Fernweh - Nude, Women, Photography. Contemporary, Blue, Polaroid, Analog
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Fernweh - 2017 50x50cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signature label with certificate. Artist inventory PL2017-108. Not m...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Sprawl - 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude, Photography, Women
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Sprawl - 2020 37x50cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signature label with certificate. Artist inventory PL2020-874. Not ...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$380
Operator? - 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude, Photography, Women
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Operator? - 2020 20x25cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2020-8...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$561Sale Price|20% Off
Headspace - 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude, Photography, Women
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Headspace', 2020 50x38cm, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, Digital C-print, Based on an original Polaroid. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2020-876....
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Flux - 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude, Photography, Women
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Flux - 2020 37x50cm, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, Digital C-print, Based on an original Polaroid. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2020-871. Not mo...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$600
Goodbye Girl - 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude, Photography, Women
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Goodbye Girl - 2020 35x50cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signature label with certificate. Artist inventory PL2020-877. N...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$702
The deep end - 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude, Photography, Women
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The deep end, 2020 35x50cm, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, Digital C-print, Based on an original Polaroid. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2020-872...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$2,224
Women's empire Françoise Benomar Contemporary African photography art nude
By Françoise Benomar
Located in Paris, FR
Photography printed on fine art paper Hand-signed and numbered 1/5 on the back by the artist
Photographic Paper
$2,048
182.05.14 by Klaus Kampert - Black & White contemporary photography, women nude
By Klaus Kampert
Located in Paris, FR
182.05.14 is a limited-edition photograph by German contemporary artist Klaus Kampert. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 3 dimensions: *40 cm x 5...
Archival Pigment
No Place like Home - 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude, Photography, Women
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'No Place like Home', 2020 36x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist inventory PL202...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
When love breaks down - 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude, Photography, Women
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
When love breaks down - 2020 37x50cm, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, Digital C-print, Based on an original Polaroid. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory ...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Lay your Love on me - 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude, Photography, Women
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Lay your Love on me, 2020 50x50cm, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, Digital C-print, Based on an original Polaroid. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL20...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Dressing up - Polaroid, women, nude
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Dressing up - 2018, 40x50cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Digital C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2018-137. N...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Doll - Polaroid, Contemporary, Women, Nude
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Doll - 2017 - 20x20cm, Edition 4/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Digital C-print, based on an original Polaroid. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2017-128. ...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Cradle - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Cradle' part of the series 'Hands down' - 2019 50x50cm, Edition 5/7. archival C-Print based on the Polaroid. Signature label and certificate. Artist inventory PL2019-505. Not...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$700
Surrender - Polaroid, Contemporary, Women, 21st Century, Nude
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Surrender - 2020 50x50cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proof Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Signature label and certificate. Artist inventory PL2020-900. Not mounted. Ki...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Episode - Polaroid, Women, 21st Century, Nude, Landscape
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Blinding - 2022 20x25cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid. Signed on the back with certificate. Artist inventory PL2022-2045. Not mounted...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Pining - Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Polaroid, Photograph, Nude
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Pining 2017, 50x50cm, Edition 1/7, 2 APs. Digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid, not mounted. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2017-798. Kirsten Thys van d...
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Photographic Paper
Weight of the World - Mankind, Nature, Women, Nude
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Weight of the World - 2017 30x24cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signature label with certificate Artist inventory PL2017-...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Blue Iceland - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
By Sven van Driessche
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Blue Iceland - 2017 20 x 30 cm, Edition 1/10. Archival Color print on Pearl photo paper, based on the original Polaroid. Signed on the back with Certificate. Not mounted. Whethe...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Israel, Dead Sea, 15 Holy Land - Nude Women
By Spencer Tunick
Located in Miami, FL
Over 40 nude women assemble for a group portrait in the Holy Land Work looks impressive in person. Mint condition. Buyer pays for shipping Signature Signed, Dated, Titled on verso....
Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Weight of the World - Mankind, Nature, Women, Nude
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Weight of the World - 2017 30x24cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signature label with certificate Artist inventory PL2017-...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Spiked - 50x50cm - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Spiked - 2017 80x80cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signature label with certificate. Artist inventory PL2017-107. Not mou...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Cornerstone II - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Cornerstone II - 2023, 20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signature label with certificate. Artist inventory PL2024-00...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Cornerstone I - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Cornerstone I - 2023, 20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signature label with certificate. Artist inventory PL2024-001...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Home - 20x20cm, Women, Nude, Polaroid, Photograph, Contemporary, Nature
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Home' by Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde 20x20cm, Edition of 7 + 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-print, based on the Polaroid. Artist inventory PL2017-103. Signature label and ce...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$468
Untitled (Chinese Classical) - Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Polaroid, Nude
By xulong zhang
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Chinese Classical), 2002 - Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs, archival Print, POLAROID 809 Emulsion Transfer, 26 cm x 32cm. Signed, embossed stamp and artist certificate...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper
Squeeze - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Squeeze' part of the series 'Hands down' - 2019, 50x50cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid, not mounted. Signature label with certificat...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$700
Self - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Self' part of the series 'Hands down' 2019, 50x50cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid, not mounted. Signature label with certificate....
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$410
Lava - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Lava' part of the series 'Hands Down' - 2019, 20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signature label with certificate. Ar...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$819
I see you (50x50cm) - 21st Century, Women, Nude, Contemporary
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
I see you, 2016, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs Based on the Polaroid Digital C-print, not mounted. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2017-114 This p...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$444
Vivienne IV (Desert Nudes) - Polaroid, Contemporary, 21st Century, Women
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Vivienne IV (Desert Nudes) - 2016 - 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory No. 1...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$444
Vivienne VII (Desert Nudes) - Polaroid, Contemporary, 21st Century, Women
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Vivienne VII (Desert Nudes) - 2016 - 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory No. ...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$250
Vivienne II (Desert Nudes) - Polaroid, Contemporary, 21st Century, Women
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Vivienne II (Desert Nudes) - 2016 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory No. 18...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Tree of Life - Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Polaroid, Photograph, Nude
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Tree of Life - 2017, Edition 3/7, 2 APs Based on an original Impossible film Digital C-print, not mounted. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2017-797 Kirst...
C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper
Please (Sidewinder) - Polaroid, Contemporary, Nude, 21st Century, Color, Women
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Please (Sidewinder) - 2005 48x60cm, Edition 1/10. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory No. 3391. Not mounted. Consider Stef...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Nude women at Waterfall. Israel, Dead Sea , 15 Holy Land
By Spencer Tunick
Located in Miami, FL
C-Print Mounted Between Plexi - This work is devoid of any reference to man-made objects. This primal image depicts a stream of nourishing water that seems to have spouted a cluster...
Photographic Paper
Situation - BomBay Beach - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Situation' part of the series 'A Girl called N.' 2019, 20x20cm, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, not mounted. Signed on the back and with certi...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Cars and girls - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Cars and Girls' part of the series 'Hands down' - 2019 50x50cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid, Not mounted. Certificate and signatur...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Heart and Soul - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, Color, Women, 21st Century
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Heart and Soul' (Bombay Beach) - 2019 20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid. Signature label with certificate. Artist inventory PL201...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Melt with You - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Melt with You' part of the series 'Hands down' - 2019 20x20cm, Edition of 7/7 and 2 Artist Proofs available. Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid. Signature label and certifi...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
On the Rhodes again - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'On the Rhodes again' part of the series 'Hands down' - 2019 50x50cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid, not mounted. Signed on the back...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
She drives me Crazy - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'She drives me Crazy' part of the series 'Hands down' - 2019 50x50cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid, not mounted. Signature label w...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$700
Blow my Mind (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, Women
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Blow my Mind (Till Death do us Part) - 2005, 50x49cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid, Certificate and Signature label. Artist Invent...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$4,900
Art Deco Nude Porcelain Women and Ballerina Dancers in Classic Poses Blond Girl
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Blond girls, Nude and scantily clad feminine figures, and ballerina dancers, with delicate, refined fingers and toes, are captured in idealized poses with soft pastel colors. In the...
Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
All I have to do is Dream - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
All I have to do is Dream - 2017, 20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signature label with certificate. Artist inventor...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
You turn from Me (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, Women
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
You turn from Me (Till Death do us Part) - 2005, 20x20cm, Edition 1/10, digital C-Print print, based on the Polaroid, Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory No. 9555....
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Price Upon Request
Untitled (lay down women)
By Teresa Flowers
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Photo comes in multiple sizes, ranging from 8" x 10" to 30" x 40".
Black and White
Sundown (Bombay Beach) - Polaroid, Women
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Sundown (Bombay Beach) - 2023 50x50cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid. Signature label and certificate. Artist inventory PL2023-23. ...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Disorder (Bombay Beach) - Polaroid, Women
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Disorder (Bombay Beach) - 2023 50x50cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid. Signature label and certificate. Artist inventory PL2023-12. ...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Ballad (Bombay Beach) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Ballad (Bombay Beach) - 2023 40x50cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid. Signature label and certificate. Artist inventory PL2023-08. N...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Dissolve me (Bombay Beach) - Polaroid, Women
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Dissolve me (Bombay Beach) - 2023 20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid. Signature label and certificate. Artist inventory PL2023-0...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Otherside (Bombay Beach) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Otherside (Bombay Beach) - 2023 20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid. Signature label and certificate. Artist inventory PL2023-08....
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Toxicity (Bombay Beach) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Toxicity (Bombay Beach) - 2023 20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid. Signature label and certificate. Artist inventory PL2023-05. ...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Sleeping with Ghosts (Bombay Beach) - Polaroid, Women
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Sleeping with Ghosts (Bombay Beach) - 2023 20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid. Signature label and certificate. Artist inventory...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Downfall (Bombay Beach) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women, 21st Century
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Downfall (Bombay Beach) - 2023 20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid. Signature label and certificate. Artist inventory PL2023-13. ...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$380
What once was (Bombay Beach) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
What once was (Bombay Beach) - 2023 20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid. Signature label and certificate. Artist inventory PL2023...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde is a self-taught freelance photographer, based in Brussels. Early on in her career, she discovered a fascination with art nude photography, and since then, the human body in its purest form has played a major role throughout her work.
In 2016, after becoming increasingly frustrated with digital perfection, an impulse buy of The Impossible Project’s I-1 camera changed her life. Never having heard of TIP before, she describes making that first Polaroid image as an instant love affair. Within weeks, she had acquired several old Polaroid cameras, and before she knew it, she switched to analog photography, quickly realizing that it offered her everything she had been missing in her digital work.
Capturing a unique moment exactly as it is has brought back the feeling of authenticity she had lost in her previous work. She especially likes to work with expired film, captivated by its perfect imperfections. In September 2016, a trip to visit relatives in Utah documented only with her Polaroid cameras proved to be a pivotal point. Inspired by the breathtaking landscapes, she returned in May 2017 and road tripped through Utah and California for a few weeks, accompanied by an art nude model friend. She paired the purity of the human body with rugged landscapes and rock formations, and it was along those desert roads that her project “Polaroad: A Polaroid Road Trip” was born.
Her hunger for new adventures made her return for a second time in September 2017, traveling solo with a tent in the back of her rented Jeep, completing her project with some stunning images on pack film, shot with a local model. Her “Polaroad” exhibition was on show in Brussels until January 10th, 2018. Her work has also been shown in Ogden (Salt Lake City) and Barcelona. Kirsten only dreams of two things: traveling around the world at least twice before she dies, with her Polaroid cameras of course, and a new fridge big enough to store her rapidly growing stash of Polaroid film.
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.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
For centuries, the human figure has held an allure for artists, and those working in photography — a medium celebrated for its documentary properties and its accuracy — have long sought to express humanity in its purest state. Fine nude photography presents an empowering challenge for artists, whether they’re endeavoring to counter traditional ideals of beauty, deeply examine power, sexuality and gender or simply create direct and expressive images of the human form, unguarded and unadorned, simultaneously vulnerable and strong.
While the collection of fine nude photography on 1stDibs includes pioneers of the 20th century — such as Edward Weston, Jack Mitchell and Slim Aarons — many contemporary nude photographers have taken their choice of visual medium in directions that have proven provocative and refreshing.
Self-taught Belgian freelancer Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde, for example, has ventured into the deserts of Utah with her nude models, working largely with expired Polaroid film to produce wild juxtapositions of pure human forms amid dry and dusty landscapes. Award-winning fashion photographer Ellen von Unwerth redefines the female gaze — her bold and erotic images of celebrities and magazine models have left an indelible mark on the visual landscape of the fashion world.
The study of who and what we are is central to art — find a range of fine nude photography on 1stDibs, including work by Helmut Newton, Robert Mapplethorpe, Stefanie Schneider and others.