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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
Figurative Red and Blue Painting on Canvas, 2024 - 'Personatus 001

Figurative Red and Blue Painting on Canvas, 2024 - 'Personatus 001

Located in Bruxelles, BE

Chidy Wayne (b. 1981, Spain) is an artist based in Barcelona. Over the years, he has established himself as a recognized figure in the art world, developing a personal artistic langu...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Untitled, Watercolour Ink, Pencil, Set of 2 Works Contemporary Artists"In Stock"
Untitled, Watercolour Ink, Pencil, Set of 2 Works Contemporary Artists"In Stock"

Untitled, Watercolour Ink, Pencil, Set of 2 Works Contemporary Artists"In Stock"

By Pankaj Panwar

Located in Kolkata, West Bengal

Pankaj Panwar Pastel on Paper, 6 x 9 inches (Unframed Size) 2017 (Each) Set of 2 works ( Delivered unframed ) Born : 1961. Education : 1988 - M.F.A. (Sculpture) from Fine Arts Faculty, M.S. University, Baroda. 1986 - B.F.A. (Sculpture), Kala-Bhavana, Visva-Bharati University, Santlniketan.1989-1990 - Post-Experience Diploma in Sculpture, Royal College of Art, London, UK . Professor in Sculpture, Kala-Bhavana, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, W.B. India. Select Solo Exhibitions : 2008 Aicon Gallery, Palo Alto. Grosvenor Museum, Chester, UK. R. C. A., London, UK . Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds, UK Art-Heritage, New Delhi. Select Group Exhibitions : 2008 Shaptarishee, Sculpture in Steel, organized by Depika Jindal, by curated Alka Pandey, Habitat center, New Delhi . Edge of Desire – Idioms of Indian & Italian Contemporary Art, NGMA, Kolkata, Bombay; New Delhi. The Human Figure, Gallery Threshold, New Delhi. Entrusted, Charles Wallace Trust, New Delhi . Continuity, Disjuncture, Creativity, Akar Prakar, Kolkata. Tale of Two Cities, Birla Academy, Kolkata; Mumbai . Hundred and Fifty years of Art of Bengal, CIMA, Kolkata; Mumbai. Multi Media Art...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pencil

Spanish Contemporary Art by Leticia de Prado - Margarita

Spanish Contemporary Art by Leticia de Prado - Margarita

Located in Paris, IDF

Oil on canvas infused with rhinestones & silk mixed media Leticia de Prado is a Spanish artist born in 1964 who lives and works in Estepona, near Marbella, Spain. She is best known for her extraordinary recycled collage monumental artworks on discarded cargo wood pallets indulging with many different media including dried tree...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Stripper, Crazy Horse Saloon, Paris, France, 1956, Gelatin Silver Print, 8x10
Stripper, Crazy Horse Saloon, Paris, France, 1956, Gelatin Silver Print, 8x10

Stripper, Crazy Horse Saloon, Paris, France, 1956, Gelatin Silver Print, 8x10

By Burt Glinn

Located in New york, NY

American photographer Burt Glinn's Stripper, Crazy Horse Saloon, Paris, 1956, is an 8" x 10" gelatin silver print, with notations and the photographer's magnum stamp on verso (back o...

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1950s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

French Contemporary art By Rachel Yedid - Entre un Mi et un Fa

French Contemporary art By Rachel Yedid - Entre un Mi et un Fa

Located in Paris, IDF

Oil on canvas Rachel Yedid is a French multidisciplinary artist born in 1977 who lives and works between Paris, France & Jerusalem, Israel. She grew up marked by a severe autoimmune...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The dream that came true - Ethereal atmospheric abstract landscape and waterfall
The dream that came true - Ethereal atmospheric abstract landscape and waterfall

The dream that came true - Ethereal atmospheric abstract landscape and waterfall

By Jennifer L. Baker

Located in Silverthorne, CO

"The dream that came true" is the first painting born in my new studio in the Colorado mountains... Can I be the only one who lives in a realm of my won making most of time? I hear ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Small Square Abstract Canvas Art Study of Sunflower Field by Contemporary Artist
Small Square Abstract Canvas Art Study of Sunflower Field by Contemporary Artist

