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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
Maples by Lumi Mizutani - Japanese style landscape painting, black and gold
Located in Paris, FR
Maples is a unique painting by contemporary artist Lumi Mizutani. The painting is made with pigments, India ink, gold leaf on panel mounted on Japanese paper, diameter is 22.7 cm (8....
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Gold Leaf

Silver and Color No. 168
Located in Westport, CT
This beautiful blue painting is by Japanese artist, Takefumi Hori. He was born in Tokyo, Japan. He paints beautiful gold leaf paintings. This piece is acrylic, gold leaf and metal leaf on canvas. The artist studied calligraphy in Japan. In 2004 he moved to New York where he began painting abstract works of acrylic on canvas. Since 2009, Takefumi has been making gold and colored abstract works. He currently lives and works in Brooklyn where he is surrounded by the hustle and bustle of everyday urban life. The energy of New York City is an inspiration. His use of gold as a main material came about after long and intensive experiments. His compositional forms such as circles, squares and rectangles are ideal forms for gold to work with other colors in his work. The compositions of these elements are based on his experience with Japanese calligraphy. He merges the traditions of Eastern and Western art. His works are in numerous collections including Tiffany and Co., Claridges Hotel...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Silver

Ocean Park Series: New Work
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This original exhibition poster was created to accompany Richard Diebenkorn’s celebrated Ocean Park Series: New Work exhibition at Marlborough Galerie in Zürich, showcasing a fresh e...
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Offset

Stretch - Signed limited edition nude fine art print, Black and white, Model
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Stretch - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 10 This image was captured on film in 1982. From the same photoshoot, the so-called 'Zip' print by Ian San...
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1980s Contemporary Art

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Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...

Duchándome, May 28th, Watercolor Diptych, 2018
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Duchándome, May 28th by Celso Castro-Daza From the Duchándome Series Watercolor and ink on an archival paper Individual size: 19.5 in. H x 13.75 in. W Sheet Size: 19.5 in. H x 27.5 i...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Watercolor

Carminis Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Flute Pan God - In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Carminis Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Flute Pan God - In Stock Carminis is a bronze, nude male figure from boy playing flute, with a brown patina, in fact it reminds us of ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

FLORENCE by Ramon Enrich - Geometric landscape painting, architecture, cityscape
Located in Paris, FR
FLORENCE is a unique acrylic on canvas painting by contemporary artist Ramon Enrich, dimensions are 170 × 240 cm (66.9 × 94.5 in). The artwork is signed, sold unframed and comes wi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Kristine DeBell - Vintage Photo by Helmut Newton - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Kristine DeBell is a vintage photo, realized by Helmut Newton in the 1970s. The artwork represent fashion model and actress in 1970s .
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Photographic Paper

Girl Nude (29 Palms, CA) - Polaroid, Contemporary, 20th Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Girl Nude (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid, Signature label and Certificate. Artist inventory Number ...
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1990s Contemporary Art

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

Starry Night - black and white floral photography, limited edition of 5
Located in London, GB
Starry Night draws a poetic parallel between the natural world and the celestial, capturing a dense cluster of leaves punctuated by tiny, glowing white blooms. The composition evokes...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

On a carpet - XXI Century, Still life, Figurative Oil Painting, Bright Colors
Located in Warsaw, PL
MARZENA MISKIEWICZ She graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts at UMCS in Lublin. She is a member of ZPAP (Association of Polish Artists and Designers). She is an author of more than...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pink Rose, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Inspired by her garden, artist Judy Mackey photographed a pink rose and painted it up close. She used a palette knife to apply thick, textured strokes. The re...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

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Oil

Morning Sun
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Martha Mans 7 x 7 image size and 16 x 16 matted and shrink-wrapped The painting process has been an evolving experience for me from the time I was very young and first started paint...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

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Watercolor

Lady McNeck lll
Located in East Hampton, NY
Giraffe dressed up like royalty Hand Painted edition of 20 NY Street Artist Y.M. Lo oil painting. contemporary Street in NYC, Hong Kong Comes ROLLED in a...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Scaffold Two - Geometric Abstract Light Blue Navy Ivory Beige Shapes, 2021
Located in Kent, CT
Geometric shapes in shades of blue from cobalt to pale periwinkle, and delicate angular lines in black and dark gray are dynamic against a soft background fading from dark navy at th...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Oil, Acrylic, Panel

Park Lane Hotel Central Park New York City USA by British Contemporary Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Park Lane Hotel, Central Park, New York City NYC USA by British Contemporary Artist, Angela Wakefield. Art measures 30 x 30 inches Frame measures 35 x 35 inches Wakefield's work is...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Everlong
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Everlong - 2016, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2016-2003. Not mounted. K...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

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

Liliana 3
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Liliana 3 Date: 2021 Medium: Oil on Wood Unframed Dimensions: 15" x 12" Framed Dimensions: 17" x 14" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Unique Proven...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Contemporary Sculpture Wall Installation Red White Snake Animal Porcelain
Located in Buffalo, NY
Duo (2022) by Bethany Krull. Porcelain, glaze, aluminum.
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Metal

