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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
Airplane in landscape - landscape painting
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful painting by Jeroen Allart is part of his minimalist landscape and animal painting he did in his home country the Netherlands. 'A farm stands before you on the horizon....
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Apparition at the Border of Language"
Located in Lyons, CO
This print presents a fictitious encounter between contemporary colonial forces and Native Americans who are defenders of immigrant refugees and displaced populations. The artist de...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Nelumbo nucifera, minimalist waterscape, lotus flower, large limited color photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color waterscape photography. Three pink lotus flowers floating on a calm body of water with lily pads and reflections. Archival pigment ink print as part of a l...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Daisy in front of Mirror - Polaroid, Figurative, Photograph, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Daisy in front of Mirror (Till Death do Us part) - 2005 Edition 1/5, 128x125cm. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid, Mounted on Aluminum with matte...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Metal

Blue Coconut Boat, waterscape, nipa palm waterway, Vietnam - color photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color waterscape photography. A small coconut boat among dense green nipa palm trees on a calm water body, with its reflection visible. Pigment ink print, limite...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Lotus Flower Panorama - seascape, minimalist flower - Vietnam - limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white minimalist waterside photography. Water lilies and lily pads on a calm pond with reflections of the flowers in the water. All Gerald Berghammer p...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Fish Market Mercato di Rialto, long exposure cityscape, Venice - color photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color cityscape photography. Gondolas docked along a canal in Venice, Italy, with historic buildings and the fish market in the back. Archival pigment ink print ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Place to linger Panorama, minimalist winter landscape - color limited photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
© Gerald Berghammer - Color panorama photography. Foggy landscape with two large frozen trees and a park bench underneath the trees, on a grassy field. Archival pigment ink print as...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Some Quality Time for YOURSELF
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting is a gentle reminder that spending time with yourself is not a luxury, but a necessity. It’s about slowing down enough to hear your own thoughts, to notice your body, y...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Row of colorful Pedal Boats, waterscape, Balaton, Hungary - limited large photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color waterscape photography. A row of colorful plastic pedal boats shaped like race cars on a dock over water, under a cloudy sky. Archival pigment ink print as...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Bird. Reunited After Separation, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Two grey herons reunite at a lake. One stands in the shallow water while the other returns in flight. The birds appear in a stylized manner against the water, s...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic

Welcome to the Jungle - landscape, nipa palms - Vietnam - limited color photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color minimalist landscape photography. Lush tropical greenery with palm trees and a narrow waterway in the center. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limit...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

The Friday Pocker Club
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting captures a quiet Friday ritual shared by an unlikely yet perfectly balanced group. A black dog, a red cow, a white goose, and a small black cat gather around a red tabl...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Between the Trees
Located in Zofingen, AG
shipped in roll Between the trees, life unfolds quietly — people meet, walk, pause, and continue on their paths. The composition weaves together movement and stillness, where windin...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Drangarnir Panorama - rock island, seascape - color photography, limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color seascape panorama photography. Cliffs and sea stacks along a coastline under an overcast sky. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7....
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Place to Linger, winter, minimalist tree landscape, limited monochrome photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white landscape photography. Two leafless trees near a park bench on a foggy day, with a dirt path leading towards the trees. Archival pigment ink pri...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Stonehenge Panorama - prehistory stone landscape - color photography, limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color landscape panorama photography. Historic Stonehenge monument with large standing stones on a grassy field under a gray sky. Archival pigment ink print as p...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Little Darlings (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Little Darlings (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 38x37cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 artist proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inv...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper

View of Venice - cityscape panorama - San Giorgio Maggiore - limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color cityscape photo. Venetian cityscape with historic buildings and the San Giorgio Maggiore with a tall bell tower on an overcast day. All Gerald Berghammer p...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Burden of Love -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Neo-Expressionism, Funky
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique; this is not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Ar...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

View of Venice - Campanile Bell Tower of Santo Stefano - Italy - limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color cityscape photography. Colorful houses along a waterfront in Venice, Italy, with the Campanile Bell Tower of Santo Stefano. All Gerald Berghammer prints ar...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

