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: Purple
Cecilia Arrospide - Mar, Painting 2020
Located in Greenwich, CT
Mar
Oil On Canvas
39 x 39
My work is mainly abstract, I would say abstract expressionism. I love painting with oils, they give me many possibilities I do not find in other mediums....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Color Derivatives #149, Abstract painting on canvas, mounted on a stretcher.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Color Derivatives #149, 2016 by Natasha Zupan
From the series Color Derivatives
Oil, fabric, medium, on canvas
Size: 9.5 in. H x 7.5 in. W x 3 in D.
Canvas on a stretcher
Unique
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Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Lost Alone, Watercolor and Ink on Paper, Figurative Portrait, Nude, Woman, Pose
By SarahGrace
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Lost, Alone" (2020) by SarahGrace
Watercolor and Ink on Paper; Blue, White & Black, Contour Sketch, Woman Posing, Face, Pose, Portrait, Nude, Figurative ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Ink
Unstoppable
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Unstoppable" is a mesmerizing artwork that immediately captivates the viewer's attention. The central focus of the piece is a woman with her hair beautifully woven and elegantly pac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Morning Sunrise, Plexiglass, Wall Sculpture, Colorful, Dimensionall
Located in Riverdale, NY
Morning Sunrise by Neva Setlow is created with layered colored Plexiglass, both flat and round. It is 8x8x1.5 filled with bright colors and dimension. I...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Plexiglass
Book on Chair /// Contemporary Pop Art Screenprint Interior Flowers Colorful
By Dan May
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Dan May (American, 1955-)
Title: "Book on Chair"
*Signed and numbered by May in pencil lower left
Year: 1989
Medium: Original Screenprint on unbranded white wove paper
Limite...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
Figure Under the Window
Located in Columbia, MO
Figure Under the Window
1970
Oil on panel
24 x 30 inches
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Blue Nudes VI, Ink on Paper Blue & White Drawing, Figurative Study Dancing Women
By SarahGrace
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Blue Nudes VI" (2019) by SarahGrace
Ink on Paper Drawing, Blue & White, Women, Faces, Holding Hands, Dancing, Roses, Figurative Study
Drawing / Nude / Human Figure / Flora / Figura...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Longer You Stay, Watercolor, Ink on Paper, Figurative Portrait, Nude Woman, Pose
By SarahGrace
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"The Longer You Stay" (2020) by SarahGrace
Watercolor and Ink on Paper; Blue, White & Black, Contour Sketch, Woman Posing, Face, Pose, Portrait, Nude, Figurative Study, Pastel palett...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
American Contemporary Art by Elena Borstein - Oil Cliffside
Located in Paris, IDF
Pastel on paper
Elena Borstein currently lives and works in New York City and the Adirondack Mountains. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, She received her B.S. Degree from Skidmore Co...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Pastel
"Hawaiian Ice" 2017 Original Oil Painting 48"x36"
Located in Boca Raton, FL
An Original Oil painting by Contemporary Realist Megan Eisenberg was made using high quality Gamblin oil paints on canvas. The edges are 1.5" deep. "Hawaiian Ice" is a beautiful La...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Incredible India, Acrylic & Ink on Paper by Contemporary Indian Artist-In Stock
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Kapil Anant - Incredible India
Acrylic & Ink on Canson Paper (Mixed Media)
8.3 x 11.8 inches ( Set of 28 works )
Inclusive of shipment in rolled form.
Kapil Anant was born in 1998. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Blue Nudes I, Ink on Paper Blue & White Drawing, Figurative Study Women Posing
By SarahGrace
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Blue Nudes I" (2019) by SarahGrace
Ink on Paper Drawing, Blue & White, Women Posing, Faces, Poses, Yoga, Dancing, Figurative Study
Drawing / Nude / Human Figure / Flora / Figurativ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Color Derivatives # 155, Abstract painting on canvas, mounted on a stretcher.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Color Derivatives # 155, 2016 by Natasha Zupan
From the series Color Derivatives
Oil, fabric, medium, on canvas
Size: 9.5 in. H x 7.5 in. W x 3 in D.