"Black Miracle", contemporary, bird, hand, green, acrylic, oil painting
Located in Natick, MA
Sargent Walker's "Black Miracle" is a 12 x 12 inch acrylic and oil painting on wood panel. A small black and red bird sits atop a branch facing a human hand drawn in graphite against...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel

White Bunnies V
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: White Bunnies V Series: Bunnies Date: 2017 Medium: Lithograph on Paper Unframed Dimensions: 16" x 24" Framed Dimensions: 22" x 29" x 1.25" Signatur...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Mr Brainwash, Everyday Life, silkscreen and mixed media on paper, hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Mr Brainwash "Everyday Life," 2023 Silkscreen and Mixed Media on Paper Paper Size: 22 x 30 inches Frame Size: 27 x 34 inches Hand signed by the artist in black ink on the right hand ...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Mixed Media

Lady with Books 1 original painting by Paula Craioveanu 39x23in FRAMED
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Lady with Books 1 Original painting. size 39x23in / 100x60cm . Comes with a certificate of authenticity. Shipped stretched, as it is, ready for hanging and framed, from Florida, US....
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Don't Look Back - unique piece by Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
This painting was inspired by ancient masks and statues and it's part of my Neo-Mythology series. Painted with acrylic on round canvas (20cm / 8in) Unique work, not a series. Ready f...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic

Beures Saulx, José Salvaggio, 21st Century Contemporary Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
José Salvaggio, pedal artist from France, at Galerie Bonnard! The French artist José Salvaggio finds his subject in the French world around him. You do not hear him complaining abou...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Most Unusual
Located in Nashville, TN
Colorado-based artist Zoa Ace creates oil-on-canvas paintings, watercolors, and collage work. She employs a mix of pop culture, animals, and nostalgic imagery in her scenes, often carnival-like or theatrical. As a child growing up in Illinois, Ace loved to draw, and her favorite subject in school was Art. In the 1970s, Ace discovered Chicago’s Hairy Who artists represented by the Phyllis Kind Gallery. She viewed the recently uncovered murals of Henry Darger...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Mixed Media

Ramunės No.2- Abstract analogue black and white floral photography, Edition of 5
Located in London, GB
'Ramunės no. 2' London, United Kingdom 2022 Limited edition of 5. Printed on archival Hahnehmule German Etching fine art paper. Signed front right bottom corner on additional 4 cm white border with printed Certificate of Authenticity. Photograph is shipped rolled with express delivery service in secure thick cardboard tube packaging. Ugne Pouwell is a fine art photographer originally from Lithuania. Today she makes most of her creative work in London, United Kingdom. Her main focus is black and white landscape and floral photography. Mainly using a large format 4x5 Linhof camera to express the timeless beauty of the subject in focus. Many of the influences come from 20th-century photography. She processes her work from start to finish: film processing, scanning and printing. Awards: 2022 Black Spider Awards, Honourable mention in Still-life 2022 IPA International Photography Awards, Honourable mention in Analogue / Film Fine Art 2021 Mono Visions...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

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Film, Photographic Film, Giclée

TAPESTRY OF FLOWERS
Located in New York, NY
canvas tapestry stretched. floral embroidery
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20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Tapestry, Canvas

Starry Night - black and white floral photography, limited edition of 20
Located in London, GB
Starry Night draws a poetic parallel between the natural world and the celestial, capturing a dense cluster of leaves punctuated by tiny, glowing white blooms. The composition evokes...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Flora I - large format photograph of abstract floral and liquid cloud explosion
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale abstraction of floral water clouds in a liquid landscape FLORA I by Christian Stoll 48 x 76 inches (122 x 193cm) signed edition of 7 25 x 40 inches (64 x 102cm) signe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

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

Currents - Mediterranean landscape on cotton canvas, limited edition of 5.
Located in London, GB
“Currents” captures the mesmerizing movement of the Mediterranean sea along the Italian Riviera during the winter of 2022. This large-format black and white photograph reflects the s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Giclée, Film, Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Field Painting August 3 2020, Green Tree, Violet Blue, Lavender, White Flowers
Located in Kent, CT
A peaceful summer scene with a tree with dark green leaves, its branches hanging over a delicately painted, green grassy field with white, pale periwinkle blue and lilac colored wild...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Naomi. Nude Color Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
David Jay's work gives a unique and intimate perspective on how we define beauty. A confrontation between the perception of beauty and the transitory nature of existence, Jay’s subje...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment, Color

Untitled (Group Shower)
Located in New York, NY
Digital C-print Stamped and numbered, verso 20 x 24 inches (Edition of 10) 30 x 40 inches (Edition of 5) 50 x 60 inches (Edition of 3) This photograph is offered by ClampArt, loc...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print

Birchina- 21st Century painting of a nude woman laying.
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Daniela Astone Birchina 50 x 60 cm Oil on canvas The painting is framed ( frame included in price ) Daniela Astone works and lives in Florence. For years she was a teacher on the f...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Kinship - surrealist, male, figurative, bronze outdoor furniture sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This surrealist, male, figurative, bronze outdoor furniture sculpture is by Roch Smith. Roch Smith’s engaging contemporary sculptures are desi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Afrocentric Radiance
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
In a vibrant celebration of African heritage and beauty, our protagonist, a stunning black African woman, graces the scene with her majestic presence. Crowned with a voluminous afro ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Fabric, Canvas, Oil, Mixed Media

