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Contemporary Art

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
Large Standing Figure VI (contemporary bronze sculpture)
Located in Paris, FR
Large Standing Figure VI (Grande figure debout VI), large-scale sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia. Bronze, 148 cm × 31 cm × 27 cm. Limited edition of 8 + 4 A.P. He has been developing for thirty years a singular work, filled with human and animal characters...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Untitled (Nr. 7117) Photography 36" x 44" Edition 1/12 by Ben Cope & Rowan Daly
Located in Culver City, CA
Untitled (Nr. 7117) Photography 36" x 44" Edition 1/12 by Ben Cope & Rowan Daly Unframed - ships rolled in a tube Ben Cope + Rowan Daly Off the Grid Off the Grid is the culminat...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

'NVDR1-4 Rubik Shot Red Marilyn' Pixelated Giclée Print, 2023
Located in New York, NY
'NVDR1-4 Rubik Shot Red Marilyn' is a limited edition work by Invader created in 2023. This diasec-mounted giclée print contains bright reds, oranges, blues, greens, and yellows, and...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Giclée

Elvis Presley Icon V /// Contemporary Street Pop Art Rock Music Portrait Modern
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-) Title: "Elvis Presley Icon V" Series: Icon *Signed by Graves lower left. It is also signed, titled, and dated on verso Year: 2019-2022 Medi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

'NVDR1-1 Invaded Cube' Pixelated Giclée Print, 2023
Located in New York, NY
'NVDR1-1 Invader Cube' is a signature style rubik's cube creation by Invader. Colorful, geometric squares found in the standard toy are collaged together with a small invader at the ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Giclée

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Icon IV /// Contemporary Pop Art Fashion Model
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-) Title: "Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Icon IV" Series: Icon *Signed by Graves lower right. It is also signed, da...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Acrylic

'NVDR1-2 Rubik Camouflage' Pixelated Giclée Print, 2023
Located in New York, NY
'NVDR1-2 Rubik Camouflage' is a signature style rubik's cube creation by Invader. Colorful, geometric squares found in the standard toy are collaged together to create an invader mov...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Giclée

The Kiss Icon (Auguste Rodin) /// Contemporary Painting Classics Romantic Paris
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-) Title: "The Kiss Icon (Auguste Rodin)" Series: Icon *Signed by Graves lower right. It is also signed, dated, and titled on verso Year: 2020 ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Acrylic

Napoleon Supreme /// Contemporary Horse Military Large Painting History Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-) Title: "Napoleon Supreme" Series: Eclecticism *Signed, titled, and dated by Graves on verso Year: 2019 Medium: Original Acrylic Painting o...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Icon II /// Contemporary Pop Art JFK Painting Blue
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-) Title: "Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Icon II" Series: Icon *Signed by Graves lower left. It is also...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Acrylic

Jennifer Lawrence Supreme /// Contemporary Pop Art Large Portrait Actress Model
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-) Title: "Jennifer Lawrence Supreme" Series: Eclecticism *Signed, titled, and dated by Graves on verso Year: ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Original Pastel Drawing of Horse Race at Royal Ascot 2002 with Golan & Nayef
Located in Preston, GB
Original Pastel Drawing on Paper of Horse Race at Royal Ascot 2002 with Golan & Nayef Art measures 25 x 18 inches Frame measures 33 x 26 inches Nayef was pipped by Golan in the 2...
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil Pastel, Paper, Pastel

"Avant" Art print 24" x 16" inch Edition of 45 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Avant" Art print 24" x 16" inch Edition of 45 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko Year photo was taken: 2020 Art Print Limited Edition of 45 Picture size: Height: 24" inch Width: 16" inch *...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Pigment

