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.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
Style: Contemporary
Color: Red
In The Air
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 1 of 5
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
In The Air
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 1 of 7
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marathon
Located in New York City, NY
Archival Pigment Print - UNFRAMED
27 x 40 inches - edition of 15
40 x 60 inches - edition of 10
48 x 72 inches - edition of 5
Ask us for custom framing options.
CHROMA presents...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Van Gogh's 'Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe'
Located in New Orleans, LA
Inspired by Vincent Van Gogh's "Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe", 1889
Edition 1 of 3 with 2 APs
"Ode to Van Gogh’s 'Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe’” is a self-portrait of e2 artist E.Paul Julien as the tortured artist. This piece was inspired by Julien’s own struggles with mental health issues during isolation during pandemic lockdown, as he found himself in a place where he could relate to the fragile mindset that Van Gogh experienced through most of his life.
The artists say of their work...
"Everything Changes, the latest phase of our ongoing series In Empathy We Trust, presents odes to iconic images from the Modern and Contemporary art periods. Our artistic process during Everything Changes was heavily influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic and the inescapable upheaval brought about by this once-in-a-lifetime event. This major societal shift alongside ongoing social unrest compelled us to further explore the distorted realities permeating American culture and, consequently, veiling oppression of marginalized communities. With lockdown restrictions disrupting our usual process of gathering for photoshoots, we also began playing with new approaches for our work. As a result, our latest iteration marks a new technique exploration, with completely over-painting atop of select prints, adding an additional layer of distortion to an already-altered reality.
The title for this show takes inspiration from one of our favorite Frida Kahlo quotes: “Nothing is absolute. Everything changes, everything moves, everything revolves, everything flies and goes away.” The pandemic fostered a collective understanding of just how malleable and fragile our reality is. Our perceptions, our personal routines, and our culture as a whole – these realities are never guaranteed stasis, and the only way to move forward is to evolve, both as artists and individuals. The pieces in this show invite viewers to embrace the inevitability of change and the natural discomfort of re-examining their expectations of how a work of art – and by extension, a culture – should look.
The process of creating an e2 image has always involved intense collaboration, and the images here would not be possible without stellar teamwork. We would especially like to thank Cameron Wood for his extensive digital post-production and our wonderful models."
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As the photographic duo E2, New Orleans natives Elizabeth Kleinveld and Epaul Julien...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Open to Love Diamond Dust - Close-up of red lips and fingers covered in sparkles
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 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Canvas
Blood and Milk VIII - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 57x43"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater photograph of a naked young woman standing on her hands on the bottom of a pool. Her perfect body on the red background and classic heavy breas...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Ode to Van Gogh's 'Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe'
Located in New Orleans, LA
Inspired by Vincent Van Gogh's "Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe", 1889
Edition 1 of 7 with 2 APs
"Ode to Van Gogh’s 'Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe’” is a self-portrait of e2 artist E.Paul Julien as the tortured artist. This piece was inspired by Julien’s own struggles with mental health issues during isolation during pandemic lockdown, as he found himself in a place where he could relate to the fragile mindset that Van Gogh experienced through most of his life.
The artists say of their work...
"Everything Changes, the latest phase of our ongoing series In Empathy We Trust, presents odes to iconic images from the Modern and Contemporary art periods. Our artistic process during Everything Changes was heavily influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic and the inescapable upheaval brought about by this once-in-a-lifetime event. This major societal shift alongside ongoing social unrest compelled us to further explore the distorted realities permeating American culture and, consequently, veiling oppression of marginalized communities. With lockdown restrictions disrupting our usual process of gathering for photoshoots, we also began playing with new approaches for our work. As a result, our latest iteration marks a new technique exploration, with completely over-painting atop of select prints, adding an additional layer of distortion to an already-altered reality.
The title for this show takes inspiration from one of our favorite Frida Kahlo quotes: “Nothing is absolute. Everything changes, everything moves, everything revolves, everything flies and goes away.” The pandemic fostered a collective understanding of just how malleable and fragile our reality is. Our perceptions, our personal routines, and our culture as a whole – these realities are never guaranteed stasis, and the only way to move forward is to evolve, both as artists and individuals. The pieces in this show invite viewers to embrace the inevitability of change and the natural discomfort of re-examining their expectations of how a work of art – and by extension, a culture – should look.
The process of creating an e2 image has always involved intense collaboration, and the images here would not be possible without stellar teamwork. We would especially like to thank Cameron Wood for his extensive digital post-production and our wonderful models."
