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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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SIMON PROCTER - Karl & Brides, Haute Couture 2010, Rue Cambon, Paris
Located in PARIS, FR
Limited edition of 10 + 2 artist proof About the picture : Chanel rue Cambon, unusual scene for the Fashion shows but feels like home. On the backstage, few minute before the oshow ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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C Print

Trumpet Jazz Musician and Statue of Liberty
Located in Miami, FL
The photo represents a synthesis of Americana. Jazz meets the Statue of Liberty during a perfect sunset. Signed, dated lower and numbered 3/25 lower right recto, unframed, printe...
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1980s Contemporary Photography

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Inkjet

Flora Italiana ( Papavero Arancio Piene ) - large botanical still life photo
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original large format still life photograph from Linda Rosewall's series "Flora Italiana", an intensely beautiful body of works exploring the botanical ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment

Chad Kleitsch - Untitled Flower # 82, Photography 2005, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Untitled Flower # 82 Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Matte Paper with Epson archival quality ink Edition of 25 Available sizes: 11" x 14” 20" x 24” 30" x 30” 30" x 40” 40" x 40" 48" x 48” 48" x...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital, Archival Pigm...

Tyler Shields - Three Witches, Photography 2014, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Mouths Chromogenic Print on Kodak Endura Luster Paper All available sizes and editions: 20" x 30" Editions of 3 + 2 Artist Proofs ONE LEFT 40" x 60" Editions of 3 +...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital, Archiv...

Chad Kleitsch - Untitled Flower # 154, Photography 2020, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Untitled Flower # 154 Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Matte Paper with Epson archival quality ink Edition of 25 Available sizes: 11" x 14” 20" x 24” 30" x 30” 30" x 40” 40" x 40" 48" x 48” 48" ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital, Archival Pigm...

Chad Kleitsch - Untitled Flower # 137, Photography 2005, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Untitled Flower # 137 Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Matte Paper with Epson archival quality ink Edition of 25 Available sizes: 11" x 14” 20" x 24” 30" x 30” 30" x 40” 40" x 40" 48" x 48” 48" ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital, Archival Pigm...

Chad Kleitsch - Untitled Flower # 93, Photography 2003, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Untitled Flower # 93 Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Matte Paper with Epson archival quality ink Edition of 25 Available sizes: 11" x 14” 20" x 24” 30" x 30” 30" x 40” 40" x 40" 48" x 48” 48" x...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital, Archival Pigm...

Chad Kleitsch - Untitled Flower # 57, Photography 2003, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Untitled Flower # 57 Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Matte Paper with Epson archival quality ink Edition of 25 Available sizes: 11" x 14” 20" x 24” 30" x 30” 30" x 40” 40" x 40" 48" x 48” 48" x...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital, Archival Pigm...

Chad Kleitsch - Untitled Flower #12, Photography 2002, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Untitled Flower #12 Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Matte Paper with Epson archival quality ink Edition of 25 Available sizes: 11" x 14” 20" x 24” 30" x 30” 30" x 40” 40" x 40" 48" x 48” 48" x ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital, Archival Pigm...

Chinese Fast Food 17 (Ed. 2/5) - Contemporary Street Photography
Located in Vienna, AT
Chinese Fast Food 17 (aka US Military Uniforms) - Contemporary Street Photography 2011 C-print 68 x 101 cm (ed. 2/5+1 AP) also available in 87 x 130 cm (ed. 3+1 AP) Print is unframe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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C Print

Chinese Fast Food 17 - Contemporary Street Photography
Located in Vienna, AT
Chinese Fast Food 17 (aka US Military Uniforms) - Contemporary Street Photography 2011 C-print 68 x 101 cm (ed. 3/5+1 AP) also available in 87 x 130 cm (ed. 3+1 AP) Print is unframe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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C Print

Like Ice in the Sunshine II (L.A.) No. 56
Located in New York, NY
15 x 15 archival pigment print (image size 14 x 14 inches), edition 8. Signed, titled, dated and editioned on frame label provided. Framing also available at an additional cost. In ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