Tropical Solitude - Original Colorful Mixed Media Abstract Vibrant Large Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swedish artist Jonas Fisch’s imagery is vibrantly buzzing with colorful commentary on society - past and present - morphed into figures, words, and shapes. His heavily layered canvas...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Graphite

Colorful contemporary Dog/Scottie in Frills/i.e.Tutus with text acrylic on paper
Located in Charleston, US
A colorful contemporary dog painting of Scottish Terrier dogs with accompanying text from a book is an inspirational departure from the tradi...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Graphite

Controversy - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Controversy - 2018 40x50cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2018-1096. Not ...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

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

Fluido Vitale - Framed Original Abstract Portrait Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian artist Alessandro Casetti's paintings metaphorically represent all the emotions, fears, and hopes that populate our daily life inside and outside of our own bodies. Through a...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

I've got a secret - Atmospheric dramatic abstract round landscape painting
Located in Broomfield, CO
There is something about my imagination. Something expansive and wandering, a never-ending story. I live there so much of the time. I must say that I have often wondered if I am made...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Home Office Interior
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming interior scene by a unknown artist (American, 20th Century). Slanting light enters the room from the viewer's left, illuminating part of the large desk at the center of the ...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hippy #2 - Graffiti Painting Smiley Face Colorful Original Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Capturing movement in acrylic paint, Armen Ges experiments with optical illusions and perspective in his original pop artworks. To create these intriguing visuals, Ges employs tradit...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Flower - Original Lithograph by Tomaso Binga - 2000s
Located in Roma, IT
Flower is an original colored lithograph print, hand retouched realized by Tomaso Binga. On the back, the label of the certificate of authenticity by the...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Tension 1000% Bearbrick
By KAWS
Located in Washington , DC, DC
Brand new never displayed in original box Open unknown edition Unsigned
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Plastic

Contemporary Still Life with Roses
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Still Life with Roses Canvas 8x10 artist signed. Inspired by the old masters in chiaroscuro fashion, Kristie studies the fall of light as it passes over various collected objects tha...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Linen

Early Summer - tall, colorful, hand-blown glass and steel outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This tall, colorful, hand-blown glass and steel outdoor sculpture is by Susan Rankin. Susan Rankin’s elegant and colorful hand-blown glass art has been exhibited across North America...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Steel

Yoshitomo Nara, Too Young To Die Ashtray, 2002
Located in Manchester, GB
Yoshitomo Nara, Too Young to Die, 2002 Glazed ceramic ashtray printed with the artist's signature and copyright on the underside, from an open edition, published by Cereal Art, Phil...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Ceramic

Golden Gate Bridge Lands End -black and white photography, Limited edition of 20
Located in London, GB
Golden Gate Bridge Lands End, 2023 Limited edition of 20 Photograph shot using mid-century large format film camera Linhof. Printed on archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta paper. ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Film, Photographic Film, Giclée

H2O VI - large format photograph of sun reflections - Homage to David Hockney
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format Panorama photograph of sun reflections on pool water surface, mesmerizing light reflections of glistening sunlight on turquoise aquamarine water surface, an homage to th...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

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

El Dorado Hutch
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: El Dorado Hutch Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on Canvas Unframed Dimensions: 40" x 40" Framed Dimensions: 42" x 42" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Unique
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Bruma Two - Contemporary Geometric Abstract Gray Brown Beige Stripes, 2018
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary abstract painting in flashe on canvas, stripes and blocks of color in soft gray blue, pale sage green, beige and golden brown are clean, precise and carefully or...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Vinyl

Peace in the Glimmer
Located in Chicago, IL
Born in Hollywood and raised in the urban sprawls of Los Angeles, Julio’s artistic aesthetic was shaped early on by the platinum light and expansive concrete horizons of southern Cal...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Egg Tempera, Panel

THE DOOR OF JUSTICE Hand Signed Lithograph, Lawyer and Clients, Civil Rights
Located in Union City, NJ
THE DOOR OF JUSTICE is an original, hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the highly acclaimed African-American woman artist Elizabeth Catlett, master printmaker and sculptor bes...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Jessie- 21st Century Bronze Sculpture of a Young Girl
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Daniëlle 29 x 6,5 x 6,5 cm Bronze The theme van der Kraan likes most is to show the growing of young girls. Living in their own world. The narrative sculptures show 'the woman' and ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Ohne Titel, 1995
Located in Wien, 9
Verso signiert und datiert (Feb 1995) Die Schüttbilder sind charakteristisch für Hermann Nitsch. Die Anwendung der Schütttechnik wird aus dem Schaffen des Wiener Aktionismus heraus ...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Deansgate in the Rain Manchester City Street Scene England by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Deansgate in the Rain - an Original Painting of a City Street Scene in Manchester, England, by British Cityscape Artist Angela Wakefield. It captures the changing nature of Mancheste...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

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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