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
Recognized Seller Listings
RED #1, Nude Color Photograph
By David Jay
Located in Miami Beach, FL
RED! #1 by David Jay
40" x 60"
Archival Pigment Print
Edition of 5 + 2AP
2016
Although a great deal of David jay body of work focuses on often hidden aspects of the human condition. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Color, Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
Poli Negri III, Poli Negri and Louise Brooks II, Triptych.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Poli Negri III, Poli Negri and Louise Brooks Triptych, 2016
From The Dis-enchanted series
Ink on paper
Overall frame size: 20 in. H x 48 in. W x 1 in D
Individual size:
Image size:...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Ink, Paper
Fern-4a
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: Carborundum, intaglio
Year: 2007
Signed and numbered from the edition of 25
Image Size: 12 x 12 inches
Paper size: 23 x 19.25 inches
Signed and numbered by the artist...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Intaglio
Blue Mosque, Mazar e Sharif by Steve McCurry, 1992, Digital C-Print
Located in Dallas, TX
Blue Mosque, Mazar e Sharif by Steve McCurry depicts a couple seated on the ground, feeding a flock of white doves. More birds swoop down from the sky, intrigued by the hand out of f...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital
Fork U
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fork U is a lithograph on paper, 9.5 x 4.5 inches image size, and initialed 'BD' lower right. From the edition of 395, numbered XII/C (there were also 275 Arabic and 20 AP). Framed ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Fern 25
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: Carborundum, intaglio
Year: 2007
Signed and numbered from the edition of 25
Image Size: 12 x 12 inches
Paper size: 23 x 19.25 inches
Signed and numbered by the artist...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Intaglio
Connection-Blossom #5, by Seiko Tachibana
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: Etching,Aquatint
Image size: 12 × 11
Sheet size: 22 × 18 in
Edition of 30
Year: 2008
Signed and titled by the artist
While inspired by flowers, the blossom series shows th...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Shorebirds, by Stephen McMillan
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: etching and aquatint
Edition of 100
Year: 2015
Image Size: 9 x 12 inches
Signed, titled and numbered by the artist.
Inspired by a scene of seven Canadian Geese in Lake Padde...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Shooting Stars
Located in Greenwich, CT
Shooting Stars is a lithograph on paper, 9.5 x 9 inches image size, and initialed 'BD' lower right. From the edition of 395, numbered LXXV/C (there were also 275 Arabic and 20 AP). ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
Young Frida
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: Serigraph
Year: 2006
Image Size: 32 x 42 inches
Edition Size: 40
Signed and numbered by the artist.
This is one of four versions of the same image, each done with different ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
Fowl Play
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fowl Play is a lithograph on paper, 9.5 x 9 inches image size, and initialed 'BD' lower right. From the edition of 395, numbered 113/275 (there were also 100 Roman and 20 AP). Frame...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Falla 1, 6, and 2 From the series All the faults of the world.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Falla 1, 6, and 2, Triptych, 2021
Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle smooth canvas.
From the series All the Faults of the World
Overall size: 37 x 60 inches.
Individual size: 37 x...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas
Poli Negri I and Vilma Banky Diptych. Drawing From The Dis-enchanted series.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Poli Negri I and Vilma Banky Diptych, 2016
From The Dis-enchanted series
Ink on paper
Overall frame size: 20 in. H x 32 in. W x 1 in D
Individual size:
Image size: 16.5 in. H x 11....
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Tempest in a Teapot
Located in Greenwich, CT
Tempest in a Teapot is a lithograph on paper, 9.5 x 7.25 inches image size, and initialed 'BD' lower right. From the edition of 395, numbered 162/275 (there were also 100 Roman and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Connection-Blossom #3, by Seiko Tachibana
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: Etching,Aquatint
Image size: 12 × 11
Sheet size: 22 × 18 in
Edition of 30
Year: 2008
Signed and titled by the artist
While inspired by flowers, the blossom series shows th...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Matador and Versailles, Diptych Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Matador and Versailles, Diptych, by Manuel Santelices
Overall size: 16 in. H x 20 in. W
Individual size:
Matador, 2019 (Acrylic on vintage paper): 16 in. H x 12 in. W
Versailles, 2...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
The Ass Whipping
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Ass Whipping is a lithograph on paper, 9 x 9 inches image size, and initialed 'BD' lower right. From the edition of 395, numbered 45/275 (there were also 100 Roman and 20 AP). F...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Seal With a Kiss
Located in Greenwich, CT
Seal with a Kiss is a lithograph on paper, 9 x 9 inches image size. From the edition of 395, numbered 60/275 (there were also 100 Roman and 20 AP), framed in a contemporary, silver-t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Mahout Reads with his Elephant by Steve McCurry, 2010, Digital C-Print
Located in Dallas, TX
Mahout Reads with his Elephant by Steve McCurry depicts a man and elephant sitting in a grassy field. The man sits on a rock while he reads his book, and the elephant sits behind him...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital
fractal-ssi-1c
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: Carborundum, intaglio
Year: 2018
Image Size: 12 x 12 inches
Paper size: 24 x 22 inches
Edition Size: 25
Signed and numbered by the artist.
