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![Painting, Another Dreamer, Etienne Quesnay](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2090304_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pear season in Cochabamba, Karina Lara](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1992300_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Ray of Hope, Philip Hearsey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1902213_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pousse-Moi, Antoine Josse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1356699_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Untitled, Tokyo Japan., Kevin Jordan O'Shea](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1319784_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled, Tokyo Japan.
Kevin Jordan O'Shea
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
€1,000
![Painting, Un frais printemps, Emmanuelle Vroelant](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1247721_1_grid.jpg)
Un frais printemps
Emmanuelle Vroelant
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€4,000
![Painting, Just Relax, Liora](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1233585_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, "Au fil de l'eau" figuratif paysage marin acrylique sur lin 100x120cm 2018, Emmanuelle Vroelant](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1079922_1_grid.jpg)
"Au fil de l'eau" figuratif paysage marin acrylique sur lin 100x120cm 2018
Emmanuelle Vroelant
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€3,600 €3,240
![Painting, Picasso’s Window, Emil Aziz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2234963_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 5 Dimension, Gianluca Fascetto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2233559_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Victoria Horkan, Victoria Horkan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2233412_1_grid.jpg)
Victoria Horkan
Victoria Horkan
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€4,194
![Painting, Playa Flamingo, Leticia Gonzalez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215333_1_grid.jpg)
Playa Flamingo
Leticia Gonzalez
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,600
![Painting, Cuando el mar te tenga, Leticia Gonzalez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215320_1_grid.jpg)
Cuando el mar te tenga
Leticia Gonzalez
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€1,400
![Painting, Mar del Norte, Leticia Gonzalez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215318_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Camino del faro, Leticia Gonzalez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215314_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Marismas de conil, Leticia Gonzalez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212442_1_grid.jpg)
Marismas de conil
Leticia Gonzalez
Painting - 81 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€1,600
![Painting, Lake view, Florentina Fischer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204174_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nature - Fleurs de Nymphéas 167, Joëlle Kem Lika](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160808_1_grid.jpg)
Nature - Fleurs de Nymphéas 167
Joëlle Kem Lika
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,080
![Painting, Schoonbron, Dorine van der Ploeg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2007294_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Existence11, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/886476_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Il n'y a Pas que la Terre qui Saigne, Franck Bailleul](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/883524_1_grid.jpg)
Il n'y a Pas que la Terre qui Saigne
Franck Bailleul
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€4,500
![Painting, Sky is the Limit, Franck Bailleul](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/883479_1_grid.jpg)
Sky is the Limit
Franck Bailleul
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€3,500
![Painting, Humeur Brouillonne, Franck Bailleul](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/883473_1_grid.jpg)
Humeur Brouillonne
Franck Bailleul
Painting - 131 x 162 x 4 cm Painting - 51.6 x 63.8 x 1.6 inch
€4,500
![Painting, Grand Angle, Franck Bailleul](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/883359_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Colleville sur Mer en Hiver, Franck Bailleul](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/882546_1_grid.jpg)
Colleville sur Mer en Hiver
Franck Bailleul
Painting - 90 x 90 x 4 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch
€3,900
![Photography, Two Landscapes19, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/878697_1_grid.jpg)
Two Landscapes19
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
€500
![Photography, Two Landscapes18, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/878694_1_grid.jpg)
Two Landscapes18
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
€500
![Photography, Two Landscapes15, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/878682_1_grid.jpg)
Two Landscapes15
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
€500
![Photography, Two Landscapes14, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/878676_1_grid.jpg)
Two Landscapes14
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
€500
![Photography, Two Landscapes13, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/878673_1_grid.jpg)
Two Landscapes13
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
€500
![Photography, Spirit of Forest 1236, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/856896_1_grid.jpg)
Spirit of Forest 1236
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 40.8 x 28.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16.1 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
€1,200
![Photography, Two Landscapes 20, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/856158_1_grid.jpg)
Two Landscapes 20
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 103 x 72.8 x 3 cm Photography - 40.6 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,800
![Photography, Two Landscapes 18, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/856149_1_grid.jpg)
