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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.

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Style: Contemporary
In Isolation Series I Collage on Wood, Contemporary, 21st Century
In Isolation Series I Collage on Wood, Contemporary, 21st Century

In Isolation Series I Collage on Wood, Contemporary, 21st Century

By Seth Clark

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This architectural wall-hanging artwork titled "In Isolation Series I" is an original artwork by Seth Clark made of collage, charcoal, pastel, graphite, and acrylic on wood. This pie...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Wood, Graphite, Acrylic, Pastel, Charcoal, Paper

Ayanfe (Favorite) -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, African Modern, Women
Ayanfe (Favorite) -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, African Modern, Women

Ayanfe (Favorite) -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, African Modern, Women

By Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Solar Series #2: Bridge at Auver - blue, red, abstract, modernist, oil on canvas
Solar Series #2: Bridge at Auver - blue, red, abstract, modernist, oil on canvas

Solar Series #2: Bridge at Auver - blue, red, abstract, modernist, oil on canvas

By David Sorensen

Located in Bloomfield, ON

This colorful abstract painting was created by the Canadian artist David Sorensen. One of Canada’s finest contemporary artists, David Sorensen actually began his art career as a sculptor, a natural path from his education as an architect. When he began painting, Sorensen was fascinated by the interaction of light with its environment and was drawn to the work of color field painters as early as the 1950s. In his own work, he embraced abstraction as a form and in this series the concept of a central square from which lines of varying widths—both vertical and horizontal emanate. The color palette is bold and rich—cranberry red, deep blue, sienna, brown, and white. The brushstrokes are expressive and lend a natural movement to the painting. Sorensen admired and was influenced by the work of American abstract expressionists Jackson Pollock and Franz Kline. Auver is in France; famous as a place where Vincent Van Gogh...

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Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A New Morning, original painting, landscape, contemporary art, coastal
A New Morning, original painting, landscape, contemporary art, coastal

A New Morning, original painting, landscape, contemporary art, coastal

Located in Deddington, GB

A New Morning captures the stillness just as the sun rises for the new day. The simplicity and beauty of walking out to witness the new morning. The depth is created throughout the p...

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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Liberty 1980 by Tamary Kudita - Portrait photography
Liberty 1980 by Tamary Kudita - Portrait photography

Liberty 1980 by Tamary Kudita - Portrait photography

Located in Paris, FR

Liberty 1980 is a limited-edition photograph (Digital Print on Baryta Fine Art paper) by contemporary artist Tamary Kudita. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is ...

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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital

New
New

New

By William Wegman

Located in New York, NY

Photographed and printed by William Wegman in 2001, the aptly named “New” is a chromogenic print on photo paper, hand-signed by the photographer in black ink, dated and numbered (ver...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print

Fishing Boat and Aquaculture Structures — Limited Edition Monochrome Minimalist
Fishing Boat and Aquaculture Structures — Limited Edition Monochrome Minimalist

Fishing Boat and Aquaculture Structures — Limited Edition Monochrome Minimalist

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21139 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Wine Press House in Winter – Minimalist Black and White Photograph – Limited
Wine Press House in Winter – Minimalist Black and White Photograph – Limited

Wine Press House in Winter – Minimalist Black and White Photograph – Limited

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21078 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...

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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Zebra in Motion, Turquoise Energy by Zura
Zebra in Motion, Turquoise Energy by Zura

Zebra in Motion, Turquoise Energy by Zura

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Set against a luminous turquoise ground, "Zebra in Motion" captures the animal in a state of raw movement. Zura renders the figure using his signature technique of free, uninterrupte...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

KAWS SHARE brown (KAWS brown companion)
KAWS SHARE brown (KAWS brown companion)

KAWS SHARE brown (KAWS brown companion)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

KAWS SHARE (Brown), new & unopened in its original packaging. KAWS SHARE first appeared in 'BLACKOUT' – the first London solo exhibition by KAWS (Skarstedt London 2019). In SHARE, K...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

Marc Sijan "Pinky" Hyper realistic Sculpture
Marc Sijan "Pinky" Hyper realistic Sculpture

Marc Sijan "Pinky" Hyper realistic Sculpture

By Marc Sijan

Located in Boston, MA

Artist: Sijan, Marc Title: Pinky Date: 2024 Medium: Polyresin with oil paint and mixed media Signature: Signed lower leg Edition: Unique Variant Marc Sijan (born 1946) is a Se...

