Anthropomorphism

Sculpture, Boss Tiger, Yaniv Edery

Boss Tiger

Yaniv Edery

Sculpture - 70 x 70 x 60 cm

$78,486

Sculpture, Tororeador, Perrotte

Tororeador

Perrotte

Sculpture - 131 x 45 x 45 cm

$14,116

Sculpture, Sapeur girafe, Boureima Ouedraogo

Sapeur girafe

Boureima Ouedraogo

Sculpture - 37 x 29 x 18 cm

$960

Sculpture, Aviateur, S.Kristol

Aviateur

S.Kristol

Sculpture - 75 x 25 x 25 cm

$7,792

Sculpture, Deer (Sculpture Using Found Objects), John Petrey

Deer (Sculpture Using Found Objects)

John Petrey

Sculpture - 210.8 x 68.6 x 55.9 cm

$57,600

Sculpture, Papillon, Didier Becquart

Papillon

Didier Becquart

Sculpture - 63 x 106 x 82 cm

$15,246

Sculpture, Untitled, Krishna Murari Mishra

Untitled

Krishna Murari Mishra

Sculpture - 165.1 x 43.18 x 164 cm

$6,678

Sculpture, Un Festin du Roi, Sophie Verger

Un Festin du Roi

Sophie Verger

Sculpture - 28.5 x 15 x 12 cm

$3,219

Sculpture, The three bronze Eves, Sophie Verger

The three bronze Eves

Sophie Verger

Sculpture - 187 x 50 x 28 cm

$49,689

Sculpture, Codex II, Bernard Métranve

Codex II

Bernard Métranve

Sculpture - 48.5 x 34 x 21 cm

$5,726

Sculpture, Couple kneeling, Sophie Verger

Couple kneeling

Sophie Verger

Sculpture - 16 x 9 x 8.5 cm

$1,807

Sculpture, Young girl, Sophie Verger

Young girl

Sophie Verger

Sculpture - 24 x 9 x 9.5 cm

$2,259

Sculpture, Femme oiseau, Didier Fournier

Femme oiseau

Didier Fournier

Sculpture - 37 x 10 x 7 cm

$678

Sculpture, La gardienne, Didier Fournier

La gardienne

Didier Fournier

Sculpture - 10 x 7 x 7 cm

$678

Sculpture, Five young ladies, Sophie Verger

Five young ladies

Sophie Verger

Sculpture - 41 x 25 x 9 cm

$4,404

Sculpture, The giantess or Gulliver / La géante ou Gulliverte, Sophie Verger

The giantess or Gulliver / La géante ou Gulliverte

Sophie Verger

Sculpture - 72.5 x 16 x 15 cm

$5,421

Sculpture, Giraffe and her three daughters, Sophie Verger

Giraffe and her three daughters

Sophie Verger

Sculpture - 77 x 16 x 23 cm

$6,663

Sculpture, Very shine / Tout timide, Sophie Verger

Very shine / Tout timide

Sophie Verger

Sculpture - 23 x 10 x 11 cm

$2,484

Sculpture, Big Pregnant Giraffe, Sophie Verger

Big Pregnant Giraffe

Sophie Verger

Sculpture - 185 x 37 x 35 cm

$21,457

Sculpture, A bear named Sisyphus, Sophie Verger

A bear named Sisyphus

Sophie Verger

Sculpture - 38 x 29 x 12 cm

$4,291

Sculpture, Wildlife Passenger– Sitting, Brandon Vickerd

Wildlife Passenger– Sitting

Brandon Vickerd

Sculpture - 33 x 11.5 x 11.5 cm

$2,000

Sculpture, Wildlife Passenger –Standing, Brandon Vickerd

Wildlife Passenger –Standing

Brandon Vickerd

Sculpture - 33 x 11.5 x 11.5 cm

$2,000

Sculpture, Dreaming rabbit-large size, Viktor Zuk

Dreaming rabbit-large size

Viktor Zuk

Sculpture - 35.5 x 35 x 22 cm

$666

Sculpture, Tête de Cheval I, Christophe Charbonnel

Tête de Cheval I

Christophe Charbonnel

Sculpture - 29.2 x 15.2 x 33 cm

$12,987

Sculpture, Sapeur Cerf, Boureima Ouedraogo

Sapeur Cerf

Boureima Ouedraogo

Sculpture - 35 x 36.5 x 16 cm

$960

Sculpture, Lion King green, Yaniv Edery

Lion King green

Yaniv Edery

Sculpture - 73 x 70 x 45 cm

$78,486

Sculpture, Verité, S.Kristol

Verité

S.Kristol

Sculpture - 45 x 30 x 40 cm

$7,792

Sculpture, Équilibre, S.Kristol

Équilibre

S.Kristol

Sculpture - 50 x 25 x 25 cm

$6,889

Sculpture, Steinbockfrau, Stephan Balkenhol

Steinbockfrau

Stephan Balkenhol

Sculpture - 68 x 24 x 24 cm

$32,185

Sculpture, Au pied de la lettre, Maïté Martinez

Au pied de la lettre

Maïté Martinez

Sculpture - 21 x 8.5 x 15 cm

$4,291

Sculpture, Love Louve Camille (gauche, droite), Jean-Robert Drouillard

Love Louve Camille (gauche, droite)

