Contemporary 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
Color: Purple
Portrait Picture of Time and Identity Contemporary Blue and Pink Faces Cut Faces
Located in Miami, FL
A large scale original canvas work by a well know Austrian painter is part of his 'cut faces' series. Painted in royal blues and pinks and covered with phrases and numbers, this con...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sin titulo
By Carlos Luna
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A mixed media on paper, this painting by Latin American artist Carlos Luna, depicts an abstracted and stylized horse running again a blue filagreed background with a man and woman lo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Paper
The Last Sight of the M.Y. Lower Matacumbe
By Julio Larraz
Located in Miami, FL
The Last Sight of the M.Y. Lower Matacumbe, 2011
Oil on Canvas
96 x 129 cm.
37.7 x 50.7 in.
About the Artist
Julio Larraz (Havana, 1944) is one of the most influential Latin Americ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Marfa Moonlight
Located in New Orleans, LA
In this new series of paintings, Moore explores themes of wanderlust and memory. From glowing neon signage, to sprawling landscapes and unique architectural elements, this exhibition...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Escalator 2 - Young Polish artist, Social commentary, Realistic tempera painting
By Anna Wardega
Located in Warsaw, PL
ANNA WARDĘGA-CZAJA
Graduated from the Painting Department at the Academy of Fine Art in Cracow, Poland in 2021. She's dealing with easel painting, wall painting as well as drawing. F...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Egg Tempera
Sweet silent thoughts
Located in PUIFLIJK, NL
The artist Francien Krieg describes her vision about her work
The truth is that I paint myself ... and therefore the battle of my own body with age, my own fears and my fascination...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Study for Viaduct Series
By David Hayes
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
David Hayes (1931 - 2013)
Study for Viaduct Series, 1984
Gouache on Paper
16 x 23 in
Category
1980s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Study for Monumental Sculpture
By David Hayes
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
David Hayes (1931 - 2013)
Study for Monumental Sculpture, 1987
Gouache on Paper
26 x 22 in
Category
1880s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Study for Polychrome Steel Wall Relief
By David Hayes
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
David Hayes (1931 - 2013)
Study for Polychrome Steel Wall Relief, 1990
Gouache on Paper
22.25 x 24 in
Category
1990s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Monsoon Havana"
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Over The Moon
By Paddy Cohn
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Acrylic & pumice on canvas.
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Inside Out
Located in Miami, FL
Neill Wright is a multidisciplinary artist based in Johannesburg, South Africa. His satirical work braves the world of social commentary in a bold, colorful and humorous manner. Wrig...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Silver Side
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Silver Side
Date: 2022
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Unframed Dimensions: 50" x 60.5"
Signature: Signed
Edition: Unique
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Solas na Gealai
By Beau Carey
Located in Denver, CO
"By using references to navigational coastal profiling and by borrowing and subverting compositional structures of the 19th century American landscape painters I examine how modern landscapes came to be spatially constructed. Through a combination of on-site field studies and larger studio pieces I make bodies of work that reflect the individual characteristics of a specific place while retaining a critical awareness of the landscape genre. This practice, while fully absorbed into the cliché of modern landscape painting, is not innocuous. It is rooted in a history of globalism and environmental dominance. Through my work I explore this spatial language at times allowing individual works to teeter into abstraction. The works in Rise look specifically at how we will navigate and view a rapidly changing physical world."
