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

Aftermath

Contemporary Art

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeAftermath, 2016

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeOver my head - Contemporary, Polaroid, Black and White, Women, Nude, 2020

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeYou've got a hold on me - Contemporary, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Nude, 2019

2010s Contemporary Art

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

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeI see you (50x50cm) - 21st Century, Women, Nude, Contemporary, 2017

2010s Contemporary Art

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

2010s Contemporary Art

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

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeRhapsody, 2016

2010s Contemporary Art

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

2010s Contemporary Art

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

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeDrive-in Dreams (Bombay Beach) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women, 21st Century, 2019

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeThe skin I'm in - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, 21st Century, Joshua Tree, 2019

2010s Contemporary Art

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

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeA Portrait of the Artist as a young Woman - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, Color, 2019

2010s Contemporary Art

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

2010s Contemporary Art

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

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeAshtray Heart - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, 21st Century,, 2019

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdePull I - Contemporary, Nude, 21st Century, Polaroid, 2017

2010s Contemporary Art

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

2010s Contemporary Art

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

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeWonderland - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, 21st Century, Joshua Tree, 2019

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeAll that glitters ain't gold, 2017

2010s Contemporary Art

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

2010s Contemporary Art

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

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeFern II - Polaroid, Women, 21st Century, Nude, Landscape, 2018

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeFigure study in black and white II, 2018

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeShadowplay - triptych - 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude Photography, Contemporary, 2017

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 AudenaerdeFairytale, 2016

2010s Contemporary Art

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

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeHeart and Soul - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, Color, Women, 21st Century, 2019

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeLap Dance with Light - 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude Photography, Contemporary, 2018

2010s Contemporary Art

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

2010s Contemporary Art

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

2010s Contemporary Art

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

2010s Contemporary Art

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

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeI'll be yours - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, 21st Century, Joshua Tree, Men, 2019

2010s Contemporary Art

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

2010s Contemporary Art

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

2010s Contemporary Art

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Aftermath, 2016

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Over my head - Contemporary, Polaroid, Black and White, Women, Nude, 2020

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
You've got a hold on me - Contemporary, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Nude, 2019

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

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
I see you (50x50cm) - 21st Century, Women, Nude, Contemporary, 2017

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

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

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Rhapsody, 2016

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

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

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Drive-in Dreams (Bombay Beach) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women, 21st Century, 2019

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
The skin I'm in - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, 21st Century, Joshua Tree, 2019

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

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
A Portrait of the Artist as a young Woman - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, Color, 2019

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

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

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Ashtray Heart - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, 21st Century,, 2019

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Pull I - Contemporary, Nude, 21st Century, Polaroid, 2017

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

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

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

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
All that glitters ain't gold, 2017

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

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

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Fern II - Polaroid, Women, 21st Century, Nude, Landscape, 2018

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Figure study in black and white II, 2018

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Shadowplay - triptych - 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude Photography, Contemporary, 2017

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

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Fairytale, 2016

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

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

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Lap Dance with Light - 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude Photography, Contemporary, 2018

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

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

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

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

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
I'll be yours - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, 21st Century, Joshua Tree, Men, 2019

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

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

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

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Release - 21st Century, Polaroid, Portrait, Photography, Contemporary, Nude, 2017

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
The Upside Down - Polaroid, Contemporary, Women, Nude, 2017

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

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

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

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Wishing, 2020

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

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

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Drive-in Dreams (Bombay Beach) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women, 21st Century, 2019

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Out on the road - Polaroid, 21st Century, Contemporary, Color, Landscape, 2020

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

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
High Hopes - Polaroid, Contemporary, Color, 21st Century, 2017

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

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

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Trial and error - Contemporary, Polaroid, Color, Women, 21st Century, 2020

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

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Stand, 2017

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