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
Corpheum XVIII - large, geometric, abstract, corten steel outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This striking blackened corten steel sculpture was created by Claude Millette. Four elegantly curved columns of steel are joined at various angles and appear to float in mid-air. The...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Steel
Mini-Caryatid - Sculpture by M. Berrocal - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Nickel Plated 24 Element Puzzle Sculpture, 1968-1969, realized by Miguel Berrocal.
Signature and number engraved. Edition of 9500 pieces.
Ref. Catalogo General/Obras Recientes,197...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Rooted - Original Abstract Figurative Black and White Artwork on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Melissa Chalhoub, a 2014 graduate of Saint Joseph University in Beirut, seamlessly navigates the realms of cinema and visual art. With a background in directing and sound design for ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic
Athena - Original Muted Floral Sally K Figurative Artwork
By Sally K
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
Silver
Just The Way You Are 2 - 21st Century, Figurative, Mixed Media, Women, Africa
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, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Basquiat Bearbrick 1000% (Basquiat Be@rbrick)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat 1000% Bearbrick Vinyl Figure:
A nicely sized (27 inch), highly collectible Bearbrick Basquiat statue piece, trademarked & licensed by the Estate of Jean-Michel ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
"Gone with the Wind" figurative oil painting balloon let go live in present life
Located in Kowloon, Hong Kong
Watching the balloon up in the air, it's gone with the wind. There’re so many things in life that we cannot control, and sometimes we can just watch them fade away. Learn to let go a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Melt with You - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Melt with You' part of the series 'Hands down' - 2019
50x50cm,
Edition of 7 and 2 Artist Proofs available.
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Mexican Japanese woman artist 1998 signed original engraving art proof 21x25in
Located in Miami, FL
Namiko Prado Arai (Mexico, 1963)
'Untitled 3 (Buril)', 1998
etching, aquatint on paper Deponte 400g.
20.9 x 24.5 in. (53 x 62 cm.)
Unframed
ID: PRA-305
Hand-signed by author
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Ink, Etching
Arezzo Sun - Yellow Sunflowers Blue Interior Botanical Flower Still Life, 2021
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary painting in oil on canvas, a bright and inviting interior has a still life arrangement of cheerful yellow sunflowers beside a table with three yellow lemons and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Henri Matisse 'Figure Study' Lithograph, from Derriere le Miroir 1952
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Henri Matisse
Country: France
Title: Untitled – 'Figure Study'
Medium: Lithograph on Vellum paper
Size: 15 x 11 inch
Published: 1952 in France
Provenance: Derriere le Miroir...
Category
1950s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Cheeky - Contemporary, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Cheeky' 2019, 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 PL219-660.
Kirs...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
C Print, Archival Paper, Color, Polaroid
The Sprinters, for 1984 Los Angeles Olympics with official COA Lt Ed Hand Signed
Located in New York, NY
John Baldessari
The Sprinters, 1982
Limited Edition Offset Lithograph on Parson's Diploma paper
Signed in graphite pencil on the front. Accompanied by letter of authenticity from the publisher
36 x 24 inches
Unframed
Provenance:
Acquired as part of the complete SIGNED 1984 Olympic Lithographic Print Portfolio
Exhibition History:
Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, 2017 (different edition)
Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from the publisher on Olympic Committee letterhead. This is one of 750 hand signed lithographic posters, published in 1982 to celebrate the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Helen Howells, A Call Across The Valley, Landscape Art, Affordable Art
Located in Deddington, GB
A Call Across The Valley [2020]
Original
Landscape
Oil On Canvas
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:76 cm x W:122 cm x D:3.5cm
Sold Unframed
Please no...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hyomon, Study 1, Hokkaido, Japan, black and white, limited edition photograph
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Hyomon, Study 1, Hokkaido, Japan is a black and white, limited edition photograph by photographer Michael Kenna.
Michael Kenna is a master of contemporary photography. Known for c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Untitled
By Bill Costa
Located in New York, NY
This photograph by Bill Costa is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Untitled
1993
Signed, dated, and numbered in ink, recto; Also titled and dated in pencil, verso
Gelatin silver ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Pontiac 87" Contemporary Green and White Concentric Circle Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Green and white abstract contemporary circular painting by Houston, TX artist David Hardaker. Signed, titled, and dated by the artist on the reverse.
