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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
Yellow Lemon on Black, 2018, Color silkscreen with enamel inks
Located in Atlanta, GA
Donald Sultan (Born 1951) Black Lemon on Yellow, 2018 Color silkscreen with enamel inks and tar-like texture on 2-ply museum board 39 x 39 in. Edition of 40 Signed by artist
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

"Fashion Victims" 2018 Utopian Sculptures Serial Prints by Fernando Crespo#100
Located in Coimbra, PT
F. Crespo author of a world-famous giant sculpture Pope Francis Heart. Makes a first edition of his private and utopian projects. Fernando Crespo is a recognized artist in Portugal. ...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Inkjet

Twin Greek Temples (Night), After Dark in Central Park in New York City
Located in New york, NY
A contemporary black-and-white photograph by Roberta Fineberg who captures the San Remo building and New York City skyline after dark from the urban oasis Central Park. Focusing on the beaux-arts building towers or twin Greek temples...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digi...

Megalopolis Lights - 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. ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Topiary III - large format photograph of ornamental shaped tree in urban setting
Located in San Francisco, CA
TOPIARY III by Frank Schott from a series of photographic observances capturing the antics of urban gardening and striking art of topiaries' green minimalism 60 x 48 inches (152 x ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Giclée, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Excelsior, from Kites Suite
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Charles Hinman Kites Suite - Excelsior 2013 5 color screenprint 32 x 32 in. Edition of 5 Pencil signed, dated and numbered Condition: This work is in ex...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

Catapult, from Kites Suite
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Charles Hinman Kites Suite - Catapult 2013 5 color screenprint 32 x 32 in. Edition of 5 Pencil signed, dated and numbered Condition: This work is in exce...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

Star Wars (R2-D2 new) - large format photograph of original iconic droid robot
Located in San Francisco, CA
Star Wars (R2-D2 new) by Tom Schierlitz still life photograph of the iconic Star Wars robot 40 x 32 inches (102 x 81cm) edition of 25 signed 60 x 48 inches (152 x 122cm) edition of 7 signed archival fine art pigment print signed + numbered by artist on separate label Photographer Tom Schierlitz has a discerning eye for details, managing to find striking visuals in the most ordinary objects, creating captivating images of cult accessories and other objects of desire. Tom grew up in Germany and lives and works in New York City. _________________________ Edition EKTAlux offers an evolving curated selection of collectable large-scale photography in strictly limited editions, while working closely with each artist to guarantee state-of-the-art museum level print and framing quality. Custom / larger print sizes available on request Images can be printed with white border [ 2 inch L prints / 4 inch XL...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée

Flow II - large format photograph of abstract liquid water cloudscapes
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photography of mesmerizing muted color compositions of liquid cloudscape painting in water, hypnotizing abstract liquidscapes from the body of works titled 'Flow' Flow I...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée

Stars Splinter, Pointed and Wild
Located in New York, NY
Unsigned
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

Fly Over New York City Illustration - Optimism - Empire State Building
Located in Miami, FL
If people don't swat you . . . then something else happens." Illustration for Blechman's popular book Franklin the Fly (Mankato, MN: Creative Editions, 2007). Watercolor, pen and ink...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Pen

Hollywood - large format photograph of iconic California landmark in Los Angeles
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photograph of the iconic HOLLYWOOD sign in golden California sunlight with downtown Los Angeles in the distance HOLLYWOOD by Christian Stoll 48 x 48 inches (122 x 122c...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Giclée

S. Jetty 1905 (edition of 8), Petrus Amuthenu, Linoleum block print on paper
Located in Windhoek, NA
S. Jetty 1905, 2021. Linoleum block print on fabriano paper, edition of 8 Petrus Amuthenu was born in Swakopmund and grew up in northern Namibia in Uukwaludhi. In 2002 a chance enco...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

Dialogue
Located in Wien, 9
In his turbulent compositions, lines and colors overlap and condense into figuratively looking scenes. As a figurative informal painter or informal figure painter, he proves in a way...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Paper

Els Terrats Dels Confinats - 21st Century, Contemporary, Oil Painting, Abstract
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...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Redoshi
Located in Santa Monica, CA
With Halo, Greenfield brings the stories of Black folk-saints, martyrs, freedom-fighters, survivors, magicians, and visionaries back into view.
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

Venice
Located in Paris, IDF
Nikolai MAKAROV (Born in 1952) Venice Acrylic on canvas mounted on panel Signed lower right 50 x 70 cm 2016
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic

18:30 Wine Time, Petrus Amuthenu, Linoleum block print on paper
Located in Windhoek, NA
18:30 Wine Time, 2018. Linoleum Block Print on Paper, 1/3 Petrus Amuthenu was born in Swakopmund and grew up in northern Namibia in Uukwaludhi. In 2002 a chance encounter with the l...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Linocut

Quadro teologico in onore di Puccetto, Canarino Morto da Tempo
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Max Pellegrini. "Quadro teologico in onore di Puccetto, Canarino Morto da Tempo" is an oil on canvas painting executed primarily in a palette of blues and yellows with ...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Celia
Located in Santa Monica, CA
With Halo, Greenfield brings the stories of Black folk-saints, martyrs, freedom-fighters, survivors, magicians, and visionaries back into view.
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

Mujer con Guitarra
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A sculpture by Felipe Castaneda. Mujer con Guitarra"" is a figurative sculpture, white and gray marble by Mexican contemporary artist Felipe Castaneda. The artwork is unsigned. Felip...
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Marble

Nidea
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A sculpture by Micaela Amato. “Nidea” is a contemporary sculpture, green cast glass by American female artist Micaela Amato. The artwork is unsigned. Micaela Amato explores the depth...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Glass

Aiden (Spout with pearls), 2021, Black Parian, Freshwater pearls
Located in London, GB
MATT SMITH (BRITISH) Aiden (Spout with pearls), 2021 Black Parian, Freshwater pearls 20 x 12 x 6 cm 7 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. (MS210) UK-born Matt Smith is well known for his site-...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Porcelain, Precious Stone

3-9-22 (Duptych) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“I paint the human figure and explore further till I reach the Beauty of Being, the Soul.. the part of Human Being where everything is in total Serenity, Goodness and Harmony, where ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ninja II
By Ed Dean
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A rusted steel on absolute granite abstract sculpture by contemporary artist Ed Dean.
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Granite, Cut Steel

Veduta
Located in Paris, IDF
Nikolai MAKAROV (Born in 1952) Veduta Acrylic on canvas mounted on panel Signed lower right 70 x 50 cm 2015
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic

On Land - large format photograph of iconic wooden row boat on desert lake bed
Located in San Francisco, CA
On Land (2006) by Frank Schott, large scale photograph of classic red wooden row boat in dry California desert landscape 26.5 x 40 inches (67 x 102cm)...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée

Chanel Vertical, 1990
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Edition 1 of 15. CURRENT EXHIBITION - runs through September 4th, 2016. Any framed photographs purchased during the show will be available after September 4th. If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a different print size, the photograph is produced upon purchase. Please allow two weeks for production. Shipping time depends on method of shipping. Price is subject to availability. The Robin Rice Gallery reserves the right to adjust this price depending on the current edition of the photograph. ABOUT: Since the early ‘90s, gallerist Robin Rice and designer Antony Todd...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Silver Gelatin

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

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Cloud Study I - large format photograph of dramatic cloudscape sky
Located in San Francisco, CA
an homage to Caspar David Friedrich, towering thunder clouds over the Mediterranean Sea, captured with a large format camera to allow epic scale photograph...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Giclée, Black and ...

Marfa ( Texas ) - large format photograph of dramatic clouds over endless fields
Located in San Francisco, CA
Marfa ( Texas ) by Frank Schott country road view in West Texas, from a series of impressions captured in Marfa, Texas, longtime residence of minimalist artist Donald Judd 48 x 72 i...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée

White Sands - large scale photograph of iconic American national park landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format monochromatic photograph from a series of photographic observances around White Sands, New Mexico,and the calming color palette of nature White Sands by Frank Schott 48 x 72 inches / 122cm x 183cm signed edition of 7 27 x 40 inches / 68cm x 102cm signed edition of 25 archival quality fine art pigment print limited art edition published by Edition EKTAlux artist signed + numbered certificate of authenticity ________________________ Frank Schott grew up in Germany and attended the prestigious Academy of Arts in Cologne, studying under Professor Arno Jansen, who was an early influence. Moving to California in 1998, Schott's work has evolved to include the epic landscapes and deserts of the American West as well as architectural, conceptual and more formal environments from both home and his travels. Influenced by a number of photographic piers and precursors such as Candida Höfer, Andreas Gursky. Thomas Struth. Jeff Wall, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Steven Shore...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée

Lost 21
Located in New York, NY
This aerial photograph was taken by Klaus Leidorf from an airplane (which he also flies). It was not staged or manipulated and can be custom size.
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Figurative Still life painting - Seven pots
Located in Beijing, CN
Feng Shi, born in Shanghai in 1990, professional painter. In 2009, he studied in the painting department of the school of fine arts of Shanghai Normal Univer...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Watercolor

Downtown Manhattan Skyline with Graffiti Wall, Architectural Photography
Located in Miami, FL
The towering glass skyscrapers of Lower Manhattan are framed by a colorful rooftop graffiti wall in this captivating photograph by street photographer Mitchell Funk . The fine art p...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink

Nizza - large format photograph of summer beach scene in South of France
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale highly detailed photograph of European beach Nizza by Frank Schott 44 x 69 inches (112 x 175cm) signed edition of 10 48 x 75.5 inches (122 x 192cm) signed edition of 7...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Giclée, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper

Persephone VI - large format photograph of a timeless environmental still
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale original photograph from the body of works 'Persephone', a series of environmental still-life photographs of timeless palimpsest impressions Persephone VI by Erik Pawassar 40 x 31 inches (102 x 79cm) signed edition of 25 62 x 48 inches (157 x 122cm) signed edition of 7 archival fine art pigment print signed & numbered by artist on label custom/larger sizes are available on request ____________________________ Erik Pawassar's work focuses on the beauty of the disregarded or mundane object. The subjects for his striking and captivating visuals are typically set in the most ordinary environments, drawing the viewer into a charged but serene experience based on composition, palette and formal lines. Saturated in color, the nominal subjects gather a haunting and mesmerizing quality, creating a poignant pretext for the making of a formal color photograph. Decisively capturing the traces left by humanity, Pawassar's images are filled with a sense of universal nostalgia and pay homage to the passage of time and the extinguished moment, referencing documentary and street photographers like Henri Cartier-Bresson, Sebastian...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Giclée, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Sisters 1
Located in LEVALLOIS-PERRET, FR
Quality fine art print of creative portrait photography in a limited edition. Inspired by the portrait of Gabrielle d'Estrées and her sister. Kayee explores close relationships with ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Rag Paper, Digital Pigment

Back in 10 - large format photograph of conceptual message sign in landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale original photograph from a series of conceptual motivational messages on classic Americana signs in landscape of the American West BACK IN ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée

Sin Título - 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 authent...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Iron

Máscara Azteca - 21st Cent, Contemporary Sculpture, Figurative, Recycled Objects
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Miquel Aparici's sculptures are surprising assemblages made from old objects that had other uses in the past, and which the artist recovers and uses in a creative and ingenious way. ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Found Objects, Mixed Media

Still Life with Old Sunflowers
Located in Gloucester, MA
Timothy Harney's emotionally powerful paintings, drawings, and collages possess an exceptional formal excellence which propels them beyond the particula...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

Bob Dylan, BBC TV studios, London
Located in New York, NY
Bob Dylan, BBC TV studios, London, 1965 Limited Edition Photograph, hand signed by photographer Barrie Wentzell #26/50
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Stratosphere I - large format photograph of abstract liquid water cloudscapes
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photography of mesmerizing color compositions of liquid cloudscape painting in water, hypnotizing abstract liquidscapes from the bo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée

Two Horses
Located in New York, NY
Acrylics, inks, archival spray on custom stretched canvas. Triptych of Two Horses at play. Subdued palate. About the Artist: My process often moves m...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic

Great Tew, Cottage, Cotswolds, Blossom, Trees, Windows, Thatch, Brown, Black
Located in Deddington, GB
Great Tew is an Original Painting by Eleanor Woolley. Great Tew is an idyllic Cotswold village. Here we are looking at one of the many beautiful thatched houses which inhabit this pa...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Boombox
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nick Veasey Boombox 47 x 47 inches Edition 9 Digital C print Diasec Framed Signed and numbered Also available in the following size 23 x 23 inches / Edition 25 Nick Veasey X ray Art...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital

Headdress/ X-Ray Print / Photography / Radiographic Imaging / Edition of 9
Located in Greenwich, CT
Headdress 47x47 inches X-Ray C-Type print with Diasec frame Limited Edition 4 of 9 X-Ray print of a Native American feathered headdress...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print

Jack Riley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, U.K.
Located in New York, NY
From the series ACT, in which the artist worked with young adults leading difficult lives, their bodies challenged by conditions such as Down’s Syndrome or cerebral palsy. His subjec...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Inkjet

"Dance" Figurative Painting, Woodcut, Fabric and Ink
Located in New York, NY
Katya Zvereva was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia in 1990. She received her Master’s Degree in Architecture from the V. Surikov Moscow State Academy Art Institute in 2013, and in 20...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Fabric, Ink, Paint

Stones XXXIV - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract Painting, Mixed Media
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"My work is characterized by forms and lines. The relationship between background and figure is repeated persistently in each of my works. The figure, simple and almost always quadri...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

#21-04, Vivid Colors - Abstract Floral Painting
Located in New York, NY
Annette Davidek creates paintings that look like gorgeous biomes full of naturalistic forms, enticing viewers to enter a domain that is as familiar as it is strange. Variously sugges...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Birch, Oil, Panel

Untitled
Located in Miami, FL
Original Painting Lucia Riccelli, painter and performance artist. Born in Rome, living in Vienna, Zakynthos and Rome. Degreed at Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma in painting and scenography. Studied and performed classical ballet...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Linen, Raw Linen, Oil, Acrylic

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...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Pigment

Runway - large format photograph of iconic airport runway tarmac
Located in San Francisco, CA
Runway by Frank Schott 48 x 87 inches (122 x 221cm) signed edition of 7 22 x 40 inches (56 x 102cm) signed edition of 25 archival fine art pigment print signed & numbered by ar...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Calla Lilies, Sill Life Flowers, Pigment Print, from medium format transparency
Located in London, GB
"In joy or sadness, flowers are our constant friends." - Okakura Kakuzo Calla Lilies - flower study, originally taken on medium format Fujichrome transp...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Color

John Muafangejo Style, Elia Shiwoohamba, Linoleum block print on paper
Located in Windhoek, NA
John Muafangejo Style, 2013. Linoleum block print on paper. Edition of 5. Elia Shiwoohamba was born in 1981 in Windhoek, Namibia. He graduated from th...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Linocut

YELLOW, GREEN, BLACK, WHITE - Contemporary Realism / Still Life Color Apples
Located in New York, NY
Original still life painting by Edward A. Butler.
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

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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