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
Recognized Seller Listings
Foliage (Black and Blue)
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed in bottom right corner. Also signed and on the reverse, This is unique color woodcut monoprint numbered 1/1. An abstracted view into foliage at night..
In January 2018, the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Woodcut, Monoprint
Richard Yarde "Savoy: The Pirouette" limited edition giclée on fine art paper
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Savoy: The Pirouette" limited edition giclée on fine art paper of a pair of dancers by African American artist Richard Yarde. Part of Yarde's "Savoy Bal...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Giclée
Mainbocher Corset. Paris. Printed later
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This captivating black-and-white photograph, titled Mainbocher Corset by Horst P. Horst, masterfully blends elegance and geometry. The composition features a woman seen from behind, ...
Category
1940s Contemporary Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Half Angels Half Demons #5 and #6. Undrewater Limited edition photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Half Angels Half Demons #5 and #6 Diptych, by Mauricio Velez
Archival Pigment Print
Overall size: 36 H x 48 W inches
Individual size: 36 H x 24 W inches
Edition of 15 + 2AP
Unframed...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
"Les Macarons"
By Peter Anton
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Peter Anton’s work has been extensively exhibited in over 30 solo shows throughout the world, including the Allan Stone Gallery, Hammer Galleries, Bruce R. Lewin Gallery, and Unix Ga...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Painter's Palette
Located in Dallas, TX
After a tour of duty in the US Navy, Miles Cleveland Goodwin earned a BFA from Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon, in 2007, and eventually returned to coastal Missi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Egg Tempera, Oil, Panel
Duchándome. Nude watercolor on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Duchándome, by Celso Castro
From the Duchándome Series
Watercolor, ink, and pastel archival paper. NUDES 2D
Individual size: 19.5 in. H x 13.75 in. W
2018
Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, and others are sketches of moments he documents.
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Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each carry the presence of the artist’s hand through the transparency of their process. Castro’s oeuvre is strongly divided between his photomontage assemblies and watercolor paintings: the prior is marked by the labor-intensive deconstruction of portrait photographs and the latter, by the seemingly frenzied recreation of a past encounter rendered in the drips and scribbles of paint and ink. Both discriminating in what they reveal of the subject, his photomontage and watercolor portraits exude raw sexuality through the combination of Castro’s mark-making and gaze. Celso Castro’s work is a bare-bulb erotic photo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Pastel, Archival Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Aqua, Terra, Aero Trio - geometric abstract, mild steel, outdoor sculptures
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A collaborative project, artist Javid Jah and fabricator Alex Akbari of Qube Inc. re-designed this series from a recent public art exhibition in downtown Toronto, which was exhibited in collaboration with Roger Mooking and Wyandot artist Catherine Tammaro.
The dynamic geometric form of the three pieces—Terra, Aqua and Aero (the elements of earth, water and air) is inspired by the ideas of cosmology (the study of the universe) and sacred ancestral principles. Forged from steel, light shines through the intricately detailed pattern of perforations on the surface. Each individual sculpture can also be used as a wood burning or gas fire pit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal, Steel
Retour au Noir III, by Miguel Conde
By Miguel Conde
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Sexual tension and ambiguity in this dynamic etching of a man making advances on a sleeping woman. in the background a beast approaches another man. Signed, titled and numbered in pe...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
Parchment Series XXXlV - abstract, embossed, monoprint on parchment paper
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary embossed white mono print was inspired by nature.
Susan Collett is a masterful printmaker and an award-winning ceramic artist whose work is collected international...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Monoprint, Parchment Paper
The Cow, etching by Stan Washburn
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered etching from the edition of 100. In individual prints, and his illustrated books, Washburn cleverly skewers human frailties with Renaissance-style engravi...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
San Giorgio
By Otis Huband
Located in Dallas, TX
Valley House Gallery presented our first exhibition for Houston artist Otis Huband in the summer of 2014. Born in 1933 and reared in Virginia, Huband began his formal art education a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Voice From Without
Located in Dallas, TX
From Memories of Egypt Series.
