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
Period: 1970s
Pescara's Pine-wood - Lithograph by Michele Cascella - 1979
Located in Roma, IT
Pescara's Pine-wood is an artwork realized in 1979, by the Italian Artist Michele Cascella.
Colored lithograph on paper of the Portfolio "Landscape", 1979, with six original lithogr...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Paris along the River Seine - Lithograph by Michele Cascella - 1979
Located in Roma, IT
Paris along the River Seine is an artwork realized in 1979, by the Italian Artist Michele Cascella.
Colored lithograph on paper of the Portfolio "Landscape", 1979, with six original...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Nello Stesso Istante (ripetuto 8 volte) - Etching by Leo Guida - 1970
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Nello Stesso Istante (ripetuto 8 volte) is an artwork realized by Leo Guida in 1970.
Etching on paper. Titled lower side.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
Pescara on the River - Lithograph by Michele Cascella - 1979
Located in Roma, IT
Pescara on the river is an artwork realized in 1979, by the Italian Artist Michele Cascella.
Colored lithograph on paper of the Portfolio "Landscape", 1979, with six original lithog...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Saint Peter and Castel Saint Angelo - Etching by Giuseppe Malandrino - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Saint Peter and Castel Saint Angelo is an artwork realized by Giuseppe Malandrino.
Print in etching technique. Hand-signed by the artist in pencil and signed on plate G. Malandrino...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
Pescara on the River - Lithograph by Michele Cascella - 1979
Located in Roma, IT
Pescara on the river is an artwork realized in 1979, by the Italian Artist Michele Cascella.
Colored lithograph on paper of the Portfolio "Landscape", 1979, with six original lit...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Paris along the River Seine - Lithograph by Michele Cascella - 1979
Located in Roma, IT
Paris along the River Seine is an artwork realized in 1979, by the Italian Artist Michele Cascella.
Colored lithograph on paper of the Portfolio "Landscape", 1979, with six origina...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Piazza di Spagna- Lithograph by Michele Cascella - 1979
Located in Roma, IT
Piazza di Spagna is an artwork realized in 1979, by the Italian Artist Michele Cascella.
Colored lithograph on paper of the Portfolio "Landscape", 1979, with six original lithograph...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Joan Miró Vinyl Record Art
By Joan Miró
Located in NEW YORK, NY
1960s Joan Miró vinyl album art:
Raimon and Joan Miró were close friends that first collaborated on the 1966 album Cançons de la roda del temps. In 19...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
City View - Lithograph by Maria Vicentini - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
City view is a contemporary artwork realized by Maria Vicentini in 1970s.
Mixed colored lithograph.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Numbered on the lower left.
Edition 30/40.
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Ponte S. Niccolò, Florence - Lithograph by Michele Cascella - 1979
Located in Roma, IT
Ponte S. Niccolò, Florence is an artwork realized in 1979, by the Italian Artist Michele Cascella.
Colored lithograph on paper of the Portfolio "Landscape", 1979, with six original...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
George the Wonder Horse 1970 Signed Limited Edition Lithograph
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist Name: Warrington Colescott
Year: 1970
Medium Type: Lithograph
Size-Width Size-Height: 31'' x 22.5''
Signed Edition Size: signed in pencil, titled and numbered 41/50
Warrin...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Scilla - Lithograph by Michele Cascella - 1979
Located in Roma, IT
Scilla is an artwork realized in 1979, by the Italian Artist Michele Cascella.
Colored lithograph on paper of the Portfolio "Landscape", 1979, with six original lithograph and the p...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Letter T - Lithograph by Rafael Alberti - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Letter T by Rafael Alberti, from Alphabet series, is a lithograph, realized by Rafael Alberti in 1972.
Hand signed and dated on the lower right margin. Numbered on the lower left....
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
FLOWERS V
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph in colors on Arches paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. From the edition of 250.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. Al...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Pescara's Pine-wood - Lithograph by Michele Cascella - 1979
Located in Roma, IT
Pescara's Pine-wood is an artwork realized in 1979, by the Italian Artist Michele Cascella.
Colored lithograph on paper of the Portfolio "Landscape", 1979, with six original lithogr...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Profile Yellow II - Profilo Giallo II - Etching by Giacomo Porzano - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Profile Yellow II - Profilo giallo II is a contemporary artwork realized by Giacomo Porzano in 1972.
Hand signed and dated by artist with pencil.