I only know Mifune and Kitano - 21st Century Orange Color Photography Edition
Located in Vienna, AT
Matthias Klos I only know Mifune and Kitano, 2020 Fine art print on aluminum, framed 43 x 36 cm Edition 1/5+II AP In the series "I only know Mifune and Kitano," Matthias Klos explor...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print

Armenian opera theatre - color photography
Located in New York, NY
Richard’s love for travel has afforded him many opportunities to shoot different cities and cultures. He loves iconic architecture, whether it’s ancient or modern, and is always focused on documenting beautiful structures in each new city he visits. Richard loves using techniques such as Tilt...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Orange you glad
Located in New York, NY
The Sweet Blasts! Portfolio represents my own apprehension with our intersections of technology with natural systems. The series is not meant to be anti- or pro- anything. In my mind, it encompasses everything from genetic manipulations to cyber connectivity. Our impact on processes and evolutions that have been tested and processed over millennia are now being altered at a violent pace. And, our solutions to the problems that we are solving immediately will ultimately have an impact that will be felt far into the future. Yet, violent change is not new and is a part of the galactic system...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Aluminum

Hold Your Ground
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Hold Your Ground
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Ode to Picasso's 'Portrait of Dora Maar'
Located in New Orleans, LA
Inspired by Pablo Picasso's "Portrait of Dora Maar", 1937 Edition 2 of 7 with 2 APs “Ode to Picasso’s 'Dora Maar’' is a self-portrait of E2 artist Elizabeth Kleinveld as the photographer and artist Dora Maar. Kleinveld was drawn to this particular image of Maar while grieving the death of her father in 2021; she was captivated by the sadness that seems to ooze from the canvas, how the sitter’s melancholia is obscured by the playful color contrast. For E2’s remake, artist E.Paul Julien painted directly over the photographic print of Kleinveld, emphasizing the masking of grief. 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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Flora Italiana (Papavero Arancio Piene) - large botanical still life photograph
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original large format still life photograph from Linda Rosewall's series "Flora Italiana", an intensely beautiful body of works exploring the botanical splendor of Italian flowers with highly detailed captures Flora Italiana ( Papavero Arancio Piene ) bright orange poppy flower petals 40 x 30 inches (102 x 76cm) signed edition of 25 64 x 48 inches (162 x 122cm) signed edition of 7 archival fine art pigment print signed & numbered by artist on label custom/larger sizes are available on request ___________________ About the artist Linda Rosewall’s artistic path was cemented during her childhood. She was inspired by her farther, an accomplished musician and composer who raised his six children as a performing family act. The experience of traveling the United States and Canada in a small airplane piloted by her father provided the opportunity for Linda to capture these moments on her small Kodak Instamatic Camera. At the age of 18, she enrolled at Columbia College of Fine Arts Chicago. During her studies, Linda apprenticed under photographer Norman Bilisko and later worked with Dennis Manarchy...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment

Ode to Picasso's 'Portrait of Dora Maar'
Located in New Orleans, LA
Inspired by Pablo Picasso's "Portrait of Dora Maar", 1937 Edition 1 of 3 with 2 APs “Ode to Picasso’s 'Dora Maar’' is a self-portrait of E2 arti...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Mexican Flying Wrestler
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros Mexican Flying Wrestler Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm Year: 1990s Size: 11x9in Edition: 12 Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label Stamped ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Ode to Picasso's 'Portrait of Dora Maar'
Located in New Orleans, LA
Inspired by Pablo Picasso's "Portrait of Dora Maar", 1937 Edition 1 of 5 with 2 APs “Ode to Picasso’s 'Dora Maar’' is a self-portrait of E2 arti...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Sombras Doradas (5)' Large Scale Photo, Desert Silhouette Sunset Yellow Gold
Located in Penzance, GB
'Sombras Doradas (2)' Limited edition archival photograph. Unframed, hand signed and numbered _________________ Shadows painted on the finca wall: low December sun, golden, luminous, casting soft silhouettes through the aperture of the Eucalyptus leaves. Sophia's poetic photographs are an exploration of the balance in all things: in the sensual interplay of light and shadow; in wild raw energy and serene stillness; in the enduring and the effervescent. They are a contemplation of the awareness that everything in existence is temporary, they speak of the ephemeral nature of all things. Moments, feelings, experiences cherished and appreciated in their impermanence, for that is where the beauty comes from. 'I work with time, and the immeasurable spaces of experience within... tangible traces, evidence left behind, records; process in action, stilled'. 40 x 60 inches Limited edition of 25 Archival Print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® paper, one of the most beautiful and high quality art papers available. The luxurious matt finish provides a reflection free image that is rich in detail, depth and tone. Hand signed, titled and numbered to the lower right corner on an approximately 1 inch white border. Each print comes with a Certificate of Authenticity featuring a signature and edition number. Other sizes available, please contact * Please note that images of the artwork in situ and framed are an indication of how the piece can look, and in the context of other artworks. The artwork is being sold unframed. Framing options are available, please contact. Discounted pricing for multiple artwork purchases, please contact for further information. ________________________________ About The Artist Sophia Milligan...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment

Landscape Photograph Large Nature Mountains Trees Sunset Wildlife India Orange
Located in Norfolk, GB
Aditya Dicky Singh, Untitled, photograph on fine-art Hahnemuhle archival paper 31" x 55" unframed (79cm x 140cm) 2022 Edition 1/10 *Should you ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Ink

Dark Materials IX by James Sparshatt. C-type print
Located in Coltishall, GB
There is a something about being a child on the beach where the sheer exuberance of running into the waves transcends the normal social barriers, and the shared exhilarance allows fo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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C Print

Color of Sound 7
Located in Nashville, TN
Mark Jackson has been a photographer for 30 years, always creating and making. In 2017, he began experimenting with his own approach to art and printmaking - “I realized I was onto s...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Mixed Media

"Fluidity Nr 12" 40x30inch Original photography Edition of 10 by Lika Brutyan
Located in Culver City, CA
"Fluidity Nr 12" 40x30inch Original photography Edition of 10 by Lika Brutyan "Fluidity Nr 12" 40" x 30" inch Original photography by Lika Brutyan from the ""Fluidity" series Lim...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment, Rag Paper

'Sombras Doradas (4)' Large Scale Photo, Desert Silhouette Sunset Yellow Gold
Located in Penzance, GB
'Sombras Doradas (4)' Limited edition archival photograph. Unframed, hand signed and numbered _________________ Shadows painted on the finca wall: low December sun, golden, luminous,...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment

'Sombras Doradas (2)' Large Scale Photo, Shadows Silhouette Sunset Yellow Gold
Located in Penzance, GB
'Sombras Doradas (2)' Limited edition archival photograph. Unframed, hand signed and numbered _________________ Shadows painted on the finca wall: low December sun, golden, luminous, casting soft silhouettes through the aperture of the Eucalyptus leaves. Sophia's poetic photographs are an exploration of the balance in all things: in the sensual interplay of light and shadow; in wild raw energy and serene stillness; in the enduring and the effervescent. They are a contemplation of the awareness that everything in existence is temporary, they speak of the ephemeral nature of all things. Moments, feelings, experiences cherished and appreciated in their impermanence, for that is where the beauty comes from. 'I work with time, and the immeasurable spaces of experience within... tangible traces, evidence left behind, records; process in action, stilled'. 60 x 40 inches Limited edition of 25 Archival Print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® paper, one of the most beautiful and high quality art papers available. The luxurious matt finish provides a reflection free image that is rich in detail, depth and tone. Hand signed, titled and numbered to the lower right corner on an approximately 1 inch white border. Each print comes with a Certificate of Authenticity featuring a signature and edition number. Other sizes available, please contact * Please note that images of the artwork in situ and framed are an indication of how the piece can look, and in the context of other artworks. The artwork is being sold unframed. Framing options are available, please contact. Discounted pricing for multiple artwork purchases, please contact for further information. ________________________________ About The Artist Sophia Milligan...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment

Untitled, from the series of 'Hanabi' – Rinko Kawauchi, Sky, Firework, Night
Located in Zurich, CH
RINKO KAWAUCHI (*1972, Japan) Untitled, from the series 'Hanabi' 2001 C–type print Sheet 25.4 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 in.) Edition of 6; Ed. no. 3/6 framed Reminiscent of Japanese phot...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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C Print

Copiers All Washed Up
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros Copiers All Washed Up Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm Year: 1990s Size: 11x12in Edition: 10 Signed, dated and numbered ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Hallway III (Suburbia) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photography, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Hallway III (Suburbia) - 2004, 20x24cm, Edition of 1/10, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, Not mounted. Signature label and Certificate. Artist Inventory No. 430.01. This pro...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Untitled - Oilfields
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Untitled (Oilfields), 2004, 60x60cm, Edition 3/10. Analog C-Print, based on the original Polaroid, Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory #1206.03. Not mounted. O...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Framed Photography, Landscape Prints, Orange Rock Prints-Strokes of Lava
Located in Delaware , OH
Framed Photography, Landscape Prints, Orange Rock Prints-Strokes of Lava ABOUT THIS PIECE: This art photography piece named "Strokes of Lava" was part of ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Rag Paper, Color

coral brambles at the base of High Head, Truro
Located in New York, NY
coral brambles at the base of High Head, Truro 2004 Signed, dated, and numbered, verso Archival pigment print 6.5 x 6.5 inches (Edition of 11) $950.00 The first print in the edit...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

A brief movement after death 22
Located in New York, NY
A brief movement after death 22 2017 Pigment print with china marker 18.25 x 24 inches (46.4 x 61 cm) $4,500 This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

A brief movement after death 18
Located in New York, NY
A brief movement after death 18 2017 Pigment print with china marker 18.25 x 24 inches (46.4 x 61 cm) $4,500 This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

School Fun, Burnham Market - Multi-color vintage book photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
School Fun, from Richard Heeps series 'In The Treasure Trove', featuring the multicolour spines of the iconic children's Annuals, photographed in a vintage bookshop...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Delitto A Hollywood, Milan - Book Kiosk, Italian color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Delitto A Hollywood', from Richard Heeps series, 'A Short History of Milan', featuring a traditional Italian street book kiosk. A Short History of Milan began in November 2018 for...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

"In the Deep" Abstract Color Water Photograph, golden orange wave (Series 3, #8)
Located in New York, NY
Large Scale Limited edition color photograph, 40"x60" depicting an abstract waterscape that has a painterly feel. In this photograph, the artist has captured a cresting wave, amids...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper

Frenzy (Sidewinder) - not mounted, analog, last Edition - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Frenzy (Sidewinder) - 2005 125x156cm, Edition 5/5, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive paper, based on the Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist Inventory No. 3048.05, Not mounted. This piece was used by the Salzburger Festspiele 2008 for the main image campaign. Stefanie Schneider, Sidewinder Exhibit • Galeries of the City of Salzburg • Galerie am Mozartplatz July 16 – August 29, 2008 “For love is as strong as death” – this motto, taken from King Salomon’s Song of Songs, is at the programmatic center of the Salzburg Festival...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Orange Landscape Photography, Rock Prints, Large Wall Art-Splintered Amber
Located in Delaware , OH
Landscape Photography, Rock Prints, Large Wall Art-Splintered Amber ABOUT THIS PIECE: This art photography piece named "Splintered Amber" was part of a la...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Rag Paper, Color

