel Bess is known for her precise and theatrical oil paintings that ble...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Redoshi
Located in Santa Monica, CA
With Halo, Greenfield brings the stories of Black folk-saints, martyrs, freedom-fighters, survivors, magicians, and visionaries back into view.
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

Fabiana : Achy & Ornate
Located in Nashville, TN
This contemporary piece from Danielle Krysa asks the viewer if beauty can be born from the wreckage of whatever each of our personal setbacks may be. The piece was created for Krysa'...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Brass

Celia
Located in Santa Monica, CA
With Halo, Greenfield brings the stories of Black folk-saints, martyrs, freedom-fighters, survivors, magicians, and visionaries back into view.
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

Untitled
Located in Miami, FL
Original Painting Lucia Riccelli, painter and performance artist. Born in Rome, living in Vienna, Zakynthos and Rome. Degreed at Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma in painting and scenography. Studied and performed classical ballet...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Linen, Raw Linen, Oil, Acrylic

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