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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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The Painted Word: Wander
Located in Dallas, TX
Inspired by the J. R. R. Tolkien quote "Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost" from the poem "All That is Gold Does Not Glitter" from "The Lord of the Rings." The poem reads: "All th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

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Linen, Oil

When You Love Someone!. From the Origin series
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

"Coral"
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1965, Ron Hicks was an avid artist from an early age. Hicks began his formal studies in art at the Columbus College of Art and Design in Ohio. Hicks contin...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Oil, Wood Panel

Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson, Farm Aid
Located in Denton, TX
Paper size: 17 x 22 in., Image size: 18 x 12.8 in. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil on print verso. Michael O’Brien is an American photographer noted for his compelling portraits of famous figures such as Willie Nelson, Larry McMurtry, George Strait...
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20th Century Contemporary Art

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Archival Pigment

Le Cube - large, colorful, contemporary, painted steel, outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Philippe Pallafray’s latest sculpture—an eye-popping candy-coloured large steel cube—each stripe painted in bright red, orange and pink balances on one corner. The Quebec artist designs pop art pieces that reflect the duality of nature and the industrial world. Pallafray typically uses steel and stainless steel that he cuts, shapes, folds and welds. “My geometrically shaped sculptures...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Steel

"Untitled" screenprint by artist Heinz Mack from the "Kinderstern" portfolio
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Untitled" blue abstract screenprint by artist Heinz Mack from the "Kinderstern" portfolio, published in 1989 by Edition Domberger to raise money to house families of children hospit...
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1980s Contemporary Art

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Screen

1970s Nightclubs of Chicago South Side - Black woman striptease dancer
Located in London, GB
"I walked into a timeless place … full of supporting actors and actresses of every conceivable role," Abramson wrote in Light: On the South Side, published by Chicago's Numero Group ...
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Glass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Silv...

Rondo No 3 - modernist, contemporary, geometric abstraction, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This modern geometric painting by Burton Kramer was inspired by music. Burton Kramer is highly regarded as one of Canada’s finest graphic artists and designers. A modernist, Kramer’...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Jean Michel Basquiat Portrait. From the Series Maestros
Located in Miami Beach, FL
From the Series Maestro Jean Michel Basquiat, 2017 Watercolor, pencil on paper Size: 50 H x 45 W cm framed size 70 H x 62 W x 4 D cm Unique Wood frame ______ Emerson Cáceres, artis...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Watercolor, Archival Paper, Pencil

A Shift in Perspective - contemporary, red, glass, and steel outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary red glass and steel outdoor sculpture is by Canadian artist Cheryl Wilson Smith. Cheryl Wilson-Smith takes daily one-hour walks in the ancient boreal forests that ...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Steel

Shanghai #6, Nude Portrait Black and White Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Through David Jay’s photography, context evaporates, and we as the viewer are left to engage the subjects, trade places, and for a moment, live behind their eyes. We recognize our sh...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Inside Passage - figurative, abstract, indigenous, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In this expressive and colourful large abstract painting by Rick Rivet, a whale swims In icy turquoise Arctic waters. The pristine, crisp bright colour palette of this piece—blues, g...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Moon Glow, by Yuji Hiratsuka
Located in Palm Springs, CA
By: Yuji Hiratsuka Medium: Intaglio and Chine Colle Year: 2023 Image Size: 18 x 12 inches A celadon decorated Chinese vase with flowers, with a full moon and clouds in the backgroun...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio

America's Son
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed in pencil lower right Edition: 40 From: America’s Family (Five Images) Published by Valley House Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Dallas, Texas and Thomas French Fine Art, LLC...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Lithograph

Half Angels Half Demons - Zebra #26, Black and White Photography
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Half Angels Half Demons - Zebra #26, 2008 by Mauricio Velez Black and White Photography Archival Pigment Print Image size: 39.4 in. H x 39.4 in. W x 0.1 in. D Frame size: 48 in. H x...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Art

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Black and White, Archival Pigment

Count Three
Located in New York, NY
image size: 8 5/8 x 7 7/8 inches William Wegman is a renowned photographer famous for his unique and artistic photographs of Weimaraner puppies. His approach to is far from convent...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Pigment

