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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Rhinoceros #2, Albuquerque, NM, 2013 - Animal Portrait Photography
By Brad Wilson
Located in Paris, FR
'Rhinoceros #2, Albuquerque, NM, 2013' is a limited-edition fine art photograph by American photographer Brad Wilson. Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Fine Art Baryta Paper, 2013...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Prometheus Freed by Walter Peter Brenner - mythological figure, bronze sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Prometheus Freed is a sculpture by Guatemalan artist Walter Peter Brenner. It is a tribute to the hero of the Greek mythology, Prometheus, who granted human the ability to think. Pro...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
The Nose Knows by Dawne Raulet Contemporary Cow Mixed Media with Black, White
By Dawne Raulet
Located in Atlanta, GA
Stockbroker turned artist Dawne Raulet stumbled into painting when she least expected it. Frazzled by a fulltime financial career and two small infants at home and in desperate need ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Board
Alone Again
By KAWS
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
KAWS
Alone Again, 2018, (56/100)
Screenprint in colors on wove paper
32 x 53.25 in
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
David Yarrow Photograph / Ferrari II / Staged Wolves Series, Vintage Car
By David Yarrow
Located in Greenwich, CT
Ferrari II
In the 1950s, the Californian Dream made Route 66 the most famous
road in the world. The route of flight for the American Middle Class,
the stretch of road east of Ambo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ingres & I, Yue Minjun- Contemporary Art, Lithograph, Limited Edition, Chinese
By Yue Minjun
Located in Zug, CH
Yue Minjun, Ingres and I
Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph, Limited Edition, Chinese
Lithograph
Edition of 130
80 × 120 cm (47 1/5 × 31 1/2 in)
Signed and numbered, accompanied ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Orange Poppies - Analogue floral photography, Limited edition of 10
Located in London, GB
'Orange Poppies'
Analogue colour floral photography.
London, United Kingdom 2024.
Limited edition of 10.
Printed on the finest archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag paper, these limited ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Film, Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée
"Queen of Bavaria" Yellow Bird Original Oil painting in Vintage Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hunt Slonem - Queen of Bavaria
Original Framed Oil Painting. Signed on Verso.
Our Gallery works directly with Hunt Slonem.
This painting was acquired directly from the artist and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Elizabeth Peyton, Frederick Douglass - Signed Linocut Print, Pop Art, Portrait
Located in Hamburg, DE
Elizabeth Peyton (American, b. 1965)
Frederick Douglass, 2023
Medium: Linocut print on Japan paper
Dimensions: 61 x 46 cm
Edition of 30: Hand-signed, numbered, titled and dated
Condi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Linocut
France-Lise McGurn, Dream Bod and Bronco, British Contemporary Art, Signed Print
Located in Hamburg, DE
France-Lise McGurn (British, b. 1983)
Dream bod and Bronco, 2020
Medium: 14 color screenprint on paper
Dimensions: 42 cm x 60 cm
Edition of 80: Hand-signed and numbered
Condition: Mint
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
Village 1
Located in Barcelona, ES
Tinta china, acuarela, tinta acrílica sobre papel artístico Canson
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Jardim das Fragilidades
Located in Porto, 13
Jardim das Fragilidades by Ritchelly Oliveira unveils a captivating portrayal that interlaces themes of vulnerability and beauty. At the core of the composition stands a man, his sta...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
Ammonite
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Ammonite is a semi-abstract landscape painted in oil onto canvas by Dion Salvador Lloyd, a contemporary artist renowned for his profound sensitivity and profound connection to the na...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Blue Face from the Brushstroke Figures Series
Located in Miami, FL
Lithograph, waxtype woodcut and screenprint on 638-g/m cold-pressed Saunders Waterford Paper. From the "Brushstroke Figures" series, 1989. Hand signed rf Lichtenstein, dated ('89) a...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph, Screen, Woodcut
Ed Ruscha 'Note' Signed Five Color Screenprint on Sandpaper 2017
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Miami, FL
ED RUSCHA (1937-Present)
Ed Ruscha's piece 'Note' is 2017 five color screenprint on sandpaper. This piece is signed, dated and numbered 79/85 in pencil, published by Gemini G.E.L. i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
"Pale Blue Hutch" Bunnies Oil Painting in Ornate Vintage Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hunt Slonem - Pale Blue Hutch
Original Framed Oil Painting. Signed on Verso.
