Contemporary Figurative 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.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
Style: Contemporary
Color: Beige
Women Watch Eclipse, 2021_America Martin_Oil/Acrylic_Figurative/Nude/Orange
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Women Watch Eclipse"
Oil & Acrylic on Canvas
61.5" x 62" Framed
Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America Martin draws inspiration fr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil
Toyota
By Joe Waks 1
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Toyota" 2018. Oil and mixed media on newsprint mounted on panel. Pop and Contemporary Pop / Text / Cultural Commentary / Earth Tones / Modes of Transportation
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wax, Canvas, Oil, Newsprint
Minime
By Wencke Uhl
Located in Bonn, NW
Original painting. Oil and acrylic on raw linen canvas and mounted on a high quality stretcher frame. Finished off with a soft glossy varnish. 80 x 100 cm 31.5 x 39.4". The sides ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Come away with me - Contemporary Abstract, Acrylics, Bright colors, Vibrant
Located in Warsaw, PL
ANNA MASIUL-GOZDECKA
Graduated from Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts in 2000. She studied painting at prof. Krzysztof Wachowiak`s atelier, photography under the guidance of prof. Rosław S...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Cats Parade
Located in Seoul, SO
This is original work by Wada Chizu
acrylic on canvas
Chizu Wada’s artistic practice is centered on engaging with the viewer’s perception to unveil the deceptive nature of cute im...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Burning car
Located in Napoli, IT
Quartz painting on cotton canvas,
Lorenzo Maqced – pseudonym of Lorenzo Marroni (Città di Castello, 1993) – who structures this narrative through a variety of iconographies, explor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Untitled # 13
By A.J. Fries
Located in Buffalo, NY
A contemporary oil painting on linen by American artist A.J. Fries.
Artist’s Statement:
These works are an extension of a small series of realistic paintings that I did of graves...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Relationship are deep throats
Located in Napoli, IT
Quartz painting on cotton canvas, aluminum profile, silicone led strip.
Lorenzo Maqced – pseudonym of Lorenzo Marroni (Città di Castello, 1993) – who structures this narrative throu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Duplets
By Wencke Uhl
Located in Bonn, NW
Original painting. Acrylic, oil and paper on high quality linen canvas stretcher. Finished off with a soft glossy varnish. 70 x 90 cm 27.5 x 35.4". The corners are painted and it’...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Satin Paper
Still Life - 1950s - Pio Semeghini - Painting - Contemporary
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed and dated by the artist lower right. Includes a beautiful contemporary wooden gilded frame. In excellent conditions.
References:
- Catalogo della mostra di Pio Semeghini...
Category
1950s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Mythological I (Faun) - Contemporary Art, Blue, Orange, Nude, Flower, Myth
Located in Berlin, DE
Mythological I (Faun), 2016
Acrylic marker on canvas sheet (signed and dated front left corner)
23 5/8 H x 17 3/4 W in.