Basketball 1, Clapham, Samuel Hicks - Figurative Photography, Landscape Photo
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order and lead times are expected between 15-20 days. Basketball, Clapham I is a stunning C-Type Print by contemporary photograph...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital

Opposites Attract, 2022
Located in Greenwich, CT
Opposites Attract is an oil on canvas painting, 28 x 27.75" canvas size, signed on the front ‘KOSTABI 2022’ lower right, and signed, titled and dated verso. Framed in a contemporary ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

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Canvas, Oil

Versailles interiors. Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
A new series inspired by architecture, décor and stylish personalities of the world of interior design. The worlds of fashion, society and pop culture are captured in the illustrati...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Berkeley:Suite
Located in New York, NY
Edition of 35, sold unframed. This print is part of the ‘Berkeley:Suite’ series, which includes various layered combinations of McArthur Binion’s 1970s self-portrait, a snapshot of...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Aquatint

Roli. From The series Buscando Mamá. Photo Collage
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The root of these unique photographic works by the artist Celso Castro occurred when the artist returned from Italy to live back in Colombia in 1987. Castro wanted to produce from t...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Art

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color

67 Shooting Back #GDN224 – Nobuyoshi Araki, Woman, Bondage, Japan, Photography
Located in Zurich, CH
Nobuyoshi ARAKI (*1940, Japan) 67 Shooting Back #GDN224, 2007 RP Direct print 50.8 x 60 cm (20 x 23 5/8 in.) Print only – Nobuyoshi Araki Nobuyoshi Araki (Tokyo, 1940) is a Tokyo-ba...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Color

Hotel Bondi #2. Nude Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Through Jay’s photography, context evaporates, and we as the viewer are left to engage the subjects, trade places, and for a moment, live behind their eyes. David Jay's work gives a unique and intimate perspective on how we define beauty. A confrontation between the perception of beauty and the transitory nature of existence, Jay’s subjects, muses, and warriors, reside within the unseen domain of the human narrative. Hotel Bondi...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Black and White, Archival Pigment

Ultramarine with Cream White - contemporary, floral, still-life, oil on linen
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary, floral, still-life oil painting is reminiscent of the great Fauvist artists such as Matisse. Rich colours, expressive brushstrokes, and abstracted forms characte...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Oil, Linen

Philosopher's Stone - contemporary, aluminum, stainless steel, outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The powerful architectural form of this contemporary sculpture was created by Jah Qube—a collaboration between Toronto-based artist Javid Jah and Alex Akbari, a masterful fabricator....
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Metal, Stainless Steel

Vase de Bretagne - contemporary, floral, still-life, oil on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This charming floral still life is by the British-born artist Jennifer Hornyak. A simple white vase with deep blue detailing holds a posey of pink flowers. The dark green and black b...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Oil, Canvas

Pacific Coast Highway, by Stephen McMillan
Located in Palm Springs, CA
The Pacific Coast Highway winding up the iconic Big Sur Coast in California. In the distance is Bixby Bridge. Signed, titled and nubmered by the artist. Medium: etching and aquatin...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Sunday in Recife, Figurative Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Sunday in Recife, 2020-2021 by Ramonn Vieitez Oil, acrylic, 24k gold leaf and pink Dutch leaf on canvas Size: 39.3 H x 26.7 W in. Unique Signed on the back by the artist ___ Ramonn...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Dinner Party #1 – Miles Aldridge, Woman, Fashion, Erotic, Model, Flowers, Food
Located in Zurich, CH
Miles ALDRIDGE (*1964, Great Britain) Dinner Party #1, 2009 Chromogenic print Image 152.5 x 114 cm (60 x 44 7/8 in.) Sheet 164.5 x 126 cm (64 3/4 x 49 5/8 in.) Edition of 6, plus 2 ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print

Carbon Black with Lavender - contemporary, floral, still-life, oil on board
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This abstract oil painting of a still life features black and is by Jennifer Hornyak. The masterful paintings of Jennifer Hornyak have earned her a devoted audience. She is one of C...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Oil, Board

Hyang #1 - green, yellow, abstract, contemporary, industrial felt wall sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This sculptural wall hanging is inspired by nature and made from textiles by a by Chung-Im Kim, an award-winning fiber artist whose exquisite work has been showcased and celebrated ...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Felt, Thread, Mixed Media