Small Square Abstract Canvas Art Study of Sunflower Field by Contemporary Artist

By Angela Wakefield

Located in Preston, GB

Small Square Abstract Landscape Canvas Art Study of Sunflower Field by Contemporary Artist, Angela Wakefield Art measures 6 x 6 inches Frame measures 11 x 11 inches Angela Wakefiel...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Board

Flora Italiana (Papavero Bianco) - large format botanical still life photograph
Flora Italiana (Papavero Bianco) - large format botanical still life photograph

Flora Italiana (Papavero Bianco) - large format botanical still life photograph

By Linda Rosewall

Located in San Francisco, CA

Original large format still life photograph from Linda Rosewall's series "Flora Italiana", an intensely beautiful body of works exploring the botanical splendor of Italian flowers with highly detailed captures Flora Italiana ( Papavero Bianco ) delicate white poppy flower petals 40 x 30 inches (102 x 76cm) signed edition of 25 64 x 48 inches (162 x 122cm) signed edition of 7 archival fine art pigment print signed & numbered by artist on label custom/larger sizes are available on request ___________________ About the artist Linda Rosewall’s artistic path was cemented during her childhood. She was inspired by her farther, an accomplished musician and composer who raised his six children as a performing family act. The experience of traveling the United States and Canada in a small airplane piloted by her father provided the opportunity for Linda to capture these moments on her small Kodak Instamatic Camera. At the age of 18, she enrolled at Columbia College of Fine Arts Chicago. During her studies, Linda apprenticed under photographer Norman Bilisko and later worked with Dennis Manarchy...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

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

Wanderer Study 1: Collage on Wood, Contemporary, Framed, 21x17 in
Wanderer Study 1: Collage on Wood, Contemporary, Framed, 21x17 in

Wanderer Study 1: Collage on Wood, Contemporary, Framed, 21x17 in

By Seth Clark

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece, titled "Wanderer Study 1" is an original artwork by Seth Clark made of collage, charcoal, pastel, acrylic, and graphite on wood. This piece measures 21”h x 17”w framed an...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Wood, Charcoal, Pastel, Acrylic, Graphite

One With The Tide 1 - 21st Century, Figurative, African, Dance, Body Writing
One With The Tide 1 - 21st Century, Figurative, African, Dance, Body Writing

One With The Tide 1 - 21st Century, Figurative, African, Dance, Body Writing

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

I have submerged myself beneath the sea and asked that the waters lead me to myself, to where I ought to be, where I was always meant to be. Becoming one with the tide is not an act...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Spring, 99x79cm, acrylic on canvas

Spring, 99x79cm, acrylic on canvas

Located in Yerevan, AM

In my paintings, I chose the main character Gestalt wooden figurine of a man) and trying to "animate" his\her

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paste, Canvas, Oil

"Landlocked (Welcome to Utah)", Contemporary, Desert, Abstract Mixed Media Print
"Landlocked (Welcome to Utah)", Contemporary, Desert, Abstract Mixed Media Print

"Landlocked (Welcome to Utah)", Contemporary, Desert, Abstract Mixed Media Print

By Patty deGrandpre

Located in Franklin, MA

Patty deGrandpre’s “Landlocked (Welcome to Utah)” is an 14 x 11 inch unique abstract mixed media print represented on Awagami Bamboo Japanese paper utilizing both printmaking and cre...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Ink, Mixed Media, Gouache, Digital, Monoprint

Buttons on Red, Original Painting
Buttons on Red, Original Painting

Buttons on Red, Original Painting

By Jessica JH Roller

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A tuxedo cat named Buttons sits upright, its body defined by a bold white outline. Bright yellow eyes hold a steady, alert gaze. Repeated black marks across the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic

Untitled Film Still (Green Lagoon)
Untitled Film Still (Green Lagoon)

Untitled Film Still (Green Lagoon)

