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
Deep Listening - Encaustic Monotype Colorful Geological Layers Beeswax, 2022
Located in Kent, CT
A large abstract encaustic (pigmented beeswax) monotype on mulberry paper, bands of vibrant colors in bright teal blue, umber brown, orange, yellow, ochre and violet purple. The colo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Encaustic, Archival Paper, Monotype
Andy Warhol 'You're in' Vintage Spray Painted Coke Bottle 1967
By Andy Warhol
Located in Miami, FL
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Coca-Cola glass bottle, metal bottle stopper and spray paint. Signed with initials by the artist in black ink ‘A. W.’ Executed in 1967.
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass, Spray Paint
Outland 48 - Contemporary Abstract Poured Painting Seafoam Blue Green, 2024
Located in Kent, CT
Matte but luminous, Outland No. 48 by Susan English is a wonderful play of color, light, and composition. Hues of seafoam blue green meet and merge, offset by bright teal blue at the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
Outland 47 - Contemporary Abstract Poured Painting Icy Blue Beige, 2024
Located in Kent, CT
Matte but luminous, Outland No. 47 by Susan English is a wonderful play of color, light, and composition. Hues of icy gray blue meet and merge, offset by beige brown at the bottom an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
Untitled from Swimming Pool, Italy Series
Located in New York, NY
Swimming Pool Series, 1983
#1/50
Ektacolor print
Italian photographer Franco Fontana is a pioneer of color photography, known for his abstract cityscapes, seascapes, and landscapes....
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
C Print
Sea Girt - Contemporary Abstract Poured Painting Ivory Violet, 2024
Located in Kent, CT
Sea Girt by Susan English is a wonderful play of color, light, and composition. The layers of English's tinted polymer on Dibond panel create depth and surface textures throughout th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
The Philosophy of Tea - Still Life Landscape Pink Flowers Table Forest, 2020
Located in Kent, CT
In this landscape oil painting on canvas, a cheerful outdoor scene is set with a still life arrangement of bright pink gladiolus flowers in a clear glass vase beside a smaller orange...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
From A Window Seat Two - Skyscape Oil Painting Ivory Gray Clouds Blue Sky, 2021
Located in Kent, CT
In this dramatic skyscape in oil on canvas, the drama and sublime beauty of the vast sky in New York State's Hudson Valley is masterfully captured. David Konigsberg is widely recogni...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Frances Swan - Backyard Garden Painting Patterned Quilt Trees Over Grass, 2023
Located in Kent, CT
In this lush, lovingly painted garden landscape oil painting, a large, colorful patterned quilt in red, black, pink, white, blue and yellow hangs on a clothesline in front of trees a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Delicate Slope Cs - Tree Branches Painting on Mylar Violet Purple Leaves, 2017
Located in Kent, CT
Gingko leaves in deep hues of purple and lavender on delicate brown branches with hints of teal are striking against the pristine white background of this vertical painting in acryli...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Mylar, Acrylic
Blue Tips
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Blue Tips
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Unique
Pro...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Reclined Nude Figure with Animals, Mermaid's Snail Pets by America Martin, 2024
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Mermaid's Pet Snails"
Oil & Acrylic on Canvas
37.5 x 73.5 in. Framed
Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America Martin draws inspirati...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Long Shadow - Comtemporary Abstract Painting Gradient Purple Violet, 2024
By Audrey Stone
Located in Kent, CT
In acrylic on two canvases, carefully ordered stripes of color in rich shades of violet and magenta transition throughout gradient purple hues in this vertical diptych. Signed, dated...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
As If Four - Abstract Painting Gradient Curving Stripes Bright Coral Red, 2024
By Audrey Stone
Located in Kent, CT
In acrylic on canvas, carefully ordered curving stripes of color in bright gradient hues transition through shades of coral red. Signed, dated and titled on verso.
Audrey Stone has ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
As If Three - Abstract Painting Gradient Curving Stripes Purple Magenta, 2024
By Audrey Stone
Located in Kent, CT
In acrylic on canvas, carefully ordered curving stripes of color in gradient shades of violet and magenta transition throughout purple hues. Signed, dated and titled on verso.