The other day I was sure I knew what is good and what is bad - Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The other day I was sure I knew what is good and what is bad (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - 2015 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory # 13866. Not mounted. Offered is a piece from the movie: The Girl behind the White Picket Fence A tale told with blemished and expired Polaroid film about the hopes and dreams of an newly orphaned girl after loosing her parents who lived in Californian desert in an vintage Spartan travel-trailer . -filmed with Polaroid film stock and Super-8 footage, overlaid with poetic voice over monoloque - this feature film creates a dynamic kaleidoscope of words and pictures, a dreamy tale that channels Terrence Malick, Gus Van Sant, and pages torn from a lonely girls journal (Palms Springs life magazine / Caroline Ryder) Stefanie Schneider By Caroline Ryder Travel up a bumpy dirt road in Morongo Valley, the trail strewn with rocks, and you’ll come upon a gigantic 1950s trailer in pristine condition, ringed by a white picket fence, with cottontail rabbits hopping among neat little rose bushes that bloom in spite of the broiling desert heat. Inside the trailer are period accents—a vintage radio, vintage fridge, little crocheted doilies and dusty gilt-framed photographs. It’s a surreal home-sweet-home, an Americana fantasy as imagined by German artist and experimental filmmaker Stefanie Schneider whose work is so inspired by the desert landscape, she made it her home in 2005. “There’s a completely different light here than in Germany, a beautiful light,” says Schneider, whose 10 acre property in Morongo is dotted with vintage trailers. They surround her midcentury home, and serve as sets for her photo shoots or as guest lodgings for her friends from Hollywood and Berlin. “But what I really love about the desert is the desolation,” she continues. “The sense of hope for something that might or might not come. It’s easy to see our dreams projected in the desert.” Famed for shooting trailer park chic fine art photographs exclusively on vintage Polaroid film, Schneider recently completed her most ambitious project to date—a feature film made entirely of Polaroid stills (4000 images in total), the story set around her magnificent 1950s trailer. The film, called “The Girl Behind The White Picket Fence” tells the story of a broken-hearted girl who lives in the trailer. Her name is Heather, and she is played by model Heather Megan Christie, girlfriend of actor Joaquin Phoenix, and former partner of Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis, with whom she has a son. Heather stars opposite Kyle Larson (who plays ‘Hank’), a real-life gypsy fisherman who catches crab in Alaska when he’s not surfing in Southern California. Neither of the two had ever acted before, and never in the history of movie making has a director shot a film entirely on Polaroid film. “There was great difficulty shooting a film this way,” says Schneider, who, with her long straight hair, wide innocent eyes and thick-framed glasses, conjures an art-house Gretel. “If I had used a regular camera I would have had 36 exposures per minute, much faster and easier than using the old Polaroid camera which takes a long time to shoot one frame. Also, sometimes it doesn’t shoot at the exact moment you think it’s going to—but that’s really great because then you miss the perfect moment…and often those are the best shots.” Individually, the Polaroid photographs that comprise 29 PALMS, CA stand alone, but together and in sequence, filmed with super 8 and 16mm film stock and overlaid with poetic voice-over monologues, they create a dynamic kaleidoscope of words and pictures, a dreamy tale that channels Terrence Malick. Gus Van Sant, and pages torn from a lonely girl’s journal. The idea to shoot a movie in this way came about in 2004, when Schneider was working with leading German director Mark Forster (Monster’s Ball, Finding Neverland, Quantum of Solace) on his film Stay. She had met Forster at director Wim Wender’s birthday party in Hollywood. A few years later, Forster asked Schneider to shoot Polaroids of scenes from Stay as he filmed; he used those photographs for dream and memory sequences in the movie. For the first time, Schneider saw her Polaroids strung together in sequence, moving with rhythm like a flipbook, in the context of a story. When Forster urged her to consider making a feature film using that technique, the seed of 29 PALMS, CA was sown. She mentioned the idea to her good friend German actor Udo Kier, who also gave the idea a big thumbs up, and agreed to play the part of a mysterious shaman in the film. Thanks to her strong reputation in the art world and her Hollywood connections, getting talented people on board was the easy part (for a while, Charlotte Gainsbourg was pegged to play the starring role, although she pulled out two weeks before shooting commenced because she was pregnant and not fit to travel to the desert.) The hard part was finding the perfect trailer—and bringing it to the desert. “This trailer almost killed us,” says Schneider’s partner Lance Waterman, who lives and works with Schneider in Morongo Valley. After finding it on eBay, the couple drove to Utah to pick it up, the plan being to tow it all the way back to the high desert themselves. Bad idea. “We were driving down a hill with this enormous trailer behind us when we realized that if we wanted to stop, there would be no way to do so without the trailer crushing us,” says Waterman. Adds Schneider: “Lance was even giving me instructions on how to jump out of the truck, if we needed to.” Thankfully the road leveled and as soon as they were able to slow down and pull over, they called a professional towing company, which transported the trailer the remaining distance to Morongo Valley. Filming took place in Spring 2011 and 2012. Schneider recently submitted the film to major film festivals in Europe and the US, and it will be broadcast in 2013 by leading German television channel, Arte. While Schneider may come from a long tradition of photographers-turned-filmmakers—Stanley Kubrick started out as a photographer, as did Ken Russell (Tommy, Women in Love...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Wear NIKE 3 – John Yuyi, Fashion, Millenial, Photography, Art, Temporary Tattoo
