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: Gray
Winter Beach Walk - Holywell Bay, Contemporary Seascape Painting, Cornwall
By Gordon Hunt
Located in Deddington, GB
Winter beach walk' Holywell Bay, Cornwall is an original painting by Gordon Hunt. It show a view from the top of the headland by the beach. Looking back a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
''Best Friends'' Contemporary Oil Painting of Child with Dog on the Beach
By Ewa Rzeznik
Located in Utrecht, NL
The Polish artist Ewa Rzeznik reflects reality in her colorful paintings: Fishermen along the French coast, families walking towards the Mon Saint-Michel, children playing in the sur...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
''Chicory'' Contemporary Dutch Still-life Painting of Chicory, Vegetables
Located in Utrecht, NL
Dutch artist Nico Heilijgers (1964) works in the tradition of the great seventeenth-century painters.
Heilijgers' paintings are characterized by aest...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Early River Light, Original Painting, Landscape Art, Tree Lined River Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
The river near me is often spectacular in the early morning, i love painting reflections and water.
Early River Light [2021] by Nicola Wiehahn
Original and hand signed by the artist
Mixed media on heavy water colour paper
Image size: H:40 cm x W:53 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:40 cm x W:53 cm x D:2cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look
ARTIST BIO:
All my life I have painted just about anything. After graduating from Camberwell College of Art I was commissioned to paint murals for an architectural firm and started doing illustrating, model making and scenery painting for advertising agencies with clients such as Ford, Glenlivet and the London Stock Exchange. At the same time I was painting from my own studio and was commissioned to make several dinner services for yacht designer Jon Bannenberg. I have been commissioned to make commemorative bowls for The Queen Mother and the Sultan of Brunei, and designs for companies such as the National Trust, Marks and Spencer and Wedgewood. I have had international exhibitions of paintings and ceramics at Gumps San Francisco, Halls, Kansas City, Saks, New York, Nieman Marcus Dallas and Marshall Fields in Chicago. In London I have exhibited at Liberties Best British...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Field - A Western USA landscape oil painting
Located in New York, NY
An oil painting featuring a typical western USA mountains. The oil painting is based on a photographic base using photo graphic paper laid on the canvas.
Ayline Olukman is a multim...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Laid Paper, Stretcher Bars, Photograp...
Abstraction - Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting, Colorful, Dynamic
By Monika Rossa
Located in Warsaw, PL
MONIKA ROSSA
studied painting at the University of Arizona, in the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and at the Escuela de Diseno in Barcelona. She practices drawing and easel painting....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nothing Lasts, dreamy female figure painting
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
dreamy figure, red splash of color,nude female figure
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape Figurative Contemporary Italian Painting View Of Milan
Located in Roma, IT
Daniele Righi Ricco's painting is color spread with the dripping technique, of Pollockian memory; layers of collages from old newspapers; dense acr...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Unity, 180x150cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Unity, 180x150cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jump
Located in San Diego, CA
30 x 100 oil on linen over panel. Framed dimensions are 32H x 102W
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Wood Panel
Untitled (I Clonked it Out of the Park)
Located in London, GB
David Shrigley
Untitled (I Clonked it Out of the Park), 2022
acrylic on paper
75 x 56 cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"MOD 19", by Lídia Masllorens (41x39in), 2022
Located in Paris, France
Lithography 19 by Lídia Masllorens.
Lídia Masllorens is attracted by a moderate abstraction, which allows the observer to interpret the painting with...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Untitled 8 - Contemporary Abstract Painting, Textile Lightness, Colourful
Located in Salzburg, AT
About Prymon’s Exhibition Dopaminum and his paintings:
”Dopaminum” - Tomasz Prymon
Dopamine – colloquially referred to as the hormone of love and happiness. Why is this organic che...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
Chinese Contemporary Art by Wang Dianyu - Homeland
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on wooden panel
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Canvas, Oil
Tilleul Mediteraneen 2- An Oil Painting on Gold Leaf
Located in New York, NY
This work is a unique piece. It is an oil painting on linen canvas gilded with 24 carat white gold leaf.