60 H x 45 W cm
(reproduced at page 23, in the catalogue 'Mythi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Red Faced
Located in Norwich, GB
Painter and printmaker, born in Famagusta, Cyprus, whose family – involved in the restaurant business – settled in London in 1946. He attended Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, 1...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Blue Hawaii
By Trish Sierer
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Gouache painting on wood
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Back at the Beach House
By Wencke Uhl
Located in Bonn, NW
Original painting. Acrylic, paper and oil pastels on high quality linen canvas stretcher. Finished off with a soft glossy varnish. 70 x 90 cm 27.5 x 35.4". The sides are painted and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Gotta Go
By Wencke Uhl
Located in Bonn, NW
Original painting. Oil, acrylic and paper on high quality canvas stretcher. Finished off with a soft glossy varnish. 80 x 100 cm 31.5 x 39.4". The sides are painted and it’s ready...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Satin Paper
N130, 40x50cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
N130 - 50x40, oil/canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Dante", 100cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
My goal is to make the images of classical art sound in a new way in modern
art. In my works I refer to the cultural heritage of the past,
I process and comprehend the masterpieces o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Waiting For The Summer - L Format - Colorful Figurative Expressionism Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
We offer 2 shipping options : 1) Canvas is unstretched. The painting would be shipped in a rolled state without stretcher, This is then the cheaper option. 2) The more expensive sh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Archangel Gabriel", 100cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
My goal is to make the images of classical art sound in a new way in modern
art. In my works I refer to the cultural heritage of the past,
I process and comprehend the masterpieces o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Madonna and Child", 100cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
My goal is to make the images of classical art sound in a new way in modern
art. In my works I refer to the cultural heritage of the past,
I process and comprehend the masterpieces o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Venus", 100cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
My goal is to make the images of classical art sound in a new way in modern
art. In my works I refer to the cultural heritage of the past,
I process and comprehend the masterpieces o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Bond
By Wencke Uhl
Located in Bonn, NW
Original painting. Oil, acrylic and paper on high quality canvas stretcher. Finished off with a soft glossy varnish. 80 x 100 cm 31.5 x 39.4". The sides are painted and it’s ready...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Bring it On
By Wencke Uhl
Located in Bonn, NW
Original painting. Acrylic on high quality canvas stretcher. Finished off with a soft glossy varnish. 60 x 80 cm 23.6 x 31.5". The sides are painted and it’s ready to hang, so no ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Melancholy , 120x100cm, oil, canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Melancholy, 120x100cm, oil,canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Splinters of a Secret Sky - Splinters
Located in New York, NY
Signed (on verso): AF/2021
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic Polymer, Oil, Acrylic
Chuckles, oversize panel of abstract paint, collage images, earth tones, animals
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Acrylic, ink, collage, charcoal, wood stain, resin on panel. Figurative, landscape, abstract, animals.
Chaotic, random images w figures, nudes, snake, animal skull, bird, music scor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Wood Panel
Masked Doll 5
Located in Istanbul, 34
MASKED DOLL AND GAMES
A "Color Virtuoso" Between East and West...
Yasemin Şenel at Beyoğlu Gallery G-art after many years with "Masked Doll and Games"
Art critic Sezer Tansuğ d...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Indelible Oil Painting on Canvas Portrait Surreel In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Indelible Oil Painting on Canvas Portrait Surreel In Stock
Caroline Westerhout (Weert, 1970) studied Reproduction Drawing at the Graphic Lyceum in Eindhoven. After her studies she s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Evening - 21st Century Contemporary Impressionistic Painting of a Landscape
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Frank Dekkers
Evening
100 x 120 cm
oil on canvas
On the pictures we also show you the artist receiving the flowers on our opening of this exhibition september 3th 2023 in our gallery. On the wall you can see other paintings by Frank Dekkers behind. Just to give you an idea of size, colors and sphere.
About the artist:
Frank Dekkers, an outdoor painter, but not a "square painter" as we know him. His studio is located "everywhere", or at least outside where this artist is inspired by the landscape. A special way of summarizing leads in his paintings to a very strong and simplified image. These works invite you to walk into the landscape and to keep looking.
A book has been published about Frank Dekkers, which is included when purchasing a painting...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Unknown.... Woman at Market, original lithograph
Located in Belgrade, MT
This piece is part of my private collection, it is in very good condition . Limited edition signed by the artist.
It is brilliant in colors of yellows and browns.
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
La Mer
Located in Denver, CO
Kaitlyn Tucek's "La Mer" captures an intimate moment between two male subjects. As the pair gaze at one another, one holds a starfish, seeming to caress ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary Chinese Art by Liu Xiaodong - Gentleman
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Liu Xiaodong is a Chinese artist born in Inner Mongolia in 1968 who lives and works in Beijing, China. He graduated from the Oil Painting ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A cosmic escapade
Located in Dubai, DU
Acrylic on paper, unframed
This artwork hints at the concept of lovers ascending into the cosmos.
