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Painting, Ride me, Benoit Thiel

Ride me

Benoit Thiel

Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

$949

Painting, Accords et Suspensions IV, Jean-Claude Atzori

Accords et Suspensions IV

Jean-Claude Atzori

Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.4 inch

$1,694

Painting, Grand dégradé carré or marron, Jonathan Pradillon

Grand dégradé carré or marron

Jonathan Pradillon

Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch

$395

Painting, Ardoise 214, Sophie Coroller

Ardoise 214

Sophie Coroller

Painting - 23.6 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch

$5,082

Painting, Color Table 28, Hwajin Jo

Color Table 28

Hwajin Jo

Painting - 17.9 x 17.9 x 2.4 inch

$1,637

Painting, Excavation, Samba Prasad Biswas

Excavation

Samba Prasad Biswas

Painting - 24 x 30 inch

$850

Painting, Photo painting combine I, Juan Jose Hoyos Quiles

Photo painting combine I

Juan Jose Hoyos Quiles

Painting - 12 x 16 x 2 inch

$870

Painting, Maple, Donald Munson

Maple

Donald Munson

Painting - 15 x 15 x 1 inch

$1,275

Painting, N° 413, Claude Bourguignon

N° 413

Claude Bourguignon

Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch

$655

Painting, Inter-grid 1, Rupert Hartley

Inter-grid 1

Rupert Hartley

Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

$1,129

Painting, Sans titre, Jean-Pierre Le Bars

Sans titre

Jean-Pierre Le Bars

Painting - 12.6 x 11.8 inch

$1,016

Painting, Bicycle, Painting, Oil on Paper, Jan Willem Versteeg

Bicycle, Painting, Oil on Paper

Jan Willem Versteeg

Painting - 12 x 16 x 0.1 inch

$439

Painting, Attraction, Vincent Bargis M7

Attraction

Vincent Bargis M7

Painting - 39.5 x 39.5 x 1 inch

$6,300

Painting, Equilibre_02, Tatiana Lebedev

Equilibre_02

Tatiana Lebedev

Painting - 74.8 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

$2,146

Painting, Intervalles du carré, Julio Pacheco-Rivas

Intervalles du carré

Julio Pacheco-Rivas

Painting - 19.3 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

$3,614

Painting, Sérenité abstraite, Sophie Dumont

Sérenité abstraite

Sophie Dumont

Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$2,247

Painting, Independently Together, Lisa Daniels

Independently Together

Lisa Daniels

Painting - 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch

$1,400

Painting, My Yellow Square XL - Incl Frame, Ronald Hunter

My Yellow Square XL - Incl Frame

Ronald Hunter

Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

$2,201

Painting, Colors Inside, Angelo Pioppo

Colors Inside

Angelo Pioppo

Painting - 16.5 x 11.6 x 0 inch

$892

Painting, To the Moon and Back, Marija Nikolic

To the Moon and Back

Marija Nikolic

Painting - 39.4 x 27.5 x 0.8 inch

$2,650

Painting, Dust, Marija Nikolic

Dust

Marija Nikolic

Painting - 41.3 x 68.9 x 0.8 inch

$4,930

Painting, Suspend, Sadhana Sorin-Dejust

Suspend

Sadhana Sorin-Dejust

Painting - 49.2 x 38.6 x 1.2 inch

$4,291

Painting, Sans titre #4, Ghislaine Chapuis

Sans titre #4

Ghislaine Chapuis

Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch

$192

Painting, Kazan, Rémy Demestre

Kazan

Rémy Demestre

Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

$418 $376

Painting, Grand dégradé carré verdoyant, Jonathan Pradillon

Grand dégradé carré verdoyant

Jonathan Pradillon

Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch

$395

Painting, Abstract, Noa Grayevsky

Abstract

Noa Grayevsky

Painting - 48 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch

$2,259

Painting, Grand dégradé carré or vert bleu irisé, Jonathan Pradillon

Grand dégradé carré or vert bleu irisé

Jonathan Pradillon

Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch

$395

Painting, Grand dégradé carré d'or, Jonathan Pradillon

Grand dégradé carré d'or

Jonathan Pradillon

Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch

$395

Painting, Grand dégradé carré chaleureux, Jonathan Pradillon

Grand dégradé carré chaleureux

Jonathan Pradillon

Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch

$395

Painting, Grand dégradé carré or orange rose irisé, Jonathan Pradillon

