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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
Champagne Paradise, Vineyard, Tree Landscape, limited edition photography print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions ...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Black Glove ( Michael Jackson ) - large format still life of iconic glove
Located in San Francisco, CA
a highly detailed still life photograph of the king of pop's iconic sequin and rhinestone crystal glove Black Glove (Michael Jackson) by Tom Schierlitz...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Steps - underwater photograph - print on paper 21" x 18"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This ethereal underwater fine art photograph captures a figure suspended above submerged pool steps, rendered in soft aquamarine and pearl tones. The crystalline water creates a drea...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper

You are what Dreams are made of - Contemporary Architecture Oil Painting
Located in DE
Lilly Muth's architectural paintings transport viewers on a visual journey to a different world, where imagination knows no bounds and the boundaries between reality and fantasy blur...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Destinations (Flatiron Bidg, 5th Avenue and Broadway at 23rd Street)
Located in New Orleans, LA
In "Destinations", Frederick Mershimer creates an image of taxis rushing by the Fuller Building, better known as Flatiron Building. The building is only six feet wide at its rounded...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Mezzotint, Aquatint

Strange Love, triptych - analog, mounted, Nude, Contemporary, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Strange Love - triptych, 3 pieces - 2005 Edition 1/5, 80x80cm each, 80x260cm installed, including gaps, 3 analog C-Prints, hand-printed by the artist, based on the 3 original Pol...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Metal

Drifter - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Drifter - 2021 - 20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2021-1055. Not mount...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Murakami Flowers in a Qinghua Vase
Located in Bristol, GB
Offset printing 4 colours and silver special colours for credit letters and coater varnish Edition of 300 70 x 52.8 cm (27.6 x 20.8 in) Signed and numbered on the front New, as issued
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Varnish, Offset

Virtud by Francisco Jimenez - Mixed Media, Abstract Nude Figurative Painting
Located in DE
Francisco Jose Jimenez paints abstracted nude paintings using a range of materials, such as fabric, concrete, pieces of plastic etc. His portraits tell stories of imperfect beauty, i...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Raw Linen, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Phantome - contemporary, landscape, tree, acrylic and resin on panel
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary mixed-media landscape featuring a tree is by Peter Hoffer. Internationally recognized for his ethereal and romantic landscapes, Peter Hoffer has, in recent years, ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Epoxy Resin, Acrylic, Panel

Lavender Field, Provence, black and white photograph, landscape, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Flower Sparkles!
Located in Bristol, GB
Archival pigment print Edition of 300 50 x 50 cm (19.7 x 19.7 in) Signed and numbered on the front Mint, as issued. Minor imperfections may appear due to the nature of the materials....
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment, Screen

Arbus, Composition, Diane Arbus, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Diane Arbus, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1979. Published by Unite...
Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

New York City, Brooklyn, Cities, Black-and-White Photography, Coney Island Girl
Located in New york, NY
An image of a young woman on an amusement park ride shot on film by Roberta Fineberg, the portrait was made in New York in the late 1980s a time of innocence and edginess, tenderness...
Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Hidden in dots 21st Century Contemporary portrait Painting of a man
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis Hidden in dots 30 x 30 cm framed (included in price) 33,5 x 33,5 cm Oilpaint on wood panel Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) 2022 winner of the 'William Locke Price' ( £ 30.0...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Fishermen at the Nets - Drawing by Sirio Pellegrini - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Tempera and watercolor on cardboard realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1970. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Abruzzo origins (Capestrano), spent his childhood years...
Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Tempera, Watercolor, Cardboard

"Simpatico" (2024) by Carrie Goller, Encaustic/Mixed Media Painting, Cow & Bird
Located in Denver, CO
“Simpatico” is an original, handmade oil and encaustic painting on wood panel by Carrie Goller, completed in 2024. Measuring 14 x 11 x 1.50 inches (35.56 x 27.94 x 3.81 cm), it is fr...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Wax, Wood Panel, Oil

River - Snowflake Lines Dots Pattern Drawing Blue Pink, 2020
Located in Kent, CT
In carefully drawn dots and lines in soft shades of indigo blue with pink, green, yellow and dark red details, this intricate composition is inspired by patterns in nature. This draw...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Ink, Archival Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite

Winding Path (18 x 11 inch hand-printed cyanotype)
Located in Oakland, CA
New as of Jan. 1, 2025. This is a brand-new addition to the artist's ever-growing series of foggy woods in northern California near San Francisco. These tall eucalyptus trees are the...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Photogram

Eroded Porsche 911 Turbo (White)
Located in London, GB
Daniel Arsham Eroded Porsche 911 Turbo, 2020 Hydrostone and quartz crystals 8.9 × 30.5 cm Edition of 500 Daniel Arsham's Eroded series is a striking series of sculptural works that ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Stone, Granite

Don't Tell Mamma #4. Black and white nude photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Don't Tell Mamma #4, 1994-2010 by Koray Erkaya From the series of Don't Tell Mamma Hahnemühle Photo Matt Fibre Duo 210 Paper Deckled Edge Image size: 37.5 in. H x 25.5 in. W (96 cm ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

John James Audubon Flamingo Icon II /// Contemporary Ornithology Shorebird Bird
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-) Title: "John James Audubon Flamingo Icon II" Series: Icon *Signed by Graves lower right. It is also signed, ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Acrylic

Nizza - large format photograph of summer beach observation in South of France
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large scale highly detailed photograph of European summer beach scene captured in coastal Nice, France, along the Mediterranean Côte d’Azur. Nizza (2006) by Frank Schott 44 x 69 in...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée, Archival Ink

Fern I (20x20cm) - Polaroid, Contemporary, Color, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Fern I, 2018, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Based on an original Impossible film Digital C-print, not mounted. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2018-47...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Etna Trace – Minimalist Abstract Landscape with Volcanic Earth, B&W Art on Paper
Located in Agrigento, AG
Original abstract artwork by Marilina Marchica This one-of-a-kind composition titled “Volcanic Landscape – Black & White” captures the raw energy of nature through the use of pure pi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Pigment

Old Car, Desert, Route 66, Arizona, USA, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
© Gerald Berghammer - Limited edition of 9. Archival fine art pigment print. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Printed with 4cm whit...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Black and White, Digital...

"Pontiac 87" Contemporary Green and White Concentric Circle Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Green and white abstract contemporary circular painting by Houston, TX artist David Hardaker. Signed, titled, and dated by the artist on the reverse. Artist Statement: The work is ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Enamel

Where Time Stands Still, original painting, landscape, contemporary
Located in Deddington, GB
Where Time Stands Still - 122 x 91 cm This piece will be taken off the wooden frame and the canvas will be shipped rolled in a tube when re stretched on a frame the depth of the piec...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic

KAWS SMALL LIE complete set of 3 works (KAWS small lie companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS SMALL LIE: Complete Set of Three. Each new and sealed in their original packaging. These KAWS figurative pieces are a rendition of Small Lie produced in collaboration with Qatar...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

SCHOMBURG LIBRARY 1986 Lithograph, African American History, Black Culture
Located in Union City, NJ
SCHOMBURG LIBRARY is a hand drawn, limited edition lithograph printed using traditional hand lithography methods on archival Arches printmaking paper...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Flag Cake
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Blackmon's images offer a fantastic and surreal commentary on contemporary American family life while referencing a 19th Century Flemish painting – they are intricate tableaux, combi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Pier, Lake, Silent Morning, monochrome minimalist photograph, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Steps - underwater photograph - archival pigment print 35" x 29"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A light and very becoming underwater photograph of a girl walking down the steps in pool toward you. The light blue photograph shows no swimsuit neither any places where you would ex...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Pompon
Located in München, BY
Edition of 7 Also available in 73 x 100 cm / 28.7 x 43.3 in, Edition of 3, price on request In this picture you can see a beautiful luscious naked heinie of a woman with a blue pill...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

"La Pace Tre Le Statue 4" Photography 39 x 29.5 in Ed of 4 by Lukas Dvorak
Located in Culver City, CA
"La Pace Tre Le Statue 4" Photography 39 x 29.5 in Ed of 4 by Lukas Dvorak 39" x 29.5" inch Pigment print on Epson Fine ART paper 2024 Ships rolled in a tube ABOUT THE ARTIST Lu...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Pigment

Quixote's Giants, Study 1, Campo de Criptana, Spain.
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential among ...
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

David Michalek, Contemporary, Nude, Photography
Located in München, BY
Edition 25 Portrait of a male model from the back. From personality portraits and advertising campaigns to magazine layouts and fine art work, Greg Gorman has developed a unique style in his profession. His distinctive use of light in his black and white portraits is one of the identifying aspects of a Gorman photograph. Gorman’s strength has been photographing motion picture and music personalities. His work has been used in film advertising and publicity campaigns as well as album and CD covers. Some of the motion picture celebrities that he has photographed include Ben Affleck, Lauren Bacall, Alec Baldwin, Antonio Banderas, Kim Basinger, Marlon Brando, Pierce Brosnan, Kevin Costner, Bette Davis, Robert De Niro, Brad Pitt, Andy Garcia, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Dustin Hoffman, Sophia Loren, Al Pacino, Barbra Streisand, Kiera Knightley, Clive Owen, Jennifer Lopez and John Travolta. In the music field, Mr. Gorman has worked with Elton John, Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Morrissey, John Mayer...
Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Beatles at Abbey Road London 1967 b/w oversized contact sheet LOST
Located in Norwich, GB
a strip of negatives. The long roll of negatives was then cut into strips of six, usually with five or six frames on each strip. These strips were then laid carefully onto a sheet of...
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Giclée, Archival Pigment

Composition, Heart of Darkness, Sean Scully
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Etching in colors on vélin de Lana Royal paper. Paper Size: 11.93 x 9.81 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Heart of Darkness, 1992. Publ...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Etching

Robert Longo 'Frank & Glenn' Hand Signed and Framed, 1991
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Lithograph in colors on wove paper. Artist proof signed and numbered in pencil out of 10 by Robert Longo, published by Brooke Alexander from the Men in the Cities. Frank and Glen st...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Flora Italiana ( Papavero Giallo Fiorito ) - large format botanical still life
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original large format still life photograph from Linda Rosewall's series "Flora Italiana", an intensively beautiful body of works exploring the botanica...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment

I am the Moth, You are the Flame
Located in London, GB
David Shrigley I am the Moth, You are the Flame, 2022 Linocut on Somerset Tub Sized 300gsm paper Signed by the artist and numbered 65 x 50 cm (25 5/8 x 19 3/4 in) Edition 23 of 100 ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Linocut

Cacti - large format photograph of iconic desert cactus landscape 48" x 72"
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photograph of sunny cactus landscape, from a series of highly detailed large format nature observations, an homage to the photo realistic ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Giclée, Archival Pigment

Snow covered Central Park New York City limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Snow covered Central Park 1, New York City, USA - no. 11869 Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity includ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Blue Morpho Butterfly
Located in Sante Fe, NM
The Element ‘Gold, (Au) can only be make in the nuclear reactor of stars. It came to our planet when the Earth was first forming, as dust from catastrophic astronomical events –sta...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

Fairytale Forest, Tree Avenue, Florida, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography print. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Pr...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Abstract Round Wooden Dowel Wall Sculpture, Beach, 2056 Laguna by Matt Bilfield
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
MATT BILFIELD '2056-Laguna' 2,056 Wooden Dowels in Architectural Plywood 23 x 23 in _________________ My creative journey is guided by a deep appreciation for order, precision, and...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Wood, Plywood

Next Step- 21st Century Contemporary Colorful Landscape Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Artist Ger Stallenberg likes to get lost in his landscapes. The artist born in Maastricht (1959) studied at the Academy of Visual Education in Tilburg. Ger Stallenberg is inspired b...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Engulfment, Stadium #1. Nude color photograph.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The first encounter I had with the abyss, was arriving to a place that does not exist, a point suspended in time where I am without being. An unreal world...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Untitled (Standing Nude with Fist)
Located in New York, NY
James Childs (1945-2020) 1975 Inscribed, l.l. Graphite on paper 28 x 17.75 inches  $3,125
Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Graphite

Heart, Antelope Canyon, Arizona, USA, Abstract Landscape, Limited Edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Antelope Canyon detail in heart shape, Page, Arizona, USA. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Be...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Dig
Located in Manchester, GB
Andrew Scott, Dig, 2024 Giclee print of 315 gsm etching cotton rag paper 45 x 33 cm (17.7 x 13 in) Edition of 250 Frame included Hand-signed and n...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Giclée

Flower Smile
Located in Bristol, GB
Offset print with cold stamp Edition of 300 50 x 50 cm (19.7 x 19.7in) Signed, numbered and titled on the front Mint. Minor imperfections may appear due to the production process
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Offset

Feather Tawny Owl Pocket Painting 3, original painting, contemporary
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Tawny Owl feather 3 is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Thank You For The Wonderful Destiny
Located in Bristol, GB
Fine art inkjet print on photo rag 308 paper Limited edition of 100 Signed and numbered on the front Sold in the original packaging in mint condition, unframed Published by Kaikai Ki...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Inkjet

Mystical Tree, misty, Fanal, Madeira, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Evenfall
Located in London, GB
Evenfall, 2024 Archival Inkjet with Screenprint Overlay on Somerset Enhanced Infinity 330 gsm Paper edition of 99 hand-signed and numbered by the artist Stanley Donwood is a British...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Inkjet, Archival Pigment, Screen

Corpheum XVII - contemporary, geometric abstract, Corten steel outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary, geometric abstract, Corten steel outdoor sculpture is by Quebec artist Claude Millette. Millette has been creating compelling sculptures for more than four decades...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Steel

Innuendo
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Innuendo, 2016, 50x50cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signature label with certificate. Artist inventory PL2016-2001. No...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper

Antelope Canyon black and white photograph limited edition landscape print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Antelope Canyon sandstone formation detail, Page, Arizona, USA. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gera...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital 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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