CS Art comprises of two artists, one French, the other...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold, Silver, Foil, Gold Leaf
Rembrandt, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"In this painting, I wanted to present a copy of Rembrandt's self-portrait in the actual size as the original," states artist Jose H. Alvarenga. "I also paint...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Swaying chatter Julien Wolf Contemporary art painting expressionist
By Julien Wolf
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint on canvas
Hand-signed on the back by the artist
“At first glance, we are invited to a colorful carnival. Everything is movement here! As if Julien Wolf had tried to captur...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - Vase with Flowers
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled, Acrylic on Canvas, Green, Brown, Contemporary Indian Artist “In Stock”
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Rahim Mirza - Untitled
Acrylic on Canvas, 12 x 12 inches (unframed size)
Born in 1969, Rahim Mirza completed his art education at Bharat Bhavan in Bhopal, where he studied printmaki...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
World Series Bench - Chicago Cubs, Bryant, Rizzo & Russell, Graphite on Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
The "World Series Bench" by Margie Lawrence consists of three key players in the Chicago Cubs for the long awaited World Series win in 2016. From the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Graphite, Paper
Untitled, Acrylic on Canvas, Purple, White Contemporary Indian Artist “In Stock”
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Rahim Mirza - Untitled
Acrylic on Canvas, 12 x 12 inches (unframed size)
Born in 1969, Rahim Mirza completed his art education at Bharat Bhavan in Bhopal, where he studied printmaking. Mirza’s current body of work however, is largely made up of acrylics on canvas.
The leaf occupies a central motif in much of his work, representing, perhaps, a multiplicity of emotions; while the appearance of the first leaf signifies Spring and renewal, the shedding of the brown leaves in Autumn heralds the onset of winter. It is these subtleties and the complexity of the simple motif that intrigue the artist.
While Mirza focuses on the leaf, he chooses to remove it from its natural environment. Thus while the leaf is a prominent symbol in his work, there generally is no sign of a tree or any context beyond its form. In its multiplicity, the artist creates rhythm and meaning that is far beyond its reach.
Mirza had his first solo exhibition at Crimson Art Gallery, Mumbai, in 2000. This was followed by others at Archer Art Gallery, Ahmedabad, in 2001; and Diara art Gallery in 2002. His work has also been a part of group shows like 'Collective Spaces' at M.E.C. Art Gallery, New Delhi, in 2006; 'Anadi' at the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, in 2000; and 'Vibgyor' at the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, also in 2000. Mirza has also participated in 'Samvet', the Madhya Pradesh exhibition at the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, in 1999; the Tokyo International Print Triennial in 1998; the 8th All India Art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Infinity - Modern Figurative Landscape Painting, Minimalistic, Sea, Beach View
Located in Salzburg, AT
Tomasz Kołodziejczyk was born in 1976 in Stettin (Szczecin).
From 1997 to 2003 he studied at the Painting and Graphics Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Danzig (Gdańsk). In 2...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Big bush of cosmos flowers - Oil Painting by Elena Mardashova - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Original oil painting on canvas by Elena Mardashova 40x100 cm. Excellent condition.
Realized in 2020.
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Tamar Sulakvelidze - Embrace
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled, Acrylic on Canvas, Red, Brown Contemporary Indian Artist “In Stock”
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Rahim Mirza - Untitled
Acrylic on Canvas, 21 x 21 inches (unframed size)
Born in 1969, Rahim Mirza completed his art education at Bharat Bhavan in Bhopal, where he studied printmaking. Mirza’s current body of work however, is largely made up of acrylics on canvas.
The leaf occupies a central motif in much of his work, representing, perhaps, a multiplicity of emotions; while the appearance of the first leaf signifies Spring and renewal, the shedding of the brown leaves in Autumn heralds the onset of winter. It is these subtleties and the complexity of the simple motif that intrigue the artist.
While Mirza focuses on the leaf, he chooses to remove it from its natural environment. Thus while the leaf is a prominent symbol in his work, there generally is no sign of a tree or any context beyond its form. In its multiplicity, the artist creates rhythm and meaning that is far beyond its reach.
Mirza had his first solo exhibition at Crimson Art Gallery, Mumbai, in 2000. This was followed by others at Archer Art Gallery, Ahmedabad, in 2001; and Diara art Gallery in 2002. His work has also been a part of group shows like 'Collective Spaces' at M.E.C. Art Gallery, New Delhi, in 2006; 'Anadi' at the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, in 2000; and 'Vibgyor' at the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, also in 2000. Mirza has also participated in 'Samvet', the Madhya Pradesh exhibition at the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, in 1999; the Tokyo International Print Triennial in 1998; the 8th All India Art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - Santorini View from the Sea
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled - Figurative Painting of a Woman
By Khalid Nadif
Located in East Quogue, NY
Contemporary Moroccan figurative painting by Khalid Nadif.
Mixed media on canvas, offered framed. Signed on back by the artist.
