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.
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Style: Contemporary
Period: 1980s
Hangar - Aquatint and Etching by Fifo Stricker - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Hangar is a contemporary artwork realized by the artist Fifo Stricker in 1981.
Mixed colored aquatint and etching.
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
Garage Impo - Aquatint and Etching by Fifo Stricker - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Garage Impo is a contemporary artwork realized by the artist Fifo Stricker in 1982.
Mixed colored aquatint and etching.
Hand signed and dated by the artist on the lower right marg...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel and gouache figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California landscape painter, Ronald Shap. Sketch of woman sitting with...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Gouache
John Sex
By Bill Costa
Located in New York, NY
John Sex
c. 1980s
Signed and titled in ink, recto
Vintage gelatin silver print
12 x 17 inches (30.5 x 43.2 cm), image
16 x 20 inches (40.6 50.8 cm), sheet
...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Carole Feuerman Hyperrealist Sculpture Installation
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Sculpture in three parts is titled “Bubbles.” Item is accompanied by the artist’s original templates, handwritten installation instructions and correspondence...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint, Resin
Illustration Framed on Canvas: 'Minute Maid'
Located in New York, NY
The murder of John Lennon. The birth of my children. Nixon’s resignation. Brain surgery.
Driven by the desire to express myself, and leave a physical record of my life and times, I’v...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Color Pencil, Mixed Media
Basilisk - Aquatint and Etching by Fifo Stricker - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Basilisk is a contemporary artwork realized by the artist Fifo Stricker in 1985.
Mixed colored aquatint and etching.
Hand signed and dated by the arti...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
Presence - Vintage Offset Print After Franco Fontana - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Presence is a beautiful offset realized after a photograph by Franco Fontana.
Good conditions.
Franco Fontana (Modena, 1933) is one of the Italian most famous contemporary photogra...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Offset
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel and gouache figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California landscape painter, Ronald Shap. Sketch of a nude male torso with washes of light aqua/sage green and accents of neon pink oil pastel. This is a part of Shap's '80s Interiors...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Gouache
Corso Sienna, 1989
By Todd Burris
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing.
Edition of 1 of 10
If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a different print size, the photograph is prod...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Roman Castels - Vintage Offset Poster after Franco Fontana - 1983
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Castels is a beautiful offset realized by Franco Fontana .
Good conditions.
Colored poster from a photograph by Franco Fontana (Modena, 1933), one of the Italian most famou...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Offset
Insekt II - Aquatint and Etching by Fifo Stricker - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Insekt II is a contemporary artwork realized by the artist Fifo Stricker in 1982.
Mixed colored aquatint and etching.
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
Weightlifter - Aquatint and Etching by Fifo Stricker - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Weightlifter is a contemporary artwork realized by the artist Fifo Stricker in 1981.
Mixed colored aquatint and etching. Original title: Gewichtheber
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Aquatint, Etching
FLORENCE
By Wayne Ensrud
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed, dated and numbered lithograph on paper. From the edition of 300. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. All reasonable offers will be ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Garage Impo - Aquatint and Etching by Fifo Stricker - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Garage Impo is a contemporary artwork realized by the artist Fifo Stricker in 1982.
Mixed colored aquatint and etching.
Hand signed and dated by the artist on the lower right marg...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
Ostrich and the Woman ~ L'autruche et la femme 1980 Signed Limited Edition
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Philippe Noyer
L'autruche et la femme ~ The ostrich and the woman
1980
Print - Lithograph 46'' x 31.5'' inches
Edition: signed in pencil and numbered 9/325
Date: c.1980
Philippe No...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Chrayscler - Aquatint and Etching by Fifo Stricker - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Chrayscler is a contemporary artwork realized by the artist Fifo Stricker in 1982.
Mixed colored aquatint and etching.
Hand signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margi...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
1983 Keith Haring Montreux Jazz Festival Green Original Poster
By Keith Haring
Located in Manchester, GB
1983 Keith Haring Montreux Jazz Festival Green Original Poster
Keith Haring was invited to design the posters for the 17th Montreux Jazz Festival in 1983 after the organiser, Pierre...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
Insekt II - Aquatint and Etching by Fifo Stricker - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Insekt II is a contemporary artwork realized by the artist Fifo Stricker in 1982.
