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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.

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Style: Contemporary
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Saltern Study 12, Great Salt lake, Utah, USA - Large-format Photograph
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny Saltern Study 12, Great Salt lake, Utah, 2015 Archival Pigment Print Signature Label Price for Print only. Ask us for framing options. SALT pushes the preferred minim...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

David Bowie : Style
Located in Austin, US
Museum quality fine art print of David Bowie by photographer Markus Klinko, from his celebrated collection "Bowie Unseen", released for the first time in 2016. This shot of David Bo...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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C Print

Tyler Shields - Glitter Heart (MOUTHFUL series) - Photography
Located in New York City, NY
Tyler Shields is photographer, film director, and writer, best known for his images of Hollywood celebrities. Known for his controversial and violent images, and frequently drawing ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Paper, C Print, Plexiglass

Smoking Lips - 2013 Playboy Cover of Red Lips with a Burning Match, fine art
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 certificate of authenticity from the gallery. "Smoking Lips," the iconic 2013 Playboy cover by Tony Kelly...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

LA girls naked models lying down in front of city view -90ies supermodel feeling
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...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Toast is ready! (Cyndi Lauper) - record cover shoot
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Toast is Ready (Cyndi Lauper) from the 'Bring Ya to the Brink' record Album) 2009 - 20x24cm, sold out Edition of 5, Artist Proof 2/2. Digital C-Print based on a Polaroid. Certifi...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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

Chrysanthemum Bitten - model with pink lips biting a white flower
Located in Vienna, AT
Chrysanthemum Bitten - model with pink lips biting a white flower The artwork is made and signed by the artist in a strictly limited edition. Other sizes and...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Lambda

Golden Amaterasu- naked woman covered with gold, visible from the front
Located in Vienna, AT
Golden Amaterasu- famous nude and masterpiece of the grand golden series - a naked nude model dancing - stratching her arm to the ground and visible from ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

160502 Painting 339
Located in New York, NY
2020 Signed on label, verso Ultrachrome ink on paper 77 x 58 inches Contact gallery for price. This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Canvas, Ink, Archival Pigment

Gold, Sotheby's – Erik Madigan Heck, Fashion, Woman, Sotheby's, Gold, Dress, Art
Located in Zurich, CH
Erik MADIGAN HECK (*1983, United States) Gold, Sotheby's, 2017 Chromogenic print Sheet 101.6 x 72.4 cm (40 x 28 1/2 in.) Edition of 5, plus 2 AP; Ed. no. 2/5 Print only Originally ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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C Print

Kiss me Quick, Paris – Bedazzled, Supermodel Lindsey Wixson
Located in Vienna, AT
Kiss me Quick, Paris – Bedazzled, Supermodel Lindsey Wixson This artwork is made and signed by the artist in a strictly limited edition of 3. It is framed high-end with a black hard...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Drew Barrymore Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, Portrait
Located in Munich, DE
Combined Edition 25 Also available in 50 x 60 cm/ 20 x 24 inch and as combined Edition 10 in 76 x 101 cm / 30 x 40 inch 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch Portrait of the young American actress Drew...
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1990s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Rose VIII – Nick Knight, Photography, Pink, Rose, Flower, Art, Contemporary
Located in Zurich, CH
NICK KNIGHT (*1958, Great Britain) Rose VIII 2012 Hand-coated pigment print Sheet 117,5 x 76,2 cm (46 1/4 x 30 in.) Edition of 9, plus 2 AP; Ed. no. 3/9 print only Nick Knight is among the world’s most influential and visionary photographers. He has worked on a range of often controversial issues during his career – from racism, disability, ageism, and more recently fat-ism. He continually challenges conventional ideals of beauty. Knight made fashion history in November 1993 by adapting ring-flash photography to capture Linda Evangelista for a landmark, post-grunge cover of British Vogue. Since then, his work has graced no fewer than 36 covers. He has shot advertising campaigns for Jil Sander, Louis Vuitton, Calvin Klein, Yves Saint Laurent, Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen and Christian Dior to name a few. He has also shot record covers for David Bowie, Paul Weller, George Michael and Massive Attack. Knight’s work has been exhibited at institutions such as the Victoria & Albert Museum, Saatchi Gallery, The Photographers’ Gallery, the Hayward Gallery and recently the Tate Modern. Knight has also turned his hand to directing music videos - Pagean Poetry by Björk in 2001 being his first and, most recently, Kanye West’s Bound 2. He directed the video for Lady Gaga’s hit single Born This Way in 2011. Both the song and the video aimed to empower and show solidarity within minority groups, a common theme in Knight’s work. The work is one of a recently published series of prints that took 10 years to produce due to the long development process they triggered. Inspired by 16th century still lifes, Knight applied various techniques such as heat and exposure to a photograph during the developing process, creating a picture with a wonderful effect in which the colours seemed to magically merge and develop a life of their own. Knight began this project when he and his wife were given access to the barium of the Natural History Museum in 1993 for his installation "Plant Power" Flora. From the 6 million different species available (it took him 3 years to sift through them all) he made a final selection of 46 specimens and almost 15 years later decided to publish 15 pictures...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Pigment