Artist Statement: The work is ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Enamel
Kokdua Tree and Exposed Roots, Mekong River, Luang Prabang, Laos
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is a master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential amon...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Catelaya Big Island
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Catelaya Big Island
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Signed "Bag One" 1970 Lithograph "Erotic #7"
By John Lennon
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Rare Limited Edition Lithograph hand signed by John Lennon's in 1970, this is from the Bag One Portfolio first shown in 1970. The Bag One lithographs were ha...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen, Other Medium
Franci & Rachael - Signed limited edition Fine art nude print, Sexy Contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Franci and Rachael ‘ who was capture...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
H2O VI - large format photograph of sun reflections - Homage to David Hockney
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format Panorama photograph of sun reflections on pool water surface, mesmerizing light reflections of glistening sunlight on turquoise aquamarine water surface, an homage to th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Small Nude /// Philip Pearlstein Etching Figurative Female Post-War New York Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Philip Pearlstein (American, 1924-2022)
Title: "Small Nude"
*Signed and dated by Pearlstein in pencil lower right
Year: 1976
Medium: Original Soft-Ground Etching on German Et...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
Fig in Hand, Bright Red Botanical Interior, Flowers, Female Figurine, Green Lime
Located in Kent, CT
A bright and inviting interior scene with a still life arrangement of flowers in a glass vase beside a figurine of a female nude and a single slice of a green lime. The table setting...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Solace - Contemporary, 21st Century, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Women, Modern
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Solace portrays a woman enveloped in a serene embrace, symbolizing the quiet strength found in moments of solitude. Her posture and expression convey a sense of inner peace, offering...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Charcoal, Mixed Media
I dreamt of the sea - Large abstract seascape painting
Located in Broomfield, CO
A large abstract seascape painting dedicated to the magic of the Mediterranean. An opening, moving, dancing wave. In a palette of bright greens, blues. On a background of layered mut...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Hollows 7 by Sharon Brill - Abstract porcelain sculpture, organic forms, white
By Sharon Brill
Located in Paris, FR
Hollows 7 is a unique sculpture by contemporary artist Sharon Brill. This is a wheel thrown altered and sandblasted porcelain sculpture, sold with a round ceramic stand, dimensions a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Porcelain
Pillow Painting, Pop Art Screenprint by Hunt Slonem 1980
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Long Island City, NY
This serigraph was created by contemporary American artist Hunt Slonem. Slonem is best known for his Neo-Expressionist paintings and bright tropical palette, and his subject matter o...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
Untitled 02 (Oxana's 30th Birthday) starring Radha Mitchell
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled 02 (Oxana's 30th Birthday) - 2007
20x20cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist I...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Untitled
Located in New York, NY
LA II (Angel Ortiz)
Ink on paper
12 x 18 inches
$1,500
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Upon Waking" Oil Painting
By Calvin Lai
Located in Denver, CO
Calvin Lai's (US based) "Upon Waking" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude female figure in a Contrapposto posture leaning back against a lavender hued wall whil...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
"Mini Populus: Bunny Slope" Contemporary Original Framed Mixed Media on Board
By Craig Alan
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Mini Populus: Bunny Slope" is a framed original mixed media work on board by Craig Alan, depicting figures skiing down a blue mountain. Each figure has a unique pose and shadow, add...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Board
Silver and Gold (Abstract Landscape in Blue & Yellow Encaustic by Regina Quinn)
By Regina Quinn
Located in Hudson, NY
Silver and Gold (Abstract Landscape of Winter Forest in Blue & Yellow Encaustic) by Regina Quinn
2024
encaustic, India ink, and oil with wax on panel
6 x 6 unframed / 8 x 8 framed
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Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
India Ink, Encaustic, Oil, Panel
Spring Rain by Chen Yiching - Contemporary nihonga painting, flowers, wisteria
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
Spring Rain is a unique painting by contemporary artist Chen Yiching. The painting is made with mineral pigments on Japanese paper mounted on wood, silver leaf, dimensions are 110 × ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Silver
"Fire and Ice" by Jon Wassom, Mixed Media, Male Couple
Located in Denver, CO
Jon Wassom's "Fire and Ice" is an original, handmade mixed media painting that depicts a male couple embracing. This piece is unframed yet ready to hang.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"Faces 2" Black & White Photography 39" x 39" in Edition 1/3 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Faces 2" Black & White Photography 39" x 39" in Edition 1/3 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper
Untitled (Horses)
By Laura Owens
Located in New York, NY
Los Angeles-based artist, Laura Owens' horse prints often incorporate her characteristic style, which challenges traditional assumptions about figuration and abstraction . Her work f...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Waiting (Sidewinder) - Contemporary, Nude, Figurative, Polaroid, expired
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Waiting (Sidewinder) - 2005
20x20cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Artist Inventory No. 3173.