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Marigold, Watercolour on Paper, Orange, Green Colour by Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Dileep Sharma - Marigold
Watercolour on Paper
36 x 48 inches ( Unframed Size )
About thwe Artist & his works :
Born in 1974 in Mandawar, Rajasthan, Dileep Sharma completed his MFA...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
anwuli ⏐ Joy
By REWA
Located in New Orleans, LA
REWA says of her work…
Viewers largely label me under “Contemporary African Art”. I label my work as Igbo Vernacular Art. The reason for this is that I believe that I have created a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Recuerdos tumultuosos
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Franco Fasoli, born in Buenos Aires in 1981 and who also goes by the name "Jaz", currently lives in Barcelona. A stage designer and muralist, Fasoli's art is influenced both by his s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The scam
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Evolution is a premise that is intrinsically linked to human nature, and as such, Cesc Abad’s artistic evolution is an inevitable premise.
His essence as an artist has been characte...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Searching Roots-6, Pen & Ink on Paper by Contemporary Indian Artist “In Stock”
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Pratap Chandra Chakraborty - Searching Roots-6
23 x 31 inches (unframed size)
Pen & Ink on Paper 2018
( Rolled & Delivered )
Contemporary Artist with 20 years of related professional work experience, as well as portfolio of varied accomplishments, including referenced articles, exhibitions, and participations in various residences. Possess a strong sense of artistry and forward-thinking that is consistently displayed across all art pieces.
• Experiments about contemporary drawing, painting and sculpture.
• Create abstract art to be displayed in local establishments.
• Collaborate with local museum to develop and fit art installations across outside area .
Awards :
1. The Best Artist Award 2012 from annual exhibition of Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, India
2. CIMA AWARD 2017 from CIMA ( Center of International Modern Art ) gallery Kolkata...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
The Miraculous Life, Pen & Ink on Paper by Contemporary Indian Artist “In Stock”
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Pratap Chandra Chakraborty - The Miraculous Life
35 x 23 inches (unframed size)
Pen & Ink on Paper , 2020
Contemporary Artist with 20 years of related professional work experience, as well as portfolio of varied accomplishments, including referenced articles, exhibitions, and participations in various residences. Possess a strong sense of artistry and forward-thinking that is consistently displayed across all art pieces.
• Experiments about contemporary drawing, painting and sculpture.
• Create abstract art to be displayed in local establishments.
• Collaborate with local museum to develop and fit art installations across outside area .
Awards :
1. The Best Artist Award 2012 from annual exhibition of Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, India
2. CIMA AWARD 2017 from CIMA ( Center of International Modern Art ) gallery Kolkata...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
"Popeye" Painting (FRAMED) 20" x 20" inch by Antonio Pelayo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Popeye" Painting 20" x 20" inch by Antonio Pelayo
Medium: Acrylic Ink & Paint on Animation Acetate
Image size: 13" x 13" inch
Size framed: 20" x 20" inch
Artist Antonio Pelayo, born in Glendale, California, and yet raised for most of his childhood in the Mexican countryside, has never had his own country. Moving from an American suburb to a tiny village has kept his world unstable, yet that very instability has made him an artist.
Antonio was born in 1973 in a comfortable, quintessentially American suburb: close neighbors, picket fences, movie theatres, malls, and English all around. At nine, his family sent him back to his father’s village in Mexico, where the environment radically changed: old broken down adobe churches replaced galleries and the trappings of suburbia. Some adjustments were difficult, like dealing with outdoor plumbing and the transition to a Spanish-speaking environment. Teased and ostracized by other kids, and unable to communicate with the adults, Antonio looked elsewhere for, if not companionship, at least solace. He found it with a pencil and in the pews. He snuck into the village church and stared up at the murals of martyrdom. He hid in the dark corners and sketched the artwork that covered the walls and altars.
