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
Color: Gray
New Moon
Located in MADRID, ES
Drawing in gouache, made on a sheet of paper with lithographs from the 19th century (on the back), found in antique shops in Brussels, Belgium.
Bela Silva's work, so organic and col...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Gouache
Fade to #21
Located in MADRID, ES
Colour pencil on Canson 300 g/m2 paper.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Color Pencil
Ross Richmond Glass “Portrait” Bust / Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Provenance: Private Collection, Palm Beach, Florida.
Marking(s); notes: no marking(s) apparent
Country of origin; materials: USA; blown and hot-sculpted gl...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
News From a Faraway Land, Original Drawing, Interior Scene, Vase, flowers
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Work : Original Drawing, Handmade Artwork, Unique Work. The work has been treated with an anti-UV varnish and it is not framed.
Medium : Oil based color pencils on Hahnemühle Fine A...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil Crayon, Archival Paper, Color Pencil
Aram Butterfly Ginkgo with Melon, 2019
By JP Terlizzi
Located in Lenox, MA
From "The Good Dishes" Collection
Aram Butterfly Ginkgo with Melon, 2019
Archival Pigment Print
Signed en verso/Signed Certificate of Authenticity
Artist's Bio:
US, Born in New Jersey, 1962
Lives in New York City. NY
JP Terlizzi (American, b.1962) is a New York City photographer whose contemporary practice explores themes of memory, relationship, and identity. His images are rooted in the personal and heavily influenced around the notion of home, legacy, and family. He is curious how the past relates and intersects with the present and how the present enlivens the past, shaping one’s identity.
Born and raised in the farmlands of Central New Jersey, JP earned a BFA in Communication Design at Kutztown University of PA with a background in graphic design and advertising. He has studied photography at both the International Center of Photography in New York and Maine Media College in Rockport, ME.
His work has been exhibited widely in galleries including shows at The Center for Fine Art Photography, Vicki Myhren Gallery at the University of Denver, The Griffin Museum, Tilt Gallery, Panopticon Gallery, Candela Gallery, Sohn Fine Art, The Los Angeles Center of Photography, University Gallery at Cal Poly, and The Berlin Foto...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
La Vaca
Located in Southampton, NY
"La Vaca" (The Cow) is one of a series of farm animal paintings by J. Oscar Molina. The artistic distillation into bold shapes and facial expressions render a humanistic quality to ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
NAL KWON (Flying martial arts)
Located in Seoul, KR
About ‘Nal Kwon’
Nal Kwon is a phonetic representation of the Korean characters 날 and 권 . The character 날(Nal) is derived from the verb 날다 which means fly and Kwon refers to a kind o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Figurative Ink Painting N.2 'Vessels II' by Dmitry Samygin
Located in Paris, FR
Figurative Ink on Cotton paper
Painting N.1 'Vessels II' by Dmitry Samygin
H.27 x 19.5 cm
About Dmitry Samygin
Furniture and Product Designer. His approach relies on simple forms and clarity in ideas with carefully chosen materials to expose the essence of an object. His products exemplify humanistic design, comfort in everyday use and ergonomic function.
He is a prize-winner in international competitions. He has taken part in exhibitions in Paris, Milan and Moscow, collaborates with European and Russian production, architectural and design companies. Since 2021 Dmitriy's design has been presented in a permanent exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Crafts in Moscow. Dmitry's graphics and designs are in private collections all over the world.
Samygin's Awards
2023 I+D / Design Now / winner (product design & decor)
2021 Red dot / Modul
2021 I+D magazine award / Shelter (covers for the sculptures of Moscow State Architectural Museum)
2020 Best 2020 AD Russia
2019 Andrew World...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Cotton, Paper, Ink
"The Beatles at Candlestick Park" 1966 framed photograph by Jim Marshall
By Jim Marshall
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"The Beatles at Candlestick Park" photograph by Jim Marshall depicts George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney and John Lennon at their final concert at Candlestick Park in San Fr...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
A Certain Exchange Between Salt and Pigment, Alastair Gordon, 2022
Located in London, GB
Oil and acrylic on paper
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Oil, Acrylic
"Wolf - Cherry", unique animal sculpture, ceramic, sgraffito technique
Located in CANNES, FR
Unique, original work of art, made 100% of ceramic, hand-signed, siliconized underneath. Original composition of a classical sculpture with a graphic design in sgraffito technique. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Ceramic
Electromagnetic Power Station
By Amy Cheng
Located in New York, NY
This is an imagined view of an Electromagnetic Power Station charging away somewhere in the multiverse. The image measures 9" H x 12" W; the paper measures 11" H x 15" W.
