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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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Can you help me grow?. Color photography
Can you help me grow?. Color photography

Can you help me grow?. Color photography

By Michaela Haider

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Starting with photographic base elements, such as the figure or the landscape, Haider transforms the scenery into a surreal world through heavy post-production. She uses photographs,...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Rag Paper, Archival Pigment

Pyzinerol

Pyzinerol

By Rex Ray

Located in Lyons, CO

Color lithograph, Edition 30 In 2010, Ray made his first lithographs at Shark’s Ink., Pyzinerol and Pyzinerol II. Ambitious prints with 18 colors from 15...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Cher, (Song) 1974/2004
Cher, (Song) 1974/2004

Cher, (Song) 1974/2004

By Francesco Scavullo

Located in Greenwich, CT

Cher is a silver gelatin print created in 2004 from a 1974 negative. An example of this photographic portrait is owned by the Smithsonian for their National Portrait Gallery who hold...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Silver Gelatin

Rudy. From Art, culture & society series
Rudy. From Art, culture & society series

Rudy. From Art, culture & society series

By Manuel Santelices

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Movies, TV and magazines are constant source of inspiration. Fame, as fleckring and shallow it can be sometimes, is very intriguing to him. The worlds of fashion, society and pop cu...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Watercolor, Charcoal, Pencil

Engulfment, Berlin #7. Nude in a landscape

Engulfment, Berlin #7. Nude in a landscape

By Javier Rey

Located in Miami Beach, FL

The first encounter I had with the abyss, was arriving to a place that does not exist, a point suspended in time where I am without being. An unreal world expands in front of me, eve...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Flowers for Mary #4

Flowers for Mary #4

By Gail Norfleet

Located in Dallas, TX

Gail Norfleet earned her BFA at The University of Texas at Austin, and her MFA at Southern Methodist University. She has had solo exhibitions at The McKinney Avenue Contemporary and ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

India Ink, Acrylic, Illustration Board

A Case for Cushions - contemporary, floral still life, acrylic and oil on canvas
A Case for Cushions - contemporary, floral still life, acrylic and oil on canvas

A Case for Cushions - contemporary, floral still life, acrylic and oil on canvas

By Pat Service

Located in Bloomfield, ON

This delightful, colorful painting of a floral still life illustrates Pat Service’s superb use of color, pattern, texture and form. In the 1990’s, the Canadian artist highly regard...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Multicube - colourful, intersecting geometry, modern, aluminum sculpture
Multicube - colourful, intersecting geometry, modern, aluminum sculpture

Multicube - colourful, intersecting geometry, modern, aluminum sculpture

By Philippe Pallafray

Located in Bloomfield, ON

Quebec artist Phillipe Pallafray has used several of the colours of the spectrum—yellow, orange, pink, red and violet to create a playful and modern rubik's cube-like sculpture. Pallafray uses industrial components—steel and stainless steel that he cuts, shapes, folds, and welds to create work designed to represent the duality of nature and the industrial world. “My geometrically shaped sculptures...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Metal

Rinoceronte. From the Durero series
Rinoceronte. From the Durero series

Rinoceronte. From the Durero series

By Ana Seggiaro

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Ana Seggiaro's training as an engraver awakened her fascination for the works of Durero and Piranesi. This leads her both to recover the language of engraving itself through other me...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Cotton, Thread, Sailcloth

The Last Dynasty: Countess

The Last Dynasty: Countess

Located in Lyons, CO

Color lithograph, Edition 30. Known for paintings based on historical Chinese photographs, Hung Liu's subjects over the years have been prostitutes, refugees, street performers, s...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

January Snow, by Stephen McMillan
January Snow, by Stephen McMillan

January Snow, by Stephen McMillan

By Stephen McMillan

Located in Palm Springs, CA

This print recalls a scene in Bloedel Donovan Park, Lake Whatcom, Bellingham, Washington. A fresh dusting of snow is falling against the backdrop of a lake and forest. Signed, titled...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Country Venus. From Venus Nostalgia series
Country Venus. From Venus Nostalgia series

Country Venus. From Venus Nostalgia series

By Paloma Castello

Located in Miami Beach, FL

The series "Venus Nostalgia" is a collection of sculptures inspired by the famous Venus de Milo, an emblematic work in the history of art that has had a great impact on Castello's wo...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Ceramic, Glaze

The Night Prism

The Night Prism

By John Buck

Located in Lyons, CO

Color Woodcut, Edition 20. In “The Night Prism”, angled surfaces meander in an ornamental fashion delineating a human figure. This constructed body, the central motif of the print, is not meant to be an animated, mobile form, but a prism, a tool to refract or reflect light. A frenzy of activity occurs among the graphic elements in the background: air escapes from a balloon figure, multiple explosions detonate on the perimeter of a globe, surfaces appear to melt or sweat and wind blows. We seem to be witnessing a world gone wrong...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Woodcut

