Contemporary Animal Paintings
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.
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Style: Contemporary
Cattle Drive from Alps. Figurative, cow, flowers, horizontal, large format, red
Located in Oslo, NO
In autumn, Swiss cows return from the mountain meadows to the valleys. They carry upside-down milking stools decorated with flowers. The cows walk in friendly rows and ring their bel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"On Credit" Oil on canvas, female figure with vulture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "On Credit" is an original artwork by Katherine Fraser and is made of oil on canvas. This piece measures approximately 58"h x 70"w and is shipped in the pictured wo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nuthatch III - contemporary, figurative, bird, acrylic and resin on board
By Peter Hoffer
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary figurative mixed media composition of a bird is by Peter Hoffer.
Peter Hoffer’s realistic artwork is masterful and exquisite in detail. The Canadian artist has exh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Acrylic, Board
Wanna Play Again, 21st Century Contemporary Painting by Rineke Engwerda
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Rineke Engwerda is a Dutch young artist with a unique style. Even without a signature you can immediately recognize the work of Rineke.
Her studio in an old school, near the Fanny ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Accordion Sky
Located in Bozeman, MT
Suzanne Kiggins is a self-taught artist who works primarily with acrylic and gouache on paper, wood panel, and canvas. She takes inspiration from every...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Wood Panel
"Calf" Contemporary Dutch Oil Painting Capturing the Playful Spirit of a Calf
By Paul Jansen
Located in Utrecht, NL
The oil paintings of the contemporary Dutch artist Paul Jansen invites the viewer to look beyond the standard picture within the frame. It feels as if the curious animal really reach...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Primary Urchin" Colorful, decorative patterns with dimensional paint on glass
By PJ Linden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Primary Urchin" is an original artwork by PJ Linden and is made from dimensional paint on mosaic glass tile. This piece measures 5.5”h x 5”w.
Based upon patterns and textures found in nature, primarily aquatic life, the natural rough, granulated surfaces of shark and stingray skins, urchin spines and fish scales, as well as the markings and colorations serving to repel predators, Linden creates second skins or aposematic pelts, employing them as unconventional canvases.
Born 1985 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. PJ Linden is a New York City and Pennsylvania-based fine artist known for her abstract, three-dimensional work. She paints with machine-like precision, creating microscopic patterns on found objects, fashion, and technology. Linden got her start working with Patricia Field, creating custom, one-of-a-kind art and fashion under the name Wonderpuss Octopus. At Field's iconic, namesake boutique, Linden's work caught the eye of celebrity clients including Beyonce, Willow Smith, Kelly Osborne, and Solange Knowles...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Glass, Paint, Mirror
Night-watch
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Cleveland, OH
Bunnies on Black Diamond Dust
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
$26,000
Intense Love - Abstract Tiger Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Columbus, Georgia (USA) based artist Kellie Newsome specializes in dynamic and abstracted still-life artworks. Her expressive style emphasizes line structure, creating vibrant painti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil
Hunting Hunter 2 (Sleeping Wolf) - Animals Oil Painting, Magical Realism, Nature
Located in Salzburg, AT
From the series "Sleeping Wolf"
Born 1979 in Warsaw. Works in painting and photography. Between 2001and 2006 she studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts in the studio of Professo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Little Blue Dot
Located in Bozeman, MT
Enthralled with the lore and spirituality of American Indian cultures, his work often depicts these traditional subjects in nontraditional ways. Hawkins captures the raw sense of ele...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
The moon vases & cat
Located in Oslo, NO
I love animals very much, but cats have a special place in my heart. Gentle, independent, always beautiful, for me they personify the mystery and gentle beauty of nature. Unfortunate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Bottoms Up, Buttercup by Dawne Raulet Contemporary Mixed Media, Goose, Black
By Dawne Raulet
Located in Atlanta, GA
Bottoms Up, Buttercup by Dawne Raulet is a striking mixed media painting on board that brings a modern twist to animal portraiture. Starting with a photographic base, Raulet transfor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Board
Jicky
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Jicky', elaborately and exquisitely painted by Adrienne Sherman in oil on panel with a lacquer-like luster. The original painting is rich and reflective, and depicts the artist's do...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Hacerle el Amor a la Vida, El regalo de la persistencia and Trinidad. Paintings
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Hacerle el Amor a la Vida, El regalo de la persistencia and Trinidad, 2021 by Tahuanty Jacanamijoy
Watercolor on paper
Overall size: 35 cm H x 81 cm W
Individual size: 35 cm H x 2...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Indonesian Contemporary Art by Kusbudiyanto - Solidarity
By Kusbudiyanto
Located in Paris, IDF
Kusbudiyanto is an Indonesian artist born in 1969 who lives & works in Jogjakarta, Indonesia.