Our Gallery works directly with Hunt Slonem.
This painting was acquired directly from the artist and h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
CRESCENT OBELISK - Contemporary Realism / Still Life
Located in New York, NY
Original Oil Painting by Kevin Palme
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Magenta Balloon Dog Iconic Sculpture by Jeff Koons, Porcelain, Contemporary Art
By Jeff Koons
Located in Zug, CH
In Koons’ hands even the most familiar, everyday items transcend commonality to become true icons manifesting the essence of American popular culture.
Balloon Dog (Magenta) - Jeff K...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Porcelain
Un Jardín en mi Hogar
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Olga Cairols is a Spanish artist with more than 35 years of career.
Olga studied Art History and Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona. She has a bachelors degree in Design, Art ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Thomas Ruff, Queen in Car - Double-sided digital pigment print, Signed Print
By Thomas Ruff
Located in Hamburg, DE
Thomas Ruff (German, b. 1958)
Queen in Car, 2021
Medium: Double-sided digital pigment print on cardboard (glossy front, matt verso)
Dimensions: 15 x 20 cm
Edition of 30: Hand-signed ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Fighting, Yue Minjun - Art, Lithograph, Limited Edition, Chinese Art, Print
By Yue Minjun
Located in Zug, CH
Yue Minjun, Fighting
Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph, Limited Edition, Chinese
Lithograph
Edition of 130
80 x 120 cm (47 1/5 × 31 1/2 in)
Signed and numbered, accompanied by C...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Black Tulips and Vase, April 5 - Contemporary, 21st Century, Sculpture, Black
Located in Zug, CH
Belonging to the famous Flower series, this sculpture is an abstract reinterpretation of still life tradition.
Donald Sultan, Black Tulips and Vase, April 5
Black Tulips and Vase, A...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Steel
Rise of a Lollipop Man: The Bike - Original Hand Blown Glass Sculpture
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Boris Shpeizman, an glass craftsman, transforms the childhood dreams of men into tangible art, focusing on the yearning for unattained toys and their delicate inner worlds. He crafte...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
They didn't teach me how to be loved
Located in Porto, 13
"They Didn't Teach Me How to Be Loved" by Ritchelly Oliveira is a poignant depiction that explores themes of love, vulnerability, and the absence of guidance. Against a backdrop of p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
Hombre Colorado II
By Manuel Neri
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Hombre Colorado II" is a papier-mâché sculpture made by Manuel Neri in 1958. The total dimensions of the piece are 65.5 x 27 x 10 inches.
This work is a good representation of the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Art
Materials
Papier Mâché
Insomnia
Located in Porto, 13
"Insomnia" by Ritchelly Oliveira is a thought-provoking painting that draws viewers into the depths of the human psyche. Against a white background, the central focus of the artwork ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
Untitled I
By João Cardoso
Located in MADRID, ES
Oil pastel on 350 g/m2 textured paper.
With thoughts on 21st century humans and their future, João Cardoso concludes that technology brings tools for two extremes. Thus, technology,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil Pastel
Nul - Contemporary, 21st Century, Sculpture, Limited Edition, Neon Light
Located in Zug, CH
This high-impact neon sculpture creates a mellow atmosphere as a result of the expertise of a glass blower and a neon technician.