Canvas on a stretcher
Unique
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Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Femme Fatale - Very Large Format Painting, Figurative Oil Painting, Women's View
Located in Salzburg, AT
Artodyssey
"Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with co...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Francis Moreau - Alerte
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Color Derivatives #162, Abstract painting on canvas mounted in a stretcher
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Color Derivatives #162, 2016 by Natasha Zupan
From the series Color Derivatives
Oil, fabric, medium, on canvas
Size: 9.5 in. H x 7.5 in. W x 3 in D.
Canvas on a stretcher
Unique
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Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Color Derivatives #129, Abstract painting on canvas, mounted on a stretcher.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Color Derivatives #129, 2016 by Natasha Zupan
From the series Color Derivatives
Oil, fabric, medium , on canvas
Size: 9.5 in. H x 7.5 in. W x 3 in D.
Canvas on a stretcher
Unique
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Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Fabric, Mixed Media
Towering Devil
Located in Boulder, CO
Fluted Basalt columns towering nearly 900ft high under the emerging moon at twilight. Standing at the foot of Devil's Tower brings an indescribable presence and mood. To the Cheyenne...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper
Contemplation, Earth to Heaven, Contemporary Art, Bright Landscape Painting Red
By Jan Gardner
Located in Deddington, GB
I find painting takes me into a world of contemplation, I like to prep my materials and keep all my tools, almost as a ritual before making any creative decisions, almost like humble...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Parting Flame
Located in Boulder, CO
Shades of blue surround the illuminated Grand Teton at sunset. The colors in this image where the result of the rich colors found in Fuji Velvia film, and decayed coating on an aging...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink
Trinetra IV
Located in Singapore, SG
Trinetra IV shows the relationship between women and oceans; their network, permanency, and global presence, reinforce the reality of the biosphere, as one of ecological solidarity t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled, Acrylic on Canvas, Blue, White Contemporary Indian Artist “In Stock”
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Rahim Mirza - Untitled
Acrylic on Canvas, 18 x 18 inches (unframed size)
Born in 1969, Rahim Mirza completed his art education at Bharat Bhavan in Bhopal, where he studied printmaki...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Recordings, Triptych. Color abstract photographs
By Javier Rey
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Recordings (Triptych) by Javier Rey
Color Archival pigment print
Overall size: 80 cm H x 159 cm W.
Individual size: 80 cm H x 53 cm W.
Edition of 5 + 1AP
Unframed
Recordings is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
L. Swallows (Central Park)
By Doris Mitsch
Located in New York, NY
Signed and numbered on label, verso
11 x 17 inches // (Edition of 25 + 5 APs)
22 x 34 inches // (Edition of 20 + 4 APs)
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hommage a Yves Klein - The Girl
Located in New York, NY
Nicole Furman is a multimedia artist, body painter and photographer from Bogotá, Colombia. Having studied a range of art practices from body painting and performance to art history ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
C Print, Plexiglass
French Contemporary Art by Christiane Hess - The Breaking Wave
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork with acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Falla 3, from the series All the faults of the world, Printed on canvas
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Falla 3, 2021
Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle smooth canvas.
From the series All the faults of the world
37 x 20 inches.
Ed 4
Unframed
In recent years -through the use, produc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas
Devil Drive /// Contemporary Painting Canvas Funny Pop Street Art Car Driving
By Dan May
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Dan May (American, 1955-)
Title: "Devil Drive"
*Signed and dated by May upper right
Year: 1998
Medium: Original Acrylic Painting on heavy wove paper
Sheet size: 28.13" x 21.6...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint, Acrylic, Paper
The Road Less Traveled
Located in Boulder, CO
An electric supercell storm, drifting across a lonely road, splitting through the sage fields of Northern Wyoming at twilight. My encounter with this storm was nothing short of chance, spotted while emerging from a nearby canyon after a long day in the field. My hope was to make it to Cody Wyoming...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper
Falla 1, from the series All the faults of the world, Printed on canvas
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Falla 1, 2021
Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle smooth canvas.
From the series All the faults of the world
37 x 20 inches.