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As the photographic duo E2, New Orleans natives Elizabeth Kleinveld and Epaul Julien seek to remake images from art history to reflect their own experience of the contemporary world. Tackling icons from the great masters like Botticelli, Manet, Rembrandt, and Van Eyck, they recast instantly familiar images in a distinctly modern manner, breaking them free from centuries of historical context and placing them firmly in the present.
Kleinveld and Julien...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Van Gogh's 'Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe'
Located in New Orleans, LA
Inspired by Vincent Van Gogh's "Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe", 1889
Edition 1 of 5 with 2 APs
"Ode to Van Gogh’s 'Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe’” is a self-portrait of e2 artist E.Paul Julien as the tortured artist. This piece was inspired by Julien’s own struggles with mental health issues during isolation during pandemic lockdown, as he found himself in a place where he could relate to the fragile mindset that Van Gogh experienced through most of his life.
The artists say of their work...
"Everything Changes, the latest phase of our ongoing series In Empathy We Trust, presents odes to iconic images from the Modern and Contemporary art periods. Our artistic process during Everything Changes was heavily influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic and the inescapable upheaval brought about by this once-in-a-lifetime event. This major societal shift alongside ongoing social unrest compelled us to further explore the distorted realities permeating American culture and, consequently, veiling oppression of marginalized communities. With lockdown restrictions disrupting our usual process of gathering for photoshoots, we also began playing with new approaches for our work. As a result, our latest iteration marks a new technique exploration, with completely over-painting atop of select prints, adding an additional layer of distortion to an already-altered reality.
The title for this show takes inspiration from one of our favorite Frida Kahlo quotes: “Nothing is absolute. Everything changes, everything moves, everything revolves, everything flies and goes away.” The pandemic fostered a collective understanding of just how malleable and fragile our reality is. Our perceptions, our personal routines, and our culture as a whole – these realities are never guaranteed stasis, and the only way to move forward is to evolve, both as artists and individuals. The pieces in this show invite viewers to embrace the inevitability of change and the natural discomfort of re-examining their expectations of how a work of art – and by extension, a culture – should look.
The process of creating an e2 image has always involved intense collaboration, and the images here would not be possible without stellar teamwork. We would especially like to thank Cameron Wood for his extensive digital post-production and our wonderful models."
⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯
As the photographic duo E2, New Orleans natives Elizabeth Kleinveld and Epaul Julien seek to remake images from art history to reflect their own experience of the contemporary world. Tackling icons from the great masters like Botticelli, Manet, Rembrandt, and Van Eyck, they recast instantly familiar images in a distinctly modern manner, breaking them free from centuries of historical context and placing them firmly in the present.
Kleinveld and Julien...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
An Out of Body Experience
By Jason Chen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "An Out of Body Experience" is original artwork made from hand-woven archival pigment print by Jason Chen. This piece measures 41"h x .31"w.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"LH14 Hermes 18" Photography 18"D Edition of 8 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"LH14 Hermes 18" Photography 18"D Edition of 8 by Giuliano Bekor
Edition OF 8
Year created 2018
Print size 18 Inches diameter Trim Bleed
Artwork finish size 18 Inches diameter
Med...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Paper
Bedroom Magazines
Located in Nashville, TN
Dina Goldstein is a visual artist based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is a photographer and pop-surrealist with a background in documentary photography. Goldstein creates tableaus with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition.
She is most known for her series Fallen Princesses, created in 2007, depicting humanized Disney Princesses...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Gucci L3" Photography 36"D Edition 2/8 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Gucci L3" Photography 36"D Edition 2/8 by Giuliano Bekor
Print size 36 Inches diameter trim bleed
Artwork finished size 36 Inches diameter trim bleed
Limited edition 2 of 8
Medium...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Lenticular
Spring – John Yuyi, Temporary Tattoos, Social Media, Photography, Art, Skin
Located in Zurich, CH
JOHN Yuyi (*1991, Taiwan)
Spring, 2018
Archival Pigment Print
Sheet 90 x 60 cm (36 x 24 in.)