Two Landscapes 18
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 103 x 72.8 x 3 cm Photography - 40.6 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,800
![Photography, Two Landscapes 15, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/856140_1_grid.jpg)
Two Landscapes 15
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 103 x 72.8 x 3 cm Photography - 40.6 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,800
![Photography, Two Landscapes 14, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/856137_1_grid.jpg)
Two Landscapes 14
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 103 x 72.8 x 3 cm Photography - 40.6 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,800
![Photography, Two Landscapes 13, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/856134_1_grid.jpg)
Two Landscapes 13
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 103 x 72.8 x 3 cm Photography - 40.6 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,800
![Photography, Two Landscapes 12, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/856131_1_grid.jpg)
Two Landscapes 12
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 103 x 72.8 x 3 cm Photography - 40.6 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,800
![Photography, Two Landscapes11, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/856089_1_grid.jpg)
Two Landscapes11
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 103 x 72.8 x 3 cm Photography - 40.6 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,800
![Painting, Composition 4, Shahram Nabati](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/732642_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Portrait, JK, Amrita Bilimoria](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2228536_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait, JK
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 38.1 x 25.4 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15 x 10 x 0.2 inch
€1,417
![Painting, Du côté de Morgiou, Sylvie Peiffer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2222001_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Holland tulips, Galya Popova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2218930_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Etude, Galya Popova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2218675_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Peaches, Galya Popova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2218639_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Etude, Galya Popova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217087_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Force of nature, Shepard Fairey (Obey)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2168729_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mountain herbs, Elena Lukina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2166288_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gray tones, Sophie Dumont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2140938_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Champs, Sophie Dumont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2140936_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Balade, Sophie Dumont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2140935_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Gicleé Couché dans les dunes, Miguel Guía](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1797759_1_grid.jpg)
Gicleé Couché dans les dunes
Miguel Guía
Print - 75 x 100 x 4 cm Print - 29.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€870
![Photography, Turbulence in Kyoto 5086, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1785339_1_grid.jpg)
Turbulence in Kyoto 5086
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 30.9 x 46.3 x 0.1 cm Photography - 12.2 x 18.2 x 0 inch
€1,200
![Photography, Turbulence in Kyoto 546, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1785318_1_grid.jpg)
Turbulence in Kyoto 546
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 30.9 x 46.3 x 0.1 cm Photography - 12.2 x 18.2 x 0 inch
€1,200
![Photography, Turbulence in Kyoto 3115, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1785264_1_grid.jpg)
Turbulence in Kyoto 3115
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 30.9 x 46.3 x 0.1 cm Photography - 12.2 x 18.2 x 0 inch
€1,200
![Photography, Turbulence in Kyoto 3067, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1785261_1_grid.jpg)
Turbulence in Kyoto 3067
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 30.9 x 46.3 x 0.1 cm Photography - 12.2 x 18.2 x 0 inch
€1,200
![Painting, Without you, Poonam Choudhary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1778883_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, L'Ospite dei Bagnanti Misteriosi, Giorgio de Chirico](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1696797_1_grid.jpg)
L'Ospite dei Bagnanti Misteriosi
Giorgio de Chirico
Print - 71.5 x 50.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 28.1 x 19.9 x 0 inch
€4,200
![Photography, Lost Village_25, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1596876_1_grid.jpg)
Lost Village_25
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 100 x 70 x 0.2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
€1,200
![Photography, Lost Village_12, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1596846_1_grid.jpg)
Lost Village_12
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 100 x 72 x 3.5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 28.3 x 1.4 inch
€1,200
![Photography, Lost village_06, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1596750_1_grid.jpg)
Lost village_06
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 35 x 150 x 2.5 cm Photography - 13.8 x 59.1 x 1 inch
€1,600
![Painting, Tactile memory #134, Natasha Zupan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1513032_1_grid.jpg)
Tactile memory #134
Natasha Zupan
Painting - 24.1 x 19.1 x 7.6 cm Painting - 9.5 x 7.5 x 3 inch
€2,031
![Photography, Spirit of Forest 23572352, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1457634_1_grid.jpg)
Spirit of Forest 23572352
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 35.6 x 29.3 x 3.5 cm Photography - 14 x 11.5 x 1.4 inch
€1,600
