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

Everlong

Contemporary Art

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeEverlong, 2016

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeTessellate - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2024

2010s Contemporary Art

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

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeAfterthought, 2016

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeWake-up call (Bombay Beach) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, Black and White, 2019

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde'Changing every Day' part of the series 'A girl called N.' - Polaroid Unique, 2019

2010s Contemporary Art

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

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeAs if - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color, 2019

2010s Contemporary Art

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

2010s Contemporary Art

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

2010s Contemporary Art

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

2010s Contemporary Art

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

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeVoices - Polaroid, Women, 21st Century, Nude, 2020

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeBefore you came - Polaroid, Women, 21st Century, Nude, 2020

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeSkin and Bones IV - 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude Photography, Contemporary, B&W, 2018

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeAll I have to do is Dream - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2017

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeSwept Away, 2017

2010s Contemporary Art

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

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeBefore you came - Polaroid, Women, 21st Century, Nude, 2020

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeReveal - 21st Century, Contemporary, Nude, Polaroid, 2018

2010s Contemporary Art

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

2010s Contemporary Art

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

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeRattle my Heart - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2024

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeBath time Story IV - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2021

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeKindling, 2016

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeAll I have to do is Dream - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2017

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeAnimal nitrate - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2022

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeDay and Night, 2017

2010s Contemporary Art

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

2010s Contemporary Art

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

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeRead my mind - Polaroid, Color, Women, 21st Century, Nude, 2020

2010s Contemporary Art

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

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeMissing, 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude Photography, Contemporary, Color, 2018

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeContemplation, - 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude Photography, 2018

2010s Contemporary Art

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

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeHeartbreak Motel - Polaroid, Contemporary, 21st Century, Color, Women, 2016

2010s Contemporary Art

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

2010s Contemporary Art

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

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeGhost Town (Bombay Beach) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Color, Women, 21st Century, 2019

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Everlong, 2016

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Tessellate - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2024

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

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Afterthought, 2016

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Wake-up call (Bombay Beach) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, Black and White, 2019

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
'Changing every Day' part of the series 'A girl called N.' - Polaroid Unique, 2019

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Before you came - Polaroid, Women, 21st Century, Nude, 2020

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Skin and Bones IV - 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude Photography, Contemporary, B&W, 2018

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
All I have to do is Dream - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2017

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Swept Away, 2017

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

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Before you came - Polaroid, Women, 21st Century, Nude, 2020

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

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

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

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Rattle my Heart - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2024

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Bath time Story IV - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2021

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Kindling, 2016

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
All I have to do is Dream - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2017

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Animal nitrate - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2022

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Day and Night, 2017

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

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

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Read my mind - Polaroid, Color, Women, 21st Century, Nude, 2020

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

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Missing, 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude Photography, Contemporary, Color, 2018

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Contemplation, - 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude Photography, 2018

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

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Heartbreak Motel - Polaroid, Contemporary, 21st Century, Color, Women, 2016

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

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

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Ghost Town (Bombay Beach) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Color, Women, 21st Century, 2019

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Lose your head - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2019

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Homesick - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2024

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Wishing, 2020

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Heading for a Fall - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2021

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Storms - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2024

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
On the Rhodes again - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color, 2019

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

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Dressing up - Polaroid, women, nude, 2018

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

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Swept Away, 2017

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
The Upper Hand - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2021

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Music was my first love - Polaroid, Color, Women, Portrait, 2020

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Fall apart - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, 21st Century, Joshua Tree, 2019

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Why don't you find out for yourself (Bombay Beach) - Polaroid, Women, 2023

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Trouble me, 2020

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

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Botanic - Polaroid, Nature, 21st Century, Flower, 2017

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Noise - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, 2022

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