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
Enigmática
Located in Barcelona, ES
Acrylic painting
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
The charge
Located in Barcelona, ES
Portrait of an elephant
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Mao Zedong Waving with Black Square - Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph
By Wang Guangyi
Located in Zug, CH
Wang Guangyi, Mao Zedong waving with black square
Lithograph on Velin BFK Rives 300 gr
Accompanied by poem by Fernando Arrabal
120 x 80 cm (47.2 x 31.5 in.)
Edition of 165 plus 4 AP...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
No Time - Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph, Chinese, Chinese Culture
By Wang Guangyi
Located in Zug, CH
Wang Guangyi, No Time
Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph, Chinese, Chinese Culture
Lithograph on Velin BFK Rives 300 gr
Accompanied by poem by Fernando Arrabal
Edition of 165 p...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Aspens
Located in New York, NY
Samoylova's "Landscape Sublime" series explores how landscape imagery in contemporary culture is used to create constructed realities, wholly apart from our lived experiences. Samoyl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
NAL KWON (Flying martial arts)
Located in Seoul, KR
About ‘Nal Kwon’
Nal Kwon is a phonetic representation of the Korean characters 날 and 권 . The character 날(Nal) is derived from the verb 날다 which means fly and Kwon refers to a kind o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Iceberg N°2 by Christophe Jacrot - Landscape photography, winter, sea, blue
Located in Paris, FR
Iceberg N°2 is a limited-edition photograph by French contemporary artist Christophe Jacrot.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 2 dimensions:
*60 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper
Bilocation
Located in Nashville, TN
Andy King is fascinated with the interplay between chance, perceptions, the influence of others, and mystical experiences in the role of the evolution of personhood. This series of w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
One Light - immersive infinite perceptual ambient light wall sculpture
By Raymond Graber
Located in San Francisco, CA
Raymond Graber‘s celestial light sculptures transform the sense of perception, challenging the human eye’s sense for scale and time with a transcendenta...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood, Lights, LED Light, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Neon Light
Cinquième saison
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. The work shows a unique imaginal season that doesn’t exist in reality – the fifth season. In this seas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Antique
Located in Porto, 13
Conscious reuses and surrealist reminiscences agree and mix between seduction and disorder. From one attitude to another, a dramatic, expressionistic tension is added. Then violence ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Summer Dunes
By Bill Tansey
Located in Fairfield, CT
Editions of 12.
Mounting and framing not included.
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Still Life
Located in Miami, FL
Miguel Padura
"Still Life"
Oil on canvas
21 1/2 x 38 in
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Love in spring
By Michael Rich
Located in Fairfield, CT
In paintings, drawings and prints, Michael Rich explores the beauty and irascibility of the natural world through an approach to painting that is visceral, physical and colorful. Of...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Big Hibiscus II
By Idoline Duke
Located in Fairfield, CT
Making art is my greatest form of escapism. Although often hard work, it is for me like a portal into another world where I envision a better place than where we are. Whether working...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
"Heading In, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 8" x 12"
By S. Cora Aldo
Located in Westport, CT
This limited edition contemporary seascape print by S.C. Aldo features a cool coastal palette. It depicts a lightly abstracted coastal scene with a light blue sky, thick, white abstr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital, Giclée
Cigale
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. The artist uses bright yellow and red to cover half of the painting, which is in stark contrast with the sunflower shrubs at the bottom of the painting. Especially for the cicada...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Newport
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Fairfield, CT
Since 1977, Hunt Slonem has had more than 350 exhibitions at prestigious galleries and museums internationally. In 2010 there are shows in the Coral Springs Museum, Coral Springs, Fl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Desnudo 2
Located in Barcelona, ES
Strokes, lines, points, signs come from the plexus, travel through the arm and hand, reaching the
canvas with the indicated “nerve.”
Lights and shadows complete the possibility of th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Charcoal
Le Maître Coiffeur
Located in Porto, 13
The master barber, not without pride, here in a demonstration of talent and technique! His apprentices in the background are divided between a certain admiration and some disdain bec...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Mr. Green, Mr. White and Mr.Black
Located in Porto, 13
Each with their own Aura. Messrs. Green, White and Black here side by side in an image in which a special filter was used that allows you to see the golden color of each one. An Auro...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Nul - Contemporary, 21st Century, Sculpture, Limited Edition, Neon Light
Located in Zug, CH
This high-impact neon sculpture creates a mellow atmosphere as a result of the expertise of a glass blower and a neon technician.
Jan Henderikse, Nul
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Neon Light
First olive
By Michael Rich
Located in Fairfield, CT
In paintings, drawings and prints, Michael Rich explores the beauty and irascibility of the natural world through an approach to painting that is visceral, physical and colorful. Of...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Love is Powerful - Contemporary Love Lettering Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
'Love is Powerful' is an original artwork by urban impressionist painter Steve Javiel. The piece incorporates a blend of acrylic paints, oil pastels, and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Wood Panel
PROJECTED SPECIMEN – DEER
Located in Seoul, KR
About PROJECTED SPECIMEN Series
… in Projected Specimen series (2014), Han positions multiple screens placed around the exhibition space showing the shadows of a dog, rabbit, deer, e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
C Print
Figurative Ink Painting N.2 'Vessels II' by Dmitry Samygin
Located in Paris, FR
Figurative Ink on Cotton paper
Painting N.1 'Vessels II' by Dmitry Samygin
H.27 x 19.5 cm
About Dmitry Samygin
Furniture and Product Designer. His approach relies on simple forms and clarity in ideas with carefully chosen materials to expose the essence of an object. His products exemplify humanistic design, comfort in everyday use and ergonomic function.
He is a prize-winner in international competitions. He has taken part in exhibitions in Paris, Milan and Moscow, collaborates with European and Russian production, architectural and design companies. Since 2021 Dmitriy's design has been presented in a permanent exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Crafts in Moscow. Dmitry's graphics and designs are in private collections all over the world.
Samygin's Awards
2023 I+D / Design Now / winner (product design & decor)
2021 Red dot / Modul
2021 I+D magazine award / Shelter (covers for the sculptures of Moscow State Architectural Museum)
2020 Best 2020 AD Russia
2019 Andrew World...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Cotton, Paper, Ink
Sky Garden II
By Perry Burns
Located in Fairfield, CT
Perry Burns received his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1988. Since then he has been making paintings that merge the traditions of Middle Eastern patterns and European...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American People III - 21st C., Figurative, Nude, Female body, Feminism, Acrylic
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
The title of this painting, together with the subject depicted, underlines the message of Pep Anton Xaus's artworks. Pay especial attention to the donke...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Hilary Lloyd, Shopfront - Signed Print, Contemporary Photography
Located in Hamburg, DE
Hilary Lloyd (British, b. 1964)
Shopfront, 1999
Medium: Offset lithograph on card stock
Dimensions: 21 x 26 cm
Edition of 100: Hand-signed, numbered and dated
Condition: Excellent
Category
20th Century Contemporary Art
Materials
Offset
La Vaca
Located in Southampton, NY
"La Vaca" (The Cow) is one of a series of farm animal paintings by J. Oscar Molina. The artistic distillation into bold shapes and facial expressions render a humanistic quality to ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
Make up - Part I
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Sebastien's body of work unfolds around the image. Almost always, he works on his work in series, which means that several works result from one source image.
He is very methodical ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Gesso, Acrylic, Monotype
Old Man
Located in New York, NY
2020, Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Jimi at Woburn Festival 1968" framed B&W photograph by Michael Putland
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Jimi at Woburn Festival 1968" framed black and white photograph by Michael Putland of Jimi Hendrix at the July 6, 1968, Woburn Music Festival in England. "Jimi at Woburn Festival 1...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Cape Cross - Studio Portrait, Stallion, Champion, Equine Art Print Unframed
Located in London, GB
Cape Cross (13 March 1994 – 21 April 2017) was an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse. He is a son of the July Cup winner Green Desert and Cheveley Park Stakes, winner Park Appeal who ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Bla...
"Summer Heaven" Figure Painting, Watercolor, Watercolor on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Painting: Watercolor on Paper, Framed
Dimensions: 26 in x 32 in, Framed 29 in x 37 in
Unique
Signed on Verso, includes a certificate of authenticity.
