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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.

Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.

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Style: Contemporary
Fall, Original Painting
Fall, Original Painting

Fall, Original Painting

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
This sunlit wildflower scene flows from earthy browns at the base through a gradient of warm reds and oranges in the blooms, set against a soft sky of green and...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic

Grayson Perry - Portrait Plate 5
Grayson Perry - Portrait Plate 5

Grayson Perry - Portrait Plate 5

By Grayson Perry

Located in London, GB

bone china with lustre rim 21 cm diameter Grayson Perry hallmark on the back. These decorative plates are inspired by the artwork The Great Beauty, 2024. The original piece is a cab...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Ceramic

Fabric Cat, Original Painting
Fabric Cat, Original Painting

Fabric Cat, Original Painting

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A pink and purple cat prowls with quiet confidence, showing both elegance and attitude. Improvised geometric shapes and layered washes of paint reveal the unmis...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Watercolor

Local Blooms - Framed Abstract Colorful Still Life Mixed Media Artwork on Canvas
Local Blooms - Framed Abstract Colorful Still Life Mixed Media Artwork on Canvas

Local Blooms - Framed Abstract Colorful Still Life Mixed Media Artwork on Canvas

By Kellie Newsome

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Dynamic and abstracted still-life artworks are the specialty of Georgia-based artist Kellie Newsome. Her work is characterized by a loose and expressive style emphasizing line struct...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Color Pencil

At the Plaza - John F. Kennedy, Oil Painting Portrait by Alex Schloss
At the Plaza - John F. Kennedy, Oil Painting Portrait by Alex Schloss

At the Plaza - John F. Kennedy, Oil Painting Portrait by Alex Schloss

Located in Long Island City, NY

At the Plaza - John F. Kennedy by Alex Schloss, American (1921 - 2011) Date: 1991 Oil on canvas, signed and titled lower right Size: 24 x 20 in. (60.96 x 50.8 cm) Frame Size: 25.5...

Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

LOST IN PARADISE
LOST IN PARADISE

LOST IN PARADISE

Located in Badung, ID

Francisco Bosoletti is known for his emotionally charged paintings that exist at the intersection of memory, mythology, and psychological landscape. His practice draws from classical...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Industrial Train - Bob Dylan
Industrial Train - Bob Dylan

Industrial Train - Bob Dylan

By Bob Dylan

Located in London, GB

Giclée print in colours 58 × 76 cm - Paper size 62 x 80 cm - Framed size Edition of 295 printed signature and numbered comes with COA from the publishers. framed by the publishers o...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Giclée

Bert Hardy 'Mercedes Racer' Archival Photograph by Getty, 20x24
Bert Hardy 'Mercedes Racer' Archival Photograph by Getty, 20x24

Bert Hardy 'Mercedes Racer' Archival Photograph by Getty, 20x24

Located in San Rafael, CA

Argentinian race car driver Juan Fangio (1911 - 1995) in his Mercedes at Le Mans, June 1955. The race saw the death of Mercedes team mate Pierre Levegh and 80 spectators. Original Pu...

Category

1950s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Cowboy TV (framed) - large photograph of iconic movie in Western landscape
Cowboy TV (framed) - large photograph of iconic movie in Western landscape

Cowboy TV (framed) - large photograph of iconic movie in Western landscape

By Frank Schott

Located in San Francisco, CA

Large scale original photograph of vintage television set with iconic western movie in American Wild West landscape with "frameless" plexiglass facemounting Cowboy TV by Frank Schot...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Plexiglass, Archival Ink, Archival...

Save Me

Save Me

By Brett Hammond - Pop Art

Located in Napa, CA

Brett Hammond’s spray-painted canvas panels pay homage to pop art traditions as he explores his own interests in satire, drama, and romantic tension. Above all, his work is smart, fu...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic

The Clandestine Mind

The Clandestine Mind

By John Dugdale

Located in New York, NY

This is a photogravure by John Dugdale offered by CLAMP in New York City. 1999 Signed, titled, and numbered in pencil, verso Photogravure (Edition of 50) 15 x 13.5 inches (38.1 x...

Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photogravure

Two Framed Architecture Photographs Monte Amiata I and Utopian Foyer IV, Milan
Two Framed Architecture Photographs Monte Amiata I and Utopian Foyer IV, Milan

Two Framed Architecture Photographs Monte Amiata I and Utopian Foyer IV, Milan

By Richard Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

'Monte Amiata I' and 'Utopian Foyer IV', Milan, 2020. Italian Brutalist architecture photography by Richard Heeps. Two framed artworks each measuring 20" x 16". Each artwork is a li...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

"Patti Cake"
"Patti Cake"

"Patti Cake"

By Michael Carson

Located in Scottsdale, AZ

Mike Carson is a Minneapolis painter, and graduate of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, whose artwork can be found in private and corporate collections throughout the Unite...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Wood Panel, Oil