I am both ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Gouache, Rag Paper, Other Medium
"Keith Richards, Midwest Airport, 1979" framed photograph by Henry Diltz
By Henry Diltz
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Keith Richards, Midwest Airport, 1979" black and white photograph by Henry Diltz. Image size: 21 3/4 x 16 inches. This framed photograph was previously displayed in a guest room of ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Telling my Story 2, Elisia Nghidishange, Mixed media sculpture
Located in Windhoek, NA
This artwork formed part of Nghidishange's exhibition titled 'Ehafo' held at the Namibian Arts Association in 2022. Nghidishange was born in Eenhana in northern Namibia. This printma...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Wire
Blossom Moon Jar Drawing 9
Located in Seoul, KR
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
Cut-outs on A4 paper/ Collage work for Blossom Moon Jars Series.
About Moon Jars
The characteristic of the method of making moon jars is the technique of making an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Glue
"Lioness - Protea", unique animal sculpture, ceramic, sgraffito technique
Located in CANNES, FR
Unique, original work of art, made 100% of ceramic, hand-signed, siliconized underneath. Original composition of a classical sculpture with a graphic design in sgraffito technique. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Ceramic
Keeping my Story 1, Elisia Nghidishange, Mixed media sculpture
Located in Windhoek, NA
This artwork formed part of Nghidishange's exhibition titled 'Ehafo' held at the Namibian Arts Association in 2022. Nghidishange was born in Eenhana in northern Namibia. This printma...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Wire
Foster Care, linoleum block print by Elisia Nghidishange
Located in Windhoek, NA
This artwork formed part of Elisia Nghidishange's 2022 solo exhibition 'Ehafo' which translates to 'Joy'.
Elisia Nghidishange (b. 1981) was born in Eenhana in northern Namibia. Thi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Linocut
Letto matrimoniale
Located in Milano, MI
Giuseppe Bergomi was born in Brescia in 1953. After attending the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, he held his first solo exhibition as a painter in his ho...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bromoil
"Jimi at Woburn Festival 1968" framed B&W photograph by Michael Putland
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Jimi at Woburn Festival 1968" framed black and white photograph by Michael Putland of Jimi Hendrix at the July 6, 1968, Woburn Music Festival in England. "Jimi at Woburn Festival 1...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Aladåb (á la daube)
Located in Oslo, 03
Glazed Stoneware Sculpture
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Stoneware, Glaze
Kate Spade Birch Way with Dragonfruit, 2019
By JP Terlizzi
Located in Lenox, MA
From "The Good Dishes" Collection
Kate Spade Birch Way with Dragonfruit, 2019
30" x 20" Photograph
Archival Pigment Print
Edition of 5 + 2 APs
Signed in Verso
Artist's Bio:
US, Bor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Blue Poppies
Located in Singapore, SG
I love to paint the blue poppies as they are truly blue with delicate and fragile petals. The journey of the blue poppy is that of triumph and optimism, tha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1613 - 21st Century, Contemporary Art, Abstract, Acrylic Painting
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Maria Paola's creative process dwells on a permanent search for the beauty hiding within our state of mind. Coda examines and translates the vibratory element of beauty that goes bey...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Visage Irina Gros Plan
Located in Porto, 13
Visage Irina Gros Plan,2013
Oil on Canvas
A lot delicacy is felt in the traits of the drawings from Philippe Pasqua, which in no way diminishes the strength of each work. Thus, a fl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Sad Woman/Distant Man
Located in Santa Fe, NM
"Sad Woman/Distant Man" illustrates Holly Roberts' shift from over-painting photographs to constructing photo-based images on top of abstract paintings. By combining the precision of photography with the expression of painting, Roberts marries objectivity with subjectivity, thus paralleling the dichotomy of human experience.
