Contemporary 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.
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Style: Contemporary
Before you came - Polaroid, Women, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Before you came- 2020
50x50cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2020-937.
No...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
So Still (Sidewinder) - analog, mounted
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
So Still (Sidewinder) - 2005
Edition 1/5 or 2/5,
150x128cm.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, printed on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper,
mounted on Aluminum with matte UV-Pr...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Cold foggy Winter Morning monochrome limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art winter landscape photography print. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity inclu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Cradle - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Cradle' part of the series 'Hands down' - 2019
50x50cm,
Edition 5/7.
archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and certificate.
Artist inventory PL2019-505.
Not...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
Roli. From The series Buscando Papá. Photo Collage
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The root of these unique photographic works by the artist Celso Castro occurred when the artist returned from Italy to live back in Colombia in 1987.
Castro wanted to produce from t...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Paper
Girl - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Girl' part of the series 'A girl called N.' - 2019
20x20cm,
Edition 2/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid,
Not mounted. Signed on the back and with ce...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
Fly - Contemporary, Polaroid, Color, Women, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Fly (Bombay Beach) - 2019
80x80cm,
Edition of 5 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL201...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
Flatiron Building Study 1 New York City
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art cityscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited ed...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Why don't you find out for yourself (Bombay Beach) - Polaroid, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Why don't you find out for yourself (Bombay Beach) - 2023
20x20cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and certificate.
A...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
Mascot, Brooklands - Religious Iconography Color Photography Artwork
Located in Cambridge, GB
Mascot, photograph from Richard Heeps' series, Man's Ruin. Captured at the Hot Rod Hayride this Jesus on a Cross, was meant to protect the Hot Rodders in their cars. There is somethi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Color, C Print, Photographic Paper
Pongour Waterfall, rock detail, long exposure, minimalist
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure seascape - landscape photography print. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Please (Sidewinder) - Polaroid, Contemporary, Nude, 21st Century, Color, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Please (Sidewinder) - 2005
48x60cm,
Edition 1/10.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory No. 3391.
Not mounted.
Consider Stef...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
Rhapsody
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Rhapsody - 2016
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs
50x50cm
Based on the Polaroid
Archival C-print,
not mounted.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2017-110...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
C Print, Color, Polaroid
Cars and girls - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Cars and Girls' part of the series 'Hands down' - 2019
50x50cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid,
Not mounted.
Certificate and signatur...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Male Nude from the 29 Palms, CA series - Polaroid, 20th Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Male Nude (29 Palms, CA) - 1999
20x20cm,
Edition 4/10.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory # 293.
Not mounted
THE GREA...
Category
1990s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
Bless me Father for I have sinned (Sidewinder) - Polaroid, Contemporary, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Bless me Father for I have sinned (Sidewinder) - 2005
Edition of 1/10,
20x20cm,
digital C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Artist Inventory # 3751.01....
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
In too deep
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
In too deep - 2020,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proof
Archival Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2020-887.
Not mounted.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Black and White, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
Untitled III. From The series Buscando Mamá. Photo Collage
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The root of these unique photographic works by the artist Celso Castro occurred when the artist returned from Italy to live back in Colombia in 1987.
Castro wanted to produce from t...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color
Frozen Apple Trees, Winter Farmland, Hoarfrost, minimalist
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art winter landscape photography print. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity inclu...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Wicca - 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude Photography
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Wicca - 2019
20x24cm.
Edition of 7, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid,
not mounted.
Signature label and certificate.
Artist inventory PL2019-460.
K...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
C Print, Polaroid, Color, Archival Paper
'Changing every Day' part of the series 'A girl called N.' - Polaroid Unique
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Changing every Day' part of the series 'A girl called N.' - 2019
Original Polaroid - Unique Piece,
signed and titled on back.