TK Swimteam - colourful portrait of women sunbathing in blue swimsuits
Located in Vienna, AT
colourful portrait of women sunbathing in blue swimsuits PREISS FINE ARTS is one of the world’s leading galleries for fine art photography represent...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

two part picture of a model in a golden-shaded dress walking down a road
Located in Vienna, AT
Things we lost in fire and heat - golden-shaded two part picture of a lightly dressed model walking down a road. The dry hot landscape with girl gets completed by a desert shot with ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

After so many lives - diptych coca cola and woman sitting at the pool yellow red
Located in Vienna, AT
Colorful Pop Art inspired two-part picture of a model in a red dress sitting at the pool in the shape of a star. Blue-turquoise shimmering water is complemented with a detail of the ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Heavy Duty - Girl carrying Milk through cows stabel, fine art photograhpy, 2015
Located in Vienna, AT
Other sizes and high end framing on request. PREISS FINE ARTS is one of the world’s leading galleries for fine art photography representing the most famous contemporary artists. El...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Untitled (Glass Ceiling #2-462)
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print Signed and numbered on label, verso 14 x 18.7 inches (Edition of 10) 25 x 33.4 inches (Edition of 7) 41 x 56 inches (Edition of 3) 58 x 77.4 inches (Edition...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Helios
Located in New York, NY
C-print on Endura metallic paper (Edition of 5) Signed and numbered, verso This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Begun in 2003, the series of works collect...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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C Print

Surya
Located in New York, NY
C-print on Endura metallic paper (Edition of 5) Signed and numbered, verso This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Begun in 2003, the series of works collect...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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C Print

Peas and Carrots on a Plate
Located in Morton Grove, IL
c-print Sandy Skoglund is an American photographer and installation artist known for her Surrealist, brightly colored images. She was born on September 11, 1946 in Quincy, MA and gr...
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1970s Contemporary Photography

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C Print

Bavarian Girls - Girls in Dirndl peeling Potatoes, fine art Photography, 2015
Located in Vienna, AT
Other sizes and high end framing on request. PREISS FINE ARTS is one of the world’s leading galleries for fine art photography representing the most famous contemporary artists. El...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

HOTdogs (No Artificial Colours)
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Hallencreutz, Clara Title: HOTdogs (No Artificial Colours) Date: 2015 Medium: C-print face mounted to archival acrylic, backed with aluminum Unframed Dimensions: 27...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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C Print

The Golden Arches
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Hallencreutz, Clara Title: The Golden Arches Date: 2009 Medium: C-print face mounted to archival acrylic, backed with aluminum Unframed D...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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C Print

2013 July 14 – Summer Heat
Located in Sante Fe, NM
My photographs comprise a solar diary, portraits of a moment in the life of our local star. Most are captured from my backyard in Buffalo, NY. Using a small telescope and narrow band...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

2013 September 26 – The Roots of Life
Located in Sante Fe, NM
My photographs comprise a solar diary, portraits of a moment in the life of our local star. Most are captured from my backyard in Buffalo, NY. Using a small telescope and narrow band...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Untitled Face of blonde woman in sunlight drinking from straw
Located in Vienna, AT
Limited edition prints. Available in three sizes. High-end framing on request. Each artwork is done and signed by the artist. The collector receives an additional certificate of au...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

W59th Street at West End Avenue
By John Chiara
Located in New York, NY
Unique Two Negative Chromogenic Photographs
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper

In the Middle of Things
Located in New York, NY
In the Middle of Things, 2014 Archival pigment print 32 x 40 inches Edition of 6 New York based artist Jennifer Mien Mien Lin’s (1983-) conceptual photography is a look into th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Lily Unfurled
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, dated and numbered on front of print. Titled on back of print. Contact the gallery for availability. This listing is for the 9 x 11 inch size. Available in 4 sizes: 9" x 11"...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Icelandic Poppy II
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, dated and numbered on front of print. Titled on back of print. Contact the gallery for availability. This listing is for the 9 x 11 inch size. Available in 4 sizes: 9" x ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Gerbera I
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, dated and numbered on front of print. Titled on back of print. Contact the gallery for availability. This listing is for the 9 x 11 inch size. Available in 4 sizes: 9" x ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

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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