Albuquerque artist Beau Carey...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Runoff
By Beau Carey
Located in Denver, CO
"By using references to navigational coastal profiling and by borrowing and subverting compositional structures of the 19th century American landscape painters I examine how modern l...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bound: Study
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic on canvas
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Party in Purple and Green
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gerdine Duijsens’ spirited and evocative figures are instantly recognizable and unforgettable. Through lush, bold colors and energetic marks, her paintings emit a sense of pleasure a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Shining World
By Beau Carey
Located in Denver, CO
"By using references to navigational coastal profiling and by borrowing and subverting compositional structures of the 19th century American landscape painters I examine how modern l...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Dripping Dots - Bordeaux" Colorful Abstract Oil Painting Canvas with Gold Leaf
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
With layers of bright oils and whisking brush strokes, the paint is able to shine and shimmer in a very unique pattern. The artist uses gold leaf with thick textured oils and glass t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"FILIGRANA", MesoAmerican, Mexico, myth, gods, ruins, Aztec, Mayan, dream
By Anna Ortiz
Located in Toronto, Ontario
FILIGRANA, an oil painting on canvas by Anna Ortiz, measures 48" high x 40" wide. Filigrana is recent work and characteristic of the artist's practice – the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dawn, Oil on Canvas
Located in San Francisco, CA
"Dawn" is an original oil painting on canvas by the artist Clovis Pareiko.
Beauty and aesthetic have always been a major concern for me. I focus my energy on it because I believe th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oh Our Dear Beatles, Kinetic - Mixed Media
Located in San Francisco, CA
"Oh Our Dear Beatles" is a unique kinetic mixed media artwork on panel by a world-renowned French contemporary artist, Patrick Rubinstein. He is famous for his diverse style represen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Kong Baril - 200 cm Bleu Mick 6/8
Located in Miami, FL
Resin sculpture.
Limited and signed edition, number 6 of 8.
Richard Orlinski is a French artist born in Paris (France) in 1966. Sculptor since 2004, his work, conceived around the concept “Born Wild” in a style and with contemporary materials available for a large audience, including children. His creations act on our archaisms. His works are exhibited both at FIAC on the slopes of Courchevel and in 90 galleries worldwide Since 2011, he is ranked in the Top 10 of the best selling French artists in the world by Art Price. Art Price 2015 New Ranking Contemporary Artists: Richard Orlinski is ranked number 1 of the best selling French artists.
Analysis of the work
Rooted in his time, Richard Orlinski uses materials like resin and aluminum, but also marble, stone and bronze. He works on the brilliance and dullness, transparency and opacity of the materials.
The Born Wild concept
The stake for Richard Orlinski through the concept "Born Wild" is to transform negative emotions into positive vital impulses, to shift from archaic instinct to a civilized emotion. The vectors of this transformation are the aesthetics of the work, the pursuit of perfection as a sculptor and the viewer's perception. Engaged in making art accessible to all, Richard Orlinski draws on popular imagery of the icons that serve his purpose.
Wild Kong
Open Mouth on menacing fangs, the resin gorilla...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Resin, Automotive Paint
"A Reasonable Show Of Power". Large Contemporary Seascape Oil Painting
By Penny Rumble
Located in Brecon, Powys
It is often impossible to represent the fury of an ocean storm without it seeming slightly tame on canvas. Penny uses textured layers and strong jagged lin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Shine a Light on It
Located in Kansas City, MO
Katherine Bello
Title: Shine a Light on It
Oil on board
Year: 2021
Dimensions: 12"x12"x1"
Signed by hand
Framed in a white floater frame
COA provid...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Dripping Dots - London" Colorful Gradient Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
With layers of bright oils and whisking brush strokes, the paint is able to shine and shimmer in a very unique pattern. The artist uses thick textured oils to add a very contemporary...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Glass, Canvas, Oil
"Dripping Dots - Monaco Sunset" Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
With layers of bright oils and whisking brush strokes, the paint is able to shine and shimmer in a very unique pattern. The artist uses thick textured oils, glass, with gold flakes t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Glass, Mixed Media, Oil
"Shake Shack" Large Abstract Contemporary Crowded Restaurant Portrait Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract painting of the patrons of a restaurant. While a fairly everyday scene, the figures making eye contact with the viewer add an element of surrealist unease. This pie...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Oil
"Sensitivity to Ephemeral II" landscape pigments silver leaf on paper sky clouds
Located in Kowloon, Hong Kong
Shoko Okumura paints with the classic Japanese technique - she prepares the paper with silver leaf, then paints on top with mineral pigments. For this ap...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Pigment
Theo Pinto - Beautiful Pollution - Original Painting
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Théo Pinto - Beautiful Pollution - Original Painting
Dimensions: 162.56 x 121.92 x 4.45 cm
Medium: Oil and resin on panel
Theo is a Brazilian Artist & Art ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Resin, Oil, Panel
Oil on Canvas: 'Fallen'
By Brian Neish
Located in New York, NY
Neish’s interest is unswerving in expressing something of the actual properties inherent to oil paint as a material in its own right. Paint is dragged and spread across its support r...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jordan's Quilt
By Sandi Neiman
Located in Austin, TX
Sandi Neiman (b. 1959)
Title: "Jordan's Quilt"
Size: 30" x 10"
Medium: Mixed Media on Board
Markings: Signed and Titled on Back
Sandi Neiman is local to the Austin, TX area and has...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
The Space Between Us
By Sandi Neiman
Located in Austin, TX
Sandi Neiman (b. 1959)
Title: "The Space Between Us"
Inspired by virtual and remote connections experienced during the current pandemic.