7.8 x 7,7cm (image area)
10.7 x 8.7 cm ( including...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Frozen Birch Tree minimalist photograph winter landscape limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art winter landscape photography print. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity inclu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Tree in Frozen Field Panorama
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 8. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Frozen Willow Tree
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art winter landscape photography print. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity inclu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Sea Cliffs, Shoreline, Ocean, Nature, Faroe Islands
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure seascape - landscape photography print. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
On the Rhodes again - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'On the Rhodes again'
part of the series 'Hands down' - 2019
50x50cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid,
not mounted.
Signed on the back...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Frozen Apple Trees Panorama limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art Panorama Landscape. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Printed wit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Ancient Laurisilva Forest, curved Tree, monochrome photograph, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography print. Mystical forest with bent trees, Fanal, Madeira, Portugal. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and n...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Love - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative, Photograph, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Love (The Princess and her Lover) part of the 29 Palms, CA project - 2007,
Edition of 1/10,
20x24cm.
Digital C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Not mounted.
Signature label and Cer...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
Ashtray Heart - Original Polaroid - Unique piece
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Ashtray Heart - 2019
Original Polaroid - Unique Piece,
signed and titled on back.
7.8 x 7,7cm (image area)
10.7 x 8.7 cm ( including white Polaroid frame)
Artist inventory PL2019...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Hoarfrosted Trees, minimalist photograph, winter landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art winter landscape photography print. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity inclu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Tinderbox - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Tinderbox' - A girl called N - 2019
50x549cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and certificate.
Artist inventory PL20...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
Estelle - Sexy nude woman smoking in a bar, Contemporary with a Vintage style
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
This is an original signed figurative archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘Estelle‘ who was capt...
Category
1990s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Divide - 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude Photography, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Divide'
2016, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs
Based on a Polaroid, digital C-Print, not mounted.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2016-789
Kirsten Thys...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Frozen Apple Trees Panorama, monochrome winter
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 8. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Sundays (Heavenly Falls) - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Sundays (Heavenly Falls) - 2016
40x50cm,
Edition 1/10,
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid
Certificate and signature label. Artist inventory number: 19717.
Not mounted.
Stef...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Stranger - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, Landscape, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stranger - 2016
50x50 cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, not mounted.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2016 - ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Untitled. From The series Buscando Papá. Photo Collage
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The root of these unique photographic works by the artist Celso Castro occurred when the artist returned from Italy to live back in Colombia in 1987.
Castro wanted to produce from t...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Paper
Burned II (Self Portrait) - Polaroid, Contemporary, 21st Century, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Burned II (Self Portrait), 1999
Edition of 1/10, 40x40cm
Print on Velvet Watercolor, 310gsm, No OBAs, Bright White, Acid Free
based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Polaroid, Archival Pigment, Color, Archival Ink
Spring - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 16.6" x 23.5"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A sophisticated underwater nude photograph of a beautiful young woman wearing a veil of air bubbles.
Original gallery quality print signed by the artist.
Digital archival pigment p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Heather - Limited edition nude photo, Charismatic erotic woman, Contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘Heather'
Naked woman with shiny skin swa...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Seascape XVIII - Diptych - abstract photograph of water color cloud horizon
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format abstract photograph of water color clouds and horizon
from a series of photographic works capturing the sea blue color palette of the ocean
SEASCAPE XVIII Diptych by F...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Whiteout
Located in Storrs, CT
"Whiteout" is a part of Christopher Kennedy's "Trees Revered" series.
"This particular tree is deep in a huge field in Pennsylvania and so seldom seen by anyone but the wildlife. I...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
$880 Sale Price
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David Bowie and Cher: Fashion Icons of the Age
Located in Austin, TX
Awesome black and white full-length capture of David Bowie and Cher posed on stage.
David Bowie was an English singer-songwriter and actor. He was a leading figure in the music indu...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Silence then (Sidewinder) - Polaroid, Contemporary, 21st Century, Nude, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Silence then (Sidewinder), 2005
Edition of 1/10, 40x50cm,
digital C-Print based on an expired Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Not mounted.