The figure has always been Deborah Ballard’s muse in her sculptures. Ballard works in bronze, cast stone, and plaster; her figures ranging from life-s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Plaster, Wax, Pigment
Flower Eye, by Yuji Hiratsuka
Located in Palm Springs, CA
By: Yuji Hiratsuka
Medium: Intaglio and Chine Colle
Year: 2024
Image Size: 16 x 11 inches
Edition: 15
A Japanese celadon decorated vase with flowers hiding the face of a young woman...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio
Toucans
Located in Greenwich, CT
Toucans is a lithograph on paper, initialed lower right 'BD', 9 x 9" image size. From the edition of 395, numbered LI/C (there were also 275 Arabic and 20 AP), framed in a contempora...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Red #21 - bold, abstract shapes, marble dust, acrylic and wax on canvas
By Ivo Stoyanov
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Passages of red and silver in a combination of acrylic paint, marble dust, pigments and wax are balanced by shapes of grey and black in this abstract composition on canvas by Ivo Sto...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Wax, Acrylic, Pigment
Clemente Untitled A: surreal mythical landscape, voyage with ocean and animals
Located in New York, NY
A black and white, large-scale surreal mythical landscape of an ocean voyage, with a snake wrapped around a clock, female figure, greek urns, and an...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Bronze Pine Cone 22-555 - nature inspired, still life, forged bronze sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Canadian sculptor Floyd Elzinga finds inspiration for his iconic imagery in nature. From his studio on the rugged Niagara escarpment, he creates beautiful sculptures using natural forms—trees, the maple leaf and pine cones. This new series of pine cones are superbly detailed, and hand forged from bronze. The polished finish lends an elegance to these tabletop pieces.
“The natural world is fundamentally my inspiration, and it is strongly reflected in my subject matter.” Floyd Elzinga
His pinecone...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
Turbulence No 2 - large, narrative, corten steel, abstract outdoor sculpture
By Terence McGlade
Located in Bloomfield, ON
"My work explores the relationship between the tyranny of ageing and urban spaces. With influences as diverse as Brancusi and Buckminister Fuller, new synergies are crafted from simp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Steel
Horizontal and Vertical Movements #1 and #2 Diptych
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Almo wonders about his identity, the countries he has lived in, his daily routine and how he creates himself. An outsider who has made the world his home, skin, and citizenship, and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Horse Mountain - Tim Flach, Contemporary British Art, Animal Photography
By Tim Flach
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times between 15-20 days.
All items are shipped as a print only and come unframed.
Tim Flach is a graduate of St. Ma...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
C Print, Paper, Photographic Paper, Color
Pat Buckley leaving town. From The Art, culture & society Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Movies, TV and magazines are constant source of inspiration. Fame, as fleckring and shallow it can be sometimes, is very intriguing to him.
The worlds of fashion, society and pop cu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
In Ralph Lauren in the Hamptons.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist has covered New York collections for over 16 years and has interviewed, as a journalist, several fashion designers and personalities for different publications. He loves t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Gouache
STRONG MAN
By Julio Larraz
Located in New York, NY
Edition of 30
circus
ballerina
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
Interiors of a Hotel in Como, Italy. Ink and watercolor on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
A new series inspired by architecture, décor and stylish personalities of the world of interior design.
The worlds of fashion, society and pop culture are captured in the illustrati...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
The Benefit Gala
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Movies, TV and magazines are constant source of inspiration. Fame, as fleckring and shallow it can be sometimes, is very intriguing to him.
The worlds of fashion, society and pop cu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Watercolor
Norberto con Trombón. From The series Guerreros, Photo Collage
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Norberto con Trombón 1, 1996 by Celso José Castro Daza
From The series Guerreros
One-of-a-kind Photo collage
Sheet Size: 27.5 in. H x 19.5 in. W
Unframed
The root of these unique ph...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color
Orchids, 2021 Ink pen, and watercolor on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
A new series inspired by architecture, décor and stylish personalities of the world of interior design.
