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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Recognized Seller Listings
Zephyr 7ft Mirror Stainless Steel - large, abstract, polished, outdoor sculpture
By Jeremy Guy
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Jeremy Guy's new sculpture series are available in Mirror Polished Stainless Steel, Gold Finish or Painted in Black or White. This Zephyr sculpture can be ordered in multiple sizes u...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
Mandarinas con Libro. 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 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Mutation 10 - small, white, geometrical, 3D, felt, fabric, biomorphic, wall art
By Chung-Im Kim
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Fabric artist Chung-Im King’s series of felt tapestries called “Mutation” consist of striking geometrical shapes that mimic designs found in nature. The artist has cut pure white fel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Felt, Thread, Mixed Media
Fires 10, 2018 - Limited Edition Digital C-Type Photograph on Fuji Paper
By Ellie Davies
Located in Brighton, GB
Fires 10 is a stunning Digital C-Type Print on Fuji Maxima Matte paper, available in this size only.
This is Artist Proof 2 of 2, and is the last print of the Limited Edition.
Th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital, C Print
Pink Flower with Green and Bronze - elegant textured florals, still life oil
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Foliage and a single pink flower are framed by textured shapes of verdant green and cerulean in this sophisticated composition by Jennifer Hornyak. Framed dimensions are 21 x 21 in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Oil, Wood Panel
Horst, Barefoot Beauty. NY, Silver Gelatin Print. Printed later.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This artwork masterfully captures the interplay between human form and sculptural abstraction. A pair of real feet is delicately intertwined with sculpted counterparts, forging a str...
Category
1940s Contemporary Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Aqui Las Escudos Descansan and Leyendas Andaluzas. Diptych
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
Black Poppyseed Capsule No 3 - contemporary, handcrafted, ceramic sculpture
By Loren Kaplan
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary ceramic vessel was inspired by nature and rendered in black.
As a masterful ceramicist, Loren Kaplan has been intrigued by the concept of containers; the idea that...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Ceramic
Overture 3/5 - large scale, smooth, black granite, outdoor, abstract sculpture
By Jeremy Guy
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Smooth black granite has been engineered to resemble a treble clef in this elegant outdoor sculpture by Canadian artist Jeremy Guy. An overture is a musical composition; usually the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Granite
Still Life with Fruit and a Pitcher
By Beni E. Kosh
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Estate stamp verso: Beni E Kosh Collection #436
Frame: 22-1/4 x 16-1/2 x 1-5/8"
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
My.Heart.Beats.Here. - colorful, minimal, abstract floral, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Vancouver artist Pat Service has always found inspiration in nature for her beautiful paintings.
This series of florals documents a variety of single blossoms. A Grouping of four fl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Vivid Blue No.38 - contemporary, abstract, marble dust, wax, acrylic on canvas
By Ivo Stoyanov
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This mixed media contemporary abstract painting in a vivid blue colour is by Bulgarian-Canadian artist Ivo Stoyanov.
Ivo Stoyanov’s work is bold and dynamic. Inspired by nature’s co...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Marble
Stacked Blocks - Gold, Red, Blue - totem, gold plated, stainless steel sculpture
By Viktor Mitic
Located in Bloomfield, ON
As an artist he has always ‘coloured outside the lines’—Viktor Mitic is known for his provocative, playful and imaginative work. This striking sculpture features a series of stacked ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Gold, Stainless Steel
Blue Over Yellow #2 - bold, colourful, modern, abstract, oil on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
David Sorensen’s brightly coloured abstract work is visually arresting, fresh and modern. The venerated Canadian artist was initially inspired by the vivid palette of Mexico where he...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Athabasca Black 2/10- tall, modern, geometric, contemporary, steel sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This minimalist inspired pillar by Philippe Pallafray is designed with jagged polished angles in the steel that glint in the sunlight. This piece is number 2 in an edition of 10 and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
Lettered - human figure, gothic, welded cast aluminum letters, wall sculpture
By Dale Dunning
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This striking metal sculptural mask was created out of thoughts, words, and letters by Dale Dunning. The wall sculpture is cast aluminum and powder coated in a satin textured charcoa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
Water Horn, by Mark Jenkins
By Mark Jenkins
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Traditional photographic techniques mixed with digital manipulation work to create slightly surreal homoerotic imagery for the prints in Jenkins' Liquid series. Signed, titled and nu...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital
Entangled Rambling Blue - Intersecting spires of cerulean blue
By Shayne Dark
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This striking deep cerulean blue sculpture by Canadian artist, Shayne Dark is part of the ‘Entangled Series’ he has worked on for many years. The abstract series began in wood, then ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Steel
Jack Pot
Located in Greenwich, CT
Jack Pot is a lithograph on paper, 9.5 x 6.25 inches image size. From the edition of 395, numbered 266/275 (there were also 100 Roman and 20 AP). Framed in a contemporary, silver-ton...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Rowboat
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Although best known for his portraits, Katz has depicted landscapes both inside the studio and out of doors since the beginning of his career. This print of a boat on the water feat...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Aquatint
"The Elements" complete set of four Diasec-mounted giclée prints on aluminum
By Damien Hirst
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Complete set of the series "The Elements" by artist Damien Hirst. Four Diasec-mounted giclée prints ("Water," "Fire," "Earth" and "Air") on aluminum composite panels. From an edition...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Giclée
Rock B&W I
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Printed large enough to pass as an actual library, these images point to the gradual loss of paper books, specially those that inhabited homes and fostered learning, dreaming, escap...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
C Print
The Boys- Penis. Carbon Pencil on archival paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The Boys by Celso Castro-Daza
Carbon Pencil on archival paper
Image size: 47.5 in. H x 39 in. W
Sheet size: 59 in. H x 42.5 in. W
Unique
1996
Drawing on paper is his basic work to...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Carbon Pencil
Perch - contemporary, figurative, bronze, indoor tabletop sculpture
By Susan Valyi
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This indoor tabletop figurative sculpture, which includes a fish, is forged from bronze and is patinated.