Like much of Roberts' contemporary work, "Sad Woman/Distant Man" is a psychoanalytic interpretation of human experience, particularly unrequited love—A woman stares longingly at a disinterested man. The couple is composed of photographs of appendages both modern and medieval in execution, alluding to the immutability of unrequited love as a motif in art and literature. The work's underlying abstract painting figuratively functions as the uninterpretable gulf between the two lovers...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled
Located in Oslo, 03
Unique artwork.
Ceramic sculpture with steel base.
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Steel
Loops (Sky Blue)
Located in New York, NY
Jonas Noël Niedermann
LOOP (Sky Blue), 2022
Blown glass
11.50 x 8.50 x 4 in.
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Blown Glass
Loops (Amber)
Located in New York, NY
LOOP (Amber), 2022
Etched blown glass
10.25h x 5.25w x 4.25d in.
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Blown Glass, Etching
PHILIPPE ROBERT - Marie Agnes Gillot - Opera National de Paris 2008
Located in PARIS, FR
Limited edition of 12. Metal framed and aluminium monting. Signed and numbered on the back.
Philippe Robert was the first photographer to shoot the Opéra national of Paris ballerinas.
Marie Agnes...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Richard Yarde "Savoy: Air Steps" limited edition giclée print on fine art paper
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Savoy: Air Steps" Limited edition giclée on fine art paper of a pair of dancers by African American artist Richard Yarde. Part of Yarde's "Savoy Ballroom" series. Hand-dated 10/300,...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Giclée
In need of new glasses
Located in Oslo, 03
Unique artwork.
Acrylic on canvas.
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Infrared - Study 2
By Antoine Rose
Located in Knokke-Heist, VWV
Fine art photograph by Antoine Rose from his "Up in the Air" series
Limited edtion of 8 + 2 AP's
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Baiser passionné (Passionate kiss)
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. This work shows a passionate kiss of two people interwoven together by many red threads. The symbol of red thread can be traced...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Golden Lotus #1
Located in Singapore, SG
"It's a mythological based painting. I try to do a dramatic composition in this painting. A illustration of ""vagbat gita "" Helps to build the unic composition. That time when Lord Krishna...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Tempera
Jeff Koons, Split Rocker Vase, Art, Limited Edition, Interior, Limoges porcelain
By Jeff Koons
Located in Zug, CH
Jeff Koons
Split-Rocker (Vase), 2012
Limoges Porcelain
Stamp-signed and numbered
Edition of 3500
36 x 40 x 33 cm (14.1 x 15.7 x 12.9 in)
In mint condition, in the original packaging ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Porcelain
Conveyance Vector 5
Located in Santa Fe, NM
This piece is a hologram encased in hand-ground glass and can be hung from the ceiling (in front of a window) or displayed as a singular sculptural object.
C Alex...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass
Stay weird
Located in Oslo, 03
Unique artwork.
Pencil and watercolor.
