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
Artist: Rebecca Skinner
"Interior V", landscape, North Dakota, window, field, blue, color photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Interior V” is a 18 x 12 inch color photograph taken from inside an abandoned farmhouse in North Dakota. A crooked window in a house in ruin looks out to a field i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Nesting", contemporary, Voltswagen, landscape, VW, color photograph, print
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Nesting” is a 18 x 12 inch metal print and is part of her “Awakening” series. An antique Voltswagen Bug car rests in a foggy landscape in rural Massachusetts. The ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Lunds Valley", landscape, North Dakota, grain elevator, color photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Lunds Valley” is a 12 x 18 inch color photograph of grain elevators in North Dakota. The rustic structures rest in the beautiful landscape with colors of blue, red...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Sorrow", contemporary, landscape, boot, fence, cowboy, North Dakota, photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Sorrow” is a 24 x 16 inch contemporary black and white photograph of a weathered cowboy boot resting on a fence in the beautiful North Dakota landscape. The framel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Great Northern Railcar", contemporary, landscape, North Dakota, photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Great Norther Railcar” is a 16 x 24 inch contemporary black and white photograph of a weathered railcar resting in the beautiful North Dakota landscape. The framel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Saint Olaf Church", contemporary, landscape, North Dakota, color photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Saint Olaf Church” is a 24 x 36 inch color photograph captured in the North Dakota grasslands. The historic structure rests in the beautiful landscape with colors ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Succession", contemporary, abandoned, doorways, interior, red, color photo
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Succession” was photographed at an abandoned hospital and is part of her “Forgotten” series raising mental health awareness. Seemingly endless doorways open to sof...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Power", contemporary, pink, green, switch, texture, color photograph, print
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Power” is a 18 x 12 inch metal print and is part of her “Transient” series. The peeling paint, texture and pink and green color exudes strength in this color photo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Alkabo II", contemporary, landscape, North Dakota, black, white, photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Alkabo II” is a 24 x 36 inch black and white photograph captured in a North Dakota ghost town. Dramatic sky frames a weathered structure in this beautiful contempo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Alkabo I", contemporary, landscape, North Dakota, black, white, photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Alkabo I” is a 24 x 36 inch black and white photograph captured in a North Dakota ghost town. Dramatic sky frames a weathered structure in this beautiful contempor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"West Hallway", contemporary, abandoned, door, blue, red, purple, color photo
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “West Hallway” is a 24 x 16 inch color photograph of a hallway in an abandoned building. The purple - blue door in the foreground is riddled with peeling paint, as ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Anticipation", contemporary, interior, church, doors, green, color photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Anticipation” is a 12 x 18 inch color photograph of doors in the interior of an abandoned church found in rural Georgia. A door is slightly ajar offering a glimpse...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Gossip", contemporary, abandoned, salon, vintage, blue, green, color photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Gossip” is a 16 x 24 inch color photograph of vintage hair dryers in an abandoned salon. With satin finish, the image is infused directly into metal making it wate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Peep Show", contemporary, graffiti, woman, red, metal print, color photo
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Peep Show” was photographed at an abandoned train station and is part of a series representing her appreciation of graffiti as an art form. An open door offers a p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Quiet Morning", landscape, black and white, canoe, marsh, Cape Cod, photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Quiet Morning” is part of her "On and Off the Trail" series documenting the beautiful landscapes of New England. The 12 x 18 inch toned black and white photo of a ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Reach", contemporary, abandoned, chair, nature, green, blue, color photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Reach” is a 18 x 12 inch metal print of a blue chair resting in the corner of a room that is being reclaimed by nature. Green vines reach toward the viewer in this...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Landscape I", color photograph, farm, Massachusetts, blue, green, brown, print
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Landscape I” is part of her "Century Farms" project documenting Massachusetts farms over 100 years of age. The 12 x 18 inch color photograph was taken in the sprin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
"Passage", contemporary, interior, hallway, abandoned, yellow, color photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Passage” was photographed in rural Pennsylvania. The yellow peeling paint in the abandoned hallway reflect the passing of time. The 18 x 12 inch color photo with s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Concluded", contemporary, abandoned, piano, pink, music, color photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Concluded” is a 18 x 12 inch metal print of an abandoned pink piano located in the remnants of an auditorium in Indiana. We can only imag...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Erosion #3", landscape, tree, roots, bark, black and white, photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Erosion #3” was photographed on the shoreline of Lake Champlain in Burlington, Vermont. The 12 x 18 inch black and white photo with satin finish is infused directly into metal making it waterproof and easy to clean. This frameless metal print hangs easily with a float mount and the artist’s signature is located on the back. With breathtaking depth and amazing detail “Erosion #3” makes an excellent addition to your home or office. The textural beauty is natures own art form. Edition of 5.