Jan Henderikse, Nul
Contemporary, 21st Century, Sc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Neon Light
Sarah Morris, Color Referents (Miami) - Portfolio of 9 Prints, Contemporary Art
By Sarah Morris
Located in Hamburg, DE
Sarah Morris (American, born 1967)
Color Referents (Miami), 2003
Medium: Portfolio of 9 digital pigment prints, on photo rag paper
Dimensions: 68 x 68 cm (26¾ x 26¾ in) each
Edition ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Swatch No - Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph, Limited Edition, Chinese
By Wang Guangyi
Located in Zug, CH
Wang Guangyi, Swatch No
Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph, Limited Edition, Chinese
Lithograph on Velin BFK Rives 300 gr
Accompanied by poem by Fernando Arrabal
120 x 80 cm (4...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Fade to #3
Located in MADRID, ES
Colour pencil on Canson 300 g/m2 paper.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Color Pencil
Yoshitomo Nara and Hiroshi Sugito, Untitled (Omaha) - Signed Print, Contemporary
Located in Hamburg, DE
Yoshitomo Nara (b. 1959, Japanese) and Hiroshi Sugito (b. 1970, Japanese)
Untitled (Omaha), 2005
Medium: Lithograph on paper
Dimensions: 53.5 x 62.5 cm
Edition of 100 + 10 AP: Hand-s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Fade to #21
Located in MADRID, ES
Colour pencil on Canson 300 g/m2 paper.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Color Pencil
Four Chairs at Poolside
Located in Miami, FL
This work is the study for Pool Chairs. It is different chairs and also brightly colored but painted on board and framed. This work is an indoor work only and is beautifully framed...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Watercolor
Skull with Shutters
By Geoffrey Key
Located in Manchester, GB
Geoffrey Key is a highly acclaimed and celebrated artist known for his bold, distinctive style and his ability to capture the essence of the human form and the natural world. His pai...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Mentor
By Jim Rennert
Located in Greenwich, CT
Jim Rennert Biography
American, b. 1958
National Sculpture Society Fellow
Jim Rennert was born in 1958, and grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Salt Lake City, Utah. After ten trying...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Flower Vendor on Dal Lake by Steve McCurry, 1999, Digital C-Print
Located in Dallas, TX
Flower Vendor on Dal Lake by Steve McCurry depicts a man transporting vibrant, multi-colored flowers in a canoe. He paddled down the calm river, passing by a house surrounded by lush...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital
Leaving Earth
Located in Santa Clarita, CA
Larisa Safaryan has chosen to work with a most unconventional and delicate medium: an eggshell. Without question she is an innovator in what she does.
The strength and fragility of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Canvas
TEACUPS - Contemporary Still Life / Russian American Artist
Located in New York, NY
Original oil painting by Olga Antonova
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Belle au bois… Aurore, Female Portrait Bust, Ceramic Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
One-off smoke-fired stoneware sculpture, pigment, copper, steel. 2017-2018.
Dimensions: 45 x 30 x 25 cm.
This sculpture has been exhibited in the Arts et Métiers museum in Paris, fro...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Sandstone, Copper, Steel
Wetin Man Go Do
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The title, "Wetin Man Go Do," encapsulates the essence of the artwork, suggesting the universal question of what choices and actions a person can take when faced with the troubles an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Untitled - Woman, nude portrait, figurative oil painting, blue & black
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Using pure oil paint, which gives the artwork its unique texture, the artist manages to use two particularly difficult colors to work with: black and blue. In his composition, he cre...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Untitled - abstract, oil painting, squares, blue & black
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Using pure oil paint, which gives the artwork its unique texture, the artist manages to use two particularly difficult colors to work with: black and blue.
This artwork is part of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Promenons nous dans les bois
Located in STRASBOURG, FR
This is a narrative painting on porcelain with miniatures details. Rose-Marie Crespin describes a walk in the forest. A natural world true trees, flowers and plants. A story between ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Paint
Shadow of a Doubt
Located in Boxholm, SE
Jolanta Johnsson, experienced Polish artist, graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, PhD of fine arts, university teacher. She currently lives in Sweden.