Tachibana’s prints take their ins...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
The Paint Horse: Magritte
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Paint Horse: Magritte is a lithograph on paper, 9.5 x 9 inches image size, and initialed 'BD' lower right. From the edition of 395, numbered 241/275 (there were also 100 Roman a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
Falla 4, 8, and 7 From the series All the faults of the world.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Falla 4, 8, and 7, Triptych, 2021
Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle smooth canvas.
From the series All the Faults of the World
Overall size: 37 x 60 inches.
Individual size: 37 x...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas
Cash Cow
Located in Greenwich, CT
Cash Cow is a lithograph on paper, 7.5 x 9" image size. From the edition of 395, numbered XXXVIII/C (there were also 275 arabic and 20 AP).
Robert Deyber...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
Elfin Forest, by Stephen McMillan
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: etching and aquatint
Edition of 200
Year: 2019
Image Size: 6 x 9 inches
Signed, titled and numbered by the artist.
The Elfin Forest is a grove of pygmy live oak trees just s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Pitcher and Peaches III
Located in Lyons, CO
Color monotype with collage.
Kushner recently completed a series of monotypes, many with collaged decorative papers. He worked from still-lives of flowers, fruits, pitchers and Bett...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Monotype
Sebastian Cardin in Issey Miyake, New York City
Located in Zurich, CH
Albert WATSON (*1942, Scotland)
Sebastian Cardin in Issey Miyake, New York City, 1989
Archival pigment print
76 x 61 cm (29 7/8 x 24 in.)
Edition of 25, plus 2 AP
Print only
Signed...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Egg Drop Soup
Located in Greenwich, CT
Egg Drop Soup is a lithograph on paper, 9.5 x 9 inches image size, and initialed 'BD' lower right. From the edition of 395, numbered 228/275 (there were also 100 Roman and 20 AP). F...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Les Fruits 2
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Les Fruits 2
Oil on masonite, 1967
Signed and titled lower right (see photos)
Signed with the estate stamp verso: Beni Kosh Collection #254 (see photo)
Condition: Good
Board size: 7 ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Loose Cannon
Located in Greenwich, CT
Loose Cannon is a lithograph on paper, 9.5 x 9 inches image size, and initialed 'BD' lower right. From the edition of 395, numbered 117/275 (there were also 100 Roman and 20 AP). Fr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
Farmhands by Yvon Pissarro - Figurative drawing
Located in London, GB
Farmhands by Yvon Pissarro (b. 1937)
Pencil on paper
56 x 76 cm (22 x 30 inches)
Signed below left end of stick, Yvon Vey
Executed 1982
Provenance
Studio of the Artist, Montpellier ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Man and Taj Reflection by Steve McCurry, 1999, Digital C-Print
Located in Dallas, TX
Man and Taj Reflection by Steve McCurry depicts a man dressed in white, kneeling down to gather water below him. The Taj Mahal is mirrored almost perfectly in the still water.
This ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital
Geese, by Stephen McMillan
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: etching and aquatint
Edition of 250
Year: 2014
Image Size: 9 x 12 inches
Signed, titled and numbered by the artist.
Inspired by a scene of seven Canadian Geese in Lake Padde...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Seasonal Amnesia IV - vibrant, abstracted landscape, oil and acrylic on canvas
By Julie Himel
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Toronto artist Julie Himel’s vividly colourful artwork offers a fresh and contemporary vision of ‘the landscape.’ Himel’s abstracts are often inspired by moments and memories of time...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Promises and Lies: Everything will be O.K. - white, metal, glass wall sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This distinctive wall sculpture was created by Cheryl Wilson Smith. The artist has assembled delicate layers of winter white glass frit (ground glass) in a dynamic pattern. Each stac...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
Phenomena Winter Harth by Paul Jenkins - Abstract Expressionist painting
By Paul Jenkins
Located in London, GB
Phenomena Winter Hart by Paul Jenkins (1923-2012)
Oil and sand on canvas
66 x 122 cm (26 x 48 inches)
Signed, titled and dated on verso, Paul Jenkins “Phenomena Winter Harth” 1978
T...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lijiang River, Study 8, Guilin, China
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 45
Signed, titled, negative date, print date and numbered.