Mixed colored aquatint and etching.
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
Insect I - Aquatint and Etching by Fifo Stricker - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Insect I is a contemporary artwork realized by the artist Fifo Stricker in 1981.
Mixed colored aquatint and etching.
Hand signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin.
...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
Taxi: Steering Wheel - Aquatint and Etching by Fifo Stricker - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Taxi: steering wheel is a contemporary artwork realized by the artist Fifo Stricker in 1982.
Mixed colored aquatint and etching.
Hand signed and dated by the artist on the lower r...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
Georg Herold DUPLICATE Print
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Provenance: Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York, New York.
Marking(s); notes: no marking(s) apparent; 1989 (per portfolio details)
Country of origin; materia...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Offset
Hangar - Aquatint and Etching by Fifo Stricker - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Hangar is a contemporary artwork realized by the artist Fifo Stricker in 1981.
Mixed colored aquatint and etching.
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
Barton Lidice Benes Mixed Media Work
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Work is dedicated in pencil “For Howard”. Provenance: Gift from the artist │ The Collection of Dr. Howard Grossman, West Palm Beach, Florida. Barton Lidice Be...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil
Radio Caire - Aquatint and Etching by Fifo Stricker - 1984
Located in Roma, IT
Blue Volcan is a contemporary artwork realized by the artist Fifo Stricker in 1984.
Mixed colored aquatint and etching.
Excellent. condition.
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
RED HORSE on HOT PINK THREE GEISHAS Signed Lithograph, Asian Women, Parrots
By Walasse Ting
Located in Union City, NJ
RED HORSE on HOT PINK THREE GEISHAS is an original lithograph on archival Somerset printmaking paper, 100% acid free by the renowned Chinese born artist Walasse Ting (DING XIONGQUAN, Chinese, 1929-2010). Ting's use of bold colors and expressive calligraphic brush drawn forms convey vivid life energy. He is well known for his colorful images of women, flowers, fish, parrots and horses and was associated with artists Karel Appel, Asger Jorn, and Pierre Alechinsky, members of the avant-garde group called COBRA. Throughout his artistic life, Ting imbued his passion and spirit into his paintings, poetry and sculpture. RED HORSE on HOT PINK THREE GEISHAS is a freely expressed Chinese Ink Brush drawing of three colorfully robed women...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Ordinary Places Installation - English vintage interior color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Ordinary Places Sixteen Piece Installation, British vintage interior photography by Richard Heeps.
Richard Heeps 'Ordinary Places' Series...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
HALLELUJAH TO PEACE Signed Lithograph, Stone Tablet, Abstract Ancient Writing
By Moshe Castel
Located in Union City, NJ
HALLELUJAH TO PEACE by the Israeli artist Moshe Castel (1909-1991) is a limited edition lithograph printed in 12 colors using traditional hand lithography techniques on archival Somerset paper 100% acid free. In HALLELUJAH TO PEACE, a three dimensional relief 3D effect is visible in the black writings and textural stone tablet achieved by using shades of dark blue gray and black with a bold cool red background accenting the stone tablet sacred writings. Castel creates a very aesthetically appealing and captivating contemporary interpretation of ancient Jewish symbolism.
Print size - 21.75 x 29.5 inches, unframed, excellent condition, pencil signed by Moshe Castel
Edition size - 150, plus proofs
Year published - 1980
Printer - JK Fine Art Editions Co., NY
Moshe Elazar Castel born in Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine, in 1909, to Rabbi Yehuda Castel and his wife Rachel. The family was descended from Spanish Jews from Castile who immigrated to the Holy Land after the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492. Castel attended his father’s school until the age of 13. He went on to study at the Bezalel Art School in Jerusalem, where he was encouraged by his teacher to study in Paris furthering his art education at the Academie Julian and Ecole de Louvre in Paris. He was greatly influenced by European masters Rembrandt, Velasquez, Delacroix and Courbert after spending his days copying their works hanging in the Louvre. Castel returned to Palestine at the onset of WWII. The subject of Castel’s early paintings were scenes of Sephardic Jews in the Holy Land. In 1947, Castel helped to found the "New Horizons" (Ofakim Hadashim) group together with Yosef Zaritsky, Yehezkel Streichman...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Insekt II - Aquatint and Etching by Fifo Stricker - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Insekt II is a contemporary artwork realized by the artist Fifo Stricker in 1982.