Located in Zurich, CH
JOHN Yuyi (*1991, Taiwan) Wear NIKE 3, 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, Tai...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Untitled (Candles), 1998, rare cibachrome proof print
Located in Surfside, FL
A rare unsigned proof print from Muse X. this is the original Cibachrome print on heavy metallic photography paper. this is an original vintage color print c print. Lyle Ashton Harris (born 1965) is an American artist who has cultivated a diverse artistic practice ranging from photographic media, collage, photo montage, installation art and performance art. Born in the Bronx, Harris was raised between New York City and Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. He graduated with a BA from Wesleyan University and received his MFA from the California Institute of the Arts. His work explores intersections between the personal and the political, examining the impact of ethnicity, gender and desire on the contemporary social and cultural dynamic. Known for his self-portraits and use of pop culture icons (such as Billie Holiday and Michael Jackson), His work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the 52nd Venice Biennale. His work has been acquired by major international museums, most recently by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. His commissioned work has been featured in a wide range of publications, including The New York Times Magazine and the New Yorker. In 2014 Harris joined the board of trustees at the American Academy in Rome and was named the 10th recipient of the David C. Driskell Prize by the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. Born in the Bronx New York City, He currently lives and works in New York City and is an Associate Professor at New York University. Education Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, 1992 National Graduate Photography Seminar, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, 1991 Master of Fine Arts, California Institute of the Arts, 1990 Bachelor of Arts (with Honors), Wesleyan University, 1988 Works in Public Collections Los Angeles County Museum of Art Miami Art Museum Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Spain Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Museum of Modern Art, New York Princeton University Art Museum The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York The Studio Museum in Harlem The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York Selected Solo Exhibitions 2010Untitled (Black Power), Cokkie Snoei Gallery, Amsterdam Netherlands Ghana, CRG Gallery, NY 2008Sketches from the Shore, The Neil L. and Angelica Zander Rudenstine Gallery, Harvard University,Cambridge, MA 2004Lyle Ashton Harris, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France Blow Up, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL Rrose is a Rrose is a Rrose: Gender Performance in Photography, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY (catalogue) Traveled to The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA Bang! The Gun as Image, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 1998Distillation, Galerie Analix Forever, Geneva, Switzerland Alchemy, in collaboration with Thomas Allen Harris, New Langston Arts, San Francisco, CA. Traveled to Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (catalogue) 1994The Good Life, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY Face, Broadway Window, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY Selected Group Exhibitions 2014Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York “The Progress of Love”, The Menil Collection, Houston, TX “The Romare Bearden Project”, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY 2011 “Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture”, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY (catalogue) Kreyol Factory, Grande Hale de la Villete, Paris, France (catalogue) S&M: Shines and Masquerades in Cosmopolitan Times, [Co-Curator], 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York University, New York, NY 2007 Think with the Senses, Feel with the Mind, 52nd Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy (catalogue) (NOT) GAY ART NOW, Curated by Jack Pierson, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY 2005 Male Desire Two, Mary Ryan Gallery, NY African Queen, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY The Squared Circle: Boxing in Contemporary Art, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN 2002 Typical Men: Recent Photography of the Male Body by Men, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow Goddess, Galerie Lelong, New York, NY Welcome, Curated by Renato Bianchini, Citta Sant’Angelo, Pescara, Italy 1998 Diana.98, Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland Millenovecento, Galerie Analix B Polla & C Cargnel, Paris, France Black Nudes: New Identities, Gay Games Amsterdam 1998, Amsterdam, Netherlands Portraits, James Graham and Sons, New York, NY The Paranoid Machine, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Published Photographs Stanley, Alessandra, “Berlusconi, The Return,” The New York Times Magazine, April 15, p. 40, (photographed Silvio Berlusconi) Hyland, John, “Hot Chicks, Cool Rooms,” The New York Times Magazine’s Fashions of the Times, Spring Issue, p.185 2000Portraits of Cuban Link, Fat Joe, Jermaine Dupri, Jill Scott...
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1990s Contemporary Photography

