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
Lakeside wooden Jetty, black and white long exposure art landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Jetty with benches on a rainy day at the beautiful Wallersee in Salzburg, Austria. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tales of Bitter Doom - complete series, 25 pieces
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Tales of Bitter Doom' complete series, 25 pieces
Edition of 7,
30x30cm each, complete 150x150cm plus spaces, 2018
digital C-Prints, based on a Polaroids mounted on Dibond - gloss ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper
$7,576 Sale Price
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Voyeurism for Playboy by Helmut Newton - Vintage Photograph - 1991
Located in Roma, IT
Voyeurism for Playboy is a black and white photograph realized by Helmut Newton.
Black and white photograph
From the series "Voyeurism " realized by Newton for Playboy magazine.
Category
1990s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Fairytale
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Fairytale - 2016,
50x50cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and certificate.
Artist inventory PL2017-112.
Not mounted....
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Sophia Loren Holding a Flower
Located in Austin, TX
Sophia Loren holding a flower in Karlsruhe, Germany circa 1961.
This listing is for a limited edition archival print.
What's included:
- Limited Edition Archival Print
- Numbered C...
Category
1950s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Cypress Tree Avenue, Tuscany, black and white photography, landscape, fine art
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography print. Winding path through the cypresses trees avenue in the beautiful Tuscany, Italy. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Aeroglyph XT1876 - large format photo of light painting in nocturnal landscape
By Reuben Wu
Located in San Francisco, CA
Aeroglyph XT1876 (2019) by Reuben Wu, a large format original photograph from an ongoing photography series, capturing large temporary geometries traced by light carrying drones in e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Twist and Turn
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Twist and Turn - 2020,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proof
Archival Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2020-896.
Not mounted....
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Rich Thomson
By Mel Roberts
Located in New York, NY
Rich Thomson
c. 1959-1981
Signature stamp in black ink, verso
Vintage silver print
7 x 5 inches
$800
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Untitled 3. 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
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color
Casablanca Iconic Scene
Located in Austin, TX
Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid. Filmed and set during World War II, it focuses on an American expatriate (Bogart) who must choose between his love for a woman (Bergman) and helping her and her husband (Henreid), a Czech resistance leader, escape from the Vichy-controlled city of Casablanca to continue his fight against the Germans. The screenplay is based on Everybody Comes to Rick's, an unproduced stage play by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison. The supporting cast features Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt...
Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Sophie- Signed limited edition nude print, Black white, Naked woman, Portrait
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Sophie - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 1995 - Edition of 10
A classical approach, sensual not sexual
This image was captured on film.
This print that is bein...
Category
1990s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Black and White, Photographic Film, Pi...
Snow Covered Central Park, New York City, black and white photo, limited edtion
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art cityscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity includ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Sur Le Toit
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Each image is hand-printed by the artist on archival paper
Signed
Edition of 17/ 3AP
Ask about other sizes
Renée Jacobs is one of the most celebrated pho...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tenterhooks - Contemporary, Polaroid, Black and White, Women, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Tenterhooks - 2020
48x60cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label and certificate.
Artist inventory PL2020-971.
Not...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
Elegant Black and White Nude Woman Photography - Wall Art for Sale
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Explore our collection of elegant black and white nude woman photography, capturing the beauty of the human form. Perfect as wall art for modern...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Foam, Paper, Photographic Paper
Otherside (Bombay Beach) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Otherside (Bombay Beach) - 2023
20x20cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and certificate.
Artist inventory PL2023-08.
Not mounted.
Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde is a self-taught freelance photographer, based in Brussels. Early on in her career, she discovered a fascination with art nude photography and since then the human body in its purest form has played a major role throughout her work.
In 2016, after becoming increasingly frustrated with digital perfection, an impulse buy of The Impossible Project’s I-1 camera changed her life. Never having heard of TIP before, she describes making that first Polaroid image as an instant love affair. Within weeks she had acquired several old Polaroid cameras...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Minimalist Landscape, Frozen Farmland, Winter Field, lonely Tree, limited print
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
Marise Nature. Limited Edition Photograph
By Uwe Ommer
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Marise Nature
H 35.5 in. x 27.5 in. W
Edition of 6 + 1 AP
Unframed
Marise Nature Series
The artist explored nature and how the body can be part of these landscapes with the help o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Golden Gate, San Francisco, Bridge Detail, limited edition photo print, USA
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
Archival Pigment
Wild Things (Till Death do us Part) Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Wild Things (Till Death do us Part) - 2005
20x20cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Parchment Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Morning Valley Light (hand-printed cyanotype, 8.5x 11 " matted to 11x 14")
Located in Oakland, CA
Towering monterey pines lean into the blue mist of the valley beyond.These iconic Monterey Pines are in the woods across the bay from San Francisco. A larger framed edition of this ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Photogram
Peter Andrew Lusztyk - Creamsicles - Green, Photography 2023, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Creamsicles - Green
Digital C-Print / Archival Pigment Print
Edition of 5 per size
Available sizes:
36” x 24”
48” x 36”
72” x 48”
96” x 48"
This photograph will be printed once paym...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Signed limited edition nude fine art print, Contemporary black white - Sandrine
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 ‘ Sandrine ‘ who was captured on film in...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Elise - Original Art Signed limited edition print, Sexy woman repairing a car
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Elise - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, Edition of 5
Sexy woman in short shorts repairing a car.
