Contemporary Still-life 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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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Inkjet
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Paper, Ink
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil, Panel
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Paper, Oil, Panel
Late 20th Century Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Wood, Oil
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Acrylic, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Paper, Pigment, Rag Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Mylar, Oil, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Acrylic
Artist Comments
Artist Jo Galang explains that this warm, painterly image of poppies is in fact a reference to Remembrance Day. "The symbolism of the poppy started with a poe...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Acrylic, Wood Panel
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil, Board
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Linen, Oil
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
This painting is a part of my ongoing series of coffee paintings. This painting is unique because it's focusing in on the inner bliss that coffee brings the c...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic, Color Pencil, Pencil
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Fabric, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil, Color Pencil
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil, Board
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Gold Leaf
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil, Panel
Artist Comments
This oil on canvas coffee-inspired still life is a smaller painting of two cafetieres that I have collected in my studio. The reflective geometry and quiet so...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Plastic, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Mylar, Oil, Panel
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Mylar, Oil, Panel
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Acrylic, Pencil, Color Pencil, Fabric, Mixed Media
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil