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
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"Beach Pool" Acrylic and mixed media on board, white float frame
Located in Dallas, TX
"Beach Pool" is a lovely and calming work depicting two children in the midst of a colorful background with palm trees. The painting gives off a calm and relaxed vibe. Artist Dan Par...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board
"Hot" Photography 28" x 20" inch Edition of 20 by Lika Brutyan
By Lika Brutyan
Located in Culver City, CA
"Hot" Photography 28" x 20" inch Edition of 20 by Lika Brutyan
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta.
Not Framed. Ships in a tube.
Lika Brutyan is American photogra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Rag Paper, Archival Pigment
Abstract oil painting "Lake 2"., Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"Storyâ€
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
The silence
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Abstract painting with red tones and figures. This painting is part of the entropy series, which explores worlds originating from mystery. They represent a system in apparent disorde...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
"Colored Floater" - Original Acrylic Painting Featuring a Male Figure
Located in Denver, CO
Andrew Gray's "Colored Floater, 2024" is a compelling acrylic on canvas that conveys the dynamism of the human form intertwined with the fluidity of water. Measuring 40 x 40 inches w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
6 // 23 - Original Wall Sculpture (set with 7 // 23)
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Immerse yourself in the serene elegance of "6 // 23," a captivating piece from a set that articulates the subtle interplay of light and form. With acrylic, textured paint, and cardbo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel, Cardboard
Ogawa Kazumasa, Lotus, from Some Japanese Flowers
Located in Manchester, GB
Ogawa Kazumasa, Lotus, from Some Japanese Flowers
Giclee print on Matt 250gsm conservation paper made in Germany from acid and chlorine free wood pulp
Paper size: 100 x 100 cm
Ima...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Giclée
Transition, by Trevor Southey
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered by the artist from an edition of 100. Male nude etching by Trevor Southey.
Trevor Southey was born in Rhodesia, Africa (now Zimbabwe) in 1940. His Afri...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
Blow my Mind (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Blow my Mind (Till Death do us Part) - 2005,
50x49cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid,
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Invent...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
Robert II
Located in Hamilton, ON
This image is part of the artist's early series of portraits depicting queer subject matter in domestic or outdoor settings.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
The Messenger 2/5 - male dancer, contemporary, bronze outdoor sculpture
By W.W. Hung
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In William Hung’s dramatic contemporary bronze sculpture called "The Messenger" a male figure dancer is elegantly balanced on a gently curved arc, one arm extended overhead and the o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Turquoise glossy ceramic popsicle
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Glossy ceramic popsicle sculpture handmade for wall installation. Available at Variant colorful glaze.
Harmony and grandeur characterize the work of Reli Smith and Osnat Yaffe Zimme...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Art
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze
For You, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Konnie Kim
Located in Yardley, PA
Thank you for your interest in my work. This painting was created using professional quality oil paints on a 100% cotton canvas board. It is singed on the front and back and comes wi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Quattro by Gina Soden - Urbex photography, interior of abandoned asylum, Italy
By Gina Soden
Located in Paris, FR
Quattro is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Gina Soden. It is part of the “Incremento” series.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Giclée
Pears and Friends, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Konnie Kim
Located in Yardley, PA
Thank you for your interest in my work. This painting was created using professional quality oil paints on a 100% cotton canvas board. It is singed on the front and back and comes wi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Stefanie Schneider Minis - Coney Island (Stay) - based on a Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Minis
Coney Island (Stay), 2006
Signed and signature brand on verso.
Lambda digital Color Photographs based on a Polaroid.
Sandwiched in between Plexiglass (thi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Color, Lambda, Polaroid
GROWING UP (#10) by Zoran Šimunović - Large framed painting, bright colors, pink
Located in Paris, FR
GROWING UP (#10) is a unique oil on canvas painting by contemporary artist Zoran Šimunović, dimensions are 180 cm × 150 cm (70.9 × 59.1 in). The artwork is sold framed. Dimensions of...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Morning Frost II, Taos
By Martha Mans
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Martha Mans
lavender gray white blue green yellow peach brown orange
framed in brown frame
The painting process has been an evolving experience for me from the time I was very young...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Foggy Dolomites: Photo, 60x90cm Print, Wooden Frame, Italy
Located in London, GB
! Please note that it is available for pre-order only, with a production lead time of approximately 2 weeks. Shipping is from Italy.
"Foggy Morning in the Dolomites" is a serene and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Morenike Afrofuture
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
FREE Shipping Worldwide
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 Authent...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Symbiotic String I" Paint on paper, nature soft shapes, neutral curves contrast
Located in Hamburg, HH
“Symbiotic Strings” is a series of three small studies of acrylic on paper created in 2024 by Amanda Andersen.
