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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
Where the Forest Opens
Where the Forest Opens

Where the Forest Opens

By Natalia Borisenko

Located in Zofingen, AG

Series: Between Light and Silence. There are places that seem to slow time down. A narrow path passes between dark pines and gradually opens toward the sea, where the last light sett...

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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Horizon Bleu: Mosaic Sculpture, Glass and Ceramic, Framed
Horizon Bleu: Mosaic Sculpture, Glass and Ceramic, Framed

Horizon Bleu: Mosaic Sculpture, Glass and Ceramic, Framed

Located in Bloomfield, ON

This contemporary mosaic composition by Laurence Petit is made from glass and ceramic pieces in blues. Colour is a very important element in all of Laurence Petit’s expressive artwo...

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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Ceramic, Glass, Mosaic, Wood Panel

"LaFlat" Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print on Cardboard
"LaFlat" Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print on Cardboard

"LaFlat" Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print on Cardboard

By Kid Hazo

Located in Philadelphia, PA

"LaFlat" is an original archival pigment print on cardboard box artwork by Kid Hazo measuring 5.5"h x 11"w x 5.25"d. This is an edition of 13. Hazo’s belief that art is for everyon...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Cardboard, Archival Pigment

Where the West Blooms - Figurative Southwestern Landscape Inspired Art on Canvas
Where the West Blooms - Figurative Southwestern Landscape Inspired Art on Canvas

Where the West Blooms - Figurative Southwestern Landscape Inspired Art on Canvas

By Jesse Black

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Jesse’s imagery often merges playful and gritty elements, blending floral patterns, vintage-inspired designs, and bold outlines with a touch of whimsy. His artwork exudes a sense of ...

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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Acrylic, Oil Pastel, Spray Paint

Wild Child (Chicks and Chicks and sometimes Cocks)

Wild Child (Chicks and Chicks and sometimes Cocks)

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Wild Child (Chicks and Chicks and sometimes Cocks) - 2019 - 50x50cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid Artist inventory 22252. Signature l...

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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Love Tide Washes In - Mixed Media Street Graffiti Inspired Artwork on Canvas
Love Tide Washes In - Mixed Media Street Graffiti Inspired Artwork on Canvas

Love Tide Washes In - Mixed Media Street Graffiti Inspired Artwork on Canvas

By Amber Goldhammer

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles artist Amber Goldhammer paints dramatic abstract compositions in acrylic on canvas featuring energetic brushstrokes. Goldhammer uses her contemporary paintings to express...

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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Latex, Ink, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

'California Sunset, Drake's Bay', San Francisco, PSA, Extra Large Oil Landscape
'California Sunset, Drake's Bay', San Francisco, PSA, Extra Large Oil Landscape

'California Sunset, Drake's Bay', San Francisco, PSA, Extra Large Oil Landscape

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Signed lower right, 'Wakeham' for Duan Wakeham (American, born 1931) and dated, verso, 1997. Additionally titled, 'Estero, Drake's Bay'. Previously with: Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco. Framed dimensions: 73.5 H x 2.25 D x 61.5 W inches Born in Michigan, Wakeham attended Meinzinger Art School, Detroit, and later earned degrees in painting from Michigan State University (1959) and Stanford University (1961). During this time, he also traveled and painted in Europe for two years, living the second year in Florence, Italy. A teacher, Wakeham taught drawing and painting at Stanford and art history and oil painting at College of San Mateo. He has conducted workshops, taught master classes, and juried exhibitions in California, Nevada, New Mexico, Hawaii, New York, Washington, D.C., and Ontario, Canada. An active member of the Pastel Society of America, he taught a workshop for the society (1997) and performed demonstrations (2001, 2004, 2005) and assisted in hanging “Pastels Only” each year since 1998. In 2000, Wakeham was elected to the Pastel Society of America's Hall of Fame in 2000 and, in 2009, named Pastel Society of the West Coast Pastel Laureate. In 1995 he was named Master Pastelist, PSA and Distinguished Pastelist, Pastel Society of the West Coast. He is a member of PSA Board of Governors, the IAPS Board of Directors and the Editorial Advisory Board of The Pastel Journal. Duane Wakeham...

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1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Original Fashion Design Illustration of an Black Detailed Evening Ball Gown
Original Fashion Design Illustration of an Black Detailed Evening Ball Gown

Original Fashion Design Illustration of an Black Detailed Evening Ball Gown

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Original Fashion Design Illustration of an Black Evening Gown By Emily Jade R (British Contemporary) Signed lower right. Medium: watercolour, pencil and black ink on artist's paper, ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Watercolor, Pen, Pencil

"Blue Grasshopper"
"Blue Grasshopper"

"Blue Grasshopper"

Located in Zofingen, AG

Blue Grasshopper is about freedom of movement and freedom of choice; unity with the Universe and individuality of experience. It is about beauty in different rhythms. It is about the...

