Contemporary Portrait Prints
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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1980s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Paper, Screen
1980s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Paper, Lithograph
Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Prints
Lithograph, Paper
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Paper, Etching, Aquatint, Screen
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée
1970s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Etching
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée
1980s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Paper, Screen
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Lithograph, Offset
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Linocut
1980s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Drypoint, Etching
1980s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Lithograph
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Paper, Ink, Etching, Aquatint
Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Prints
Paper, Screen
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Prints
Archival Ink, Digital
1980s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Pencil, Lithograph
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Prints
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Prints
Archival Ink, Digital
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Paper, Mixed Media
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Archival Paper, Lithograph
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Screen
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Portrait Prints
Photogravure
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Offset
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Portrait Prints
Lithograph
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Etching
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Metal
Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Prints
Lithograph, Paper
Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Prints
Offset
Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Prints
Lithograph, Paper
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Screen
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Screen
Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Prints
Lithograph, Paper
Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Prints
Lithograph, Paper
Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Prints
Lithograph, Paper
Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Prints
Lithograph, Paper
1980s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Lithograph, Paper
Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Prints
Lithograph, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Prints
Paper, Lithograph
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Archival Pigment
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Prints
Digital
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Prints
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Lithograph
Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Prints
Paper, Lithograph
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Lithograph
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Prints
Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Digital Pigment
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Giclée
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Prints
Archival Paper, Etching
Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Prints
Lithograph, Paper
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée
1990s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Lithograph, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Prints
Linen, Ink
1980s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Paper, Lithograph
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Prints
Color
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Prints
Canvas, Linen, Ink, Linocut
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Prints
Pigment