Jean-Robert Drouillard

Sculpture - 34 x 7.5 x 9 cm

$7,600

Sculpture, Snail / l'escargot, Lieven D'Haese

Snail / l'escargot

Lieven D'Haese

Sculpture - 44 x 14 x 19 cm

$3,614

Sculpture, Flemish snail, Lieven D'Haese

Flemish snail

Lieven D'Haese

Sculpture - 141 x 41 x 31 cm

$11,180

Sculpture, The Elegance of Kungfucat : Black Cat Fu Symphony, Hiro Ando

The Elegance of Kungfucat : Black Cat Fu Symphony

Hiro Ando

Sculpture - 60 x 50 x 60 cm

$16,940

Sculpture, The Enigmatic Journey of Ninjacat : White Stealthy Whiskers, Hiro Ando

The Enigmatic Journey of Ninjacat : White Stealthy Whiskers

Hiro Ando

Sculpture - 60 x 80 x 50 cm

$16,940

Sculpture, Shoguncat's Noble Stance : Red Regal Vigor, Hiro Ando

Shoguncat's Noble Stance : Red Regal Vigor

Hiro Ando

Sculpture - 60 x 30 x 30 cm

$16,940

Sculpture, Tête de mule Drouillard, Jean-Robert Drouillard

Tête de mule Drouillard

Jean-Robert Drouillard

Sculpture - 38.1 x 12.7 x 9.5 cm

$4,743

Sculpture, Narcissist too, K R Nariman

Narcissist too

K R Nariman

Sculpture - 38 x 33 x 15 cm

$4,009

Sculpture, Affinités, Maïté Martinez

Affinités

Maïté Martinez

Sculpture - 17.5 x 13 x 7 cm

$4,404

Sculpture, Tête de mule Drouillard, Jean-Robert Drouillard

Tête de mule Drouillard

Jean-Robert Drouillard

Sculpture - 38.1 x 12.7 x 9.5 cm

$4,743

Sculpture, Boss dog sculpture blue, Sanuj Birla

Boss dog sculpture blue

Sanuj Birla

Sculpture - 50.8 x 25.4 x 15.2 cm

$1,690

Sculpture, Boss dog sculpture, Sanuj Birla

Boss dog sculpture

Sanuj Birla

Sculpture - 50.8 x 25.4 x 15.2 cm

$1,690

Sculpture, Enchaînée, Martine Dégot

Enchaînée

Martine Dégot

Sculpture - 65 x 55 x 6 cm

$5,647

Sculpture, La déclaration - Sculpture bronze, Plaf

La déclaration - Sculpture bronze

Plaf

Sculpture - 16.5 x 9.5 x 7 cm

$1,694

Sculpture, Patience, Céline Parmentier

Patience

Céline Parmentier

Sculpture - 22 x 12 x 14.5 cm

$1,468

Sculpture, Insomnie, Céline Parmentier

Insomnie

Céline Parmentier

Sculpture - 41 x 12 x 20 cm

$1,468

Sculpture, Les olympiques, Edward Vandaele

Les olympiques

Edward Vandaele

Sculpture - 40 x 40 x 60 cm

$12,422

Sculpture, The Horseman, Elisabeth Hadley

The Horseman

Elisabeth Hadley

Sculpture - 53 x 17 x 12 cm

$4,076

Sculpture, Les Bombecs, Anne-Laure Pérès

Les Bombecs

Anne-Laure Pérès

Sculpture - 21 x 31 x 13 cm

Sold

Sculpture, The Defender (Sculpture Using Found Objects), John Petrey

The Defender (Sculpture Using Found Objects)

John Petrey

Sculpture - 167.6 x 66 x 55.9 cm

Sold

Sculpture, Onus Avaritia, Tomasz Koclega

Onus Avaritia

Tomasz Koclega

Sculpture - 24 x 15 x 15 cm

Sold

Sculpture, La femme papillon, Duvert Gaël

La femme papillon

Duvert Gaël

Sculpture - 250 x 100 x 100 cm

Sold

Anthropomorphism

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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