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Fish Study, painting, Reverse painting on glass gold leaf, oil, cobalt, water
Located in Riverdale, NY
Fish Study by Hawaii artist Carol Bennett is a reverse painting on glass artwork. It is Oil, Varnish, Gold Leaf and powdered Cobalt. It is 9x12.
Carol Bennett's artwork is a meditative journey through both the water and through life. She is one of the few artists to truly capture what it's like to be in and moving and swimming through the water.
For Carol, the act of swimming underwater is similar to the process of painting. Her approach results in multi-layered surfaces that are intricate and textured and unexpected. She is constantly experimenting with her pieces: adding, subtracting, sanding. When she is not painting Swimmers, she is capturing the fish surrounding her.
She has created over 100 large public and corporate commissions internationally, and is in private collections around the world. Carol Bennett was recently currently featured in two exhibits at the Honolulu Museum of Art. Networking and Water: Carol Bennett featuring female swimmers, as well as marine nets floating or submerged in water. Bennett was also part of the group exhibit Making Waves highlighting the important role of women artists in the museum’s contemporary collection. In this show, the works by international and Hawaii-based artists all have a relationship to water. Featured artists also included: April Gornik, Agnes Martin, Judy Pfaff, Kiki Smith and Pat Steir!
Elisa Contemporary Art...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Light Blue and Black Bunny Original Oil Painting in Vintage Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hunt Slonem - Thomas
Original Framed Oil Painting. Signed on Verso.
Our Gallery works directly with Hunt Slonem.
This painting was acquired directly from the artist and has the Ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tjeki Dog Portrait Landscape Rome Oil on Canvas Contemporary In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Tjeki Dog Portrait Landscape Rome Oil on Canvas Contemporary In Stock
Giovanni Tommasi Ferroni (1967, Rome) descended from an artistic Tuscan family. His grandfather, father, sister...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Anna's Red and Blue
By Greg Ragland
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original acrylic painting by artist Greg Ragland. Gallery wrapped canvas.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Swan
Located in Burlingame, CA
Tremaine’s oil paintings merge the personal and universal. In her Crosscurrents series, swans and seabirds move through layered abstract fields, suggesting emotional depth and natura...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$8,000
Sun, Sand and Sea
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Sun, Sand and Sea', 2024 - seagulls stand against an abstracted beach scene in this contemporary oil on canvas painting by artist Diana Tremaine, whose series of paintings that depi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rhapsody Blue
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Cleveland, OH
White Blue Outline Bunny, Blue Diamond Dust
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tokolosh- Round Mixed Media Abstract Painting in Pink and White Circle Mythology
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Tokolosh" is part of a series of circular abstracts that Jennifer Blalack worked on in 2020. This piece, in particular depicting Zulu mythology. In Zulu mythology, the Tokolosh is ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Ink
Rider by the Sea
By Greg Decker
Located in Atlanta, GA
Greg's witty and charming oil painting on aluminum comes framed in a floater frame which adds 1.75 inches all the way around. "Greg Decker is a visionary painter. His work epitomize...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Love is Pure" Contemporary Mixed Media Animals on Canvas Framed
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Love is Pure" is a framed mixed media work on canvas by Nathalie Boissonnault, depicting an origami Armadillo standing in front of a turtle ballon animal that is holding a white hea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media
Shuai Liu Animal Original Oil Painting "Chant Goose"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Chant Goose
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 12 x 15.5 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This painting is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$800 Sale Price
20% Off
Audrey Kiss
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Cleveland, OH
Black Outline BUNNY Pink
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hombre Blues
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Cleveland, OH
Multicolor outline Bunny, Multicolor Ombre
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Pensive Moment", (2022) Original Oil Painting by Calvin Lai
By Calvin Lai
Located in Denver, CO
Calvin Lai's (US based) "Pensive Moment" is an original, handmade oil painting that is framed and ready to hang.
Artist Bio:
Calvin Lai's art is a mixture of medicine, meditation, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel
Wildebeest Crossing
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on board
Board size: 10 x 20 inches
Framed size: 17.75 x 27.75 inches
Signed lower right
Further signed and inscribed verso
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
To my darling for memory - a horse on a turquoise blue background
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
This painting is made on the wooden block showing a horse that symbolizing the memory that can go to anyone with deep thoughts and love. It can be placed either on wall or any other place including shelf.