Minimal forms grow into each other with a simplicity and serenity simi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Graphite
"Symbiotic String II" Paint on paper, nature soft shapes neutral curves contrast
Located in Hamburg, HH
“Symbiotic Strings” is a series of three small studies of acrylic on paper created in 2024 by Amanda Andersen.
Minimal forms grow into each other with a simplicity and serenity simi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Graphite
Franky II
Located in Hamilton, ON
This image is part of the artist's early series of portraits depicting queer subject matter in domestic or outdoor settings, painted in an an impressionistic style an offering someth...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Board
3 Large Standing Figures II by Pierre Yermia - Contemporary bronze sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
3 Large Standing Figures II is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 152 × 70 × 46 cm (59.8 × 27.6 × 18.1 in).
The sculpture is signed and n...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Our Secret Place 7, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Konnie Kim
Located in Yardley, PA
Thank you for your interest in my work. This painting was created using professional quality oil paints on a 100% cotton canvas board. It is singed on the front and back and comes wi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Still 4, contemporary wall-mounted ceramic sculpture by Robyn Campbell
Located in BUNGENDORE, AU
Original artwork by Robyn Campbell.
Still 4, wall mounted ceramic, 17cm x 41cm x 4cm (d), 2024
Simplicity, line, material, surface, and form are the focus of Robyn Campbell’s art pra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Ceramic
Blue Emperor, Linocut, Limited edition print, Dragonfly, Nature, Floral, Purple
By Kate Heiss
Located in Deddington, GB
This print features a Blue Emperor Dragonfly flying over verbena and cornflowers. Printed in a palette of lilac, green and blue. It is a Hybrid Print - Traditional Hand pulled Linocu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Linocut, Paper, Inkjet
Woman with Fish by Marine de Soos - Bronze sculpture, human portrait, brown tone
Located in Paris, FR
Woman with Fish is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 38 × 26.5 × 16 cm (15 × 10.4 × 6.3 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Upward (4) by Patricia Volk - Abstract ceramic sculpture, painted clay, bright
Located in Paris, FR
Upward (4) is a unique fired clay constructed, painted and mounted on MDF sculpture by contemporary artist Patricia Volk, dimensions are 52 × 23 × 23 cm (20.5 × 9.1 × 9.1 in).
The s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Clay
HILLSIDE AND CAT AT FIESOLE
By Tom Mabon
Located in London, GB
"Hillside and Cat at Fiesole" captures a vividly detailed Italian landscape. In the foreground, a cat is perched on a platform, staring directly at the viewer with an air of mystery ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Dream , 80x80cm, print on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
dream, 80x80cm, print on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Color
Library No.2 - old rustic library design, Limited edition of 20
Located in London, GB
'Library No.2'
London, United Kingom 2024
Limited edition of 20.
The photograph is signed front and back and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Carefully placed in a secu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée
Mountain Capella by Gina Soden - Urbex photography, interior of abandoned palace
By Gina Soden
Located in Paris, FR
Mountain Capella is a limited-edition photograph by British contemporary artist Gina Soden.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in only one dimension:
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Giclée
Arctic Fox #1 by Brad Wilson - Animal portrait photography
By Brad Wilson
Located in Paris, FR
'Arctic Fox #1, Los Angeles, CA, 2011' is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Brad Wilson from the ‘Affinity’ series which features studio portraits of wild animals. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ed Ruscha, A Particular Kind Of Heaven, 1983
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Manchester, GB
Ed Ruscha, A Particular Kind Of Heaven, 1983
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco exhibition poster
Offset lithograph on paper
61 x 92cm (24 x 36in)
Pristine condition
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Butterfly
Located in Oslo, NO
In this acrylic creation, I've explored the delicate interplay of human grace with nature's ethereal beauty. It's a tribute to quiet resilience and transformation, much like the gent...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Kurt Cobain "Floating Guitar in Swimmingpool" Nirvana Nevermind
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition photographic print of the electric guitar Kurt Cobain used during the famous 1991 swimming pool photoshoot to promote the album Nevermind, taken by underwater ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Peter Andrew Lusztyk - Window (Sunset), Photography, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Window (Sunset)
Digital C-Print / Archival Pigment Print
Available sizes:
48 x 36 - Edition of 20
60 x 40 - Edition of 10
Locations from around the world.
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Digital, Archival Pigment
Matter and Spirit by Franco Salas Borquez - Contemporary painting, seascape
Located in Paris, FR
Matter and Spirit is a unique quartz sand, marble powder and binders painting by contemporary artist Franco Salas Borquez, dimensions are 80 × 64 × 10 cm (31.5 × 25.2 × 3.9 in).