View of Venice, cityscape panorama, Santa Maria della Salute - limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color cityscape photography. View of Venice cityscape featuring Campanile di San Marco, historical buildings, and domed structures. All Gerald Berghammer prints ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

View of Venice, cityscape panorama, San Marco, Italy - limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color cityscape photography. View of Venice cityscape featuring Campanile di San Marco, historical buildings, and domed structures. All Gerald Berghammer prints ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Pedal Boats and a Catamaran, waterscape, long exposure photography - limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color waterscape photography. Colorful pedal boats and a catamaran lined up on a dock on a calm body of water under a cloudy sky. Archival pigment ink print as p...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Right Hand Man -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Neo-Expressionism, Love
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique; this is not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Ar...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Room 310 - Collector Portfolio # 3 out 7 - 12 Fine Art Prints Nude photography
Located in Brussels, BE
His series "Room" or "My carnival" evokes the fantasy of the mistress, fetishist eroticism, 5 to 7, free fantasy. Eric produces erotic art without ever biting into porn-chic always b...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Rag Paper, Archival Pigment

View of Venice, cityscape panorama, Santa Maria del Rosario - limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color waterscape photography. View of the historic church Santa Maria del Rosario and colorful buildings along a canal in Venice, Italy. All Gerald Berghammer pr...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Sincerity of Purpose -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Neo-Expressionism
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique; this is not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Ar...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Pick Up Stix - Original Minimalist Color Drenched Mixed Media Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles artist Amber Goldhammer paints dramatic abstract compositions in acrylic on canvas featuring energetic brushstrokes. Goldhammer uses her contemporary paintings to express...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Latex, Ink, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

View of Venice - skyline panorama - Santa Maria della Salute - limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color cityscape photo. Cityscape with a historic cathedral, water in the foreground, with pastel-colored buildings along the waterfront. All Gerald Berghammer pr...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Cobbolds Point Color - minimalist panorama seascape - color photography, limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color seascape panorama photography. Concrete breakwater structures on a beach extending into the water, with a pole at the end. Archival pigment ink print as pa...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Gondola, San Giorgio Maggiore - panorama citsycape - Venice - limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color cityscape panorama photo. Gondolas docked along a pier with blurred motion, against foggy San Giorgio Maggiore in the back. Archival pigment ink print as p...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Wild Things (Till Death do us Part) Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Wild Things (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 48x47cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs, Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist ...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Parchment Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Untitled I and VIII, Diptych, From the Half Angels Half Demons series. Male Nude
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The angel is a being that religion has bequeathed us as a sign of purity, innocence, and goodness, from the same source, we have been sold to the devil as the form that represents ev...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

The Sea Painter - 21st Century Contemporary Imaginary Landscapes
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Michiel Schrijver 'The Sea Painter’ 90 x 100 cm (Framed included in price 94 x 104) acryl on canvas Dutch Painter Michiel Schrijver lives and works in the center of the Netherlands...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Companion 1 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Neo-Expressionism, Bee Love
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique; this is not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Ar...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Free Space Panorama - color gondola, cityscape - Venice, Italy - limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color long exposure photography. Gondolas docked on calm water with Venice cityscape, church bell tower and historic buildings. Archival pigment ink print as par...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

3 Monumental Standing Figures by Pierre Yermia - outdoor bronze sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
3 Monumental Standing Figures is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 320 × 150 × 130 cm (126 × 59.1 × 51.2 in).   The sculpture is signed a...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Yearning 3/9 - male, nude, figurative, statuette, bronze sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
At once expressive and elegant, William Hung creates dynamic sculptures that explore the human condition. With this intimate piece, cast in a rich bronze, an athlete balances on one ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Finally 5 o'clock - Figurative Textured Burgundy Pink Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gerdine Duijsens’ spirited and evocative figures are instantly recognizable and unforgettable. Through lush, bold colors and energetic marks, her paintings emit a sense of pleasure a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Friends with Benefits
Located in Zofingen, AG
Friends with Benefits is a meeting of distinct silhouettes that don’t need uniformity to create harmony. Their contrasts don’t divide them; they simply outline a space where presence...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Island Entertainment - 21st Century Contemporary Imaginary Landscapes
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Michiel Schrijver 'Island Entertainment' 30 x 40 cm (Framed included in price 34 x 44) acryl on canvas Dutch Painter Michiel Schrijver lives and works in the center of the Netherla...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Old Hemlock Stand and New Growth - Brown Green Virginia Forest Landscape Trees
Located in Kent, CT
The densely treed forest and mountain ledges of Hennen's Virginia home are the subject of this rich, highly detailed landscape painting in oil on panel. An enormous boulder presiding...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