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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Pair Play

Pair Play

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Denver, CO

Since 1977, Hunt Slonem has had more than 350 exhibitions at prestigious galleries and museums internationally. Globally, more than 250 museums include his work in their permanent co...

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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Wood

"Extra In, Field Flagship (Linea Pictura — Diptych)", Geometric Abstract
"Extra In, Field Flagship (Linea Pictura — Diptych)", Geometric Abstract

"Extra In, Field Flagship (Linea Pictura — Diptych)", Geometric Abstract

By Hyland Mather (X-O)

Located in Philadelphia, PA

"Extra In, Field Flagship (Linea Pictura — Diptych)" is an original artwork by Hyland Mather made of acrylic, ink, string, pins on drop cloth, in tray frames. The diptych measures ap...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Thread, Acrylic, Pins, Wood

Another Day Still Disable -21st Century, Contemporary Figurative Portrait Modern

Another Day Still Disable -21st Century, Contemporary Figurative Portrait Modern

By Abdulateef Salaudeen

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique; this is not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. (Issues b...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Waiting To Blossom -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media, Fabrics
Waiting To Blossom -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media, Fabrics

Waiting To Blossom -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media, Fabrics

By Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

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 Artist Bakare Babatund...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

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Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Place to Linger Winter – Minimalist Black and White Landscape Photography Print
Place to Linger Winter – Minimalist Black and White Landscape Photography Print

Place to Linger Winter – Minimalist Black and White Landscape Photography Print

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 25039 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Modern Bride
Modern Bride

Modern Bride

By Daria Okhrimenko

Located in Zofingen, AG

Modern Bride is about rewriting the idea of what it means to be beautiful, desirable, and “proper.” For generations, the image of a bride has been wrapped in expectations: how she sh...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

New Girl in Town
New Girl in Town

New Girl in Town

By Daria Okhrimenko

Located in Zofingen, AG

New Girl in Town captures that delicate, almost imperceptible feeling of being slightly out of rhythm with the world around you — where everything seems settled, familiar, already un...

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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Monte Amiata I and Utopian Foyer IV, Milan - Two Framed Architecture Photographs
Monte Amiata I and Utopian Foyer IV, Milan - Two Framed Architecture Photographs

Monte Amiata I and Utopian Foyer IV, Milan - Two Framed Architecture Photographs

By Richard Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

Two framed artworks each measuring 30" x 23.5". 'Monte Amiata I' and 'Utopian Foyer IV', Milan, 2020. Artworks from Richard Heeps' photography series 'A Short History of Milan. The...

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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Frosted Winter Tree Panorama – Austria, Black and White Landscape Photograph
Frosted Winter Tree Panorama – Austria, Black and White Landscape Photograph

Frosted Winter Tree Panorama – Austria, Black and White Landscape Photograph

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 26009 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

"Framed" Man Taking Photo of Statue in Miniature Painting
"Framed" Man Taking Photo of Statue in Miniature Painting

"Framed" Man Taking Photo of Statue in Miniature Painting

By Tom Haugomat

Located in Philadelphia, PA

"Framed" is an original painting by Tom Haugomat, made as part of his traveling artist residency with The Jaunt. Traveling from France to Philadelphia, Haugomat was inspired by his n...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

After Botero Bull Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary, 20th Century, Ed. A thru Z
After Botero Bull Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary, 20th Century, Ed. A thru Z

After Botero Bull Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary, 20th Century, Ed. A thru Z

By Fernando Botero

Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México

After Fernando Botero – Bull, animal bronze sculpture, exquisite reproduction, great patina! Bronze Sculpture Edition A thru Z. This beautifully executed bronze sculpture is an Af...

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20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Mixed Feeling 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Women
Mixed Feeling 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Women

Mixed Feeling 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Women

By Oluwafemi Akanmu

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

“Mixed Feelings” is a visual series that captures the emotional complexity of Black womanhood, strength, softness, pride, visibility, and invisibility. Each portrait in this series h...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Frosted Trees in Silence, Minimalist Winter Landscape, Limited Edition Photo
Frosted Trees in Silence, Minimalist Winter Landscape, Limited Edition Photo

Frosted Trees in Silence, Minimalist Winter Landscape, Limited Edition Photo

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 26013 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

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.