Audre...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
As If Two - Abstract Painting Gradient Curving Stripes Purple Yellow, 2024
By Audrey Stone
Located in Kent, CT
In acrylic on canvas, carefully ordered curving stripes of color in gradient shades start with berry, plum purple in the center transitioning to bright lemon yellow at the edges. Sig...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Currency #250. Portrait of a Japanese Woman on Circle Wood. Original Artwork
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This circular artwork, Currency #250, depicts a detailed profile of a woman with a sharp bob hairstyle, set against a soft pale green background. Surrounding the portrait, Japanese t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Molucan Cockatoo Summer
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Molucan Cockatoo Summer
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on canvas
Unframed Dimensions: 40.5" x 29.5"
Framed Dimensions: 49.5" x 38.5"
Signature: Signed verso...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Orilla
Located in Miami, FL
Tomas Sanchez
“Orilla” 1994
Lithograph
26 x 40 in
Signed and numbered XX of XXX by the artist
In excelent condition
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Ocelots & Blue Pearl
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Ocelots & Blue Pearl
Date: 2022
Medium: Oil on canvas
Unframed Dimensions: 48" x 48"
Framed Dimensions: 50" x 50"
Signature: Signed verso
Edition: U...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Double
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Double
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 12" x 9.5"
Framed Dimensions: 14" x 11.5"
Signature: Signed verso
Edition: Unique
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Diagonal V
By Eduardo Roca
Located in Wien, 9
The artwork is signed, titled and dated verso.
The artwork shows a realistic cat illustration set against a beige background. He plays with the sha...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Italian Actress Lea Massari - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Lea Massari on the set of a movie.
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress Simona Izzo - Vintage Photograph - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Simona Izzo with her sister Rossella Izzo.
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Amazon Weds
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Amazon Weds
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 16" x 12"
Framed Dimensions: 27.5" x 23.5"
Signature: Signed verso
Edition: Unique
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Floral Still Life - Roses Lilies Flowers in Vase, 2017
Located in Kent, CT
Still life oil painting on linen of flowers in a dark blue vase from Francis Sills' 2017 series of Flora Paintings. The flowers, a pink rose and a white lily, contrast the verdant gr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Roses - Still Life Painting Red Flowers in Pitcher on Wooden Table, 2020
Located in Kent, CT
In this still life oil painting on linen, a floral patterned pitcher on a wooden table holds brightly colored pink and red roses with long leaves in verdant shades of green, loosely ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Tulips Talking - Still Life White Flowers Window Sky Winter Trees Snow, 2023
Located in Kent, CT
In this still life oil panting on panel in a thin, light natural wood float frame, white tulips with a light pink hue sit on a wooden windowsill while a winter landscape with a snow-...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Contrails and Slipstream 36 - Horizontal Geometric Abstract Monotype, 2003
Located in Kent, CT
In this black and white monotype on rice paper, geometric shapes complement a monochromatic background that transitions through a grayscale from gray at the bottom to pale gray, almo...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Rice Paper, Monotype
Gamut - Graphite Wave Drawing on Canvas Undulating Line Waves Pattern, 2018
Located in Kent, CT
Through layered undulations in gray on a white background, Margaret Neill investigates the properties of abstract curvilinear forms found in the localized conditions of her surroundi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite
"Light Catcher" Woman in white bathing suit at play under water
Located in Edgartown, MA
"I throw myself into the water almost every day- it grounds me, the body floats and the mind drifts. The "Swimmer series" has followed me over the years, resurfacing and evolving. Pr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
India Ink, Oil, Acrylic
Blue Amber - Gouache Botanical Painting Flowers Birds Monkey Garden, 2021
Located in Kent, CT
In this painting in gouache on paper, a gold monkey with blue, white and yellow birds are surrounded by brightly colored flowers and a peach urn in a lively garden scene. Signed on v...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
Pink Twigs Side Escape - Dots Line Pattern Drawing Snowflake Branches, 2021
Located in Kent, CT
In carefully drawn dots and lines in soft shades of indigo blue with pink, green, yellow and dark red details, this intricate composition is inspired by patterns in nature. This draw...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
Lately - Oil Painting Figurative Seascape Swimmer Dark Ocean Black Clouds, 2021
Located in Kent, CT
Two figures float in a dark charcoal black ocean with their arms outstretched while cumulus clouds float in the coral sky overhead. Signed, dated and titled on verso.