Elena Chestnykh was born in Nov...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Pulpit in Room Limited edition fine art print signed by the artist
Located in BORDEAUX, FR
Born in 1990 in Cartagena, Jose Sierra Vega is a prodigious young Colombian photographer. Employing photography as an instrument to explore the human ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sakura
By Perry Burns
Located in Fairfield, CT
Oil on canvas.
Deeply rooted in art historical knowledge, Perry Burns' painterly explorations evoke more than simple, visual pleasure. His paintings are highly inspired by patternin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Beatles at Candlestick Park" 1966 framed photograph by Jim Marshall
By Jim Marshall
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"The Beatles at Candlestick Park" photograph by Jim Marshall depicts George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney and John Lennon at their final concert at Candlestick Park in San Fr...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Scenery of Mind
Located in Seoul, KR
The Ideascape of Minjoo Kim
The artist explains that she painted “not the realistic depiction, but the inner tree, the objects, the shapes, and a psycholog...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
India Ink, Pigment, Mulberry Paper
Proposal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Proposal, 2022
20 x 30"
Cyanotype Unique Variant Print
Limited Edition of 7
+ Cyanotype hand-printed on Arches BFK Rives French watercolor paper
+ Deckled Edges on all four sides
+ Signed and editioned on front in pencil
+ Letter of Authenticity
+ Printed in Los Angeles, CA
WHAT IS A CYANOTYPE?
cyan = blue
type = print
Cyanotype is a historic photographic processes, invented in 1842 and used by Anna Atkins–the first female photographer. The process involves coating watercolor paper with light-sensitive chemistry made of iron salts. Photographic negatives are laid on top, exposed in the sunlight, and then washed in water to develop into the deep Prussian-blue unique to cyanotypes. Brings a moment of beauty and conversation to any space.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Alexandra DeFurio...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Archival Paper, Magazine Paper, Newsprint, Colo...
"Pieta" Mixed Media Woven Photo Tapestry with Embellishments, Figurative
Located in New York, NY
"Pieta" Textile Art, Mixed Media Woven Photo Tapestry with Embellishments
This piece is unique, signed on verso, and includes a certificate of authenticity
Katie Commodore is an interdisciplinary artist who concentrates on creating intimate portraits of her friends that often focus on how they express their sexuality. In 2000, Commodore received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration from Maryland Institute College of Art. In 2004, she obtained her Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking from Rhode Island School of Design, where she is currently an adjunct professor. Commodore has exhibited throughout the United States and Europe, including in England, Italy, Germany, and Greece. Her work has previously been featured in a number of group shows presented by The Untitled Space...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Textile, Tapestry, Thread
Wobbly, by Erwin Wurm, 2023, Flat Sculptures, Limited Editions on canvas
By Erwin Wurm
Located in Zug, CH
Erwin Wurm
Wobbly, 2023
Relief print on canvas
100 × 80 × 4.5 cm
(39.4 × 31.5 × 1.8 in)
Signed and numbered
Edition of 50
PLEASE NOTE: Images of edition number are example reference...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas
"Steve Miller 'Gretsch Guitar'" photograph by Lisa S. Johnson from Hard Rock
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Steve Miller 'Gretsch Guitar'" framed color photograph by Lisa S. Preston taken for her book "108 Rock Star Guitars." "Photo by Lisa S. Johnson" printed on front lower right corner....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Telling my Story 2, Elisia Nghidishange, Mixed media sculpture
Located in Windhoek, NA
This artwork formed part of Nghidishange's exhibition titled 'Ehafo' held at the Namibian Arts Association in 2022. Nghidishange was born in Eenhana in northern Namibia. This printma...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Wire
Superior 2 - 20x40" Archival print on paper, limited edition
Located in Toronto, ON
Limited edition Giclée prints on archival matte textured paper with archival ink.
These reproductions of hand brushed paintings are scanned using high-res...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée
Nebula, British Contemporary Artist Abstract Oil Painting
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas
Image size: 15 3/4 x 19 1/2 inches (40 x 49.5 cm)
Framed
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
In need of new glasses
Located in Oslo, 03
Unique artwork.
Acrylic on canvas.
