Contemporary Art Desert
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Archival Ink, Inkjet, Photographic Paper
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil, Canvas
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Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Minimalist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Egg Tempera
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Panel, Oil
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Canvas, Charcoal, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Wood, Oil
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Oil
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Oil
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper
Early 2000s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Color, Archival Pigment
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Photographic Paper, C Print, Polaroid
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Color, Archival Pigment
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
2010s Contemporary Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Giclée
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Lambda, Digital
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Stefanie SchneiderUntitled (Oilfields) Contemporary, 21st Century, Desert, Polaroid, Landscape, 2004
2010s Contemporary Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Photographic Paper
2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil
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A Close Look at Contemporary Art
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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- What is contemporary art?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
Contemporary art denotes work created by 21st-century artists.
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 21, 2024In contemporary art, conceptual art is a movement that began in the 1960s. Artists producing conceptual art assign more importance to the idea behind the art than to the piece itself. An example is Joseph Kosuth’s One and Three Chairs, a piece consisting of a real chair, a photograph of a chair and the dictionary definition of the word chair. When the work was displayed, Kosuth included instructions for any chair to be photographed and then displayed beside its image. In this way, the chair itself is not the artwork. Rather, the art comes from examining the way the object, image and words provide competing and complementary definitions of what a chair is. Find a large selection of fine art on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
Contemporary art has no defining feature or characteristic.The term simply refers to recent creations.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
Contemporary art encompasses painting, sculpture, photography, installation, performance and video art, among other genres.
- Why is contemporary art important?2 Answers1stDibs ExpertApril 11, 2024Contemporary art is important because of how it responds to the current moment. Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. Through their works, contemporary artists provide commentary about social issues, history and the human condition. By engaging with contemporary art, viewers can gain a deeper understanding of the world and new perspectives. On 1stDibs, shop a wide range of contemporary art.1stDibs ExpertApril 11, 2024Contemporary art is important because of how it responds to the current moment. Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. Through their works, contemporary artists provide commentary about social issues, history and the human condition. By engaging with contemporary art, viewers can gain a deeper understanding of the world and new perspectives. On 1stDibs, shop a wide range of contemporary art.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
The term contemporary is applied to art by 21st-century artists; modern art refers to works created from the1880s and through the 1960s.
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