The worlds of fashion, society and pop culture are captured in the illustrati...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Full Tilt Blue Maquette - geometric abstract, painted wood tabletop sculpture
By Shayne Dark
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This abstract tabletop sculpture is by Canadian artist Shayne Dark.
Saturated in cerulean—like the colour of a deep blue sky, intersecting lengths of wood form a dramatic sculpture ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Alcachofas. From The Bodegones still life color photography Series
By Dora Franco
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The bodegones are a pictorial interpretation based on a research project of the famous chef Juan Carlos Franco, on old food recipes of different periods in history. The photographer recreated the images inspired by paintings and images from these eras, also finding inspiration from artists such as Leonardo DA Vinci, Albrecht Dürer, and others.
Each image by photographer Dora Franco...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Flora 10 - Contemporary Photography, Floral, Female Nude, Daisies, Flowers
Located in Brighton, GB
Flora 10 is a vibrant Digital C-Type print in an Edition of 15 in this size by contemporary photographer duo Tortora & Travezan.
All prints are produced to order.
Lead times betwee...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital
Chert and Limestone, Guadalupe River Bottom, Cypress Needles in October
By Jim Stoker
Located in Dallas, TX
Jim Stoker describes himself as an Artist-Naturalist, endeavoring to express his reverence for wildlife through his richly-colored paintings. In his love for the vivid and varied col...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Red and Fig Tree - Figurative painting, man, red, floral, contemporary art
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Red and Fig Tree, 2021
acrylic on canvas
78 47/64 H x 47 1/4 W inches
200 H x 120 W cm
The painting by Alexandru Rădvan is about our moments of 'respiro' about the minutes/seconds...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Céo De Azulejos. From the Iberia series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist inspiration is deeply rooted in the notion of discovery through visual reflections and a strong passion for symmetry and linear structure. Her architectural works of Refle...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Set Back From the Shore - textured, pastel colours, abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Sharon Kelly
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The line between sky and shore blur in this beautiful abstract acrylic by Sharon Kelly. A bright yellow sun in the lower frame adds a flash of brilliant c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
The Old Man from the last Expo. Crayon pencil on archival paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The Old Man from the last expo, 2016 by Celso Castro-Daza
Crayon pencil on archival paper
Paper size: 59 H in. x 43 in. W
Image size: 54 H in. x 40 in. W
On The back of the painti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Carbon Pencil
Marie-Louise - contemporary, textured, female, figurative, paper Mache sculpture
By Paul Duval
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary figurative tabletop sculpture is by Paul Duval.
This charming series of indoor sculptures showcases Quebec artist Paul Duval’s skill in capturing the human ‘condit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Wire
The Egyptian Book
By Lucian Freud
Located in New York, NY
Lucian Freud
The Egyptian Book
1994
Etching on T.H.S. Saunders paper
18 1/4 x 16 3/4 inches; 46 x 43 cm
Edition of 40
Initialed and numbered in graphite (lower recto)
Frame available upon request
Published by Matthew Marks...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
Untitled (Horses)
By Laura Owens
Located in New York, NY
Los Angeles-based artist, Laura Owens' horse prints often incorporate her characteristic style, which challenges traditional assumptions about figuration and abstraction . Her work f...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Mel Bochner "Blah, Blah, Blah" oil monoprint with collage, engraving, embossment
By Mel Bochner
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Brightly colored "Blah, Blah, Blah" monoprint in oil with collage, engraving and embossment on handmade paper by artist Mel Bochner from Two Palms Publishing. Signed and dated Bochne...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Handmade Paper, Engraving
Printemps Pomme II - contemporary, landscape, tree, acrylic and resin on panel
By Peter Hoffer
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary landscape painting of a tree was created by Peter Hoffer.
Canadian artist Peter Hoffer captures the glory of an apple tree in spring in this vividly coloured mixed...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Acrylic, Panel
Shanghai #2. Nude Color Photograph
By David Jay
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Through David Jay’s photography, context evaporates, and we as the viewer are left to engage the subjects, trade places, and for a moment, live behind their eyes. We recognize our sh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Color
fractal-ssi-1c
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: Carborundum, intaglio
Year: 2018
Image Size: 12 x 12 inches
Paper size: 24 x 22 inches
Edition Size: 25
Signed and numbered by the artist.