In the modern world, the artist is a peculiar explorer of the time that he lives In. The “main character” of this world is a man whose gaze is turned inward. This view projects its existential reality, where the figurative language of painting is a method of transmitting abstract images of the experiences of the main characters and the time in which they exist on an equal footing with the viewer. Pictures of Daria Kotlyarova have no plot, at first glance, they have no action, but there is a moment. The moment before the second “before” ... and the viewer stops and freezes in tension, this is almost a psychological “cinema reception” that refers us to David Hockney’s paintings...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Stargazer Still Life - Night Heron
Located in Dallas, TX
In lushly-colored paintings, Mark Messersmith creates dense narratives packed with animals, birds, plants, and insects that express his concern for the shrinking world they inhabit. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Violet Ascension Weaver
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Cleveland, OH
Black Outline / White Butterflies, Metallic Gold, Light Pink Scored
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
The hunt
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Portrait of a group of lions and buffaloes
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Shepherds and climb by a lake
Located in Genève, GE
monogram artwork
Work on canvas
Plaster moldings frame and gilded wood
49.5 x 67.2 x 5 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
LOVE (titanic)
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this vibrant painting, I've poured my soul into depicting the poignant moment of feline love, embracing the essence of warmth and affection. Merging acrylic and oil, I've drawn fr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Acrylic
Hunt Slonem "Red Madison" Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Red Madison
Date: 2023
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Unframed Dimensions: 30" x 36"
Framed Dimensions: 32" x 38"
Signature: Signed
Edition: Unique
Hunt Sl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Y'a toujours du soleil dan mon cœur et dans ma tête" Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Y'a toujours du soleil dan mon cœur et dans ma tête" which translates to "There is always sunshine in my heart and in my head," is a framed mixed media work on canvas by Nathalie Bo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media
Untitled
By James Nares
Located in Winter Park, FL
James Nares' “Untitled” (1985) is a captivating acrylic on paper piece that embodies the artist’s dynamic brushwork and fluidity of motion, hallmarks of his acclaimed artistic practi...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Lion Portrait
Located in Pasadena, CA
Florence Cadène’s artwork is like natural history, a sensitive memory in the heart of animal nations, a possible communion between the eyes of humans and all dimensions of life.
Flo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,700 Sale Price
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Mother III - Contemporary Gold Mythical Creature Winged Animal, 2024
By June Glasson
Located in Kent, CT
Contemporary painting in ink, gouache and pencil on archival paper of a silhouette suggesting the form of a gold mythical winged creature with claws and a split tail.
Available unfr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Gouache, Archival Paper, Pencil
Annunciation
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Cleveland, OH
Black Outline, White Butterflies, Gold Scored
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Efflorescence No. 1 (Bees, Blue, Botanicals, Butterflies, Chartreuse, Floral)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Katrina Revenaugh
Efflorescence No. 1
Archival Pigment Ink, Acrylic and Spray Paint on Birch Panel with a UV Matte Varnish with Natural Wood Edges
Year: 2022
Size: 36×36in
Signed: On...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Birch, Archival Ink, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Panel
WALLPAPER, FRAME, DOG - Realism / Humor / Pitbull
Located in New York, NY
Original Oil painting by Edward A. Butler.
Edward A. Butler (b. 1948, Philadelphia, PA) completed his BFA at the Philadelphia College of Art. A passionate painter from a young age, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Tigre gris de pared II" art toy, tiger, pop art, Mexican, contempo, sculpture
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
A piece from the exhibition "Cosmic Duality" by artist Mr. Mitote.
Mitote is a term we use today to describe a lively, noisy, and excessive gathering. It’s also used to depict tumul...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Resin, Paint, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Lagoon I
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Cleveland, OH
Multiples Bunnies on Light Diamond Dust
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
$23,500
Amazons
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Cleveland, OH
Green Birds on Branches / Yellow Scored
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
$18,000
Naranja
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Cleveland, OH
Amazon Parrot Birds on Orange with Scoring
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
$14,500
Cavallo del Sol Horse Oil Painting Figurative Animal Sun Human In Stock
By Theo Mackaay
Located in Utrecht, NL
Ardiente Colourful Horse Oil Painting Figurative Animal Sun Human Dots In Stock
Theo Mackaay (1950)
Mackaay works with recognizable shape:: women, men and animals, with a pointer a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
She Purrs - Green Cougar Portrait Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Columbus, Georgia-based artist Kellie Newsome specializes in dynamic and expressive animal portraits that radiate vitality and personality. Her unique style combines abstracted forms...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Color Pencil
With Confidence- 21st Century Contemporary Mythology painting of a Running Man
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This painting is made by Nikita Mogilevtsev.