Numbered on the lower margin. Edit...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
Ponte S. Niccolò, Florece - Lithograph by Michele Cascella - 1979
Located in Roma, IT
Ponte S. Niccolò, Florence is an artwork realized in 1979, by the Italian Artist Michele Cascella.
Colored lithograph on paper of the Portfolio "Landscape", 1979, with six original ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Composition - Lithograph by Rafael Alberti - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is a lithograph, realized by Rafael Alberti in 1972.
Hand-signed, dated, numbered on the lower margin.
Edition of 99.
The artwork represents a brilliant composition th...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Bicentennial Dawn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Bicentennial Dawn
Silk screen and gold foil collage element, 1976
Signed and dated lower right in gold foil (see photo)
Edition 100 (57/100)
original label attributes this image as b...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
1975 Wendy Chazin 'Interior, Still Life' HAND SIGNED
By Wendy Chazin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 31.75 x 29.5 inches ( 80.645 x 74.93 cm )
Image Size: 25 x 25.5 inches ( 63.5 x 64.77 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling
Additio...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Alexander Calder 'Spirales' Lithograph, 1974
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 18.25 x 14.25 inches ( 46.355 x 36.195 cm )
Image Size: 15 x 11.5 inches ( 38.1 x 29.21 cm )
Framed: Yes
Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling
Addi...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
SKIING
Located in Aventura, FL
Serigraph on paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Edition of 300. Image size 20 x 24 inches. Sheet size 26 x 30 inches.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate o...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Screen
Joan Miró Vinyl Record Art (set of 2)
By Joan Miró
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Joan Miró vinyl album art: set of two, 1966 & 1979:
Raimon and Joan Miró were close friends that first collaborated on the 1966 album Cançons de la roda del temps. In 1979, Miró designed a cover for the album Quan la aigua queixa, including the name of Raimon in large handwritten letters. As a result of this relationship, Raimon composed the song A Joan Miró, which creatively certified his admiration towards the painter.
Off-set lithographs on vinyl record album covers...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
JOSEF ALBERS Formulation: Articulation IX, 1972
By Josef Albers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 15 x 40 inches ( 38.1 x 101.6 cm )
Image Size: 8.25 x 17 inches ( 20.955 x 43.18 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling
Additional Detail...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
JOSEF ALBERS Formulation: Articulation VI, 1972
By Josef Albers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 15 x 40 inches ( 38.1 x 101.6 cm )
Image Size: 12.25 x 17.25 inches ( 31.115 x 43.815 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling
Additional D...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
Old Days-Claudio Carabba leaving San Gimignano Prison... - Vintage Photo - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
Claudio Carabba leaving San Gimignano prison where he had been taken hostage is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1975.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Horns Of Plenty, Pop Art Screenprint by Hunt Slonem
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Hunt Slonem, American (1951 - )
Title: Horns Of Plenty
Year: 1980
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: AP 30
Image Size: 24 x 23.5 inches
Size: 28...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
Nancy
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Barbara Astman (b. 1950) is a celebrated contemporary Canadian artist, best known for her innovative work using photography and its many utilitarian offshoots such as scanners and ph...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Polaroid
Ties - Lithograph by Jim Dine - 1976
By Jim Dine
Located in Roma, IT
Ties is a contemporary artwork realized by Jim Dine in 1976.
Mixed colored lithograph.
Edition of 66/150.
The artwork is from the portfolio: Bathrobe, Hands, Ties, Saw, Rainbow,...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Electra
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Barbara Astman (b. 1950) is a celebrated contemporary Canadian artist, best known for her innovative work using photography and its many utilitarian offshoots such as scanners and ph...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Polaroid
Mirabelle
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Barbara Astman (b. 1950) is a celebrated contemporary Canadian artist, best known for her innovative work using photography and its many utilitarian offshoots such as scanners and ph...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Polaroid
Ibidem - Lithograph by Achille Perilli - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Ibidem is a contemporary artwork realized by Achille Perilli n 1972.
Mixed colored lithograph.
Hand signed, dated and numbered on the lower margin.
Edition of 64/90.
Titled on t...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Miss Denim
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Barbara Astman (b. 1950) is a celebrated contemporary Canadian artist, best known for her innovative work using photography and its many utilitarian offshoots such as scanners and ph...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Polaroid
Self-Portrait
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Barbara Astman (b. 1950) is a celebrated contemporary Canadian artist, best known for her innovative work using photography and its many utilitarian offshoots such as scanners and ph...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Polaroid
CHUCK CLOSE Phil, 1976
By Chuck Close
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 8 x 8 inches ( 20.32 x 20.32 cm )
Image Size: 7 x 5.5 inches ( 17.78 x 13.97 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling
Additional Details: P...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Offset
Untitled 1971, acrylic on cardboard
Located in Milan, IT
Acrylic on cardboard. Signed lower right.
