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Lyric Tree, Jackson Hill Park, Angelina National Forest, Texas

Lyric Tree, Jackson Hill Park, Angelina National Forest, Texas

By David H. Gibson

Located in Dallas, TX

"I like to go back to a place. Seasons change. Light, which is theater, changes. Nature is tumultuous, and our contact with it makes life happen.” - David H. Gibson David H. Gibson ...

Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Parking Lot with Palm Trees – Madeira, Portugal, Black-and-White Fine Art Photo
Parking Lot with Palm Trees – Madeira, Portugal, Black-and-White Fine Art Photo

Parking Lot with Palm Trees – Madeira, Portugal, Black-and-White Fine Art Photo

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

PARKING LOT WITH PALM TREES – PORTUGAL – GERALD BERGHAMMER Parking Lot with Palm Trees is a minimalist black-and-white fine art photograph by Austrian photographer Gerald Berghammer,...

Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Digital Pigment

Tree of EarthâEs Treasures, Mixed Media on Canvas
Tree of EarthâEs Treasures, Mixed Media on Canvas

Tree of EarthâEs Treasures, Mixed Media on Canvas

By Amanda Dagg

Located in Yardley, PA

This piece was inspired by the hidden beauty of the earth, celebrating the precious crystals and gems formed deep within its layers. DETAILS: Size: 16 x 20 inches (41 x 51 cm) M...

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Contemporary watercolor landscape suburban house rooftop trees sky signed
Contemporary watercolor landscape suburban house rooftop trees sky signed

Contemporary watercolor landscape suburban house rooftop trees sky signed

By Craig Lueck

Located in Milwaukee, WI

"Barker Road Residence" is an original watercolor on Holbein watercolor paper by Craig Lueck. These petite watercolors that make up Lueck's portfolio serve as windows into the artis...

Category

Early 2000s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Inazuma m1 - Cobalt Dark Blue Tree Branches Winter White Mylar, 2014
Inazuma m1 - Cobalt Dark Blue Tree Branches Winter White Mylar, 2014

Inazuma m1 - Cobalt Dark Blue Tree Branches Winter White Mylar, 2014

By Jackie Battenfield

Located in Kent, CT

Tree branches in dramatic hues of dark blue are striking against the pristine white background of this contemporary painting in acrylic on Mylar. This painting on Mylar requires mou...

Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Mylar, Acrylic

Tree -Signed limited edition fine art print, Black and White Nature Photography
Tree -Signed limited edition fine art print, Black and White Nature Photography

Tree -Signed limited edition fine art print, Black and White Nature Photography

By Ian Sanderson

Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona

' Tree ' by Ian Sanderson Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 2006 - Edition of 5 This print that is being offered is a high-quality Archival Pigment print which has b...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Black and White, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Photographic...

Potato Field with Cherry Trees Study 2, Black-and-White Fine Art Photograph
Potato Field with Cherry Trees Study 2, Black-and-White Fine Art Photograph

Potato Field with Cherry Trees Study 2, Black-and-White Fine Art Photograph

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

POTATO FIELD WITH CHERRY TREES – STUDY 2, AUSTRIA – GERALD BERGHAMMER Potato Field with Cherry Trees – Study 2 is a black-and-white fine art landscape photograph by Austrian photogra...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Digital Pigment

Eucalyptus Trees, Xmas Day, South Australia

Eucalyptus Trees, Xmas Day, South Australia

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Limited edition of 20 Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorpora...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Gold Leaf

We are just like a tree_02

We are just like a tree_02

By Young Sam Kim

Located in New York, NY

Born of an auditory-verbal impairment in Busan, South Korea, Young Sam Kim grew to become exceptionally perceptive to visual stimuli. Kim’s inclination for painstaking observation co...

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Mixed Media, Photographic Paper, Photogram

We are just like a tree_01

We are just like a tree_01

By Young Sam Kim

Located in New York, NY

Born of an auditory-verbal impairment in Busan, South Korea, Young Sam Kim grew to become exceptionally perceptive to visual stimuli. Kim’s inclination for painstaking observation co...

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Mixed Media, Photographic Paper, Photogram

We are just like a tree_03

We are just like a tree_03

By Young Sam Kim

Located in New York, NY

Born of an auditory-verbal impairment in Busan, South Korea, Young Sam Kim grew to become exceptionally perceptive to visual stimuli. Kim’s inclination for painstaking observation co...

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Mixed Media, Photographic Paper, Photogram

Palm Tree Restaurant II (Stranger than Paradise)

Palm Tree Restaurant II (Stranger than Paradise)

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Palm Tree Restaurant II (Stranger than Paradise), 1999 Edition 8/10, 58x56cm. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, printed on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, based on the origi...