By Wes Hempel

Located in Fairfield, CT

The twelve paintings in the exhibition are imaginary film stills based on on a Science Fiction screenplay, titled Regression, that was supposedly developed in the 1950s.  The film wa...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga

Pablo CanoLady Gaga, 2012

$5,600Sale Price|34% Off

Lady Gaga

By Pablo Cano

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

This Lady Gaga marionette sculpture is made of found objects in Pablo Cano's signature style. Some of the elements include: plastic bowl, a metal candy dish, soda cans plastic credit cards, and a potato masher among other found objects. Born in Havana, Cuba in 1961, Pablo Cano was on the last flight out of the country before the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. He has since been a resident of Miami’s Little Havana, and is regarded by art patrons and critics alike as one of Florida’s premier contemporary fine artists. Since childhood, marionettes have fascinated Pablo. At the age of ten, he was mounting elaborate plays for his family featuring puppets constructed of household bric-a-brac. His primary work today continues to center around the marionettes that he fashions from found objects, and the performance pieces he composes to showcase these protagonists. Cano reveals, “I create a dream world where inanimate objects come to life – springing from my imagination in the Surrealist tradition. But my work is founded on Dada ideals. The Dadaists used chance, spontaneity, and childlike innocence in order to create their statement. Their intention, as is mine, was to break with tradition and painting technique and to return to the elemental basics of art; to start from scratch; to allow the process of imagination to unfold and begin anew each time I create.” Influences from the color palette of Russian Constructivist Alexandra Exter...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Found Objects

KAWS BFF Companion (KAWS BFF black)
KAWS BFF Companion (KAWS BFF black)

KAWS BFF Companion (KAWS BFF black)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

KAWS Black BFF new, unopened in its original packaging. A well-received work and variation of KAWS' large scale BFF sculpture is in Los Angeles's Playa Vista neighborhood. Medium: ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

Black and White Floral Macro – Minimalist Fine Art – Limited Edition Print
Black and White Floral Macro – Minimalist Fine Art – Limited Edition Print

Black and White Floral Macro – Minimalist Fine Art – Limited Edition Print

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21050 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

"Break" Original Painting by Hiroshi Sato, Vibrant Landscape
"Break" Original Painting by Hiroshi Sato, Vibrant Landscape

"Break" Original Painting by Hiroshi Sato, Vibrant Landscape

Located in Denver, CO

Hiroshi Sato's "Break," completed in 2024, is a striking oil on canvas painting measuring 44 x 80 inches (111.76 x 203.20 cm). This original artwork features a vibrant urban landscap...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fairy Forest in the Fog, Fanal, Madeira, Portugal – Color Landscape Photography
Fairy Forest in the Fog, Fanal, Madeira, Portugal – Color Landscape Photography

Fairy Forest in the Fog, Fanal, Madeira, Portugal – Color Landscape Photography

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 8 // Gallery ID: 21303 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

In My Solitude 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media, Men
In My Solitude 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media, Men

In My Solitude 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media, Men

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube. This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About the Artist Joy Eyitayo...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic

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

RENJISHI(The Lion Dance)Original Lithograph, Japanese Kabuki Theater, White Hair
RENJISHI(The Lion Dance)Original Lithograph, Japanese Kabuki Theater, White Hair

RENJISHI(The Lion Dance)Original Lithograph, Japanese Kabuki Theater, White Hair

By Albert Al Hirschfeld

Located in Union City, NJ

RENJISHI is a hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the renowned artist/caricaturist Al Hirschfeld (1903-2003) printed by hand using traditional lithography techniques on archiva...

Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Roland Garros 2015 French Open Offset Print, Unframed Contemporary Art

Roland Garros 2015 French Open Offset Print, Unframed Contemporary Art

By Du Zhenjun

Located in Brooklyn, NY

The 2015 Roland Garros poster by Doze Niu is a vibrant and dynamic work that captures the energy and excitement of the French Open through bold colors and contemporary design. Niu’s ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Offset

Hunt Slonem "Night Owl" Owl
Hunt Slonem "Night Owl" Owl

Hunt Slonem "Night Owl" Owl

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Boston, MA

Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Night Owl Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on Wood Unframed Dimensions: 20.5" x 12.5" Framed Dimensions: 25.5" x 17.5" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Uniqu...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Katharine Morling, Porcelain Camera Sculpture w Double Lens, Black and White
Katharine Morling, Porcelain Camera Sculpture w Double Lens, Black and White

Katharine Morling, Porcelain Camera Sculpture w Double Lens, Black and White

By Katharine Morling

Located in Dallas, TX

Honor your inner superstar with a unique porcelain ceramic artwork from Katharine Morling's newest series, "The Paparazzi Collection". This sculpture titled "Camera with Double Lens" is handcrafted and especially designed in the artist's signature monotone black & white style by award winning ceramicist Katharine Morling. Morling's ceramic sculptures have been shown internationally at Bergdorf Goodman in New York, Liberty’s London, Miami, Italy, Kuwait, Algiers, Germany and France. She has also had solo exhibitions in Sweden, The Netherlands and throughout the UK. In 2019, Katharine Morling’s work was selected for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. It was the fifth time that Katharine Morling has exhibited in the Summer Exhibition and “Cut”, an over-sized chainsaw is the largest piece which Morling has shown to date. After graduating from the Royal College of Art in 2009, she was awarded first prize at the 2010 World Crafts Council Triennial in Belgium. Morling also represented the UK at the 2010 European Ceramic Context in Denmark. For COLLECT 2011, she showed a new installation Out of the House in the Project Space of the Saatchi Gallery. Other projects include created a large wall mounted installation for the new children’s ward commissioned by the Royal London Hospital...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Clay, Porcelain, Slip, Ink

Peter Hoffer "White Pine" - Landscape Painting on Wood Panel

Peter Hoffer "White Pine" - Landscape Painting on Wood Panel

By Peter Hoffer

Located in New York, NY

Peter Hoffer White Pine, 2020 oil, acrylic and resin on panel 36 x 60 in (hoff189) This original landscape painting on panel by Peter Hoffer is simultaneously contemporary and tradi...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Resin, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Landscape - Contemporary Oil Painting, Polish artist
Landscape - Contemporary Oil Painting, Polish artist

Landscape - Contemporary Oil Painting, Polish artist

By Monika Rossa

Located in Warsaw, PL

MONIKA ROSSA studied painting at the University of Arizona, in the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and at the Escuela de Diseno in Barcelona. She practices drawing and easel painting....

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Duchándome. Nude watercolor on paper
Duchándome. Nude watercolor on paper

Duchándome. Nude watercolor on paper

By Celso José Castro Daza

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, and others are sketches of moments he documents. Throughout his artistic career, Castro has exalted the figure and genitality of the Latin American man, putting into tension the limits imposed by the sex/gender system that are part of an unquestionable patriarchal and phallocentric order. The majority of those portrayed are inhabitants of the Colombian coast, also constructing alternative ways of conceiving Latin American identity. By breaking taboos about corporality and male sexuality, his work has been censored on numerous occasions due to public accusations of immorality and pornography. Celso Castro’s work is a bare-bulb erotic photo...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Pastel, Watercolor, Paper, Ink

Corpheum XVII - contemporary, geometric abstract, Corten steel outdoor sculpture
Corpheum XVII - contemporary, geometric abstract, Corten steel outdoor sculpture

Corpheum XVII - contemporary, geometric abstract, Corten steel outdoor sculpture

By Claude Millette

Located in Bloomfield, ON

This contemporary, geometric abstract, Corten steel outdoor sculpture is by Quebec artist Claude Millette. Millette has been creating compelling sculptures for more than four decades...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Steel

Flight in Attitude, Atelier
Flight in Attitude, Atelier

Flight in Attitude, Atelier

By Richard MacDonald

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

"Flight in Attitude, Atelier" by Richard MacDonald captures a dancer mid-ascent, suspended in a moment of pure elevation and grace. The figure’s outstretched limbs and lifted gaze ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

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.