Contemporary Art
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.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
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Style: Contemporary
Wendy Resting, Las Vegas - Contemporary American color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Part of Richard Heeps 'Man's Ruin' Series, this sequence of artworks 'Wendy Flamin' Eyeball', 'Wendy Resting' & 'Oldsmobile and Sinful Barbie's' were shot in Las Vegas.
This artwork...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Silver Gelatin
El Nene/ ComoComiendo Mamon. Fom the Vendedores series Photocollage Mixed media
Located in Miami Beach, FL
El Nene. Como Comiendo Mamon, 1993
Fom the Vendedores series
Photocollage
Image size: 10 in. H x 7.5 in. W
Sheet size: 28 in. H x 20 in. W
Unframed
Unique
The root of these unique p...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Color
Ian Edwards - Creation of Self - Original Signed Bronze Sculpure
By Ian Edwards
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Ian Edwards - Born of Fire - Original Signed Bronze Sculpure
Dimensions: 30 x 32 x 32 cm
Edition of 12
Edwards’ practice expresses the power and determination of human endeavour. He
draws inspiration from natural forces, with his powerful masculine figures often
bearing the surface texture of time enduring landscapes. Edwards uses this external
inspiration to explore very internal themes of fortitude and self-discovery.
Edwards’ sensitive hand as a sculptor incorporates classical ideas about the
sculpting process. In both Self Made Man and Creation of Self...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Red Houses No. 1, Norway by Calo Carratala - Snowy landscape painting
Located in Paris, FR
Red Houses No. 1 is a unique oil on laminated wood painting from the Norway series by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, dimensions are 46 × 74 cm (18.1 × 29.1 in).
The art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Ian Edwards - The Hour of Darkness - Original Signed Bronze Sculpure
By Ian Edwards
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Ian Edwards - The Hour of Darkness - Original Signed Bronze Sculpure
Dimensions: 40 x 31 x 31 cm
Edition of 8
Edwards’ practice expresses the power and determination of human endea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Like Ice in the Sunshine II (L.A.) No. 15
Located in New York, NY
15 x 15 archival pigment print (image size 14 x 14 inches), edition 8.
Signed, titled, dated and editioned on frame label provided.
Framing also available at an additional cost.
In ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Landscape Original Oil paint by Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape
Oil on Canvas
120x100 cm
Ready to Hang
Marilina Marchica, born in 1984, was born in Agrigento, where she lives and works. She graduated in Painting at the Academy of F...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tree line
Located in New York, NY
Klaus Leidorf was born on June 5th 1956 in Bonn (Germany. After a few years working as research assistant at the University of Marburg and employee at the Bavarian State Office for t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
C Print, Plexiglass
Jane Russell Having Fun on Set
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Black and a white candid photograph of Jane Russell having fun on the set of "The French Line", circa 1954.
The French Line is a 1953 American musical film starring Jane Russell ma...
Category
1950s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Players
Located in Bayonne, NJ
This is an oil on Belgian linen painting by a Ukrainian-American artist, Valeriy Skrypka. Numbered by the artist 1156. A label from Joan Perkes Fine Art gallery on the back. Skrypka ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
"Peak of the Moment 1" Photography 47" x 35" inch Edition of 3 by Lukas Dvorak
By Lukas Dvorak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Peak of the Moment 1" Photography 47" x 35" inch Edition of 3 by Lukas Dvorak
Pigment print on Epson Fine ART paper
2023
Ships rolled in a tube
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Lukas Dvorak is ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Pigment
Bakery Case by Wayne Thiebaud
Located in London, GB
Wayne Thiebaud: Bakery Case
Wayne Thiebaud (1920) is famous for his mouthwatering depictions of cakes, ice creams and hot dogs. He is well-known for his clear compositions, glisteni...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Blue Landscape, Oil Paint on Canvas , Original Art by Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Blue landscape
Original oil painting on canvas
Single piece
Accompanied by certificate of authenticity
92 x 65 cm
2024
Marilina Marchica was born in Agrigento, where she works and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Real Coco de Mer by JJK, Photography, Limited Edition, Nude, woman, muse
Located in Munich, DE
Real Coco de Mer
Edition of 25
signed and numbered by the artist
JJK shows his perfect play with light and shadow in this intimate photograph.
The shape of the body reminds us of th...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Gerhard Richter 'City Pictures, Munich' 2002-Poster
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 27.5 x 24 inches ( 69.85 x 60.96 cm )
Image Size: 21.25 x 19.5 inches ( 53.975 x 49.53 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: A: Mint
Additional Details: Original exhibition poster ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Offset
Art Photography - Fluid Rings of Sultry II (40x40”)
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is part of a series of abstract art photography. This series of sultry fluid rings evokes a timeless elegance. The aesthetic patterns evolve from the fluids in motion.
May be...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Frammento, Drawing, large size Ready to Hang By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Title: Fragment
Medium: Graphite on Canson paper,
50x70 cm,
mounted on white wooden frame 63x83 cm,
ready to hang
Description:
This unique charcoal drawing by Marilina Marchica...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Portrait and Sunflower
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
FREE Shipping Worldwide
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authent...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Acrylic
Nonconformist by Zack Whitford - Contemporary Portrait Photography
Located in Chicago, IL
Nonconformist
Punakha, Butan - 2015
There is a profound depth to humanity that gets unleashed when we’re having fun. The lightheartedness that it inspires allows us to break down ba...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Leaping Fox
By Greg Decker
Located in Atlanta, GA
Greg's witty and charming oil painting on aluminum comes framed in a floater frame which adds 1.75 inches all the way around. "Greg Decker is a visionary painter. His work epitomize...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Amalfi Belvedere (Amalfi Coast)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Amalfi Belvedere from the Amalfi Coast collection is a serigraph on paper with an image size 16 x 18 inches, signed 'McKnight' lower right and numbered lower left. Numbered XXII/L fr...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Screen
Striding Fox
By Greg Decker
Located in Atlanta, GA
Greg's witty and charming oil painting on aluminum comes framed in a floater frame which adds 1.75 inches all the way around. "Greg Decker is a visionary painter. His work epitomize...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Rhinoceros #2, Albuquerque, NM, 2013 - Animal Portrait Photography
By Brad Wilson
Located in Paris, FR
'Rhinoceros #2, Albuquerque, NM, 2013' is a limited-edition fine art photograph by American photographer Brad Wilson. Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Fine Art Baryta Paper, 2013...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Composition in black and yellow mixed media on canvas contemporary art
By Bosco Sodi
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Canvas size 120x120 cm.
Frameless.
Bosco Sodi (No. 1970, Mexico City) is known for its large-scale paintings, richly textured and brightly colored. Sodi has discovered an emotional ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Original Set-Breakfast with Cat Series-British Award Artist-oil, ink on papers
Located in London, GB
These two drawings, when paired together, serve as a delightful ode to the enchanting moments shared over breakfast with her beloved cat. Shizico Yi, the esteemed British artist, is ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Ink, Sumi Ink, Archival Paper, Gesso, Oil, Acrylic
Young Elephant - bronze table top sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This delightful bronze sculpture of a walking baby elephant is highly textured and finished with an elegant sepia patina. Canadian sculptor Richard Tosczak begins his pieces with rap...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
'Holiday Cove' by Robert Glick - Vibrant Abstract Seascape - Analytic Cubist
Located in Carmel, CA
'Holiday Cove' by Robert Glick is a captivating 24" x 30" oil on canvas that exemplifies the principles of analytic cubism. This abstract seascape is composed of a series of fragment...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Surrealist Painting "The Other" - Oil on Canvas
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
The other - Figurative magic. This painting shows the other that dwells within me, the other that I want to understand and master.. Painting 21" x 21" inch by Ion Xiua. Mixed techni...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Cup of Coffee and Typewriter - realist, Ukrainian, Israeli, oil on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The exquisitely detailed oil paintings of Dmitry Yuzefovich often look hauntingly familiar. The Ukranian born artist takes great care in rendering specific objects that recall a memo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Offset print, cold stamp and spot varnishing - Korin, Pure White 2015
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful offset print by Murakami. This is a classic Murakami in which the artist showcases his prowess for reimagining traditional Japanese motifs within a new, contempor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Offset
Contemporary Textured Illusion 'LOVE'
Located in Toronto, CA
In a joyful example of Jane Waterous' signature style 'LOVE' leaps of the canvas with colourfully dressed three dimensional dancers. Using airbrushed shadows to give a further illusi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
An Apartment in Paris by Karen Blair, Large Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
Karen Blair lives in Charlottesville, Virginia where the surrounding mountains provide daily inspiration for her work. Her own garden and those of friends inspire the flowers and tre...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Oil
Pedal Car and Skates - realist, interior, Ukrainian, Israeli, oil on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Cherished memories from his childhood growing up in Ukraine often become the subjects of Dmitry Yuzefovich’s beautiful paintings. As a little boy, he recalled the joy he felt behind ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lee Wells ' Vivid Vale Valediction: End of the World Party #13'
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Lee Wells
End of the World Party #13
2023
Archival pigment print
Edition of 5
Caption: Vivid Vale Valediction: In a secluded vale where nature’s tapestry unveils its final act, Cele...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Oracle of Bastet (Blue Ballpoint Pen Drawing of Forested Landscape with Trees)
Located in Hudson, NY
Oracle of Bastet (Blue Ballpoint Pen Drawing of Forested Landscape with Trees), 2023
ballpoint pen on Arches paper
Image size: 40 x 30 inches
Frame size: 41.5 x 31.5 inches
To creat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Ballpoint Pen
Atlantic Ocean, Italian Coast, Mediterranean Sea Series - #1 (Edn of 8) unframed
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This image of the Mediterranean sea showcases and captures a moment in time of the beauty of water, sky, nature and its elements in beautiful light.
Image can be paired with others ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Family Time, Abstract Gestures Brushstrokes on Papyrus, Red, Yellow Scribbles
Located in Barcelona, ES
The paintings of Aleix Font (Sabadell, Spain, 1984) function as a narrative between the collective and the individual world, exploring space and its interactions with concepts such a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic, Handmade Paper
HM Queen Elizabeth II
By Christian Furr
Located in London, GB
Christian Furr
HM Queen Elizabeth II, 2022
Inkjet on 310gsm Hahnemuhle paper
Paper size 70.5 x 54.2 cms
Image Size 54.5 x 40.2cms
Edition of 70 + 5 AP
hand-signed and numbered by the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Inkjet
Spirit of Gravity - emotive, nude, female, figurative, bronze statuette
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In this thoughtful sculpture by Canadian artist Richard Tosczak, the gestures of a female figure, head bent, arms wrapped, are captured in bronze. Known for his beautiful figurative ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Far Away Place, Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This painting was created using acrylic paint on raw canvas. The washy moments of paint create variations of black and grey tones and texture. The bold geometric shapes loosely refer...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Sunset Hill - Mykonos
Located in Greenwich, CT
Sunset Hill - Mykonos is a serigraph on paper with an image size 20 x 36 inches, signed 'McKnight' lower right and numbered lower left. Framed in a contemporary black frame. Numbered...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Screen
Zen Beauty - Contemporary black and white photography of Flower series - medium
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This photography is part of a series of zen like beauty of Flowers art photography.
In 3 sizes.
This piece:
Print size: 30 x 37.5 in.
Image dimensions are 22 x 30 in.
Matted in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
I Can't Tell You Everything Woman in Blue Dress Oil Painting
By Anna Raczka
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
I Can't Tell You Everything
Artist signed and titled.
Anna Raczka is a Polish contemporary artist. Since 2010 she is painting and drawing full time. For some time she was involved ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Cranberry and Chartreuse Macchia with Lapis Lip Wrap
By Dale Chihuly
Located in Miami, FL
Dale Chihuly
Cranberry and Chartreuse Macchia with Lapis Lip Wrap
1984
Blown Glass
16 x 18 x 18 in
Dale Chihuly is a contemporary American glassblower whose large-scale installatio...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Blown Glass
30x30" Black & White Nude contemporary abstract photography - n. 3
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a series of black and white Nude abstract contemporary art photography (13 in series). Gallery exclusively presents this series of the human form - that which has inspired ar...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Art Photography - Fluid Rings of Sultry III (40x40" image)
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is part of a series of abstract art photography. This series of sultry fluid rings evokes a timeless elegance. The aesthetic patterns evolve from the fluids in motion.
May be...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Art Photography - Fluid Rings of Sultry I (40x40" image)
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is part of a series ofabstract art photography. This series of sultry fluid rings evokes a timeless elegance. The aesthetic patterns evolve from the fluids in motion.
In this...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Yifang Liu Still Life Original Oil On Canvas "Diverse Elements - Plant"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Diverse Elements - Plant
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 28 x 19 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note:...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rome Six, Dark Cobalt, Navy Midnight Blue, Orange, Bright Fuchsia Pink Gradient
By Audrey Stone
Located in Kent, CT
Horizontal stripes of color in gradient shades of cobalt blue from
bright lapis to midnight navy are split diagonally down the middle in a streak of luminous golden orange transitio...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
H14-6 Resolution
By Damien Hirst
Located in London, GB
H14-6 Resolution, 2024
Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite panel
Dimensions: 120 x 93 cm
Edition of 383
Hand-signed and numbered
Mint Condition
Part of the series "The...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Giclée
Interior-Red Roses and Birds
By Ana Guzman
Located in Atlanta, GA
Ana Guzman is known for work that is fresh, colorful, vibrant, and often playful. Her drawing resonates with electric energy, and her subject matter has the ability to transport the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Red Note by JJK, Photography, Limited Edition, Music, Polaroid
Located in Munich, DE
Red Note
Edition of 25
signed and numbered by the artist
This still-life picture of a Music Note consists of an olive, mint leaf and a toothpick. It was shot on Polaroid Polachrome ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
Peonies, Etc. - contemporary, floral still life, acrylic and oil on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Admired for their lush beauty, the peony, an ancient flower is celebrated in this charming floral portrait by Pat Service. The Canadian artist is known for her intuitive sense of col...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil
Giant Egret
By Ana Guzman
Located in Atlanta, GA
Ana Guzman is known for work that is fresh, colorful, vibrant, and often playful. Her drawing resonates with electric energy, and her subject matter has the ability to transport the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
In the Quiet of the Morning I (left)
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Coalescence #2" 21" x 16" inch by Oleg Char
Located in Culver City, CA
"Coalescence #2" 21" x 16" inch by Oleg Char
Medium: Spray paint, Acrylic on restored Antique Mirror, Wood frame
THE ARTIST:
Unearth the essence of contemporary art with Oleg Char ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Spray Paint, Acrylic
"Scissors" Photography 23" x 32" inch Edition of 10 by Oleg Char
Located in Culver City, CA
"Scissors" Photography 23" x 32" inch Edition of 10 by Oleg Char
Medium: Hahnemühle Baryta Paper
Not framed. Ships in a tube.
Other sizes available:
Edition of 5: 28.8" x 40" in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital
H14-4 Wisdom
By Damien Hirst
Located in London, GB
H14-4 Wisdom, 2024
Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite panel
Dimensions: 120 x 93 cm
Edition of 319
Hand-signed and numbered
Mint condition
Part of the series "The Se...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Giclée
Contemporary art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary art available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Stefanie Schneider, Tyler Shields, Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde, and Richard Heeps. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Contemporary art, so small editions measuring 0.02 inches across are also available.
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