Contemporary Paintings
CONTEMPORARY STYLE
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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Style: Contemporary
Dialogue
Located in Wien, 9
In his turbulent compositions, lines and colors overlap and condense into figuratively looking scenes. As a figurative informal painter or informal figure painter, he proves in a way...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
Untitled
Located in Miami, FL
Original Painting
Lucia Riccelli, painter and performance artist.
Born in Rome, living in Vienna, Zakynthos and Rome.
Degreed at Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma in painting and scenography. Studied and performed classical ballet...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Linen, Raw Linen, Oil, Acrylic
5TH DIMENSIONAL LOVE MACHINE
Located in Marrakech, MA
Acrylic painting on canvas
Black exterior frame
Signed on the front
Framed dimensions: 163x269(x5)cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Solo Samba
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A mixed media work by Merion Estes. "Solo Samba" is a contemporary abstract, acrylic on canvas in a palette of purples, reds, and yellows by American female artist Merion Estes. The ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Twilight
Located in Paris, IDF
Nikolai MAKAROV
(Born in 1952)
Twilight
Acrylic painting on canvas mounted on panel
Signed lower right
31 x 46 cm
2019
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Dorset Landscape
Located in London, GB
Jeremy Andrews
Born 1974
Dorset Landscape
Oil on canvas, signed
Image size: 20 x 20 inches
Framed
Jeremy Andrews works in oils and uses traditional techniques such as under pai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Glamour #2
Located in Singapore, SG
As a creature that becomes the flower of the world, women are identified with a beautiful, gentle and attractive nature. But behind that gentleness there is power, energy that exceed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Ango Areoli
Located in Zürich, ZH
Nelio Sonego was born in Switzerland, in Sion, in 1955. He attended and graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice with Emilio Vedova, from whom he assimilated the gestural an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
211
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean BIJOUX
(XX)
211
Acrylic painting and gold leaf on vellum
Signed lower middle
H. 27 cm ; L. 18 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pears in a Row
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated (at lower right): J. STONE ROBERTS./ 2004.
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Russian Drone Painting No. 6 (Ferris Wheel at Pripyat, 2016)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
William Turner Gallery is proud to present a small solo exhibition of paintings by artist Lawrence Gipe called “Recent Pictures,” which draws fr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Its A Wander-Full Life
Located in Detroit, MI
It's A Wander-Full Life
acrylic on canvas
60x60 in
Part of the Lunacy series
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Look at things from distance #2 Hélène Duclos 21st Century Contemporary art red
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and acrylic paint on canvas
Signed lower right
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016 – Artist Statement
“Questioning the human condition and the position of being alive – W...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Canvas
"Uprise" Figurative Painting, Oil on Canvas, Frame, Vivid Colors
Located in New York, NY
Rebecca Leveille (who is also known for her illustration work under the name Rebecca Guay) received a BFA from Pratt Institute in 1992. Leveille’s art has garnered words of praise from Jerry Saltz, Walter Robinson, and Peter Frank. She has been a guest artist/speaker at Rhode Island School of Design, University of Massachusetts, Savannah College of Art and Design, and Fordham University, a guest instructor at Pratt Institute, and a guest artist by invitation to shows and events in Melbourne Australia, Paris, Nagoya and Osaka (Japan), Valencia, San Fernando, and Torrelavega (Spain). Her work has been featured in Juxtapoz Magazine, American Art Collector, and Hi Fructose among many other publications and is collected internationally. In 2018 she was featured in a solo show at The Untitled Space. Her work has additionally been featured in The Untitled Space group shows “UPRISE / ANGRY WOMEN”, “SHE INSPIRES” as well as "EDEN" (2019) and “(HOTEL) XX" (2018) presented at SPRING/BREAK Art Show. She has been featured at Sotheby’s New York for the annual “Take Home A Nude” exhibit and auction presented by The New York Academy of Art (2017-2019), The Allentown Museum of Art, PA, Delaware Art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
SPRING THAW - Pink & Green / Mossy rock / Pacific Northwest Forest
Located in New York, NY
Original painting by Alexandra Pacula.