Cara Delevingne Supreme /// Contemporary Large Painting Fashion Model Canvas
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-) Title: "Cara Delevingne Supreme" Series: Eclecticism *Signed by Graves lower right. It is also signed, titled...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Belvedere Hotel 2, Blizzard 3 series by Christophe Jacrot, Landscape photography
Located in Paris, FR
Belvedere Hotel 2 (2019), by contemporary photographer Christophe Jacrot. Fine Art print on Etching Hahnemühle paper. 70 x 105 cm : edition of 8 For ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print

Jet Fighter Icon /// Contemporary Street Pop Art Airplane Military Painting
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-) Title: "Jet Fighter Icon" Series: Icon *Signed by Graves lower right. It is also signed, dated, and titled on verso Year: 2020 Medium: Origi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic, Paint, Canvas

Karlie Kloss Icon III /// Contemporary Pop Street Art Model Fashion Painting
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-) Title: "Karlie Kloss Icon III" Series: Icon *Signed by Graves lower left. It is also signed, titled, and dated ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Acrylic

Pocket Bright Green Apple [2023], Baroque Still Life painting, Original Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Bright Green Apple [2023] Pocket Bright Green Apple is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

David Burdeny - Morning Snow, Versailles, France, Photography 2010
Located in Greenwich, CT
All available sizes & editions for each size of this photograph: 13” x 16" Edition of 15 21” x 26" Edition of 7 32” x 40” Edition of 7 44" x 55" Edition of 7 While the spaces themse...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Digital Pigment, Archival Pigment, Pigment, Digital, Pigment, Pho...

Marlon Brando as Johnny Strabler in "The Wild One"
By Homer van Pelt
Located in Austin, TX
Marlon Brando posed on a bike for the film "The Wild One". The Wild One is a 1953 American film noir crime film directed by Laszlo Benedek and produced by Stanley Kramer. It is mo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital

Clark Gable Posed on Sound Stage II
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white portrait features Clark Gable pose on a sound stage, circa 1931. Clark Gable was an American film actor and military officer, often referred to as "The King o...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital

The Welcome by Marine de Soos - bronze sculpture, human figure, limited edition
Located in Paris, FR
The Welcome (L'Accueil) is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos. 31 cm × 28 cm × 20 cm. Limited edition of 8 copies and IV artist’s proofs. Bronze patina...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Quiet Time - 24"x36", Interior Still-Life Painting, Pink, Beige, Pillow, Chair
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
This interior still-life painting on canvas combines expressive brushwork with intricate details capturing a warm and inviting atmosphere. Through the use of acrylic, pencil and colo...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Pencil, Acrylic, Color Pencil

Letter H - Lithograph by Rafael Alberti - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Letter H from the Alphabet series is a lithograph realized by Rafael Alberti in 1972. Hand-signed. Numbered. Edition, 12/99 prints. The state of preservation is very good. The ar...
Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Palm Springs Poolside II, California - American Architecture Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Palm Springs Poolside, photography by Richard Heeps at Ballantines Movie Colony. This artwork captures the classic mid-century Palm Springs architecture set against saturated blue sk...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Green River
Located in Burlingame, CA
Green River, created in 2023 is a sophisticated abstract painting in yellow, green and cream, that references landscape or water, with its quiet yet complex surface of layered oil pa...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Plum-Headed Parakeet (37.5" x 30")
Located in Greenwich, CT
Digital C-Print on Archival Photographic Paper Available sizes: 37.5" x 30", Edition of 15 50" x 40", Edition of 10 60" x 48", Edition of 5 Few photographers in the world have phot...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, C Print, Digital

Luis Miguel Valdes, ¨Catedral 8¨, 2017, Work on paper, 18.3x24 in
Located in Miami, FL
Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949) 'Catedral 8', 2017 acrylic on paper Canson 320 g. 18.4 x 24.1 in. (46.5 x 61 cm.) ID: 1D201708 Hand-signed by author _________________________________...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Luis Miguel Valdes, ¨Perfil¨, 1994, Work on paper, 11.8x15.7 in
Located in Miami, FL
Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949) 'Perfil', 1994 acrylic on paper Velin Arches 300 g. 11.9 x 15.8 in. (30 x 40 cm.) ID: 1D199410 Hand-signed by author _________________________________...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Ink, Paper, Acrylic, Aquatint