Sepia toned gelatin silver print
Michael Kenna's black and white photographs are powerful and alluring. His...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Swan Song
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Swan Song is a lithograph on paper, 9.25 x 9 inches image size, and initialed 'BD' lower right. From the edition of 395, numbered 119/275 (there were also 100 Roman and 20 AP). ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
Ascension 3/5 - large, silver, hand, fiberglass and resin outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Created by Canadian artist David Sheridan, this outdoor fibreglass sculpture is a unique intersection of pop and classical figurative sculpture. The...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Fiberglass, Resin
Vivid Blue No 36 - bold, abstract shapes, marble dust, acrylic and wax on canvas
By Ivo Stoyanov
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Vivid, deep blue and abstract…this compelling acrylic and mixed media piece by Ivo Stoyanov illustrates his masterful use of expressive form, colour and texture. The Canadian artist ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Marble
Odyssey - winged figure in boat - outdoor water feature
By Dale Dunning
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Outdoor sculpture in polished aluminum. The figure of a face is constructed from old lead typesetting elements, welded together. A mold is then made and the face - which now acts as...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
Horse and Rider - large, green, blue, landscape, figurative, mixed media on jute
By Peter Hoffer
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The ghostly figures of a man and horse are set against the epic backdrop of a forested landscape and atmospheric blue sky. Peter Hoffer's paintings evoke nostalgia for classical, rom...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Jute, Oil, Acrylic, Pigment
Another Chip Off the Old Block
Located in Greenwich, CT
Another Chip Off the Old Block is a lithograph on paper, 7.5 x 9 inches image size, and initialed 'BD' lower right. From the edition of 395, numbered 15/275 (there were also 100 Rom...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
Emerald Mood V3 - contemporary, abstracted landscape, photography on dibond
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In this unique photographic print, Etienne Labbé has captured the subtle variation in a moody gray sky above a band of emerald green water. His beautiful compositions experiment with...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
C Print, Plexiglass
Composition by Arikha Avigdor - Post-war and Contemporary gouache, c. 1955
Located in London, GB
Composition by Arikha Avigdor (1929-2010)
Gouache on paper
39 x 75 cm (15 ³/₈ x 29 ¹/₂ inches)
Signed lower right
Executed circa 1955
This work is an fine example of the Avigdor’s a...
Category
1950s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Still Life
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Still life woodcut and lithograph on Rives Creme paper.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Woodcut, Lithograph
Birds, Mexico by George Krause, Silver Gelatin Print, Black and White Photograph
Located in Dallas, TX
Birds, Mexico by George Krause is a 13.5 by 18.75 inch silver gelatin print. This photograph features birds sitting on a fence. The photograph is signed and dated in pencil on print ...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Frida's Rings
By Juan Fuentes
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed and titled in pencil, from the black and white edition of 7. Portrait of Frida Kahlo with her face inher palm, showing the rings on her fingers.
The turbulent times of the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Linocut
Big Blusher
By Torrie Groening
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Whimsical print of a big blush brush, created by the artist as a Valentines Day card, enclosed in a handmade card. The print is separate from the card. Groenig often combines digita...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Pastel, Color Pencil, Digital
Xiemena Busca La Paz, by Juan Fuentes
By Juan Fuentes
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: linocut
Year: 2019
Image Size: 24 x 16 inches
Edition of 10
Young indigenous girl against a backdrop that includes the Mayan symbol for God, along with doves taking flight f...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Linocut
The Bean Eater
By Italo Scanga
Located in New York, NY
Italo Scanga was born in the Calabria region of Italy, and at 14 immigrated to the United States with his family after World War II. Living in Detroit, he worked on the General Motor...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Woodcut
#2 18h/12m/40 degree (Stars series) by Thomas Ruff, 1990, Grano-lithograph
By Thomas Ruff
Located in Dallas, TX
#2 18h12m/40 degree by Thomas Ruff is a 35.13 x 25.5 inch grano-lithograph black and white print of a star filled sky.
Frame size: 38 x 28.13 x 1.88 in.
Edition 40/40
Varnished, on...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Beyond Mountain - contemporary, abstracted landscape, photography on dibond
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The blurring of time and space captured in time-lapse photography while the photographer is in motion has resulted in a pattern interrupted by a dark presence in this four-foot-long ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
C Print, Plexiglass
Untitled Abstraction
By Peter Marks
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Unsigned
Six panel collage, with each panel (image measures 2 1/2" square)
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
Collage image size: 8 3/8 x 8 3/8"
Peter Marks (1935 -2010)
Peter Marks ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Film
Fishermen at Weligama by Steve McCurry, 1995, Digital C- Print
Located in Dallas, TX
Fishermen at Wligama by Steve McCurry features four men fishing in the ocean, on the shores of Sri Lanka. Three of the men are sitting on top of tall sticks, perched above the water ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital
Lineage Arbour - dramatic, embossed, abstract, monoprint on archival paper
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Susan Collet's monoprints are inspired by the colours, textures and shapes found in nature. A gifted ceramicist, Collett originally took printmaking at Central Tech High School in To...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Monoprint
Farmhands by Yvon Pissarro - Figurative work on paper
Located in London, GB
Farmhands by Yvon Pissarro (b. 1937)
Conté chalk on paper
76 x 56.5 cm (30 x 22 ½ inches)
Signed lower middle Yvon Vey
Executed in 1983
Provenance
Studio of the artist, Montpellier
...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Lifting, by Trevor Southey
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered by the artist from the edition of 150. Male nude against an abstract background with predominantly black, tan and brown colors.
Trevor Southey was born i...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Fleurs by Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié - Contemporary flower painting
Located in London, GB
Fleurs by Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié (b. 1935)
Oil and pastel on card
26.5 x 17.8 cm (10 ³/₈ x 7 inches)
Signed lower left H. Claude Pissarro and dated 1993 lower right
This work is ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Pastel, Oil
Contemporary art for sale on 1stDibs.
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