Conceptual Figurative Paintings
CONCEPTUAL STYLE
In 1967, artist Sol LeWitt wrote that in “Conceptual art the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work.” He was giving a name to an art movement that had emerged in the 1960s in which artists were less focused on their medium being something traditionally “artistic” and instead engaged in using any object, movement, form, action or place to express an idea.
LeWitt’s work was featured alongside an assemblage of notes, drawings and outlines by other artists in “Working Drawings and Other Visible Things on Paper Not Necessarily Meant to Be Viewed as Art,” a groundbreaking show at New York City’s School of Visual Arts curated by Mel Bochner, another leading exponent of Conceptualism. Building on radical 20th-century statements, like Fountain (1917) by French artist Marcel Duchamp, Conceptual artists around Europe and North and South America were not interested in the commercial art scene and rather directly challenged its systems and values.
Stretching into the 1970s, this movement has also been called Post-Object art and Dematerialized art. Conceptual art reflected a larger era of social and political upheaval. Pieces associated with the style range from Roelof Louw’s Soul City (Pyramid of Oranges) (1967) — a work of installation art that sees fresh oranges stacked into a pyramid from which visitors are allowed to take one orange away — to On Kawara’s “Today” series, which saw the Japanese artist carefully painting a date in white acrylic on canvases consisting of a single color from 1966 to his death in 2014. Artists such as Ed Ruscha, who created the Twentysix Gasoline Stations book — a collection of photos of gas stations that is widely said to be the first modern artists’ book — made photography a major platform for Conceptual art, as did Bruce Nauman, who burned one of Ruscha's books and then photographed it for his own.
Conceptual art’s legacy of questioning artistic authorship, ownership and how to work with complex ideas of space and time had a significant influence on the decades of culture that followed, and it continues to inform art today.
The collection of Conceptual photography, paintings and sculptures on 1stDibs includes artworks by John Baldessari, Jenny Holzer, Lawrence Weiner, Joseph Kosuth and others.
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Style: Conceptual
Steadfast Gaze 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Girl
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings
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Garment of Hope 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Girl
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Garment of Hope," a poignant masterpiece crafted by the skilled hands of artist John Ali, invites viewers into a world where innocence and resilience converge. This evocative artwor...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings
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Canvas, Acrylic
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Steadfast Gaze 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Girl
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Solitude Mood -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Artist, Modern
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings
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Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic
A Bond Unspoken -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women, Men Love
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings
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Garment of Hope
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Garment of Hope," a poignant masterpiece crafted by the skilled hands of artist John Ali, invites viewers into a world where innocence and resilience converge. This evocative artwor...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings
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Seeking Perfection 3 -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings
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Solace
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
In the captivating piece titled "Solace," artist John Ali unveils a profound exploration of introspection through the gaze of a young woman lost in thought. The poignant portrayal ca...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
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Dusk Pool by Karen Lynn, Hockney Inspired, Architectural, Contemporary
By Karen Lynn
Located in Deddington, GB
Dusk Pool [2022]
original and hand signed by the artist
oil on canvas
Image size: H:100 cm x W:100 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:100 cm x W:100 cm x D:4cm
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This is a painting from my architectural series of works. I wanted to paint a twilight scene using deep rich colours against a beautiful lit up pool. A window depicting another world inside a modernist house reflecting interiors with warm and inviting colours. I am inspired by modern architecture as I love painting the straight lines against the softness of nature with its trees and plants and cactii. This painting is painted in oils on a thick painted edged canvas and is ready to hang.
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Proverty, Acrylic on Canvas, Brown, Black, Red by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
By Aditya Basak
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Aditya Basak - Untitled - 44 x 32 inches (unframed size)
Mixed Media on Board
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"Through the medium of the fantasy, Basak probes the dar...
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2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Mixed Media
Seeking Perfection 2 -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings
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Caput Mortuum - Conceptual Encaustic Oil Painting, Marble Dust Ash On Canvas XXL
Located in Salzburg, AT
Overall Size: Height 200cm x Width 300cm ( The painting consists of 2 parts, one part: 200x150cm )
Overall Size: Height 78,7402 Inch x Width 118,11 Inch ( The painting consists o...
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1990s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Marble
Help From Above - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Woman, Modern
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings
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Peace from Within 3 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings
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Random Thought
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Random Thought," a captivating creation by artist John Ali, invites viewers into the enigmatic realm of introspection. The artwork features a young man, his head covered with nylon, adorned by an intricate African bead necklace...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
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Surflow - Surfing Art - Figurative Art By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Surflow - Surfing Art - Figurative - Oil Print By Marc Zimmerman
Marc Zimmerman creates playful paintings, whether deep mysterious jungle or delightfully whimsical florals. His colo...
