Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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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1990s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Oil Pastel, Found Objects
1990s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Oil Pastel, Found Objects
1990s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Oil Pastel, Found Objects, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Archival Paper, Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Archival Paper
1990s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Oil Pastel, Cardboard
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Thread, Ink
1990s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Oil Pastel, Found Objects
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Watercolor, Mixed Media
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil, Graphite
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Rice Paper
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Paper, Archival Paper
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Archival Paper
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Tempera, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Archival Paper, Color Pencil
1990s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Watercolor
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Conté, Oil, Canvas, Mixed Media
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Archival Paper, Ballpoint Pen
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Pastel, Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Mixed Media
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Rice Paper
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ballpoint Pen
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Pen, Watercolor
1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pencil
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Archival Ink
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Archival Ink
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Cotton, Ink, Paper, Thread
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Ballpoint Pen, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Canvas, Ink
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Canvas, Ink
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Canvas, Ink
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal, Pastel
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Mixed Media, Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Graphite
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Crayon, Paper, Gouache
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Charcoal, Ink
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pencil, Oil Pastel
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Gold Leaf
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil, Archival Pigment
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil, Archival Pigment, Canvas, Paper
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Canvas, Paper, Cotton Canvas, Archival Ink, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Cotton Canvas, Ink, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Canvas
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil, Archival Pigment
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Pencil, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil