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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
Inner Nature 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women on African Fabric
Inner Nature 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women on African Fabric

Inner Nature 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women on African Fabric

By Oluwafemi Afolabi

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

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. “Your mind knows...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Floral Landscape, Silkscreen by Nadine Prado
Floral Landscape, Silkscreen by Nadine Prado

Floral Landscape, Silkscreen by Nadine Prado

By Nadine Prado

Located in Long Island City, NY

Floral Landscape Nadine Prado, Mexican/French (1940) Date: 1979 Screenprint, Signed in Pencil Edition of AP 25 Size: 30 in. x 40 in. (76.2 cm x 101.6 cm)

Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

Between Dreams
Between Dreams

Between Dreams

By Elizabeth Geisler

Located in Burlingame, CA

Elizabeth Geisler is best known for contemporary paintings of water that bridge realism and abstraction. At close range, her surfaces appear loose and ambiguous, but from a distance ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Lotus Flower Panorama, Vietnam – Black and White Long Exposure Waterscape
Lotus Flower Panorama, Vietnam – Black and White Long Exposure Waterscape

Lotus Flower Panorama, Vietnam – Black and White Long Exposure Waterscape

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21379 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

"Tears Melt My Icy Heart", Pink and Multi-Color Mixed Media Sculpture
"Tears Melt My Icy Heart", Pink and Multi-Color Mixed Media Sculpture

"Tears Melt My Icy Heart", Pink and Multi-Color Mixed Media Sculpture

Located in Philadelphia, PA

"Tears Melt My Icy Heart" is an original sculpture by Traci Johnson made of yarn on cloth on faux fur, mirror. This piece measures approximately. 48"h x 39"w. Born in New York City ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Mirror, Fabric, Yarn

Theseus. Llimited edition: 2/5. Sculpture by Sergey Oganov. Bronze
Theseus. Llimited edition: 2/5. Sculpture by Sergey Oganov. Bronze

Theseus. Llimited edition: 2/5. Sculpture by Sergey Oganov. Bronze

Located in Riga, LV

The myth of Theseus and the Minotaur carries a profound philosophical narrative. It represents the struggle against the monster within – the battle with one's own dark side. Wanderin...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

"Honeymoon"  Limited Edition Drawing
"Honeymoon"  Limited Edition Drawing

"Honeymoon" Limited Edition Drawing

By John Lennon

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

Rare Limited Edition Serigraph of John Lennon's "Honeymoon" originally drawn in 1969, this limited edition was released by Bag One Arts (The Lennon Estate) in 1986 and has been sold...

Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

"Pinky" Small Pac-Man Ghost Glass Sculpture
"Pinky" Small Pac-Man Ghost Glass Sculpture

"Pinky" Small Pac-Man Ghost Glass Sculpture

By Dylan Martinez

Located in East Quogue, NY

"Pinky" - Small Glass Pac-Man Ghost Sculpture by Dylan Martinez. Size: 5" h x 4.5" w. Signed on the base by the artist. Each sculpture is unique. These whimsical Pac-Man Ghost scu...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Blown Glass

'Eyed Birtch' - black and white polaroid still life photography

'Eyed Birtch' - black and white polaroid still life photography

By Ugne Pouwell

Located in London, GB

'Eyed Birtch' 2024 A photograph captured with a Polaroid camera. Printed on the finest archival paper, these limited edition photographs are designed to withstand the test of time, ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Giclée

Large-Scale Cinque Terre Colour Photograph, Limited-Edition Village Wall Art
Large-Scale Cinque Terre Colour Photograph, Limited-Edition Village Wall Art

Large-Scale Cinque Terre Colour Photograph, Limited-Edition Village Wall Art

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 8 // Gallery ID: 21307 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Let's look for the answer
Let's look for the answer

Let's look for the answer

By Mariia Voronchak

Located in Zofingen, AG

At the heart of the painting stands a woman holding an open book, immersed in a quiet moment of reflection. Her gaze turns inward, as if she’s listening to the whisper of the pages o...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Angel Wing (Memories of Green)

Angel Wing (Memories of Green)

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Angel View (Memories of Green) - 2003 Edition 4/5 , 58x56cm, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, based on the original Polaroid. Artist in...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

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

Beauty in Her Space, Contemporary Oil on Ankara Fabric, 21st Century
Beauty in Her Space, Contemporary Oil on Ankara Fabric, 21st Century

Beauty in Her Space, Contemporary Oil on Ankara Fabric, 21st Century

By Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Beauty in her space was created by Tunde Bakare. Tunde created the painting with Oil paint on Ankara Wax Fabrics of 32W by 33H. Beauty in Her Space depic...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Fabric

At One with Nature
At One with Nature

At One with Nature

By Jacob Burda

Located in Zofingen, AG

At One with Nature is a contemplative landscape that explores the quiet harmony between human presence and the natural world. Figures appear gently integrated into the greenery, not ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Pavillon de Flore, Louvre Paris – Monochrome Limited Edition Fine Art Photograph
Pavillon de Flore, Louvre Paris – Monochrome Limited Edition Fine Art Photograph

Pavillon de Flore, Louvre Paris – Monochrome Limited Edition Fine Art Photograph

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: 11851 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Hustler

Hustler

By Christopher Makos

Located in New York, NY

Hustler 254 West 11th Street, NYC, 1977/printed later Signed and numbered, verso Archival pigment print (Edition of 15) 24 x 17 inches

Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Tyler Shields - The Girl In The Mirror, Photography 2018, Printed After

Tyler Shields - The Girl In The Mirror, Photography 2018, Printed After

By Tyler Shields

Located in Stamford, CT

Series: Suspense Chromogenic Print on Kodak Endura Luster Paper All available sizes and editions: 20" x 30" 30" x 40" 40" x 60" 48" x 72" 63" x 84" Editions of 3 + 2 Artist Proofs T...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital, Archiv...

HG66 - Playful Chaos Hidden Garden, 2023
HG66 - Playful Chaos Hidden Garden, 2023

HG66 - Playful Chaos Hidden Garden, 2023

By Damien Hirst

Located in Manchester, GB

Damien Hirst, HG66 - Playful Chaos Hidden Gardens, 2023 Oil on canvas presented in a white, hand-painted wooden frame 62.3 x 45 cm (24.5 x 17.7 in) Original artwork Hand-Signed by D...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Michael Jackson Seated, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography

Michael Jackson Seated, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography

By Greg Gorman

Located in München, BY

Edition 10 Also available in 40 x 50 cm / 16 x 20 inch, Edition 25 Portrait of superstar Michael Jackson. From personality portraits and advertising campaigns to magazine layouts and fine art work, Greg Gorman has developed a unique style in his profession. His distinctive use of light in his black and white portraits is one of the identifying aspects of a Gorman photograph. Gorman’s strength has been photographing motion picture and music personalities. His work has been used in film advertising and publicity campaigns as well as album and CD covers. Some of the motion picture celebrities that he has photographed include Ben Affleck, Lauren Bacall, Alec Baldwin, Antonio Banderas, Kim Basinger, Marlon Brando, Pierce Brosnan, Kevin Costner, Bette Davis, Robert De Niro, Brad Pitt, Andy Garcia, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Dustin Hoffman, Sophia Loren, Al Pacino, Barbra Streisand, Kiera Knightley, Clive Owen, Jennifer Lopez and John Travolta. In the music field, Mr. Gorman has worked with Elton John, Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Morrissey, John Mayer, Bette Midler, Grace Jones and Frank Zappa to name a few. A partial list of the films that he has generated graphics and publicity for include “The Hurt Locker”, “Pirates of the Caribbean”, “King Arthur”, “Tootsie”, “The Big Chill”, “Bull Durham...

Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Wild Things (Till Death do us Part) - Polaroid

Wild Things (Till Death do us Part) - Polaroid

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Wild Things (Till Death do us Part) - 2008 20x24cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory #9503 Not mounted....

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

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

In Search of a Cerulean Sweater
In Search of a Cerulean Sweater

In Search of a Cerulean Sweater

By Daria Okhrimenko

Located in Zofingen, AG

In Search of a Cerulean Sweater plays with the idea of difference — of standing side by side while belonging to entirely different worlds. It reflects that quiet, often overlooked st...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Suburb Spruce, Contemporary Oil Painting on Panel, 12x9 Inches
Suburb Spruce, Contemporary Oil Painting on Panel, 12x9 Inches

Suburb Spruce, Contemporary Oil Painting on Panel, 12x9 Inches

By Matt Higgins

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This painting was created from a photograph taken during a snowy weekend at the artist’s mother-in-law’s home in New York. A single evergreen stands in a quiet, snow-covered yard, se...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Life Journey 2 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Figurative, Realism
Life Journey 2 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Figurative, Realism

Life Journey 2 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Figurative, Realism

By Eyitayo Alagbe

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube. This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About the Artist Joy Eyitayo...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic

"NOTRE DAME" Contemporary Figurative Painting
"NOTRE DAME" Contemporary Figurative Painting

"NOTRE DAME" Contemporary Figurative Painting

By David Paul Kay

Located in New York, NY

David Paul Kay "NOTRE DAME" 9 x 19 ft acrylic on a raw canvas 2026 New York Notre Dame is a meditation on faith, resilience, and the enduring presence of the maternal figure acros...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Marfa ( Texas ) - large format photograph of dramatic clouds over endless fields
Marfa ( Texas ) - large format photograph of dramatic clouds over endless fields

Marfa ( Texas ) - large format photograph of dramatic clouds over endless fields

By Frank Schott

Located in San Francisco, CA

Marfa ( Texas ) by Frank Schott country road view in West Texas, from a series of impressions captured in Marfa, Texas, longtime residence of minimalist artist Donald Judd 48 x 72 i...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée

Drangarnir Sea Arch, Faroe Islands, Minimalist Large-Scale Limited Edition Photo
Drangarnir Sea Arch, Faroe Islands, Minimalist Large-Scale Limited Edition Photo

Drangarnir Sea Arch, Faroe Islands, Minimalist Large-Scale Limited Edition Photo

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 8 // Gallery ID: 21277 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Ocean View

Ocean View

By Victoria Veedell

Located in Napa, CA

Victoria Veedell captures the essence of nature by examining the effects of light on form in the natural world in her softly glowing landscape paintings. Inspired by her travels thr...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Oil, Wood Panel

Sunday Afternoon (Malibu)
Sunday Afternoon (Malibu)

Sunday Afternoon (Malibu)

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Sunday Afternoon (Malibu)n - 2004 39x37cm, Edition 2/5. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, printed on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, based on the orignal Polaroid. Artist i...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

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

Sensory Experience original large nude art Paula Craioveanu 39x27.5in in Florida
Sensory Experience original large nude art Paula Craioveanu 39x27.5in in Florida

Sensory Experience original large nude art Paula Craioveanu 39x27.5in in Florida

By Paula Craioveanu

Located in Forest Hills, NY

"Sensory Experience", pencil and ultramarine tempera on paper, inspired by Matisse. Part of Nude in Interior series. Large drawing. Shipped rolled in a tube, from Florida, US. Choose between express or standard shipping. This particular piece is in my studio in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Other pieces are in my other studios in Europe, or in NY. Artist Statement "I started by painting interiors, being interested in space and perspective through my studies. These scenes evolved, when I added the human figure. I focused more on the human figure and its relation to the background. The human figure is more present than ever in my paintings now. As a woman artist I’ve been preoccupied with the female form and its imagery. One of my goals was to capture the solitary moments and the nude’s relation to the surrounding space. My interest turned from depicting the space to rendering the atmosphere and the scene as a whole, the feeling a woman adds to the environment: warmth, desire, joy, a feeling of power and control, or the opposite – sadness, despair. Here is a collection of figurative paintings, exploring the nudes in interior spaces, seeing the nudes from my perspective, as a woman artist, considering the physical and spiritual realities of a woman’s body, in a new level of intimacy. My paintings are the opposite of objectifying a woman’s or a man’s anatomy. Painted works, featuring female nudes and a also men nudes...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Tempera, Pencil, Paper

H2O IV - Homage to David Hockney
H2O IV - Homage to David Hockney

H2O IV - Homage to David Hockney

By Erik Pawassar

Located in San Francisco, CA

large format photograph of sun reflections on pool water surface, mesmerizing light reflections of glistening sunlight on turquoise aquamarine water surface, an homage to the iconic ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Giclée

"INTRO MELODY INTRO REPRISE", abstract mixed media dark geometric painting
"INTRO MELODY INTRO REPRISE", abstract mixed media dark geometric painting

"INTRO MELODY INTRO REPRISE", abstract mixed media dark geometric painting

By Hyland Mather (X-O)

Located in Philadelphia, PA

"INTRO MELODY INTRO REPRISE" is an original artwork by Hyland Mather made of acrylic and aerosol with string and pins on canvas, the work is presented in a solid wood tray frame. It ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Thread, Wood, Acrylic, Pins

Children in Harlem, New York, Signed Archival Pigment Print, 19x13, Edition 7/10
Children in Harlem, New York, Signed Archival Pigment Print, 19x13, Edition 7/10

Children in Harlem, New York, Signed Archival Pigment Print, 19x13, Edition 7/10

By Leonard Freed

Located in New york, NY

Children, Harlem, New York, USA 1963 by Leonard Freed is a 19" x 13" signed archival pigment print in an edition of 10. Signed by the estate on back of photograph by Freed's widow Brigitte Freed. Available: 7/10. Provenance: Freed estate *** Artist’s Bio: Leonard Freed (1929-2006) was an American photographer from Brooklyn, New York. His "Black in White America" series made him known as a documentarian. Freed worked as a freelance photographer from 1961 onwards and as a Magnum photographer Freed traveled widely abroad and, in the US, photographing African Americans (1964-65), events in Israel (1967-68, 1973), and the New York City police department...

Category

1960s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigme...

Werner Bronkhorst - The Champions
Werner Bronkhorst - The Champions

Werner Bronkhorst - The Champions

By Werner Bronkhorst

Located in London, GB

Werner Bronkhorst The Champions, 2025 Giclée print on Hahnemühle Photorag paper with ready-to-hang heavyweight solid oak frame. From the artist's acclaimed Wimbledon series. Accompan...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Giclée

God's Country by Anouk Krantz 2021

God's Country by Anouk Krantz 2021

By Anouk Krantz

Located in Chicago, IL

God's Country (B&W) 2021 ARCHIVAL PIGMENT PRINT Unframed Sizes: 30 x 45 in (76.2 x 114.3 cm) - Edition of 10 + 2 AP (Artist Proofs) 40 x 60 in (101.6 x 152.4 cm) - Edition of 10 + 2...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment, Silver Gelatin

Little Darlings (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women

Little Darlings (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Little Darlings (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 38x37cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 artist proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inv...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

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

Reincarnation -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, African Artwork
Reincarnation -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, African Artwork

Reincarnation -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, African Artwork

By Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

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 (Issued by the Gal...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

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.