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.
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Style: Contemporary
Recognized Seller Listings
Eternal Inspiration
By Mark Kostabi
Located in Greenwich, CT
Eternal Inspiration is an oil on canvas painting, 31.5 x 39.25 inches, signed and dated 'KOSTABI 2007 - 2019' lower right in the image. Framed in a contemporary black frame.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Grappa Rose
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: Intaglio
Year: 2024
Image Size: 12 " H x 9" W
Edition Size: 15
Portrait of a young woman holding a rose and wearing a necklace of green leaves. While Hiratsuka's images have...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Intaglio
Edwin Carrillo, 24 de junio. Figurative Drawing
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Edwin Carrillo, 24 de junio, 2016 by Celso Castro
Charcoal on cardboard
Image size: 40 H in. x 29 in. W
(Erase signature with white paint)
Unframed
____________
Undefined by medium...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Charcoal, Cardboard
A Hare Out of Place I (Outer-Space)
Located in Greenwich, CT
A Hare Out of Place I (Outer-Space) is a lithograph on paper, 9 x9" image size. From the edition of 395, numbered 122/275 (there were also 100 Roman and 20 AP).
Robert Deyber’s lith...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
Coast Line, 1999
By Eyvind Earle
Located in Greenwich, CT
Coast Line, 1999 is an engraved painting on wood panel, 14 x 11 inches, initialed and dated lower right 'E E © 99'. Framed in an ornate, gold-tone frame.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Art
Materials
Engraving, Acrylic
Painting by Numbers
Located in Greenwich, CT
Painting by Numbers (Wyeth - Christina's World) is an acrylic on canvas painting, 36 x 48 inches, signed 'DEYBER' lower right and framed in a conte...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Barbuda (Caribbean Daydreams)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Barbuda from the Caribbean Daydreams portfolio is a serigraph on paper measuring 16 x 18 inches, signed 'McKnight' lower right and annotated lower left. Framed in a contemporary, bla...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen, Paper
Floral Muse
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: Intaglio
Year: 2023
Image Size: 16" H x 11" W
Edition Size: 20
Portrait of a young woman with floral decor and a bouquet of flowers hiding her face. While Hiratsuka's images...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Intaglio
Echoes of the Present
By Mark Kostabi
Located in Greenwich, CT
Echoes of the Present is an oil on canvas painting, 23.75 x 17.75 inches, signed and dated 'KOSTABI 2018' lower left. Framed in a contemporary black frame.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lana Ogilvie with Tarantula, New York City
Located in Zurich, CH
Albert Watson
Lana Ogilvie with Tarantula, New York City, 1991
Archival pigment print
76 x 61 cm (29 7/8 x 24 in.)
Edition of 25 plus 2 artist's proofs. Ed. no. 7/25.
Albert Watson ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Twilight Serenity, 2021
By Mark Kostabi
Located in Greenwich, CT
Twilight Serenity is an oil on canvas painting, 31.5 x 23.75 inches, signed and dated 'KOSTABI 2021' lower left. Framed in a contemporary black frame.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Everyday Life
Located in Greenwich, CT
Everyday Life is a digital pigment print on canvas, image size 25 x 25 inches, signed 'FRESSINIER' lower left and numbered 228/295 lower right. Framed in a contemporary, white frame. From the edition of 325 (there were also 25 AP and 5 HC).