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2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dialogue
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Dialogue," a thought-provoking creation by artist John Ali, beckons viewers into a realm of symbolism and introspection. The artwork features a young man with his head covered in ny...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
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Head Tie 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Indigenous, Women, African
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings
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Canvas, Acrylic
Contemporary colorful abstract portrait of women acrylic painting on canvas
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
Titled Empowered in Friendship, this vibrant painting was created by the French artist of Russian origin, born in Kazakhstan, Natalya Mougenot. The artwork portrays three women, each...
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2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Prisoner
s Dilemma -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Painting, Oil, Women
By BEMI
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Centered on mental health and its “invisibility”. This painting explores the mental and emotional conflict caused by dissociation between Imposed labels and self-identity. In the worthy pursuit of freedom from the endless constructs of this world, we hope to not become imprisoned by our minds.
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
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"Untitled Abstract Village with Horses, Color Lithograph, 20th Century"
Located in Belgrade, MT
This piece is from my private collection of 20th Century -21st Century artists, many of which are from the School of Paris era. Pelayo produced this lithograph in colors. The Latin American spirit...
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Late 20th Century Conceptual Figurative Paintings
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Paint, Lithograph
Drawing 13, Series Drawing - Large Format, Charcoal On Paper Panting
Located in Salzburg, AT
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Krzysztof Gliszczyński is Professor for painting on Academy of fine arts Gdansk. ...
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Early 2000s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Unraveling - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Woman, Modern
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings
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Drawing 14, Series Drawing - Large Format, Charcoal On Paper Panting
Located in Salzburg, AT
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Krzysztof Gliszczyński is Professor for painting on Academy of fine arts Gdansk.
Krzysztof Gliszczyński born in Miastko in 1962. Graduated from the Gdańsk Academy of Fine Arts in 1987 in the studio of Prof. Kazimierz Ostrowski. Between 1995 and 2002 founder and co-manager of Koło Gallery in Gdańsk. lnitiator of the Kazimierz Ostrowski Award, con-ferred by the Union of Polish Artists and Designers (ZPAP), Gdańsk Chapter. Dean of the Painting Faculty of the Gdańsk Academy of Fine Arts in the years 2008-2012. Vice Rector for Development and Cooperation of the Gdańsk Academy of Fine Arts in the years 2012-2016. Obtained a professorship in 2011. Currently head of the Third Painting Studio of the Painting Faculty of the Gdańsk Academy of Fine Arts. He has taken part in a few dozen exhibitions in Poland and abroad. He has received countless prizes and awards for his artistic work. He is active in the field of painting, drawing, objects, and video.
Artist Statement
In the 1990s I started collecting flakes of paint – leftovers from my work. I would put fresh ones in wooden formworks, dried ones in glass containers. They constituted layers of investigations into the field of painting, enclosed in dated and numbered cuboids measuring 47 × 10.5 × 10.5 cm. I called those objects Urns. In 2016, I displayed them at an exhibition, moulding a single object out of all the Urns. The Urns inspired me to redefine the status of my work as a painter. In order to do it, I performed a daunting task of placing the layers of paint not in an urn, but on a canvas, pressing each fresh bit of paint with my thumb. In the cycle of paintings Autoportret a’retour, the matter was transferred from painting to painting, expanding the area of each consecutive one. Together, the bits, the residua of paint, kept alive the memory of the previous works. It was a stage of the atomization of the painting matter and its alienation from the traditional concepts and aesthetic relations. Thus, the cycle of synergic paintings was created, as I called them, guided by the feeling evoked in me by the mutually intensifying flakes of paint. The final aesthetic result of the refining of the digested matter was a consequence of the automatism of the process of layering, thumb-pressing, and scraping off again. Just like in an archaeological excavation, attempts are made to unite and retrieve that which has been lost. This avant-garde concept consists in transferring into the area of painting of matter, virtually degraded and not belonging to the realm of art. And yet the matter re-enters it, acquiring a new meaning. The matter I created, building up like lava, became my new technique. I called it perpetuum pictura – self-perpetuated painting. Alchemical concepts allowed me to identify the process inherent in the emerging matter, to give it direction and meaning. In a way, I created matter which was introducing me into the pre-symbolic world – a world before form, unnamed. From this painterly magma, ideas sprung up, old theories of colour and the convoluted problem of squaring the circle manifested themselves again. Just like Harriot’s crystal refracted light in 1605, I tried to break up colour in the painting Iosis. Paintings were becoming symptoms, like in the work Pulp fiction, which at that time was a gesture of total fragmentation of matter and of transcending its boundaries, my dialogue with the works of Jackson Pollock and the freedom brought by his art. The painting Geometrica de physiologiam pictura contains a diagram in which I enter four colours that constitute an introduction to protopsychology, alchemical transmutation, and the ancient theory of colour. It this work I managed to present the identification of the essence of human physiology with art. But the essential aspect of my considerations in my most recent paintings is the analysis of abstraction, the study of its significance for the contemporary language of art and the search for the possibilities of creating a new message. For me, abstraction is not an end in itself, catering to the largely predicable expectations of the viewers. To study the boundary between visibility and invisibility, like in the work Unsichtbar, is to ask about the status of the possibilities of the language of abstraction. The moment of fluidity which I am able to attain results from the matter – matter...
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Early 2000s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Radiance of Joy 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, African, Women, Happily Smiling
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings
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Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Tractor Replaces the Horse
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original enamel on metal painting by emerging contemporary conceptual artist Craig Sheperd (b. 1984)
Craig Sheperd’s paintings, most of which are enamel on metal, were created o...
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2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Metal, Enamel
"Let Me In, Let Me Out" - Abstract Mixed Media Composition
Located in Soquel, CA
"Let Me In, Let Me Out" - Abstract Mixed Media Composition
Boldly colored abstract figurative composition by California artist Elizabeth Arrington Leaf (American, B-1955). Three lar...
Category
1970s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Acrylic
Far From Home 2
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings
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Anguish
Resignation 82
Located in BARCELONA, ES
The choice of pink for the stones is deliberate, emphasizing that this is not a naturalistic depiction. Ortega begins his paintings on a magenta base—a color that does not exist natu...
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
Make My Day - Chicken Rooster Painting by Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Make My Day - Chicken Rooster Painting by Marc Zimmerman
He stands there, blocking all who dare challenge him in their pursuit to get by. This heroic cock, Charlie, the great intimi...
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2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cast Aside 2 -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait Africa Modern Woman
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The inspiration for this work was gotten from the view of some African parents, most of our African parents believe that earrings and dreadlocks are meant for ladies and when they ha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Blue girl
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
This artwork presents a stylized figure set against a striking, abstract backdrop. Dominating the canvas, the central figure is adorned in a voluminous, deep blue skirt, evoking a re...
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2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Krishna, Mythology, Acrylic, Tempera, Green, Yellow by Indian Artist "In Stock"
By Aditya Basak
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Aditya Basak - Untitled - 36 x 30 inches (unframed size)
Acrylic & Tempera on Canvas
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"Through the medium of the fantasy, Basak probes...
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2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
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Canvas, Acrylic, Tempera
Post Conceptual Digital Artist Oil Painting Screenprint Diptych Joseph Nechvatal
Located in Surfside, FL
Joseph Nechvatal
The Oedipal God of Oil Paint and Destruction, Diptych
Oil and screenprint on two canvases, 1985, both signed 'Joseph Nechvatal', titled and dated on the reverse, with label from Brooke Alexander, NY.
Joseph James Nechvatal (born 15 January 1951) is a post-conceptual digital artist and art theoretician who creates computer-assisted paintings and computer animations, often using custom-created computer viruses.
Joseph Nechvatal was born in Chicago. He studied fine art and philosophy at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Cornell University and Columbia University, where he studied with Arthur Danto while serving as the archivist to the minimalist composer La Monte Young. From 1979, he exhibited his work in New York City, primarily at Galerie Richard, Brooke Alexander Gallery and Universal Concepts Unlimited. He has also solo exhibited in Berlin, Paris, Chicago, Cologne, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Aalst, Belgium, Youngstown, Senouillac, Lund, Toulouse, Turin, Arles and Munich.
His work in the early 1980s chiefly consisted of post minimalist gray graphite drawings that were often photo mechanically enlarged. During that period he was associated with the artist group Colab and helped establish the non-profit cultural space ABC No Rio. In 1983 he co-founded the avant-garde electronic art music audio project Tellus Audio Cassette...
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1980s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Screen
Silent Grace - 21st Century, Contemporary Oil and African Women Fabrics, Floral
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The Silent Grace captures the serene profile of a woman, adorned in a bright yellow dress and matching hat, embellished with vibrant patterns. Her deep purple complexion contrasts be...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Flight. 1999. Oil on canvas, 76x91 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Flight
1999. Oil on canvas, 76x91 cm
Victor Karnaukh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monument designer, graduate ...
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1990s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Russian love. 2002, oil on canvas, acrylic, collage, 60x40 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Russian love. 2002, oil on canvas, acrylic, collage, 60x40 cm
Igor Leontiev (1957) - one of the leading independent painters in Latvia
Born in Riga, La...
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Early 2000s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
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Flower Goddess - Figurative Paintings - Conceptual Art By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Primal woman of the jungle with a headdress of vibrant tropical plants
Flower Goddess - Figurative Paintings - Conceptual Art By Marc Zimmerman
This masterpiece is exhibited in th...
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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Timeless Reflection - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings
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Canvas, Acrylic
Path. Oil on canvas, 90x110 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Path. Oil on canvas, 90x110 cm
Victor Karnauh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monume...
Category
1990s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Anatomical bodies in Indian ink on paper, antique papyrus, human being
Located in Carballo, ES
Obsessive, meticulous, almost monastic, Kramer immerses us in a universe of graphic and sculptural repetitions. His drawings on kraft paper glued with rabbit glue recall both ancient...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings
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Ink, Handmade Paper
Pizza Shark 2 v 2
Located in New York, NY
Renelio Marin is a visual artist with a diverse range of influences and styles. Born in Cuba, he received his graduate degree from the San Alejandro School of Fine Arts in Havana in ...
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil, Tempera, Permanent Marker
MYSTERY TRAIN
Located in New York, NY
Enamels, oils, acrylics, mounted subway tiles, adhered poster on wood with wood frame created by artist. A confluence of inspirations from the artist's graffiti artistry.
About the Artist
Born in Belgium and artistically inclined at an early age, V.P. was executing well- defined pencil sketched portraits of anyone who would sit for him by age 4. The family’s emigration to the United States in 1967 landed the 8 year old in the Fordham section of the Bronx at the height of the psychedelic era and POP ART movement. The Fordham Road shopping district offered the young budding artist a fount of inspiration in the form of vibrant Rock & Roll, “black-light” posters in the windows of “head-shops” and the elaborately colored wardrobes of the hippies crowding the boulevard. The pivotal shift in V.P.’s artistic expression was fueled in 1968 by the sight of a Peter Max designed billboard. Armed with magic markers and acrylic paints, V.P. recreated the vibrant designs from Max’s billboard, the music posters in store windows and the paisley patterns of the shirts the “flower children” favored, as well as the names and slogans painted on the walls of the neighborhood.
The early seventies brought with it a wondrous sight passing overhead on the sides of the elevated trains. NYC Subway Graffiti had arrived. Looking up and seeing the esoteric names intricately rendered in multi colored swirls and strategically placed on the sides of the trains completely enthralled V.P.’s creative and adventurous spirit. Compelled to be a part of this fascinating movement he watched and rode the subways, deciphering the names and studying the “styles” on the steel rolling art gallery. Using his artistic influences and skills with markers, V.P. created his first moniker “SONIC-ACE” and obsessively drew it in colorful flowing letters to develop his own style. At age 13 he set out to traverse the city, facing dangers and overcoming obstacles to enter an unknown and secretive world in order to join those who inspired him. By 1974, he would change his moniker to “VICTOR-161” and paint hundreds of train cars and soon be admitted into the world famous graffiti clique “WILD STYLE” - an honor bestowed due to peer recognized artistic and stylistic abilities. (WILDSTYLE was created/coined by the iconic TRACY-168) V.P. was a well known and respected “writer” who “pieced” with revered writers of the day, under the aforementioned monikers including aka’s T-BOLT-123, SULFA-ONE, FANTA-ONE, BOND & ACES. V.P. retired from painting NYC subway trains in 1977 with occasional excursions in 1986,1987,1988,1999 & 1992. He continuously expanded his artistic pallet, studying Art History & Graphic Design in college while seeking knowledge from masters in chosen fields of art. His works have shown in independent galleries nationally and are sought after by international collectors, with numerous private commissions. He has been featured in several best selling books and magazines focusing on graffiti art as well as his status of having been a part of the 1970’s “Golden Era” of NYC Subway Graffiti. V.P. works with a variety of mediums including aerosol paints, oils, water color & acrylic paints, often combining mediums as well as blending POP, graffiti and abstract styles of painting onto wood, canvas and metal. His professional artistic background includes commercial art and design, logo design, silk screening, printmaking, large commissioned public murals, sign painting, pin striping and airbrushing cars, sculpting, metal fabrication, woodcarving and tattooing.
Exhibitions: Fashion Moda (BXNY) Group Show 1980/Fun Gallery (NYC) group show 1981, Beef Gallery, (LA) Group Show 1981, Gallery International (NYC) Group Show 1985, Susan Greco Gallery (NY) Group Show 1990, Shady Side...
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2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Steadfast Gaze 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Girl
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings
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Canvas, Acrylic
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Upright Impression
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Upright Impression" by John Ali captures the innocence, resilience, and curiosity of youth through the portrayal of a young girl. In this captivating artwork, the girl stands tall a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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Harmony and Freedom - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Harmony and Freedom captures the peaceful and reflective mood of the artwork, highlighting the tranquility of the water, which signifies the moment of calm and self-recovery through ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Unbridled Joy of Festivity - 21st Century Contemporary, Christmas Holiday, Child
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Festivity happiness, is the unbridled joy that both young and old experience during Christmas, most especially small children there experience during Christmas, and the way the holid...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Cave paintings on paper, Indian ink, hand drawing, leather papyrus style
Located in Carballo, ES
Obsessive, meticulous, almost monastic, Kramer immerses us in a universe of graphic and sculptural repetitions. His drawings on kraft paper glued with rabbit glue recall both ancient...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper
Manhole Cover, Photorealist Oil and Sand Painting by Josep Cisquella
By Josep Cisquella
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Josep Cisquella, Spanish (1955 - )
Title: Manhole Cover (Manhattan DPW)
Year: 1991
Medium: Mixed Media on Canvas, signed on verso
Size: 38.25 in. x 57.5 in. (97.16 cm x 146....
Category
1990s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
"Backstage Rant" Conceptual Text Based Painting
By David Kramer
Located in New York, NY
This large scale conceptual text based painting by New York artist, David Kramer, features, in bold type the phase: "... I AM STILL WAITING FOR MY...
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Serenity
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,360 Sale Price
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Untitled
Located in Atlanta, GA
tony hernandez was born in Atlanta in 1964 and has been painting professionally since 1988. while he is a southern artist, his works are far from the re...
Category
20th Century Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
$26,000
Little Companion
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
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Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,960 Sale Price
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Remarkable Day 2 -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Couple Marriage Culture
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
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About Artist
Mic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Corporate World - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
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About Artist
Oluwatobiloba A...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Onileke Ara (Beaded in Style) 2 -21st Century Contemporary, African Woman, Beads
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Regal and radiant! 'Onileke Ara (Beaded in Style)' celebrates the beauty and elegance of African culture
Shipping Procedure
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About Artist
Bakare Babatunde, born in Ogun State, Nigeria, is a dynamic artist whose journey in the world of art has been shaped by a rich cultural background. Completing his higher education in Lagos State, Nigeria, Bakare earned a Higher National Diploma in Library and Information Science, laying the foundation for a unique artistic perspective.
Bakare's artistic evolution began with pencil drawing, a modest start that eventually led him to experiment with various mediums. Among these, oil color, acrylic, and Ankara fabrics on canvas emerged as his favored mediums, allowing him to explore the depth of his creative vision. Primarily focusing on figurative painting and portraiture, Bakare's work delves into the intricacies of human expression and identity. His art becomes a canvas for the narratives of emotions and cultural appreciation.
Bakare's artistic journey has been punctuated by notable exhibitions, showcasing his talent
on both national and international platforms: Icreate Skill Festival Abuja (2017). Ijakadi Art
Exhibition, Kwara State (2020). Kwara State Youth Fair 2.0 Art Exhibition Category (2022).
'Unconditional Love Is Not Beyond Us' An Online Group Exhibition by Constance and Sons...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Joyful Moment 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Children
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
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About Artist
Oluwatobiloba A...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Coffee, Watercolor
All in My Head - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Men, Love, Thoughts
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$1,480 Sale Price
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Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - Rope Swing
By Su Yu
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Su Yu is a Chinese artist born in 1987 who lives and works in Beijing. He was an old student of prestigious art teachers as Shi Liang
Chen Danqing at Oil Paintin...
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pearl of Heritage - 21st Century Mixed Media with Oil and African Women Fabrics
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
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About Artist
Bakare Babatund...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
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