Contemporary Photography
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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2010s Contemporary Photography
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2010s Contemporary Photography
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1990s Contemporary Photography
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Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Polaroid, Color
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
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Archival Pigment
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2010s Contemporary Photography
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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
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Archival Pigment
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Archival Pigment
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
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2010s Contemporary Photography
Archival Pigment, Color
2010s Contemporary Photography
Polaroid, Color, Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Photographic Paper
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
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Archival Pigment
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Carbon Pigment, Polaroid
2010s Contemporary Photography
Metal
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
2010s Contemporary Photography
Color, Archival Pigment
2010s Contemporary Photography
Photographic Paper
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Silver Gelatin
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Photography
Photographic Paper
2010s Contemporary Photography
Photographic Paper
1960s Contemporary Photography
C Print
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Photographic Paper, Parchment Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print
2010s Contemporary Photography
C Print
2010s Contemporary Photography
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1990s Contemporary Photography
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
2010s Contemporary Photography
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
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2010s Contemporary Photography
Archival Pigment
20th Century Contemporary Photography
Magazine Paper
1990s Contemporary Photography
Polaroid, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color
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Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
2010s Contemporary Photography
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
C Print, Photographic Paper
2010s Contemporary Photography
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
2010s Contemporary Photography
Color, Archival Pigment
2010s Contemporary Photography
Archival Pigment
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
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