François Fressinier is an ardent admirer of the female face. To this French born artist, it uniquely embodies and graciously expresses serenity, beauty and the entire spectrum of human emotion. He has long shared his vision of its varied grace, and his latest works present that face as a reflection of his childhood influences. Fressinier grew up with parents who collected posters of the artist Christine Rosamond...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment, Canvas
Pyzinerol
By Rex Ray
Located in Lyons, CO
Color lithograph, Edition 30
In 2010, Ray made his first lithographs at Shark’s Ink., Pyzinerol and Pyzinerol II. Ambitious prints with 18 colors from 15...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Interior Passion
By Mark Kostabi
Located in Greenwich, CT
Interior Passion is an oil on canvas painting, 20 x 19.75 inches, signed and dated 'KOSTABI 2018' in the image, lower left. Framed in a contemporary black frame.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Art of Modern Living
By René Lalonde
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Art of Modern Living is a digital pigment print on paper, image size 24 x 38.5 inches and framed in a contemporary light wood frame. Signed 'RENÉ LALONDE' lower right and annotat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Digital Pigment
Elephant Group on Bare Earth, Amboseli– Nick Brandt, Africa, Animal, Elephant
By Nick Brandt
Located in Zurich, CH
NICK BRANDT (*1966, England)
Elephant Group on Bare Earth, Amboseli
2008
Archival inkjet print
Sheet 88.9 x 215.9 cm (35 x 85 in.)
Edition of 8, plus AP's; Ed. no. 8/8
Framed
Nick Brandt is a contemporary English photographer. His work focuses on the disappearing natural world. Since 2001, he has photographed the changing African continent and established a style of portrait photography of animals...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hamila Aden, New York City
Located in Zurich, CH
Albert Watson
Hamila Aden, New York City, 2019
Archival pigment print
142 x 107 cm (55 7/8 x 42 1/8 in.)
Edition of 10 plus 2AP
Albert Watson was born 1942 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Everything changed in absolute silence, Figurative Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Everything changed in absolute silence, 2023 by Ramonn Vieitez
Oil on canvas
Size: 23.6 in DM
Signed on the back by the artist
Mounted on a stretcher
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Ramonn Vieitez is a self-tau...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Poles and Cypresses
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Poles and Cypresses
Woodcut printed in black, 1982
Unsigned
From: Tramp Picture series
"The printer was Claude Jinchat at Imprimerie Arnéra, Vallauris. The set was published by Blum ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Linocut
Untitled Bowl (Red) - red, black, nature inspired, textured, ceramic vessel
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Master ceramicist Steven Heinemann continues his exploration of the potential of the vessel, an ancient form, with this series of untitled pieces. The organic oval shape is inspired ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Ceramic
La Vie en Pink, 2019
Located in Greenwich, CT
La Vie en Pink is a digital pigment print on canvas, image size 32 x 32 inches, signed 'FRESSINIER' lower left and numbered 70/95 lower right. Framed in a contemporary, white frame. From the edition of 120 (there were also 25 APs).
Francois Fressinier is an ardent admirer of the female face. To this French born artist, it uniquely embodies and graciously expresses serenity, beauty and the entire spectrum of human emotion. He has long shared his vision of its varied grace, and his latest works present that face as a reflection of his childhood influences. Fressinier grew up with parents who collected posters of the artist Christine Rosamond...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Digital Pigment
Pig Latin III, 2015 (I Think Therefore I Am)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Pig Latin III (I Think Therefore I Am) is an acrylic on canvas painting, 24 x 24 inches, signed 'DEYBER' lower right and framed in a black contemporary frame.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Cloth of Light
Located in Greenwich, CT
Cloth of Light is an acrylic, alkyd and prismacolor painting on masonite, 8 x 12 inches, signed 'RICKER' lower right corner and framed in a contemporary black and brown moulding.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic, Alkyd
The Wings of Gaia
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Wings of Gaia is an acrylic and alkyd painting on canvas, 20 x 24 inches, signed and dated 'RICKER 2000' lower right corner. Framed in a contemporary black frame.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic, Alkyd
SHIT (Dirty Words), 2016
Located in Greenwich, CT
S H I T (Dirty Words) is an acrylic on canvas painting, 48 x 48 inches, signed 'DEYBER' lower right and framed in a contemporary black frame.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
How I Feel on the Inside, 2019
Located in Greenwich, CT
How I Feel on the Inside is a digital pigment print on canvas, image size 32 x 31.75 inches, signed 'FRESSINIER' lower left and numbered 263/295 lower right. Framed in a contemporary, white frame. From the edition of 325 (there were also 25 AP and 5 HC).