The...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Marble
Untitled X by Matthieu Venot - Abstract photography, architecture, urban, city
Located in Paris, FR
Untitled X, Urban Nautilus series, is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Matthieu Venot.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 3 dime...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Pigment
"Skater with Night Sky" Acrylic and mixed media on board, white float frame
Located in Dallas, TX
"Skater with Night Sky" is a lovely and calming work depicting two children in the midst of a colorful background with palm trees. The painting gives off a calm and relaxed vibe. Art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board
"Landscape" Contemporary Art by Marilina Marchica, Made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape
oil on canvas 62x95 cm
original art
Ready to hang
certificate of authenticity included
Marilina Marchica was born in Agrigento, where she works and lives,
After recei...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Flores para la Ñusta II
Located in Lyons, CO
Color lithograph with cut outs, Edition 30.
Flores para la Ñusta translates as "Flowers for the Ñusta". The artist states:
"In the Andean cosmology, the Ñust...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Carabineer in Love - Screenprint by Dipas - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Carabineer in love is a contemporary artwork realized by the artist Dipas in the 1970s.
Mixed colored screen print.
Hand signed on the lower right margin.
Numbered on the lower le...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Contemporary Pop Surrealist Portrait On Wood. Stoniness Woman. "Currency #105"
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This piece belongs to the "Exchange Currency Series" created by Natasha Lelenco in 2021, starting from the concept of the "face" on coins. It is a unique work executed on a treated c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
The Path - Abstract Figurative Art by Lesley Spowart - Contemporary Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Lesley Anne Spowart, an abstract artist hailing from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, is renowned for her transformative creations that blur the boundaries of mediums and styles.
With a di...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Stefanie Schneider Minis - Slow - based on a Polaroid, mounted
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Minis
Slow (Oxana's 30th Birthday), 2008
Signed and signature brand on verso.
Lambda digital Color Photographs based on a Polaroid.
Sandwiched in between Plexig...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Color, Lambda, Polaroid
Stefanie Schneider Minis - Dr. Pepper - based on the Polaroid, mounted
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Minis
Dr. Pepper (Oxana's 30th Birthday) - 2008
Signed and signature brand on verso.
Lambda digital Color Photographs based on the Polaroid.
Sandwiched in betwe...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Color, Lambda, Polaroid
Stefanie Schneider Minis - Desert Shores - based on the Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Minis -
Desert Shores (California Badlands), 2010
Signed and signature brand on verso.
Lambda digital Color Photographs based on the Polaroid.
Sandwiched in be...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Color, Lambda, Polaroid
Stefanie Schneider Minis - Salt'n Sea - based on a Polaroid, mounted
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Minis
Salt'n Sea (California Badlands) - 2010
Signed and signature brand on verso.
Lambda digital Color Photographs based on the Polaroid.
Sandwiched in between...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Color, Lambda, Polaroid
Stefanie Schneider Minis - 29 Day Dreams (29 Palms, CA)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Minis
'29 Day Dreams' (29 Palms, CA), 2005
signed and signature brand on verso
Lambda digital Color Photographs based on the Polaroid
Polaroid sized open Editio...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Color, Lambda, Polaroid
"tree-lined river" figurative water colour, china ink on paper.
Located in Roscoff, FR
"Tree-liner river" is a figurative watercolor work, made in India ink on paper, measuring 65x50 cm. This work evokes an aesthetic pleasure, a visual harmony in a moment of rest.
The ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Going for a Swim" Oil on Canvas Figurative Painting
Located in Lisboa, PT
"Going for a Swim" Oil on Canvas Figurative Painting 2023
Artwork on supported wooden frame. Ready to hang.
"A quiet moment for introspection and disconnection. The elongated limbs...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Osiris, Oil on canvas, figurative pop art portrait with yellow background
Located in Dallas, TX
"Osiris" is a fun and beautiful oil painting by Michele Mikesell. Her animal-human figure has a flawless and beautiful face combined with abstract elements and her signature pristine...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
The Master of Things, Oil on canvas, mysterious and whimsical pop art master
Located in Dallas, TX
MICHELE MIKESELL
b. 1973, Alabama, USA
In 2002, Michele Mikesell earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts with a minor in graphic design from Texas Women's University in Denton, TX. Mikesel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Cotton Canvas
Mobius H3 13/50 - smooth, elegant, black granite, abstract sculpture on plinth
By Jeremy Guy
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Smooth-surfaced, black granite flecked almost imperceptibly with copper and white has been engineered into an elegant Mobius strip by sculptor Jeremy Guy. This sculpture is number 13...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Granite
Large Orange Abstract Acrylic Painting on Plywood "Synchronous Change"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Robertson focuses on creating paintings that move beyond portraying reality. Driven by a synthesis of gestural brushstrokes and expressive smears, he offers viewers a liminal space o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Varnish, Acrylic, Plywood
Triptych of Haystacks, Original Painting, Landscape, Cotswolds, Fields
By Rupert Aker
Located in Deddington, GB
This is a Triptych of Haystacks by Ruper Aker, consistiting of three paintings; Cotswolds at Harvest and Bibury - Big Bales I & II. Sizes vary as outlined below:
Bibury - Big Bale...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, 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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