Contemporary Prints and Multiples
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
Period: 1980s
Against Apartheid - Africa, Light, Night
Located in Köln, DE
This work by Le Parc from 1983 is part of the portfolio "Against Apartheid". In this year, many renowned artists decided to create a portfolio of printmaking works to set a sign against the Apartheid. There was also a touring exhibition. The complete project was supported by the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid. Please scroll through our seller storefront...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph, Offset
Against Apartheid - Africa, Violet, Masque, Figure
Located in Köln, DE
This work by Lucebert from 1983 is part of the portfolio "Against Apartheid". In a very harsh way, he is depicting how white man is fleecing the African continent. In this year, many renowned artists decided to create a portfolio of printmaking works to set a sign against the Apartheid. There was also a touring exhibition. The complete project was supported by the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid. Please scroll through our seller storefront...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Against Apartheid - Portrait, Nelson Mandela, Africa
Located in Köln, DE
This work by le Brocquy from 1983 is part of the portfolio "Against Apartheid". The works is a portrait of Nelson Mandela. In this year, many renowned artists decided to create a portfolio of printmaking works to set a sign against the Apartheid. There was also a touring exhibition. The complete project was supported by the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid. Please scroll through our seller storefront...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph, Offset
Waiting for Rehearsal
By Paul Cadmus
Located in New York, NY
Waiting for Rehearsal
1984
Signed, titled, and numbered in pencil, recto
Etching (Edition of 175)
11 x 8 inches (27.9 x 20.3 cm), image
23.5 x 20.5 inches (59.7 x 52.1 cm), framed...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Andy Warhol 'Witch' (From Myths) 1981
By Andy Warhol
Located in Miami, FL
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
This Warhol 'Witch' print from Any Warhol's Myths series is a 1981 screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board. It is a numbered print Ed. 26/200 in colors, ...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
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Screen
Larry from Men in the Cities
By Robert Longo
Located in New York, NY
Larry from Men in the Cities
1983
Signed and dated in pencil, l.r.
Lithograph (Edition of 48)
72 x 36 inches (182.9 x 91.4 cm)
Contact gallery for price.
This work is offered by ...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Teddo
By Paul Cadmus
Located in New York, NY
Signed, titled, and numbered in pencil, recto
Lithograph (Edition of 200)
10 x 10.5 inches (25.4 x 26.7 cm), sheet
Contact gallery for price.
This work is offered by ClampArt in ...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Images From My Past lithograph by Dan Namingha, Hopi, Kachina, katsina
By Dan Namingha
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Images From My Past lithograph by Dan Namingha, Hopi, Kachina, katsina
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Muto
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mimmo Paladino, Italian (1948 - )
Title: Muto
Year: 1984
Medium: Etching and aquatint in colors with mink fur collage, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 17/35
Size: 60.5...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Untitled (Couple Entwined)
Located in New York, NY
Aquatint etching on paper (Edition of 75)
Signed and numbered in pencil, l.r.
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Born in Naples, Italy, Francesco Clemen...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
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Etching, Aquatint
Untitled (Between C & D)
Located in New York, NY
In this offset poster, printed in collaboration with the Lower East Side literary magazine, "Between C & D," David Wojnarowicz confronts and denounces violence against members of the LGBT community.
Cynthia Carr discusses this poster in her biography, "Fire in the Belly: The Life and Times of David Wojnarowicz." She relates the episode of when Wojnarowicz became estranged from collaborator Marion Scemama during the production of this piece and inked out her name on the copies of the poster in his possession. This is a copy from his estate.