This is how she writ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Pen
David Shrigley, White Elephant - Linocut, British Pop Art, Signed Print
Located in Hamburg, DE
David Shrigley (British, b. 1968)
White Elephant, 2021
Medium: Linocut print on wove paper
Dimensions: 57 x 44 cm
Edition of 100: Hand-signed and numbered
Condition: Mint
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Linocut
Pommier fleuri dans un ciel bleu
Located in STRASBOURG, FR
Louis Danicher vous présente ses peintures inspirées de la végétation des bords de chemins, une nature si proche de nous et si changeante avec les saisons.
Elle est intime, fragile, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Luc Tuymans, Superstition - Signed Screenprint, Contemporary Art
By Luc Tuymans
Located in Hamburg, DE
Lux Tuymans (Belgian, b. 1958)
Superstition, 2005
Medium: Screenprint in 5 colors on Somerset paper
Dimensions: 40 x 32 cm
Edition of 100 + 5 A.P.: Hand-signed and numbered in pencil...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
Joonsang Park Ceramic Tiger Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Work is titled “Scientific Name Tiger”. Provenance: Habatat Galleries, Palm Beach, Florida | Private Collection, West Palm Beach, Florida.
Marking(s); notes:...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Ceramic
Checkered Blanket
Located in Boxholm, SE
Jolanta Johnsson, experienced Polish artist, graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, PhD of fine arts, university teacher. She currently lives in Sweden.
This is how she writes about the drawing:
When it comes to purchasing a blanket, many of us are drawn to the timeless appeal of a plaid pattern, which is often present in abstract art. Have you ever wondered why this particular design is so popular? I must admit, I don't have the answer. However, picture this: two individuals lying on a checkered...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Pen
Ross Richmond Glass “Portrait” Bust / Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Provenance: Private Collection, Palm Beach, Florida.
Marking(s); notes: no marking(s) apparent
Country of origin; materials: USA; blown and hot-sculpted gl...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
Barbie World
By Adam Umbach
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1986
Adam Umbach was born in Chicago, and currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. After being inspired from an early age by the modern masters collection at th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Enamel
Thomas Ruff, Negatives II - Signed Print, Contemporary Photography
By Thomas Ruff
Located in Hamburg, DE
Thomas Ruff (German, b. 1958)
Negatives II, 2016
Medium: Digital pigment print, on rag paper
Dimensions: 70 x 100 cm (25.5 x 39.5 in)
Edition of 40: Hand-signed and numbered on verso...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Sin título (Ceiba y semillas)
By Jan Hendrix
Located in Ciudad De México, MX
Pieza realizada por Jan Hendrix y Javier Hinojosa.
La fotografía ese de J, Hinojosa; la serigrafía de J. Hendrix
Pieza perteneciente a la carpeta Respeto y Tolerancia.
Impresión digi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Ross Richmond Glass “Portrait” Bust / Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Provenance: Private Collection, Palm Beach, Florida.
Marking(s); notes: no marking(s) apparent
Country of origin; materials: USA; blown and hot-sculpted gl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
Ross Richmond Glass Bust & Bird / Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Provenance: Private Collection, Palm Beach, Florida.
Marking(s); notes: signed; 2008
Country of origin; materials: USA; blown and hot-sculpted glass, metal...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
Crabe aux pattelas by Chésade - Bronze sealife sculpture, animal art, crab
By Chésade
Located in Paris, FR
Crabe aux pattelas is a unique bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Chésade, dimensions are 38 × 31 × 30 cm (15 × 12.2 × 11.8 in). The sculpture is signed and comes with a certifi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Suite Ravensburg (Colas)
Located in Ciudad De México, MX
De la serie Suite Ravensburg.
Impresión en serigrafía sobre papel japonés Torinoko.
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
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