David Konigsbe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
White Sulphur Angus #2
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
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Encaustic, Oil
Lightning, Graphite on Canvas
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Frank Mujica was born on December the 20th, 1985 in Pinar del Rio, Cuba. He studied at the San Alejandro Academy of fine Arts from 2000 to 2004 and at the Superior Institute of Art I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Graphite
Tulips, May
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Titled lower left. Signed lower right: S. Headley Van Campen
Susan Van Campen’s plein-air oil paintings are painted with the confident brushwork of a watercolorist, achieving bold i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Watercolor
Close to Home
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Signed lower right: Emily Brown 2023
Raised in rural Chester County in a family devoted to medicine and mental health, Emily Brown has long drawn from the natural landscape for pers...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Sumi Ink
Northern Island, March 31st, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Titled lower left. Signed lower right: S. Headley Van Campen
Susan Van Campen’s plein-air oil paintings are painted with the confident brushwork of a watercolorist, achieving bold i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Watercolor
Dixmont Field, Handblown Glass Cylinder
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Raised in rural Chester County in a family devoted to medicine and mental health, Emily Brown has long drawn from the natural landscape for personal renewal and visual imagery. Brown...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Enamel
"Painted Sky" Orange Acrylic Sun sets over the ocean, contrasted with blue sky
By Paul Norwood
Located in Edgartown, MA
Paul Norwood paints the world around him, blurring the lines between representation and abstraction. His loose, gestural style and bold, thick brushwork suggest rather than define fo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Paisaje con luz dorada
Located in Miami, FL
Tomás Sánchez is a Cuban painter. Best known for his detailed and idealized nature scenes, his work is characterized by its contemporary interpretation of landscape painting. Sánchez...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Gemerre
By Phyllis Thomas
Located in London, GB
Phyllis Thomas was born at a place called Riyarr on the Turner River, south east of Purnululu. When young she worked on Turner Station looking after poultry, gardening, grinding salt...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Organic Material
Warmurrungu
By Nyarapayi Giles
Located in London, GB
Nyarapayi Giles, a Ngaanyatjarra woman, began painting on canvas while settled in Patjarr Community, when the modern Desert Art Movement sprung from Papunya Tula and gained astoundin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
Looking towards the James Range
Located in London, GB
Hubert Pareroultja is a senior Western Arrernte-Luritja man who lives in his homeland, Kulpitharra / Luntharra outstation, west of Hermannsburg (Ntaria).
Winner of the prestigious ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
My Country
Located in London, GB
Sally Gabori was born around 1924 on the south side of Bentinck Island of the South Wellesley Island Group in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland. In 1946 and 1947 severe drought aff...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Canvas
Ghost Gum Chewings Range
Located in London, GB
Hubert Pareroultja is a senior Western Arrernte-Luritja man who lives in his homeland, Kulpitharra / Luntharra outstation, west of Hermannsburg (Ntaria).
Winner of the prestigious ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
Woodland Skyscape Variation 148 - Woodcut Print Forest Trees Sky, 2023
By Eve Stockton
Located in Kent, CT
This woodcut print on paper evokes the peacefulness of looking upwards through a forest canopy in a symmetrical pattern composed of the silhouettes of trees in dark cobalt blue again...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color Pencil, Monoprint, Woodcut
Garnkiny Ngarrangkarni (Moon Dreaming)
Located in London, GB
Mabel Juli was born in 1932 in Barlinyin, East Kimberley, Western Australia. She began painting in the 1980s, following in the footsteps of Rover Thomas, and alongside celebrated Eas...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Organic Material, Canvas
Sunset, Isleboro, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Titled lower left. Signed lower right: S. Headley Van Campen
Susan Van Campen’s plein-air oil paintings are painted with the confident brushwork of a watercolorist, achieving bold i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Watercolor
Carson
Located in Westport, CT
This beautiful figurative female sculpture is by René Romero Schuler.
This powerful female figure speaks to the complexities of the human condition and the spirit that connects all...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Brass, Steel
Bannack Horses
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
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Encaustic, Oil
Hummingbird I
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Ethereal
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Enigma
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
LOVE Silver
Located in Miami, FL
Robert Indiana
LOVE Silver, 2009
Aluminum
3,5 x 3 x 1,5 in
Robert Indiana was an American Pop artist whose work drew inspiration from signs, billboards, and commercial logos. He i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
Field Painting September 22 2020, Autumn Landscape Green Tree Golden Grass
Located in Kent, CT
A peaceful outdoor scene in autumn, with a tree with dark green leaves with hints of orange above a delicately painted, golden grassy field with light orange and yellow wildflowers, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Winter Birds Still Life Painting Crimson Red Flowers Green White Snow Landscape
Located in Kent, CT
Still life painting of crimson red flowers with dark green leaves in a golden planter with a face on the side sit on a patterned yellow tablecloth in front of a window. Through the w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
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