Of a Difference in Which the Differences Are Inseparable
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A full-skirted woman holds onto the tether of a kite that seems to pull her upwards towards a weather balloon floating above an Antarctic base’s radio tower; a row of tropical worker...
Oil, Wood Panel
Bringing Together Two Realities: Contemporary Mixed Media on Wood
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A full-skirted woman holds onto the tether of a kite that seems to pull her upwards towards a weather balloon floating above an Antarctic base’s radio tower; a row of tropical worker...
Oil, Wood Panel
Both Above and Below Mixed Media Collage, Oil on Wood, Contemporary
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A full-skirted woman holds onto the tether of a kite that seems to pull her upwards towards a weather balloon floating above an Antarctic base’s radio tower; a row of tropical worker...
Oil, Wood Panel
The Impossible Abyss Which Separates the Two Sides
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A full-skirted woman holds onto the tether of a kite that seems to pull her upwards towards a weather balloon floating above an Antarctic base’s radio tower; a row of tropical worker...
Oil, Wood Panel
Compass Rose Mixed Media Collage, Oil on Wood, Contemporary, 2010-
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A full-skirted woman holds onto the tether of a kite that seems to pull her upwards towards a weather balloon floating above an Antarctic base’s radio tower; a row of tropical worker...
Oil, Wood Panel
Polar Opposites: A Complementary Relationship in Mixed Media Art
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A full-skirted woman holds onto the tether of a kite that seems to pull her upwards towards a weather balloon floating above an Antarctic base’s radio tower; a row of tropical worker...
Oil, Wood Panel
Taking Place Mixed Media Collage, Contemporary, Ink on Archival Paper
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A full-skirted woman holds onto the tether of a kite that seems to pull her upwards towards a weather balloon floating above an Antarctic base’s radio tower; a row of tropical worker...
Ink, Archival Paper
The Nine of Us Worked Things Out: Contemporary Mixed Media on Wood
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A full-skirted woman holds onto the tether of a kite that seems to pull her upwards towards a weather balloon floating above an Antarctic base’s radio tower; a row of tropical worker...
Oil, Wood Panel
The Sky Was A Doorway, Contemporary Mixed Media, Oil on Wood, 2010+
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A full-skirted woman holds onto the tether of a kite that seems to pull her upwards towards a weather balloon floating above an Antarctic base’s radio tower; a row of tropical worker...
Oil, Wood Panel
Shadow Economy: Contemporary Mixed Media and Oil on Wood
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A full-skirted woman holds onto the tether of a kite that seems to pull her upwards towards a weather balloon floating above an Antarctic base’s radio tower; a row of tropical worker...
Oil, Wood Panel
To Hang In Between: Contemporary Mixed Media Collage on Wood, 2010+
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A full-skirted woman holds onto the tether of a kite that seems to pull her upwards towards a weather balloon floating above an Antarctic base’s radio tower; a row of tropical worker...
Oil, Wood Panel
The Fatigue of the Conquest: Contemporary Mixed Media on Paper
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A full-skirted woman holds onto the tether of a kite that seems to pull her upwards towards a weather balloon floating above an Antarctic base’s radio tower; a row of tropical worker...
Ink, Archival Paper
Heart World Mixed Media Collage, Oil on Wood, Contemporary, 2010+
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A full-skirted woman holds onto the tether of a kite that seems to pull her upwards towards a weather balloon floating above an Antarctic base’s radio tower; a row of tropical worker...
Oil, Wood Panel
Drawing in Water, Contemporary Mixed Media on Archival Paper, 2010+
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A full-skirted woman holds onto the tether of a kite that seems to pull her upwards towards a weather balloon floating above an Antarctic base’s radio tower; a row of tropical worker...
Ink, Archival Paper
Footprints Mixed Media Collage on Archival Paper, Contemporary Art
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A full-skirted woman holds onto the tether of a kite that seems to pull her upwards towards a weather balloon floating above an Antarctic base’s radio tower; a row of tropical worker...
Ink, Archival Paper
The Steam From Our Own Small Funnel, Contemporary Mixed Media, 2010+
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A full-skirted woman holds onto the tether of a kite that seems to pull her upwards towards a weather balloon floating above an Antarctic base’s radio tower; a row of tropical worker...
Oil, Wood Panel
The Little Yelcho: Mixed Media Collage on Wood, Contemporary Art
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A full-skirted woman holds onto the tether of a kite that seems to pull her upwards towards a weather balloon floating above an Antarctic base’s radio tower; a row of tropical worker...
Oil, Wood Panel
We Were Sledgehaulers Mixed Media Collage, Oil on Wood, Contemporary
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A full-skirted woman holds onto the tether of a kite that seems to pull her upwards towards a weather balloon floating above an Antarctic base’s radio tower; a row of tropical worker...
Oil, Wood Panel
Contemporary Mixed Media Collage: Instead of a Narrow Bight
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A full-skirted woman holds onto the tether of a kite that seems to pull her upwards towards a weather balloon floating above an Antarctic base’s radio tower; a row of tropical worker...