This image is also available upon request as an acid-free, archival, paper print. Traditional prints are done on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Baryta Paper featuring a 100% cotton base with a very finely textured gloss surface finish.
Abandoned buildings serve as the focus of Boston-based Rebecca Skinner’s most recent series of photographs. Skinner studied at the Rhode Island School of Design, RI. Artscope, BostonVoyager and Upworthy are just a few publications that have featured her widely shown work. Skinner is represented by Fountain Street...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Break", color photo, abandoned, china, factory, industrial, metal print
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Break” was photographed at an abandoned china factory and is part of a series documenting the loss of industry in America. The 12 x 18 inch color photo with satin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Reflection", landscapes, New England, seascape, metal print, color photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Reflection” is part of her "On and Off the Trail" series documenting the beautiful landscapes of New England. The 18 x 12 inch color photo with satin finish is inf...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Exist", contemporary, interior, chair, grass, brick, window, green, photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Exist” is a 18 x 12 inch color photograph of an old chair sitting in lush green grass growing in the interior of an abandoned building. The blue sky can be seen th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Pink Piano II", contemporary, abandoned, Indiana, music, color photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Pink Piano II” is a 16 x 24 inch contemporary metal print of the keys on an abandoned pink piano located in the remnants of an auditorium...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Lonely Tree", landscape, black and white, winter, snow, New England, photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Lonely Tree” is part of her "Winter Trees" series documenting the beauty of New England in the winter. The 12 x 18 inch black and white photo with satin finish is ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Iron", color photograph, wrought iron, fence, green, metal print
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Iron” is a 18 x 12 inch metal print of a wrought iron fence. The color photograph has a satin finish and is infused directly into...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Pink Piano", contemporary, abandoned, music, metal print, color photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Pink Piano” is a 16 x 24 inch metal print of an abandoned pink piano located in the remnants of an auditorium in Indiana. We can only ima...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Sculpted", black and white, interior, abandoned place, architecture, photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Sculpted” is a 18 x 12 inch black and white interior photograph of decaying architecture and a lone chair in an abandoned building...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"To Dust", interior, abandoned place, architecture, green, color photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “To Dust” was photographed in an interior of an abandoned building in New York. The 30 x 20 inch color photo is of decaying architecture with colors of brown and gr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Exhausted", color photograph, abandoned, bed, television, green, metal print
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Exhausted” is a 11 x 17 inch metal print and is part of her “Transient” series. The color photograph of a bedroom in an abandoned home gives the viewer a sense of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Remnants II", landscape, black and white, coast, pier pilings, photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Remnants II” is part of her "On and Off the Trail" series and documents the beautiful Mississippi coast. The 12 x 18 inch black and white photo is of pier pilings ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Outward", abandoned, pool table, peeling paint, interior, green, photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Outward” is a 12 x 18 inch color photograph of a pool table in the interior of an abandoned building. Layers of peeling paint in green, beige and yellow demonstrat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Inward", interior, abandoned, nature, peeling paint, window, green, photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Inward” is a 12 x 18 inch color photograph of vines growing through a window into the interior of an abandoned building. Layers of peeling paint in green, pink and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Respite", photograph, black, white, piano, auditorium, abandoned, interior
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Respite” is a 12 x 18 inch black and white interior photograph of a piano in an abandoned auditorium. The frameless metal print has a satin finish and is infused d...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Return", abandoned, Victorian, sofa, interior, yellow, pink, photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Return” is a 12 x 18 inch color photograph of a Victorian sofa in the interior of an abandoned building. Peeling paint in pink, yellow and white demonstrate the pa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Timeworn", black, white, books, paper, abandoned, medical, journals, photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Timeworn” was photographed in a library at an abandoned home in New England. The 36 x 24 inch black and white of deteriorated pages in a set of American Medical As...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Vanished", contemporary, abandoned, dark, chair, doors, color photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Vanished” is a 17 x 11.25 inch color photograph of a lonely chair in a deteriorating room in an abandoned hospital. A set of doors sits just beyond the chair peeki...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Uplifting", contemporary, vines, interior, blue, white, brown, color photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Uplifting” is a 24 x 36 inch color photograph of vines growing into the interior of an abandoned building. A natural sculpture from mother nature, the tiny feet of...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Dream", interior, abandoned, bed, mattresses, peeling paint, peach, photography
