Michelle Kohler
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Prints
Woodcut, Wood Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Prints
Wood Panel, Woodcut
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints
Woodcut, Wood Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Wood, Glue, Woodcut
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Mixed Media
Wood, Glue, Woodcut
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Prints
Muslin, Woodcut
People Also Browsed
2010s Brazilian Organic Modern Benches
Wood
Antique Late 19th Century French Vases
Ceramic, Majolica
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Animal Sculptures
Wood
2010s Welsh Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Wood
Early 2000s Hong Kong Modern Toys and Dolls
Plastic, Rubber
20th Century Still-life Paintings
Oil
1980s 85 New Wave Prints and Multiples
Screen
2010s Brazilian Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
Antique 1890s American Adirondack Native American Objects
Cowhide
Early 2000s Hong Kong Modern Figurative Sculptures
Rubber, Plastic
2010s Brazilian Organic Modern Benches
Wood
2010s Canadian Post-Modern Contemporary Art
Wood
1990s American Modern Black and White Photography
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
1970s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Offset
2010s North American Post-Modern Contemporary Art
Wood
Recent Sales
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Oil, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints
Wood, Glue, Woodcut
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Prints
Wood, Glue, Woodcut
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Wood, Epoxy Glue, Acrylic, Woodcut
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Wood, Acrylic
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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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