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

Artist: Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde

Come walk with me - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century

Contemporary Art

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeCome walk with me - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2020

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeL'Heure bleue - 21st Century, Polaroid, Landscape Photography, 2020

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeDaydream Believer - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, 21st century, 2019

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeCome as you are - Contemporary, Portrait, Women, Polaroid, Nude, 2020

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeAftermath, 2016

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeSteam / Contemporary, Polaroid, Analog, 21st Century, Photography, 2017

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeThose were the Days - 21st Century, Polaroid, Landscape Photography, 2018

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeSundown (Bombay Beach) - Polaroid, Women, 2023

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeI wanna be sedated - Contemporary, Nude, men, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2019

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeShe drives me Crazy - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color, 2019

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdePin-Up, 2017

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeSacrilege - Contemporary, Polaroid, Black and White, Women, Nude, 2020

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeMatter of Time - Contemporary, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2024

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeDrowning the Noise - Contemporary, Portrait, Women, Polaroid, 2020

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeDeparture - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women, 21st Century, 2019

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeBack up -Contemporary, Polaroid, Black and White, Women, 21st Century, Nude, 2020

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdePlaying Ball - Polaroid, Color, Women, Portrait, 2020

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeDada - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women, 21st Century, 2019

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeDeparture - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women, 21st Century, 2019

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdePause -Contemporary, Polaroid, Black and White, Women, 21st Century, Nude, 2020

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeBotanic, 2017

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeRenegade - Polaroid, Women, 21st Century, Portrait, Contemporary, 2020

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeScream if you wanna go faster - Contemporary, Male, Nude, Polaroid, photograph, 2020

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeWild Thing - Contemporary, Portrait, Women, Polaroid, 2020

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeBlurred - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2021

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeHuman nature - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2021

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeGround force - Polaroid, Color, Women, 21st Century, Nude, 2020

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeStretched, 2016

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeAtmosphere - Polaroid, Women, 21st Century, Nude, Landscape, 2022

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeWicca - 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude Photography, 2019

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeDo I ever cross your mind - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2021

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeMorning Glory, 2016

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeCrush with Eyeliner - 21 Century, Women, Contemporary, Polaroid, Figurative, 2016

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdePain - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2021

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeTrailer life - Contemporary, Portrait, Women, Polaroid, Nude, 2020

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeAbsence (makes the heart grow fonder) - Contemporary, Women, Polaroid, Nude, 2020

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeShe Knows, 2016

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeThe receiving End - 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude Photography, 2018

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeSide Kick - Contemporary, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color, 2019

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Come walk with me - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2020

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
L'Heure bleue - 21st Century, Polaroid, Landscape Photography, 2020

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Daydream Believer - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, 21st century, 2019

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Come as you are - Contemporary, Portrait, Women, Polaroid, Nude, 2020

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Aftermath, 2016

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Steam / Contemporary, Polaroid, Analog, 21st Century, Photography, 2017

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Those were the Days - 21st Century, Polaroid, Landscape Photography, 2018

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Sundown (Bombay Beach) - Polaroid, Women, 2023

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
I wanna be sedated - Contemporary, Nude, men, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2019

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
She drives me Crazy - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color, 2019

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Pin-Up, 2017

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Sacrilege - Contemporary, Polaroid, Black and White, Women, Nude, 2020

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Matter of Time - Contemporary, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2024

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Drowning the Noise - Contemporary, Portrait, Women, Polaroid, 2020

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Departure - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women, 21st Century, 2019

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Back up -Contemporary, Polaroid, Black and White, Women, 21st Century, Nude, 2020

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Playing Ball - Polaroid, Color, Women, Portrait, 2020

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Dada - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women, 21st Century, 2019

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Departure - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women, 21st Century, 2019

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Pause -Contemporary, Polaroid, Black and White, Women, 21st Century, Nude, 2020

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Botanic, 2017

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Renegade - Polaroid, Women, 21st Century, Portrait, Contemporary, 2020

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Scream if you wanna go faster - Contemporary, Male, Nude, Polaroid, photograph, 2020

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Wild Thing - Contemporary, Portrait, Women, Polaroid, 2020

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Blurred - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2021

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Human nature - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2021

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Ground force - Polaroid, Color, Women, 21st Century, Nude, 2020

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Stretched, 2016

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Atmosphere - Polaroid, Women, 21st Century, Nude, Landscape, 2022

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Wicca - 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude Photography, 2019

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Do I ever cross your mind - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2021

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Morning Glory, 2016

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Crush with Eyeliner - 21 Century, Women, Contemporary, Polaroid, Figurative, 2016

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Pain - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2021

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Trailer life - Contemporary, Portrait, Women, Polaroid, Nude, 2020

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Absence (makes the heart grow fonder) - Contemporary, Women, Polaroid, Nude, 2020

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
She Knows, 2016

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
The receiving End - 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude Photography, 2018

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Side Kick - Contemporary, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color, 2019

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Smoker's reflect - Contemporary, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color, 2019

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Vantage Point - Contemporary, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color, 2019

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
A breath of fresh air - Contemporary, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color, 2019

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Serpentine - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2018

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Au naturel - Contemporary, Polaroid, Black and White, Women, Nude, 2020

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Delirium - Contemporary, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color, 21st Century, 2019

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Changing every Day - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color, 2019

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Sundown (Bombay Beach) - Polaroid, Women, 2023

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Stranger - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, Landscape, 21st Century, 2016

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Rhapsody, 2016

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Exile - Polaroid, Color, Women, 21st Century, Nude, 2020

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Daydream believer - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2021

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Squeeze - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color, 2019

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Tinderbox - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2019

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
(This is not a) Lovesong - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2019

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Ritual - Contemporary, Polaroid, Black and White, Women, 21st Century, Nude, 2020

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Doll - Nude, 21st Century, Women, Polaroid, Contemporary, 2017

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Synchronicity - Polaroid, Black and White, Women, 21st Century, Nude, 2020

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Ever present - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2021