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Conceptual Contemporary Art Color Photograph, Social Commentary
By Carole Conde & Karl Beveridge
Located in Surfside, FL
Referencing immigrants and the disabled. Social commentary conceptual artwork.
Provenance
Category
Late 20th Century Conceptual Color Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
"Beatificado" Modern Tabloid Inspired Religious Social Commentary Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern, large scale social commentary painting by California artist John Valdez. Comes with the
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Felt Pen
H 92 in W 50 in D 0.18 in
"Drop It..." Contemporary Neutral Toned Social Commentary Collage Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary neutral toned social commentary collage by Texas based artist Ken Luce. Created using
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
H 61 in W 41 in D 1 in
"Drive Bye..." Contemporary Neutral Toned Social Commentary Collage Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary neutral toned social commentary collage by Texas based artist Ken Luce. Created using
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Conceptual Contemporary Art Color Photograph, Social Commentary
By Carole Conde & Karl Beveridge
Located in Surfside, FL
). Condé and Beveridge’s repeated calls for reflection, accountability and social justice have gained them
Category
Late 20th Century Conceptual Color Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Conceptual Contemporary Art Color Photograph, Social Commentary
By Carole Conde & Karl Beveridge
Located in Surfside, FL
calls for reflection, accountability and social justice have gained them recognition as activist-artists
Category
Late 20th Century Conceptual Color Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
"Girl with Guitar" Robert Gwathmey, Music, Southern Social Commentary, Modernism
By Robert Gwathmey
Located in New York, NY
social commentary on the plight of their situation within American society. Gwathmey remained true to
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Sano Entretenimiento II" Contemporary Surrealist Social Commentary Painting
Located in Houston, TX
in local history, society and culture. Castro adapts real-life picture of economic, social and
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 28.75 in W 44.13 in D 1.5 in
History and Innocence, symbolic interpretation and social commentary
By Audrey Anastasi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
In this series, Audrey Anastasi has shifted her focus away from naturalistic domestic settings to a dark, enigmatic, and some might say, unsettling, place. These figures could be he...
Category
2010s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 60 in W 48 in D 1.5 in
WALL STREET, German Conceptual artist, biting social commentary, Signed, Framed
By Martin Kippenberger
Located in New York, NY
Certificate of Guarantee
Kippenberger's Wall Street is full of biting social commentary about American
Category
1990s Conceptual Figurative Prints
Materials
Board, Lithograph, Offset
H 24 in W 25.5 in D 1.5 in
Vintage Artist’s Self Portrait Oil Painting - Urban vs Rural Social Commentary
Located in Baltimore, MD
back from realizing his dreams. This type of social commentary was typical for earlier Ashcan and WPA
Category
1950s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Samu - 21st Century, oil painting, canvas, portrait, social commentary
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
introspective exploration of contemporary social imagery.
Ricardo Tena's debut collection is a powerful visual
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
H 59.06 in W 47.25 in D 1.58 in
Grim - 21st Century, oil painting, canvas, portrait, social commentary
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
introspective exploration of contemporary social imagery.
Ricardo Tena's debut collection is a powerful visual
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
H 59.06 in W 47.25 in D 1.58 in
Anthony - 21st Century, oil painting, canvas, portrait, social commentary
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
introspective exploration of contemporary social imagery.
Ricardo Tena's debut collection is a powerful visual
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
H 59.06 in W 47.25 in D 1.58 in
Taro - 21st Century, oil painting, canvas, portrait, social commentary
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
introspective exploration of contemporary social imagery.
Ricardo Tena's debut collection is a powerful visual
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
H 59.06 in W 47.25 in D 1.58 in
Bowie - 21st Century, oil painting, canvas, portrait, social commentary
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
introspective exploration of contemporary social imagery.
Ricardo Tena's debut collection is a powerful visual
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
H 59.06 in W 47.25 in D 1.58 in
Fauno - 21st Century, oil painting, canvas, portrait, social commentary
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
introspective exploration of contemporary social imagery.
Ricardo Tena's debut collection is a powerful visual
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
H 47.25 in W 43.31 in D 1.58 in
Florence - 21st Century, oil painting, canvas, portrait, social commentary
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
introspective exploration of contemporary social imagery.
Ricardo Tena's debut collectiona is a powerful visual
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
H 59.06 in W 47.25 in D 1.58 in
"Poderes" Contemporary Realistic Figurative Red Toned Social Commentary Painting
Located in Houston, TX
artist who adapts real-life picture of economic, social and cultural life on the island of his birth with
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
H 26.88 in W 34.25 in D 2.13 in
A Couple - Contemporary drawing, Young art, Minimalism, Social commentary
By Anna Wardega
Located in Warsaw, PL
ANNA WARDĘGA-CZAJA
Studies at Painting Departament at Academy of Fine Art in Cracow, Poland. She's dealing with easel painting, wall painting as well as drawing. Finalist of Competit...
Category
2010s Minimalist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
Contemporary Paper Bag Series Standardized Testing & Social Commentary Work
Located in Houston, TX
varied materials across multiple genres to refer to difference and the plurality within black social life
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
H 20.5 in W 20.5 in D 1.75 in
Mother - Contemporary ink drawing, Young art, Minimalism, Social commentary
By Anna Wardega
Located in Warsaw, PL
ANNA WARDĘGA-CZAJA
Studies at Painting Departament at Academy of Fine Art in Cracow, Poland. She's dealing with easel painting, wall painting as well as drawing. Finalist of Competit...
Category
2010s Minimalist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Streetcar - Contemporary ink drawing, Young art, Minimalism, Social commentary
By Anna Wardega
Located in Warsaw, PL
ANNA WARDĘGA-CZAJA
Studies at Painting Departament at Academy of Fine Art in Cracow, Poland. She's dealing with easel painting, wall painting as well as drawing. Finalist of Competit...
Category
2010s Minimalist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
Harbour - Contemporary ink drawing, Young art, Minimalism, Social commentary
By Anna Wardega
Located in Warsaw, PL
ANNA WARDĘGA-CZAJA
Studies at Painting Departament at Academy of Fine Art in Cracow, Poland. She's dealing with easel painting, wall painting as well as drawing. Finalist of Competit...
Category
2010s Minimalist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Miss Bugs Treatment - Luxury Social Emoji Sculpture Social Commentary Street
By Miss Bugs
Located in Draper, UT
Treatment - Luxury Social Emoji Sculpture
INCLUDES BOTH SYRINGES
Do No Harm Volume 1 Handmade
Category
2010s Street Art Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Plastic, Screen
"False Faces" Sonia Gechtoff, circa 1950 Social Commentary Realist Painting
By Sonia Gechtoff
Located in New York, NY
Sonia Gechtoff
False Faces, circa 1950-52
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas
30 x 22 1/4 inches
Sonia Gechtoff was born in Philadelphia to Ethel "Etya" and Leonid Gechtoff. Her mothe...
Category
1950s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Platform 5 - Contemporary ink drawing, Young art, Minimalism, Social commentary
By Anna Wardega
Located in Warsaw, PL
ANNA WARDĘGA-CZAJA
Studies at Painting Departament at Academy of Fine Art in Cracow, Poland. She's dealing with easel painting, wall painting as well as drawing. Finalist of Competit...
Category
2010s Minimalist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Bust stop - Contemporary ink drawing, Young art, Minimalism, Social commentary
By Anna Wardega
Located in Warsaw, PL
ANNA WARDĘGA-CZAJA
Studies at Painting Departament at Academy of Fine Art in Cracow, Poland. She's dealing with easel painting, wall painting as well as drawing. Finalist of Competit...
Category
2010s Minimalist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Desert 9 - Young Polish artist, Social commentary, Realistic tempera painting
By Anna Wardega
Located in Warsaw, PL
ANNA WARDĘGA-CZAJA
Graduated from the Painting Department at the Academy of Fine Art in Cracow, Poland in 2021. She's dealing with easel painting, wall painting as well as drawing. F...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Egg Tempera
Desert 5 - Young Polish artist, Social commentary, Realistic tempera painting
By Anna Wardega
Located in Warsaw, PL
ANNA WARDĘGA-CZAJA
Graduated from the Painting Department at the Academy of Fine Art in Cracow, Poland in 2021. She's dealing with easel painting, wall painting as well as drawing. F...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Egg Tempera
"Workingman's Blues III", Oil Cityscape Painting by Richard Rosenblatt
By Richard Rosenblatt
Located in New York, NY
, Smokestack, Manufacturing, Economy, Social Issues, Social Commentary, Urban, Moody, Landscape, Impressionism
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
Tate Modern By Grayson Perry
By Grayson Perry
Located in London, GB
alter ego, Claire, his works often merge traditional craftsmanship with thought-provoking social
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Silk
Bob Vylan. Spartan Warrior : Footprint Neo Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
based punk/grime/rap band Bob Vylan. The social commentary of their lyrics are beautifully juxtaposed
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Untitled (Coca Cola) By AI Weiwei
By Ai Weiwei
Located in London, GB
activist whose diverse body of work spans sculpture, installations, and social commentary, often addressing
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Paper
Bobb13: Contemporary Neo Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
A vibrant painting that reaches into the depths of music's ability to provide social commentary on
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Magical Thinking By Grayson Perry
By Grayson Perry
Located in London, GB
alter ego, Claire, his works often merge traditional craftsmanship with thought-provoking social
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Silk, Screen
Gentrification By Grayson Perry
By Grayson Perry
Located in London, GB
alter ego, Claire, his works often merge traditional craftsmanship with thought-provoking social
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Silk, Screen
Untitled (From The Tomb Of The Unknown Craftsmen) By Grayson Perry
By Grayson Perry
Located in London, GB
with thought-provoking social commentary.
2011
Screen print on linen
28 × 18 9/10 in 71 × 48 cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen, Linen
Gentrification By Grayson Perry
By Grayson Perry
Located in London, GB
alter ego, Claire, his works often merge traditional craftsmanship with thought-provoking social
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Silk, Screen
Cannes AM After Pablo Picasso
By Pablo Picasso
Located in London, GB
and Guernica, which reflect both his artistic genius and social commentary.
1962
Stone lithograph
Category
1960s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Stone
Untitled (from the Tomb of the Unknown Craftsmen) By Grayson Perry
By Grayson Perry
Located in London, GB
with thought-provoking social commentary.
2011
Screenprint on linen
28 × 18 9/10 in 71 × 48 cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen, Linen
100 Affiches Pablo Picasso Stone Lithograph Pablo Picasso
By Pablo Picasso
Located in London, GB
d'Avignon and Guernica, which reflect both his artistic genius and social commentary.
1966
29 3/10 × 19 3
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Linen
The Puzzlingly Gorgeous Hermaphrodite Butterfly Boy-Girl
By Jenny Schmid
Located in Palm Springs, CA
, social commentary, which led her to create a personal imaginary world, a gender utopia she calls Dzenska
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Linocut
Hommage a Rene Char litho by Moulot Imprimerie
By Pablo Picasso
Located in London, GB
works like Les Demoiselles d'Avignon and Guernica, which reflect both his artistic genius and social
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cote D'Azur 1962 stone lithograph (after)Pablo Picasso
By Pablo Picasso
Located in London, GB
like Les Demoiselles d'Avignon and Guernica, which reflect both his artistic genius and social
Category
1960s Contemporary Interior Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Picasso Ceramiques Espagnoles 1964 exposition lithograph
By Pablo Picasso
Located in London, GB
social commentary.
1964
Stone lithograph
19 × 11 in 48.25 × 28 cm
Category
1960s Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Key Workers (Full Set of Four Sculptures) By Grayson Perry
By Grayson Perry
Located in London, GB
thought-provoking social commentary.
2021
Ceramic
10 3/5 × 4 3/4 × 3 1/2 in 26.9 × 12.1 × 8.9 cm
Part
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
H 10.6 in W 3.51 in D 4.77 in
Musee D'Art Moderne Paris 1993 Poster, Niki de Saint Phalle
By Niki de Saint Phalle
Located in London, GB
critique, blending playful forms with deeper political and social commentary.
1993
Serigraph on linen
23
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
James Dean Smoking Cigarette Portrait Pop Art by British Urban Graffiti Artist
By Chris Pegg
Located in Preston, GB
Pegg is a self-taught Street Artist producing artwork with a strong social commentary.
Art measures
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Stencil, Pencil, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil, Sp...
Endone Signed and Numbered Giclée Print Ben Frost
By Ben Frost
Located in Draper, UT
pop culture with biting social commentary. This edition is strictly limited to 30 prints, each hand
Category
2010s Portrait Prints
Materials
Giclée
Tiger Portrait Pop Art with Floral Mandala in Chains by British Graffiti Artist
By Chris Pegg
Located in Preston, GB
social commentary.
His work is inspired by artists such as Mr Brainwash and Banksy. Mediums include
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Board, Wood Panel, Wood, Paint, Stencil, Pencil, Felt Pen, Acrylic, Spra...
Skull and Emoji Pop Art on Abstract Background by British Graffiti Artist
By Chris Pegg
Located in Preston, GB
. Chris Pegg is a self-taught Street Artist producing artwork with a strong social commentary.
Art
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Stencil, Canvas, Pencil, Felt Pen, Acrylic, Spray Paint, Oil, Mixed Medi...
Oil Gas Fuel Pump Pop Art on Abstract Background by British Graffiti Artist
By Chris Pegg
Located in Preston, GB
Pegg. Chris Pegg is a self-taught Street Artist producing artwork with a strong social commentary
Category
2010s Pop Art Interior Paintings
Materials
Stencil, Canvas, Pencil, Felt Pen, Acrylic, Spray Paint, Oil, Mixed Medi...
Liquorice Sweets Pop Art on Abstract Background by British Graffiti Artist
By Chris Pegg
Located in Preston, GB
Pegg. Chris Pegg is a self-taught Street Artist producing artwork with a strong social commentary
Category
2010s Pop Art Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint, Acryli...
Mickey Mouse Walt Disney Manga Cartoon Pop Art by British Urban Graffiti Artist
By Chris Pegg
Located in Preston, GB
social commentary. His work is inspired by artists such as Mr Brainwash and Banksy. Mediums include
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint, Acryli...
Jean-Michel Basquiat "The Nile" Large Screenprint Poster, Framed
By (after) Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in Pasadena, CA
artists and master of social commentary.
His work focused on suggestive dichotomies such as wealth vs
Category
Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
FOLIAGE #2
By Carol K. Brown
Located in New York, NY
hand drawn subject matter and the collaged detail highlights Brown’s brilliance with social commentary
Category
2010s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor
BEING THERE
By Carol K. Brown
Located in New York, NY
hand drawn subject matter and the collaged detail highlights Brown’s brilliance with social commentary
Category
2010s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor
WEARY
By Carol K. Brown
Located in New York, NY
hand drawn subject matter and the collaged detail highlights Brown’s brilliance with social commentary
Category
2010s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor
HURRY
By Carol K. Brown
Located in New York, NY
hand drawn subject matter and the collaged detail highlights Brown’s brilliance with social commentary
Category
2010s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor
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