Francois Fressinier is an ardent admirer of the female face. To this French born artist, it uniquely embodies and graciously expresses serenity, beauty and the entire spectrum of human emotion. He has long shared his vision of its varied grace, and his latest works present that face as a reflection of his childhood influences. Fressinier grew up with parents who collected posters of the artist Christine Rosamond...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Digital Pigment
Her Time
Located in Greenwich, CT
Her Time is an oil and mixed media painting on canvas, 35 x 35 inches canvas size, signed 'FRESSINIER' lower left and framed in a contemporary white frame.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Snow White
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Snow White
pen and ink with watercolor, 1999
Signed with the artist's initials and dated along the bottom edge (see photo)
Sheet size: 6 x 6 inches
Peregrine Honig (born 1976 in San Francisco, CA) is an American artist whose work is concerned with the relationship between pop culture, sexual vulnerability, social anxieties, the ethics of luxury and trends in consumerism. Honig appeared on season one of Bravo’s artist reality television show, Work of Art: The Next Great Artist, which aired from June 9–August 11, 2010, finishing in second place.
Career
Born in San Francisco and raised in The Castro and in Project Artaud, Honig moved to Kansas City, Missouri, at 17 to attend the Kansas City Art Institute. At age 22, Honig was the youngest living artist to have work acquired by the Whitney Museum of Art’s permanent collection.
Honig’s work is included in private and public collections, including: The Art Institute of Chicago, Yale University Art Gallery, The Fogg Art Museum, Milwaukee Art Museum...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Watercolor
Green Haze
Located in Greenwich, CT
Green Haze is an acrylic on masonite painting, 10 x 14 inches, signed 'RICKER' lower right corner. Framed in a contemporary dark brown/black frame.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Superman
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: Screenprint
Edition size: 38
Year: 2009
Albert was born in the Los Angeles suburb of Panorama City in 1971 and grew up in the working class neighborhood of El Sereno. After...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
Xantippe #1
By Kevin Horan
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 8
Signed, titled, dated and numbered.
Paper size: 30 x 24 in. Image size: 28 x 22 in.
From the Chattel series.
Kevin Horan photographs goats in a very regal manner in his series, Chattel. A variety of domestic goats and sheep get their close-ups, allowing us to explore the detail of their beards, wattels, eyes, horns and hair. Horan's interest in exploring the exchange between people and animals lead to these dramatic, yet humorous portraits...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cypresses
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Cypresses
Reductive color woodcut in colors, black, green & brown, 1982
Unsigned
From: Tramp Picture series
"The printer was Claude Jinchat at Imprimerie Arnéra, Vallauris. The set w...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Linocut
Reigning Cats and Dogs
Located in Greenwich, CT
Reigning Cats and Dogs is a lithograph on paper, 9 x 9" image size. From the edition of 395, numbered 156/275 (there were also 100 Roman and 20 AP).
Robert Deyber’s lithographs were...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
Invites Into the World of the Eternal Instant
Located in Lyons, CO
Color lithograph, Ed. 30
Chagoya's newest prints, "Invites Into the World of the Eternal Instant" and "Expresses Nothing but the Self", are concerned with the current unsustainabl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Toucans
Located in Greenwich, CT
Toucans is a lithograph on paper, 9 x 9" image size. From the edition of 395, numbered XXV/C (there were also 275 arabic and 20 AP).
Robert Deyber’s lith...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
Thirty Six Birds, Isle of Skye, Scotland by Michael Kenna, 2005
Located in Dallas, TX
Thirty Six Birds, Isle of Skye, Scotland by Michael Kenna depicts a flock of birds flying overhead against a bright sky.
Sepia toned gelatin silver print
Image size: 8 x 7.75 in.
Mo...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
John Kennedy and Caroline Bessette NY Daily News Cover, Watercolor Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
John Kennedy and Caroline Bessette NY Daily News Cover, by Manuel Santelices
Watercolor on paper
Image size: 12 in. H x 9 in. W
Unframed
2016
The worlds of fashion, society, and po...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Amal, George Clooney and Julia Roberts, Watercolor Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Amal, George Clooney and Julia Roberts, by Manuel Santelices
Watercolor on paper
Image size: 9 in. H x 12 in. W
Unframed
2016
The worlds of fashion, society, and pop culture are ex...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Nero II. From Visceral Series. Sculpture
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Nero II, 2023 by Magda von Hanau
From the Visceral series
Clay underglaze and glass glaze.
