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.
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Style: Contemporary
Toucan drawing, signed
inscribed in marker, held in elegant hardback monograph
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
Hunt Slonem
Original signed & inscribed drawing held in elegant hardback monograph, ca. 2012
Unique marker drawing bound in first front end page of lavishly illustrated hardback mono...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Board, Permanent Marker, Offset
Wavering - underwater nude black
white photograph - archival pigment 24x18"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white photograph of a beautiful naked model on her knees at the bottom of the pool.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print on paper signed by the ar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper
Quantum Leap 4
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
This double-bunny painting is an excellent example of Hunt Slonem's art practice, set in a frame hand chosen by Hunt himself.
Hunt Slonem's artistic trajectory has always been chara...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood, Oil
Where the Ocean Keeps Our Dreams B.Schaumann Contemporary architectural Painting
Located in DE
Barber Schaumann is a contemporary artist known for her vibrant, abstract interpretations of the female form. Her work combines bold colors with modern, geometric shapes, blending el...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Empire State Building - New York City - black and white photography cityscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Empire State Building Study 4, New York City - no. 11773
Black and white fine art cityscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ancestor of India by Christophe Dupety - Contemporary painting, street scene
Located in Paris, FR
Ancestor of India is a unique oil on canvas painting by contemporary artist Christophe Dupety, dimensions are 97 × 130 cm (38.2 × 51.2 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unframed and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dancer in Yellow
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Created during the chilly winter, this piece is a celebration of warmth and light. Bathed in the hot spotlight, this dancer shimmies around the stage and help...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
"Opus, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 30" x 40"
By Ned Martin
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract landscape limited edition print captures a forest in cool blue tones accented by warm yellow-greens and reds. It is an edition size of 100. Printed on canvas, this gicl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital, Giclée
Burj Khalifa, Night, Skyscraper, Dubai, black and white photography, cityscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art Cityscape Photography. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Printed ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Marina Night Panorama, Skyscraper, Dubai, black and white cityscape photo print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art panorama seascape - cityscape - landscape photography. Impressive skyline of Dubai with the port and the skyscrapers at night. Archival pigment ink print, ed...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Walasse Ting
Blue Horse
By Walasse Ting
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Walasse Ting was a Chinese American artists renowned for the use of vibrant colors, evident in this limited edition large scale “Blue Horse”. ??Oversized poster. Published by Yves Ri...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Offset
Here comes the Sun, Spain - black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Beautiful mood lighting in the mountains of La Gomera, Spain. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numb...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
The Most Distant Visible Part of the Sea, Pop Art Silkscreen by Rauschenberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Rauschenberg, American (1925 - 2008)
Title: The Most Distant Visible Part of the Sea
Year: 1979
Medium: Lithograph and Screenprint, Signed and numbered in pencil
Editi...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph, Screen
Al Capone II /// Jack Graves Crime Mafia Mobster Chicago Gangster Prohibition
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Al Capone II"
Series: Icon
*Signed by Graves lower left. It is also signed, dated, and titled on verso
Year: 2025
Medium: Original A...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
Duchesse De Berry - Lithograph by Octave Tessaert - mid-19th century
Located in Roma, IT
Duchesse De Berry is an original print realized by Octave Tessaert (1800-1874), in the mid-19th century.
Lithograph on paper.
Good condition.
Category
19th Century Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Damien Hirst - Honesty (from The Virtues series)
By Damien Hirst
Located in London, GB
Damien Hirst,
Honesty, 2021
Laminated giclee print on aluminium composite panel
47 1/5 × 37 4/5 in 120 × 96 cm
Edition of 728
hand-sgned by the artist on the back
published by HENI...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Giclée
"Golden Touch" Contemporary Abstract Blue and Maroon Concentric Circle Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Blue and maroon abstract contemporary circular painting by Houston, TX artist David Hardaker. Signed, titled, and dated by the artist on the reverse.
Artist Statement: The work is ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Enamel
Trees in snowy Field Winterland black and white landscape photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Trees in snowy Field Study 4, Austria - no. 18144
Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Happiness is Expensive
Located in London, GB
Mixed media, archival pigment and silkscreen on 410gsm Somerset Satin paper
111.8 × 78.7 cm
Edition of 95
hand-signed and numbered by the artist
James McQueen, born in 1977, is a Br...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Archival Pigment, Screen
Bath House, Salton Sea, California, black white landscape fine art photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Bath House Study 1, CA, USA - no. 11619 // Black and White Fine Art Landscape Photography.
Abandoned bath house in the desert landscape of the Salton sea, California, USA. Archival ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
"Kaleidoscope" Contemporary Large Abstract Floral Textile Inspired Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary large scale abstract floral painting by Texas based artist Wood Anthony Francher. Inspired by Mexican floral embroidery patterns and textiles, the work is a burst of bol...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Cowgirl in Bloom - Figurative Pin Up Western Inspired Portrait Art on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jesse’s imagery often merges playful and gritty elements, blending floral patterns, vintage-inspired designs, and bold outlines with a touch of whimsy. His artwork exudes a sense of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Michael Knigin, Golden Eagle, 1979, lithograph
Located in New York, NY
Michael Knigin, an extremely skilled draftsman, rides a fine line between realism and surrealism. Here he has conceived of an elegant and emotional eagle, a national symbol. In stark...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Fishing Hut on Stilts, shoreline, storm - black white landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
tography. Two fishing huts on stilts in the Ocean under a cloudy sky, with fishing nets hanging and poles in the water.
Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7.
Signed, titled, dat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Equilibre Rouille 4/10 - geometric abstract, modern, aluminum outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Philippe Pallafray’s dramatic contemporary sculptures often appear to defy the laws of gravity. This imposing minimalist piece features a highly polished stainless steel ball precari...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal, Stainless Steel
Deer in fairy Forest, mystical Tree, Madeira, landscape, photography, fine art
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art landscape photography. Mystical tree in the form of a deer in the fairy forest on the island of Madeira, Portugal. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Balance - underwater nude b&w photograph - archival pigment 35 x 24"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white nude photograph of young woman and her reflection in the water surface.
Original digital archival pigment print signed by the artist.
Limited edition o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
$720 Sale Price
20% Off
Donkeys’ skin by Cécile Raynal - Animal art, large sculpture, fairytale nature
Located in Paris, FR
This sculpture represents two donkeys of which only the skin remains, although they seem alive. As it is sometimes the case for Cécile Raynal’s sculpture, this work stages the emptin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Steel
Wishing You Were Here
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic and graphite on cradled wood panel
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Graphite
$48 Sale Price
20% Off
Flora 12 - Baroque Female Nude Photography Floral Interior Design
Located in Brighton, GB
Flora 12 is a vibrant Digital C-Type print in this size in a Limited Edition of 15 by contemporary photography duo Tortora & Travezan.
In this portrait, Tortora & Travezan create a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital, Color
Foyer VIII, Milan - Italian architectural color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Foyer VIII, from Richard Heeps series A Short History of Milan which began as a special project for the 2018 Affordable Art Fair Milan. It was well received and the artwork has becom...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Loyalty (from the Virtues series) Cherry Blossom
By Damien Hirst
Located in Manchester, GB
Damien Hirst, Loyalty, 2021
Laminated giclee print on aluminium composite panel
47 1/5 × 37 4/5 in 120 × 96 cm
Edition of 256 of 1067
Hand-signed by the artist on the back
Publ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Giclée
"CRAP" ("Text-i-monial" series by Charles Clary)
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"CRAP" is an original wall-hanging sculpture by Charles Clary as part of the artist's popular "Text-i-monial" series. To create the artwork, Clary hand cuts a series of individual sh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Wood Panel
"The Courage of Beauty" Photography 39" x 29.5" in Edition of 4 by Lukas Dvorak
By Lukas Dvorak
Located in Culver City, CA
"The Courage of Beauty" Photography 39" x 29.5" in Edition of 4 by Lukas Dvorak
Pigment print on Epson Fine ART paper
2024
Ships rolled in a tube
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Lukas Dvorak is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Pigment
David Shrigley - Fight the Fucking Asshole Fuckwit Bastards
Located in London, GB
80 x 60 cm
Off-set lithography
Printed on 200g Munken Lynx paper
Narayana Press in Denmark
David Shrigley is a British visual artist known for his distinctive, whimsical, and often ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Fanal Enchanted Forest, Madeira, Fine Art Landscape Photograph, Limited Edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Ancient Laurisilva Forest Study 17, Portugal - no. 21047 // Black and white fine art landscape photography.
Old tree in the fog on the mystical island of Madeira, Portugal.
Archiva...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Genesis 2 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Culture Africa Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This striking work explores African cultural identity as both personal and collective memory. Through the interplay of concealment and adornment, it presents the African body as a sa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
The Bridges of Venice, Italy, black and white, fine art, photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art Photography. Small stone bridge and a canal in Venice with boats. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Cer...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Dylan Martinez - Dark Purple Water Balloon, Sculpture 2024
Located in Stamford, CT
A hyper-realistic glass sculptor, Dylan's playful creations deceive the eye with their lifelike appearance. Whether mimicking water balloons or plastic bags filled with water housing...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass
Fluid Heart
Located in Burlingame, CA
Elizabeth Geisler is best known for her dazzling contemporary water reflection paintings that bridge realism with abstraction. Up close, the paintings appear ambiguous and loose, yet...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
A Winter Sunset, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A fiery sunset settles over the mountains, clothed in winter snow. The sky paints the surface of a winding stream with vivid orange and yellow. Bare trees stand...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
Half Angels Half Demons #38. Figurative Nude. color photographs
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The angel is a being that religion has bequeathed us as a sign of purity, innocence, and goodness, from the same source, we have been sold to the devil as the form that represents ev...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
A Bigger Splash By David Hockney
Located in Dubai, Dubai
A Bigger Splash
By David Hockney
David Hockney, a prominent British artist, is celebrated for his versatile and innovative contributions to 20th-century art. Known for his vivid us...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Inkjet
Hunt Slonem "Lemon Bunnies" Lithograph
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Lemon Bunnies
Series: Bunnies
Date: 2017
Medium: Lithograph on Paper
Unframed Dimensions: 24" x 16"
Framed Dimensions: 29" x 22"
Signature: Signed...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Berenjenas. From the Bodegones series. Still life color photography
By Dora Franco
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The bodegones are a pictorial interpretation based on a research project of the famous chef Juan Carlos Franco, on old food recipes of different periods in history. The photographer ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Margins Of Matter, Abstract Mixed-Media Sculpture Wall Mounted, 7.5 x 7 x 2 in.
Located in New York, NY
SIGNED ON BACK. Lisa Pressman’s Shape of Memory series transforms cardboard, thread, smoke, and Letraset into evocative wall-mounted works that recall ancient relics or worn book covers. Each shaped panel floats about an inch off the wall, often casting glowing, colored shadows from painted backs that shift with the light. Stitched seams and weathered surfaces suggest scars, resilience, and the passage of time, resonating as personal artifacts of memory and healing. Known for her abstract paintings in oil, encaustic, and mixed media, Pressman’s oeuvre consistently explores impermanence and transformation. With their sculptural presence and luminous effects, these intimate objects blur painting...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Thread, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Cardboard
Mother and Child - Drawing - 1962
Located in Roma, IT
Mother and Child is an artwork realized by an unknown artist in 1962.
Black Marker Pen on Cardboard
27.5 x 22.5 cm ; 60 55 cm with frame.
Unreadable signature in the lower part.
...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Board, Pen
Michael
By Gary Hume
Located in New York, NY
Gary Hume
Michael
2002
Screenprint
60 1/8 x 30 inches; 153 x 76 cm
Edition of 80
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in graphite (lower recto)
Frame available upon request
Gary Hume...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
$5,000
Independence II - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 23x16
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a young naked woman dancing in a pool with American flag.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print signed by the author.
Limited edition of 24...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
The Welcome by Marine de Soos - Outdoor bronze sculpture, squatting male figure
Located in Paris, FR
The Welcome is a monumental bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 110 × 53 × 93 cm (43.3 × 20.9 × 36.6 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Oil Painting On Canvas. A French Bulldog On An Abstract Green Background.
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Oil painting of a forgotten French bulldog, set against an abstract background dominated by Veronese green with touches of gold leaf. Made with professional Rembrandt colors. For dur...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Gold
Sunken Pyramid, Spain, minimalist black and white art photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Rolling Stones Tin Pan Alley B/W lifetime print, printed later
Located in Norwich, GB
Terry O’Neill CBE is one of the world’s most collected photographers, with work hanging in national art galleries and private collections worldwide. From presidents to pop stars, he ...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Stahlwerk 006 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial photography, Germany, industrial area
Located in Paris, FR
Stahlwerk 006 is a limited-edition photograph by German contemporary artist Bernhard Lang.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 3 dimensions:
*90 × ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
C Print
Literary, Still life, Books, Library, French, Expressionism, Contemporary
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
by Sophie Dumont offers an exploration of the convergence between literature and visual arts. The canvas depicts a library with colorful books, painted in oil using a palette knife, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Daisy Still Life, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"A solitary deep pink daisy in an antique cup paired with a dried flower seed pod found on the path of my afternoon walk," shares artist Nicole Lamothe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Doves 2007
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New Orleans, LA
Very nice early Hunt Slonem of Doves with vintage frame selected by the artist
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$11,800
"Beached" Contemporary Coastal Painting
By Carol Young
Located in Westport, CT
This contemporary coastal painting by Carol Young features a cool blue palette and depicts a scene of a blue dinghy boat on a sandy shoreline. The painting is signed by the artist in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Old Tree at Vineyard, Bordeaux, France, black and white landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Old Tree in the Vineyard, France - no. 18049
Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Printed wit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Tulip Portrait
Contemporary Dutch Still Life of Purple Tulip with Butterfly
Located in Utrecht, NL
Flowers are an important theme in Iris Gonzalez's photography. "Flowers are the beauty of nature, they are fragile and transitory". This is exactly what Iris likes to capture: "A bou...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
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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