Mixed colored aquatint and etching.
Hand signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin....
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
A Scene from Full Metal Jacket - Photo- 1987
Located in Roma, IT
A Scene from Full Metal Jacket is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1987.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
"How to Create a Beautiful Picture 6: Tights in Shimotakaido" – Daido Moriyama
Located in Zurich, CH
DAIDO MORIYAMA (*1938, Japan)
"How to Create a Beautiful Picture 6: Tights in Shimotakaido"
1987/2021
Silver gelatin print, later print
Sheet 34 x 26.5 cm (13 3/8 x 10 3/8 in.)
not p...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Blue Volcan - Aquatint and Etching by Fifo Stricker - 1984
Located in Roma, IT
Blue Volcan is a contemporary artwork realized by the artist Fifo Stricker in 1984.
Mixed colored aquatint and etching. Original title: Der Blaue Vulcan
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
Brauerei - Aquatint and Etching by Fifo Stricker - 1985
Located in Roma, IT
Brauerei is a contemporary artwork realized by the artist Fifo Stricker in 1985.
Mixed colored aquatint and etching.
Hand signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin....
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
Hanger - Aquatint and Etching by Fifo Stricker - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Hangar is a contemporary artwork realized by the artist Fifo Stricker in 1981.
Mixed colored aquatint and etching.
Excellent condition.
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
THE BANNISTER
By Will Barnet
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph on arches paper. Hand signed, dated titled and numbered in pencil by the artist. From the deluxe edition of 125. Image size 32 x 25 inches. Sheet size 36 x 26.5 inches. ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Blenko Hand Blown Purple Glass Paper Bag Vase
Located in East Quogue, NY
Vintage Blenko pale purple amethyst hand-blown paper bag art glass vase circa 1980s.
Size: 8" tall x 4.5" wide x 2.5" deep
Great overall vintage condition, wear commensurate with age.
Belnko, blenko glass...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Blown Glass
Kimono Applique with Mulberry Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Collagraph layered with mulberry paper by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b. 1948).
Unsigned but acquired in a portfolio of artist's work.
Presented in a new white mat.
Mat size: 3...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mulberry Paper, Lithograph
Garage Impo - Aquatint and Etching by Fifo Stricker - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Garage Impo is a contemporary artwork realized by the artist Fifo Stricker in 1982.
Mixed colored aquatint and etching.
Hand signed and dated by the artist on the lower right marg...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
Weightlifter - Aquatint and Etching by Fifo Stricker - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Weightlifter is a contemporary artwork realized by the artist Fifo Stricker in 1981.
Mixed colored aquatint and etching. Original title: Gewichtheber
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
PANTO DAME Lithograph, Woman Dancing, Red Boots, Union Jack, British Humor
By Beryl Cook
Located in Union City, NJ
PANTO DAME is a hand drawn, limited edition lithograph created in 1987 by the well known and loved British artist and humorist, Beryl Cook(1926-2008). PANTO DAME hand proofed and printed in bright vivid colors of blue, green, yellow, red, brown, black inks on archival Arches paper, 100% acid free. In this amusing depiction, PANTO DAME presents a lighthearted, comical theatric scene of a woman dancing before a laughing audience totally entertained by her bawdy performance. PANTO DAME thrills the theater crowd as she flashes her patriotic red, white, and blue British Union Jack bloomers worn beneath her ruffled, intense blue dress accentuated with green and black striped tights and pointy red boots...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Alex Katz 'Julia and Alexandra' Screenprint 1983
By Alex Katz
Located in Miami, FL
ALEX KATZ (1927-Present)
This magnificent 1983 Katz portrait is pencil signed and numbered 56/75 from the edition of 75, on the lower left corner. This work comes beautifully frame...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
Brauerei - Aquatint and Etching by Fifo Stricker - 1985
Located in Roma, IT
Brauerei is a contemporary artwork realized by the artist Fifo Stricker in 1985.
Mixed colored aquatint and etching.