Size: 30" x 10"
Medium: Mixed Media on Boar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Board
Make Moves
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Brendan Murphy
Make Moves
60 x 40 inches
Oil, acrylic, and gouache on silver based chrome board
Signed by artist
This piece is unique
Currently on display at Art Angels Los Angeles
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Gouache, Board
Willi Siber (1949) Panel Object, Germany 2019, Lacquer on Wood Panel, Abstract
By Willi Siber
Located in Greding, DE
The surface shows irregular elevations and the indifference lacquer produces impressive colour changes depending on the viewing angle. Signed and dated on the reverse.
Willi Siber wa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Lacquer, Wood Panel
Willi Siber (1949) Panel Object, Germany 2019, Lacquer on Wood Panel, Abstract
By Willi Siber
Located in Greding, DE
The surface shows irregular depressions and the indifference lacquer produces impressive colour changes depending on the viewing angle. Signed and dated on the reverse.
Willi Siber ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Lacquer, Wood Panel
I Know Your Sweet Greys
By Eric Hesse
Located in Fairfield, CT
Hesse describes of his work, "encaustic is the perfect paint with which to explore this balance between control and chaos. In trying to wrestle a recognizable image from a fluid and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Wood Panel
"Blue Passages" Contemporary Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
An abstract expressionist acrylic painting on canvas with wonderful color combinations of soft, whites, blues and effortless lines and shapes. This piece is layer with paint and text...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Confort Pattern 069
Located in New Orleans, LA
The Cuban artist Alex Hernández Dueñas conceives the artistic creation from a trans-disciplinary perspective. His work has approached the universe of aesthetic preferences and the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
I Miss You
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are premiering the paintings of a just discovered French artist Jade Bocquillon.
A gifted artist living in Provence in the South of France, The work of Jade Bocquillon evokes deep feeling and emotion, combined with the artist's natural detailed style of painting. These paintings have just arrived from the personal collection of the artist, this will be the first time they have been available for sale.
I MIss You...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
BrideDerWeyden
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is from a 2019 series of 4 images combining classic imagery from art history (such as Ven Der Weyden, Leonardo da Vinci and Botticelli, and Hollywood characters, such as Dracula, Frankenstein and the Wolfman.
Robert Nelson has exhibited widely - at the Long Beach Museum of Art Annex, the Venice Institute of Contemporary Art (ViCA), the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, BG Gallery...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Reason
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Benjamin is a British artist and designer, a true genius who works in an absolutely unique technique, whose works are held in numerous public and private collections, including the M...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Bather on Coastline
Located in New York, NY
Bather on Coastline, 2014
Acrylic on board
20 x 16 inches
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Bather with Cruse Ship #2
Located in New York, NY
Bather with Cruse Ship #2, 2014
Gouache on paper
12 x 9 inches
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
Sea Monster #2
Located in New York, NY
Sea Monster #2, 2014
Gouache on paper
12 x 9 inches
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
Elements #1416
Located in Lincoln, MA
mixed media on aluminum
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Aluminum
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