Contemporary Prints and Multiples
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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1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Silver Gelatin
1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Screen
Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Offset
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Archival Paper, Color, Etching, Intaglio, Drypoint, Aquatint
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Offset
1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Screen
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Paper, Offset
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Late 20th Century Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Screen
Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Etching
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Screen
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Rag Paper, Color
1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Foil
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Carbon Pigment, Polaroid
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Tapestry
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Laminate, Giclée
1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Woodcut
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Screen
Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Paper, Black and White
1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Photographic Paper, Screen
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Digital
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Archival Pigment
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Offset
20th Century Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Offset
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Engraving, Etching
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Rag Paper, Color
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Photogram
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Archival Pigment
1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Silver Gelatin
1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Offset
1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Etching
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Mixed Media, Archival Pigment, Screen
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Paper, Screen
1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Archival Pigment
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Giclée
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Paper, Offset
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Canvas, Acrylic
1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Other Medium
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Paper
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Etching, Aquatint
1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Offset
1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Postcard, Permanent Marker
Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Offset
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
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