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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.

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Style: Contemporary
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Diagonal I - 21st Century, Contemporary, Architecture, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Watercolor on paper Atmosphere -masses of evaporating water in the air- describes Ekaterina Smirnova's paintings best. Working in watercolour, Smirnova has a unique approach to this ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Cajones Tipographicos VII
Located in Miami, FL
n/a
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Wood, Paper

The Forgiveness
Located in London, GB
THEOPHILE ALEXANDRE STEINLEN 1859-1923 Lausanne 1859-1923 Paris (Swiss/French) Title: The Forgiveness, ca. 1901 Technique: Original Stamped Pencil Drawing on paper. size: 21 x 2...
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Early 1900s Contemporary Art

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Pencil

Corner Office
Located in Greenwich, CT
Sculpture of a businessman in the "corner office" Edition of 7
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Steel, Bronze

Coincidències - 21st Century, Contemporary, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"Tomàs Martínez Sunyol was born in Dieulefit (France) in 1964 and was surrounded by art from a young age. Both his father, Joaquim Martínez Lerma, and uncle, Álvaro Sunyol, were pain...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sabrett Hot Dog Vendors, New York City
Located in New York, NY
24 x 24 inch digital chromogenic print Edition 15 +3 AP Signed, titled, dated and editioned on frame label provided Neal Slavin, a native New Yorker, began photographing groups in 1...
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1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital

The Big Garden - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Drawing, Charcoal
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Years of collecting books, travel archives and studying art in Europe, went hand in hand with visiting historical monuments and grand palaces, remnants of past golden eras. This nostalgic raking over the past encompasses these inspirational elements, weaved together with her own curiosity in loose charcoal lines depicting Baroque, whimsical and once decadent interiors. “The rooms in my paintings are small trips to the past. I look for an alternative reality through a fictional scenario, represented by a dystopian era of booms and declines.” Francisca Ahlers...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic

Censored II
Located in Boca Raton, FL
48 x 48 inch framed + $2,000 New York-based, Armenian-born artist, Tigran Tsitoghdzyan, is especially interested in how people interact in this new era of technology and social media. His “Mirrors” series suggest a close examination of self, and yet hands held to the face shield...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Archival Paper

Next Wave
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1958 Jim Rennert was born in 1958, and grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Salt Lake City, Utah. After ten trying years of working in business, Rennert was inspired to ex...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Arcs: Uneven Angles - Contemporary, 21st Century, Etching, Black, White, Edition
Located in Zug, CH
Bernar Venet, Arcs: Uneven Angles Contemporary, 21st Century, Etching, Black, White, Edition Etching (Portfolio of 4) Edition of 50, plus 10 AP 98 x 115 cm (79.7 x 52.7 in.) Signed a...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Etching

Swimmers and Divers - Women Illustrators
Located in Miami, FL
Barbara Nessim is an artist/ illustrator who has contributed to Harper's  Bazaar, Esquire, New York Magazine, Rolling Stone, Time, Ms among others. She ...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Watercolor, Ink

Fast Track
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 9 + APs
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Aurora - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract Sculpture, Mahogany Root, Wood
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Mahogany root The Ingravidesa Sculpture Alliance is formed by an international group of sculptors and designers who collaborate to create abstract sculp...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Wood, Mahogany

Colour print of Anthurium flower in red green and yellow
Located in London, GB
“Nature creates nothing without the purpose” - Aristotele Anthurium - flower study, originally taken on medium format Fujichrome transparency colour film in the studio setting, in 1...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

"remembering the way" black and white photograph clouds sky bird silhouette
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Marie Navarre remembering the way, 2021 archival digital print on Surface Gampi, Rives BFK 25.5" x 25" unframed 28.75" x 27.75" framed Edition of 5 Marie Navarre’s deep interest in poetry, especially the Japanese form of Haiku, has had a profound influence on her work. She conjures dreamlike images that appear to be from just outside the realm of human observation, like the fragments of a distant memory. She prints her mysterious and timeless images of flocks of birds, grey sky and shimmering endless horizons unmoored from specific times and places, then hand stitches over a background of Gampi paper—a soft, silky Japanese paper that has a satin-like sheen. These enigmatic photographic constructions document the implications of a moment rather than its actuality. The artist understands that her relationship to photography is complex: “I have this trouble of being a photographer but wanting to make the photographs into something else. I still think like a photographer even though in some ways I’m sabotaging the way that photography works. I still begin my artmaking process by making pictures. I don’t know how to begin without the photograph.” At play is the tension of a fixed medium documenting a world in movement. Navarre has a BA, MA and MFA from Arizona State University. Her work is collected nationally and she has received a number of awards including a Capp Street Project Residency Grant in San Francisco for her collaboration with Jim Campbell...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

23042 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Painting, Mixed Media
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"Martí Bofarull’s work fits in with renovation of the urban landscape that has characterized Catalan painting of the last twenty years. Among our artists who have remained loyal to f...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

45042 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Painting
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Among the Catalan artists who have remained loyal to figurative techniques, several have successfully fixed their gaze on the architecture, streets and commercial trappings of the mo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

"Jasmine and Clove" oil painting woman female portrait black dress
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Rachel Bess Jasmine and Clove, 2017 oil on Dibond 10” x 8” unframed 13.5" x 11.75" framed Rachel Bess is known for her precise and theatrical oil painti...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Ilusión (Diptych) - 21st Century, Contemporary Art, Abstract Sculpture, Iron
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Lukas Ulmi’s work unveils the hidden beauty of shapes taking stones, seemingly static forms, incomplete or meaningless objects and turning them into authentic sculptures where weight...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Iron

Yamoto- 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Pigment Print, Portrait
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Edition of 50 Ger Doornink's limited editions are based on a high resolution scan of the original artwork. They are printed on archival Hahnemühle German Etching paper. This techniq...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Etching

SPRING THAW - Pink & Green / Mossy rock / Pacific Northwest Forest
Located in New York, NY
Original painting by Alexandra Pacula.
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mahayana Buddhist Center, NYC
Located in New York, NY
13.25 x 18 inch digital chromogenic print Edition 15 + 3AP Signed, titled, dated and editioned on frame label provided Neal Slavin, a native New Yorker, began photographing groups i...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital

View from the Empire State Building, Looking South
Located in New York, NY
40 x 60 inch mineral ink print, framed Signed on label verso Edition 5 Miguel Ángel García was born in Madrid in 1952, and currently lives and works in Cantabria, Spain. A visual ar...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Grand Canyon National Park, National Park Service
Located in New York, NY
24 x 24 inch digital chromogenic print Edition 15 +3AP Signed, titled, dated and editioned on frame label provided Neal Slavin, a native New Yorker, began photographing groups i...
Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital

Elutheria
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A sculpture by Ron Reihel. "Elutheria" is an abstract, cast resin, plaster, wood and canvas wall sculpture executed in a deep, glossy black by contemporary artist Ron Reihel. Ron Rei...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

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Canvas, Plaster, Resin, Wood

Salón Rojo - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Drawing, Charcoal
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Years of collecting books, travel archives and studying art in Europe, went hand in hand with visiting historical monuments and grand palaces, remnants of past golden eras. This nostalgic raking over the past encompasses these inspirational elements, weaved together with her own curiosity in loose charcoal lines depicting Baroque, whimsical and once decadent interiors. “The rooms in my paintings are small trips to the past. I look for an alternative reality through a fictional scenario, represented by a dystopian era of booms and declines.” Francisca Ahlers...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic

Elm Along The Bayou
Located in Houston, TX
Beth Secor, Elm Along The Bayou, 2014-2015 Ink, gouache and pencil on paper overall diptych 20 x 28 inches 20 x 14 inches each Beth Secor understands tr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Ink, Gouache