Bernardo Navarro Tomas, Untitled, 2018, Etching, 12.2x16.9 in n12
Located in Miami, FL
Bernardo Navarro Tomas (Cuba, 1977) 'Untitled', 2017 mixed media on japanese paper 12.3 x 17 in. (31 x 43 cm.) ID: NAA-312 Hand-signed by author
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Paper

Getting There
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Plantation Worker I
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
We should never forget our foreign religion was forced on our ancestors during slavery and the hatred for their beauty from hair to body. And till today how we continue to embrace th...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

The Anonymity of Shape (18" x 18")
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: The Anonymity of Shape Chromogenic Print on Kodak Endura Luster Paper All available sizes and editions: 18" x 18" 30" x 30" 45" x 45" 60" x 60" 70" x 70" Editions of 3 + 2 Ar...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Luster, Black and White, C Print, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digital Pig...

Match Silhouette (18" x 18")
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Match Silhouette Chromogenic Print on Kodak Endura Luster Paper All available sizes and editions: 18" x 18" 30" x 30" 45" x 45" 60" x 60" 70" x 70" Editions of 3 + 2 Artist P...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Digit...

Umbrella Silhouette II (56" x 72")
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Umbrella Silhouette II Chromogenic Print on Kodak Endura Luster Paper All available sizes and editions: 15" x 20" 22.5" x 30" 30" x 40" 45" x 60" 56" x 72" 63" x 84" Editions...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital, Archival Pigm...

Legs Silhouette (50" x 100")
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Legs Silhouette Chromogenic Print on Kodak Endura Luster Paper All available sizes and editions: 20" x 40" 30" x 60" 45" x 90" 50" x 100" Editions of 3 + 2 Artist Proofs Tyl...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Digit...

Iconic Racing Yachts in an Abstract Composition on the Still Seas
Located in US
"At Sea" Here, the 12-Meter racing yachts Weatherly and American Eagle are featured on the Atlantic Ocean. The nautical print series Sail: Majesty at Sea is an intimate look at tw...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Woman Shock At The Death Of The President (63" x 84")
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Historical Fiction Chromogenic Print on Kodak Endura Luster Paper All available sizes and editions: 22.5" x 30" 45" x 60" 63" x 84" Editions of 3 + 2 Artist Proofs Tyler Shi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Luster, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital, Pigment, A...

Insider series, (G.B.R Number 2.)
Located in Grosse Pointe Park, MI
The "Insider Series (G.B.R. Number 2.)" stands as a captivating exploration within a broader collection, offering viewers a unique visual narrative that seamlessly merges contrasting...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Limestone, Bronze, Steel

Normandy Countryside Summer Walks
Located in Nashville, TN
Following her two childhood passions, art and horses, Brooke moved to Normandy and started her dream of breeding showjumpers and set up her art studio in a grain loft in a 18th centu...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Manarola, Italy, Italian Coastal Art, Seascape Painting, Manarola Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Manarola, Italy is a limited edition print by Anya Simmons, inspired by her travels across Europe. This Giclée limited edition print is created using archive quality fine art paper a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Giclée

Just Before We Stopped, Contemporary Landscape Painting, Woodland Art, Nature
Located in Deddington, GB
Adele Riley is a British contemporary land and seascape artist working primarily in acrylic and acrylic inks. Her artistic process usually begins with a loose idea of what she wants ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Acrylic

Untitled
Located in New York, NY
This drawing by James Childs is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Conté, Graphite

Pineapple V
Located in New York, NY
Pineapple V 2022 Signed, titled, and dated in pencil, verso Wet photogram with ferric ammonium citrate, potassium ferricyanide, and suspended watercolor pigment (Unique) 22 x 14.7...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photogram