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Dream” is a 18 x 12 inch color photograph of a stack of old mattresses stacked on top of each other in the interior of an abandoned building. Peeling paint in peac...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Vitality", photograph, black, white, landscape, stone walls, New England, vines
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Vitality” was photographed at an old farm in New England. The 24 x 36 inch black and white landscape is of vines growing along a historic stone wall. The print has...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Iron", contemporary, wrought iron, fence, metal print, green, color photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Iron” is a 24 x 16 inch metal print of a wrought iron fence. The color photograph has a satin finish and is infused directly into...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Life Finds a Way", contemporary, abandoned car, moss, nature, color photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Life Finds a Way” is a 16 x 24 inch metal print and is part of her "Rust to Dust" series documenting the beauty of the decaying automobile. The color photo of moss...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Wait", contemporary, farmhouse, highchair, yellow, vintage, color photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Wait” is a 17 x 11 inch color photograph of a red highchair against yellow vintage wallpaper in an abandoned farmhouse. With satin finish, the image is infused dir...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Blue Room", contemporary, interior, farmhouse, door, metal print, photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Blue Room” is a 17 x 11 inch color photograph of a wallpapered door in a blue room at an abandoned farmhouse. Paint has worn off the walls and ceilings portraying ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Hippie", abstract, lime, green, blue, lichen, color photo, metal print
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Hippie” is part of a her texture series taking an up-close look rusted and/or weathered metal. This abstract image is a close up of lichen on a lime green and blue...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Erosion #5", landscape, tree, roots, bark, black and white, print, photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Erosion #5” was photographed on the shoreline of Lake Champlain in Burlington, Vermont. The textural beauty is natures own art form. The 24 x 16 inch black and whi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Lonely Tree", black and white, landscape, snow, New England, photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Lonely Tree” is part of her "Winter Trees" series documenting the beauty of the New England landscape in the winter. The 20 x 30 inch acid-free, archival, black an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Color, Giclée, Archival Pigment
"Spools", abandoned silk mill, industrial, vintage, brown, color photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Spools” was photographed at an abandoned mill and is part of a series documenting the loss of industry in America. The color photograph is of vintage wooden spools...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment, Giclée
"Silk Mill", abandoned, machinery, factory, industrial, color photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Silk Mill” was photographed at an abandoned mill and is part of a series documenting the loss of industry in America. The 20 x 30 inch acid-free, archival, color p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Giclée, Color
"Krispy", abandoned school, classroom, black and white, Gary, Indiana, photo
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Krispy” was photographed in a classroom at a deserted school in Gary, Indiana. The black and white photograph has a satin finish and is infused directly into metal...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Aged", contemporary, abandoned, yellow, lamp, vintage, color photo, metal print
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Aged” was photographed in an abandoned nursing home in rural Pennsylvania. A vintage lamp is the subject with a background of yellow, peeling paint. The 18 x 12 in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Disorderly", color photograph, abandoned, school, graffiti, chalkboard, blue
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Disorderly” is a 17 x 11.25 inch metal print of a graffiti covered chalkboard in a classroom at an abandoned school. The color photograph is mostly earth toned wit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"The Root of the Problem", abandoned, black, white, tree, interior, photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “The Root of the Problem” was photographed in the interior of an abandoned hospital. The 16 x 30 inch black and white metal print is of a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Absent", abandoned, metal print, vintage, chair, red, pink, color photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Absent” was photographed in an abandoned building in West Virginia. The 18 x 12 inch color photograph is of a child's red chair forgotten in a worn hallway. With s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Within", abandoned, nature, vines, doors, porch, green, color photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Within” is a 45 x 30 inch color photograph of vines creeping into a porch as nature reclaims an abandoned hospital. A set of doors sits at the end of the porch pee...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Circumstance", color photograph, piano, abandoned, peach, green, metal print
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Circumstance” was photographed in an abandoned hospital. The 16 x 24 inch color photograph is of a piano in a state of decay in a domestic setting with warm tones ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Walk This Way", landscape, boardwalk, foggy, sea grass, green, color photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Walk This Way” is part of her "On and Off the Trail" series documenting the beautiful landscapes of New England. A well worn boardwalk flanked by green sea grass d...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
"Workspace", black and white, abandoned, factory, desk, office, photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Workspace” was photographed at an abandoned lace factory and is part of a series documenting the loss of industry in America. A desk and chair sit in a vast space....
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
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