Nikita Mogilevtsev, born and raised in a very artistic family in St Petersburg has a special style of his own. With his mother and father both as prominent artists, it was almost impossible for him to follow in his footsteps. (When we met him at gallery...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
She Growls - Blue Tiger Portrait Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Columbus, Georgia-based artist Kellie Newsome specializes in dynamic and expressive animal portraits that radiate vitality and personality. Her unique style combines abstracted forms...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Color Pencil
Expedition II, acrylic on canvas painting, underwater, green, fish, red, tigers
By Ben Darby
Located in San Diego, CA
Expedition II, depicts an underwater ocean scene. Acrylic on canvas painting by Ben Darby, with raised texture throughout. Tigers have been added for ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Plushie IX" - Quilled Mixed Media of Bear Embracing Figure, 2025
Located in Denver, CO
Ayobola Kekere-Ekun’s "Plushie IX" (2025) is a striking mixed-media artwork crafted from meticulously layered paper strips, fabric, and acrylic on canvas. Measuring 23.62 x 23.62 x 1...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
A Place To Call Home - 21st Century. Contemporary, Figurative, Modern, Colours
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,480 Sale Price
20% Off
Beauty, Romanticization series
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting "Beauty" served as the inspiration for the creation of the "Romanticization" series.
By adding ornate details and lavish patterns across multiple interconnected frames,...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'Prancing Horse' Dutch Contemporary Fresco Painting with a Horse
Located in Utrecht, NL
The pronounced technique is the first thing that strikes you when viewing the works of Jan Grotenbreg (1946). It is innovative and unique. The result of...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Hold on Tight" by Gigi Chen, Acrylic Painting of Celestial Bird
By Gigi Chen
Located in Denver, CO
Gigi Chen's "Tight" is an original, handmade acrylic painting that depicts a bird in flight carrying a small florescent blue house.
Gigi Chen’s work creates an aesthetic that combi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
"Tigre atacando" 1/20, mini sculpture, special edition, art toy, tiger, Mexican
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
A piece from the exhibition "Cosmic Duality" by artist Mr. Mitote.
Mitote is a term we use today to describe a lively, noisy, and excessive gathering. It’s also used to depict tumultuous gatherings marked by disorder, commotion, and sometimes even quarrels. In the colonial past, mitote was a celebration commemorating the establishment of the New Spain kingdom, blending local pride with imperial solemnity. However, throughout both ancient times and the present day, mitotes serve as rituals embedded in the culture and religiosity of various indigenous groups in Mexico, such as the Nahua, Cora, Tepehuan, and Huichol. Adorned in rich attire, gathered around a fire amidst the sounds of musical instruments, and under the intoxicating influence of alcoholic beverages, mitotes serve as occasions to invoke sacred beings—whether protective deities of nature or Christian saints associated with agriculture—to pray for bountiful harvests. Mitotes encompass and have always embodied rites, myths, and life.
In homage to the artist’s name, this exhibition is presented as a mitote: a celebration displaying the intimate mythologies of its creator through various artistic expressions such as sculpture, artwork, and video. Cosmic Duality is a concept wherein Mr. Mitote delves into memories of his childhood from a contemporary perspective. His mother introduced him at a young age to the traditions and customs of her native Maltrata, Veracruz, a town steeped in the memory of a noble past wherein it fought for its autonomy. Every year on January 1st, to invoke prosperity, the dance of the huehues (meaning “old people” or “elders” in Nahuatl) is performed. According to oral and local traditions, these characters embody foes in a mocked and vanquished manner, dancing beneath the lash of a tiger or devil. Their costumes feature pre-Columbian symbols merged with elements evoking nature, alongside nods to contemporary entertainment culture.
Through the observation and interpretation of nature, numerous ancestral cultures created dual cosmologies. Far from viewing opposites, they conceived of dual complementary systems such as chaos-order, cold-heat, humidity-drought, feminine-masculine, and life-death, among others, to uphold cosmic order. Placed within the context of Mexico City, Mr. Mitote reimagines these enduring principles from ancient religious practices alongside contemporary languages. He does so through vibrant entities that blend tradition and innovation, memory and fantasy, past and present, ancestral ceremonies, and urban rituals. Each artwork serves as a reminder that across all latitudes and human territories, culture thrives, tradition evolves continuously, the past is revitalized, and the present shapes the path forward into the future.
The body has served as the quintessential conduit bridging two dual dimensions: the human and the divine, the earthly and the celestial, the microcosm and the macrocosm. In several of his artworks, Mr. Mitote invokes propitiatory dances, and ritual practices, aimed at attracting abundant rain and fostering good harvests, many of which entail risking the physical well-being and even the lives of participants. The tiger hunt...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Resin, Paint, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Contemporary animal paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary animal paintings 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 animal paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Hunt Slonem, Jeff Conroy, Arozarena De La Fuente, and John Defeo. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint 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 animal paintings, so small editions measuring 1 inches across are also available. Prices for animal paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $98 and tops out at $437,000, while the average work sells for $3,497.
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