Antonio sought out the work of other Mexican artists, making them his mentors; his friends. Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, and Orozco, all revealed to Antonio the depth of Mexican art and its movement from the shadows of the Catholic Church into the modern world. He learned Spanish. He strove to master it, hoping to communicate with the folks of the village. Still, there was a gap; the language barrier between poor farmers and the middle class kept him from meeting people on an intimate level. Nevertheless, he now had three languages: English, Spanish, and his drawings.
Years later his family brought him back to Glendale, which he now saw through the lens of Mexico. It looked unreal; it did not look like home. Nothing looked like home anymore; not Mexico, not Southern California. The one home he had was his art. Though his mastery of pencil and paper began in the nave of an old country church in Mexico...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic
Spring Break #5 - Collage Painting on College Spring Brake with Yellow Buoys.
Located in New York, NY
Spring Break Meet-up #1 is a 30 x 24-inches acrylic and collage work on canvas. The primary colors are yellow and blue. The image is playful, with many figures in colorful suits floa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Sleepers, 70x98cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Sleepers, 70x98cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstraction. Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting, Colorful, Dynamic, Polish art
By Monika Rossa
Located in Warsaw, PL
Abstract painting by Polish artist living in USA Monika Rossa. Painting in style of gestural abstraction with dynamic brush strokes and shapes. Main color is yellow balanced with red...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Danielle Launay - Dans La Brume
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on canvas
Danielle Launay is a French artist born in 1954 who lives and works in Paris, France. She started to work in the world of photography by working for L’Oréal as...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Watching You Without Me
By Andrew Lyman
Located in New Orleans, LA
In highly developed nations today there is a widespread alienation and loneliness that engenders fear and distrust, a restrictive self-righteousness of thought, and a dread of what-c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Nina Narimanishvili - Thoughts
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Nina Narimanishvili is a Georgian artist born in 1999 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. Nina has been painting since chi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Autobahn
By Andrew Lyman
Located in New Orleans, LA
In highly developed nations today there is a widespread alienation and loneliness that engenders fear and distrust, a restrictive self-righteousness of thought, and a dread of what-c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
''Swimming 1'' Contemporary Oil Painting in Blue of a Girl Swimming
Located in Utrecht, NL
Christine van der Cingel (1966) paints mainly cityscapes, people and animals. In her portraits the emphasis is on movement. It is more about t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Georgian Contemporary Art by Keti Shapatava - Time
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Keti Shapatava is a Georgian artist born in 1995 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She was introduced to the world of art at Anastasia Virseladze Art Gymnasium ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Forest
Located in Seoul, KR
Artist Statement
The core of my inspiration always relies on perhaps the most mundane faces of natural scenery. Various faces of nature in the past, that remain deep within my memory...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Mulberry Paper, Pigment
Oreum (Volcanic Cone)
Located in Seoul, KR
Oreum is a small volcanic cone in the Jeju Island in South Korea. The word 'Oreum' is the Jeju dialect which means climb. There are more than 360 Oreums throughout the island and the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Mulberry Paper, Pigment
Georgian Contemporary Art by Keti Shapatava - Untitled 3
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Keti Shapatava is a Georgian artist born in 1995 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She was introduced to the world of art at Anastasia Virseladze Art Gymnasium ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Karine Bartoli - Surfers 02
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Karine Bartoli was born in 1971 in Ajaccio. She enrolled at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts in Marseille where she graduated in 1997. Since then she has ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
BLUE REY
Located in New Orleans, LA
STARSKY BRINE’s paintings and drawings captivate audiences with their distinctive style and a recurring theme, the search for the nature of humanity. In his bold works, the artist focuses on characters that are built from a combination of anthropomorphic and zoomorphic features, as well as the appropriation of elements from comics and toys from his childhood.
