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.
Style: Contemporary
Color: Blue
Muse (indigo)
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Watercolor / Pastel / Figurative Art / Human Figure / Nude
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Watercolor
Pression - large, expressive, person, figurative, aluminum outdoor sculpture
By Paul Duval
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A single figure stands precariously on a narrow ‘ledge’…back pressed against a frame, one leg raised and arms out wide as if trying to find balance. This is the engaging work of Quebec Sculptor Paul Duval. His large outdoor sculptures...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
Contemporary Chinese Art by Liu Xiaodong - Tai Chi
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Liu Xiaodong is a Chinese artist born in Inner Mongolia in 1968 who lives and works in Beijing, China. He graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Inner Mongolia...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Pillars, 140x100cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Pillars, 140x100cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary Chinese Art by Liu Xiaodong - Seduce
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Liu Xiaodong is a Chinese artist born in Inner Mongolia in 1968 who lives and works in Beijing, China. He graduated from the Oil Painting ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Solitary Puffin by Paul Bartlett, Bird Art, Animal Art, Limited Edition Print
Located in Deddington, GB
Paul Bartlett is a highly acclaimed artist who has won many awards for his original depictions of nature which inform and educate the viewer on conservation issues.
Solitary Puffin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Giclée
Nelumbo nucifera 3, Water lilies, Original Oil Painting, Blue, Landscape
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Oil on Wood panel - Original Oil Painting of water lilies
Work Title : Nelumbo nucifera 3
Artist : Raphaël Renaud (French artist, Born in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Contemporary Chinese Art by Liu Xiaodong - Rose
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Liu Xiaodong is a Chinese artist born in Inner Mongolia in 1968 who lives and works in Beijing, China. He graduated from the Oil Painting ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
John Baldessari, Throwing Three Balls in the Air to Get a Straight Line
Located in Hamburg, DE
John Baldessari (American, 1931-2020)
Throwing Three Balls in the Air to Get a Straight Line (Best of Thirty-Six Attempts), 1973
Medium: Complete set of twelve offset lithographs i...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Art
Materials
Offset
Conspirators, 50x50cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Conspirators, oil/canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still life , 65x50cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Still life
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Gouache
Sweet Memories, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This is a very lovely abstract artwork in green colors in combinations with whites and accents in bright warm colors. It is a horizontal painting, a fantasy inspired by florals and n...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
SAKÉ I
By Kim Fonder
Located in Tulsa, OK
Saké I by artist Kim Fonder is a contemporary and abstract vintage saké bag on painted burlap with plexiglass that measures 49 x 25 and is priced at $2,100.
Kim Fonder loves texture and touch. Her paintings and furniture reflect her infatuation with these two characteristics. From the materials Fonder selects, to the way she crafts each piece; these two attributes remain her focus. She seeks to honor Leonardo Da Vinci's words, “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Born Corvallis, Oregon
creative director, aberson exhibits
master of science in applied behavioral studies, school psychometrics
bachelor of science degree education
group shows and juried exhibitions
biting the apple, IAO gallery, oklahoma city, oklahoma 1999
mayfest invitational gallery tulsa, oklahoma may 1999
biting the apple,IAO gallery, may 2001
mayfest invitational gallery may 2002 j
joseph gierek fine art/ group show tulsa, oklahoma 2003-2004
oklahoma visual artists coalition “visionmakers” January 2006
“oklahoma friendly” oklahoma artist guild, march 2008
-honorable mention-
“personal space” gallery RFD swainsboro, georgia october 2008
tubac center for the arts tubac, arizona october 2008
artspace international juried exhibition raleigh, north carolina november 2008
gallery shows
fashionhaus, manhattan, new york june 2008
jordan art gallery corsicana, texas october 2008
marziart international galerie, hamburg, germany october 2008