Hand signed and dated by the artis...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
Radio Caire - Aquatint and Etching by Fifo Stricker - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Radio Caire is a contemporary artwork realized by the artist Fifo Stricker in 1982.
Mixed colored aquatint and etching.
Hand signed and dated by the artist on the lower right marg...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
Charles Aznavour - Photo- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Charles Aznavour is a vintage photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Weightlifter - Aquatint and Etching by Fifo Stricker - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Weightlifter is a contemporary artwork realized by the artist Fifo Stricker in 1981.
Mixed colored aquatint and etching. Original title: Gewichtheber
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Aquatint, Etching
Charles Aznavour - Photo- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Charles Aznavour is a photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Andrew Moore - Destruction of the Coffee Excahange NYC, 1982, Printed After
By Andrew Moore
Located in Greenwich, CT
Archival Pigment Print
Lower Manhattan, Seaport renovations..
All available sizes & editions for each size of this photograph:
30" x 40” - Edition of 5 + 2 Artist Proofs
40" X 50"-...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Brauerei - Aquatint and Etching by Fifo Stricker - 1985
Located in Roma, IT
Brauerei is a contemporary artwork realized by the artist Fifo Stricker in 1985.
Mixed colored aquatint and etching.
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
Andrew Moore - Octagon Staircase, NYC, Photography 1988, Printed After
By Andrew Moore
Located in Greenwich, CT
Archival Pigment Print
Insane Asylum on Roosevelt Island, NYC
All available sizes & editions for each size of this photograph:
40" x 30” - Edition of 5 + 2 Artist Proofs
50" X 40"-...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Andrew Moore - Dover Street NYC, Photography 1983, Printed After
By Andrew Moore
Located in Greenwich, CT
Archival Pigment Print
Street next to Brooklyn Bridge
All available sizes & editions for each size of this photograph:
30" x 40” - Edition of 5 + 2 Artist Proofs
40" X 50"- Edition...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Jardin d'Evasion, François Houtin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed and titled in pencil by the artist from the edition of 80. This is a great example of the texture and tone that can be achieved with drypoint.
In keeping with the best Italia...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Drypoint
Thelonius Monk- Little Rootie Tootie
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Thelonius Monk- Little Rootie Tootie
Collage, 1989
Signed and dated lower right: "Longstreet 89"
Titled by artist lower left
Excellent, with usual imperfections associated with the c...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Andrew Moore - Yellow Trucks, Brooklyn Bridge, Photography 1982, Printed After
By Andrew Moore
Located in Greenwich, CT
Archival Pigment Print
Early 80's NYC scene
All available sizes & editions for each size of this photograph:
30" x 40” - Edition of 5 + 2 Artist Proofs
40" X 50"- Edition of 5 + 2 ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Andrew Moore - Telephone Booths, Photography 1986, Printed After
By Andrew Moore
Located in Greenwich, CT
Archival Pigment Print
Montage (old Stamford Train station!)
All available sizes & editions for each size of this photograph:
30" x 40” - Edition of 5 + 2 Artist Proofs
40" X 50"- ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Insect I - Aquatint and Etching by Fifo Stricker - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Insect I is a contemporary artwork realized by the artist Fifo Stricker in 1981.
Mixed colored aquatint and etching.
Hand signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin.
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
Andrew Moore - Sultanahmet, Istanbul 1988, Photography 1988, Printed After
By Andrew Moore
Located in Greenwich, CT
Archival Pigment Print
Self-portrait in Istanbul
All available sizes & editions for each size of this photograph:
40" x 30” - Edition of 5 + 2 Artist Proofs
50" X 40"- Edition of 5...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
KEITH HARING Crack Down Poster
By Keith Haring
Located in Englishtown, NJ
Super vibrant Keith Haring poster.
Original 1st print release from 1986.
The poster artwork was made by Haring for a 2 night Crack benefit concert with the first show at Madison Squa...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Color
Andrew Moore - Half Moon, New Orleans, Photography 1980, Printed After
By Andrew Moore
Located in Greenwich, CT
Archival Pigment Print
Magazine Street, New Orleans
All available sizes & editions for each size of this photograph:
30" x 40” - Edition of 5 + 2 Artist Proofs
40" X 50"- Edition o...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
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