Oil, Wood Panel
We Came in Sight of the Barrier: Mixed Media Collage, 2010-
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A full-skirted woman holds onto the tether of a kite that seems to pull her upwards towards a weather balloon floating above an Antarctic base’s radio tower; a row of tropical worker...
Oil, Wood Panel
They Surveyed the Mountain Peak as a Philosophical
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A full-skirted woman holds onto the tether of a kite that seems to pull her upwards towards a weather balloon floating above an Antarctic base’s radio tower; a row of tropical worker...
Archival Paper, Magazine Paper
The Second Flight: Mixed Media Collage on Archival Paper, 2010+
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A full-skirted woman holds onto the tether of a kite that seems to pull her upwards towards a weather balloon floating above an Antarctic base’s radio tower; a row of tropical worker...
Archival Paper, Magazine Paper
Into Mystery Land: Mixed Media Collage on Archival Paper, 2010+
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A full-skirted woman holds onto the tether of a kite that seems to pull her upwards towards a weather balloon floating above an Antarctic base’s radio tower; a row of tropical worker...
Archival Paper, Magazine Paper
Launching Strategy Mixed Media Collage on Archival Paper, Contemporary
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A full-skirted woman holds onto the tether of a kite that seems to pull her upwards towards a weather balloon floating above an Antarctic base’s radio tower; a row of tropical worker...
Archival Paper, Magazine Paper
Aerial Exploration Mixed Media Collage on Archival Paper, Contemporary
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A full-skirted woman holds onto the tether of a kite that seems to pull her upwards towards a weather balloon floating above an Antarctic base’s radio tower; a row of tropical worker...
Archival Paper, Magazine Paper
Geological Markers Mixed Media Collage on Archival Paper, Contemporary
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A full-skirted woman holds onto the tether of a kite that seems to pull her upwards towards a weather balloon floating above an Antarctic base’s radio tower; a row of tropical worker...
Archival Paper, Magazine Paper
Undercurrents: Mixed Media Collage on Archival Paper, Contemporary
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A full-skirted woman holds onto the tether of a kite that seems to pull her upwards towards a weather balloon floating above an Antarctic base’s radio tower; a row of tropical worker...
Archival Paper, Magazine Paper
The Plume of Nationalism: Contemporary Mixed Media on Paper, 2010
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A full-skirted woman holds onto the tether of a kite that seems to pull her upwards towards a weather balloon floating above an Antarctic base’s radio tower; a row of tropical worker...
Archival Paper, Magazine Paper
Territory Over Land Mixed Media Collage, Contemporary, 2010+, Unframed
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A full-skirted woman holds onto the tether of a kite that seems to pull her upwards towards a weather balloon floating above an Antarctic base’s radio tower; a row of tropical worker...
Archival Paper, Magazine Paper
Captain Cook’s Legacy Mixed Media Collage, Contemporary, 2010-
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A full-skirted woman holds onto the tether of a kite that seems to pull her upwards towards a weather balloon floating above an Antarctic base’s radio tower; a row of tropical worker...
Archival Paper, Magazine Paper
No Such Border: Mixed Media Collage on Archival Paper, Contemporary
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A full-skirted woman holds onto the tether of a kite that seems to pull her upwards towards a weather balloon floating above an Antarctic base’s radio tower; a row of tropical worker...
Archival Paper, Magazine Paper
Architecture of the Anthropocene: Contemporary Mixed Media Collage
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A full-skirted woman holds onto the tether of a kite that seems to pull her upwards towards a weather balloon floating above an Antarctic base’s radio tower; a row of tropical worker...
Archival Paper, Magazine Paper
Ghost in the Land: Mixed Media Collage on Archival Paper, 2010+
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A full-skirted woman holds onto the tether of a kite that seems to pull her upwards towards a weather balloon floating above an Antarctic base’s radio tower; a row of tropical worker...
Archival Paper, Magazine Paper
Mine At Last: Mixed Media Collage on Archival Paper, Contemporary
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A full-skirted woman holds onto the tether of a kite that seems to pull her upwards towards a weather balloon floating above an Antarctic base’s radio tower; a row of tropical worker...
Archival Paper, Magazine Paper
Henson and Peary: Mixed Media Collage, Contemporary Art, 2010+
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A full-skirted woman holds onto the tether of a kite that seems to pull her upwards towards a weather balloon floating above an Antarctic base’s radio tower; a row of tropical worker...
Archival Paper, Magazine Paper
The Forward March Loses Ground: Contemporary Mixed Media Collage
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A full-skirted woman holds onto the tether of a kite that seems to pull her upwards towards a weather balloon floating above an Antarctic base’s radio tower; a row of tropical worker...
Archival Paper, Magazine Paper
Long Haul Mixed Media Collage on Photographic Paper, Contemporary
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A full-skirted woman holds onto the tether of a kite that seems to pull her upwards towards a weather balloon floating above an Antarctic base’s radio tower; a row of tropical worker...
Photographic Paper
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.
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