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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.

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Style: Contemporary
Color:  Green
Horses in the Rain, East Hampton - Neutral palette
Located in Miami, FL
The pastoral setting of an East East Hampton landscaped with grazing horses is captured by Mitchell Funk. Signed, dated and numbered lower right, E...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Film

Japanese Contemporary Art by Teppei Ikehila - Time
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Teppei Ikehila is a Japanese artist born in 1978 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. He is graduated from Shimane University in 2001. Since 2000, he has held many priva...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Eleanor Woolley, Polka Dot Poppies, Original Landscape Painting, Affordable Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Eleanor Woolley Polka Dot Poppies Original Landscape Painting Oil Paint on Canvas Canvas Size: H 76cm x W 76cm x D 3.7cm Sold Unframed Ready to Hang Please note that insitu images ar...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Jane Peart, Pudi, Rice Terraces, Original Painting, Chinese Landscape Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Jane Peart Pudi Rice Terraces Original Painting Acrylic on Canvas Size: H 50cm x W 76cm Sold unframed Free shipping Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of how th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Rough Green Snakes - Contemporary British Photography, Nature, Tim Flach
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days. 'Rough Green Snakes' is a stunning C-Type print by contemporary British photog...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print

THE SWELL - Bold, Surrealist, Cubist, Green, Pink Cloud, Illustrative Painting
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
Jason Stout was born in 1977. He received his BFA in studio art from the University of Tennessee at Martin in 2001 and a MFA in Painting from the University of Texas at San Antonio i...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Whimsical
Located in New Orleans, LA
edition 1/5 TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of ge...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Coy Koi
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Tom Chambers considers his practice to be not so much about taking photos as “making” them. He creates scenes that evoke magical realism and surreal fairytales by photographing separate elements and assembling them into montages enhanced with patina and warmth. Chambers employs contemporary technology to achieve the luminous quality and dramatic compositions of Old Masters paintings. His aptly titled exhibition, “Reverie,” included images of princess-like girls engaging with the natural world, with an air of post-war painter Andrew Wyeth’s Christina’s World.
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

"ENTROPY IN GREEN", Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Entropy is the clash of two systems that produce a certain type of chaos, what a fascinating event! I always try to produce an event in painting that resembles entropy, a very dynam...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic

Driving (Strange Love) - New York, Landscape, Cityscape, Color,
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Driving (Strange Love) 2003, 30x96cm, Edition of 10, digital C-Print, based on a 35mm analog Negative strip, signature label and certificate, artist Inventory No. 30004. Not mount...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color

Five Senses: Hearing, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Based on our senses, how we perceive our surroundings and interact with ourselves and others. An old subject, but still relevant and interesting nonetheless. :: Painting :: Contempor...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Resurgence
Located in Burlingame, CA
Artist Jill Keller Peters is a colorist whose abstract color-field oil paintings communicate ideas through color. By juxtaposing pure and vivid hues that speak to each other when com...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Thermos and Mug", Needlepoint Embroidery, Textile Art, Found Object Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This found object sculpture titled "Thermos and Mug" is an original artwork by Ulla-Stina Wikander made of needlepoint embroidery and vintage ob...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Thread, Found Objects

"Something And/Or Nothing? - Heart" - Landscape Photography - Goldsworthy
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Something And/Or Nothing? - Heart" is a figurative landscape photograph with hues of green, yellow, and black. Andrew Herzog is inspired by the work of Andy Goldsworthy, Olafur Elia...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Inkjet

Wildflower Nº 23 cavas flowers Luigi Rodríguez green orange pink Boxing action
Located in Madrid, ES
Inspired by Warhol’s and Monet’s flowers, I wanted to paint my own but had no idea how to begin. And that exact moment, my old forgotten boxing gloves app...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas

The Ball and All #1
Located in New Orleans, LA
James Henderson’s work explores the concept of memory and nostalgia. Utilizing found imagery as a starting point, he collages and layers his mixed media paintings. The inclusion of imagery from vintage photographs becomes Henderson’s visual language through which to depict the notion of how one’s past experiences, emotions and personal archeology greatly shape one’s identity. Henderson’s new works on paper use plaster and roofing tar to secure the fading images printed on vellum. Henderson has exhibited at the Ogden Museum, LA and Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA, and his works have been included in film and television programs such as Bad Girls Club, The Twilight Saga...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic, Plaster, Charcoal, Canvas