On the one hand, these characters distort reality to venture into an environment of subcultures and urbanism created by the spontaneous intuition of his strokes and the appropriation of the contemporary iconography. On the other hand, they move within the realm of fantasy. In particular, the animals paired with their human characters evoke associations with fairy tales or comics. They are reminiscent of the world of theatre, in which fantasy and poetry but also comedy often serve as catalysts for the creation of critical meaning.
With his works, Brines often questions the interplay of good and evil against the background of the worldwide socio-political climate. Yet Brines does not interpret his themes as ‘black and white.’ They are complex and nonlinear, with charming disruptions, quite serious and yet full of humor.
Brines is personally influenced by his mother and art historically influenced by Latin American figurative art, the German Neoexpressionism, the Italian Transavantgarde, and the COBRA group. His works oscillate between figuration and abstraction. Brines holds a degree in Fine Art from the Instituto Universitario de Estudios Superiores de Artes Plásticas Armando Reverón...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Oil Pastel, Spray Paint
Peaches and jug, 80x100cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Peaches and jug, 80x100cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Big bathers, 80x120cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Big bathers, 80x120cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
OTHERWISE
Located in New Orleans, LA
STARSKY BRINE’s paintings and drawings captivate audiences with their distinctive style and a recurring theme, the search for the nature of humanity. In his bold works, the artist focuses on characters that are built from a combination of anthropomorphic and zoomorphic features, as well as the appropriation of elements from comics and toys from his childhood.
On the one hand, these characters distort reality to venture into an environment of subcultures and urbanism created by the spontaneous intuition of his strokes and the appropriation of the contemporary iconography. On the other hand, they move within the realm of fantasy. In particular, the animals paired with their human characters evoke associations with fairy tales or comics. They are reminiscent of the world of theatre, in which fantasy and poetry but also comedy often serve as catalysts for the creation of critical meaning.
With his works, Brines often questions the interplay of good and evil against the background of the worldwide socio-political climate. Yet Brines does not interpret his themes as ‘black and white.’ They are complex and nonlinear, with charming disruptions, quite serious and yet full of humor.
Brines is personally influenced by his mother and art historically influenced by Latin American figurative art, the German Neoexpressionism, the Italian Transavantgarde, and the COBRA group. His works oscillate between figuration and abstraction. Brines holds a degree in Fine Art from the Instituto Universitario de Estudios Superiores de Artes Plásticas Armando Reverón...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Oil Pastel, Spray Paint
LIFT THE SOUL
Located in New Orleans, LA
STARSKY BRINE’s paintings and drawings captivate audiences with their distinctive style and a recurring theme, the search for the nature of humanity. In his bold works, the artist focuses on characters that are built from a combination of anthropomorphic and zoomorphic features, as well as the appropriation of elements from comics and toys from his childhood.
On the one hand, these characters distort reality to venture into an environment of subcultures and urbanism created by the spontaneous intuition of his strokes and the appropriation of the contemporary iconography. On the other hand, they move within the realm of fantasy. In particular, the animals paired with their human characters evoke associations with fairy tales or comics. They are reminiscent of the world of theatre, in which fantasy and poetry but also comedy often serve as catalysts for the creation of critical meaning.
With his works, Brines often questions the interplay of good and evil against the background of the worldwide socio-political climate. Yet Brines does not interpret his themes as ‘black and white.’ They are complex and nonlinear, with charming disruptions, quite serious and yet full of humor.
Brines is personally influenced by his mother and art historically influenced by Latin American figurative art, the German Neoexpressionism, the Italian Transavantgarde, and the COBRA group. His works oscillate between figuration and abstraction. Brines holds a degree in Fine Art from the Instituto Universitario de Estudios Superiores de Artes Plásticas Armando Reverón...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Oil Pastel, Spray Paint
Contemporary figurative paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary figurative 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 figurative 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 America Martin, Alexandru Rădvan, Sax Berlin, and Adam Mysock. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Fabric 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 figurative paintings, so small editions measuring 0.75 inches across are also available. Prices for figurative 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 $13 and tops out at $254,827, while the average work sells for $3,411.