Edition of 6, plus 2 AP; Ed. no. 1/6
John Yuyi (*1991, Taiwan) ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Roof Top Jazz Trumpet Player Celebration of Life, Fireworks in New York
Located in Miami, FL
A celebration of Life is symbolized by a rooftop Black Jazz Musician hitting the high note just as a fireworks display lights up the New York sky. Signed ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Massimo Listri 'Auditorium Oscar Niemeyer II, Sao Paulo, Brazil, '
Located in New York, NY
Auditorium Oscar Niemeyer II, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2012
Chromogenic print
180 x 225 cm
Edition of 5
Italian, b. 1954, Florence, Italy, based in Florence, Ita...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Manuela 2 - Photograph By Roberto Vignoli - 2006
Located in Roma, IT
Light painting technique, realized in a completly dark photographic studio, where the photographer manually "paint" by torch with light of different colours, the subjects and the ba...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ikuko 1 - Photograph By Roberto Vignoli - 2006
Located in Roma, IT
Light painting technique, realized in a completly dark photographic studio, where the photographer manually "paint" by torch with light of different colours, the subjects and the ba...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ikuko 2 - Photograph By Roberto Vignoli - 2006
Located in Roma, IT
Light painting technique, realized in a completly dark photographic studio, where the photographer manually "paint" by torch with light of different colours, the subjects and the ba...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ikuko 4 - Photograph By Roberto Vignoli - 2006
Located in Roma, IT
Light painting technique, realized in a completly dark photographic studio, where the photographer manually "paint" by torch with light of different colours, the subjects and the ba...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ikuko 3 - Photograph By Roberto Vignoli - 2006
Located in Roma, IT
Light painting technique, realized in a completly dark photographic studio, where the photographer manually "paint" by torch with light of different colours, the subjects and the ba...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"LIPS - L8 GUCCI" Photography 50"D Edition 2/8 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"LIPS - L8 GUCCI" Photography 50"D Edition 2/8 by Giuliano Bekor
Edition 2 OF 8
Year created 2017
Print size 50 Inches diameter Trim Bleed
Artwork finish size 50 Inches diameter
M...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Metal
Pride Home
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 20
Signed by Patty Carroll
Paper size: 30 x 30 in., Image size: 22 x 22 in.
From the series, Anonymous Women
White frame: 31 3/4 x 31 5/8 x 2 in.
Patty Carroll is an Amer...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Jello Mello
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 20
Signed by Patty Carroll
Paper size: 30 x 30 in., Image size: 22 x 22 in.
From the series, Anonymous Women
Frame not included.
Patty Carroll is an American photographer who has taught and practiced photography since the 1970’s. Her photography is characterized as vivid and boldly colored. Where her earlier works include typologies and portraiture, her new work symbolically expresses the domestic roles of women, via the series, Invisible Women.
She earned a BFA in Graphic Design from the University of Illinois and in 1972, she graduated with a Master of Science in Photography from the Institute of Design at IIT, Chicago. Since receiving her MS in Photography, Carroll has been teaching photography at universities worldwide. She has been a professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Columbia College and the Royal College of Art in London, among other schools. Carroll’s photography has been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, The Art Institute in Chicago, White Box Museum in Beijing, and The Photographers Association in Ningbo, China.
Her work has received many merits, publications, and grants. In 2014, she was listed in Photolucida’s “Top 50...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled (Porn Carnival no. 4)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Porn Carnival no. 4), 2019
This story documents the book launch for writer, activist, and sex-worker legend Rachel Rabbit White’s first collection of poetry, Porn Carnival...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital Pigment
Untitled (Strawberry Queen no. 7), photograph
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Strawberry Queen no. 7), photograph
Signed, numbered, and dated (archival label, verso)
Digital Pigment Print
30 x 30 in, edition of 4
20 x 20 in, edition of 9
15 x 15 in...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital Pigment
Untitled (Strawberry Queen no. 2), photograph
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Strawberry Queen no. 2), photograph
Signed, numbered, and dated (archival label, verso)
Digital Pigment Print
30 x 30 in, edition of 4
20 x 20 in, edition of 9
15 x 15 in...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital Pigment
Pop Wife #3 – Miles Aldridge, Woman, Fashion, Colour, Erotic, Telefphone, Art
Located in Zurich, CH
MILES ALDRIDGE (*1964, Great Britain)
Pop Wife #3
2007
Chromogenic print
Image 1152.5 x 126 cm (60 x 49 5/8 in.)
Sheet 164.5 x 138 cm (64 3/4 x 54 3/8 in.)
Edition of 6, plus 2 AP's...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Bed of Roses
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 20
Signed by Patty Carroll
Paper size: 30 x 30 in., Image size: 22 x 22 in.
From the series, Anonymous Women: Domestic Demise
Patty Carroll is an American photographer wh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled (Porn Carnival no. 23)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Porn Carnival no. 23), 2019
This story documents the book launch for writer, activist, and sex-worker legend Rachel Rabbit White’s first collection of poetry, Porn Carniva...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital Pigment
Dancer -Free delivery- Signed limited art print, Contemporary, Dance, Romance
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Dancer - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, Edition of 5
Signed + numbered by artist with certificate of authenticity , unframed
Photographed in Vienna during a Strauss ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Color, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Photographic P...