Water Mirror 17, WM-788, 787 (diptych) – Risaku Suzuki, Forest, Water, Reflection
Located in Zurich, CH
RISAKU SUZUKI (*1963, Japan) Water Mirror 17, WM-788, 787 (diptych) 2017 Chromogenic print (2x) Sheet 120 x 155 cm (47 1/4 x 61 in.) Edition of 5; Ed. no. 3/5 Framed ‘Water Mirror’i...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print

The Orchard
Located in Sante Fe, NM
GARDENING AT NIGHT is Cig Harvey’s latest body of work, and explores notions of time, family, nature and home. While Harvey’s previous work, You Look at Me Like an Emergency, focused...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print

Kalahari Crossing
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print Signed and numbered, verso 26.7 x 40 inches (Edition of 10) 40 x 60 inches (Edition of 5) 48 x 72 inches (Edition of 3) This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Please note that prices increase as editions sell. Zack Seckler's series, “Botswana,” is comprised of a series of exquisite aerial photographs taken in the Kalahari basin in south central Africa between 2009 and 2010. The body of work offers a quite different and almost magical view of the much-photographed and iconic landscape. In order to be able to capture these breathtaking images, Seckler enlisted the services of an expert pilot who flew a small, ultra-lightweight aircraft at low altitudes under 500 feet. Zack Seckler was born in Boston, and studied psychology at Syracuse University. Then, traveling solo with a point-and-shoot camera in northern India, his mind opened to the visual world. Upon returning to Syracuse, he took coursework in photography at the renowned Newhouse School. With an internship in a Hong Kong photo...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

"Springtime" Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media Collage
Located in Houston, TX
Green tonal abstract collage by contemporary artist Tiffany Lee. The work is titled "Springtime" The piece is not framed. Artist Biography: At the impressionable age of eighteen, Heng-Hui (Tiffany) Lee immigrated to the United States from Taiwan. Although western influence has expanded her ability to create and express new concepts, her Asian roots resurface in the infinite detail displayed in her artwork. Since 1986, while obtaining her bachelors and MFA, with an emphasis in interior design/environmental design, from the University of Houston, she first began creating and expanding her use of paper collages, sculptures and jewelry. Her interior design and architectural skills allow her to use a layering effect on many of her pieces similar to the structures and substances used in architecture design and construction. Tiffany’s artwork was included in the juried Third Annual International Exhibition of Women’s Art in SOHO, New York City. In addition, her work was selected for the Sixty Fourth Annual National Art Exhibition in Cooperstown, New York. Furthermore, Tiffany also participated in the Sixth Annual Women’s Art show in San Antonio, Texas. Her work is published (P.I.E.) in “Advertising Greeting Cards”, a collection of greeting cards from around the world. She was also featured in the Museum and Arts magazine. During 2019 Tiffany’s paper...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper

Telengana Men & Women, Gossip, Acrylic on Canvas, Red by Indian Artist"In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Laxman Aeley - Untitled - 24 x 24 inches (unframed size) Acrylic on Canvas. Inclusive of shipment in roll form. Laxman Aeley's paintings are a reflection...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

HeartandSol Ltd Ed
Located in New York, NY
Shot from a helicopter. Mounted on plexiglass. Floats in white frame. About the Artist Dinesh Boaz creates a dynamic juxtaposition between the natural landscape and our involv...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Plexiglass, Archival Pigment

Memories of Green II - triptych, 3 analog vintage prints, not mounted
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Memories of Green II, triptych - 2003 Edition 2/5, each 58x56cm, installed with gaps 58x178cm, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, based on a...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

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

Ataduras - Contemporary, Conceptual, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Ataduras' - 2017 Edition 1/10, Digital Print based on a embroidered Polaroid, mounted under Plexi This piece is exhibited at the Bombay Beach Biennale in the newly founded Polaro...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Color, Polaroid, Plexiglass, Archival Paper, C Print

