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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography
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1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
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20th Century Color Photography
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography
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1990s Contemporary Nude Photography
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20th Century Contemporary Nude Photography
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1990s Contemporary Color Photography
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography
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20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
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20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Archival Pigment
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Archival Pigment
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Archival Pigment
Ellen von UnwerthBavarian Girls - Girls in Dirndl peeling Potatoes, fine art Photography, 2015, 2015
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Archival Pigment
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography
Archival Pigment
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Archival Pigment
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Archival Pigment
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Archival Pigment
20th Century Contemporary Nude Photography
Archival Pigment
2010s Contemporary Nude Photography
Archival Pigment
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography
Archival Pigment
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
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21st Century and Contemporary Nude Photography
Archival Pigment
2010s Color Photography
Archival Pigment
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Archival Pigment
Ellen von UnwerthAdriana Lima Wicked IV - in tights with black cat, fine art photography. 1999, 1999
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Silver Gelatin
21st Century and Contemporary Nude Photography
Archival Pigment
Ellen von UnwerthAdriana Lima Wicked II - in tights with black cat, fine art photography, 1999, 1999
1990s Contemporary Nude Photography
Archival Pigment
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography
Archival Pigment
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Canvas
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Canvas
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Canvas
1990s Contemporary Photography
Archival Pigment
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Silver Gelatin
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Silver Gelatin
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Archival Pigment
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Lambda
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography
Lambda
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Lambda
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography
C Print
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
C Print
1990s Contemporary Color Photography
Lambda
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography
Archival Pigment
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Archival Pigment
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Silver Gelatin
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Archival Pigment
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Silver Gelatin
Sante D´ Orazio'Helena Christensen' - nude with tights in an hotel, fine art photography, 1995, 1995
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography
Archival Pigment
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography
Archival Pigment
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Archival Pigment
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Archival Pigment
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Archival Pigment
20th Century Contemporary Color Photography
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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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The first permanent image created by a camera — which materialized during the 1820s — is attributed to Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. The French inventor was on to something for sure. Kodak introduced roll film in the 1880s, allowing photography to become more democratic, although cameras wouldn’t be universally accessible until several decades later.
Digital photographic techniques, software, smartphone cameras and social-networking platforms such as Instagram have made it even easier in the modern era for budding photographers to capture the world around them as well as disseminate their images far and wide.
What might leading figures of visual art such as Andy Warhol have done with these tools at their disposal?
Today, when we aren’t looking at the digital photos that inundate us on our phones, we look to the past to celebrate the photographers who have broken rules as well as records — provocative and prolific artists like Horst P. Horst, Lillian Bassman and Helmut Newton, who altered the face of fashion and portrait photography; visionary documentary photographers such as Gordon Parks, whose best-known work was guided by social justice; and pioneers of street photography such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, who shot for revolutionary travel magazines like Holiday with the likes of globetrotting society lensman Slim Aarons.
Find photographers you may not know in Introspective and The Study — where you’ll read about Berenice Abbott, who positioned herself atop skyscrapers for the perfect shot, or “conceptual artist-adventurer” Charles Lindsay, whose work combines scientific rigor with artistic expression, or Massimo Listri, known for his epic interiors of opulent Old World libraries. Photographer Jeannette Montgomery Barron was given a Kodak camera as a child. Later, she shot on Polaroid film before buying her first 35mm camera in her teens. Barron's stunning portraits of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Warhol and other artists chronicle a crucial chapter of New York’s cultural history.
Throughout the past two centuries, photographers have used their medium to create expressive work that has resonated for generations. Shop a voluminous collection of this powerful fine photography on 1stDibs. Search by photographer to find the perfect piece for your living room wall, or spend some time with the work organized under various categories, such as landscape photography, nude photography and more.
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Fine art is a category of art comprising works with purely aesthetic purpose, as opposed to applied art, which serves a practical function.
- Is photography fine art?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
Photography is considered a fine art by many, although this is controversial.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
Fine art encompasses drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking and photography, among other genres.
- Is drawing a fine art?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
Yes, drawing is a fine art.
- What is considered fine art?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 13, 2024Artworks produced for their intellectual value and aesthetic appeal are generally considered fine art. Anything made to serve a functional purpose generally is not. In addition, artwork must be one of a kind or produced only in a limited quantity to be thought of as fine. Explore a large selection of fine art on 1stDibs.
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Fine art denotes work of aesthetic value but no functional purpose, whereas decorative art is both visually appealing and functional.
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