Big Momma's Still Life #2
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Big Momma's Still Life #2 Oil pastel on rag paper, 2007 Signed by the artist lower left: "Sedrick Huckaby III" (see photo) Sheet size: 16 x 12 1/8 inches Frame: 28 x 24 inches Exhibi...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Art

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Oil Pastel

Monk at the Jokhang Temple, Lhasa - Color Portrait, National Geographic
Located in Denton, TX
Monk at the Jokhang Temple, Lhasa by Steve McCurry is a color portrait of old man with a deeply wrinkled face, wearing a colorful robe and a red hat. Digital C-print on Fujiflex Cr...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Art

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Archival Pigment

Ruckus Taxi
Located in Lyons, CO
Color 3-D lithograph in Plexiglas box. Edition 75 Red Grooms and Master printer Bud Shark began their many print collaborations in 1981 with “Mountaintime”, followed in 1982 by their first three-dimensional lithograph, “Ruckus Taxi...
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1980s Contemporary Art

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Lithograph

Ocotillo, by Stephen McMillan
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered by the artist. A view of ocotillo cactus, based on a view near Clark Dry Lake, Anza Borrego Desert State Park, California. Born in Berkeley, California,...
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1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Exotic Secret Rendez-Vous
Located in Greenwich, CT
Exotic Secret Rendezvous is a digital pigment print on paper, image size 20 x 20 inches and framed in a contemporary light wood frame. Signed 'RENÉ LALONDE' lower right and annotated...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

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Paper, Digital Pigment

Island Light, by Stephen McMillan
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: etching and aquatint Edition of 120 Year: 2023 Image Size: 4 x 5 inches Signed, titled and numbered by the artist. The view west from Cypress Island off the coast of Washin...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Etching, Aquatint

Untitled, Figurative Drawing
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled, 1996 by Celso Castro Pencil on archival paper Image size: 39 H in. x 48 in. W Sheet size: 43 H in. x 59 in. W Unframed ____________ Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s w...
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1990s Contemporary Art

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Archival Paper, Pencil

America's Son II (Sonny)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
America's Son II (Sonny) Lithograph, 2016 Signed and numbered in pencil From: America's Family II Printer: James Reed at Milestone Graphics Printed on Arches paper Edition: 40, of wh...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

John Lennon (orange version)
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Title: John Lennon Artist: John Van Hamersveld Medium: Color SERIGRAPH Substrate: COVENTRY RAG 320 GSM Paper Size: 34.25″ x 44” Image Size: 30” x 40” Signed and Numbered Edition Printers Proof Year: 2007 John Van Hamersveld (born September 1, 1941) is an American graphic artist and illustrator who designed record jackets for pop and psychedelic bands from the 1960s onward. Among the 300 albums[3] are the covers of Magical Mystery...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Art

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Screen

The collector’s house blue. Gouche, ink, watercolor painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
A new series inspired by architecture, décor and stylish personalities of the world of interior design. The worlds of fashion, society and pop culture are captured in the illustrati...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

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Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

Love-Dream, Love-Nothing #092 – Nobuyoshi Araki, Woman, Nude, Japan, Photography
Located in Zurich, CH
Nobuyoshi ARAKI (*1940, Japan) Love-Dream, Love-Nothing #092, 2018 gelatin silver print 50.8 x 60 cm (20 x 23 5/8 in.) Print only – Nobuyoshi Araki Nobuyoshi Araki (Tokyo, 1940) is ...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Poncho Jueves 26 de Mayo, Framed Drawing
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Poncho Jueves 26 de Mayo, "Requiem por la condesa Nubia Brashi", 2016 Pencil on archival paper Image size: 59 H in. x 40 in. W Frame size: 63 H x 42.5 W x 2 D in. On The back of th...
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1990s Contemporary Art

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Pastel, Archival Paper, Pencil