Delirio Venus. From Venus Nostalgia series
Delirio Venus. From Venus Nostalgia series

Delirio Venus. From Venus Nostalgia series

By Paloma Castello

Located in Miami Beach, FL

The series "Venus Nostalgia" is a collection of sculptures inspired by the famous Venus de Milo, an emblematic work in the history of art that has had a great impact on Castello's wo...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Ceramic, Glaze

Watches SQ
Watches SQ

Watches SQ

By Max Steven Grossman

Located in Boca Raton, FL

This bookscape is a compilation of books about luxury brand watches including Rolex, Piaget and more.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Plexiglass, Photographic Paper

Tiers
Tiers

Tiers

By David Collins

Located in Dallas, TX

David Collins was raised in Dallas, received a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, and currently lives and works in New York City. Collins has had numerous solo exhibitions i...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic, Linen

Sean, glass bunny
Sean, glass bunny

Sean, glass bunny

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Hunt Slonem included in 200+ museums worldwide Unique hand blown glass sculpture Signature and date etched on base

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Blown Glass

Untitled III. Painting. From the Medium - Screen Time series
Untitled III. Painting. From the Medium - Screen Time series

Untitled III. Painting. From the Medium - Screen Time series

By RODRIGO ETEM

Located in Miami Beach, FL

In this project, exploring the fluid condition between the virtual and real world, the artist seek to materialize my experiences in digital environments - whether browsing through G...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Mixed Media, Oil, Giclée

The Echo of Luck

The Echo of Luck

By Fred Stonehouse

Located in Lyons, CO

Color lithograph, Ed. 25 The artist describes this project: “I have a long history of exploring the possibilities of animal and naturalist imagery to fabulist ends. These works ser...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Transformation. Color photography
Transformation. Color photography

Transformation. Color photography

By Michaela Haider

Located in Miami Beach, FL

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

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Rag Paper, Archival Pigment

Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia

Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia

By Luca Campigotto

Located in New York, NY

c. 44 x 55 inch archival pigment print. Edition of 15 (includes several different sizes - please inquire). Signed, titled, dated and editioned on frame label provided. Shipping cost...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Roma 2020 A 09bn, Black and White Architecture Photograph
Roma 2020 A 09bn, Black and White Architecture Photograph

Roma 2020 A 09bn, Black and White Architecture Photograph

By Luca Artioli

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Luca Artioli has always been fascinated by Roman Statues. As a child, he wandered through the Imperial Forum creating dialogues between them. For young Luca the statues were alive. T...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment, Black and White

Orchard III, Etching and Aquatint Landscape with Orchard by David Smith-Harriso
Orchard III, Etching and Aquatint Landscape with Orchard by David Smith-Harriso

Orchard III, Etching and Aquatint Landscape with Orchard by David Smith-Harriso

By David Smith-Harrison

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Orchard III by David Smith-Harrison is a richly layered etching and aquatint that merges landscape, architecture, and memory. A leafless orchard stretches across the upper portion of...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Flower Vase, Yellow  Watercolor painting on paper
Flower Vase, Yellow  Watercolor painting on paper

Flower Vase, Yellow Watercolor painting on paper

By Manuel Santelices

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Archival Paper

The Couch Potato
The Couch Potato

The Couch Potato

By Robert Deyber

Located in Greenwich, CT

The Couch Potato is a lithograph on paper, initialed lower right 'BD' and numbered lower left, 7.25 x 9" image size. From the edition of 395, numbered IV/C (there were also 275 Arabi...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Lobster Girl, Fright Nights, West Palm Beach - Horror Show Florida Photography

Lobster Girl, Fright Nights, West Palm Beach - Horror Show Florida Photography

By Rachel Louise Brown

Located in Brighton, GB

"Lobster Girl. Fright Nights, West Palm Beach. 2017" is a Dye Sublimation Print on Aluminium. This print is available from an Edition of 10 + 2 Artis...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Dye, Photographic Paper, Color, Dye Transfer

Northern Oasis - contemporary, landscape, acrylic on canvas
Northern Oasis - contemporary, landscape, acrylic on canvas

Northern Oasis - contemporary, landscape, acrylic on canvas

By Pat Service

Located in Bloomfield, ON

This acrylic landscape by Pat Service captures a lakeside view in summer. Nature has always inspired the artwork of Canadian artist Pat Service. In a career that has spanned more th...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Hobby Horse
Hobby Horse

Hobby Horse

By Robert Deyber

Located in Greenwich, CT

Hobby Horse is a lithograph on paper, 9.5 x 9 inches image size, and initialed 'BD' lower right. From the edition of 395, numbered 189/275 (there were also 100 Roman and 20 AP). Fram...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

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.