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
West to East
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An oil on linen canvas painting by contemporary artist Ross Bleckner. "West to East" is an abstract oil painting executed in deep and brilliant orange on a neutral ground...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
The rebirth of nudity Mohammad Ariyaei 21st Century art Outsider Iranian paint
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas
Hand-signed lower right
« Here the barbaric or savage ceremonies of New Guinea take on the air of Rio carnival.
Here the vitality bursts and the colors dance...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Catching My Daydreams - 21st Century, Contemporary Painting, Modern Portrait
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"The paintings are built up in layer upon layer of paint which give the pieces great depth of field. They are created with an arsenal of tools that doesn't settle with convention. As...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media
45042 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Painting
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Among the Catalan artists who have remained loyal to figurative techniques, several have successfully fixed their gaze on the architecture, streets and commercial trappings of the mo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Malinalco, 2017
Located in New York, NY
Malinalco 2017, Is a piece that belongs to a larger series of photo paintings consisting of about 52 total. This piece is made with; ink, and enamel ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Untitled" - Agave, pink and green, organic, nature, Mexican, figurative paint
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Daniel Berman's production is not only torrential and overflowing but also mutating as if it were a chameleon, it changes to support and scale to explore the possibilities of each te...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Purrpalala" Aboriginal Acrylic on Canvas Painting by Biddy Long Yulngarri
Located in London, GB
Biddy Long is a traditional woman bringing years of bush living and travelling to her painting. Her early life was with other Warlpiri on Mt Doreen cattle station when her family was...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Model
Located in Paris, IDF
Nikolai MAKAROV
(Born in 1952)
The Model
Acrylic on canvas mounted on panel
Signed lower right
130 x 90 cm
2021
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Gemini" oil painting on panel figurative two women female red hair
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Rachel Bess
Gemini, 2020
oil on panel
17.5" x 12" unframed
21” x 15.5” framed
Rachel Bess is known for her precise and theatrical oil paintings that ble...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Jasmine and Clove" oil painting woman female portrait black dress
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Rachel Bess
Jasmine and Clove, 2017
oil on Dibond
10” x 8” unframed
13.5" x 11.75" framed
Rachel Bess is known for her precise and theatrical oil painti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Beyond Nicolas Kennett 21st Century British painting character skyscape black
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint on wood panel
Signed on the back
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Untitled
By Mary Mitsuda
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An abstract acrylic on wood panel painting executed in deep burgundy, yellow, blue and black by contemporary artist Mary Mitsuda.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Africa Electric TV - Philippe Jacq, 21st Century, Contemporary painting
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on textile and embroidery on canvas
Signed by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Tapestry, Canvas, Acrylic
JAM ON BREAD - Food Still Life / Pop Art / Photorealism / Kitchen
Located in New York, NY
A British-born, American based painter, Richard Combes focuses his subjects on the forgotten or the forlorn, perhaps indications or remnants of a time before.
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
New York Harbor and Governor's Island
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated (on verso): Diana Horowitz / 2014
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Partita 50
Located in Paris, IDF
Bruno DESPLANQUES
(Born in 1966, France)
Partita 50
Enamelled lava stone
30 cm ; 30 cm
2021
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Stone, Enamel
201
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean BIJOUX
(XX)
201
Acrylic painting and gold leaf on vellum
Signed lower left
H. 21 cm ; L. 19 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Field Nicolas Kennett 21st Century British painting landscape animal bird crow
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint on wood panel
Signed on the back
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Richard Potter
Located in Santa Monica, CA
With Halo, Greenfield brings the stories of Black folk-saints, martyrs, freedom-fighters, survivors, magicians, and visionaries back into view.
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Megalopolis Lights - 21st Century, Contemporary, Landscape, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Atmosphere -masses of evaporating water in the air- describes Ekaterina Smirnova's paintings best. Working in watercolour, Smirnova has a unique approach to this traditional medium. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Arcane - Mineral and Ink, Landscape painting of Ganges River, Textured, Small
Located in Tokyo, JP
An original mineral painting, made with crushed minerals (natural and synthetic), crushed seashells and Sumi ink on Japanese paper, mounted on a wood panel. Natural colors include se...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Stone
TRIMMED TREES - Contemporary Landscape / Realism / Nature Scene
Located in New York, NY
Original Landscape painting by New Jersey artist Anita Mazzucca.
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Genealogical spaces #6 - Hélène Duclos, 21st Century, Painting
Located in Paris, FR
2 oil paintings on canvas composing a diptyc
Signed lower right by the artist
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016 – Artist Statement
“Questioning the h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Repose in Blue
Located in Atlanta, GA
Stephanie Henderson Repose in Blue
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Resin, Acrylic, Board
YELLOW, GREEN, BLACK, WHITE - Contemporary Realism / Still Life Color Apples
Located in New York, NY
Original still life painting by Edward A. Butler.
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Twig Arrangement in front of Garden Arrangement - Grey blue
By Bruce McLean
Located in London, GB
A painting by contemporary Scottish sculptor, painter and performance artist Bruce McLean.
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Acrylic
Lady of the Lake Louis-Paul Ordonneau Contemporary painting art landscape nude
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint on canvas
Hand-signed on the back by the artist
Louis-Paul Ordonneau is a French painter born in 1975.
He lives and works in Paris.
In 1999, he set up his studio in tempo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Venice - Julien Calot, 21st Century art, Contemporary figurative painting
By Julien Calot
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas
Hand-signed lower right by the artist
Unique work
Discover the new works on canvas by the French emerging and talented artist Julien Calot in his personal ex...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Trapped
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A mixed media work by Merion Estes. "Trapped" is a contemporary abstract, fabric collage, acrylic on fabric in a palette of blacks, reds, and yellows by American female artist Merion...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
When the sun goes down - Julien Calot, 21st Century art, Contemporary painting
By Julien Calot
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas
Signed
Unique work
Julien CALOT
Discover the new works on canvas by the French emerging and talented artist Julien Calot in his personal exhibition "Passenge...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Dioscuri" oil painting figurative female portrait stockings
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Rachel Bess
Dioscuri, 2019
oil on Dibond
18" x 12" unframed
21.5 x 15.5" framed
Rachel Bess is known for her precise and theatrical oil paintings that b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
No extenuating circumstances #1 Hélène Duclos 21st Century Contemporary art blue
Located in Paris, FR
Oil and acrylic on canvas
Signed lower right
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016 – Artist Statement
“Questioning the human condition and the position of being alive – What is it to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Stones XVIII - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract Painting, Mixed Media
By Jon Errazu
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"My work is characterized by forms and lines. The relationship between background and figure is repeated persistently in each of my works. The figure, simple and almost always quadri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Untitled
By Christian Rosa
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An abstract oil on canvas by Brazilian contemporary artist Christian Rosa. This large format, untitled oil is executed in bright yellow, black, red and blue in a subdued, neutral pal...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Chwana
Located in Boca Raton, FL
A leading abstract painter in his lifetime, Dan Christensen drew from a range of Modernist sources to produce colorful, luminous compositions that featured giant dots, whirling loops...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
23042 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Painting, Mixed Media
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"Martí Bofarull’s work fits in with renovation of the urban landscape that has characterized Catalan painting of the last twenty years. Among our artists who have remained loyal to f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
In the beginning was the bird Timothy Archer, 21st Century, Contemporary painter
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and pastel on canvas
Hand-signed and dated lower right by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Oil
The inseparable I -Timothy Archer, 21st Century, Contemporary painting
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and pastel on paper
Hand-signed and dated lower right by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Oil
Downtown Blue - 21st Century, Contemporary, Landscape, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Atmosphere -masses of evaporating water in the air- describes Ekaterina Smirnova's paintings best. Working in watercolour, Smirnova has a unique approach to this traditional medium. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
16724 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Painting, Mixed Media, Canvas
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"Martí Bofarull’s work fits in with renovation of the urban landscape that has characterized Catalan painting of the last twenty years. Among our art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Audrey
By Chris Tomlin
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic on Wood Panel. Portrait or Audrey Hepburn is 24x24. Vibrant colors.
About the Artist:
"Tomlin is young, upcoming artist based out of NY. His interests in portraits, i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
The dream - Julien Calot, 21st Century, Contemporary figurative painting
By Julien Calot
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas
Hand-signed lower right by the artist
Unique work
Discover the new works on canvas by the French emerging and talented artist Julien Calot in his personal ex...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Keith Snow Storm
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media on wood featuring the infamous Keith Richards. Photographed by Joester.
About the Artist:
Steve Joester is a British-born Rock & Roll photographer and mixed media a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Mixed Media, Photographic Film
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