Not ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Spanish old woman oil on canvas painting Andalusia Spain
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jesus Villar (1930-2015) - Andalusia - Oil on canvas
Oil measurements 81x65 cm.
Frame measurements 98x82 cm.
The painter Jesús Villar was born in 1930, h...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Shadow 14 August 19:42 Modern Landscape Painting, Minimalistic, Lake, Water View
Located in Salzburg, AT
Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They depend on the season of year, the ti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Michael Jackson
By Nick Veasey
Located in München, BY
Edition 15, Lenticular
In this image Michael Jackson is doing the moonwalk and is x-rayed.
A man with x-ray vision, NICK VEASEY creates art that shows what it is really like inside...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lenticular
Big Bang
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Salt, lit by a flashlight
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Sioux #4B
Located in Bozeman, MT
Waddell's paintings are a combination of rough marks, thick paint, transparent elegant strokes, and, on a few occasions a slow, hard line scratched into the canvas. You can feel the ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil
Classic Comedian and Film Stars of the 30s
Located in Austin, TX
This black-and-white group portrait features some of the greatest stars of the 1920s and 30s all standing together and chatting. From left to right: Bela Lugosi...
Category
1930s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Rock 223: Cello
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas on board.
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
''Pastoral 20.1'' Contemporary Canadian Landscape Painting
By Peter Hoffer
Located in Utrecht, NL
Canadian artist Peter Hoffer (1965) is best known for his landscape paintings. His style has also been compared to the idealistic landscapes of the 19th-century landscape painter Joh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic, Epoxy Resin, Panel
Palazzo del Quirinale, Sala Napoleonica, Rome, Italy
Located in New York City, NY
71 x 88.5 inches - edition of 5
Chromogenic Print – Unframed
Signed by the artist - Certificate of Authenticity
Free Shipping – Ask us foar custom framing options.
As a world-renown...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
C Print, Archival Paper
Carpe diem
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Carpe diem, 2017,
Edition 4/7, 2 APs
24x30cm
Digital C-print, based on a Polaroid,
Not mounted.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2017-154
Kirsten Thys ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
C Print, Color, Polaroid
Nude in French Interior - original extra large oil painting by Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Nude in French interior", in a classical room lighted from one side. Part of my Nude in interior series.
Nude placed in a a sober classical interior in contrast with the modern rel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Daffodil Yellow Pocket Painting (Collection 2)
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Yellow Daffodil (Collection 2) is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Slim" Contemporary Abstract Colorful Western Cowboy Portrait Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract cowboy portrait painting by contemporary artist Ian Francis. The work features a western inspired figure with a shadowed face dressed in orange set against a magent...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Pear With Leaf Patinated Bronze Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Pear with a leaf.
Artist signed, patinated bronze black marble base 8"x8"
Randi Grantham was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada and now lives in South Florida. He is a self taught...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Fruitful (large)
By Damien Hirst
Located in London, GB
Damien Hirst
Fruitful (large), 2020
Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite panel
digitally signed by the artist on the back
78 x 78 cm
Edition of 1928
The editions titled Fr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Giclée
Joseph Raffael 'Pond with Goldfish' 2004- Serigraph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This captivating Joseph Raffael poster, published by the Lincoln Center for the Mostly Mozart Festival in 2004, is a limited edition piece, with only 500 prints available. Renowned f...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
Orbit
Located in Bozeman, MT
Electric Coffin is coded within art history and ideologies from archetypes of mysticism. We explore found truths from modernity and a personal historical perspective. A process-drive...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Epoxy Resin, Wood, Mixed Media, Acrylic
An Interior By french architect Joseph Dirand. Watercolor on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
A new series inspired by architecture, décor and stylish personalities of the world of interior design.
The worlds of fashion, society and pop culture are captured in the illustrati...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Pen
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
Le Oiseau Vert Marc Chagall 1962 vintage French Galerie Poster
By Marc Chagall
Located in London, GB
Le Oiseau Vert Marc Chagall 1962 vintage French Galerie Poster
By (after) Chagall, Marc
Marc Chagall (1887–1985) was a Russian-French painter and one of the most celebrated artists...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
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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