Signed + numbered by artist with certificate of authenticity, unfra...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pig...
$2,110 Sale Price
40% Off
Brigitte Bardot b/w silver gelatin photograph.
Located in Norwich, GB
Terry O’Neill is one of the twentieth century's most accomplished and collected photographers, whose work hangs in national galleries and private collections around the globe. Since ...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, C Print, Lambda
Seascape VII - large format photograph of cloud formations and reflecting sea
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale original photograph of dramatic cloud formations and reflecting sea
SEASCAPE VII by Frank Schott
48 x 48 inches ( 122 x 122cm )
signed edition of 7
58 x 58 inches ( 14...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment, Black and ...
Basilica di San Giorgio Maggiore, Panorama, Venice, black and white photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure panorama waterscape - landscape photography. Gondolas in front of the Basilica di San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, Italy. Archival pigment ink p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hot Air Balloon, World Championship, black and white photograph, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Manhattan, Top of the Rock, New York City, black and white photography, limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art cityscape - landscape photography. View of Manhattan from Top of the Rock, New York City, USA. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
June Breeze (hand-printed botanical cyanotype, 18 x 36 inches)
Located in Oakland, CA
This long narrow monotype was made by carefully arranging hundreds of individual blades of fresh-cut native Californian wild grass. The species of tall marsh grass is called Gray Rus...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
$480 Sale Price
20% Off
'Yellow is the Dawning of May' Large scale photograph flowers blue green pastel
Located in Penzance, GB
'Yellow is the Dawning of May'
Limited edition (1 of 25) archival photograph, hand signed and numbered. Unframed
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Illuminated among painted pools of early summer lig...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Giclée, Archival Pigment, Digital...
Award Winning Beach, Scotland, fine art black and white photography, landscape
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 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Consequence Of Title I" (FRAMED) Photography 60x40 in Ed. 1/3 by Aaron Mcpolin
Located in Culver City, CA
"Consequence Of Title I" (FRAMED) Photography 60x40 in Ed. 1/3 by Aaron Mcpolin
Archival Giclee Print & Museum Framed
Size framed: 61.5" x 41.5" in
OTHER SIZES AVAILABLE:
Edition o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lux Noctis LN3754 - large format photograph of illuminated nocturnal landscape
By Reuben Wu
Located in San Francisco, CA
Lux Noctis LN3754 by Reuben Wu, a mesmerizing large scale photograph from the series Lux Noctis, an ongoing project depicting nighttime landscapes unbound by time and space, influenc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Award Winning Beach, minimalist monochrome, photograph, limited edition print
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 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Esplanade, Beach Huts, monochrome photograph, limited edition landscape print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Debbie Harry of Blondie
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of Debbie Harry by Barry Schultz. Taken backstage at a Blondie show at the Starwood Club, Los Angeles in 1978.
Available in three sizes:
16” x 20” - Sig...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Photography
Materials
C Print
Tree in Death Valley, California, USA, monchrome photograph, landscape, limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
As if - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'As if' part of the series 'A girl called N.' - 2019
20x20cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and certificate.
Artist ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Sophie- Signed limited edition nude print, Black white, Sexy woman, Contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Sophie - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 1995 - Edition of 10
A classical approach, sensual not sexual
Large scale photograph.
This image was captured on film in...
Category
1990s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment, Photographic Film, Pi...
David Michalek, Contemporary, Nude, Photography
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Edition 25
Portrait of a male model from the back.
From personality portraits and advertising campaigns to magazine layouts and fine art work, Greg Gorman has developed a unique style in his profession. His distinctive use of light in his black and white portraits is one of the identifying aspects of a Gorman photograph.
Gorman’s strength has been photographing motion picture and music personalities. His work has been used in film advertising and publicity campaigns as well as album and CD covers. Some of the motion picture celebrities that he has photographed include Ben Affleck, Lauren Bacall, Alec Baldwin, Antonio Banderas, Kim Basinger, Marlon Brando, Pierce Brosnan, Kevin Costner, Bette Davis, Robert De Niro, Brad Pitt, Andy Garcia, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Dustin Hoffman, Sophia Loren, Al Pacino, Barbra Streisand, Kiera Knightley, Clive Owen, Jennifer Lopez and John Travolta.
In the music field, Mr. Gorman has worked with Elton John, Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Morrissey, John Mayer...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Swan-Like Embrace (Paris) by Nan Goldin
By Nan Goldin
Located in London, GB
By Nan Goldin
Swan-Like Embrace, Paris (2001), printed later, 2021
C-Print on paper
8 x 5 1/8 inches
Signed verso (please see image 3)
From the 2021 timed release, published by Pain.
