Robert Carroll On Sale
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Etching
1960s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints
Etching, Aquatint
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Sculptures and Carvings
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16th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
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Robert Carroll for sale on 1stDibs
Robert Carroll was an American artist born in 1934 in Painesville, Ohio. He has been studying Arts at the Cleveland Institute of Arts, where he graduated in 1957. Since the end of the 1950s, he has been associating with some of the most important writers and intellectuals of the beat generation, such as Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac. Carroll did work a lot with the American artist Willem de Kooning, who introduced him to cultural circles in some of the most important cities in Europe when he moved in 1959. Since the 1960s, he attended many personal and collective exhibitions all over the world and after the mid-1980s, he did important research on multimedia art.
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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