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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
Cecily Brown 'Girl on a Swing'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 27.5 x 33 inches ( 69.85 x 83.82 cm ) Image Size: 24.25 x 33 inches ( 61.595 x 83.82 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Shipping and H...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Offset

American Contemporary Art by David Paul Kay - Aquamarine
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on paper + vintage frame Framed 36 x 30 x 2 in David Paul Kay is an American contemporary artist born in 1982 who lives and works in New York City, USA. With a focus on vibrant...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

Ewa Ola (Beauty of Nobility -21st Century, Figurative, Mixed Media, Africa Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Ewa Ọlà (Beauty of Nobility) is a tribute to the strength and quiet confidence found in many African women. She sits calmly, but there’s power in her presence, a kind of beauty that ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

"Enlightenment" minimalist glass sculpture by Czech artist Josef Marek
Located in Glen Ellen, CA
This new sculpture by Czech artist Josef Marek surprises by offering a subtly figurative profile. The smooth vertical surfaces, with amber and a touch of red light within, reach the ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Glass

Annette Chatting Myrtle Pottery Vase, 1970s
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
A beautiful stoneware vase by Annette Chatting from the Myrtle Pottery, Hampshire England. Makers mark
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1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Ceramic

Pig Hide Bait, Yellow Buoys, Blue Gloves, Orange Boat in Harbor, White Bird
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary painting in oil on board, a harbor landscape with a neon orange boat in seagreen water in the upper left corner is set alongside a still life arrangement of fish...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Morning-Signed limited edition nude print, Black white photo, Contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Morning - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 1987 - Edition of 10 This grainy photograph is very beautiful but given its large size it is best appreciated from a d...
Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment, Giclée, Pigment, Phot...

Cacti - large format photograph of iconic desert cactus landscape 48" x 72"
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photograph of sunny cactus landscape, from a series of highly detailed large format nature observations, an homage to the photo realistic ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

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

Seductor. From Searching a Mother Series. Photomontage
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Castro’s labor-intensive, photo-collage works of drug kingpins, smugglers, hitmen, countrymen, street vendors, soldiers, paramilitaries, kidnappers, and pimps pose showing with pride...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Color

David Shrigley - See Me As I Really Am - Contemporary Art, Skeleton
Located in London, GB
David Shrigley See Me As I Really Am, 2024 Woodcut 65 x 50 cm Edition of 100 hand-signed and numbered by the artist published by Shäfer Editions and comes with COA from the publisher...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Woodcut

Woodpecker-Woody Love & Magpies Love, Over the Moon, Diptych, Bird
Located in Deddington, GB
We are so blessed with such a variety of beautiful bird species within the UK. I feel inspired and 'Over The Moon' with joy, watching them and listening to their little bird songs ea...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Board

After midnight - Polaroid, Black and White, Women, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
After midnight - 2020 20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2020-932. No...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

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

"Dripping Dots - Havana" Colorful & Pink Contemporary Drip Oil Painting Canvas
Located in New York, NY
With layers of bright oils and whisking brush strokes, the paint is able to shine and shimmer in a very unique pattern. The artist uses gold leaf with thick textured oils and glass t...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Landscape, Original Oil Paint on Canvas , Made in Italy By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Original Art Ready to Hang 70x80 cm 2024 Marilina Marchica was born in Agrigento, where she works and lives, After receiving her diploma at Liceo Artistico "Michelangelo" in Agrigen...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hot Air - Abstract Mountain Landscape Pink Yellow Stripes Resin, 2015
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary abstract landscape, a sense of wonder and whimsy is conveyed, blending of fantasy and realism. Shane McAdams' unique ballpoint ink process layers striations of b...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Resin, Oil, Panel, Ballpoint Pen

Trail of Prayers 66" tall bronze bust on walnut pedestal
Located in Loveland, CO
Trail of Prayers by Denny Haskew Figurative Female Bust 66x16x20" Bronze/Walnut #20/20 ​sold out edition available on the secondary market, sold...
Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Untitled - Lithograph by Bram Van Velde - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is an artwork realized by BRAM VAN VELDE (1895-1981) Lithograph , cm 31x20 Signed in pencil on the front. Very good condition.
Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

French Contemporary Collotype Photograph Black White Photo Andre Naggar
Located in Surfside, FL
Photos pictured of information cards after the images of the black and white photos are not included. La Chute D'Icare (The Fall of Icarus) is a original, black and white photograp...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photogravure

Diagonal Lift - Nude Female Balanced on a Pedestal, Black and White Photograph
Located in Chicago, IL
This gorgeous female figure is balanced on a wooden pedestal with a stray hand on her torso. Her muscular figure is enhanced by the sepia tones and the play of light on the subject....
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Archival Pigment

Large Painting of Classic New York City in Rain with Figures by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Large Original Painting of a Classic 1990's Busy New York City Scene in the Rain, with Yellow Taxis, Cars and Figures, by British Urban Landscape Artist, Angela Wakefield. This is a ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

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

Titter, Scantily Clad Woman Viewing Titter Magazine, 1950 Vintage Photograph
Located in Chicago, IL
“Art Shay’s photography shakes you up, sets you down gently, pats you on the head and then kicks you in the ass.” Roger Ebert “[Shay’s work] ranks with some of the greats of the 20...
Category

1950s Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Bit of a Ghost, muted color female figure historic dress thick & transparent
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Began this canvas over ten years ago. Inspired by some of the themes in "Hamilton" along with the aesthetics of Romanticism and Symbolism.
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint

"Candy Urchin Egg", Egg Motif, Patterns, Bright colors, texture, dimensional
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Candy Urchin Egg" is an original piece by PJ Linden made from acrylic, dimensional paint on wood. This piece measures measures 8"h x 4.5"w x 4.5"d. Sculpture comes with complimenta...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Crushing - Contemporary, Polaroid, 21st Century, Nude, Women, Figurative
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Crushing - 2017, 20x20cm, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Based on a Polaroid, digital C-Print, not mounted. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2017-792. ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Polaroid, C Print, Black and White, Archival Paper

Peace - Original Sally K Figurative Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lebanese American artist Sally K.'s captivating floral portraits are both mesmerizing and empowering. Her pop-realistic paintings are inspired by strong, feminine women, celebrating...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Vintage Motorcycle, Texas artist , oil on birch 16 x 20, Racing, Contemporary
Located in Houston, TX
LOOK FOR FREE SHIPPING AT CHECKOUT. IF NOT AVAILABLE GALLERY OFFERS FREE SHIPPING. ARTIST EXPLANATION OF THE PAINTINGS: Vintage Motorcycle: oil on cradled birch panel. Ready to hang with wire on the back They are blurred. So I paint them with a regular brush, let the paint get partially dry, and then I use a brush to go over it many times to blur the paint. Sometime if it gets too blurred I go back in and do some more painting to define an area, and then use a big special brush to blur the image again. Also seen in this listing are other available paintings by the artist which can be found in a separate listings. Joan Breckwoldt...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Birch, Oil

I Am the Spirit That Hovers Above the Shapeless Mass of Dreams
Located in New York, NY
I Am the Spirit That Hovers Above the Shapeless Mass of Dreams 1991 Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in ink, recto Gelatin silver print (Edition of 5) 12.5 x 8.5 inches (31.8 x...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Luna by Richard Perry -Abstract sculpture, Carrara marble, colourful, paint, wax
Located in Paris, FR
Luna is a unique ink, paint and wax on Carrara marble sculpture by contemporary artist Richard Perry, dimensions are 20 × 20 × 17 cm (7.9 × 7.9 × 6.7 in). The sculpture is signed an...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Marble

Africa Allure 6 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, African, Woman, Hair
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Africa Allure portrays the rich cultural, historical, and social contributions of Black individuals and communities throughout history. It encompasses the traditions, values, and ach...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic

"Sempre" bronze abstract sculpture on marble base
Located in Glen Ellen, CA
Elegant bronze sculpture with patina on a black marble base, by Italian-Romanian sculptor Flavius Pisapia. Approximate completion time: 12 weeks. Editi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Girl - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1976
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on board realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1976. Hand signed and dated lower left Includes a wooden frame realized by the Artist 92x72 cm. Very good condition. Sirio Pellegrini...
Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Welcome To Paradise - Large Scale Contemporary Art Photography
Located in Zürich, CH
In a world dominated by digital precision and instant gratification, Pia Clodi stands as a beacon of nostalgia and unpredictability, finding beauty in the fleeting moments captured t...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Carbon Pigment, Polaroid

"Untitled No. 1036" 2025 ink, silk, and beeswax on panel 59 x 47 in.
Located in New York, NY
Eric Blum Untitled No. 1036, 2025 ink, silk, and beeswax on panel 59 x 47 in. (blum102)
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Silk, Ink, Wax, Panel

Drawing, Oil Bar, Ink And Colored Pencils. "The Gifts of Patience"
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Oil bar, Pencil, Petal Flowers, Color and Ink on Paper. The base of this drawing is 120g/m2 Fabriano paper. I use natural dyes from flowers, herbs, leaves, and tree bark as the firs...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Pencil, Color Pencil

"Big Duck Ranch, " Contemporary Barn Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This contemporary barn painting by artist Carol Young features a stunning contrasting palette. A cool, blue-grey barn sits on a vibrant orange landscape, wit...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Georgian Contemporary Art by Eter Merkviladze - Flamingos
Located in Paris, IDF
Gouache on a watercolor paper Eter Merkviladze is a Georgian female artist born in 1999 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She was graduated from Robert Schuman European Schoo...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Watercolor, Paper, Gouache

Priestess Of The Flowers
Located in Brecon, Powys
A statement piece in Neo-Classicism and one of Berlin's stunning "Flowers for Athena" works. Appearing in a shower of gold with powdered hues of vermillion, cadmium red and turquoise...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Wrestlers on the Mat, Contemporary Painting
Located in New York, NY
A painting by Mark Beard/Bruce Sargeant of two male wrestlers in athletic wear grapple on a mat, their muscular bodies highlighted by soft light, capturi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Masonite, Oil

Reincarnation -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, African Artwork
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...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Early American Parlor, Circa 1820, Miniature Room by Eugene Kupjack
Located in Chicago, IL
Eugene Kupjack's love affair with miniatures began when he saw an article in Life Magazine about MrsNarcissa Niblack Thorne's (of the Montgomery Ward fortune) European-Style miniatur...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Rock Pooling, original painting, landscape, contemporary art, coastal
Located in Deddington, GB
Rock Pooling is inspired by wonderful memories of searching for creatures in my youth. This artwork elicits a moody atmosphere the light sinking behind the horizon. The gold leaf mir...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Silhouettes and Shadows II
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

Presso Ponza - Lithograph by Aldo Riso - 2003
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph on Magnani-Pescia paper. Paper size 17,5 cm x 24,5 cm work size 14,5 cm x22 cm . Excellent condition, no defects. Aldo Riso was born in 1927 in Santa Maria di Leuca, in th...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Penny Stars and Clouds (Matisse Inspired Drawing on Collaged Vintage Book Pages)
Located in Hudson, NY
Penny Stars and Clouds (Matisse-like Drawing on Collaged Vintage Book Pages) by Louise Laplante 2024 pastel and collaged vintage Penny Magazines and chalk 23.75 x 24.50 inches unfram...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Chalk, Pastel

"Fruita Barn" Acrylic Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Justin Wheatley's "Fruita Barn" is an original, handmade acrylic painting.
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

The Virtues 'Politeness', Limited Edition 'Cherry Blossom' Landscape
Located in New York, NY
The contemporary pop art cherry blossom landscape ‘Politeness' is one of the eight from the iconic ‘Virtues’ series by Damien Hirst, the laminated giclée print on aluminum panel was ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Panel, Giclée

Between Sky and Earth by Marine de Soos -Bronze sculpture, figurative, spiritual
Located in Paris, FR
Between sky and earth is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 112 × 29 × 21 cm (44.1 × 11.4 × 8.3 in). The sculpture is signed and numbere...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

A Symphony Of Colour #2, original painting, landscape, contemporary
Located in Deddington, GB
A Symphony Of Colour #2 This painting is a vibrant celebration of nature's spontaneity and beauty, depicted through energetic splashes of color and dynamic, abstract forms, capturing...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic

Un’isola nell’aria
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed, numbered and dated. Edition of 75 copies. Original photograph from the portfolio “Un’isola nell’aria”, Vol. IV Includes passepartout. Image Dimensions : 34 x 46 cm
Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

1985 Martin Kippenberger 'Selling America and Buying El Salvador' Offset Print
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 33.75 x 24 inches ( 85.725 x 60.96 cm )?Image Size: 13 x 9 inches ( 33.02 x 22.86 cm )?Framed: No?Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling??Additional Details: Original exhibition poster for Martin Kippenberger...
Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Offset

Every Moment, brown and pink print of cups, work on paper
Located in New York, NY
Mixed media on paper. Framed: 15" x 18" My work comes from observation, memory and imagination. Collective daydreams that make another world out of this world--the experience of ‘in...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Bath House, Salton Sea, California, USA, black and white landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Bath House Study 3, CA, USA - no. 11741 // Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Ce...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Deux Bleus Sur Noir (Two Blues on Black) /// James Coignard French Abstract Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: James Coignard (French, 1925-2008) Title: "Deux Bleus Sur Noir (Two Blues on Black)" *Signed by Coignard in pencil lower right Year: 2006 Medium: Original Hand-Embellished Ca...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Engraving, Handmade Paper

Nude - Drawing by Carlo Ravagnan - 1965
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1965. Hand signed lower left. Dated on rear. Excellent condition.
Category

1960s Contemporary Art

Materials

Watercolor

Saura-Roland Garros French Open' 1997 Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Official poster designed and created for the tennis tournament held at Roland Garros French Open every year. The poster is a limited edition of 2000. First edition, unsigned and not ...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Offset

Untitled 28 (Polaroid Transfer Drawing of a Reclining Male Nude by Mark Beard)
Located in Hudson, NY
Polaroid transfer drawing of a reclining male nude on Rive BFK paper by Mark Beard 9.5 x 7 inch image size 22 x 15 inch paper size Ed. 5/6, Polaroid Transfer on Rives BFK paper, unfr...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Polaroid

"Leaving" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Shelli Langdale's "Leaving" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a white horse in a green field with a red balloon hovering above its form. Artist Bio: Shelli Langdal...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

When You Love Someone!. From the Origin series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
They were created as an investigation into the beginnings of the current human social conditions with a focus on materiality and evolutionary information gathered from Paul Shepards ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Gold, Gold Leaf

April - Abstract Poured Painting Ivory Neutral Gray Blue Violet, 2023
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary abstract poured painting, April by Susan English is a wonderful play of color, light, and composition. The layers of English's tinted polymer on aluminum create dep...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Metal

Hunt Slonem "Golden Pond" Bunny
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Golden Pond Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on Wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Unique Hunt...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

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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