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Color

A Vision you can't Capture - 29 Palms, CA, analog, mounted
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
A Vision you can't Capture (29 Palms, CA) - 2007 125x172cm, Edition 2/5, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, based on the Polaroid, signatur...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Metal

Radha Pink (29 Palms, CA) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Portrait Photography
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Radha Pink' (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 38x36cm, Edition of 30, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory #616...
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1990s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Desert Bike Biscuits riding in the Folly of Illusions (Till Death do us Part)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Desert Bike Biscuits riding in the Folly of Illusions (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 20x24cm, Edition of 10. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature la...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Parchment Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Untitled (Traintracks) - based on a Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Traintracks) - The Last Picture Show - 2004 50x50cm. Edition of 5, and 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artis...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

A Vision you can't Capture (29 Palms, CA)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
A Vision you can't Capture (29 Palms, CA) - 2007 60x80cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Signature label and certificate. Artist ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

'Surfers' Dream Sunset' Mixed Media on Canvas - Seascape Painting 2021
Located in Carmel, CA
'Surfer's Dream' mixed media on canvas - Seascape Painting 2021 Acrylic paint and photography on canvas. One of a kind. O. Devan paints that which he doesn't really see. His camer...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Canvas, Acrylic

Childhood Memories - 21st Century, Polaroid, Beach, Ocean, Dog, Contempoary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Childhood Memories (Stay), from Ryan Gosling's memory sequence - 2006 58x56cm, Edition of 5. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Archive Crystal Paper, matte surfa...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

'Smooth evening' Photography 64" x 44" framed by Karim
Located in Carmel, CA
Edition of 3 1/3 The photograph comes with a certificate of authenticity and a letter of appraisal. Karim - 'Smooth evening' Photography on paper. framed. Karim is a very unique, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

The Return Of The Sun
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Text by Nancy Webb In Jessica Houston’s Afterward, Silence (Franklin’s Crewmen’s Grave, Beechey Island) a single pale gravestone stands on an otherwise desolate ashen shore – a reli...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Digital

Untitled (Traintracks) - based on a Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Traintracks) - The last Picture Show - 2004 78x77cm. Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artis...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Zabriskie Point IV - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Zabriskie Point (Stranger than Paradise) - PART IV - 2003 20x20cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. ...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Floral Wicker Bag, Goodwood Revival - Vintage Fashion Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
This stylish artwork, 'Floral Wicker Handbag' taken at the glamorous retro event Goodwood Revival, perfectly captures feminine sophistication with a vintage vibe. This artwork is a ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

Materials

C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Silver Gelatin

Contemporary photography for sale on 1stDibs.

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