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In between dreams
Vladimir Kolosov
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 1.9 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 0.75 inch
$1,830
Metaphysics of sadness
Vladimir Kolosov
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 1.9 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 0.75 inch
$1,700
Lanscape with metaphysical performance of the shadows from the past
Vladimir Kolosov
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 0.13 inch
$1,100
Memory wreckage in mental space
Vladimir Kolosov
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.75 inch
$1,440
Melancholy of the metaphysical landscape with leaving shadow
Vladimir Kolosov
Painting - 81.3 x 81.3 x 3.8 cm Painting - 32 x 32 x 1.5 inch
$1,310
Metaphysical landscape with Cecile and Calypso observing the sunset of capitalism
Vladimir Kolosov
Painting - 45.7 x 71.1 x 0.6 cm Painting - 18 x 28 x 0.25 inch
$800
Japanese Life 06
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 25 x 120 x 3.8 cm Photography - 9.8 x 47.2 x 1.5 inch
$341
Journal d'un Graveur - Vol. 2 Plate 13
Joan Miró
Print - 57 x 45.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 22.4 x 17.9 x 0 inch
$1,591
Spirit of Forest 1236
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 40.8 x 28.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16.1 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,819
Fantasy castle on the air
Eugene Gorbachenko
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,137
Turbulence in Kyoto 3339
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 30.9 x 46.3 x 0.1 cm Photography - 12.2 x 18.2 x 0 inch
$1,364
Turbulence in Kyoto 3067
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 30.9 x 46.3 x 0.1 cm Photography - 12.2 x 18.2 x 0 inch
$1,364
Lost Village_12
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 100 x 72 x 3.5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 28.3 x 1.4 inch
$1,364
Lost Village_14
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 100 x 72 x 3.5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 28.3 x 1.4 inch
$1,364
Lost Village_15
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 93 x 74.5 x 3.5 cm Photography - 36.6 x 29.3 x 1.4 inch
$1,364
Lost village_06
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 35 x 150 x 2.5 cm Photography - 13.8 x 59.1 x 1 inch
$1,819
Spirit of Forest 49
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 40.8 x 28.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16.1 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,819
The Conemen Tenebrae
Laurence Winram
Photography - 84.1 x 59.4 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 23.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,255
Suspension entre deux mondes
Carole Framezelle - Acmiya
Painting - 96 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 37.8 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,637
Still-life with bonded girl. Who killed Laura Palmer?
Vladimir Kolosov
Painting - 94 x 127 x 0.3 cm Painting - 37 x 50 x 0.1 inch
$990
Seaside. Love triangle
Vladimir Kolosov
Painting - 55.9 x 76.2 x 0 cm Painting - 22 x 30 x 0.01 inch
$700
Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel
Salvador Dali
Print - 85.09 x 81.28 x 2 cm Print - 33.5 x 32 x 0.8 inch
$5,000
Fog Gog Magog, Planche 3 (Les Venusiennes)
Roberto Matta
Print - 52.1 x 66 cm Print - 20.5 x 26 inch
$1,500
Mad Hare II
Laurence Winram
Photography - 59.4 x 84.1 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 33.1 x 0.1 inch
$627
Silent Movie I
Laurence Winram
Photography - 84.1 x 59.4 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 23.4 x 0.1 inch
$641
Le phare et les mystères
Carole Framezelle - Acmiya
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,721
Romeo and Juliet
Vladimir Kolosov
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 1.5 inch
$690
Twenty five past twelve … the new game
Vladimir Kolosov
Painting - 29.8 x 38.7 cm Painting - 11.75 x 15.25 inch
$580
The lost sensation
Vladimir Kolosov
Painting - 45.7 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting - 18 x 24 x 0.75 inch
$740
Marriage of the trees
Makenol Profil
Painting - 61 x 51 x 4 cm Painting - 24 x 20.1 x 1.6 inch
$3,976
Le cailloux dans la chaussure
Antoine Josse
Painting - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$671
Petit arbre vert sur fond rose
Alexandra Battezzati
Painting - 35 x 35 x 1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch
$784
Blue silence #2
Elena Raceala
Photography - 61 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.1 inch
$1,040
Chevalier à Genou (Kneeling Knight)
Salvador Dali
Print - 38.5 x 28 x 0.1 cm Print - 15.2 x 11 x 0 inch
$2,501
El ultimo viaje del buque fantasma
Wifredo Lam
Print - 50 x 36 x 4 cm Print - 19.7 x 14.2 x 1.6 inch
$3,183
Exploration rationnelle des fonds sous-marins: la carte
Philippe Ramette
Photography - 100 x 80 cm Photography - 39.4 x 31.5 inch
$12,050
Sans titre (Un poème dans chaque livre Paul Eluard) Ref BDNW2912
Max Ernst
Print - 32 x 25 cm Print - 12.6 x 9.8 inch
$8,526
Sans titre (Un poème dans chaque livre Paul Eluard) Ref BDNW2911
Max Ernst
Print - 32 x 25 cm Print - 12.6 x 9.8 inch
$8,526
Contemporary artworks for sale
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!