Grand dégradé carré or orange rose irisé

Jonathan Pradillon

Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch

$395

Painting, Rivedoux - rouge, Thomas Berthier

Rivedoux - rouge

Thomas Berthier

Painting - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,694

Painting, 396, Jérémie Iordanoff

396

Jérémie Iordanoff

Painting - 17.3 x 17.3 x 0.4 inch

$791

Painting, From the panel to the sphere, Agusti Jane

From the panel to the sphere

Agusti Jane

Painting - 15.7 x 27.6 inch

$2,259

Painting, J'Adore 7, Liora

J'Adore 7

Liora

Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

$960

Painting, Taz, Rémy Demestre

Taz

Rémy Demestre

Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

$2,146

Painting, Loneliness is not an act, Jacques Tange

Loneliness is not an act

Jacques Tange

Painting - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch

$994

Painting, Untitled  755, Jérémie Iordanoff

Untitled 755

Jérémie Iordanoff

Painting - 10.8 x 13.2 inch

$658

Painting, Untitled  754, Jérémie Iordanoff

Untitled 754

Jérémie Iordanoff

Painting - 10.8 x 13.2 inch

$658

Painting, Untitled 753, Jérémie Iordanoff

Untitled 753

Jérémie Iordanoff

Painting - 10.8 x 13.2 inch

$658

Painting, 35-Arbre bleu, Thomas Berthier

35-Arbre bleu

Thomas Berthier

Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 inch

$1,355

Painting, Fives-font fluo, Thomas Berthier

Fives-font fluo

Thomas Berthier

Painting - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

$1,694

Painting, Ready, Benoit Thiel

Ready

Benoit Thiel

Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

$1,016

Painting, Chromatic reflections, Esteban Vera

Chromatic reflections

Esteban Vera

Painting - 43.3 x 35.4 x 2 inch

$3,320

Painting, Drawing For Color As Adjective-noun 8 (Sky Blue), Kyong Lee

Drawing For Color As Adjective-noun 8 (Sky Blue)

Kyong Lee

Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$1,185

Painting, Drawing For Color As Adjective-noun 7 (Pink), Kyong Lee

Drawing For Color As Adjective-noun 7 (Pink)

Kyong Lee

Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$1,185

Painting, Drawing For Color As Adjective-noun 5 (Blue), Kyong Lee

Drawing For Color As Adjective-noun 5 (Blue)

Kyong Lee

Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$1,185

Painting, Enjoying summer shapes I, Geert Lemmers

Enjoying summer shapes I

Geert Lemmers

Painting - 32 x 32 x 1 inch

$1,080

Painting, White and black magic, Ansgar Dressler

White and black magic

Ansgar Dressler

Painting - 40 x 40 x 1.2 inch

$1,540

Painting, New flavors at the candy store, Ansgar Dressler

New flavors at the candy store

Ansgar Dressler

Painting - 28 x 56 x 1.2 inch

$1,380

Painting, Momentos1, Anders Hingel

Momentos1

Anders Hingel

Painting - 39.4 x 26.6 x 0.2 inch

$985

Painting, Reflections, Mark David Smith

Reflections

Mark David Smith

Painting - 26 x 26 x 1.5 inch

$1,215

Painting, L'un ne va pas sans l'autre, Jacques Ayel

L'un ne va pas sans l'autre

Jacques Ayel

Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$1,976

Painting, 588 - Trois Bandes, Jérémie Iordanoff

588 - Trois Bandes

Jérémie Iordanoff

Painting - 16.1 x 22.4 x 0.4 inch

$791

Painting, Parsons, Gayle Fitzpatrick

Parsons

Gayle Fitzpatrick

Painting - 30 x 24 x 1 inch

$1,145

Painting, August, Gayle Fitzpatrick

August

Gayle Fitzpatrick

Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 inch

$1,385

Painting, Of time, Gayle Fitzpatrick

Of time

Gayle Fitzpatrick

Painting - 24 x 24 x 1.5 inch

$1,085

Painting, Composition 57, Jamel Sghaier

Composition 57

Jamel Sghaier

Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

$1,100

Painting, Composition 62, Jamel Sghaier

Composition 62

Jamel Sghaier

Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$1,650

Painting, March, Gayle Fitzpatrick

March

Gayle Fitzpatrick

Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.8 inch

$945

Painting, Luminous Moments, Candice Grant

Luminous Moments

Candice Grant

Painting - 34 x 28 x 0.75 inch

$1,030

Painting, Ray of Sunshine (Rayon de Soleil), Christian Jodin

Ray of Sunshine (Rayon de Soleil)