![Photography, Spirit of Forest 324654, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1457625_1_grid.jpg)
Spirit of Forest 324654
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 35.6 x 29.3 x 3.5 cm Photography - 14 x 11.5 x 1.4 inch
€1,600
![Photography, Spirit of Forest 324654_2, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1457622_1_grid.jpg)
Spirit of Forest 324654_2
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 35.6 x 29.3 x 3.5 cm Photography - 14 x 11.5 x 1.4 inch
€1,600
![Photography, Spirit of Forest 87150, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1457607_1_grid.jpg)
Spirit of Forest 87150
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 40.8 x 28.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16.1 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
€1,600
![Photography, Spirit of Forest 24565, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1457601_1_grid.jpg)
Spirit of Forest 24565
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 40.8 x 28.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16.1 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
€1,600
![Photography, Spirit of Forest 12630, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1457580_1_grid.jpg)
Spirit of Forest 12630
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 40.8 x 28.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16.1 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
€1,600
![Photography, Spirit of Forest 8412, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1457571_1_grid.jpg)
Spirit of Forest 8412
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 40.8 x 28.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16.1 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
€1,600
![Photography, Spirit of Forest 7100, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1457568_1_grid.jpg)
Spirit of Forest 7100
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 40.8 x 28.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16.1 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
€1,600
![Photography, Spirit of Forest 3990, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1457529_1_grid.jpg)
Spirit of Forest 3990
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 40.8 x 28.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16.1 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
€1,600
![Photography, Spirit of Forest 2041, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1457520_1_grid.jpg)
Spirit of Forest 2041
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 40.8 x 28.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16.1 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
€1,600
![Photography, Spirit of Forest 2040, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1457511_1_grid.jpg)
Spirit of Forest 2040
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 40.8 x 28.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16.1 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
€1,600
![Photography, Spirit of Forest 2035, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1457499_1_grid.jpg)
Spirit of Forest 2035
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 40.8 x 28.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16.1 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
€1,600
![Photography, Spirit of Forest 2031, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1457493_1_grid.jpg)
Spirit of Forest 2031
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 40.8 x 28.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16.1 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
€1,600
![Photography, Spirit of Forest 2029, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1457487_1_grid.jpg)
Spirit of Forest 2029
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 40.8 x 28.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16.1 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
€1,600
![Photography, Spirit of Forest 2023, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1457466_1_grid.jpg)
Spirit of Forest 2023
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 40.8 x 28.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16.1 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
€1,600
![Photography, Spirit of Forest 2021, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1457460_1_grid.jpg)
Spirit of Forest 2021
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 40.8 x 28.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16.1 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
€1,600
![Photography, Spirit of Forest 2005, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1457448_1_grid.jpg)
Spirit of Forest 2005
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 40.8 x 28.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16.1 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
€1,600
![Photography, Spirit of Forest 865, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1456149_1_grid.jpg)
Spirit of Forest 865
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 40.8 x 28.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16.1 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
€1,600
![Photography, Spirit of Forest 718, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1456146_1_grid.jpg)
Spirit of Forest 718
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 40.8 x 28.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16.1 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
€1,600
![Photography, Spirit of Forest 700, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1456140_1_grid.jpg)
Spirit of Forest 700
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 40.8 x 28.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16.1 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
€1,600
![Photography, Spirit of Forest 404, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1456137_1_grid.jpg)
Spirit of Forest 404
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 40.8 x 28.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16.1 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
€1,600
![Photography, Spirit of Forest 212, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1456128_1_grid.jpg)
Spirit of Forest 212
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 40.8 x 28.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16.1 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