Weir Dam, Sullivan County, Tennessee (#2312)
Located in New York, NY
8 x 10 inch (image size) gelatin silver contact print, on an 11 x 14 inch sheet Edition 10. Signed and stamped on verso. Framing additional. Larger sizes available - please inqui...
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1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Trumpet Jazz Musician and Statue of Liberty
Located in Miami, FL
The photo represents a synthesis of Americana. Jazz meets the Statue of Liberty during a perfect sunset. Signed, dated lower and numbered 3/25 lower right recto, unframed, printe...
Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Inkjet

Bali Blues - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract, Urban Art, Pigment Print
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Pigment print on aluminium, edition of 5 ​ Joan Tarragó is a Barcelona based artist. The constant exploration of an exotic graphic language through travel...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Pigment

Notre-Dame de Paris - 24k Gold Leaf and Sumi Ink, Paris Realism Painting, Zen
Located in Tokyo, JP
A traditional Japanese painting made with 24k gold leaf, crushed seashells and Sumi ink on Japanese paper mounted on a wood panel. Because these substances consist of unique chemical and physical properties, every artwork has its own story to tell and embodies a sense of connection to the earth. With the art of Zen. Presents the sceneries seen through the artist's eyes in an art form. In mint condition, Certificate of Authenticity included and calligraphy seal in front, hand-signed at the back. Sold unframed and ready to hang (eye bolt and string mounted at the back). Artist: Maria Mitsumori...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

TRIMMED TREES - Contemporary Landscape / Realism / Nature Scene
Located in New York, NY
Original Landscape painting by New Jersey artist Anita Mazzucca.
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

South Beach Tropical Palm Trees in Miami
Located in Miami, FL
Palm trees blowing in a tropical breeze and captured at first light to creates a dramtic contrast of light and shadow.. Nature becomes abstract while still being beautiful. Signed...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Inkjet

We Dream in Colors Borrowed by the Sea
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media. Female centric. Tans, Browns. Whites. Figurative art. About the Artist: Cabell Molina is a contemporary artist transplanted from California to the east. Where C...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Saint Jean
Located in New York, NY
Abstract piece on canvas. About the Artist: Sylvie Perrin graduated from the National Fine Arts Academy of Lyon. She began her artistic career in the Netherlands as an illustrato...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo (0960-04)
Located in New York, NY
20 x 24 inch type-c print Edition 10. Signed on verso. Throughout her career, photographer Yoko Ikeda has been finding poetry in the prosaic, and mystery in the mundane. Her photog...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print

I Mirror
Located in Boca Raton, FL
(85 x 61 inch framed + $2,400) New York-based, Armenian-born artist, Tigran Tsitoghdzyan, is especially interested in how people interact in this new era of technology and social m...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Archival Paper

Street Art from from the Wealthy - Two and a Half Arches in Palm Beach
Located in Miami, FL
Street Art is today's dominant contemporary art movement. Yet it has overlooked the obvious. It’s the luscious landscaping from the rich. Street art made from plants has been beauti...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Contemporary Oil of Art Deco Home Decor w/ Blue Masculine Statue in Drawing Room
Located in Fort Worth, TX
Blue Statue, 2020 "For Blackburn, the Western’s heroic drama, good-versus-evil narrative, and assertive landscape are challenges to face in her work. These aspects of film can overwhelm a painting, thus distancing the viewer from the art. She wants the art to be dominant; “Painting wins,” she declares. She finds this happens when a painting possesses what she terms “classical balance.” By this the artist means that everything is where it needs to be compositionally—nothing can be changed—and “the whole can be seen at once.” Linda Blackburn...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Canvas

Le Tre Grazie
Located in Milano, MI
Szymon Oltarzewski was born in 1977 in Poland. Graduated in Environmental Engineering from the University of Opole, in 2003 he moved to Pietrasanta where he enrolled at the Academy o...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Marble

Reminiscent_131-2 [Acrylic, Cloud, Blue, Orange]
Located in Seoul, KR
born, lives, and works in Seoul, S. Korea SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2021 LYNN Fine Art Gallery, S. Korea 2020 Gallery Aria, Seoul, S. Korea 2017 Palais de Seoul Gallery, Seoul, S. Korea 201...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

