Nintendo Games
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints
Screen
2010s Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Wire
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Wire
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Copper, Wire
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Wire
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Wire
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Wood, Screen
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Mixed Media
Archival Pigment
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Vintage 1930s French Folk Art Ceramics
Ceramic, Majolica
Early 20th Century German Rustic Taxidermy
Glass, Wood
Antique 19th Century Folk Art Models and Miniatures
Glass, Wood
Vintage 1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Animal Sculptures
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Wood, Oak
2010s Chinese Bottles
Agate
Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Bookcases
Glass, Oak
Early 20th Century Dutch Picture Frames
Silver
Mid-20th Century Danish Folk Art Animal Sculptures
Iron
Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Country Shelves
Pine
Antique Late 19th Century American Shadow Boxes
Shell, Glass, Wood
Antique Early 1900s French Napoleon III Picture Frames
Multi-gemstone, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Wood, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Screen
Vintage 1920s Chinese Chinoiserie Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Jade
2010s South African Pillows and Throws
Wool
Antique Early 1900s French Napoleon III Picture Frames
Multi-gemstone, Bronze
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Wire
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Wire
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Wire
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Wire
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Mixed Media, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints
Screen
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints
Screen
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Wire
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints
Archival Paper, Screen
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Wire
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Wire
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Prints
Archival Paper, Screen
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Wood, Acrylic, Screen
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints
Archival Paper, Screen
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Wood, Acrylic, Screen
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Wire
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Wire
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Wood, Screen
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Color Photography
Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Mixed Media, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints
Screen
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints
Screen
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Prints
Screen
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Prints
Mixed Media, Screen
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Screen, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Wire
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Wire
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Wire
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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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