Accompanied by Authentication on photo signed by the artist, with stamp of Bolzicco Gallery in Portogruaro (VE).
Published in General catalo...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
The Most Distant Visible Part of the Sea, Pop Art Silkscreen by Rauschenberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Rauschenberg, American (1925 - 2008)
Title: The Most Distant Visible Part of the Sea
Year: 1979
Medium: Lithograph and Screenprint, Signed and numbered in pencil
Editi...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen, Lithograph
Untitled (S. 108)
By Donald Judd
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Donald Judd
Title: Untitled (S. 108)
Year: 1977-78
Medium: Etching on wove paper
Sheet: 30 x 35 in. (76.2 x 88.9 cm.)
Edition: 75 plus proofs; signed, numbered and dated in p...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
Resist decorated stoneware bowl.
By Jason Wason
Located in Brecon, Powys
Really lovely bowl by this well collected and exhibited British potter
Good condition
17cm high diameter 38cm
1980s
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Ayatollah Khomeini - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Ayatollah Khomeini is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Students' Protest China - Vintage photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Students' Protest China is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Women in Rebibbia - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Women in Rebibbia is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Fiumicino Airport - Chilean Immigrants - vintage photo - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo- Fiumicino Airport- Chilean Immigrants is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1975
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, roya...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Mondadori Bookshop - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days -Mondadori Bookshop in 1970s is a vintage black and white photograph.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days-Sesto San Giovanni-Istituto scientifico tecnico Ernesto Breda- 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Sesto San Giovanni - Istituto scientifico tecnico Ernesto Breda is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Leone in Anniverasy of Finance Guard - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Former Italian President Leone in Anniverasy of Finance Guard is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album includi...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Family at the Airport - Vintage photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Family at the Airport is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, a...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
“Girl with Cat”
Located in Southampton, NY
Evocative original oil on canvas painting by the Welsh artist, John Bowen. Signed lower left. Condition is very good. Circa 1970. The artist uses the light to capture the beauty of the young girl looking directly at us with her cat resting in her lap. The painting is housed in a dark wood frame with narrow liner of the same time period of the artwork. Overall framed measurement is 41 by 29 inches. Provenance: A Sarasota, Florida estate.
John Bowen (1914–2006)
Carmarthenshire Museums Service Collection
Painter, born in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. After attending Llanelli and Swansea Schools of Art he taught at Llanelli School of Art, 1939–60, also at the Boys’ Grammar School there apart from wartime service in the Royal Air Force. He was an artist member of SWG and also showed WAC and at the Royal National Eisteddfod. In 1968 he had a retrospective at Parc Howard Mansion, Llanelli. Painter of landscapes in Britain and abroad and still life, in oil and watercolour whose work is in many public collections, including WAC and Newport Art Gallery and Museum.
Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)
His work was influenced by some of the twentieth century's greatest artists such as Pablo Picasso and Marc Chagall. His paintings are in the permanent collections of Parc Howard Museum...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Historical Photo - Manifestation - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and political ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Jost Burgi's Astronomical Globe - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Jost Burgi's Astronomical Globe is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
David Modelling
By Nan Goldin
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Nan Goldin (b. 1953) is one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century.
Beginning in the 1970s, Goldin took candid shots of her friends and lovers, characters often l...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Polaroid
Six Shapes in Space - Mixed Media by S. Takahashi - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Six Shapes in Space is an artwork realized by Shu Takahashi in 1974.
Screenprint on acetate. Edition of 287/500.
Dimensions : 28 x 20 cm.
Rondanini Galleria d'arte Contemporanea ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Mixed Media
1977 Saul Steinberg 'Persian Rug (no text)'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 21.5 x 26 inches ( 54.61 x 66.04 cm )
Image Size: 18 x 23 inches ( 45.72 x 58.42 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: A: Mint
Additional Details: Limited edition offset lith...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Offset
Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung - Screen Print by Pol Bury - 1972
By Pol Bury
Located in Roma, IT
Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung is a contemporary artwork realized by Pol Bury.
Mixed colored serigraph.
Hand signed and numbered.
Edition of 193/200.
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
Historical Photo - China - Vintage photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - China is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and political eve...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and political events, met...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Vintage photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and political events, met...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
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