Edition of 4
Unframed
In recent years -through the use...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas
Slave Before the Emperor
Located in New York, NY
Slave Before the Emperor
from “Pink Narcissus,”
mid- to late 1960s/2022
Signed, dated, and numbered, verso
Digital C-print
31 x 31 inches, image
(Edi...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
C Print
Venice Beach Lifeguard Hut, Vibrant Landscape Artwork, Contemporary Beach Print
Located in Deddington, GB
The bright colours of the rainbow coloured Lifeguard hut seem a perfect fit for the Venice Beach lifestyle. I love the contrast of the hut's colours against the lightness of the sand...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
Underwater 2
Located in New York City, NY
Archival Pigment Print - UNFRAMED
27 x 40 inches - edition of 15
40 x 60 inches - edition of 10
48 x 72 inches - edition of 5
Ask us for custom framing options.
CHROMA presents...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tropical Storm 7, Brazil
Located in New York City, NY
Archival Pigment Print - UNFRAMED
27 x 40 inches - edition of 15
40 x 60 inches - edition of 10
48 x 72 inches - edition of 5
Ask us for custom framing options.
CHROMA presents...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Georgian Contemporary Art by Tamar Sulakvelidze - Chandra
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas - Framed 34.5 x 34.5 x 4.5 cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Color Derivatives #149 #162 #155 #129. Abstract painting on canvas, mounted
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Paintings, 2016 by Natasha Zupan
Color Derivatives #149 #162 #155 #129
Overall size: 19 in. H x 15 in. W x 3 in D.
Individual Size: 9.5 in. H x 7.5 in. W x 3 in D.
Unique
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Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
American Contemporary Art by Michael Alan - Psychic Self Defense
By Michael Alan
Located in Paris, IDF
Collage, pen,pencil, marker, paint on paper
Michael Alan is an American artist born in 1977 who lives & works in New York, USA. As a multidisciplinary artist. His work has been feat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Pen, Permanent Marker, Pencil
Deneb
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Deneb
Color lithograph on BFK Rives, 1996
Signed and dated in pencil lower right
Titled and inscribed "Ed 265" lower left
Publishers chop stamp l;ower left
Printed by Shark's Ink,
...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Harvested Words , 120x80cm
By Yulia Ani
Located in Yerevan, AM
“Harvested Words”, 120 x 80 cm,
acrylic on canvas, 2021
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Leigh Glover, Starling Murmuration IV, Abstract Animal Art, Bright Nature Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Starling Murmuration, IV by Leigh Glover [2022]
original
Acrylic on paper
Image size: H:56.5 cm x W:76.5 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:56.5 cm x W...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
The Crown of the Earth
Located in Boulder, CO
A limited Edition Print by National Geographic Photographer Keith Ladzinski from his “Crown’s of the Earth” collection. This series focuses on the planets most spectacular mountain ranges, risen by tectonic activity and carved by wind, water and time.
This truly one of a kind aerial image is comprised of 52 photos stitched into a single ultra-high resolution panoramic of the worlds highest mountain, Mt Everest. Standing tall at 29,029ft (8,848 meters), Mt Everest, known as Chomolungma in the Tibetan tongue, is truly the highest point on earth. Within this highly detailed panoramic you’ll find the subtleties of the surrounding peaks, the Rongbuk glaciers and Miracle Highway below.
A cropped version of this photographed graced the cover of National Geographic in 2020 and again in 2022 in a special issue, a magenta scene of alpenglow illuminating the crown...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Silk Road 358, Red, Light Blue, Pale Purple Lilac Encaustic Painting
Located in Kent, CT
Dark red encaustic (pigmented beeswax) painting on birch panel accented with subtle lilac, gray and lavender details and a light purple edge. Signed, dated and titled on verso.
Joan...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Encaustic, Panel
"Raven nr. 56" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Thorgrimur Einarsson's "Raven nr. 56" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a raven flying through the air.
About the Artist:
Thorgrimur is an Icelandic artist...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Pandora's Box Shh (Blue)" Glass Neon Sculpture, Plexi Cube, Mounted
Located in New York, NY
Glass Neon Sculpture Mounted in Transparent Mirrored Plexi Cube, Steel Standoff Mounts, Electrical Transformer.
