Mango Art Tatin
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil
People Also Browsed
Antique Late 19th Century Dutch Baroque Paintings
Copper
Mid-20th Century Unknown Paintings
Canvas, Wood, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Flemish School Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Art Deco Still-life Prints
Archival Ink, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Giclée, Ar...
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper
Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Paintings
Wood
2010s Expressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Paper
1960s Naturalistic Still-life Paintings
Watercolor, Paper
Antique Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Paintings
Canvas, Wood
Vintage 1950s Italian Renaissance Paintings
Wood, Paint
Vintage 1950s German Minimalist Paintings
Canvas
Late 20th Century Paintings
Canvas, Paint
Vintage 1950s American Drawings
Wood, Paint, Ink, Watercolor
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Paint
Mid-20th Century American Bohemian Paintings
Canvas, Wood, Paint
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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