Untitled (Hip Hop Honeys no. 77)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Hip Hop Honeys no. 77), 2013
Women have been an essential part of decades’ worth of rap videos yet rarely get the spotlight. The works in the series Hip Hop Honeys attempt...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital Pigment
Bang!Bang! #1 – Miles Aldridge, Woman, Fashion, Erotic, Art, Glamour, Gun
Located in Zurich, CH
Miles ALDRIDGE (*1964, Great Britain)
Bang!Bang! #1, 2008
Screenprint in colours printed on 410gsm Somerset Paper
Image 152.5 x 117.5 cm (60 x 46 1/4 in.)
Sheet 164.5 x 129.5 cm (64 ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Screen
"Waiting Out Front (on the Oscars Red Carpet)" - Abstract Fashion Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
Landon Nordeman is inspired by the work of Garry Winogrand and William Eggleston.
Nordeman's unique point of view, characterized by National Geographic senior picture editor Sadie Q...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mystique #2 – Miles Aldridge, Fashion, Glamour, Black Model, Flowers, Sword
Located in Zurich, CH
Miles ALDRIDGE (*1964, Great Britain)
Mystique #2, 2018
Chromogenic print
Image 101 x 152,5 cm (39 3/4 x 60 in.)
Sheet 113 x 164.5 cm (44 1/2 x 64 3/4 in.)
Edition of 3, plus 2 AP; E...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
The Rooms #2 – Miles Aldridge, Woman, Fashion, Glamour, Casino, Red, Deck, Cards
Located in Zurich, CH
Miles ALDRIDGE (*1964, Great Britain)
The Rooms #2, 2011
Chromogenic print
Image 67.6 x 101.6 cm (26 1/2 x 40 in.)
Sheet 77.5 x 111.5 cm (30 1/2 x 43 7/8 in.)
Edition of 10, plus 2 A...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Night Car #1 – Miles Aldridge, Woman, Fashion, Glamour, Neon Light, Night
Located in Zurich, CH
Miles ALDRIDGE (*1964, Great Britain)
Night Car #1, 2015
Chromogenic print
Image 122 x 152,5 cm (48 x 60 in.)
Sheet 134 x 164.5 cm (52 3/4 x 64 3/4 in.)
Edition of 3, plus 2 AP; Ed....
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Dancer- Signed limited edition still life print, Color photo, Large scale, Dance
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Dancer - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, Edition of 5
Photographed in Vienna during a Strauss concert.
This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnem...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Color, Giclée, Archival Pigment, Pigment, Photographic P...
Couple Behind Curtain
Located in New York, NY
Archival inkjet print mounted on aluminum
Signed and numbered, verso
12 x 18 inches
(Edition of 10)
20 x 30 inches
(Edition of 7)
30 x 35 inches
(Edition of 3)
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Pipo Nguyen-duy writes:
“I began living in the United States in 1975 as a Vietnamese refugee. Consequently, cultural identity and cultural authenticity are some of the underlying themes of my visual explorations. Additionally, site-specificity has been an integral part of my studio practice, as I always consider geographical, historical, and cultural significance of the locations in my research.
“From 2015 to 2017, I made photographs from my hotel window in Ho Chi Minh City, District 1. The second-floor window offered a commanding view of the alley where it widened before the sharp left turn located under my hotel where it became narrow again. The alley served as a short cut between the congested street where it began and ended at a crowded market. What separated my camera from the alleyway was the large glass window to dampen the noise and the thin white curtain for privacy. I spent close to six months in this sixty-four square-foot hotel room, photographing obsessively from six in the morning until late at night, only taking breaks to eat or to sleep. During my process, I remained as objective as a scientist gathering visual data. The camera tripod allowed me to keep the same perspective of the scenes outside my window throughout the day.
“With this work, I aim to document, as if from the perspective of a natural scientist or archeologist. Using the camera to record facts rather than regarding it as a subjective tool, I have become increasingly intrigued with the idea of mapping my ‘own’ culture in hopes of understanding it from an outsider’s point of view using the hotel room as a metaphor for an in-between place. The window curtain was the variable that changed, in addition to the light, which also varied throughout the day. The curtain was a literal veil to the world and the culture outside my window. It serves as a metaphor for the lack of clarity and insight that I may have of my culture. From the alley I am hidden or visible depending on how wide the curtain was kept and the time of the day. The neatly arranged architecture seen from my window illustrated the rich history and the complex transition of the Vietnamese culture from French colonial, to American modernist, to contemporary high-rise.