Dimensions: 13 in H x 15 in W x 14 in D
Weight 15 lbs
“This body of work refers to the mem...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Clay, Glass, Glaze
Untitled (Oil Tank Mural)
Located in New York, NY
archival pigment print
edition of 3 + 2 AP
12 x 18 in. (30.5 x 45.7 cm)
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
St. Nick
Located in New York, NY
rose toned cyanotype
edition of 3 + 2 AP
15 x 11 in. (38.1 x 27.9 cm)
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photogram
Untitled (Confessional Booth)
Located in New York, NY
archival pigment print
edition of 3 + 2 AP
12 x 18 in. (30.5 x 45.7 cm)
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled (Instructions)
Located in New York, NY
archival pigment print, ed. of 3 + 2 AP
12 x 18 in. / 30.5 x 45.7 cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled (Horse)
Located in New York, NY
rose toned cyanotype
edition of 3 + 2 AP
15 x 11 in. (38.1 x 27.9 cm)
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photogram
Morning Dew
Located in New York, NY
rose toned cyanotype
edition of 3 + 2 AP
11 x 15 in. (27.9 x 38.1 cm)
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photogram, Photographic Paper
Trio
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: Screenprint
Edition size: 69
Year: 2009
Clown with two nude women. Created at Richard Duardo's Modern Multiples Fine Art Editions.
Reyes is a Chicano artist, born in the Lo...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
White Leghorns
By Jamie Wyeth
Located in New York, NY
Edition 52/150
Jamie Wyeth (b. 1946) is a third-generation artist - son of Andrew Wyeth, and grandson of N.C. Wyeth, and he is distinguished in his own right as a contemporary real...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
Untitled (Rubber Duckies)
Located in New York, NY
archival pigment print
edition of 3 + 2 AP
24 x 36 in. (61 x 91.4 cm)
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled (Spider Web)
Located in New York, NY
archival pigment print, ed. of 3 + 2 AP
12 x 18 in. / 30.5 x 45.7 cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Pat Martino, New York City, From Jazz Katz: The Sounds of New York
Located in Dallas, TX
Signed, titled, and dated in black ink on print margin.
Series: Jazz Katz: The Sounds of New York
Jimmy Katz, born in New York City in 1957, received his B.A. in political science a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled (Bathroom Stall Partition)
Located in New York, NY
archival pigment print
edition of 3 + 2 AP
12 x 18 in. (30.5 x 45.7 cm)
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Z
By Kelvin Mann
Located in Palm Springs, CA
"Z is for zoo, with a lion, monkey, rhinoceros and giraffe illustrating the letter "Z", from Kelvin Mann's alphabet. All letters are available, and the full set of 27 etchings in folio...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Untitled (Man Walking)
Located in New York, NY
archival pigment print, ed. of 3 + 2 AP
24 x 36 in. / 51 x 91.4 cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled (Cinnamon Roll Basket)
Located in New York, NY
archival pigment print
edition of 3 + 2 AP
24 x 36 in. (61 x 91.4 cm)
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Cave"
Located in Lyons, CO
The artist describes this project:
“My paintings and prints propel the viewer into an unstable world through a perspective that shimmies between representation and abstraction. I ad...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled (Burnout Marks)
Located in New York, NY
rose toned cyanotype
edition of 3 + 2 AP
11 x 15 in. (27.9 x 38.1 cm)
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photogram
Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
rose toned cyanotype
edition of 3 + 2 AP
11 x 15 in. (27.9 x 38.1 cm)
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photogram, Photographic Paper
Untitled (Boot)
Located in New York, NY
archival pigment print
edition of 3 + 2 AP
12 x 18 in. (30.5 x 45.7 cm)
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
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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