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Photography, Fièvre du samedi soir et lasers, Arnaud Baumann

Fièvre du samedi soir et lasers

Arnaud Baumann

Photography - 6.3 x 9.4 x 0 inch

$339

Photography, Calaveras, Franck Rozet

Calaveras

Franck Rozet

Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

$2,428

Photography, Erosi Art - Bananas - Tribute to Handy Wharol (13), Erosi Art

Erosi Art - Bananas - Tribute to Handy Wharol (13)

Erosi Art

Photography - 30.7 x 23.6 x 0.3 inch

$734

Photography, Naphta tribes VIII, Fab Rideti

Naphta tribes VIII

Fab Rideti

Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

$3,275

Photography, Naphta tribes VIII, Fab Rideti

Naphta tribes VIII

Fab Rideti

Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

$3,275

Photography, Kissed by sun, Dzovig Arnelian

Kissed by sun

Dzovig Arnelian

Photography - 22.4 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch

$250 $225

Photography, 9 LegShow bronze, Eric Neveu

9 LegShow bronze

Eric Neveu

Photography - 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch

$2,936

Photography, Shijunku99 - Beauty - #002 - Ombrelles japonaises, Davis Y

Shijunku99 - Beauty - #002 - Ombrelles japonaises

Davis Y

Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 inch

$169

Photography, Carnaval de Rio. Brésil. Sambo drome. 4, Dominique Leroy

Carnaval de Rio. Brésil. Sambo drome. 4

Dominique Leroy

Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

$1,581

Photography, At the pool, Jochen Cerny

At the pool

Jochen Cerny

Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$2,569

Photography, Two faces Liza, Charly Desoubry

Two faces Liza

Charly Desoubry

Photography - 13.4 x 8.7 x 0 inch

$226

Photography, Ottavia, Jesse Willems

Ottavia

Jesse Willems

Photography - 53.5 x 36 x 0.4 inch

Price upon request

Photography, Fashion shoot, New Jersey, Martin Parr

Fashion shoot, New Jersey

Martin Parr

Photography - 20.1 x 24 x 0.4 inch

Price upon request

Photography, I slipped into my own skin serie Albahian, Joana Choumali

I slipped into my own skin serie Albahian

Joana Choumali

Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0 inch

Price upon request

Photography, Invisible Complexity, Robert Jaso

Invisible Complexity

Robert Jaso

Photography - 22.4 x 16.1 x 0.4 inch

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Photography, Orange Shirt Blue Sheets, Aurélien Buttin

Orange Shirt Blue Sheets

Aurélien Buttin

Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch

$565

Photography, Culotte, Aurélien Buttin

Culotte

Aurélien Buttin

Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch

$1,129

Photography, Marilyn Monroe, ca., George Barris

Marilyn Monroe, ca.

George Barris

Photography - 10 x 8 x 0.1 inch

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Photography, Against All Odds II, Damola Ayegbayo

Against All Odds II

Damola Ayegbayo

Photography - 36 x 36 x 2 inch

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Photography, Bleed # 202007, Paul Snell

Bleed # 202007

Paul Snell

Photography - 70.9 x 45.3 inch

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Photography, L'Homme et l'Étang, Claude Cruells

L'Homme et l'Étang

Claude Cruells

Photography - 26.4 x 47.2 x 2.4 inch

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Photography, Marilyn. Last sunny day. Malibu (1962), George Barris

Marilyn. Last sunny day. Malibu (1962)

George Barris

Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

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Photography, Marilyn Monroe. Malibu. (1962), George Barris

Marilyn Monroe. Malibu. (1962)

George Barris

Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

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Photography, The trees.3, Tommi Anttonen

The trees.3

Tommi Anttonen

Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 inch

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Photography, Paysage sur route 40-2020, Aline Isoard

Paysage sur route 40-2020

Aline Isoard

Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

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Photography, King, Arash Nazari

King

Arash Nazari

Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 2 inch

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Photography, L'encre dansant : juillet , Tiantian Xu

L'encre dansant : juillet

Tiantian Xu

Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 inch

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Photography, La pointe courte, Claude Cruells

La pointe courte

Claude Cruells

Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 2.4 inch

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Photography, Mirror, Kamil Vojnar

Mirror

Kamil Vojnar

Photography - 14 x 11 x 1.6 inch

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Photography, The trees.6, Tommi Anttonen

The trees.6

Tommi Anttonen

Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 inch

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Photography, Kyoto 08, Yasuo Kiyonaga

Kyoto 08

Yasuo Kiyonaga

Photography - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.8 inch

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Photography, Kyoto 13, Yasuo Kiyonaga

Kyoto 13

Yasuo Kiyonaga

Photography - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.8 inch

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Photography, N°1736, Jean-Paul Baret

N°1736

Jean-Paul Baret

Photography - 17.7 x 35.4 inch

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Photography, N°974, Jean-Paul Baret

N°974

Jean-Paul Baret

Photography - 35.4 x 15.7 inch

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Photography, Le Souper, Estelle Lagarde

Le Souper

Estelle Lagarde

Photography - 16.5 x 20.5 x 0.8 inch

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Photography, Incandescence, Coralie Honnorat

Incandescence

Coralie Honnorat

Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

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Photography, Westmoreland County Courthouse Rotunda, John Flatz

Westmoreland County Courthouse Rotunda

John Flatz

Photography - 12 x 18 x 0.1 inch

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Photography, Colère, Raph Eye's

Colère

Raph Eye's

Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

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Photography, Moines boudhistes, José Nicolas

Moines boudhistes

José Nicolas

Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

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Photography, Anthropocène III, Romain Liverato

Anthropocène III

Romain Liverato

Photography - 43.3 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

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Photography, Shoot again (321), Yves Cham

Shoot again (321)

Yves Cham

Photography - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch

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Photography, Etude Nue, Paul Rousteau

Etude Nue

Paul Rousteau

Photography - 8.1 x 6.3 x 0.4 inch

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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.

Whether you're a budding collector or a seasoned buyer, a home decorator or an art history buff, now is the time to express your personality by exploring the collections of our 1,800 partner galleries, which are constantly being updated with new works of contemporary art. Your perfect piece is waiting for you, now it's up to you to find it!

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