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
"M 3" Paint, Ink, Graphite, Oil on Paper Piece by Mark Houghton
Located in London, GB
Mark Houghton
M 3
Paint, Ink, Graphite, Oil on Paper
68 x 49.5 cm
26 3/4 x 19 1/2 inches
Houghton's practice highlights overlooked aspects of the everyd...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint, Ink, Oil, Graphite
Valencia : Never Frozen
Located in Nashville, TN
This contemporary piece from Danielle Krysa asks the viewer if beauty can be born from the wreckage of whatever each of our personal setbacks may be. The piece was created for Krysa'...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Brass
The Fantasy of Castle No.2 - Contemporary art, Geometric, Abstract
Located in Coquitlam, BC
Artist: Da Hong
Born in 1984 Henan China, and currently living in Beijing
He graduated from Jingdezhen Ceramic University in 2007
The artist enjoyed piling up the blocks on the c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Calla Lilies, Sill Life Flowers, Pigment Print, from medium format transparency
Located in London, GB
"In joy or sadness, flowers are our constant friends." - Okakura Kakuzo
Calla Lilies - flower study, originally taken on medium format Fujichrome transp...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Color
Concert
Located in Kansas City, MO
archival pigment print
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Fabiana : Achy & Ornate
Located in Nashville, TN
This contemporary piece from Danielle Krysa asks the viewer if beauty can be born from the wreckage of whatever each of our personal setbacks may be. The piece was created for Krysa'...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Brass
BIGBANG
Located in New York, NY
Jonas Noël Niedermann
BIGBANG, 2020
Blown glass and brass
10.50h x 12.50w x 13d in
26.67h x 31.75w x 33.02d cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Brass
PANTHEON.1
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Martin Etem is a multidisciplinary artist using drawing, painting, and sculpture to survey modern society’s ideologies and sociology. Influenced by past experiences and imagination, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Mirror, Foam, Pigment, Inkjet
"Portrait of a Lady" Steel Sculpture, Plasma Cut and Welded
Located in New York, NY
Dimensions 17.5in x 14in x 9in
Unique, Signed on verso, includes a certificate of authenticity.
Indira Cesarine is a multidisciplinary artist who works with photography, video, pain...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Steel
Rave Heads X
Located in London, GB
Rafael Melendez's artwork titled "Mosh Pit X" is a captivating exploration of human interaction and the juxtaposition between the energetic atmosphere of a mosh pit and the confines ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Gesso, Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
Feeding time my baby, Elia Shiwoohamba, Linoleum block print
Located in Windhoek, NA
Feeding time my baby, Linoleum block prints on paper.
Elia Shiwoohamba was born in 1981 in Windhoek, Namibia. He graduated from the John Muafangejo Art Centre in Windhoek in 2006. S...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Linocut
Diagonal Stripe VI-21
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Kenneth Noland. “Diagonal Stripe VI-21” is a hard-edge, abstract painting, paint on handmade paper by artist Kenneth Noland. ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Art
Materials
Handmade Paper
Casper - B&W Limited Edition Horse Portrait 2019
By Juan Lamarca
Located in Bal Harbour, FL
Casper, 2019 by Juan Lamarca
Fine art archival cotton paper
Image size: 40 x 30 inches
Edition 2 of 10 plus 2 AP
Unframed
Juan Lamarca's Horse Series, is an abstract collection of p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Winterreise
Located in Wien, 9
In his painting, Robert Hammerstiel is in constant search of the balance and harmony of form. In his drastic reduction to the physical essentials and the colourful placarding, he cre...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Graphite, Color Pencil
Nein, oder? Ja?
Located in München, BY
"Nein, oder? Ja?" (2022) is part of the exhibition "Connect and Disconnect", running from 20 May - 15 July 2022 at HELDENREIZER Contemporary.
Visit the exhibition page on our websit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Ceramic
Look at me, Elia Shiwoohamba, Linoleum block print
Located in Windhoek, NA
Look at me, Linoleum block prints on paper.
Elia Shiwoohamba was born in 1981 in Windhoek, Namibia. He graduated from the John Muafangejo Art Centre in Windhoek in 2006. Specialisin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Linocut
Máscara Oso - 21st Century, Contemporary Sculpture, Figurative, Recycled Objects
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Miquel Aparici's sculptures are surprising assemblages made from old objects that had other uses in the past, and which the artist recovers and uses in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media
The Model
Located in Paris, IDF
Nikolai MAKAROV
(Born in 1952)
The Model
Acrylic on canvas mounted on panel
Signed lower right
130 x 90 cm
2021
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
Its A Wander-Full Life
Located in Detroit, MI
It's A Wander-Full Life
acrylic on canvas
60x60 in
Part of the Lunacy series
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Minamina Dreaming - Minamina Juk", Acrylic Contemporary Aboriginal Painting
Located in London, GB
Simon employs optic whites and an array of pastels to capture the feeling and colour of the desert flowers, and its natural features surrounding the salt plains of Mina Mina, a salt ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
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