The award-winning sculptures of Susan Valyi were often created from an imag...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Rick Owens Hollywood show. From the Fashion series
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, Pencil, Gouache
Marella Agnelli in Marrakesh
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
Israel SQ WB
Located in Boca Raton, FL
This bookscape is a compilation of books about Judiasm and was inspired by the artist's love for Israel.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Paper
Orion - contemporary, abstract, 24kt gold-plated, marble, outdoor sculpture
By Viktor Mitic
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This large, abstract, 24kt gold-plated, white marble, outdoor sculpture was created by Viktor Mitic.
The beautiful lyrical lines of Orion were crafted from 24 kt gold-plated stainl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Marble, Gold
Cloud
Located in New York, NY
William Wegman is a renowned photographer famous for his unique and artistic photographs of Weimaraner puppies. His approach to is far from conventional, avoiding the typical "cuddly...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Pigment
Winter Light - contemporary, hand-blown glass and steel outdoor sculpture
By Susan Rankin
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary, hand-blown glass and steel outdoor sculpture is by Susan Rankin. Susan Rankin’s elegant and colorful hand-blown glass art has been exhibited across North America i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Steel
Life Below, by Art Werger
By Art Werger
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A sspectacular view from above of the buildings and traffic a large city. Werger's mezzotint prints are masterful at capturing a mood, and suggesting a story for the viewer to comple...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
"Something on My Mind"
By Ron Hicks
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1965, Ron Hicks was an avid artist from an early age. Hicks began his formal studies in art at the Columbus College of Art and Design in Ohio. Hicks contin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Athabasca White 1/10 - tall, white, geometric, modern, stainless steel sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A small pillar of stainless steel is patinated in matte white by Philippe Pallafray. This minimalist inspired sculpture is designed with jagged polished ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
Sean Connery as James Bond in "Diamonds are Forever" by Terry O'Neill - 29/50
Located in Chicago, IL
Scottish actor Sean Connery as James Bond in ‘Diamonds Are Forever’, 1971.
Paper size: 20 H x 16 W inches
Matted and framed.
Lifetime Edition: 29/50
*Please inquire for additi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Don't Tell Mamma #11. Black and white nude photograph
By Koray Erkaya
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This is a series of black and white nude photographs that began with analog photography between 1992 and 2005, followed by a transition period to digital photography. Erkaya is curre...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Soul Gate Eldorado - contemporary, ribbon, 24K gold, steel, wall sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This elegant and ethereal contemporary wall sculpture, by Stefen Duerst, is hot-formed steel, powder-coated yellow, and finished with a double layer of German 24-karat gold leaf. Ava...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Steel, Gold Leaf
Juvenile Little Blue in the Mist - Color Photograph, Bird, Egret, Heron, Water
By Cheryl Medow
Located in Denton, TX
Juvenile Little Blue in the Mist by Cheryl Medow is a color photograph depicting a young white egret standing in water, in a purple, hazy, dreamlike scene.