Duchándome May 28th. Watercolor and ink on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Duchándome May 28th, by Celso Castro-Daza From the Duchándome Series Watercolor and ink on paper Image size: 19.5 in. H x 13.75 in. W Unframed ____________ Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each carry the presence of the artist’s hand through the transparency of their process. Castro’s oeuvre is strongly divided between his photomontage assemblies and watercolor paintings: the prior is marked by the labor-intensive deconstruction of portrait photographs and the latter, by the seemingly frenzied recreation of a past encounter rendered in the drips and scribbles of paint and ink. Both discriminating in what they reveal of the subject, his photomontage and watercolor portraits exude raw sexuality through the combination of Castro’s mark-making and gaze. Celso Castro’s work is a bare-bulb erotic photo foray into the underbelly of Colombia’s drug world. Castro’s labor-intensive, photo-collage works of drug kingpins, smugglers, hitmen, countrymen, street vendors, soldiers, paramilitaries, kidnappers, and pimps pose showing with pride their erect penises...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Archival Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Moon Flower - lively, narrative, overlapping botanicals, acrylic, oil on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A fantastical arrangement of blue—turquoise, royal and sky-blue flowers amid spherical shapes, Moon Flower is one of a new series of abstract oil and acryl...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Oil, Canvas, Acrylic

Legs, From the Series "Why This Restlessness?" Limited edition print
Located in Miami Beach, FL
By removing parts of the image, he explores the tension between what is present and what is omitted, focusing on the reasons behind these choices and their implications. The cutouts ...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Color, Inkjet, Archival Paper

Facetime - tall, colourful, abstracted figures, aluminum outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Colourful. Engaging. Minimalist. Theatrical. That describes the work of Robert Clarke-Ellis. The Toronto sculptor creates accessible pieces that although playful in form often speak ...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Metal

Ascension, Art Werger
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: Mezzotint Year: 2023 Edition: 25 Image Size: 9.25 x 6.25 inches Signed, titled and numbered in pencil by the artist One of a series of prints created to accompany a deluxe l...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Mezzotint

Bonsaist
Located in Palm Springs, CA
portrait of a young woman admiring her small bonsai tree. Intaglio with Chine Colle print signed, titled and numbered by the artist While the images have some resemblance to traditi...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio

Goethe's Farbenspiel. From the Poetic Enfilades series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist inspiration is deeply rooted in the notion of discovery through visual reflections and a strong passion for symmetry and linear structure. Her architectural works of Refle...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Archival Pigment

Elephants Walking Through Grass, Amboseli – Nick Brandt, Elephants, Photography
Located in Zurich, CH
NICK BRANDT (*1966, England) Elephants Walking Through Grass, Amboseli 2008 Platinum print Image 58.42 x 106.68 cm (23 x 42 in.) Sheet 76 x 111.2 cm (29 7/8 x 43 3/4 in.) Edition of ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Art

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Platinum

Chutes des Cubes (White Water), (commission) - abstract, outdoor sculpture
By Marc Plamondon
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Impossibly balanced, these three white cubes form one monolithic outdoor structure. At night the sides of the cubes appear as free-floating diamonds....
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Metal

Untitled 17 and 22. Diptych, Paranoia Series. Male Nude. Color Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled 17 and 22 (Diptych), 2020 by Salvatore Arnone From The Paranoia series Digital print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth Overall size: 27.5 in. H x 78.8 in. W Individual...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Digital, Archival Pigment

Archaic Hercules Skinning a Rabbit - Contemporary, Sun, Rabbit, Red, Yellow
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Archaic Hercules Skinning a Rabbit, 2019 Acrylic on canvas 53.14 H x 55.11 W in. 135 H x 140 W cm In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and his numerous far-ra...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Summer Gold and Corn - Contemporary Art, Figurative, Yellow
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Summer Gold and Corn, 2021 acrylic on cardboard 119 H x 79 W cm 46 27/32 H x 31 7/64 W cm The series of painted cardboards by Alexandru Rădvan is about our moments of 'respiro' abo...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Acrylic, Cardboard

Cute and Soft
Located in New York, NY
image size: 9 3/4 x 12 5/8 inches William Wegman is a renowned photographer famous for his unique and artistic photographs of Weimaraner puppies. His approach to is far from conven...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Pigment

La derniere demure de la reine Nefertiti 4 (Last Resting Place of Nefertiti)
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Sea blue ground with calligraphic, black, gestural lines articulate a conversation with overlaid paper collage -- a central red and black rectangle is flanked by strips of blue, red,...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Art

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Paper, Mixed Media

Halcyon White 4/50 - smooth, polished, abstract, engineered stone sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This sculpture weighs approximately 80 pounds it sits vertically without a base. This item can be purchased on commission basis, please allow 8 - 12 weeks before shipping. Smooth s...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Marble

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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