Portrait, female figure, figurative art, figurative painting, contemporary art, contemporary painting, surrealist, surrealism, mixed media, Moroccan artist...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
First Love II - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Photorealismus, Girl, Boys
Located in Salzburg, AT
Artodyssey
"Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with co...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
EL FAYUM
By Fabio Modica
Located in Tulsa, OK
Fabio Modica
EL FAYUM
39.00 X 27.50 in
$12,000.00
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Marilyn
By Fabio Modica
Located in Tulsa, OK
Fabio Modica
MARILYN
oil on canvas
23.00 X 37.00 in
$12,000.00
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Doom Hey Blue
Located in Santa Monica, CA
In this series of portraits, Birch materializes enigmatic, ectoplasmic figures in his psychologically charged canvases linking sympathies between external forces and interior emotion...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Palm's Mirror
Located in New York, NY
Ayline Olukman is a multimedia artist whose work addresses the notion of intimacy, solitude and wandering. She creates with photography, painting, writing, etching and drawing. This multimedia series is from the artist's vacation, road trip across the West Coast of the USA. The palm trees are reflected in the stillness of the pool, the sky is has blue clouds floating happily across a white sky as a motel, hotel frames...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Photographic Paper, Stretcher Bars
Sea Shore - original painting - SEASCAPE - by Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Sea Shore - original painting - SEASCAPE - by Paula Craioveanu
Marine showing the red shore of the Black Sea, oil on canvas.
Shipped stretched as it is, re...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Aangename Zomer Oil Painting on Canvas Enjoyable Summer Table Garden In Stock
By Juane Xue
Located in Utrecht, NL
Aangename Zomer Oil Painting on Canvas Enjoyable Summer Table Garden In Stock
Juane Xue (Hui Xue, Kaiffeng, China, 1962) has been drawing since her childhood.
This helped her to go ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Tamar Sulakvelidze - Lobster
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Raven nr. 57" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Thorgrimur Einarsson's "Raven nr. 57" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a raven flying through the air.
About the Artist:
Thor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Portrait - rich, dark, expressive, figurative abstract, oil on linen
By Mel Davis
Located in Bloomfield, ON
As William Shakespeare is reputed to have said, ‘The eyes are the windows to your soul.” In this classic portrait, Montreal born artist Mel Davis has captured dark eyes framed by dar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Summers Serenity, Textured Seascape Art, Oil Painting of the Cornish Landscape
Located in Deddington, GB
An original oil painting on fine cotton canvas portraying a beautiful summers day on the beach. The distant sea sparkles under the bright sky of the day while gentle waves make their...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Winter Stroll, Central Park West, original 20x24 contemporary NYC landscape
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
At last a winter wonderland is upon us as is our requisite winter stroll, heading towards Central Park West. There is a yellow to orange to rusty red tint to the trees, seemingly left over from the fall, provding some shelter from the extra large snow flakes that are increasingly dusting both of you. This magical feeling of another year together in the park causes time to pause momentarily. You glance over to see if the dog notices or the parent or child who have unwittingly become interlopers in your moment of calm and love. Applying an unusual contemporary style to his contemporary NYC landscape, time honored artist Patrick Antonelle...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Mixed Media
'Beach Holiday' Contemporary 3D Beach scene with Figures, waves, sand and sky
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Beach Holiday' is a fun and vibrant piece that just pops off the wall. It is extraordinarily unconventional and sure to inspire conversation. Miro uses ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Amphibian Man male nude painting larger than life original by Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Amphibian Man, acrylic on canvas, 200x100cm, 80x40in
The painting was inspired by an amphibious creature called Ichtyandro, half man half fish, able to live and breath in both worlds...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Georgian Contemporary Art by Tamar Sulakvelidze - Mescalito
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Schelpje Small Shell Still Life Oil Painting on Panel Dutch Realism In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Schelpje Small Shell Still Life Oil Painting on Panel Dutch Realism In Stock
Gerrit Wijngaarden (1936, Dedgum) is a self-taught artist.
At first he onl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Maya Abashidze - The Sun is Gone, but I've a Light
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - At the Bar
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bulletin Board
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Drawing / Illustration / Pop and Contemporary Pop / Representations of Everyday Objects / Figurative Art / Pop Art / Mixed-Media
From Macauley Norman's solo exhibition, CRYPTIC CLUTTER, "Bulletin Board" is an incredible and unique installation-style figurative, pop surrealist piece featuring over 15 traditional and 3D drawings made with PLA plastic filament and gel pen on archival paper affixed with pins to a bulletin board. Among the imagery are a panoply of pop culture references from the Eastern, Western, Northern and Southern hemispheres -- Nacho Libre...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Plastic, Archival Ink
Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - The Old Shack
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Seagull
By Dina Brodsky
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Seagull" is an original artwork made from gouache on paper by Dina Brodsky. This piece is shipped in the pictured white frame and measures 12”h x 10”w.
