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![Painting, A Way, Lily Sotirova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2118618_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Awareness, Lily Sotirova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2118615_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Spaces, Lily Sotirova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2118570_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Armageddon, Lily Sotirova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2118567_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, In Between, Lily Sotirova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2118564_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Other Reality, Lily Sotirova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2118558_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Theater, Lily Sotirova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2118555_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Purpose, Dimitar Mitov - Komshin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2117388_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstract gold sun, Dimitar Mitov - Komshin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2117382_1_grid.jpg)
Abstract gold sun
Dimitar Mitov - Komshin
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,794
![Painting, Abstract red sun, Dimitar Mitov - Komshin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2117376_1_grid.jpg)
Abstract red sun
Dimitar Mitov - Komshin
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,794
![Painting, Abstract composition, Dimitar Mitov - Komshin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2117367_1_grid.jpg)
Abstract composition
Dimitar Mitov - Komshin
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,074
![Painting, Night, Dimitar Mitov - Komshin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2116755_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blue Granite, Alexandra Romano](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2025576_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Free spirit no. 3, Alexandra Romano](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2025543_1_grid.jpg)
Free spirit no. 3
Alexandra Romano
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 1.5 inch
$836
![Painting, Magenta sky, Alexandra Romano](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2025519_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ocean blue II, Alexandra Romano](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2025516_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rising sun, Alexandra Romano](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2025489_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Morning glory, Alexandra Romano](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2025483_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Iridescent hues, Alexandra Romano](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2025480_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Evolution: dissolving boundaries, Alexandra Romano](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2025411_1_grid.jpg)
Evolution: dissolving boundaries
Alexandra Romano
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 1.8 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 0.7 inch
$699
![Painting, Ice cream mountains, Alexandra Romano](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2025408_1_grid.jpg)
Ice cream mountains
Alexandra Romano
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 1.8 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 0.7 inch
$699
![Painting, Breath of fresh air II, Alexandra Romano](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2025348_1_grid.jpg)
Breath of fresh air II
Alexandra Romano
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 1.8 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 0.7 inch
$687
![Painting, Ice age, Alexandra Romano](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2025309_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Metal forest, Alexandra Romano](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2025279_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sapphire dreams, Alexandra Romano](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2025276_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Expansion of the mind, Alexandra Romano](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2025270_1_grid.jpg)
Expansion of the mind
Alexandra Romano
Painting - 30.5 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 12 x 16 x 1 inch
$691
![Painting, Everything Is Shattered, Lukasz Kujawa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1996467_1_grid.jpg)
Everything Is Shattered
Lukasz Kujawa
Painting - 70 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$1,738
![Painting, Dream it, wish it, do it, Judith Christine Riemer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1971789_1_grid.jpg)
Dream it, wish it, do it
Judith Christine Riemer
Painting - 70 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,130
![Painting, Colour me in, Nemanja Nikolic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1954248_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Aurora borealis, Alexandra Romano](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1852071_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Conejo, Agustina Barilá Aloi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1735791_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled, Agustina Barilá Aloi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1734099_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cut, Agustina Barilá Aloi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1726506_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Iracunda, Agustina Barilá Aloi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1722945_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled, Agustina Barilá Aloi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1722765_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Conversaciones, Agustina Barilá Aloi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1722753_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Motion, Yaroslav Yasenev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1610658_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Celebration!, Juliya Povkh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1233045_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Serie Gris, Antonio Vargas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1056930_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Serie Gris, Antonio Vargas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1056927_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Serie Gris, Antonio Vargas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1056924_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Serie Gris, Antonio Vargas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1056921_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Serie Gris, Antonio Vargas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1056918_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Black & white soul I, Cecile Filipe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1029870_1_grid.jpg)
Black & white soul I
Cecile Filipe
Painting - 44 x 34 x 2 cm Painting - 17.3 x 13.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,121
![Painting, When We Dance, Joyce Fournier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/824958_1_grid.jpg)
When We Dance
Joyce Fournier
Painting - 71.1 x 55.9 x 1.9 cm Painting - 28 x 22 x 0.75 inch
$710 $604
![Painting, Shambala 2, Max Yaskin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173316_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Where my love is, Gesa Reuter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2059317_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Counting The Waves, Painting, Watercolor on Canvas, Gesa Reuter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2059314_1_grid.jpg)
Counting The Waves, Painting, Watercolor on Canvas
Gesa Reuter
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$850
![Painting, Blue Permission, Gesa Reuter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2059311_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Song Of Clouds I Wolkenlied, Gesa Reuter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2059308_1_grid.jpg)
Song Of Clouds I Wolkenlied
Gesa Reuter
Painting - 40.9 x 61 x 0.3 cm Painting - 16.1 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$660
![Painting, Stormy Times, Gesa Reuter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2059299_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstract 2365, Alex Senchenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1956159_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, S23, Jean Soyer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1942593_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Libre comme l’air, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1822656_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Prends-moi dans tes bras, Chantal Proulx](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1332366_1_grid.jpg)
Prends-moi dans tes bras
Chantal Proulx
Painting - 61 x 61 x 4 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 1.6 inch
$825
![Painting, Happy whirlwind, Olya Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1328739_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstract Composition, Giorgio Lo Fermo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1131057_1_grid.jpg)
Abstract Composition
Giorgio Lo Fermo
Painting - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$2,691
![Painting, Blue Wave, Lee Passarella](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167891_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, To energize (2), Tiny de Bruin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152803_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blue Sky, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2151628_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blooming tulips is a large abstract expressionism painting, red flowers on white, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144562_1_grid.jpg)
Blooming tulips is a large abstract expressionism painting, red flowers on white
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 150 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$7,848
![Painting, Surge, Gergana Balabanova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2142705_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A kind of balance, Angel Rivas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2136197_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ice land, Filip Pavlik](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2135642_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ice floes, Filip Pavlik](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2112981_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, white lapse, Filip Pavlik](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2039343_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dream XX, Bea Garding Schubert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2037387_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Glückskinder IX, Bea Garding Schubert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2037339_1_grid.jpg)
Glückskinder IX
Bea Garding Schubert
Painting - 59.9 x 59.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.5 inch
$910
![Painting, Vogelfrei No.6, Bea Garding Schubert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2037255_1_grid.jpg)
Vogelfrei No.6
Bea Garding Schubert
Painting - 89.9 x 59.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 1.5 inch
$980
![Painting, Yes No.2, Bea Garding Schubert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2037252_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blue origin, Filip Pavlik](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1985835_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Brise lame, Milla Laborde](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1975776_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nouvelle ère, Milla Laborde](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1975743_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Andante, Milla Laborde](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1975737_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Symphonie, Milla Laborde](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1975731_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, When you fall in love again, Tiny de Bruin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1956897_1_grid.jpg)
When you fall in love again
Tiny de Bruin
Painting - 140 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 55.1 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$1,973
![Painting, Cosmopolitan, Filip Pavlik](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1867839_1_grid.jpg)
Cosmopolitan
Filip Pavlik
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,242 $2,018
![Painting, Ice age, Filip Pavlik](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1741911_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mai, bouquet, Filip Pavlik](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1639206_1_grid.jpg)
Mai, bouquet
Filip Pavlik
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,682 $1,513
![Painting, White stripes, Filip Pavlik](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1612500_1_grid.jpg)
White stripes
Filip Pavlik
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,906 $1,715
![Painting, Explosion#2, Sparkle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1595871_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Explosion#1, Sparkle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1595097_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Holland, Helen She](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1580463_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Duality, Alison Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1345077_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Infinity, Alison Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1345068_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled, Maciej Durski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1341117_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Delight, Seung Rak Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1324131_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled 69, Wissam Beydoun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1187874_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, ZDZ1123, Thierry Zdzieblo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1173324_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Northern Lights, Filippo Citterio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/983118_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Twister, Filippo Citterio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/983115_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Hope Island, Filippo Citterio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/982863_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Atom, Filippo Citterio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/982854_1_grid.jpg)
Abstract expressionism
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.
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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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