€1,600
![Photography, Spirit of Forest 124, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1456125_1_grid.jpg)
Spirit of Forest 124
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 40.8 x 28.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16.1 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
€1,600
![Photography, Spirit of Forest 23, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1450818_1_grid.jpg)
Spirit of Forest 23
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 40.8 x 28.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16.1 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
€1,600
![Painting, Summer Soul, Muraz Martirosyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1423017_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, City sunshine, Muraz Martirosyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1410132_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Two Landscapes 50, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1329159_1_grid.jpg)
Two Landscapes 50
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 48.3 x 32.9 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19 x 13 x 0 inch
€800
![Photography, Two Landscapes 49, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1329156_1_grid.jpg)
Two Landscapes 49
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 48.3 x 32.9 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19 x 13 x 0 inch
€800
![Photography, Two Landscapes 48, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1329150_1_grid.jpg)
Two Landscapes 48
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 48.3 x 32.9 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19 x 13 x 0 inch
€800
![Photography, Two Landscapes 47, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1329144_1_grid.jpg)
Two Landscapes 47
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 48.3 x 32.9 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19 x 13 x 0 inch
€800
![Photography, Two Landscapes 46, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1329138_1_grid.jpg)
Two Landscapes 46
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 48.3 x 32.9 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19 x 13 x 0 inch
€800
![Photography, Two Landscapes 45, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1329072_1_grid.jpg)
Two Landscapes 45
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 48.3 x 32.9 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19 x 13 x 0 inch
€800
Contemporary artworks for sale
Over 200,000 pieces. That's the number of contemporary artworks and design objects currently available on Artsper. Every day, new artists and galleries from all over the world join us and trust us to showcase their work. On Artsper, all mediums have a place of choice: painting, drawing, photography, editions and sculpture.
The generic term "contemporary art" refers to all works produced in the recent period, that is to say between the end of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st centuries. However, there is not only one type of contemporary art. It can cover as many forms as there are artists, if not more. Contemporary art, while taking into account the individualities and the cultural specificities, takes life at the world level, in a globalized society and constantly in movement. Thus, the materials used, the processes of creation and the subjects treated by the contemporary art works often reflect these interconnections. But one constant remains, artists perpetually question the established artistic order.
Even if they are often confused, there are many differences between modern and contemporary art, notably the idea that contemporary art works are more conceptual and privilege the creative idea to the support used.
Nevertheless, the distinction between these two movements can also be purely temporal. Any work realized after 1945 can be called "contemporary". At the beginning of the 20th century, the movements followed one another according to the revolutionary reflections of the great masters of Surrealism (Salvador Dalí, René Magritte), Cubism (Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger) and Dadaism (Marcel Duchamp). From the 1950s and 1960s, artists pushed the reflection on abstraction even further. This is the birth of minimalist art as well as conceptual art. In opposition to the abstract expressionists such as Joan Mitchell, Mark Rothko and Jackson Pollock, the leaders of these movements are notably Frank Stella and Sol Lewitt.
Pop art is one of the first artistic movements to emerge from contemporary art. It was the work of a whole generation caught up in the whirlwind of consumer society. Pop art uses new technologies and very bright colors to portray (sometimes ironically) this globalized world in transition. The precursors of this pictorial technique are Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, whose modern paintings represent icons of the time such as Marilyn Monroe or Elizabeth Taylor.
Born in the 1960s in Philadelphia, street art became popular in the 1980s. Illegal and controversial at first, it now occupies a major place in modern art museums, galleries and private collections. Paintings, stencil drawings, collages, sculpture, tags, graffiti... On Artsper, discover original contemporary artworks as well as prints by the greatest street artists: Shepard Fairey (Obey), JonOne, Aiko, Miss.Tic, Jef Aérosol and many others. But our catalog also highlights young stars and talents of the emerging scene, such as Death NYC or Jérôme Mesnager.
Today, contemporary art exists in many forms, more or less inspired by the movements that have shaped modern history. The beginning of the 21st century is marked by a multidisciplinary creation, an interest for creation coming from the four corners of the world, and the emergence of markets on different continents. Contemporary artworks also denote a meteoric growth in digital art, as evidenced by the recent boom in NFTs and AI (artificial intelligence)-generated art. As with all art forms, we see a globalized interest in innovative and disruptive contemporary artworks as much as in work that aims to revive the more traditional forms of fine art.
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