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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media, Oil

"LaFlat" Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print on Cardboard
"LaFlat" Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print on Cardboard

"LaFlat" Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print on Cardboard

By Kid Hazo

Located in Philadelphia, PA

"LaFlat" is an original archival pigment print on cardboard box artwork by Kid Hazo measuring 5.5"h x 11"w x 5.25"d. This is an edition of 13. Hazo’s belief that art is for everyon...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Cardboard, Archival Pigment

Niño Payaso, Original Stone Lithograph Mexican Child Clown Portrait, Rust, Black
Niño Payaso, Original Stone Lithograph Mexican Child Clown Portrait, Rust, Black

Niño Payaso, Original Stone Lithograph Mexican Child Clown Portrait, Rust, Black

By Rafael Coronel

Located in Union City, NJ

Niño Payaso is an original hand drawn stone lithograph by the Mexican artist Rafael Coronel. Niño Payaso was printed one color at a time on archival printmaking paper using traditional hand lithography techniques in Paris c.1973 from lithographic stones drawn by the artist. Niño Payaso is a sensitive profile portrait depicting a young boy wearing an antique-style clown outfit whose image suggests a deeply dispirited child at a moment of gloom; a very strong impression printed in rust orange, light beige and black ink on buff colored paper. Framed size - 24 x 30 in., dark brown Mexican wood frame...

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1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Waterfall Study
Waterfall Study

Waterfall Study

By Peter Loftus

Located in Burlingame, CA

‘Waterfall Study’ oil painting by American Realist artist Peter Loftus, who is known for captivating breathtaking color-rich nature scenes through shadow and light in his oil on canv...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Star me Kitten - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century

Star me Kitten - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century

By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Star me Kitten - 2017, 50x50cm. Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid, not mounted. Signature label with certificate. Artist inventory PL201...

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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

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

Dealing with Death
Dealing with Death

Dealing with Death

By Miles Cleveland Goodwin

Located in Dallas, TX

Working in his open-air studio, Miles Cleveland Goodwin is deeply in touch with the rural landscape. Goodwin’s ruminative portrayals, full of earthy metaphor and soulful intuition, e...

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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Panel, Wood

Seeschloss Ort, black and white photography, long exposure, limited edition
Seeschloss Ort, black and white photography, long exposure, limited edition

Seeschloss Ort, black and white photography, long exposure, limited edition

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Gerald Berghammer - Black and white cityscape photography. Schloss Ort - The historic church surrounded by mist over a lake with docks in the foreground. Archival pigment ink print ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Elegant Brass Sculpture of Greyhound Dog
Elegant Brass Sculpture of Greyhound Dog

Elegant Brass Sculpture of Greyhound Dog

Located in Rome, IT

Fine gilt bronze Greyhound dog sculpture. The item will be well-suited to either an indoor or outdoor setting. Excellent condition. The price is for 1 item

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1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Birch Place 5109

Birch Place 5109

By Kate Salenfriend

Located in Napa, CA

Surrounded by artistic inspiration from a very early age, Kate Salenfriend learned most of her technical skills from her great-grandfather, Stewart Robertson, the registered Californ...

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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Seventeen", Hand cut stencil, vintage imagery acrylic and aerosol
"Seventeen", Hand cut stencil, vintage imagery acrylic and aerosol

"Seventeen", Hand cut stencil, vintage imagery acrylic and aerosol

By Mando Marie (seeyouthroughit)

Located in Philadelphia, PA

"Seventeen" is a one-of-a-kind original work by Amanda Marie (Mando), created using acrylic and aerosol on paper. The piece measures 19.75 × 15.75 inches and is pencil signed and dat...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Arc of Peace 11/19

Arc of Peace 11/19

Located in Napa, CA

Lorri Acott is an internationally collected sculptor known for her impressionistic, figurative works that explore themes of connection, resilience, and the shared human experience. H...