Tachibana’s prints take their ins...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Corpheum XVIII - large, geometric, abstract, corten steel outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This striking blackened corten steel sculpture was created by Claude Millette. Four elegantly curved columns of steel are joined at various angles and appear to float in mid-air. The...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Steel
Cebollas con alcachofas II. From The Bodegones still life photography series
By Dora Franco
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The bodegones are a pictorial interpretation based on a research project of the famous chef Juan Carlos Franco, on old food recipes of different periods in history. The photographer ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Diane K, Pharrell B&W, Toni Garnn II. Photo intervened by the artists.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Diane K, Pharrell B&W, Toni Garnn II, Triptych 2017 by Hunter & Gatti
From the series of IWMYAS
Acrylic and oil-pastel black & white pigment print
Overall size:
Image Size: 33.8 H x ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Black and White, Archival Pigment
Untitled I, Half Angels Half Demons. Male Nude Color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled I, by Mauricio Velez
From the series Half Angels Half Demons
Archival Pigment Print
Medium size: 60 in. H x 40 in. W
Edition of 9 + 2AP
Unframed
Other sizes are available...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
Glance Dance III - tall, abstracted figures, aluminum outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Two minimalist human-like forms appear to be dancing—their elongated shapes entwined; their ‘faces’ glancing towards one another. This is Robert Clarke-Ellis’s work. His abstract scu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
Tumsae No 1 - red, white, pattern, wall hanging, 3D, felt, textile, tapestry
By Chung-Im Kim
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The natural world provides infinite inspiration for the beautifully textured work of Chung-Im Kim. The fabric artist creates unique wall hangings ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Felt, Thread, Mixed Media, Screen
Christmas In LA, by Vincent Valdez
By Vincent Valdez
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Screenprint created by Vincent Valdez during a stay in Los Angeles, working at Self Help Graphics. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil from an edition of 9...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
Evening Rain, by Stephen McMillan
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Abstract patterns from reflections in water. Signed, titled and numbered from edtion of 120.
Born in Berkeley, California, on December 21, 1949, he was raised in a home that had a s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
August Still Life - contemporary, floral, still life, acrylic and oil on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This delightful, colorful painting of a floral still life illustrates Pat Service’s superb use of color, pattern, texture and form.
Inspired by the classic still life paintings of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Haiti. From the Mani- Cartes Postales series.
By Uwe Ommer
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Haiti
From the Mani series
H 27.5 in. x 35.5 in. W
Edition 6
Unframed
This series of photographs were taken for a European calendar. The idea was to create postcards with several co...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Si Se Puede, by Juan Fuentes
By Juan Fuentes
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: linocut
Year: 2023
Image Size: 18 x 24 inches
Edition Size: 10
Undocumented immigrants scaling the wall to enter the United States, against a backdrop of butterflies flying ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Linocut
Untitled From the 'Serendipia' series, Black and white nude photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled, 2018 by Mauricio Velez
From 'Serendipia' series
Archival Pigment Print
Image size: 40 in. H x 60 in. W
Edition of 9 + 2AP
"In a few photographers like Mauricio Velez does ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Mandarinas. From The Bodegones still life color photographyy series
By Dora Franco
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The bodegones are a pictorial interpretation based on a research project of the famous chef Juan Carlos Franco, on old food recipes of different periods in history. The photographer ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Couli 1 and 2. Lullaby Series. Portraits. Limited Edition Color Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Couli #1 and 2- Diptych
From Lullaby Series
Overall size: 50 in H x 70 in. W
Individual image sieze: 50 in. x 35 in. W
Limited edition of 3 + 1AP
Unframed
Lullaby is the second ch...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Carmine - lively, narrative, overlapping botanicals, acrylic, oil on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Carmine is one of a new series of stunning acrylic abstract paintings by Vancouver-based artist Fiona Ackerman. Inspired by 17th century botanical illustrations by women naturalists,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
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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