“The project began as a survey to categorize different types of people, record gestures and behavior, map traffic patterns, and capture ‘decisive’ moments of street scenes below. Conceptually, I intended this mapping project only to reveal my difficulties of defining home—however as the project grew, the complexities of the images also have become more layered. The first image of the series revealing a man masturbating at 6:00 a.m. while leaning against his scooter below the hotel window addresses the voyeuristic nature of the project. In one set of pictures...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Panel, Inkjet
French Master - an observation on iconic master oil paintings and gilded frames
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
a series of observations on French master paintings and their opulent gilded frames
FRENCH MASTER by Frank Schott
60 x 48 inches / 152cm x 1...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Dancer- Signed limited edition still life print, Red, Dance, Contemporary
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Dancer - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, Edition of 5
Photographed in Vienna during a Strauss concert.
This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahne...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Color, Giclée, Pigment
" 1600" C Print Photograph, 30"x45"
Located in New York, NY
This is a large scale photograph, limited edition of 5, signed by the artist on the reverse. Available unframed, please inquire about framing options.
In this photograph, the vibran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
We Feel Like You Do
Located in New York, NY
We Feel Like You Do, 2005
Archival pigment print on heavy rag paper
42 x 64 inches
Edition of 7+2AP
A study of forms. Forms that are mechanical: cold engineering but designed with ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Explosion"
Located in New York, NY
Nicole Furman is a multimedia artist, body painter and photographer from Bogotá, Colombia. Having studied a range of art practices from body painting and performance to art history a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Plexiglass
"West Village, NYC" Contemporary Figurative Red Framed Photograph on Aluminum
Located in Baltimore, MD
"West Village, NYC" is a framed photograph on aluminum by Xan Padron, featuring a compilation of walking figures set against a compelling red wall in Manhattan. Padron's signature te...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Not titled yet – Erik Madigan Heck, Fashion, Human, Art, Abstract
Located in Zurich, CH
Erik MADIGAN HECK (*1983, United States)
Not Titled Yet, tbd
Chromogenic print
Sheet 57.26 x 101.6 cm (22 1/2 x 40 in.)
Edition of 9 plus 2 artist's proofs (#1/9)
print only
Origina...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Secret Garden
By Reka Nyari
Located in New York, NY
“Ink Stories”, which was introduced at Nyari’s very first solo gallery exhibit, consists of large-scale nude photographs that explore the concept of self-identity and female empowerment. The series joins six women together, each who have faced adversity, to demonstrate the creation of a strengthened self-image through tattoos. By highlighting the intricate woven threads of ink on each woman’s skin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Plexiglass, Mixed Media, Photographic Paper, Photogram
Giulia As a Red Butterfly - nude photograph female model with red background
Located in Vienna, AT
All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on request.
All prints are done and signed by the artist. The collector receives an additional certific...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Giulia As a Butterfly - nude photograph female model with red background
Located in Vienna, AT
All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on request.
All prints are done and signed by the artist. The collector receives an additional certific...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Giulia and Red Smoke - nude photograph of female model with red background
Located in Vienna, AT
All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on request.
All prints are done and signed by the artist. The collector receives an additional certific...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Not titled yet, 2022 – Erik Madigan Heck, Fashion Photography, Woman, Blurry
Located in Zurich, CH
Erik MADIGAN HECK (*1983, United States)
Not Titled Yet, 2022
Chomogenic print
Sheet 152.4 x 101.6 cm (60 x 40 in.)
Edition of 9 plus 2 artist's proofs (#1/9)
Print only
Originally from Excelsior, Minnesota, Erik Madigan Heck (*1983) is one of the youngest and most promising American fashion photographers of the contemporary art scene. In his relatively short career the artist developed a personal way of looking at fashion, as Nathalie Herschdorfer underlines in her essay "Minimal and pure: Erik Madigan Heck fashion photographs". His work is characterized by a clear and distinctive treatment of colours and patterns, which makes it unequivocal.
"Heck’s photographs push the concept to new limits, creating imagery that goes beyond traditional fashion photography. Meticulously constructed and enhanced with bright colours, blurring the line between the clothes and the background, his images play with this idea of ‘future’ silhouettes". – Nathalie Herschdorfer
In 2017 Heck published his first monograph with Thames & Hudson and Abrams Books titled 'Old Future'. In his 'Old Future' series Madigan Heck explores the intersection of photography and painting as he borrows from and bends the genres of fashion photography, landscape painting and portraiture.
Madigan Heck is a regular contributor to The New York Times...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Cowgirl
Located in Denver, CO
This is an edition of 10.
Patty Carroll has been known for her use of highly intense, saturated color photographs since the 1970’s. Her most recent project, “Anonymous Women,” cons...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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