This sculpture is unique, signed on verso, a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass, Plexiglass, Neon Light
Kate Moss Icon VIII /// Contemporary Street Pop Art Portrait Fashion Model UK
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Kate Moss Icon VIII"
Series: Icon
*Signed by Graves lower left. It is also signed, titled, and dated on verso
Year: 2023
Medium: Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Canvas size: 36" x 36"
Condition: The stretched canvas was custom built by the artist himself. In mint condition
Notes:
Katherine Ann Moss (1974-) is an English model and businesswoman. Born in Croydon, Greater London, she was recruited as a model in 1988 at age 14 by Sarah Doukas, founder of Storm Model Management. Arriving at the end of the "supermodel era", Moss rose...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Paint
WHITE 11, H-434 – Risaku Suzuki, Nature, Snow, Forest, White, Winter, Japan, Art
Located in Zurich, CH
RISAKU SUZUKI (*1963, Japan)
WHITE 11, H-434, 2011
Chromogenic print
Sheet 95,2 x 119 cm (37 1/2 x 46 7/8 in.)
Edition of 5 (#2/5)
‘Snowflakes are letters sent from heaven.’ – Ukich...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
C Print
Violet - Green Storm Sewer - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Tomasz Bielak born in Lublin in 1967. He graduated of The Academy of Fine Arts, Painting and Graphics Design Department in Gdańsk, in 1994. He realized installation art, graphics ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Luis Miguel Valdés ¨Mujer con bolitas¨, 2009, Acrylic, 39.4x39.4 in
Located in Miami, FL
"Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949)
'Mujer con bolitas', 2009
acrylic on canvas
39.4 x 39.4 in. (100 x 100 cm.)
ID: VAL-"
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Erotic Mind III" 2018 Utopian Sculptures Serial Prints by Fernando Crespo #100
Located in Coimbra, PT
F. Crespo author of a world-famous giant sculpture Pope Francis Heart. Makes a first edition of his private and utopian projects.
Fernando Crespo is a recognized artist in Portugal. ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Inkjet
Falls Ten, Unique Woodcut Print, Waterfall in Silver and Pale Grey Blue
By Eve Stockton
Located in Kent, CT
This is a unique woodcut print of a waterfall in a forest in silver ink. The monotype brings to mind the tradition of Japanese printing while being d...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper, Woodcut
Elisabeth Montagnier Untitled, Vintage Red Rose #2 Mounted to Aluminum
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Contemporary
Subject: Other
Medium: Photograph
Surface: Aluminum
Country: France
Dimensions: 19 3/4" x 19 3/4"
Dimensions w/Frame: 19 3/4" x 19 3/4"
Still life photograph, re...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Art
Materials
C Print
Spring Awakening (2022), figurative, woman, nude, figure drawing, pastel sketch
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Spring Awakening" (2022) by Rebecca N. Johnson
Pigment ink, gel ink and pastel on rice paper
Green, pink, yellow, purple, blue color palette
Female figure with orchids, sun, flowers...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Ink, Pastel, Rice Paper, Pigment
Dahlia Blue, Contemporary Art, Floral Art, Colourful Print, Statement Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Oil on aluminium bespoke commission. A statment floral piece to be the focal point of any large wall.
Helen Brough paintings available at Wychwood Art online and in the gallery. Hel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
Maelstrom Series No 5 - layered, intersecting, forged aluminum sculpture
By Shayne Dark
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In a gorgeous aubergine colour, this dynamic sculpture by Shayne Dark is part of an exciting new series called Maelstrom. Known for his uniquely beautiful abstract work, this piece i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Fils: The Waves Whisper Secrets" Embroidered Abstract Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Fils: The Waves Whisper Secrets" is a framed mixed media work on canvas by Raul de la Torre, with vertical stripes of dripping paint in bright colors and embroidered organic shapes....
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Thread
Kate Moss #1- Wild Mauve/Black - Framed Silk Screen with Diamond Dust on Linen
Located in New York, NY
Fashion shot of Kate Moss. Acrylic paint. Hand pulled enamel screen print and diamond dust on linen. Stretched on black frame.
About the Artist:
Russell Young currently lives a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Enamel
Georgian Contemporary Art by Tamta Chachanidze - Smell of Bubble Gum
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, pastel & marker on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
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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