Old Woman - Original Pencil Drawing by S. Goldberg - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Woman is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by Simon Goldberg (1913-1985). Hand-signed on the lower right. The state of preservation is very good. Sheet dimension:...
Category

Mid-20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Pencil

Neatly Lined - Aerial color photography
Located in New York, NY
This aerial image was taken from an airplane by Klaus, who also flies it!! It can be custom size and it is not staged or manipulated.
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Chicken Ballet (Chicks and Chicks and sometimes Cocks) - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Chicken Ballet (Chicks and Chicks and sometimes Cocks) - 2017 20x24cm, Edition of 10. Digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Artist inventory 20028. Signature label and Certificate. ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

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

The Hills at Dusk - vibrant colour and fluid line print etching
Located in London, GB
Louise Davies is a professional Painter and Printmaker based in London. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers. She specialises in prints and oil paintings ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Etching

Kerry Day, Cactus II, Affordable Art, Cactus Art, Plant Art, Still Life Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Kerry Day Cactus II Limited Edition Screen Print Edition of 20 Sheet Size: H 42cm x W 29cm x D 0.1cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a pi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Screen

Circle
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print Signed and numbered, verso 16 x 24 inches (Edition of 10) 20 x 30 inches (Edition of 7) 30 x 45 inches (Edition of 3) This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. While working as a Guggenheim fellow to document Vietnamese war amputees in 2012, Pipo Nguyen...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Ancient Bridge Views (Stay) - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Landscape
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Ancient Bridge Views (Stay) - 2006 20x20cm, Edition of 2/5. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory # 2492. Not mounted. Torst...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

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

Back Lighting, Blue Green Diptych.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Back Lighting, Blue Green, Polyptych 1984 Individual size: 30 in. H x 40 in. W Overall size: 30 in. H x 80 in. W Limited edition of 6 + 2AP Unframed Pieces can be sold separately. T...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Whimsical
Located in New Orleans, LA
edition 1/7 TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of ge...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Back Lighting, Blue Green Yellow, Triptych.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Back Lighting, Blue Green Yellow, Triptych Individual size: 30 in. H x 40 in. W Overall size: 30 in. H x 120 in. H Limited edition of 6 + 2AP Unframe...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Shooting Gallery
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Eric Jon Holswade "Shooting Gallery" is an acrylic on panel painting executed primarily in a palette of reds, yellows, blues and black a...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

Aquairium Mind Screen (Stay) - Polaroid, analog, Contemporary, Coney Island
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie created the art for both main actors Naomi Watts and Ryan Gosling in the movie 'Stay' directed by Marc Forster. She also created the art for several dream sequences and the ...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

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

Marbella From Iconic Series, Large Size
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled From the "Iconic" Series Archival Pigment Print with a 1.57-inch white border. Image size: 39.37 in. H x 59.05 in. W Edition of 5 + 1AP Unframed The “Iconic” series was pr...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment, Color

Telengana Man & Women, Acrylic on Canvas, Green by South Indian Artist"In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Laxman Aeley - Untitled - 24 x 24 inches (unframed size) Acrylic on Canvas. Inclusive of shipment in roll form. Laxman Aeley's paintings are a reflection...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Party, Dan McDermott, Original art, Figurative Painting, Oil on Linen
Located in Deddington, GB
Dan McDermott' painting 'Party' is an original oil painting on linen. This artwork is sold unframed, measuring at Size : H 50 cm x W 70 cm x D 3 cm. Dan McDermott’s dynamic painting...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

Yellow Hill
Located in New York, NY
Oil, wax, and collage on linen Signed and dated, verso This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Carl James Ferrero is an artist whose experimental paintings, ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Linen, Wax, Oil

Untitled (Beachshoot) with Radha Mitchell - Polaroid, Contemporary, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Beachshoot) - 2005 50x50cm, Edition of 10, digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid Certificate and Signature label, artist Inventory # 898, not mounted “I never rememb...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Des Pudels Kern, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"Des Pudels Kern" is an abstract painting with visible brushstrokes and textures in bright colors. It is a very vivid and dynamic painting with a lot of movement with many different ...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic

Green Apples
Located in New York, NY
Layered laser cut dye sublimation prints on aluminum (Edition of 3 + 2 APs) Signed and numbered on label, verso From the series "Dream Date" This artwork is offered by ClampArt, loc...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Metal

Delirio Exótico #16 - #6. Digital Collage. Limited Edition Color Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Diptych. Delirio Exótico #16 and #6, by Paloma Castello From the Delirium Exotic series Overall size: 21.6 H x 26.6 W in. Individual size: 21.6 H x 13.3 W in. Edition 3/5 Unfram...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment, Color

Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Lush Botanic
Located in Paris, IDF
Print on plexiglass - artwork can be shipped in a tube or framed in a crate
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Plexiglass, Digital

Doubt
Located in Montreal, Quebec
At first glance the subjects of Judith Berry’s paintings appear to be monumental forms such as prairies, forests and mountains. Upon closer inspection they could be smaller, more man...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Green Street, Painting, Oil on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
Sodium lights flood an urban scene, a rugged stretch of Broadway in Brooklyn is transformed from reeking wasteland to mysterious playland in the imagination of the viewer. :: Paintin...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

"Something And/Or Nothing? - Nike" - Landscape Photography - Goldsworthy
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Something And/Or Nothing? - Nike" is a figurative landscape photograph with hues of green, yellow, and black. Born in Philadelphia, Andrew Herzog is a multi-disciplinary artist and...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Inkjet

Letter D - Original Lithograph by Rafael Alberti - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed, numbered and dated. Edition of 99 prints plus 20 Artist's Proofs in Roman Numerals. Very good conditions.
Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Green Girls
Located in Madrid, ES
In this painting I have tried to show the freedom and serenity we all can enjoy under the sea. With no pressures from other people, or from ourselves, everything seems to be lighter ...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic

Delirio Exótico #6. Digital Collage. Limited Edition Color Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Delirio Exótico #6 by Paloma Castello From Exotic Delirium series Photographic print on cotton paper Edition : 4/5 + 1AP Collage Castello's “Exotic Delirium” series pays tribute to...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment

Cloth, string and Kite #5- Large abstract landscape green water landscape photo
Located in New York, NY
The photographic series called 'Trespassing' explores encounters between human and nature. Human-made objects are placed into a landscape, shot with a long exposure in order to recor...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print

Delirio Exótico #16. Digital Collage. Limited Edition Color Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Delirio Exótico #16 by Paloma Castello From Exotic Delirium series Collage Photographic print on cotton paper Edition : 4/5 + 1AP Castello's “Exotic Delirium” series pays tribute t...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment

Look at You - Original Hand-Made Flat Ceramic Dish by A. Kurakina - 2019
Located in Roma, IT
Looking at You is a hand-made flat ceramic dish realized by the Russian emerging artist, Anastasia Kurakina in 2019. Signed and dated on the back at the center. This is a beautif...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Ceramic

Ruckenfigur
Located in Montreal, Quebec
In his book Now or Never naturalist Tim Flannery describes a vision of a world with a dead purple ocean and a poisonous green sky. This is a world where warming has melted the ice ca...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

LOVE in Azure Serenity : Nishikigoi Nocturne
Located in PARIS, FR
2010, unique artwork oil on canvas, 63 × 49 1/5 × 1 1/5 in - 160 × 125 cm The artwork is signed by the Artist & stamped with the logo of the Artist's studio on verso of the canvas Th...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Mirror, Manea - Vintage interior British color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Part of Richard Heeps 'Ordinary Places' Series, it captures Britain on the brink of change. It was Richard's first colour series and it achieved much success with an exhibition at th...
Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

French Contemporary Art by KEJ - Un Petit Monde Insolent
By Kej
Located in Paris, IDF
KEJ is a French artist born in 1959 who lives & works in Paris, France. He is considered to belong to the movement of Figuration Libre & Outsider Art. His works are referenced in the...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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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