Between C & D (1983–1990) was a Lower East Side quarterly literary magazine edited by Joel Rose and Carherine Texier. Though a geographical reference to the blocks between Avenue C and Avenue D in New York City's East Village neighborhood, “Between C & D” has also been suggested to mean “between coke and dope,” giving an indication of the publication's transgressive content and ethos. The magazine's actual tagline was “Sex. Drugs. Danger. Violence. Computers.” It was printed on fanfold computer paper, sold in a plastic bag, and featured original artwork on each binding. Contributors included Kathy Acker, Dennis Cooper, Gary Indiana, Tama Janowitz...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
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Offset
Tile Photograph 8
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print (Edition of 50)
Signed and numbered in purple, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
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Silver Gelatin
Secret State Goddess
Located in Kansas City, MO
Akio Takamori
"Secret State Goddess"
Monoprint, woodcut, gold paint
Year: 1989
Signed by artist & dated "7/1989"
*created at the Anderson Ranch Art Center
Size: 39 x 21.5"
Akio Takamori (1950 – January 11, 2017) was a Japanese-American ceramic sculptor and was a faculty member at the University of Washington.
Akio Takamori’s evolution as an artist began as he worked with Ferguson to break free of the constraints of industrial pottery and find new ways to express himself in clay. Since those first years at the Kansas City Art Institute his work has changed greatly, but it has always been figurative, based on the human body and expressive of human emotion and sensuality.
In the 1980s, Takamori worked innovatively with the vessel form and its structure, creating flat envelope shaped pots formed from slabs. Once the ceramic piece was finished, he would paint onto the surface adding details of the figures that he was representing. These figures often explored human relationships. His work in this format lasted about ten years.
In the mid-1990s a visit to the European Ceramic Work Center in The Netherlands resulted in a shift from vessels back to an early interest in sculpture and the figure. Takamori created groupings of standing figural sculptures...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
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Monoprint
Untitled (Monotype)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Peter Voulkos
Title: Untitled Print
Year: 1984
Medium: Monotype
Signed and Dated
Size: 42″x 29″
A West Coast potter and sculptor, Peter Voulkos (1924-2002) led in the development o...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
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Monoprint
Untitled (Monotype)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Peter Voulkos
Title: Untitled Print
Year: 1984
Medium: Monotype
Signed and Dated
Size: 28″x 22″
A West Coast potter and sculptor, Peter Voulkos (1924-2002) led in the development o...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
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Monoprint
Untitled (Monotype)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Peter Voulkos
Title: Untitled Print
Year: 1984
Medium: Monotype
Signed and Dated
Size: 24 1/2” x 18 1/2” image
29 3/4” x 22” paper size
A West Coast potter and sculptor, Peter Voul...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
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Monoprint
Untitled (Monotype)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Peter Voulkos
Title: Untitled Print
Year: 1984
Medium: Monotype
Signed and Dated
Size: 17 1/2” x 11 x 3/4” image
29 3/4” x 22” paper size
A West Coast potter and sculptor, Peter Vo...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
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Monoprint
Stranger
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
Ed Ruscha
Stranger
1983
Lithograph
30 x 22 1/2 in.
Bon A Tirer (B.A.T.) from an edition of 7
Pencil signed and annotated B.A.T.
Accompanied with COA by Gregg...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Untitled Print CR238-Pr
Located in Kansas City, MO
Monotype
Dimensions : 42 x 29 1/16 inches image and paper
Peter Voulkos (popular name of Panagiotis Voulkos; January 29, 1924 – February 16, 2002) was an American artist of Greek descent. He is known for his abstract expressionist ceramic sculptures, which crossed the traditional divide between ceramic crafts and fine art. While his early work was fired in electric and gas kilns, later in his career he primarily fired in the anagama kiln of Peter Callas, who had helped to introduce Japanese wood firing aesthetics in the United States.
After serving in the United States Army during the Second World War, Voulkos studied painting and printmaking at Montana State College, in Bozeman (now Montana State University), where he was also introduced to ceramics; Frances Senska...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
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Monotype
John II
By Chuck Close
Located in Morton Grove, IL
6-run direct gravure
Edition 26/40
Chuck Close is an American painter and photographer who achieved fame as a photorealist, through his massive-scale portraits. Though a catastrophic...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
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Photogravure
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Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary prints and multiples 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 prints and multiples created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Andrea Bonfils, Richard Heeps, Randal Ford, and Leo Guida. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and 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 prints and multiples, so small editions measuring 0.02 inches across are also available.