Dina Brods...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
As the sun breaks through – Winter beach walk, Talland Bay, Cornwall, Seascape
By Gordon Hunt
Located in Deddington, GB
As the sun breaks through' winter beach walk, Talland Bay, Cornwall. This painting has a couple walking the dog on the beach, its low tide with a brig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Enough" - Acrylic Figurative Painting by Swedish Artist Kicki Edgren
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This vertical, figurative acrylic painting measures 45.5 inches high and 35 inches wide. It is wired and ready to hang. It is hand signed by the artist on the front and back of the a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Wild At Heart #2, Lucy Moore, Original painting, Floral painting, Botanical
By Lucy Moore
Located in Deddington, GB
Wild At Heart #2 – By Lucy Moore [2022]
original and hand signed by the artist
Acrylic on canvas
Image size: H:91 cm x W:122 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:91 cm x W:122 cm x ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Georgian Contemporary Art by Ilia Balavadze - Le Podium
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Ilia Balavadze is a Georgian artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. From 1987 to 1993, he studied the painting at the Tbilisi State Academy of Ar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sea Gods
Located in New Orleans, LA
Michael Tole says of his work…
My conservative, Church of Christ grandmother lived in a pristine little mid-century modern house in the middle-of-no-where, Texas. Its trim, Protestant exterior belied a decadent mishmash of sculpted chocolate carpeting, and gold gilt Rococo furnishings inside. Strewn about the living room walls were frothy little reproductions of pearly, 18th century goddesses frolicking amid forests and streams--mocking the clean modern lines of the room. These prints of Bouchers and Fragonards were so pretty, so decorative, so innocuous in their style that it didn’t occur to me until years later when I studied them in college that they were lesbian love scenes. In these anodyne fetes, young women roiled, breasts and bottoms abounding, gazed into one another's doe eyes, and caressed fulsome cheeks. Though overtly erotic, their style was so decorative and soft that even my religiously conservative grandmother experienced no cognitive dissonance between the racy content and her religious beliefs. I find this tension between style and content, fascinating. The trio of paintings: The Summit of the Gods, Sea Gods, and Modern Marlowe are an exploration of it. I am unaware of any equivalent all male scenes from the Rococo period. This appears to be an inherent bias within the tradition. With this work, I am trying to pry open the tradition and make a space the male figure as decorative--pretty. I say "pretty" instead of "beautiful" because the "beautiful" can be threatening or challenging. "Pretty" is a term we generally apply to unambiguously attractive, comforting, and accepted things: flowers, puppies, babies, etc. I want to know if men can be pretty in the same way those 18th century goddesses are. I think I’ve made a pretty good visual argument for that perception. I'll know I've succeeded if the next generation of grandmas can host their women's bible study group in a living room hung with these paintings.
My grandmother likely bought these prints at about the time John Berger coined the truism: “Men act and women appear.” In one sense, this painting is asking if it is possible for men simply to appear, without a narrative justification. The mythological titles of this trio are intentionally vague enough to let the images reside mostly in a non-narrative context, placing emphasis on its aesthetics, not its story.
In my current work, The Revisionist Histories, I am writing letters to art history, literature, and mythology in an attempt to reflect the social changes that have reshaped our society over the past century. As part of this agenda, I explore the evolution of gender norms, power dynamics, and representation within Western visual culture and what this implies for the negotiation between pleasure, justice, and our culturally specific discourse on beauty.
The seed for The Revisionist Histories was sewn when I caught a glimpse of my preteen daughters watching music videos on their iPad as I chopped veggies for dinner. Out of the corner of my eye I caught glimpses of music videos featuring Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Katy Perry, and Doja Cat gyrating across the tiny screen. A better parent might have snatched the iPad away, but I was overcome with hallucinatory visions of this pop diva...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Selfportrait
Located in New Orleans, LA
Akihiko says of his work…
My body of work is an experiment in rejecting conventional views of painting, reconsidering the very act of viewing, and reassessing traditional oil painti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Silhouette crane in sunrise (~40% OFF LIST PRICE - LIMITED TIME)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jay Patel
Silhouette crane in sunrise
Acrylic on Board
Year: 2022
Size: 12x10x1.5in
Signed verso
COA provided
Ready to hang
Ref.: 924802-1120
"The artist ha...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Like Water Flows Around Rocks -21st Cent, Contemporary Painting, Modern Portrait
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"The paintings are built up in layer upon layer of paint which give the pieces great depth of field. They are created with an arsenal of tools that doesn't settle with convention. As...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media
Atlas - larger than life painting male nude original by Paula Craioveanu 59x59in
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Atlas, acrylic on canvas, 150x150cm, 59x59in
Atlant, or Atlas is in mythology the Titan who holds the globe, the sky, the heavens on his shoulders for eternity.
Part of Neo Mytholo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Rose in Dew - Oil Painting by Elena Mardashova - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Oil painting on canvas by Elena Mardashova, 70x70 cm.
Excellent condition.
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Contemporary figurative paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
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