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Roman Road, Linton, Cambridgeshire, Contemporary British Artist
Located in London, GB
Oil on board, signed bottom right and dated on reverse
Image size: 9 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches (24.75 x 19 cm)
The Artist
Andrews developed a unique style combining objective studies of n...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Board
"The Cure Gets Caught on Columbus Ave., NYC 4/11/80" photo by Allan Tannenbaum
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"The Cure Gets Caught on Columbus Ave., NYC 4/11/80" black and white photograph by Allan Tannenbaum. Image size: 9 x 13 inches. The text reads: "The Cure New York City 1980. In 1978, the Sussex ensemble led by Robert Smith changed its name from Easy Cure to the name that would follow them into the pages of music history - the Cure. Their debut album, 'Three Imaginary Boys...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Altered Madonnas, Camilla Hanney, 2020, Cast and handbuilt porcelain
Located in London, GB
Cast and handbuilt porcelain, gold lustre
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Luster, Porcelain
El Puerco / Gordo
Located in Southampton, NY
"El Puerco/Gordo (The Pig)) is one of a series of farm animal paintings by J. Oscar Molina. The artistic distillation into bold shapes and facial expressions render a humanistic qu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
Peace Harmonist 1, Elisia Nghidishange, Mixed media sculpture
Located in Windhoek, NA
This artwork formed part of Nghidishange's exhibition titled 'Ehafo' held at the Namibian Arts Association in 2022. Nghidishange was born in Eenhana in northern Namibia. This printma...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Wire
NYC Man. Contemporary Hyper-realist Portrait
Located in London, GB
Jeremy Andrews
Contemporary
NYC Man
Oil on canvas, signed
Image size: 85 x 92 ¼ inches
Framed
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
RGB Kudu
By Shawn Smith
Located in PARIS, FR
Unique piece
Created in 2015
109 x 61 x 48 cm
" My work investigates the slippery intersection between the digital world and reality. Specifically, I am interested in how we experie...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Plywood, Ink, Acrylic
Nest
By Shawn Smith
Located in PARIS, FR
Unique piece
Created in 2015
38 x 23 x 33 cm
" My work investigates the slippery intersection between the digital world and reality. Specifically, I am interested in how we experie...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Plywood, Ink, Acrylic
Oceanic I & II diptych
Located in Fairfield, CT
Janet Jennings is known for her luminous oil & watercolor paintings. After working for Lawrence Rubin at Knoedler Contemporary Art, Jennings maintained a studio at Waverly Studios in New York City. She began as a Color Field painter, working on canvas and linen. Janet moved to Amagansett, NY in 1981 and switched her focus to landscape painting. Her career path led her to teach at The Parrish Art Museum, Guild Hall & The Victor D’amico Institute of Art. From 1993 to 1998, she was the Chair of the Andy Warhol Visual Arts Preserve Program. Jennings maintains ties to the art community as an educator and curator. She is a member of the East Hampton Arts Council, an advocacy group for performing and visual artists of East Hampton. Ms. Jennings maintains a painting studio in East Hampton and currently teaches oil and watercolor classes. In 1997, she was a founding member of CMEE, The Children’s Museum of the East End. Working with Lee Skolnick and JoAnn Secor, she was an exhibit designer and fabricator for “Time and Place, Light and Space”, the initial installation at Guild Hall, which launched CMEE. She was a lead designer for the permanent exhibition installation of CMEE, located in Bridgehampton, NY. Jennings received her BFA from the University of Dayton and attended The Dayton Art Institute, Antioch College and The Art Students League. Her paintings are in numerous corporate and private collections worldwide. She has exhibited at numerous galleries on Long Island and New York City including The New York Design Center, Hampton Road Gallery, Pamela Williams Gallery, Folioeast, Lizan-Tops Gallery, Chase Edwards Gallery...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Thelxinoe 2/4
Located in PARIS, FR
Edition: 2/4
Casting date: 2018
Signature engraved on the back
Pollès’s power of giving life to the bronze by infusing it with a carnal quality enables him to combine the breath o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Loops (Sky Blue)
Located in New York, NY
Jonas Noël Niedermann
LOOP (Sky Blue), 2022
Blown glass
11.50 x 8.50 x 4 in.
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Blown Glass
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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