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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
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Jack Rabbit
Jack Rabbit

Jack Rabbit

By Robert Deyber

Located in Greenwich, CT

Jack Rabbit is a lithograph on paper, 9.5 x 7.5 inches image size. From the edition of 395, numbered 151/275 (there were also 100 Roman and 20 AP), framed in a contemporary, silver-t...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Madam X
Madam X

Madam X

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Denver, CO

Hunt Slonem's artistic trajectory has always been characterized by a deep exploration of spiritual themes. His use of repetition in form—particularly with his beloved bunnies—serves ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Wood, Oil

Positano Bath (Amalfi Coast)
Positano Bath (Amalfi Coast)

Positano Bath (Amalfi Coast)

By Thomas McKnight

Located in Greenwich, CT

Positano Bath from the Amalfi Coast collection is a serigraph on paper with an image size 16 x 18 inches, signed 'McKnight' lower right and numbered lower left. Framed in a contempor...

Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Screen

Heavenly, Virtuous and Miracle

Heavenly, Virtuous and Miracle

By Cristina Mittermeier

Located in Chicago, IL

"Heavenly, Virtuous and Miracle" Hawaii, 2013 Available sizes: 20 x 30 in / Edition of 6 - $9,500 32 x 48 in / Edition of 6 - $13,500 40 x 60 in / Edition of 6 - $15,500 50 x 75 in ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

04-14
04-14

04-14

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

04–14, 2016 Oil on canvas, 36 x 42 inches (91.4 x 106.7 cm) Signed and dated on verso: Madeline Peckenpaugh / 2016 Provenance The artist; Private collection, Haverford Madeline Pec...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Meteor Rider
Meteor Rider

Meteor Rider

By Yuji Hiratsuka

Located in Palm Springs, CA

"Meteor Rider" features a contemplative, angelic figure adorned with delicate wings, surrounded by celestial orbs and accompanied by a watchful owl, all rendered in Hiratsuka’s signa...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Intaglio

Twilight's #09 - Witches Sabbath - Black and white print of fir trees
Twilight's #09 - Witches Sabbath - Black and white print of fir trees

Twilight's #09 - Witches Sabbath - Black and white print of fir trees

By Jasper Goodall

Located in London, GB

A group of moss draped fir trees dance together as if they were a coven of witches weaving incantations... "When your eyes have little information, your imagination takes over and fills in the gaps." - Jasper Goodall...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

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

"Gent"
"Gent"

"Gent"

By Michael Carson

Located in Scottsdale, AZ

“My work is first and foremost figurative studies. It’s what I like to paint, my biggest challenge and my greatest payoff. My nondescript surroundings help me create a mood or a stor...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

untitled (horseman)
untitled (horseman)

untitled (horseman)

By Maximino Javier

Located in Palm Springs, CA

This whimsical and surreal etching by Mexican artist Maximino Javier, dated 1984, embodies his unique visual language that blends fantasy, folklore, and satire. Executed with intrica...

Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Etching

Fugue (Are these boats running away from the others)
Fugue (Are these boats running away from the others)

Fugue (Are these boats running away from the others)

By Anne Dykmans

Located in New Orleans, LA

In Anne Dykmans' "Fugue", sailing vessels race across the seas. This impression is #65 of 75 and is signed, titled and dated by the artist. Anne Dykmans (Belgian, b. 1952) Anne Dykma...

Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Mezzotint

I Can Still Read Your Face
I Can Still Read Your Face

I Can Still Read Your Face

By Yuji Hiratsuka

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 15. While the images have some resemblance to traditional Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, their sense of whimsy, satire and irony relate more...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Storm Dragon

Storm Dragon

By Don Ed Hardy

Located in Lyons, CO

Color lithograph, Edition 20. Don Ed Hardy’s lithographs “Storm Dragon” and “Sea Dragon” continue his lifelong exploration of dragon mythology and imagery. For 2000, the Year of the...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Vertical Spheres"

"Vertical Spheres"

By John Schieffer

Located in Scottsdale, AZ

John Schieffer graduated in 1995 from Paier College of Art in Hamden, Connecticut with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. The salutatorian entered the world of illustration at Mercer Ma...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Untitled (Interior)

Untitled (Interior)

By Allison Gildersleeve

Located in Dallas, TX

"Behind my canvases, collages, and drawings lies a singular proposition: places are not inert; they are repositories for all that passes through them. My work is an inquiry into the ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Acrylic

"The Nose" by William Kentridge (Photograph, Black and White, Newspaper, Print)
"The Nose" by William Kentridge (Photograph, Black and White, Newspaper, Print)

"The Nose" by William Kentridge (Photograph, Black and White, Newspaper, Print)

By William Kentridge

Located in New York, NY

This is a monochromatic photogravure, aquatint and drypoint on Hahnemuhle Copperplate warm white paper. Created in 2010, it is signed in pencil lower right and numbered from the edit...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen, Photogravure

Pot Heads (Humans)
Pot Heads (Humans)

Pot Heads (Humans)