Christian Jodin

Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

$1,683

Painting, Tokyo Kiss, Benoit Thiel

Tokyo Kiss

Benoit Thiel

Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch

$621

Painting, The Happening, Karin Lowney Seed

The Happening

Karin Lowney Seed

Painting - 48 x 48 x 2 inch

$2,000

Painting, Breaking Barriers, Karin Lowney Seed

Breaking Barriers

Karin Lowney Seed

Painting - 48 x 48 x 2 inch

$2,000

Painting, Embracing the puzzle, Esteban Vera

Embracing the puzzle

Esteban Vera

Painting - 47.2 x 31.4 x 2 inch

$3,320

Painting, Color Table 29, Hwajin Jo

Color Table 29

Hwajin Jo

Painting - 17.9 x 17.9 x 2.4 inch

$1,637

Painting, Reine de cœur, Benoit Thiel

Reine de cœur

Benoit Thiel

Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

$757

Painting, Moa, Benoit Thiel

Moa

Benoit Thiel

Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

$1,016

Painting, Trentecinq Margo, Thomas Berthier

Trentecinq Margo

Thomas Berthier

Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

$1,694

Painting, NG15b, Luis Medina

NG15b

Luis Medina

Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

$650

Painting, Digue quadri, Thomas Berthier

Digue quadri

Thomas Berthier

Painting - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,694

Painting, Once Red Square, Ronald Hunter

Once Red Square

Ronald Hunter

Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$1,015

Painting, Orange Mix, Ronald Hunter

Orange Mix

Ronald Hunter

Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$1,038

Painting, My Yellow Square - Incl Frame, Ronald Hunter

My Yellow Square - Incl Frame

Ronald Hunter

Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$1,151

Painting, Deconstructing Piet I, Juan Jose Hoyos Quiles

Deconstructing Piet I

Juan Jose Hoyos Quiles

Painting - 12 x 16 x 2 inch

$860

Painting, 585, Jérémie Iordanoff

585

Jérémie Iordanoff

Painting - 16.9 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch

$903

Painting, 400, Jérémie Iordanoff

400

Jérémie Iordanoff

Painting - 17.3 x 17.3 x 0.4 inch

$903

Painting, 395, Jérémie Iordanoff

395

Jérémie Iordanoff

Painting - 17.3 x 17.3 x 0.4 inch

$791

Painting, 394, Jérémie Iordanoff

394

Jérémie Iordanoff

Painting - 17.3 x 17.3 x 0.4 inch

$791

Painting, Sky Blue and Gold (Bleu Ciel et Or), Christian Jodin

Sky Blue and Gold (Bleu Ciel et Or)

Christian Jodin

Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

$1,683

Painting, 2012P3116, Pierre Muckensturm

2012P3116

Pierre Muckensturm

Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch

$6,381

Painting, RGB - 1248, Jean-Claude Atzori

RGB - 1248

Jean-Claude Atzori

Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$1,807

Painting, Chaos in the sky, Alexandra Romano

Chaos in the sky

Alexandra Romano

Painting - 40 x 40 x 1.5 inch

$3,515

Painting, Réminiscence II, Lison Favarger

Réminiscence II

Lison Favarger

Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

$1,216

Painting, Sunblind #4 (20), Anders Hingel

Sunblind #4 (20)

Anders Hingel

Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

$525

Painting, Screens, Doug Frohman

Screens

Doug Frohman

Painting - 12 x 12 x 1 inch

$1,700

Painting, Tribute to Albers, Pierre Massé

Tribute to Albers

Pierre Massé

Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,457

Painting, Orange square, Stéphane Chauvin

Orange square

Stéphane Chauvin

Painting - 26.4 x 26 x 1.2 inch

$1,344

Painting, LES PETITES LUMIERES DE NOS VIES, Sophie Petetin

LES PETITES LUMIERES DE NOS VIES

Sophie Petetin

Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch

$2,140

Painting, La dernière crypte - Abstraction, Pierre Damster

La dernière crypte - Abstraction

Pierre Damster

Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch

$802

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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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