Life’s a Dream
(The Personal...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Reef - X large format photograph of sun reflections on a coral reef
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph of sun reflections on a coral reef water surface, mesmerizing light reflections of glistening sunlight on turquoise aquamarine water surface, an homage to th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Brigitte Bardot: Many Reflections
Located in Austin, TX
Brigitte Bardot wearing glamorous white dress, reflections in mirror.
Brigitte Bardot is a French former actress, singer, and model as well as an animal rights activist. Famous for ...
Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Renée's Dream (Days of Heaven) - Analog, Contemporary, Women, Polaroid, mounted
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Renée's Dream (29 Palms, CA) - 2005
32 pieces, Edition 3/5,
31 x 38 cm each, installed 276 x 164 cm including gaps.
32 analog C-Prints, hand printed by the artist,
based on 27 or...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Daisy and Austen in front of Trailer (Till Death do Us Part) - 5/5, 4 pieces
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Daisy and Austen in front of Trailer (Till Death do Us Part) - 2005
Edition 5/5,
125x123cm each. 125x520cm installed.
4 Analog C-Prints, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Cristal ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Pop Stars Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgwick, Chuck Wein, Iconic Black and White Photo
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgwick and Chuck Wein posing in a manhole on East 58th Street in Manhattan's Sutton Place. Photo by Burt Glinn (1965). A color photograph from Glinn’s Warhol phot...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
African Victorian by Tamary Kudita - Portrait photography, African women, flower
Located in Paris, FR
African Victorian is a limited-edition photograph (Digital Print on Baryta Fine Art paper) by contemporary artist Tamary Kudita.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 2 dimensions:
*84 x 62 cm (33.1 × 24.5 in), edition of 20 copies
*119 x 89 cm (46.9 × 35.1 in), edition of 20 copies
All prints are signed and numbered.
Framing options available.
This photograph is the first in the African Victorian series. It references Rembrandt’s 1634 painting Saskia as Flora, which portrays the artist’s wife, Saskia van Uylenburgh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Digital
Shalom Harlow; Topless in army outfit - Pirelli session (1997) for 1998
By Bruce Weber
Located in London, GB
The 1998 Pirelli Calendar was photographed in Miami by Bruce Weber.
Shalom Harlow was among the many iconic models photographed.
“Bruce Weber is a photographer and filmmaker best kn...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Black and White, Photographic Paper, Photographic Film
Male Nude V from the 29 Palms, CA series - Polaroid, 20th Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Male Nude V (29 Palms, CA) - 1999,
20x20cm, Edition of 10.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory # 21971.
Not mounted
THE ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
"Consensual Gate" Nude Photography 36 x 24 in Ed. 1/7 by Aaron Mcpolin
Located in Culver City, CA
"Consensual Gate" Nude Photography 36 x 24 in Ed. 1/7 by Aaron Mcpolin
Archival Giclee Print
Not framed. Ships in a tube
OTHER SIZES AVAILABLE:
Edition of 15: 24 x 16 in
Edition o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tell Me A Story II, Paris, Mixed Media Art and Photography, Books, Emerald Blue
Located in New york, NY
The contemporary work on paper is both art and photography, highlighting color fields.
16 x 16in photography and oil pastels on paper Tell Me a Story II, 2025 by Roberta Fineberg (R...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Archival Pigment, Oil Pastel, Oil
1972 Porsche 911 Targa, 2020
By Nick Veasey
Located in München, BY
Edition 15, framed Chromaluxe
Original 1972 Porsche 911 Targa
A man with x-ray vision, NICK VEASEY creates art that shows what it is really like inside.
Nick’s work with radiograph...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
ICES Cornflower Blue, Bexhill-on-Sea - Pop Art Typography Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
ICES Cornflower Blue, bold pop art street photography from Richard Heeps' series, On-Sea.
Created as an ode to Richard's childhood visits to his grandparents living on the Sussex co...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Seascape XVIII - large format photograph of monochrome water surface
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mesmerizing large scale photograph from artist's Seascape series, a body of works capturing the fleeting surfaces and monochromatic nature of oceanic water and dramatic cloudscapes
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Entrance (Kings Road) - observations at the Schindler House in Los Angeles
By Mona Kuhn
Located in San Francisco, CA
In Kings Road (2022) Mona Kuhn lyrically reconsiders the realms of time and space within the midcentury architectural elements of the iconic Schindler House in Los Angeles. Built by Austrian architect Rudolph M. Schindler in 1922, the house was both a social and design experiment and an avant-garde hub for intellectuals and artists in the 1920s and ’30s.
