Contemporary Figurative Photography
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: Gold
Goldeneye Diamond Dust - Nude Model painted in gold posing with diamonds
Located in Vienna, AT
Diamond Dust - Worldwide Exclusive Special. Unique pieces available at PREISS FINE ARTS. High-end framing and artsafe shipping worldwide included.
Manufactured and signed by Guido A...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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The Birth, Self Portrait, Fatherhood. Mixed media color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The Birth, Self Portrait, Fatherhood, Triptych, 2018 by Magda von Hanau
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Individual ...
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Materials
Gold
Dog Lady #2 – Miles Aldridge, Woman, Fashion, Glamour, Dog, Hotel Room, Animal
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Stefanie Schneider's Coupe Plate 'Haley and the Birds' (29 Palms, CA)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Coupe Plate 'Haley and the Birds', 2021
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"Alice in Wonderland" Photography 32"x28"in Ed 2/3 by VLADIMIR CLAVIJO-TELEPNEV
Located in Culver City, CA
"Alice in Wonderland" Photography 32"x28"in Ed 2/3 by VLADIMIR CLAVIJO-TELEPNEV
Bromoil gelatin silver print, gold and silver leaf, and hand painted mirror
Signed and numbered on the back of the print.
Vladimir Clavijo-Telepnev was born in 1962 in Moscow, in the family of creative people. His father, Pedro Clavijo, was a Columbian journalist and a radio reporter. His grandfather by his father's side, Edmundo Clavijo Cubilios, was a famous Columbia's photograph and artist. His grandfather and grandmother by his mother's side, Vladimir and Margarita Telepnevs, were painters.
In 1986 Vladimir graduated from the Moscow Polygraphic Academy, faculty of graphic art, specializing in painting, graphics, and polygraphic design.
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EXHIBITIONS:
2013
Group exhibition at the Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal;
Solo exhibition at the AZOR ROZA Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
2012
Group exhibition of the best iconography for Lewis Carroll's "Alice", "A Mad Tea-Party", The Story Museum, Oxford, UK;
Group exhibition "Museum's Centenary: a Photographer's View" at the Pushkin Fine Arts Museum;
Solo exhibition at the ZEPPELIN Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
2011
Group exhibition at the ART MOSCOW FAIR.
2010
Pushkin Fine Arts Museum opened a section of photography with the participation of Vladimir Clavijo-Telepnev, the only Russian exhibitor.
2009
"Wayfaring Territory" group exhibition, St. Petersburg, Peter-and-Paul Fortress, Russia.
2008
"Joyance Territory" group exhibition in the Rumyantsev villa, St. Petersburg, Pskov, Belostok, Voronezh, Mikhailovskoye (all in Russia), and also in Berlin, Germany;
Solo exhibition at the VINZAVOD Exhibition Center.
2007
Solo exhibition at the MILLIONAIRE FAIR, Moscow, Russia;
Participation at the Moscow Fine Art Fair, MANEZH Exhibition Center.
2006
Art London, "Russian Asia", a joint project of Inna Khegai and the Artek Gallery, London, UK;
Solo exhibition at the ESPECRTO Gallery in Krasnodar.
2005
Personal exhibition within the framework of the Russian Movie Week in Paris, Paris-Art-Moscow, Espace Cardin, Paris;
personal exhibition at the MILLIONAIRE FAIR, Moscow;
exhibition at the Grossman Gallery, Williams Visual Arts Buildings, Easton, Penn;
personal exhibition at the Grand Hayat Hotel gallery, Dubai, Arab Emirates;
exhibition at the STUDIO Gallery, Moscow Russia;
exhibition of the Cherry Orchard project jointly with his student, Yulia Bochkova at the JAMES Gallery, Moscow;
the Moscow Romanticism exhibition at the Wisconsin University Art Gallery, U.S;
exhibition at the Tomsk House of Artists, Russia.2005: exhibition at the Benshaeb art gallery, Paris, France;
2004
Exhibition at the STUDIO Gallery, Moscow, Russia;
Exhibition at the LEAGUE Art Gallery, Kolomna, Russia;
Exhibition at the Krasnoyarsk Museum Center, Russia.2004: exhibition at Art-Service Gallery Center, Moscow, Russia;
Exhibition at the Novosibirsk Art Museum, Russia;
Exhibition at the Benshaeb art gallery, Paris, France;
Exhibition at the HAY HILL gallery, London, U.K.2004: exhibition within the framework of the Russian Nights festival at the Art Hall of the Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, California.
2003
Russian Post Modernism Nostalgia exhibition, New York, U.S;
Exhibition at the LUMIERE, Moscow, Russia;
Exhibition at the Russian Modern History State Central Museum;
A participant at the 40 Views as to the Image of Comme de Garcon art...
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Materials
Gold Leaf
"Kremlin" Photography 43" x 35" inch Ed. 2/3 by VLADIMIR CLAVIJO-TELEPNEV
Located in Culver City, CA
"Kremlin" Photography 43" x 35" inch Ed. 2/3 by VLADIMIR CLAVIJO-TELEPNEV
Eglomise (bromoil gelatin silver print, gold and silver leaf, and hand painted mirror)
Vladimir Clavijo-T...
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Procession #3
By Paul Vinet
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Paul Vinet
Title: Procession #3
Date: 2008
Medium: Gold Leaf on C-Print mounted on Dibond, signed, dated, and numbered verso
Edition 2/3
Dimensions: 30 x 32 inches
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Gold Leaf
Fatherhood, Mixed media color photographs intervened by the artist
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Fatherhood by Magda von Hanau
29.75 in. H x 21.75 in. W
Limited edition print 2/8 + 1 AP.
A photograph of the original artist's drawing intervened with metallic-gold Japanese ink ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Gold
Parenthood, Mixed media photographs intervened by the artist
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Parenthood by Magda von Hanau
From the series "Family Tree"
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Limited edition print 2/8 + 1 AP.
A photograph of the original artist drawing intervened with ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Gold
The Birth, Mixed media photographs intervened by the artist
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The Birth by Magda von Hanau, From the series "The Family Tree".
29.75 in. H x 21.75 in. W
Limited edition print 2/8 + 1 AP.
Photograph of the original artist drawing intervened wit...
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Gold
Motherhood, Mixed media photograph intervened by the artist.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Motherhood by Magda von Hanau, from the series "The Family Tree".
26.5 in. H x 34.5 in. W
Limited edition print 2/8 + 1 AP.
Photograph of the original artist drawing intervened with...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Gold
Self Portrait, Mixed media photographs intervened by the artist
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Self Portrait by Magda von Hanau, from the series "The Family Tree".
29.75 in. H x 21.75 in. W
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A photograph of the original artist drawing intervened...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Ode to Botticelli's Portrait of a Man with a Medal of Cosimo the Elder
Located in New Orleans, LA
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