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.

Style: Contemporary

Artist: Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde

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Contemporary Photography

2010s Contemporary Photography

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeUnder cover, 2020

2010s Contemporary Photography

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeLonesome - Contemporary, Polaroid, Black and White, Women, 21st Century, Nude, 2020

2010s Contemporary Photography

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeHurt - Polaroid, Color, Women, 21st Century, Nude, 2020

2010s Contemporary Photography

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeBotanic - Polaroid, Nature, 21st Century, Flower, 2017

2010s Contemporary Photography

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeFrontwards - Polaroid, Color, Women, Portrait, 2020

2010s Contemporary Photography

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeStyrofoam - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2021

2010s Contemporary Photography

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeBeyond, 2020

2010s Contemporary Photography

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeDemonstrate - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, 21st Century, Joshua Tree, 2019

2010s Contemporary Photography

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeHeart of Glass - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2019

2010s Contemporary Photography

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeHanging by a thread - Contemporary, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Nude, 2019

2010s Contemporary Photography

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeSilk -Contemporary, Polaroid, Black and White, Women, 21st Century, Nude, 2020

2010s Contemporary Photography

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeTrouble me, 2020

2010s Contemporary Photography

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeSo what?, 2020

2010s Contemporary Photography

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeExposure, 2018

2010s Contemporary Photography

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeEven with my eyes closed - Polaroid, Color, Women, Portrait, 2020

2010s Contemporary Photography

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeBreakdown - Contemporary, Polaroid, vintage Cars, Color, Women, 21st Century, 2019

2010s Contemporary Photography

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeUpside down (boy you turn me) - Contemporary, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2019

2010s Contemporary Photography

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeTrouble me, 2020

2010s Contemporary Photography

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeHuman nature - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2021

2010s Contemporary Photography

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeHurt - Polaroid, Color, Women, 21st Century, Nude, 2020

2010s Contemporary Photography

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeSociety - Contemporary, Nude, Men, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2021

2010s Contemporary Photography

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeConfinement, 2020

2010s Contemporary Photography

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeLinger - Polaroid, Color, Women, Portrait, 2020

2010s Contemporary Photography

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeSave me - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2020

2010s Contemporary Photography

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeWaves - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2021

2010s Contemporary Photography

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeRevolution - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, Landscape, 21st Century, 2016

2010s Contemporary Photography

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeBattle for the Sun - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, 21st Century, 2019

2010s Contemporary Photography

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeThe monstera in me - Contemporary, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color, 2019

2010s Contemporary Photography

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeI always was your girl, 2018

2010s Contemporary Photography

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeSunblind - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2019

2010s Contemporary Photography

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeDays of Thunder (Bombay Beach, CA) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Vintage Cars, 2019

2010s Contemporary Photography

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeHindsigh - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2019

2010s Contemporary Photography

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeCrystalised - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2021

2010s Contemporary Photography

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeUnintended - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2021

2010s Contemporary Photography

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeGolden Brown - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color, 2019

2010s Contemporary Photography

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeStranger - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, Landscape, 21st Century, 2016

2010s Contemporary Photography

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeWaves - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2021

2010s Contemporary Photography

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeDays of Thunder (Bombay Beach, CA) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Vintage Cars, 2019

2010s Contemporary Photography

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeHuman nature - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2021

2010s Contemporary Photography

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Under cover, 2020

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Lonesome - Contemporary, Polaroid, Black and White, Women, 21st Century, Nude, 2020

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Hurt - Polaroid, Color, Women, 21st Century, Nude, 2020

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Botanic - Polaroid, Nature, 21st Century, Flower, 2017

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Frontwards - Polaroid, Color, Women, Portrait, 2020

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Styrofoam - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2021

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Beyond, 2020

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Demonstrate - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, 21st Century, Joshua Tree, 2019

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Heart of Glass - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2019

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Hanging by a thread - Contemporary, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Nude, 2019

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Silk -Contemporary, Polaroid, Black and White, Women, 21st Century, Nude, 2020

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Trouble me, 2020

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
So what?, 2020

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Exposure, 2018

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Even with my eyes closed - Polaroid, Color, Women, Portrait, 2020

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Breakdown - Contemporary, Polaroid, vintage Cars, Color, Women, 21st Century, 2019

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Upside down (boy you turn me) - Contemporary, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2019

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Trouble me, 2020

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Human nature - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2021

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Hurt - Polaroid, Color, Women, 21st Century, Nude, 2020

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Society - Contemporary, Nude, Men, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2021

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Confinement, 2020

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Linger - Polaroid, Color, Women, Portrait, 2020

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Save me - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2020

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Waves - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2021

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Revolution - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, Landscape, 21st Century, 2016

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Battle for the Sun - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, 21st Century, 2019

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
The monstera in me - Contemporary, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color, 2019

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
I always was your girl, 2018

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Sunblind - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2019

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Days of Thunder (Bombay Beach, CA) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Vintage Cars, 2019

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Hindsigh - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2019

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Crystalised - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2021

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Unintended - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2021

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Golden Brown - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color, 2019

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Stranger - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, Landscape, 21st Century, 2016

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Waves - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2021

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Days of Thunder (Bombay Beach, CA) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Vintage Cars, 2019

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Human nature - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2021

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Buds, 2016

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Bath time story V - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2017

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Ever present - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2021

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Shiver - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2019

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Rain Dance - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, 21st Century, Joshua Tree, 2019

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Wish you were here - Contemporary, Nude, Men, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2021

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Ashtray Heart - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, 21st Century, , 2019

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Buds, 2016

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Dust - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2021

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Unintended - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2021

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Crystalised - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2021

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
I see you, 2017

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Life and how to live it - 21st Century, Polaroid, Photography, Contemporary, 2017

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Rebellion (The crazy Adventures of David C.) - Contemporary, Nude, Polaroid, 2019

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Controversy - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2018

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Red - 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude, Photography, Contemporary, 2017

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Au naturel - Contemporary, Polaroid, Black and White, Women, Nude, 2020

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Headspace - 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude, Photography, Women, 2020

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Ease me - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2019