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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
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Untitled II, Wall SculptureTridimensional Portrait
Untitled II, Wall SculptureTridimensional Portrait

Untitled II, Wall SculptureTridimensional Portrait

By Cristian Hunter

Located in Miami Beach, FL

This artwork was created by the artistic duo Hunter & Gatti (2010–2023). These works are part of the archive managed and exhibited by Cristian Hunter. The artist's technique consists...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment

Book
Book

Book

By Hendrik Kerstens

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Hendrik Kerstens, Book, available in two formats: 30x40 and 50x60 inches

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Flora 8 2015 - Summertime Seasonal Fruits Plum and Pink Plants Frozen in Ice

Flora 8 2015 - Summertime Seasonal Fruits Plum and Pink Plants Frozen in Ice

By Marisa Culatto

Located in Brighton, GB

Flora 8 2015 - Summertime Seasonal Fruits Plum and Pink Plants Frozen in Ice Flora 8 is a Giclée print on Ultra Bright Hahnemuehle paper, available in this size only from a Limited ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée

Untitled (Cactus)
Untitled (Cactus)

Untitled (Cactus)

By Miguel Angel Ríos

Located in Miami Beach, FL

In the late nineties, and after traveling to regions as diverse as the Amazon basin and the Chihuahua desert, Ríos began to develop a body of work through which he addressed the mean...

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1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cloud cars, 5/20 - figurative, playful, pop-art, lithograph, limited print
Cloud cars, 5/20 - figurative, playful, pop-art, lithograph, limited print

Cloud cars, 5/20 - figurative, playful, pop-art, lithograph, limited print

By Charles Pachter

Located in Bloomfield, ON

This charmingly whimsical lithograph of a classic Toronto image—the streetcar was one of a series Charles Pachter first created in the seventies. Two electric streetcars moving away from the viewer fill the frame—in yellow and pink— hydro lines above them appear to be suspended above a large cloud. Pachter is a much-admired Canadian artistic polymath, his colourful pop artwork merging playful even irreverent elements with deeply iconic imagery. Number 5 0f 20. “…and a good art critic would compare it with Warhol’s soup cans...

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1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Delightful Desert Day"

"Delightful Desert Day"

By Claudia Hartley

Located in Scottsdale, AZ

"The comment I hear most often about my paintings is 'happy'". I've loved art all of my life and it warms my heart to know that I'm able to pass that love and joy on to others. I use color and shape to capture the wonders of the world around me. Her love affair with art began as a child, when her favorite present was a new box of Crayola crayons...

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Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic

Blue Side
Blue Side

Blue Side

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Denver, CO

Hunt Slonem's artistic trajectory has always been characterized by a deep exploration of spiritual themes. His use of repetition in form—particularly with his beloved bunnies—serves ...

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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Wood, Oil

Spring - large, bright, yellow, orange, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
Spring - large, bright, yellow, orange, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas

Spring - large, bright, yellow, orange, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas

By Milly Ristvedt

Located in Bloomfield, ON

Passages of butter yellow, rose and light green float on a washed spring yellow ground in this elegant abstract painting by Milly Ristvedt. Milly Ristvedt (b. 1942, Kimberley, BC) MA, RCA, began her career in Toronto in 1964 after studies with Takao Tanabe...

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1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Cocoon"

"Cocoon"

By Tim Rees

Located in Scottsdale, AZ

Timothy Rees was fascinated with drawing throughout his youth and after high school pursued a degree in animation. The pull to painting portraits and figures was strong, however, le...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

When You Love Someone. From the Origin series
When You Love Someone. From the Origin series

When You Love Someone. From the Origin series

By Casey Waterman

Located in Miami Beach, FL

They were created as an investigation into the beginnings of the current human social conditions with a focus on materiality and evolutionary information gathered from Paul Shepards ...

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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Gold, Gold Leaf

GOLF SQ MG

GOLF SQ MG

By Max Steven Grossman

Located in Boca Raton, FL

Bookscase with Golf books including Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Tiger Woods and more

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Plexiglass, Photographic Paper

Going to the Olympics
Going to the Olympics

Going to the Olympics

By Frank Romero

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Frank Romero created this serigraph after learning that the original mural, completed on the 101 freeway in Los Angeles, 1984, had been painted over. The mural, which was done for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, has since been restored. Signed and numbered by the artist in black marker, in lower left corner of print on black background - hard to see except at an angle. Throughout his 40 year career as an artist, Frank Romero has been a dedicated member of the Los Angeles arts community. As a member of the 1970s Chicano art collective, Los Four...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

Untitled. Ref. 94034
Untitled. Ref. 94034

Untitled. Ref. 94034

By Carlos Capelan

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Capelán's work stands out for its rigorous handling of diverse artistic techniques and procedures, ranging from drawing to installation, including painting, printmaking, photography,...

Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

By Carlos Capelan

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Capelán's work stands out for its rigorous handling of diverse artistic techniques and procedures, ranging from drawing to installation, including painting, printmaking, photography,...

Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Resist. From The Rectangular Composition Series
Resist. From The Rectangular Composition Series

Resist. From The Rectangular Composition Series

By ALMO 4

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Almo wonders about his identity, the countries he has lived in, his daily routine and how he creates himself. An outsider who has made the world his home, skin, and citizenship, and ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

California Cowgirl by Anouk Krantz 2022

California Cowgirl by Anouk Krantz 2022

By Anouk Krantz

Located in Chicago, IL

California Cowgirl (B&W) 2022 ARCHIVAL PIGMENT PRINT Unframed Sizes: 30 x 45 in (76.2 x 114.3 cm) - Edition of 15 + 2 AP (Artist Proofs) SILVER GELATIN PRINT Unframed Size: 11.3 x ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment, Silver Gelatin

Set From the Ibiza People series
Set From the Ibiza People series

Set From the Ibiza People series

By Mikael Kenta

Located in Miami Beach, FL

“People from Ibiza” Kenta first came to visit the magic island of Ibiza as a young man at the age of 18 and fell in love with the diversity of personalities and expressions of freedo...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Black and White, Archival Pigment

Untitled, from the series ‚Semear‘
Untitled, from the series ‚Semear‘

Untitled, from the series ‚Semear‘

By Rinko Kawauchi

Located in Zurich, CH

Rinko KAWAUCHI (*1972, Japan) Untitled, from the series ‚Semear‘, 2010 C-print Medium 25.4 × 30.48 cm (10 x 12 in.) Large 101.6 × 101.6 cm (40 x 40 in.) Edition of 3 Print only, Sign...

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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print

Metamorphosis. Color photography
Metamorphosis. Color photography

Metamorphosis. Color photography

By Michaela Haider

Located in Miami Beach, FL

From the smallest of seeds the tree grows, striving for the skies. Branches form, ramify and blossom in the rhythm of time. The human figure transforms. The elements depend on each o...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Rag Paper, Archival Pigment

Hypomnema #3 Wall sculpture.
Hypomnema #3 Wall sculpture.

Hypomnema #3 Wall sculpture.

By Iván Castiblanco

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Hypomnema. A term that is composed of the ancient Greek preposition Hypo-Mneme and literally means “commemorative memory.” It is the meeting of several layers in an object, the memor...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Textile, Mixed Media

Stillness 4, 2021 - Misty Natural Landscape of Trees in Ancient English Woodland

Stillness 4, 2021 - Misty Natural Landscape of Trees in Ancient English Woodland

By Ellie Davies

Located in Brighton, GB

Stillness 4, 2021 - Misty Natural Landscape of Trees in Ancient English Woodland by Ellie Davies Stillness 4 is a Digital C-Type Print on Fuji Maxima Matte paper, available in this ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital, Color

Nevis Letter
Nevis Letter

Nevis Letter

By Brice Marden

Located in New York, NY

Brice Marden Nevis Letter 2009 Etching 30 x 22 1/2 inches; 76 x 57 cm Edition of 45 Signed, dated, and numbered in graphite (lower recto) Frame available upon request Available from Matthew Marks...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Etching

How do you say and Nothing really matters Diptych
How do you say and Nothing really matters Diptych

How do you say and Nothing really matters Diptych

By ALMO 4

Located in Miami Beach, FL

​Whether they are symbols, dreams or marks of the life of each of us. The artist's work often features heads, floating bodies, trees, dollar signs, cars, laurel branches, and symboli...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Leather, Acrylic

They reveal themselves over time. Abstract mixed media painting on canvas
They reveal themselves over time. Abstract mixed media painting on canvas

They reveal themselves over time. Abstract mixed media painting on canvas

By On Hansen

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Traces of lived experiences appear in On Hansen's works, exploring the possibilities of formal abstraction and seeking an organic experience between space and time through painting a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Crayon, Ink, Wax, Oil, Acrylic, Graphite

XoX Vitruvian Kiddo - sculpture, resin and paint
XoX Vitruvian Kiddo - sculpture, resin and paint

XoX Vitruvian Kiddo - sculpture, resin and paint

By Viktor Mitic

Located in Bloomfield, ON

"This indoor figurative pop art table top sculpture is made from resin. Playful, colourful and imaginative, Viktor Mitic’s latest series of unique sculptures appear to merge pop art...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Orange Chair - contemporary, minimalist, watercolor on paper
Orange Chair - contemporary, minimalist, watercolor on paper

Orange Chair - contemporary, minimalist, watercolor on paper

By Pat Service

Located in Bloomfield, ON

This contemporary watercolour painting by Pat Service has a summer theme. In this serene painting, Pat Service illustrates a classic summer image—the backyard swimming pool. Here, t...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Limpia Creek, Fort Davis, Texas

Limpia Creek, Fort Davis, Texas

By David H. Gibson

Located in Dallas, TX

"My work is about respecting the beauty that remains and the poetry that is found." - David H. Gibson David H. Gibson is a lifelong photographer whose first contact with the mediu...

Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Journey
Journey

Journey

By Mark Bartkiw

Located in Bloomfield, ON

A ferry crosses an expanse of sea towards distant mountains in this photo based artwork by Mark Bartkiw. The high viewpoint, as though flying over the water, adds to the dream-like ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Plexiglass, C Print

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.