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Print, Chai automnal, Steve Drevet

Chai automnal

Steve Drevet

Print - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

$620

Print, Six tables, Wang Huaiqing

Six tables

Wang Huaiqing

Print - 29.7 x 34.8 x 0 inch

$5,647

Print, Los ritos del silencio, Agustin Bejarano

Los ritos del silencio

Agustin Bejarano

Print - 17.3 x 24.8 inch

$400

Print, Mojito, Steve Drevet

Mojito

Steve Drevet

Print - 35.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

$564

Print, Hypnagogie, Steve Drevet

Hypnagogie

Steve Drevet

Print - 35.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

$564

Print, Irish coffee, Steve Drevet

Irish coffee

Steve Drevet

Print - 35.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

$564

Print, Curaçao, Steve Drevet

Curaçao

Steve Drevet

Print - 35.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

$564

Print, Les objets d'enfance 06, Konstantin Kornakov

Les objets d'enfance 06

Konstantin Kornakov

Print - 11.8 x 17.7 inch

$395

Print, Small Bench, Wang Huaiqing

Small Bench

Wang Huaiqing

Print - 34.8 x 29.9 x 0 inch

$5,647

Print, Self and Self Shadow, Wang Huaiqing

Self and Self Shadow

Wang Huaiqing

Print - 34.8 x 29.7 x 0 inch

$5,647

Print, Bios-G-V, Akané Kirimura

Bios-G-V

Akané Kirimura

Print - 31.5 x 23.6 inch

$565

Print, Le cercle, Hervé Télémaque

Le cercle

Hervé Télémaque

Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0.1 inch

$553

Print, Impression, Sylvie Laliberté

Impression

Sylvie Laliberté

Print - 25 x 19 x 0.5 inch

$1,242

Print, Three and half Pair of Chopsticks, Wang Huaiqing

Three and half Pair of Chopsticks

Wang Huaiqing

Print - 29.7 x 30.7 x 0 inch

$5,647

Print, Elenco di cose, Tino Stefanoni

Elenco di cose

Tino Stefanoni

Print - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$271

Print, Fiori rosa, Tino Stefanoni

Fiori rosa

Tino Stefanoni

Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$486

Print, The presence of the absent, Yigal Ozeri

The presence of the absent

Yigal Ozeri

Print - 15 x 15 inch

$3,261

Print, Nature morte, Michel Mathonnat

Nature morte

Michel Mathonnat

Print - 12.2 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch

$136

Print, Les objets d'enfance 07, Konstantin Kornakov

Les objets d'enfance 07

Konstantin Kornakov

Print - 17.7 x 11.8 inch

$395

Print, Les objets d'enfance 05, Konstantin Kornakov

Les objets d'enfance 05

Konstantin Kornakov

Print - 17.7 x 11.8 inch

$395

Print, Les objets d'enfance 04, Konstantin Kornakov

Les objets d'enfance 04

Konstantin Kornakov

Print - 7.9 x 11.8 inch

$203

Print, Les objets d'enfance 02, Konstantin Kornakov

Les objets d'enfance 02

Konstantin Kornakov

Print - 11.8 x 17.7 inch

$395

Print, The knight's dream, Miguel Villarino

The knight's dream

Miguel Villarino

Print - 15 x 12.6 inch

$147

Print, The Knight's Dream, Miguel Villarino

The Knight's Dream

Miguel Villarino

Print - 15 x 12.6 inch

$147

Print, The knight's dream, Miguel Villarino

The knight's dream

Miguel Villarino

Print - 15 x 12.6 inch

$147

Print, Jonquilles et tulipes, Bernard Buffet

Jonquilles et tulipes

Bernard Buffet

Print - 29.9 x 23 x 0.4 inch

Sold

Print, Les poissons, Moïse Kisling

Les poissons

Moïse Kisling

Print - 21.7 x 29.9 x 0.1 inch

Sold

Print, In the Room, Piero Cesaroni

In the Room

Piero Cesaroni

Print - 31.7 x 21.5 x 0 inch

Sold

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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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