"A World in a Flower" figurative oil painting girl nature dreamy meditation zen
Located in Kowloon, Hong Kong
"A World in a Flower" is a Buddhist saying, similar meaning like what William Blake's poem says, to see a world in a grain of sand, and a heaven in a wild flower. Hold infinity in th...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

The complete mini Buddha set (9 mini buddha statues)
Located in New York, NY
These colorful meditating Buddha silhouette statues are laser cut Plexiglas and acrylic hand painted. They can stand alone, or come in couples, trios or more... This is a unique statue that will start off a conversation and will bring a stylish decoration into your home/ office/ studio or business. It's the perfect gift to someone you love, or when you want to leave an impression. The meditating Buddha statue...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Plexiglass, Acrylic

Vitruvian Woman
Located in Greenwich, CT
Figurative sculpture of a woman standing like Leonardo da Vinci's "Vitruvian Man". Edition of 21
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Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

In Every Way Possible 2
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Udo Nöger aims to bring out the luminescence of paint in his practice. The artist is known for monochromatic gray works that give the impression of emitting light. Nöger achieves thi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Downtown Blue - 21st Century, Contemporary, Landscape, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Atmosphere -masses of evaporating water in the air- describes Ekaterina Smirnova's paintings best. Working in watercolour, Smirnova has a unique approach to this traditional medium. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

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Paper, Watercolor

RT 370 PA.
Located in Cragsmoor, NY
This is an early work when i first began to go digitally and with a new Nikon. I lived in the country at the time and wanted to challenge myself with taking accurate landscapes that ...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

God help the Rhinos of Namibia, Elia Shiwoohamba, Cardboard print on paper
Located in Windhoek, NA
God help the Rhinos of Namibia, 2019. Cardboard print on paper. Edition of 10. Elia Shiwoohamba was born in 1981 in Windhoek, Namibia. He graduated from the ...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

OWN
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Edition of 7 Isabelle van Zeijl is an established mid-career international artist. Recognized for her mastery to create striking self portraits with depth and meaning who enriches l...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print, Plexiglass

Reminiscent_90 [Acrylic, Red, Green, Boots]
Located in Seoul, KR
born, lives, and works in Seoul, S. Korea SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2021 LYNN Fine Art Gallery, S. Korea 2020 Gallery Aria, Seoul, S. Korea 2017 Palais de Seoul Gallery, Seoul, S. Korea 201...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Acrylic

Family Values Vol VI
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media on panel. Artist Statement: "I am a self-taught artist who utilizes an experimental approach. I let the experience of creating guide me. I often have no clear vision of...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Rosas Marinas
Located in Cuernavaca, Morelos
Eight parts piece piezography, mounted on acrylic by emulsion.
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

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Digital Pigment, Emulsion

Special Place - 21st Century, Contemporary, Landscape, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Watercolor on paper
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Full Palette
Located in New York, NY
Oil painting on wood panel. Building blocks. A glimpse into a child's world, one we all have experienced. Tone is engaging, fun with universal appeal. About the artist: Mollo...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Ota Ward, Tokyo (0995-02)
Located in New York, NY
20 x 24 inch type-c print Edition 10. Signed on verso. Throughout her career, photographer Yoko Ikeda has been finding poetry in the prosaic, and mystery in the mundane. Her photog...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print

Thwack
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION John Crash Matos Thwack 2002 Lithograph 20 x 20 in. Edition of 98 Pencil signed & numbered Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shienbaum Fine Art Condition...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Keith Snow Storm
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media on wood featuring the infamous Keith Richards. Photographed by Joester. About the Artist: Steve Joester is a British-born Rock & Roll photographer and mixed media a...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Masonite, Mixed Media, Photographic Film

The gecko, Elia Shiwoohamba, Linoleum block print
Located in Windhoek, NA
The gecko, Linoleum block prints on paper. Elia Shiwoohamba was born in 1981 in Windhoek, Namibia. He graduated from the John Muafangejo Art Centre in Windhoek in 2006. Specialising...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Linocut

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.

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