The body of works incorporates chromogenic color prints, reflecting vignettes and materials of the building's emotional architecture, juxtaposition with unique solarized gelatin silver prints capturing traces of an ethereal human presence.
Entrance (2022)
Kings Road: A Rudolph Schindler House
45" x 60" / 114cm x 152cm / edition of 3
30" x 40" / 76cm x 102cm /edition of 12
limited edition photograph printed under artist supervision + accompanied by signed artist certificate:
artist signature label (8x10")
signed/editioned/dated/titled by the artist + stamped for authenticity
label is placed centered on verso of the mounted print
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About the artist
Acclaimed for her contemporary depictions, Kuhn is considered a leading artist in the world of figurative discourse. Throughout a career spanning more than twenty years, the underlying theme of her work is her reflection on humanity’s longing for spiritual connection and solidarity. As she solidified her photographic style, Kuhn created a notable approach to the nude by developing friendships with her subjects, and employing a range of playful visual strategies that use natural light and minimalist settings to evoke a sublime sense of comfort between the human figure and its environment. Her work is natural, restful, and a reinterpretation of the nude in the canon of contemporary art.
For the past two decades, the Los-Angeles based artist's works have been shown steadily, revealing an astonishing consistency in technique, of subject and of purpose. In 2001, Kuhn’s photographs were first seen by an influential audience during the exhibition at Charles Cowles Gallery in Chelsea, New York. Kuhn’s distinct aesthetic has propelled her as one of the most collectible contemporary art photographers—her work is in private and public collections worldwide and she is represented by galleries across the United States, Europe and Asia.
Kuhn was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1969, of German descent. In 1989, Kuhn moved to the US and earned her BA from The Ohio State University, before furthering her studies at the San Francisco Art Institute. She is currently an independent scholar at The Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. Occasionally, Mona teaches at UCLA and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.
Kuhn’s first monograph, Photographs, was debuted by Steidl in 2004; followed by Evidence (2007), Native (2010), Bordeaux Series (2011), Private (2014), and She Disappeared into Complete Silence (2018/19). In addition, Stanley/Barker Editions published Kuhn's Bushes & Succulents in 2018. In 2021, Thames & Hudson published a career retrospective titled Works. Kuhn's most recent publication Kings Road (2022) with Steidl accompanies a multi-dimensional museum traveling exhibition shown in Europe and the US.
Mona Kuhn’s work is in private and public collections worldwide, including The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Hammer Museum, Perez Art Museum Miami, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Kiyosato Museum in Japan. Kuhn's work has been exhibited at The Louvre Museum and Le Bal in Paris; The Whitechapel Gallery and Royal Academy of Arts in London; Musée de l’Elysée in Switzerland; Leopold Museum in Vienna Austria, The Polygon Gallery in Vancouver Canada, Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Taiwan and Australian Centre for Photography. Mona Kuhn lives and works in Los Angeles.
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Solo Exhibitions
2025
Mona Kuhn: Y Tu Desnudo será Un Gran Poema, Museum of Contemporary Art, Malaga, Spain
Mona Kuhn: Kings Road, Lianzhou Museum of Photography, China
2024
Mona Kuhn: The Schindler House, A Love Affair, Galerie XII...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Champagne - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 43x65"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater photo of a naked young woman wrapped in air bubbles. The photograph depicts only her body, the face is not visible. A very bright eye catching artwork.
The pool was freez...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
$1,520 Sale Price
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Contemporary photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Stefanie Schneider, Tyler Shields, Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde, and Richard Heeps. Frequently made by artists working with Pigment Print, and Archival Pigment Print and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Contemporary photography, so small editions measuring 0.4 inches across are also available.
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