helen yi, chicago, illinois october 2008
exhibit by aberson tulsa, oklahoma april 2009
fashionhaus, manhattan, new york 2010
leslie powell...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Burlap, Plexiglass, Found Objects
Ioan, 100x100cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Ioan, 100x100cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Ghost Dance - tall, minimalist, abstracted figures, steel outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In this engaging abstract sculpture by Robert Clarke-Ellis two figures appear to dance together. White painted half-moon shapes top blue and red stick-like pieces that intersect as i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal, Steel
3 red parasols
Located in New York, NY
Flying with his own plane, one hand of the wheel and the other with his camera, Klaus shoots these amazing aerials. None have been manipulated or color corrected.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
C Print, Plexiglass
Parallax Series - Occluder - large, minimalist, powder coated steel sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Reminiscent of the angles and form found in origami, this intriguing sculpture stands tall against the sky. This is Rocco Turino. Working from his own fou...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Steel
Shepard Fairey Lifeguard Not on Duty Screenprint Contemporary Street Art Summer
Located in Draper, UT
Manufacturer:
Obey Giant
Edition Details:
Year: 2014
Class: Art Print
Status: Official
Released: 08/12/14
Run: 450
Technique: Screen Print
Size: 18 X 24
Markings: Signed & Numbered b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
Water Mirror 14, WM-77, 79 (Diptych) – Risaku Suzuki, Nature, Water, Lillies
Located in Zurich, CH
RISAKU SUZUKI (*1963, Japan)
Water Mirror 14, WM-77, 79 (Diptych), 2014
Chromogenic print
(2x) Sheet 120 x 155 cm (47 1/4 x 61 in.)
Frame 124 x 159 x 5 cm (48 7/8 x 62 5/8 x 2 in.)
D...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
C Print
Aboriginal Painting by Ronnie Tjampitjinpa
By Ronnie Tjampitjinpa
Located in Miami, FL
Ronnie Tjampitjinpa is the last painter to witness the emergence of this pictorial movement. Although he is often considered one of Australia's most important abstract painters, his ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Water 29 April 19:15, Contemporary Landscape Painting, Minimalistic, Sea View
Located in Salzburg, AT
Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They depend on the season of year, the ti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Crossing Paths (Birds in Flight) - figurative, kinetic stainless steel sculpture
By Amos Robinson
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The graceful flight of two birds is captured in this stunningly elegant contemporary sculpture by Amos Robinson. The American artist hand forged this kin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
Messages 12:19 – Emma Summerton, Fine Art Photography, Color, Framed Artwork
Located in Zurich, CH
EMMA SUMMERTON (*1970, Australia)
Messages 12:19, 2023
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle paper in white distance frame
Sheet 23.2 x 27.4 cm (9 1/8 x 10 3/4 in.)
Frame 24.6 x 28.7 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cuban Contemporary Art by Carlos Sablon - Cosmopolita V
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Carlos Sablòn Perez is a Cuban artist born in 1981 who lives & works in Châlons-en-Champagne, France. His talent is quickly recognized in the four corners of the Cuban archipelago as artistic projects duplicated in his native country and elsewhere. First destination for the artist was Colombia. He took part at the Bienal Internacional de Arte in Bogota & also many surrounding fairs in South America. His travels will also take him to Venezuela, Spain, Scotland, Germany & England, through exhibitions and private collections. He is inspired by the fantastic school of Dali, the mythological universe of the anthropologist Carlos Castaneda, or the representatives of the Latin American boom, such as the writer Gabriel García Márquez.
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Seascape Five, Bright Pink, Dark Cobalt Blue Ocean Waves Woodcut Print
By Eve Stockton
Located in Kent, CT
This woodcut print evokes the peacefulness of ocean waves depicted in bright pink and deep, dark cobalt blue, bringing to mind the tradition of Japanese printing while being distinct...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Woodcut
Messages 18:19 – Emma Summerton, Fine Art Photography, Color, Framed Artwork
Located in Zurich, CH
EMMA SUMMERTON (*1970, Australia)
Messages 18:19, 2023
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle paper in white distance frame
Sheet 27.4 x 23.2 cm (10 3/4 x 9 1/8 in.)