By Robert Deyber

Located in Greenwich, CT

Pot Heads (Humans) is a lithograph on paper, 9 x 9 inches image size, and initialed 'BD' lower right. From the edition of 395, numbered 205/275 (there were ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Awaken - cool, gestural, seascape
Awaken - cool, gestural, seascape

Awaken - cool, gestural, seascape

By Sasha Rogers

Located in Bloomfield, ON

The exquisite ethereal contemporary paintings of Canadian artist Sasha Rogers can be found in both private and corporate collections throughout the world. Rogers is highly regarded f...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

El Cielo de Mexico no se puede medir #2
El Cielo de Mexico no se puede medir #2

El Cielo de Mexico no se puede medir #2

By Miguel Angel Ríos

Located in Miami Beach, FL

In the late nineties, and after traveling to regions as diverse as the Amazon basin and the Chihuahua desert, Ríos began to develop a body of work through which he addressed the mean...

Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Everybody Pt. 1
Everybody Pt. 1

Amy SillmanEverybody Pt. 1, 1994

$2,000Sale Price|20% Off

Everybody Pt. 1

By Amy Sillman

Located in New York, NY

Amy Sillman is an influential contemporary American painter and printmaker whose practice conflates the abstract and the figurative. Born in 1955 in Detro...

Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Etching

Dancer Labyrinth - Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, Contemporary, 2000s
Dancer Labyrinth - Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, Contemporary, 2000s

Dancer Labyrinth - Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, Contemporary, 2000s

By Graham Metson

Located in Bloomfield, ON

Two dynamic figures integrate with the surrounding space in a kaleidoscope of color -- lime green, yellow, cobalt blue, pink and lemon yellow -- in this painting by Graham Metson. Cu...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Diptych: Imprints / I Am Yourself: Whale and Girls.
Diptych: Imprints / I Am Yourself: Whale and Girls.

Diptych: Imprints / I Am Yourself: Whale and Girls.

By Casey Waterman

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Imprints/I am Yourself is a work of collection; a collection of images augmented by Casey Waterman to create a habitat where paralleled materials, connotations, and ambiguity comment...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Glass, Plaster, Walnut, Vinyl

Any Port In a Storm II
Any Port In a Storm II

Any Port In a Storm II

By Robert Deyber

Located in Greenwich, CT

Any Port in a Storm II is a lithograph on paper, 9.25 x 9 inches image size. From the edition of 395, numbered LIII/C (there were also 275 Arabic and 20 AP), framed in a contemporary...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

The School of Hard Knocks
The School of Hard Knocks

The School of Hard Knocks

By Robert Deyber

Located in Greenwich, CT

The School of Hard Knocks is a lithograph on paper, 7.25 x 9 inches image size, and initialed 'BD' lower right. From the edition of 395, numbered 129/275 (there were also 100 Roman a...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Equilibre 5/10 - red, geometric abstract, modern, reflective, aluminum sculpture
Equilibre 5/10 - red, geometric abstract, modern, reflective, aluminum sculpture

Equilibre 5/10 - red, geometric abstract, modern, reflective, aluminum sculpture

By Philippe Pallafray

Located in Bloomfield, ON

Philippe Pallafray’s dramatic contemporary sculptures often appear to defy the laws of gravity. This imposing minimalist piece features a highly polished stainless steel ball precariously balanced between two bright red painted cubes...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Metal, Stainless Steel

Count Three
Count Three

Count Three

By William Wegman

Located in New York, NY

image size: 8 5/8 x 7 7/8 inches William Wegman is a renowned photographer famous for his unique and artistic photographs of Weimaraner puppies. His approach to is far from convent...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Pigment

Stars 5, 2014 - Stars and Trees in Ancient English Woodland and Forest Landscape

Stars 5, 2014 - Stars and Trees in Ancient English Woodland and Forest Landscape

By Ellie Davies

Located in Brighton, GB

Stars 5, 2014 - Stars and Trees in Ancient English Woodland and Forest Landscape by Ellie Davies Stars 5 by Ellie Davies is a stunning Digital C-Type Print on Fuji Maxima Matte pape...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Digital, C Print, Color

The Jack Rabbit III
The Jack Rabbit III

The Jack Rabbit III

By Robert Deyber

Located in Greenwich, CT

The Jack Rabbit III is an acrylic on canvas painting by Robert Deyber, signed 'DEYBER' lower left and framed in a contemporary, black wood moulding.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Helena Christensen II - the nude supermodel jumping in the air
Helena Christensen II - the nude supermodel jumping in the air

Helena Christensen II - the nude supermodel jumping in the air

By Michel Comte

Located in Vienna, AT

Iconic nude portrait of 90's supermodel jumping. For decades Michel Comte has been shooting protagonists from the world of art, film and entertainment. However, he does not only take...

Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Eye of the Storm
Eye of the Storm

Eye of the Storm

By Robert Deyber

Located in Greenwich, CT

Eye of the Storm is a lithograph on paper, 9.5 x 9 inches image size, and initialed 'BD' lower right. From the edition of 395, numbered 231/275 (there were also 100 Roman and 20 AP)....

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

By Carlos Capelan

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Capelán's work stands out for its rigorous handling of diverse artistic techniques and procedures, ranging from drawing to installation, including painting, printmaking, photography,...

Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

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.