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
C Print
Lonely Tree on the Rock, minimalist landscape, limited edition photograph, print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography print. Single tree on giant stones in front of the forest, Mühlviertel, Austria. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titl...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Surreal Moment' - waterscape, long exposure photography, limited edition mono
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography print. The Cliffs of Scotland during a storm with a small island. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 20....
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Last thing on my mind - Polaroid, Color, Women, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Last Thing on my Mind - 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-...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Antelope Canyon rock formation monochrome abstract
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
From a long forgotten Dream (Chicks and Chicks and sometimes Cocks)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
From a long forgotten Dream (Chicks and Chicks and sometimes Cocks) - 2019
20x20cm, Edition of 10.
Digital C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Artist inventory 21582.
Signature label an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
3499 - signed fine art photograph with pre-order copy of 'Solace' book
Located in London, GB
This limited-edition signed photograph by Ugnė Pouwell is a timeless exploration of light, shadow, and texture, capturing the themes explored in her debut photography book, Solace. E...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Giclée
First Kiss (Till Death do us Part)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
First Kiss (Till Death do us Part) - 2005
20x24cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Santa Maria della Salute, Gondola, Venice, monochrome photograph, limited print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - cityscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Once we were Warriors (Stage of Consciousness) - starring Radha Mitchell
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Once we were Warriors (Stage of Consciousness) - 2007
from the 29 Palms, CA project.
58x56cm, Edition 1/5.
Analog C-Print hand-printed by the artist, based on a Polaroid.
Certifi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Stretch - Original Art, Signed limited edition contemporary fine art print, Sexy
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Stretch - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 10
This image was captured on film in 1982. Unframed
From the same photoshoot, the so-called 'Zip' print by...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
She Disappeared into Complete Silence (AD7517) - large scale abstract photograph
By Mona Kuhn
Located in San Francisco, CA
In the series 'She Disappeared into Complete Silence' (2014) Mona Kuhn takes a new direction into abstraction.
She turns to a highly austere and restrained reductionist geometry and distilled formal purity, connecting the interior to the exterior, the visible to the hidden. These reflections cause one to linger, as they merge to create a dynamic equilibrium of tension, spaces and rythms.
AD7517 (She Disappeared into Complete Silence)
30" x 40" / 76cm x 102cm
edition of 8 + 2AP
45" x 60" / 114cm x 152cm
edition of 8 + 2AP
limited edition photograph printed under artist supervision + accompanied by signed artist certificate:
artist signature labels are 8x10 in size
signed, editioned, dated and titled by the artist, and 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.
Mona 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, Kuhn's monograph titled Bushes and Succulents has been published by Stanley/Barker Editions, with a debut at Jeu de Paume in Paris, in 2019. A stunning career retrospective of Mona Kuhn's works has been published by Thames & Hudson, Spring 2021. Kuhn's forthcoming publication Kings Road, will be published and released by Steid this Fall 2021.
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
2024
Mona Kuhn: Between Modernism and Surrealism, Houk Gallery, New York, NY
2023
Mona Kuhn: Kings Road, Galerie XII...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
"Lago di Como" Photography 39" x 29.5" inch Edition of 4 by Lukas Dvorak
By Lukas Dvorak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Lago di Como" Photography 39" x 29.5" inch Edition of 4 by Lukas Dvorak
Pigment print on Epson Fine ART paper
2009
Unframed
Ships rolled in a tube
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Lukas Dvorak...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Pigment
Untitled 28 (Polaroid Transfer Drawing of a Reclining Male Nude by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Polaroid transfer drawing of a reclining male nude on Rive BFK paper by Mark Beard
9.5 x 7 inch image size
22 x 15 inch paper size
Ed. 5/6, Polaroid Transfer on Rives BFK paper, unfr...
Category
1990s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Polaroid
Southwold Pier, Suffolk - Waterscape Color Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Southwold Pier, waterscape photograph from Richard Heeps' series, On-Sea. Symmetry of the architectural structure draws your eyes hypnotically to the horizon as the sun is setting on...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Mapplethorpe, Gun Blast, A Season in Hell (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Photogravure on papier gravure Cartiere Enrico Magnani à la main, mounted on papier Cartiere Enrico Magnani à la main moulé-pressé paper, as issued. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbe...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photogravure
$2,796 Sale Price
20% Off
Tussle -The Princess and her Lover - including the book 'A Half Forgotten Dream'
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Tussle (The Princess and her Lover) - 2009
including Stefanie Schneider's new monograph "A Half Forgotten Dream" signed. 192 pages, hardcover, published by Snap Collective, 2024.
...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
The Real Mermaid - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 23.4x35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a model swimming in the pool.
"There were five grand pianos at her house, a pool at the third floor, and a sad man on the bottom of that pool me. I jus...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital 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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