REFLECTIONS XI - Contemporary Atmospheric Lake Landscape
Located in Salzburg, AT
A few words of the artist about his art: When i painting landscapes, I usually choose simple geometric arrangements, contrasts of verticals and levels. I juxtapose the smooth surfac...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Mid 20th Century English School PORTRAIT OF A LADY original oil painting
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Indistinctly Signed TABE ? (mid 20th Century) English School TITLE: "Portrait Of A Lady" SIGNED: lower left MEDIUM: oil on canvas SIZE: 65cm x 55cm inclusive of frame COND...
Category

Mid-20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Hoarfrosted Lonely Tree Frozen Field - black and white large scale landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Digital pigment ink print, edition of 5. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Printed with 4cm white border. International award win...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Gondolas and San Giorgio Maggiore Church - cityscape - Venice - limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color cityscape photography. Gondolas docked along wooden posts on a misty water canal and in back San Giorgio Maggiore Church. All Gerald Berghammer prints are ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Blue Fig
Located in Zofingen, AG
A fragment of a fig tree, rendered in the spirit of Matisse, appears in simple lines and deep blue silhouettes. Against the light background reminiscent of a sun-washed Mediterranean...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Summer Birches - Atmospheric Nature Painting, Framed
Located in Salzburg, AT
This painting is signed on the back, the frames are made of oak A few words of the artist about his art: When i painting landscapes, I usually choose simple geometric arrangements,...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Accord No.5 by Martine Demal - Bronze sculpture, abstract, dark tones, balance
Located in Paris, FR
Accord No.5 is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Martine Demal, dimensions are 19 × 37 × 10 cm (7.4 × 14.5 × 3.9 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a l...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Loving You (Till Death do us Part)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Loving You (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 48x46cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artis...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Ploumanac'h Lighthouse, Architecture Photography, Brittany, France - limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white landscape photograph of a tall lighthouse on a rocky coast, with a small bridge and large rocks in foreground. Digital pigment ink print, edition...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment

Alex Katz - No Kids – Come Into My House album cover (Hand Signed by Alex Katz)
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz - No Kids – Come Into My House album cover (Hand Signed by Alex Katz), 2008, 2013 Offset lithograph album cover (Hand signed in marker by Alex Katz) Album cover designed by...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Cardboard, Lithograph, Offset

Bent Palm, Beach, Florida, USA, black and white minimalist landscape - limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white minimalist landscape Photography. A leaning palm tree on a beach with calm waters and a distant shoreline. Archival pigment ink print as part of ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Sun loungers on the Beach, panorama landscape - color photography, limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color panorama landscape photography. Empty beach with blue lounge chairs, umbrellas, and gazebos on sand under a cloudy sky. Archival pigment ink print as part ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Winter Stream - Contemporary Atmospheric Landscape Oil Pastel Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Janusz Kokot was born in Kalisz in 1960. He studied at the Pedagogical University in Częstochowa at the Art Institute. He practices painting and drawing. In the years 1988 - 2020 he ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel, Pencil

Karma, Milan - Italian bookshop street photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Karma, street photography from Richard Heeps series, A Short History of Milan. 'A Short History of Milan' began in November 2018 for a special project featured at the Affordable Art...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Abstract Composition - Etching by Nino Cordio - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Etching realized in 1972. Hand signed, numbered and dated in pencil. Edition of 60. Very good condition.
Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Etching

"Beautiful Mantra" Abstract Geometric Grid in Pastel Colors
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Beautiful Manta" is an original piece by Kevin Snipes made from ink, gouache, pastel, and acrylic on paper. This piece measures 8.25”h x 6”w and is signed en verso. Kevin Snipes (h...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Gouache, Pastel

The Real Mermaid - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 23.4x35"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a model swimming in the pool. "There were five grand pianos at her house, a pool at the third floor, and a sad man on the bottom of that pool me. I jus...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

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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