Cantelmo Castle. Popoli, Abruzzo, Italy

Cantelmo Castle. Popoli, Abruzzo, Italy

By Michael Kenna

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Abruzzo, located in southern Italy, is known as the ‘green region of Europe’ because of the system of parks and nature reserves covering more than one-third of its territory. It has one of the highest biodiversity indexes in Europe, and one of the richest areas of flora in the world. In Abruzzo, Michael Kenna found a cultural identity that elsewhere, for the most part, has been lost to globalization and instant communication. Kenna photographed medieval ruins, ancient villages and a countryside rich in traditional cultivation. As curator Vincenzo de...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Temor De Orillas (original plaka painting on paper)
Temor De Orillas (original plaka painting on paper)

Temor De Orillas (original plaka painting on paper)

By Frank Stella

Located in Aventura, FL

Original plaka painting on paper. Hand signed on front by Tomas Sanchez; also hand signed, titled and dated on verso by Tomas Sanchez. Artwork size: 13 x 19.6 inches (visible artwo...

Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Hunt Slonem "Golden Hutch" Bunnies
Hunt Slonem "Golden Hutch" Bunnies

Hunt Slonem "Golden Hutch" Bunnies

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Boston, MA

Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Golden Hutch Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 28.5" x 27.5" Framed Dimensions: 33.5" x 32.5" Signature: Signed by Artist on Vers...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

The Moment
The Moment

The Moment

By JOHNSON TSANG

Located in Manchester, GB

Johnson Tsang (b. 1960s), Searching for Spring, Limited Edition Resin Sculpture Johnson Tsang, The Moment, 2020 Medium: Polished matte-resin wall sculpture 27.00cm (H) × 19.30cm (W)...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Resin

Breathe Slowly/3
Breathe Slowly/3

HELEN MOUNTBreathe Slowly/3, 2024

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Breathe Slowly/3

Located in Zofingen, AG

“Breathe Slowly/3” by Helen Mount immerses us in a tranquil dawn over dense forests and soft waves of mist drifting through the valleys. The light of the morning sky, colored in deli...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic

Asa Lo Fi Ibora (Clothed in Culture) -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative
Asa Lo Fi Ibora (Clothed in Culture) -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative

Asa Lo Fi Ibora (Clothed in Culture) -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

This artwork is a vivid testimony of how identity is never bare, but always clothed in layers of history, memory, and tradition. The woman at its center is not simply dressed in red;...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Korin, Pure White 2015 - Last one

Korin, Pure White 2015 - Last one

By Takashi Murakami

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This is a beautiful offset print by Murakami. This is a classic Murakami in which the artist showcases his prowess for reimagining traditional Japanese motifs within a new, contempor...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Offset

Eternal Summer - male nude painting by Orielle Anais
Eternal Summer - male nude painting by Orielle Anais

Eternal Summer - male nude painting by Orielle Anais

By Orielle Anais

Located in Carmel, CA

“Eternal Summer” by Orielle Anaïs Oil on Canvas 40x50 in. This seated composition by California-based artist Orielle Anaïs features a nude male figure enveloped in a richly texture...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

The White Horse
The White Horse

The White Horse

Located in Zofingen, AG

The White Horse presents a quiet, almost sacred encounter set within a dense, shadowed landscape. At the center of the composition, a luminous white horse stands beside a solitary fi...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

BAOBABS V, Andombiry Forest

BAOBABS V, Andombiry Forest

By Beth Moon

Located in Sante Fe, NM

*22x30" editions and 24x36" editions are platinum prints. Editions with a width of 60" or greater are archival pigment prints* Baobabs are one of Africa’s natural wonders: they can ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment, Platinum

Kusama Plush Pumpkin (Kusama red & white pumpkin)
Kusama Plush Pumpkin (Kusama red & white pumpkin)

Kusama Plush Pumpkin (Kusama red & white pumpkin)

By Yayoi Kusama

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Yayoi Kusama Red & White Pumpkin (plush): An iconic, vibrantly colored pop art piece - this Kusama plush pumpkin features the universal polka dot patterns and bold colors for whi...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Nylon

Palm, Contemporary Landscape Oil Painting
Palm, Contemporary Landscape Oil Painting

Palm, Contemporary Landscape Oil Painting

Located in Philadelphia, PA

In this abstract landscape painting, a captivating scene unfolds on a canvas brought to life by layers of oil paint. Against a deep black background, a juxtaposition of elements emer...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Misty Laurel Tree, Fanal Laurisilva Forest — Black and White Fine Art Photograph
Misty Laurel Tree, Fanal Laurisilva Forest — Black and White Fine Art Photograph

Misty Laurel Tree, Fanal Laurisilva Forest — Black and White Fine Art Photograph

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21079 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

LACMA 2 - Color Drenched Urban L.A. Landscape Photography Mixed Media Artwork
LACMA 2 - Color Drenched Urban L.A. Landscape Photography Mixed Media Artwork

LACMA 2 - Color Drenched Urban L.A. Landscape Photography Mixed Media Artwork

By Pete Kasprzak

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Pete Kasprzak’s passion for city life is expressed in his dynamic urban artworks. Kasprzak’s artworks express energy and life with animated brush strokes. He adds dynamic movement an...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Photographic Paper

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.