Mexican folk art

Sculpture, Wrestler Luchador Mexicano, Gabo Mendoza

Wrestler Luchador Mexicano

Gabo Mendoza

Sculpture - 14.6 x 14.6 x 5.9 inch

$1,502

Sculpture, Rouge, Sylvie Cappe

Rouge

Sylvie Cappe

Sculpture - 8.1 x 8.1 x 3.9 inch

$429

Sculpture, Catrina en Día de Muertos - Ceramic Sculpture - Mexican Folk Art, Alvaro de la Cruz Lopez

Catrina en Día de Muertos - Ceramic Sculpture - Mexican Folk Art

Alvaro de la Cruz Lopez

Sculpture - 26 x 8 x 6 inch

$600

Sculpture, Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre - Crafts - Mexican Folk Art Paper, Danilo Lopez Ochoa

Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre - Crafts - Mexican Folk Art Paper

Danilo Lopez Ochoa

Sculpture - 27.6 x 21.7 x 7.9 inch

$1,100

Sculpture, Raices de mis Sueños / Woodcarving Alebrije Mexican Folk Art Sculpture, Laura Michelle Fuentes Piña

Raices de mis Sueños / Woodcarving Alebrije Mexican Folk Art Sculpture

Laura Michelle Fuentes Piña

Sculpture - 19.7 x 7.9 x 13.8 inch

$1,700

Sculpture, Cangrejo / Woodcarving Lacquer Mexican Folk Art, Juan Zeferino Rivera

Cangrejo / Woodcarving Lacquer Mexican Folk Art

Juan Zeferino Rivera

Sculpture - 9.8 x 27.6 x 19.7 inch

$1,000

Sculpture, Carreta Herencia de mi Tierra, Manuel Cruz Prudencio

Carreta Herencia de mi Tierra

Manuel Cruz Prudencio

Sculpture - 13 x 18.9 x 11 inch

$2,500

Sculpture, El Bien contra el Mal / Ceramics Mexican Folk Art Clay, Enedina Vasquez Cruz

El Bien contra el Mal / Ceramics Mexican Folk Art Clay

Enedina Vasquez Cruz

Sculpture - 19.3 x 18.5 x 13.4 inch

$3,000

Sculpture, Frida / Ceramics Mexican Folk Art Miniature, Cecilio Sanchez Fierro

Frida / Ceramics Mexican Folk Art Miniature

Cecilio Sanchez Fierro

Sculpture - 2.4 x 2.4 x 1.6 inch

$300

Sculpture, Skater Later, Rick Wolfryd

Skater Later

Rick Wolfryd

Sculpture - 14.2 x 9.4 x 5.9 inch

$1,073

Sculpture, Piñata MC 01, Gabo Mendoza

Piñata MC 01

Gabo Mendoza

Sculpture - 19.7 x 18.5 x 6.7 inch

$2,033

Sculpture, Es mía, Rodo Padilla

Es mía

Rodo Padilla

Sculpture - 21.7 x 18.9 x 15.7 inch

$3,614

Sculpture, Reposando, Rodo Padilla

Reposando

Rodo Padilla

Sculpture - 11.8 x 10.6 x 4.7 inch

$4,065

Sculpture, Nin sun, Baptista Antunes

Nin sun

Baptista Antunes

Sculpture - 31.5 x 12.2 x 13 inch

$5,872

Sculpture, Costumbres / Textiles Mexican Folk Art Embroidery, Guadalupe Barriga Barriga

Costumbres / Textiles Mexican Folk Art Embroidery

Guadalupe Barriga Barriga

Sculpture - 31.5 x 39.4 x 2.4 inch

Sold

Sculpture, Mono Contento, Manuel Cruz Prudencio

Mono Contento

Manuel Cruz Prudencio

Sculpture - 9.8 x 11.8 x 9.8 inch

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Sculpture, Mascara Jaguar / Woodcarving Alebrije Mexican Folk Art Sculpture, Manuel Jimenez (Taller)

Mascara Jaguar / Woodcarving Alebrije Mexican Folk Art Sculpture

Manuel Jimenez (Taller)

Sculpture - 4.7 x 4.7 x 5.9 inch

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Sculpture, Tenango Noctuno / Textiles Mexican Folk Art Embroidery, Dionisia Gomez Gomez

Tenango Noctuno / Textiles Mexican Folk Art Embroidery

Dionisia Gomez Gomez

Sculpture - 37.4 x 36.2 x 1.6 inch

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Sculpture, Guerrero / Woodcarving Mexican Folk Art Sculpture, Agustin Cruz Prudencio

Guerrero / Woodcarving Mexican Folk Art Sculpture

Agustin Cruz Prudencio

Sculpture - 16.5 x 10.2 x 10.2 inch

Sold

Sculpture, Frida, Bernard Pras

Frida

Bernard Pras

Sculpture - 33.5 x 29.5 x 6.7 inch

Sold

Sculpture, Un Viaje sin Fin, Rodo Padilla

Un Viaje sin Fin

Rodo Padilla

Sculpture - 15.7 x 10.6 x 5.5 inch

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Sculpture, Atentos, Rodo Padilla

Atentos

Rodo Padilla

Sculpture - 11.8 x 9.4 x 9.1 inch

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Sculpture, Enfocado, Rodo Padilla

Enfocado

Rodo Padilla

Sculpture - 13.4 x 14.2 x 6.3 inch

Sold

Sculpture, Equilibrio Necesario, Rodo Padilla

Equilibrio Necesario

Rodo Padilla

Sculpture - 12.6 x 15.4 x 6.3 inch

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Sculpture, Dando el Salto, Rodo Padilla

Dando el Salto

Rodo Padilla

Sculpture - 13.8 x 7.1 x 5.1 inch

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Sculpture, ¡ La Tengo !, Rodo Padilla

¡ La Tengo !

Rodo Padilla

Sculpture - 21.7 x 18.9 x 15.7 inch

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Sculpture, Espiritu de Jade / Woodcarving Alebrije Mexican Folk Art Sculpture, Roxana y Jesus Hernandez

Espiritu de Jade / Woodcarving Alebrije Mexican Folk Art Sculpture

Roxana y Jesus Hernandez

Sculpture - 14.2 x 9.8 x 8.7 inch

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Sculpture, Nacimiento en una Calabaza / Ceramics Mexican Folk Art Miniature Nativity, Jacinto Genis Terron

Nacimiento en una Calabaza / Ceramics Mexican Folk Art Miniature Nativity

Jacinto Genis Terron

Sculpture - 2 x 2.8 x 2.4 inch

Sold

Mexican folk art

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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.

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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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