Frame 28.7 x 24.6 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Villa Olivos with Oil on Canvas, Painting by Karen Lynn
By Karen Lynn
Located in Deddington, GB
Villa Olivos by Karen Lynn [2021]
This is a painting from my modernist pool series of paintings. In this particular painting I loved the shape of the kidney shaped pool and I placed...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Anthropogenèse
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. This work shows a meaningful scenery of the birth of human beings. In this work, a creature shaped in human beings is stuck in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Transit Meridian One, Blue, Green, Yellow, Violet Geometric Abstract Painting
Located in Kent, CT
A sky blue background complements geometric shapes in shades of dark indigo and navy blue, green, yellow and light blue gray. The angles and soft gradation of color in the layered sh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Linen, Paper, Acrylic, Panel
"The Ledges, Newport R.I." Original Oil Painting 11"x14"
Located in Boca Raton, FL
This Original Oil painting was inspired by the HBO series "The Gilded Age". Built in 1867 by high society Tea and China merchant Robert M. Cushing, the "Ledges" is one of the most ic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Blue Return - bold, bright, colorful, abstract, modernist, oil on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A masterful colourist, this engaging abstract is by David Sorensen. The Canadian artist was known for his bright colour palette and dynamic form. This piece—rows of colour—orange, yellow, blue, golden brown, pale green and black overlap and play against a deep blue grid-like background. Sorensen admired and was influenced by the work of Quebec’s Jean-Paul Riopelle and American abstract expressionists Jackson Pollock and Franz Kline.
“To me there is still this celebration worth the paint. And it’s about an open door that the artist used to call muse.” David Sorensen
Born in Vancouver Sorensen (1937-2011) studied at UBC and the Vancouver School of Art. His teachers were renowned—Arthur Erikson...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sans titre 2022 (no title 2022)
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. The artist uses simple curves, and light and dark colors to draw us a beautiful and peaceful underwate...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Corpheum XIX - large, geometric, abstract, stainless steel outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The graceful arc of a dancer in motion is emulated in the fluid form of this elegant sculpture by Claude Millette. Three attached curved columns of polished stainless steel appear to almost float in mid-air. The Quebec artist...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
“Portrait of a young Indiana Jones” Original Oil Painting 16”x20”
Located in Boca Raton, FL
“Portrait of a young Indiana Jones” Original Oil Painting measuring 16”x20” is framed in a hand finished gold leaf frame. Harrison Ford embodied the character of Indiana Jones and this relaxed cool toned rendition of him is from the first film “Indiana Jones and the temple of doom”
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Pour le moment No.2
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. The artist uses many kinds of colors to establish the background of the work, which may remain people ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Dans le foret
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. This work shows a dreamy scenery, in which a deer with branches on its head is staring at some shiny j...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Sans titre
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. This work shows a special imaginary scenery, in which behind some beautiful flower and plants, an eye is staring on us. Is ther...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Sans titre (no title)
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. This work shows a dreamy and beautiful scenery with some jellyfish and coral in deep ocean. Taking a close look, the shape of c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic
'The System', Polyester, linen, acrylic, wool, abstract, contemporary, art
By Meike Legler
Located in Los Angeles, US
'The System,' 2023
Polyester, linen, acrylic paint, buried bed sheet, drop cloth,
dish towel and wool over stretched canvas
48 x 36 inches
Meike Legler’s works are a bold post-femin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Wool, Canvas, Linen, Polyester, Acrylic, Mixed Media
"Heavenly Blue", White Yellow Turquoise Empowering Bouquet Abstract Painting
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
"Heavenly blue" is a mixte media painting on canvas by Andrée de Frémont, a piece inspired by a vibrant memory and serendipitous encounter, reflecting the artist's creative journey. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Pit Stop
By Wencke Uhl
Located in Bonn, NW
original painting; acrylic, oil and decoupage on stretched canvas. 80 x 100 cm . 31.5 x 39.4 in. The sides are painted and it's ready to hang.
