Contemporary Animal Paintings
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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1980s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil
Late 20th Century Contemporary Animal Paintings
Paper, Acrylic
1980s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Encaustic
1980s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Ink, Paper, Mixed Media, Oil
1980s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil
1980s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil
1980s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil
Late 20th Century Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1980s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Encaustic, Oil
1980s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Late 20th Century Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
1960s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Masonite, Tempera
1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Encaustic, Oil
1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Encaustic, Canvas, Oil
1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Encaustic, Canvas, Oil
1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Encaustic, Canvas, Oil
1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Encaustic, Canvas, Oil
1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Encaustic, Oil, Canvas
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Encaustic, Oil
1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Encaustic, Oil
1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Charcoal, Ink, Mixed Media, Paper
1980s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Encaustic, Oil
1980s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Ink, Rice Paper
1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil, Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Mixed Media
1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Mixed Media, Oil, Canvas, Encaustic
Late 20th Century Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
1960s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Lithograph
20th Century Contemporary Animal Paintings
Acrylic
1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Graphite
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
1970s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
1960s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1970s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
1970s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Graphite
1980s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Mixed Media, Graphite, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Acrylic
1980s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Acrylic
1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Paper, Oil, Acrylic
Late 20th Century Contemporary Animal Paintings
Wood, Acrylic
1980s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Alkyd
1980s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1970s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
1980s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Mixed Media, Cardboard
20th Century Contemporary Animal Paintings
Gouache
1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
20th Century Contemporary Animal Paintings
Gouache
1960s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
1970s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil