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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
You, the desert and me II (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
You, the desert, and me II (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - 2013 20x24cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. digital C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Sig...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Michel Rauscher Morning Ritual 2007- Offset Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Michel Rauscher's "Morning Ritual" is an offset lithograph created in 2007, measuring 27.5 x 27.5 inches. The artwork portrays three figures standing before colorful houses, capturin...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Offset

Dance of Waves and Light
Located in Zofingen, AG
Series: Between light and silence This seascape captures a fleeting, luminous rhythm — where waves rise like breath and the sea reflects not just the sky, but a pulse of emotion. The...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

For the Explanation, When it Came
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rendered in a sophisticated and elegant palette, Elise's visionary landscape paintings interweave botanical elements with organic abstraction. With a background in graphic design an...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Ink, Acrylic

Italian Contemporary Art by Andrea Vandoni - Tan 2020 No.3
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Andrea Vandoni is an Italian artist born in 1972 who lives and works in Novara, Italy. The artist studied and trained at the School of the Archaeologists and the Scho...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Diana Earth Moon, Atelier
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Diana, Earth and Moon, Atelier" by Richard MacDonald presents a powerful interpretation of the Roman goddess Diana—divine huntress, lunar deity, and protector of the natural world. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Tête bleue
Located in Malmo, SE
Created 1998, engraving. Publisher GKM. Unframed. Edition of 80 ex. Signed, dated and numbered. Free shipment worldwide. Corneille, one of the founders of the COBRA group, has pas...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Engraving

Mr. DOB
Located in Washington , DC, DC
This sculpture by Takashi Murakami features his signature Mr. DOB character in a playful colorful and attention grabbing sculpture. It is a nice size, come with its original box.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Mr. DOB
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Dogman grew a pear 21/25 - figurative, contemporary, bronze sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Cast in bronze, this contemporary figurative sculpture of an anthropomorphic dog is by Gillie and Marc. British and Australian artists, Gillie and Marc have been called “the most su...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Italian Contemporary Art by Matteo Nannini - La Sguaiata
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Matteo Nannini is an Italian artist born in 1979 in Bologna who lives and works in Cento, Ferrara, Italy. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna. Painter b...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Flora 15 - Contemporary Limited Edition Nude C-Print Photography
Located in Brighton, GB
Flora 15 is a vibrant Digital C-Type print in an Edition of 15 in this size by contemporary photographer duo Tortora & Travezan. Her flaming auburn hair spreads out luxuriously agai...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital

"The Walk" (2022), Original Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media Painting on Panel
Located in Denver, CO
Justin Wheatley's "The Walk" is an original, handmade acrylic painting depicting a macro of a white barn. Justin Wheatley was born and raised in Clinton, Utah. He holds a Bachelor o...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Photographic Film

Flight in Attitude, Atelier
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Flight in Attitude, Atelier" by Richard MacDonald captures a dancer mid-ascent, suspended in a moment of pure elevation and grace. The figure’s outstretched limbs and lifted gaze ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Free Space, Basilica, Gondola, Venice, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure cityscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authe...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Contemporary Menorah
Located in New York, NY
Alon Seifert is a designer, writer, mixed media artist and a great believer in causes he believes in. LUMEN44 is Alon's take on the centuries old Menorah design. It is made of a 6lbs...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Aluminum

Italian vineyards 2, original painting, contemporary, landscape
Located in Deddington, GB
I painted vineyards in Italy in May , it was warm and sunny and I spent the time painting plein air , the colours are very heighten in the early afternoon so I used a rich warm palet...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic

"Barn On River Rd Deerfield", Contemporary Landscape, Red, Yellow, Oil Painting
Located in Franklin, MA
“Barn On River Rd Deerfield” by Marcia Wise is a 12 X 16 inch contemporary oil painting from the artist’s collection of palette knife paintings in which complementary colors of reds ...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Mimosa with Green, Jan 25, 2023
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Donald Sultan Title: Mimosa with Green, Jan 25, 2023 Year: 2023 Medium: Archival pigment ink print on 315 gsm fine art paper Edition: 100; signed, titled, dated and numbered ...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

"Girl with the Pearl Earring" Master Reproduction
Located in Boca Raton, FL
This painting is a master reproduction of Johannes Vermeer's the "The Girl with the Pearl Earring" created using the same process that Vermeer used to paint his famous Dutch Masterpi...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Elaine Irwin Mellencamp, Photograph with Gold Paint, Pirelli 1998, Custom framed
Located in London, GB
The Pirelli Calendar, known and trade-marked as "The Cal", is an annual trade calendar which has been published by the UK subsidiary of the Italian tyre manufacturing company Pirelli...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Gold

Dogon Mask
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Dogon Mask" 1996 in a color off set lithograph with screenprint by African/American artist Nathaniel Bustion, b.1942. It is hand...
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Offset, Screen

Palm Trees on Promenade, Florida, USA, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Duchándome. Nude watercolor on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, and others are sketches of moments he documents. Throughout his artistic career, Castro has exalted the figure and genitality of the Latin American man, putting into tension the limits imposed by the sex/gender system that are part of an unquestionable patriarchal and phallocentric order. The majority of those portrayed are inhabitants of the Colombian coast, also constructing alternative ways of conceiving Latin American identity. By breaking taboos about corporality and male sexuality, his work has been censored on numerous occasions due to public accusations of immorality and pornography. Celso Castro’s work is a bare-bulb erotic photo...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Pastel, Watercolor, Paper, Ink

Nude in the Studio, in Front of the Mirror - Portrait in Oil on Artist s Board
Located in Soquel, CA
Nude in the Studio, in Front of the Mirror - Portrait in Oil on Artist's Board Elegant seated nude woman by Pau Milosevich (American, b. 1936). A woman is seated in a studio, in fro...
Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board

Do Not Eat Him
Located in London, GB
David Shrigley Do Not Eat Him, 2021 Digital print 70 x 50 cm Framed 90 x 70 cm Unsigned Edition of 250 Published by Shrig Shop. David Shrigley is a British artist known for his d...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital

Blush Pear Yellow Pocket Painting, original painting, still-life, contemporary
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Yellow Blush Pear is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque st...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting on Canvas. “Goodbye”
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Mixed media oil painting on canvas depicting a human figure intertwined with animal forms. The composition combines vibrant colors, abstract shapes, and figurative elements to explor...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Hunt Slonem "Landscape Bayou Teche" Landscape
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Landscape Bayou Teche Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on Wood Unframed Dimensions: 20" x 28" Framed Dimensions: 23.5" x 31.5" Signature: Signed Verso Edition:...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Field Painting August 24 - Summer Landscape Tree Wildflowers, 2020
Located in Kent, CT
Contemporary landscape in oil painting on panel of a peaceful summer scene with a delicately painted field with pale lilac and white flowers beneath a tree with olive green leaves, b...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938) In the Locker Room, Contemporary Figurative Painting
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938) In the Locker Room, Contemporary Queer Figurative Painting n.d. Signed in red, u.l. Oil on canvas 60 x 36 inches $8,000 + $750 framing This work is ...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sportsman s Study
Located in Greenwich, CT
"Sportsman's Study" is a serigraph on paper by Thomas McKnight, signed 'McKnight' lower right and numbered 3/200 lower left. From the edition of 510 (there were also 60 APs, 200 Roma...
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Screen

It s About Time We Go: cinematic photograph, road trip w/ classic car and trees
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Nadine Rovner orchestrates lush cinematic scenes, exploring a visual world of heightened tension, anticipation, anxiety, longing and desire. These carefu...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet

Weight They Cannot See 3 (Truth Never Die) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Black
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Truth never dies …Like a seed buried deep, it will sprout again Through fire and darkness, her eyes do not look away. Lies can burn, time can hide, but truth lives on, waiting to be...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Unlikely Event 5 (The Soothsayer)
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Can we please lay out the tables now? Can we allow the days? Once more permit the rivers and oceans to lie in their beds? May I close my eyes and reach out, breathing normally again, certain that the sky is filled with birds, and that you will remain? Or shall we send me back into the grey-blue chambers of disconnection and hollow ambition? A strange card to the wail of the unseen host, somewhere in Africa across the fields, turning over an unfortunate card and laying them slickly in the firelight, winking in such dark, knowing eyes. I was passing at some distance, circled and charmed to all ends, painting the figure in place of any other kind of sustenance, yet distracted and possessed by one who would undoubtedly deny it. One who would claim to have never had my name. Shipping Procedure 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 Authenticity. About Artist Ajegbomogun Damilola...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Desdemona, Abstract Floral Painting, Contemporary Flower Art, Pink and Grey Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Desdemona’ is an original abstract painting on canvas by contemporary artist Wendi Weller. Oil pastel mark making details are added to many layers of acry...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Cherry Tree Avenue, Winter, snowy Field, black and white landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white landscape Photography. Six leafless trees lined up on a snow-covered winter field under an impressive cloudy sky. Archival pigment ink print, edi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Country Town - Screen Print by Ivan Rabuzin - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Country Town is an original colored screen print realized by Ivan Rabuzin in the 1990s. Hand-signed on the lower margin. Numbered on the lower left.143/150. This very fine print re...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

Hunt Slonem "Mortimer" Bunny
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Mortimer Series: Bunnies Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed by Artist...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Deborah Hill, "Winter Fields III", 30x30 Winter Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "Winter Fields III" is a 30x30 contemporary oil painting on canvas by artist Deborah Hill. Featured is an abstract view into an expansive snow...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Nocturnal Nature Fritillarias, Bleeding Hearts - Botanical Cyanotype, 2021- 23
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary floral cyanotype painting in watercolor, gouache, India ink, and cyanotype on Hot Press watercolor paper, meticulously detailed flowers, including fritillarias, ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper

Morning Light, North of Springfield - Serene Landscape with Purple Haze, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
The rising sun casts a purple haze over this serene Midwestern landscape as only Ahzad Bogosian can capture. This tranquil landscape, devoid of a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cephalophore by Cécile Raynal - Animal smoke-fired stoneware sculpture, fable
Located in Paris, FR
Cephalophore is a unique smoke-fired stoneware, resin, plaster and clay sculpture by French contemporary artist Cécile Raynal, dimensions are 84 × 40 × 58 cm (33.0 × 15.7 × 22.8 in)....
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Stoneware, Resin, Plaster, Clay

Raspberry Jam - 21st Century Dutch Still-life painting a jar with raspberry jam
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Heidi von Faber Raspberry Jam Acrylic on linen 90 x 90 cm ( framed/ included in price 100 x 100 cm) Dutch artist Heidi Von Faber lives and works in The Hague. The Stillllifes she ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Linen, Acrylic

Runaway Ride (The Getaway) - The Last Picture Show - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Runaway Ride - The Getaway (The Last Picture Show) - 1999 40x40cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Artist Inventory #345. ...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Catching Fire
Located in Greenwich, CT
Catching Fire is a lithograph on paper, 9.5 x 5.5 inches image size, and initialed 'BD' lower right. From the edition of 395, numbered 170/275 (there were also 100 Roman and 20 AP). ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Milla Jovovich, Nude portrait, Pirelli session (1997) for the 1998 Pirelli Cal (
Located in London, GB
The 1998 Pirelli Calendar was photographed in Miami by Bruce Weber. Milla Jovovich was among the many iconic models photographed for the series entitled: "Women that Men Live For". T...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment, Black and White, ...

View South - green, blue, violet, panoramic landscape, acrylic on board
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A wide summer plain, dotted with distant trees and atmospheric mountains meets a hazy sky in this acrylic and resin painting on board. The artist's skilled rendering reminiscent of t...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Resin, Acrylic, Board

Moments in time III (Sidewinder)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Moments in Time (Sidewinder) - 2005 25x30cm, Edition 3/5. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, based on the original Polaroid. Signature lab...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Tape Collection, AILA Blue - Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
AILA Blue, from the Heidler & Heeps Tape Collection - The B Sides. The Heidler & Heeps collaborations are creative representations of Natasha Heidler and Richard Heeps’, personal pas...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Contemporary Art "Landscape" , White tones , Minimal painting made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
PaperLandscape mixed media on canvas 100x100 cm 2021 Original Created:2021 Subjects:Landscape Materials:Canvas Styles: #Abstract #AbstractExpressionism #Figurative #MinimalismExp...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Paper, Oil

Tactile Memory #110 and Tactile Memory #116, Abstract painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Natasha Zupan beautifully unites the old and new, combining the innovation of her highly crafted technique with her wonder for tradition and the great Masters. This body of work expl...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Marc Sijan "Security Guard" Sculpture
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Sijan, Marc Title: Security Guard Date: 2024 Medium: Polyresin with oil paint and mixed media Signature: Signed lower leg Edition: Unique ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media, Oil

The street- video wall sculpture inspired by film noir by the McGuire studio
Located in New York, NY
The McGuires have created a body of work inspired by the seedy, shady underworld of Film Noir. Inhabited by gritty gangsters and femme fatales these characters come alive within a se...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Video, Mixed Media, Wood

Orange Woman. Contemporary Mixed Media on paper
Located in Brecon, Powys
Angela brings vibrant immediacy to her figurative paintings. She uses a depth of colour and bright outlines of her figures to emphasize shape and contours. In all her works Angela gi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Oil Crayon, Mixed Media, Oil

Gleam - contemporary, hand-sculpted, cream, porcelain sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary sculptural indoor porcelain vessel was made by Susan Collett. The exquisite hand-built porcelain vessels of Susan Collett have garnered her international praise an...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Porcelain

La Majorelle Gardens. From the Interiors series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
A new series inspired by architecture, décor and stylish personalities of the world of interior design. The worlds of fashion, society and pop culture are captured in the illustrati...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Gouache

Clementine Small Green Fig Pocket Painting, Set of 2, original painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Small Clementine 4c is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Renée s Dream (Days of Heaven) - Analog, Contemporary, Women, Polaroid, mounted
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Renée's Dream (29 Palms, CA) - 2005 32 pieces, Edition 3/5, 31 x 38 cm each, installed 276 x 164 cm including gaps. 32 analog C-Prints, hand printed by the artist, based on 27 or...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

White Poppy - black and white floral photography, Limited edition of 20
Located in London, GB
'White poppy' London, United Kingdom 2024 The photograph is signed front bottom right corner and comes with a certificate of authenticity, signed date of printing. Carefully place...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Film, Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée

H5-8 Savoy
Located in Bristol, GB
Diasec-mounted Giclee print on aluminium panel Edition 14 of 100 Signed and numbered on the back Mint Published by HENI
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.