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Oil, Acrylic
Friday Night in Chantereines
Located in PARIS, FR
Shane Wolf is an American artist born in 1976 in Cincinnati.
A first university career in graphic design led him to work for major French industrial brands....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal
Cinquième saison
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. The work shows a unique imaginal season that doesn’t exist in reality – the fifth season. In this seas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Traver l’océan No.1
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. This work shows us a dramatic adventure of a butterfly. Butterfly seems like a vulnerable and fragile creature, but in this wor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Picasso Face Icon IV (Françoise Gilot) /// Contemporary Pop Painting Portrait
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Picasso Face Icon IV (Françoise Gilot)"
Series: Icon
*Signed by Graves lower left. It is also signed, titled, and dated on verso
Yea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic, Paint, Canvas
Flore : Awakenings
Located in PARIS, FR
Shane Wolf is an American artist born in 1976 in Cincinnati.
A first university career in graphic design led him to work for major French industrial brands....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal
Seascape Five, Bright Pink, Dark Cobalt Blue Ocean Waves Woodcut Print
By Eve Stockton
Located in Kent, CT
This woodcut print evokes the peacefulness of ocean waves depicted in bright pink and deep, dark cobalt blue bringing2 to mind the tradition of Japanese printing while being distinct...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Woodcut
Anthropogenèse No.3 (anthropogenesis No.3)
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. This work shows a peaceful scenery in ancient ocean, in which a frog is standing on the aquatic plant....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Coccinelle No.1 （Ladybird No.1）
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. This work shows a peaceful scenery, in which a ladybird is staying on a flower. The artist uses bule and green to paint most ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Cyanotype Painting Anemones, Rose of Sharon, Botanical Painting, Indigo Blue
Located in Kent, CT
In watercolor, ink, gouache, and cyanotype on Arches platine paper, meticulously detailed flowers, including anemones, rose of sharon, and queen anne's lace are depicted in shades of...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Sans titre 2019 (no title 2019)
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. This work shows a scenery of some plants, which is more like some corals in ocean. The interesting poi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Anthropogenèse No.1 （anthropogenesis No.1）
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. This work shows a scenery of deep ocean in ancient age. At the beginning of our world, there is nothing but ocean, which also g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic
"Koi" Large Pink and Blue Abstract by Nan Van Ryzin
Located in Carmel, CA
There are many masterful abstracts out there, however, to be able to find ones on such a goliath scale is few and far between. To be able to create such massive abstracts, and not lo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Small Blue Glass Water Bag - Hyperreal glass art sculpture
Located in East Quogue, NY
NEW RELEASE! Blue Series - Hyperreal small blue water bag glass sculpture, solid and hollow glass by Dylan Martinez. Size: 11.75 x 7 x 4.5”
Dylan Martinez' hyperreal sculptures are ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass
Souvenir de Normandie No.2（Memories of Normandy No.2）
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. This work shows a peaceful scenery, which looks like we are watching the summer sky through the thick tree branches, and there ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Specimen 25, Framed Sea Nature Inspired Hand-dyed Teal Blue Fiber Sculpture
Located in Kent, CT
Framed in a clear acrylic shadowbox, Catherine Latson's Specimen 25 reads as an artistic rendition of a beautiful sea specimen. Rich, jewel-toned teal blue hand-dyed cotton thread is...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Wire
Anthropogenèse No.4 (anthropogenesis No.4)
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. This work shows us a chaotic world, in which we even cannot recognize if it is in the ocean or in the forest. In the center of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic
The Thingly Thingness of Things
Located in Lyons, CO
Color lithograph, Edition 30. (Irregular shape)
The artist states:
“2013 is the year of the snake and I am celebrating it in this print to honor the Chinese calendar but with a pre-Columbian twist. In the Chinese horoscope...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
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, 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 Paint, and Paper 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 0.02 inches across are also available.
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