Category

1990s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Tree at Night (Last Picture Show)

Tree at Night (Last Picture Show)

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Tree at Night (Last Picture Show) - 2003 Edition of 5, 38x36cm, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, based on a Polaroid, Artist inventory Numb...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Tree in Hoarfrost Study 1, Hungary, Limited Black-and-White Fine Art Photograph
Tree in Hoarfrost Study 1, Hungary, Limited Black-and-White Fine Art Photograph

Tree in Hoarfrost Study 1, Hungary, Limited Black-and-White Fine Art Photograph

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Prints include a 4 cm white border. TREE IN HOARFROST STUDY 1 – HUNGARY – GERALD BERGHAMMER This black-and-white fine art photograph by Austrian photographer Gerald Berghammer captu...

Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Digital Pigment

Kitchen still life, Original painting, Landscape, Nature, Tree
Kitchen still life, Original painting, Landscape, Nature, Tree

Kitchen still life, Original painting, Landscape, Nature, Tree

By Natalie Bird

Located in Deddington, GB

Pastel and watercolour on high quality acid free Fabriano 200 gsm watercolour paper. Painted from life in my kitchen - a favourite Portuguese jug ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Pastel, Wa...

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Pastel

Summers Heath, Original painting, landscape, Woods, trees, nature
Summers Heath, Original painting, landscape, Woods, trees, nature

Summers Heath, Original painting, landscape, Woods, trees, nature

Located in Deddington, GB

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Acrylic on Canvas 76 H x 122 W x 4 D cm (29.92 x 48.03 x 1.57 in) Sold unframed Image size: Height: 76cm (29.92 in) Width: 122cm (48.03 in) Complete si...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Contemporary female artist landscape pastel drawing flowers trees signed
Contemporary female artist landscape pastel drawing flowers trees signed

Contemporary female artist landscape pastel drawing flowers trees signed

By Alicia Czechowski

Located in Milwaukee, WI

"The Rose Farm" is an original pastel drawing by Alicia Czechowski. It depicts a variety of plants and flowers in lush greens and blues. The artist signed the piece in the lower righ...

Category

1990s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Untitled (Palm Trees)

Untitled (Palm Trees)

By Mario Schifano

Located in London, GB

Later paintings isolated sections of famous brand logos, which became some of the most famous instances of Italian Pop Art, shown alongside contemporaries such as Andy Warhol and Roy...

Category

1970s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Canvas, Screen

Contemporary watercolor landscape expressionist boats water trees sky signed
Contemporary watercolor landscape expressionist boats water trees sky signed

Contemporary watercolor landscape expressionist boats water trees sky signed

By Craig Lueck

Located in Milwaukee, WI

"Low Tide - Martha's Vinyard" is an original watercolor painting by Craig Lueck. These petite watercolors that make up Lueck's portfolio serve as windows into the artist's world. Sc...

Category

Early 2000s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

David Hockney Trees on Stage

David Hockney Trees on Stage

By David Hockney

Located in London, GB

1990 Fax print on paper 41 x 33.5 cm (including frame) printed with date and time stamp 'AUG 16 '90 10:58 DH IN THE HILS and P.5/25' Unique work Framed in a black frame with white mo...

Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Digital

Contemporary pastel colorful landscape trees grass forest scene signed
Contemporary pastel colorful landscape trees grass forest scene signed

Contemporary pastel colorful landscape trees grass forest scene signed

By Peggy Leonard

Located in Milwaukee, WI

"Bandelier #1" is an original pastel drawing signed by the artist Peggy Leonard in the lower left. It depicts a colorful array of light and shadow in a grassy wooded area. 12 1/2" ...

Category

1990s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

"Viriditas" - Layered Tree Silkscreen
"Viriditas" - Layered Tree Silkscreen

"Viriditas" - Layered Tree Silkscreen

By Deborah Rumer

Located in Soquel, CA

Vibrant green nature-themed screenprint with leaves and tree by Deborah Rumer (American, 20th Century). Titled, numbered, signed, and dated ("Viriditas Ed/40 © Deborah Rumer c. '94")...

Category

1990s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink, Screen

Palm Trees on Wilcox (Stranger than Paradise) - Polaroid

Palm Trees on Wilcox (Stranger than Paradise) - Polaroid

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Palm Trees on Wilcox (Stranger than Paradise) - 2016 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Arti...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Nesting Tree Study #1
Nesting Tree Study #1

Nesting Tree Study #1

By Keith Carter b.1948

Located in Denton, TX

Edition 11 out of 25 Archival pigment print Paper size: 17 x 22 in., Image size: 16 x 20 in. Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil on print verso by Keith Carter Series: Ghos...

Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Tree of childhood, Digital on Canvas
Tree of childhood, Digital on Canvas

Tree of childhood, Digital on Canvas

By Alexander Fuza

Located in Yardley, PA

memory, tree of childhood, field, flowering, mountains, color, :: Digital :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Rea...

Category

2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Digital

On Reflection, original painting, landscape, woods, trees, nature
On Reflection, original painting, landscape, woods, trees, nature

On Reflection, original painting, landscape, woods, trees, nature

Located in Deddington, GB

This piece was initially designed on my iPad. Planning the palette and composition was key and then I translated the image on to canvas using a brush and acrylics. Inspired by the lo...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Little Summer Storm, Landscape Canvas Painting, Abstract, Tree
Little Summer Storm, Landscape Canvas Painting, Abstract, Tree

Little Summer Storm, Landscape Canvas Painting, Abstract, Tree

By Nicky Chubb

Located in Deddington, GB

Little Summer Storm is an original landscape painting by Nicky Chubb in her classic joyful style. The greens in the tress are interspersed with oranges and pinks to add extra depth a...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Tree Roots, from Ghostland
Tree Roots, from Ghostland

Tree Roots, from Ghostland

By Keith Carter b.1948

Located in Denton, TX

Edition of 25 Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil on print verso. Archival pigment print Paper size: 22 x 17 in. Image size: 20 x 16 in. Series: Ghostland Keith Carter is a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Penelope Tree with Flowers

Penelope Tree with Flowers

By David Bailey

Located in London, GB

David Bailey Penelope Tree with Flowers, 2022 Unique overpainted photograph comprising archival pigment print with hand embellished acrylic paint on paper, framed Signed by the artis...

Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Acrylic, Archival Pigment

'Blue Ridge Seen Embroidered' - tree photography - embroidery
'Blue Ridge Seen Embroidered' - tree photography - embroidery

'Blue Ridge Seen Embroidered' - tree photography - embroidery

By Myrtie Cope

Located in Atlanta, GA

Myrtie Cope is inspired by the works of Richard Pare, Ezra Stoller, Berenice Abbott and Abelardo Morrell. Myrtie Cope is an Atlanta photographer with a focus on architecture and nat...

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Inkjet, Thread

Laurel Forest — Minimalist Landscape Photograph: Foggy Meadow & Tree
Laurel Forest — Minimalist Landscape Photograph: Foggy Meadow & Tree

Laurel Forest — Minimalist Landscape Photograph: Foggy Meadow & Tree

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

MISTY HILLSIDE IN FOG, MADEIRA – COLOUR PHOTOGRAPH – GERALD BERGHAMMER This fine art landscape photograph captures a tranquil, mist-covered hillside dotted with sculptural, wind-shap...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Digital Pigment

Oak Tree, Holmdel, NJ

Oak Tree, Holmdel, NJ

By George Tice

Located in Westwood, NJ

George Tice was born in 1938 in Newark, NJ, the state in which his ancestors had lived for generations earlier. He joined a camera club when he was fourteen, and is largely a self ta...

Category

20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Platinum

Amemasu Tree, Hokkaido, Japan

Amemasu Tree, Hokkaido, Japan

By Michael Kenna

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Michael Kenna is a master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential amon...

Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Tree - Lithograph by Alfonso Bonavita - 1990s
Tree - Lithograph by Alfonso Bonavita - 1990s

Tree - Lithograph by Alfonso Bonavita - 1990s

Located in Roma, IT

Tree is an original contemporary artwork realized by Alfonso Bonavita in 1990s. Mixed colored lithograph. Hand signed and numbered on the lower margin. Artist's proof. Edition of ...

Category

1990s Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Tree Poem 10 (The Olive Grove) impressionist oil painting
Tree Poem 10 (The Olive Grove) impressionist oil painting

Tree Poem 10 (The Olive Grove) impressionist oil painting

By Lee Tiller

Located in Deddington, GB

An original oil painting by impressionist artist Lee Tiller. From a series of paintings known as ‘Tree Poems’ Lee has produced this atmospheric painting called Tree Poem 10 (The Oli...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sophienholm #1 - Multiple Exposure Photography - Tree - Landscape

Sophienholm #1 - Multiple Exposure Photography - Tree - Landscape

By Jacob Gils

Located in Chicago, IL

Sophienholm #1 Available Sizes: Size: 35.5” x 71” Edition of 5 Size: 27.5” x 55” Edition of 6 About the "Movement" Series: Jacob Gil’s Movement – Nature series captures the dyna...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Pibemoelle #11 - Multiple Exposure Photography - Landscape - Tree

Pibemoelle #11 - Multiple Exposure Photography - Landscape - Tree

By Jacob Gils

Located in Chicago, IL

Pibemoelle #11 Available Sizes: Size: 43” x 29” Edition of 6 Size: 89” x 59” Edition of 5 Size: 71” x 47” Edition of 5 Size: 55” x 37” Edition of 6 Available as an archival Pig...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Santa Monica Palm Trees - Stranger than Paradise

Santa Monica Palm Trees - Stranger than Paradise

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

'Santa Monica Palm Trees' (Stranger than Paradise) - 2016 20x20cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid, Certificate and Signature label, Not mounted. Instantdr...

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Polaroid

Cilento, Olive Trees, Italy

Cilento, Olive Trees, Italy

By Pentti Sammallahti

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Finnish photographer Pentti Sammallahti depicts nature, eroded and broken down by civilization, but does not put man and the environment in opposite camps. He sees an equal relations...

Category

1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Tree- Signed limited edition fine art print, Black  White Nature Photo, Still
Tree- Signed limited edition fine art print, Black  White Nature Photo, Still

Tree- Signed limited edition fine art print, Black White Nature Photo, Still

By Ian Sanderson

Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona

Tree by Ian Sanderson Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 2006 - Edition of 5 This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Black and White, Pigment, Archival Pi...

Copse and Tree, Mita, Hokkaido, Japan. 2007

Copse and Tree, Mita, Hokkaido, Japan. 2007

By Michael Kenna

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential am...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Tree in the Mist, Plum Creek, Tx

Tree in the Mist, Plum Creek, Tx

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Oak Tree with Brush, Plum Creek, Texas

Oak Tree with Brush, Plum Creek, Texas

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Three Oak Trees, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico

Three Oak Trees, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Two Pink Trees in a Yellow Field
Two Pink Trees in a Yellow Field

Two Pink Trees in a Yellow Field

By Zygmund Jankowski

Located in Gloucester, MA

Zygmund Jankowski (1925–2009) painted traditional subjects with exuberant irreverence for traditional rules of color, composition, and perspective. He disparaged imitation and deligh...

Category

1980s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Framed Abstract Liquid Crystal Shimmering Purple Tree Painting
Large Framed Abstract Liquid Crystal Shimmering Purple Tree Painting

Large Framed Abstract Liquid Crystal Shimmering Purple Tree Painting

Located in Cape Town, ZA

Using a dynamic harmony of mixed media, alchemy and expressionism, Gail is the only artist in the world who has perfected the technique of using liquid crystal as medium in an art fo...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Plexiglass

Live Oak Tree, Texas

Live Oak Tree, Texas

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Artist Statement For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both i...

Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Oak Tree, Holmdel, NJ

Oak Tree, Holmdel, NJ

By George Tice

Located in Westwood, NJ

George Tice was born in 1938 in Newark, NJ, the state in which his ancestors had lived for generations earlier. He joined a camera club when he was fourteen, and is largely a self ta...

Category

20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

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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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Questions About Trees Contemporary Art

  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019

    Contemporary art denotes work created by 21st-century artists.

  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 21, 2024
    In contemporary art, conceptual art is a movement that began in the 1960s. Artists producing conceptual art assign more importance to the idea behind the art than to the piece itself. An example is Joseph Kosuth’s One and Three Chairs, a piece consisting of a real chair, a photograph of a chair and the dictionary definition of the word chair. When the work was displayed, Kosuth included instructions for any chair to be photographed and then displayed beside its image. In this way, the chair itself is not the artwork. Rather, the art comes from examining the way the object, image and words provide competing and complementary definitions of what a chair is. Find a large selection of fine art on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019

    Contemporary art has no defining feature or characteristic.The term simply refers to recent creations.

  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 26, 2024
    The meaning of contemporary art is art produced by living artists. The category typically includes works created in the late 20th century as well as in the 21st century. Given its timeliness, contemporary art often responds to current issues and themes that are relevant to an everyday audience. Contemporary art succeeded modern art, which is art made during a period that began in approximately 1850. On 1stDibs, shop a wide variety of contemporary art.
  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019

    Contemporary art encompasses painting, sculpture, photography, installation, performance and video art, among other genres.

  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 16, 2024
    Contemporary art is important because of how it responds to the current moment. Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. Through their works, contemporary artists provide commentary about social issues, history and the human condition. By engaging with contemporary art, viewers can gain a deeper understanding of the world and new perspectives. On 1stDibs, shop a wide range of contemporary art.
  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019

    The term contemporary is applied to art by 21st-century artists; modern art refers to works created from the1880s and through the 1960s.

  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 26, 2024
    The difference between modern art and contemporary art comes down to age. Contemporary art refers to art produced by artists who are still alive or were active during the 1960s and later. Modern art is the term for artworks made between 1850 or 1860 and 1960. On 1stDibs, shop a large collection of modern and contemporary art.

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