Pineapple VII
Located in New York, NY
Pineapple VII 2022 Signed, titled, and dated in pencil, verso Wet photogram with ferric ammonium citrate, potassium ferricyanide, and suspended watercolor pigment (Unique) 22 x 14...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photogram

ICES Multicolor Set of Nine Framed Colour Photography Artworks
Located in Cambridge, GB
ICES Multicolor Set of Nine Framed Artworks. A set of nine pop art prints by Richard Heeps from his Great British Staycation series 'On-Sea'. Taken ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

WC, Ho Chi Minh City - Typography Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
WC, a retro vintage sign captured in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It combines a sense of elagence with kitsch, the muted colour tones contrast with t...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Coco Chanel Series: 23
Located in Nashville, TN
Mark Jackson has been a photographer for 30 years, always creating and making. In 2017, he began experimenting with his own approach to art and printmaking - “I realized I was onto s...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Electrified Jazz
Located in Nashville, TN
Nashville native James Threalkill is a painter whose artwork celebrates a life well-lived. The vibrant palette, gamut of texture, and subtle abstraction exhibited in his paintings exude a feeling of vigor, entice a sense of spontaneity, and explore resonance within a still image. His style of work is best described as Expressive Realism, an area of painting that teases the tension between figurative and nonrepresentational art. Using people as his primary subject matter, Threalkill creates a connection between viewer and artwork that often leaves the viewer feeling as if they've witnessed a raw and intimate moment in someone else's life. His work also demonstrates harmony with the subjects he frequently depicts: jazz musicians entranced in moments of lyrical spontaneity. Threalkill's endeavors have received national recognition. He collaborated with artist Michael McBride and Metro Nashville school teachers to develop the groundbreaking children's book series, Visions: African American Experiences...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

Bloodline 1
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Bloodline inspiration came from the origin of African identity, black people with great enthusiasm, full of energy and positivity... Africa was the birthp...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Untitled (Formula 1 no. 3), 2022
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Formula 1 no. 3), 2022 Signed, numbered, and dated (archival label, verso) Digital Pigment Print 30 x 30 in, edition of 4 20 x 20 in, edition of ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print

Living Landscapes
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
Proline Vibrant Satin 290 gr on 2 mm Dibond Edition 3 + 1 AP, framed with wooden frame (black) In essence, Sophie’s work revolves around the concept of human nature and the question...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital

Pure Wodaabe by John Kenny. 26.5 x 18" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
A portrait of a young Wodaabe man from a town called Bororo in Niger. Bororo is often regarded as the ‘capital city’ of his people. The name Bororo is also commonly used to describe ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print

Asymmetric Abstract Composition - Lithograph by M. Avenali - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Asymmetric Abstract Composition is an original lithograph realized by Marcello Avalani between 1960s and 1970s. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right margin and numbered in pencil...
Category

1960s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Undertow
Located in Burlingame, CA
Dramatic oil on mylar on panel painting by Elena Zolotnitsky depicting a chair from her Extinct series of abandoned chairs and their unique histories. Professionally framed in a clea...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Mylar, Panel

Skindeep - 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude Photography, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Skindeep, 2018, 50x50cm, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, Digital C-print, based on a Polaroid. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2018-448. Not mounted...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

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

Citrus Blossom II (2022), oil painting on canvas, floral, neo impressionist
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Citrus Blossom II (2022), oil painting on canvas, floral, neo impressionist, botanical, pastels "Citrus Blossom II," (2022) by artist Anne-Louise Ewen is an oil painting on canvas, ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Lemur - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Lemur is an original drawing in Pencil realized by Leo Guida in 1973. Good Conditions. The artwork is depicted through strong strokes in a well-balanced composition. Leo Guida (1...
Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Pencil

Contemporary art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary art 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 art 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 Stefanie Schneider, Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde, Tyler Shields, and David Burdeny. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Paint 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 art, so small editions measuring 0.019999999552965164 inches across are also available.

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