Archival Pigment Print
Pa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Landscape with Window and Chair
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Landscape with Window and Chair
Mezzotint on wove paper, 2000
Signed in pencil lower right (see photo)
Edition: 150 (93/150) (see photo)
Special Presentation Print for the Print Club...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Mezzotint
Sweet Pea II
Located in Lyons, CO
Color lithograph with metallic leaf, Edition 30
Kushner's use of rich color harmonies and bold, fluid drawing, mark his belief in the importance of beauty in our lives. Kushner ha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Tree of Life, Friends
By David Salle
Located in New York, NY
About the Tree of Life Series:
These works feature a cast of cartoon characters, bisected in each painting by an eponymous tree of life, and accompanied by various gestural abstracti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Small Boat
Located in Dallas, TX
David A. Dreyer was born in Dallas in 1958, and earned his BFA and MFA at Southern Methodist University. He was a recipient of the Moss/Chumley Award from the Meadows Museum and has ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Graphite, Linen, Oil, Panel
Persephone's Six Seeds - bright, red, pomegranate, glass, still life sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Clustered and sensuous oblong forms in translucent red glass have a smooth polished surface like the fruit that surrounds pomegranate seeds. A single seed sits next to the cluster. T...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Blown Glass
Ephemeral Palace, Antarctica by Paul Nicklen - National Geographic - Iceberg
By Paul Nicklen
Located in Chicago, IL
Ephemeral Palace
Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, 2012.
24 x 36 in / 61 x 91.4 cm / Edition of 20
31 x 46.5 in / 78.7 x 118.1 cm / Edition of 15
40 × 60 in / 101.6 x 152.4 cm / Edit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Portraits: Yvonne
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz uses outline drawings, called “cartoons”, as templates to transfer full size images onto the canvas prior to painting. Rendered in red chalk or charcoal on brown paper, th...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
Evolution of a Vantage Point 4/4 - surrealist, male, figurative bronze sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This will be the last sculpture in this series. Please allow 4-6 weeks for the casting.
Roch Smith’s inspired bronze sculpture is a clever ‘play’ on a popular saying. “If I have se...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Mick and Bianca jagger at Studio 54, Portrait
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
Entrelazar 5 and 6. Diptych. Backlit film in lightbox. Abstract wall Sculpture.
By Javier Rey
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The series, Entrelazar, is based on the selection of an urban element, the lamppost: a vertical element that rises above the urban landscape and is repeated in the city of Bogotá. Th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Chalk Streams 10, 2023 - Limited Edition Digital C-Type Photograph on Fuji Paper
By Ellie Davies
Located in Brighton, GB
Chalk Streams 10 is a stunning Digital C-Type Print on Fuji Maxima Matte Paper. This size print is available in an Edition of 7 + 2 Artist Proofs
In her new series, Chalk Streams, E...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Color, Photographic Paper, C Print
Dispersion, by Rosalyn Richards
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered in pencil, #2 from the edition of 10.
Rosalyn Richards has been a member of the Bucknell University art faculty since 1982. Images from particle physics,...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
1990
Located in New York, NY
Rebecca Warren
1990
2007
Lithographic print on MDF, with pom-pom, cotton thread, wood shaving, twig, and wood chip
16 x 9 x 3 inches; 41 x 23 x 8 cm
Edi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Thread, Wood, Lithograph, Cotton, Mixed Media
Saint Jerome and his Camel , by Stan Washburn
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: Etching
Edition of 120
Year: 1976
ImageSize: 4.5 x 5.5 inches
Signed, titled and numbered etching from the edition of 90. An view Saint Jerome writing in his cave, with his ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
Illustrated Set, 2010 by Terry Winters (Red and Blue)
Located in New York, NY
From his body of "Illustrated Set" work, this print by Terry Winters takes the printmaking process itself as subject. Winters became inspired by how his prints appeared before press,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
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: 60 in. H x 40 in. W
Edition of 9 + 2AP
"In a few photographers like Mauricio Velez does ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Robert. From The series Buscando Papá. Photo Collage
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The root of these unique photographic works by the artist Celso Castro occurred when the artist returned from Italy to live back in Colombia in 1987.
Castro wanted to produce from t...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Willie Nelson, Spicewood, Texas - Black and White Portrait, Country Musician
Located in Denton, TX
Willie Nelson, Spicewood, Texas by Michael O'Brien is a black and white portrait of the adored country singer, songwriter and guitarist. This portrait features the side profile of Wi...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
I Dreamed by Rene Ricard: abstract yellow and black brushwork with poetry
By Rene Ricard
Located in New York, NY
Abstract yellow and black Rene Ricard print with hand painted poetry on handmade paper. Printed in black ink at the top of the sheet and framed with a thin line, the artist's loose h...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
From the Duchándome, Nudes Series. Set of 4 Watercolors on archival paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Duchándome and Pity June 4th, by Celso Castro-Daza
From the Duchándome Series
Watercolor, ink, and pastel on archival paper.
1. Duchándome
2. Pensando & recordando a Luis Caballero...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Pastel, Archival Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Roman Statue Study 7 and 9. Diptych. Nude figurative photograph. Framed
By Luca Artioli
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Touching the skin of the past is an extraordinary collection of Roman Statues captured with the ICM technique in order to make the marble skin like a truly human body. 'Touching the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
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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