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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze, Steel

'Towards your Heart' Large scale Photo. Triptych Ocean, Sea, Blue, Beach Cottage
'Towards your Heart' Large scale Photo. Triptych Ocean, Sea, Blue, Beach Cottage

'Towards your Heart' Large scale Photo. Triptych Ocean, Sea, Blue, Beach Cottage

By Sophia Milligan

Located in Penzance, GB

'Towards Your Heart' Limited edition archival photographic triptych. Unframed, hand signed and numbered (Edition number 3 of 25) _________________ It is not the size Nor power from which you fly But towards your heart The wild Atlantic explodes in raw abandon, given scale in this daring dance by the graceful flight of the sea bird. Sophia's poetic photographs are an exploration of the balance in all things: in the sensual interplay of light and shadow; in wild raw energy and serene stillness; in chaos and harmony; in the enduring and the effervescent. They are a contemplation of the awareness that everything in existence is temporary, they speak of the ephemeral nature of all things. Moments, feelings, experiences cherished and appreciated in their impermanence, for that is where the beauty comes from. 'I work in a balancing act of control and freedom; of discipline and guidance, whilst simultaneously relinquishing all authority and throwing the odds to the winds, to chance encounters and the unexpected'. Photographic triptych: each of three parts measuring 30 x 20 inches. Each printing is bespoke to order and can be printed on a single paper 30 x 60 inches. Please contact me for further information, or send a message with your order. Limited edition of 25 Archival Print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® paper, one of the most beautiful and high quality art papers available. The luxurious matt finish provides a reflection free image that is rich in detail, depth and tone. Hand signed, titled and numbered to the lower right corner on an approximately 1 inch white border. Each print comes with a Certificate of Authenticity featuring a signature and edition number. Other sizes available * Please note that images of the artwork in situ and framed are an indication of how the piece can look, and in the context of other artworks. The artwork is being sold unframed. ________________________________ About The Artist Sophia Milligan...

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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment

Marilyn Monroe Andy Warhol Denied Painting canvas Black Pink Green Charles Lutz
Marilyn Monroe Andy Warhol Denied Painting canvas Black Pink Green Charles Lutz

Marilyn Monroe Andy Warhol Denied Painting canvas Black Pink Green Charles Lutz

By Charles Lutz

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Denied Warhol portrait of Marilyn Monroe Silkscreen Painting on canvas by Charles Lutz Silkscreen and acrylic on canvas with artist's Denied stamp of the Andy Warhol Art Authenticati...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Linen, Acrylic

White Aomori Dog Bank

White Aomori Dog Bank

By Yoshitomo Nara

Located in Washington , DC, DC

This Yoshitomo Nara Dog is a smaller scale model of the large one that sits at Mori Museum. It is made of soft vinyl and designed to be used as a bank. It is ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Plastic

Hunt Slonem "Ocelots Managua" Unique oil on canvas
Hunt Slonem "Ocelots Managua" Unique oil on canvas

Hunt Slonem "Ocelots Managua" Unique oil on canvas

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Boston, MA

Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Ocelots Managua Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on canvas Unframed Dimensions: 36" x 30" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition: Unique Hunt Slonem i...

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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Mixed Feeling 4 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Women
Mixed Feeling 4 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Women

Mixed Feeling 4 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Women

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

“Mixed Feelings” is a visual series that captures the emotional complexity of Black womanhood, strength, softness, pride, visibility, and invisibility. Each portrait in this series h...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic

"The Meanderer" House Turret Tower in Wood, Acrylic and Paper Sculpture
"The Meanderer" House Turret Tower in Wood, Acrylic and Paper Sculpture

"The Meanderer" House Turret Tower in Wood, Acrylic and Paper Sculpture

By Seth Clark

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece, titled "The Meanderer" is an original free-standing sculpture by Seth Clark as part of his newest solo exhibition, "Passing Through". Clark's deteriorating structures h...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Wood, Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Acrylic, Graphite

The Eclectic
The Eclectic

The Eclectic

Located in Zofingen, AG

This is my personal vision of life, which could be the life that everyone has the right to, the life that Russian aggression deprived me of... This is my virtual life, because real l...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Ulysses at Home - 21st Century, Figurative Painting, Yellow, Bow, Warrior, Arrow
Ulysses at Home - 21st Century, Figurative Painting, Yellow, Bow, Warrior, Arrow

Ulysses at Home - 21st Century, Figurative Painting, Yellow, Bow, Warrior, Arrow

By Alexandru Rădvan

Located in Baden-Baden, DE

Ulysses at Home, 2011 Acrylic Paint on Canvas, (Signed, front left corner) 94.48 H x 86.61 W in. 240 H x 220 W cm The artwork "Ulysses at Home" was part of the solo show “Epic”. Thi...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, 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.