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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
Iris - Night Bloom
Iris - Night Bloom

Iris - Night Bloom

By Natalia Borisenko

Located in Zofingen, AG

The iris appears here not simply as a flower, but as a quiet presence shaped by light, memory, and stillness. Set against a deep petrol blue-green field that shifts with changing ill...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

THE SHADOW II - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Women's Portrait
THE SHADOW II - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Women's Portrait

THE SHADOW II - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Women's Portrait

By Jarek Puczel

Located in Salzburg, AT

The Polish artist Jarek Puczel catches the calmness of apparently simple and unspectacular situations with an impressive modesty and apparent ease. He creates an interesting and tens...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sea Stack, Bay of Biscay, long exposure panorama - large scale color photography
Sea Stack, Bay of Biscay, long exposure panorama - large scale color photography

Sea Stack, Bay of Biscay, long exposure panorama - large scale color photography

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Gerald Berghammer - Color seascape. Long exposure photograph of jagged sea stacks rising from the ocean with misty water and a light sky in the background. Archival pigment ink prin...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Ancestral Throne - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Fabrics
Ancestral Throne - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Fabrics

Ancestral Throne - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, 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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Blue Silence
Blue Silence

Blue Silence

By Jacob Burda

Located in Zofingen, AG

Blue Silence Series: Birds Blue Silence captures a solitary pelican drifting quietly through a deep blue landscape suspended between water and shadow. Emerging from broad, expressiv...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

After Botero Bronze Sculpture of Man on Horse, Dark Patina, Edition 50 beautiful
After Botero Bronze Sculpture of Man on Horse, Dark Patina, Edition 50 beautiful

After Botero Bronze Sculpture of Man on Horse, Dark Patina, Edition 50 beautiful

By Fernando Botero

Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México

This AFTER BOTERO sculpture is a very beautiful, faithful reproduction in the style of BOTERO'S work that has sold very well here on 1st Dibs. Please give us up to 10 working days to...

Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Marble, Bronze

The Blue House - colorful cityscape - Venetian Lagoon, Venice - limited print
The Blue House - colorful cityscape - Venetian Lagoon, Venice - limited print

The Blue House - colorful cityscape - Venetian Lagoon, Venice - limited print

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 25047 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

Kristal - Original Silver Leaf and Gold Floral Sally K Figurative Artwork
Kristal - Original Silver Leaf and Gold Floral Sally K Figurative Artwork

Kristal - Original Silver Leaf and Gold 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

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Already Ascendant - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Africa
Already Ascendant - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Africa

Already Ascendant - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Africa

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Already Ascendant reflects the fragile edge between hesitation and potential. It is a meditation on opportunity, choice, and the fleeting nature of decisive moments. Rich textures an...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

North Yorkshire By David Hockney
North Yorkshire By David Hockney

North Yorkshire By David Hockney

By David Hockney

Located in Dubai, Dubai

North Yorkshire By David Hockney 1997 Medium: Offset Lithograph Paper Size: 19.75 x 24.25 inches ( 50 x 62 cm ) Image Size: 19.75 x 24.25 inches ( 50 x 62 cm ) Edition Size: Un...

Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Steps  - underwater photograph - archival pigment print 43" x 35"
Steps  - underwater photograph - archival pigment print 43" x 35"

Steps - underwater photograph - archival pigment print 43" x 35"

By Alex Sher

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

This ethereal underwater fine art photograph captures a figure suspended above submerged pool steps, rendered in soft aquamarine and pearl tones. The crystalline water creates a drea...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Better Together
Better Together

Better Together

By Sila Sehrazat Yucel

Located in New York, NY

Sila Sehrazat Yucel is a talented artist based in Istanbul. Her background in landscape and interior architecture shapes her creative vision. With experience as an art director in ci...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Point of Balance
Point of Balance

Point of Balance

Located in Zofingen, AG

In this work, flowers, a vase, and a fragment of an architectural form create a space of quiet co-presence. The objects do not construct a narrative or strive for symbolic completen...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Ferran Soriano Gymnast Original Steel Sculpture
Ferran Soriano Gymnast Original Steel Sculpture

Ferran Soriano Gymnast Original Steel Sculpture

By Ferran Soriano

Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL

gymnast Original Steel Sculpture He has exhibited individually since 1970, having performed more than a hundred, being the main ones in: L'Hospitalet; Ibiza; Seville; Terrace; Rome...

Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Steel

Amaryllis - analogue floral photography, limited edition of 20
Amaryllis - analogue floral photography, limited edition of 20

Amaryllis - analogue floral photography, limited edition of 20

By Ugne Pouwell

Located in London, GB

'Amaryllis' An analogue black-and-white photograph produced as an archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. This work reflects Ugnė Pouwell’s commitment to tonal preci...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Film, Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée

Boxers - Lithograph by Giuseppe Gallo - 2008

Boxers - Lithograph by Giuseppe Gallo - 2008

By Giuseppe Gallo

Located in Roma, IT

Boxers is an original lithograph on paper realized by the artist Giuseppe Gallo in 2008. Edition 59/260, it is part of the suite "Olympic Games Beijing 2008". Excellent condition. ...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Heat - Handwoven  Abstract Landscape, Contemporary Woven and Painted Artwork
The Heat - Handwoven  Abstract Landscape, Contemporary Woven and Painted Artwork

The Heat - Handwoven Abstract Landscape, Contemporary Woven and Painted Artwork

By Marta Pokojowczyk

Located in Salzburg, AT

‚The Heat’, handwoven landscape, linen yarn, organic cotton, acrylic textile paint, 60 x 50 cm, 2021. This work are a symbiosis of two disciplines of art, Painting and Weaving. Handw...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Textile, Cotton, Linen, Yarn, Acrylic

Telephone VII, Palm Springs, California - Vintage Interior Color Photography
Telephone VII, Palm Springs, California - Vintage Interior Color Photography

Telephone VII, Palm Springs, California - Vintage Interior Color Photography

By Richard Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

Telephone VII, vintage interior photograph from Richard Heeps' series, Dream in Colour. Captured in the cool Ballantines Movie Colony, Palm Springs this artwork combines gorgeous col...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

"Bar" Miniature Wall-Mounted Storefront Sign by Drew Leshko
"Bar" Miniature Wall-Mounted Storefront Sign by Drew Leshko

"Bar" Miniature Wall-Mounted Storefront Sign by Drew Leshko

By Drew Leshko

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece titled "Bar" is original artwork made from paper, inkjet print, enamel, wire, chain, aluminum, and pastel by Drew Leshko. This piece measures 17”h x 1.75”w x 10”d. Paradi...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Metal, Enamel, Wire

American Cowboy Head, Salton Sea, California - Roadside America Color Photo
American Cowboy Head, Salton Sea, California - Roadside America Color Photo

American Cowboy Head, Salton Sea, California - Roadside America Color Photo

By Richard Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

A classic American icon, the roadside giant Cowboy "Muffler Man", captured on Richard Heeps' road trip between Mecca and the Salton Sea. Part of a series of pictures by Richard Heeps...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Sensory Experience original large nude art Paula Craioveanu 39x27.5in in Florida
Sensory Experience original large nude art Paula Craioveanu 39x27.5in in Florida

Sensory Experience original large nude art Paula Craioveanu 39x27.5in in Florida

By Paula Craioveanu

Located in Forest Hills, NY

"Sensory Experience", pencil and ultramarine tempera on paper, inspired by Matisse. Part of Nude in Interior series. Large drawing. Shipped rolled in a tube, from Florida, US. This particular piece is in my studio in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Other pieces are in my other studios in Europe, or in NY. Artist Statement "I started by painting interiors, being interested in space and perspective through my studies. These scenes evolved, when I added the human figure. I focused more on the human figure and its relation to the background. The human figure is more present than ever in my paintings now. As a woman artist I’ve been preoccupied with the female form and its imagery. One of my goals was to capture the solitary moments and the nude’s relation to the surrounding space. My interest turned from depicting the space to rendering the atmosphere and the scene as a whole, the feeling a woman adds to the environment: warmth, desire, joy, a feeling of power and control, or the opposite – sadness, despair. Here is a collection of figurative paintings, exploring the nudes in interior spaces, seeing the nudes from my perspective, as a woman artist, considering the physical and spiritual realities of a woman’s body, in a new level of intimacy. My paintings are the opposite of objectifying a woman’s or a man’s anatomy. Painted works, featuring female nudes and a also men nudes...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Tempera, Pencil, Paper

Row of colorful Pedal Boats Panorama, waterscape - limited edition color print
Row of colorful Pedal Boats Panorama, waterscape - limited edition color print

Row of colorful Pedal Boats Panorama, waterscape - limited edition color print

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Gerald Berghammer - Color panorama waterscape photography. A row of colorful pedal boats on the lake Balaton with dramatic cloudy sky. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Dreaming in The Dark
Dreaming in The Dark

Dreaming in The Dark

By Olga Tsyhypko

Located in Zofingen, AG

Through my art, I share with viewers the profound importance of personal integrity in our lives. In my paintings, I explore the delicate balance between individual wholeness and deep...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Blue Umbrellas Exhibition Poster, Offset Print, Contemporary, 1995
Blue Umbrellas Exhibition Poster, Offset Print, Contemporary, 1995

Blue Umbrellas Exhibition Poster, Offset Print, Contemporary, 1995

By Javacheff Christo

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This rare exhibition poster, titled "Blue Umbrellas," commemorates the remarkable installation created by Christo and Jeanne-Claude in October 1991. The project featured 960 yellow u...

Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Offset

Living Life
Living Life

Living Life

By Jacob Burda

Located in Zofingen, AG

A celebration of everyday moments — quiet, warm, and deeply human. This painting captures the gentle rhythm of existence, where light meets stillness and ordinary scenes become timel...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Scattered - acrylic and oil on canvas
Scattered - acrylic and oil on canvas

Scattered - acrylic and oil on canvas

By Wencke Uhl

Located in West Hollywood, CA

Wencke Uhl is a contemporary figurative paintress living and working in Germany. She draws inspiration from human beauty and the female form. As a teenager Uhl wanted to become a fas...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

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.