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Contemporary Art

CONTEMPORARY STYLE

Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.

Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.

The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.

Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.

Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.

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Style: Contemporary
Recognized Seller Listings
Sweet Pea II
Located in Lyons, CO
Color lithograph with metallic leaf, Edition 30 Kushner's use of rich color harmonies and bold, fluid drawing, mark his belief in the importance of beauty in our lives. Kushner ha...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

I'll Be Dining Alone Tonight
Located in New York, NY
Matthew Brannon is best known for his letterpress and screen prints of incongruous combinations of images and text. These prints are rendered in a subtle, stripped-down aesthetic, ev...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph, Screen

Mecanique Celeste 9/10 - tall, geometric, modern, outdoor steel sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This work is available by commission with 4 to 6 weeks required before delivery. It is edition 9 of 10. There are also versions available in sizes up to 10 feet, with multiple spheres, and finishes in red, black or brown. A polished stainless steel ball...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Stainless Steel

Roller Coaster. Aerial Landscape Triptych Black and White Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Roller Coaster Triptych (Aerial Photography) by Jill Peters Overall size: 34 in. H x 147 in. W 2015 Edition 1/2 Archival Pigment Print Print Unframed A...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Photographic Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment

Like Ice in the Sunshine II (L.A.) No. 15
Located in New York, NY
15 x 15 archival pigment print (image size 14 x 14 inches), edition 8. Signed, titled, dated and editioned on frame label provided. Framing also available at an additional cost. In ...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Flower Vendor on Dal Lake by Steve McCurry, 1999, Digital C-Print
Located in Dallas, TX
Flower Vendor on Dal Lake by Steve McCurry depicts a man transporting vibrant, multi-colored flowers in a canoe. He paddled down the calm river, passing by a house surrounded by lush...
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1990s Contemporary Art

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Digital

Standing Together: Limited Edition Portfolio by Jeanine Michna-Bales
Located in Dallas, TX
Standing Together: Photographs of Inez Milholland’s Final Campaign For Woman’s Suffrage, a Limited Edition Portfolio by Jeanine Michna-Bales. Edition of 12 Outer box size: 13.5 x 17....
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Archival Pigment

Box of Rain - red, blue, white, black, indigenous, abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This intriguing, dynamic geometric contemporary painting is by Rick Rivet. The Metis artist has acquired an international reputation for his artwork which often offers a poetic, spir...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Above the Beach - colourful, animal, indigenous, figurative, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The walrus, an impressively large Arctic animal dominates the canvas in this expressive abstract painting by Rick Rivet. The Metis artist has acquired an international reputation for...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Above the Beach 9 - colourful, animal, indigenous, figurative, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Rick Rivet’s powerful series of contemporary paintings called Above the Beach is designed to address the environmental threats against the Arctic. Pollution, climate change, the oil ...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Illumine - modern, brass, copper, stone, nylon, contemporary wall sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The title means to ‘shine a light’ or illuminate. Alice Vander Vennen’s beautiful contemporary compositions are designed to tell a story. Fashioned by hand, the canoe-like shape of t...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Stone, Copper

The Bean Eater
Located in New York, NY
Italo Scanga was born in the Calabria region of Italy, and at 14 immigrated to the United States with his family after World War II. Living in Detroit, he worked on the General Motor...
Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Woodcut

Baby Doll
Located in New York, NY
Tony Fitzpatrick is an American artist born in 1958 and based in Chicago. He graduated from Montini Catholic High School in Lombard, Illinois in 1977. In the early 1980s, Fitzpatr...
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Etching

Bough Laden With Candy Apple Green - bright, abstract, steel wall sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Steel, coated in a glossy candy apple green is hand forged into a delicately detailed bough by Canadian master sculptor Shayne Dark. This wall sculpture, like most of Dark’s work is ...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Steel

Z
Located in Palm Springs, CA
"Z is for zoo, with a lion, monkey, rhinoceros and giraffe illustrating the letter "Z", from Kelvin Mann's alphabet. All letters are available, and the full set of 27 etchings in folio...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Equilibre Rouille 3/10 - geometric abstract, modern, aluminum outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This piece is numbered in an edition of 10 and is available on commission. Please allow 6-8 weeks upon completion for delivery. Philippe Pallafray’s dramatic contemporary sculptures...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Metal, Stainless Steel

Heron 5/50 - smooth, polished, abstracted figurative, white marble sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Smooth surfaced, white engineered stone flecked almost imperceptibly with black-blue, the work sparkles gently in the light. The work is mounted on a rectangular brushed metal base. ...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Marble

Iceberg
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Rendered in many small, stainless steel discs, a hollow head floated on a clear, plexiglas cylinder appears to melt, the discs diminishing in size and forming 'puddles' in this sculp...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Stainless Steel

Bravado II - playful, abstracted figure, laser cut steel outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In this dramatic abstract sculpture by Robert Clarke Ellis a silhouette of a figure, broad chest puffed up in confidence, strides boldly forward towards the viewer. Constructed of la...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Steel

Free Range & Howboy
Located in Lyons, CO
Color lithograph with gold leaf, Edition 30 Don Ed Hardy is a painter, printmaker and tattoo artist. Fascinated by tattoos since childhood, Hardy has ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Elegant Movements 194 - contemporary, abstract, forged stainless steel sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
They appear to dance in mid-air. This is Kevin Robb. His graceful, curved abstract sculptures are hand forged from stainless steel. The highly polished surfaces of the three intersec...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Stainless Steel

Ravenna II
Located in Lyons, CO
Color lithograph, Edition 25 Italo Scanga was a painter, sculptor and printmaker. After a childhood spent in Italy, Scanga matured as an artist in his adopted home, the United Sta...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Man's Ruin
Located in Lyons, CO
Color lithograph, Edition 25. In Man’s Ruin, a wolf is portrayed as a nurse, two iconic images often seen in tattoo flash. Below the wolf are two brigh...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Bubble Blower
Located in New York, NY
Known for their work in painting, photography, sculpture, and film, McDermott & McGough comprises visual artists David McDermott and Peter McGough, who formed their partnership on th...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Photogravure

Three Sisters
Located in New York, NY
Will Mentor received his BFA at the Rhode Island School of Design and arrived on the New York art scene in the early 1980’s, gaining instant success for what critics referred to as h...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Sandbar. Areal Landscape ocean limited edition color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Sandbar, 2015 by Jill Peters Aerial photography Archival pigment print on heavyweight cotton rag paper Image size: 40 in. H x 60 in. W Edition 2/10 Print Unframed All sizes signed, ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment

Singing Bowl Cerulean Sky Medium - outdoor stainless steel sculpture in blue
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Based on Tibetan singing bowls, a medium sized outdoor stainless steel bowl is coated in a rich cerulean blue by sculptor Marlene Hilton Moore. T...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Stainless Steel

White Water - Chutes des Cubes (commission) - outdoor sculpture
By Marc Plamondon
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Impossibly balanced, these three white cubes form one monolithic outdoor structure. At night the sides of the cubes appear as free-floating diamonds....
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Metal

Storm Dragon
Located in Lyons, CO
Color lithograph, Edition 20. Don Ed Hardy’s lithographs “Storm Dragon” and “Sea Dragon” continue his lifelong exploration of dragon mythology and imagery. For 2000, the Year of the...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled (Red)
Located in New York, NY
Matthew Brannon is best known for his letterpress and screen prints of incongruous combinations of images and text. These prints are rendered in a subtle, stripped-down aesthetic, evoking mass production and marketing design. For a 2006 series of blue and black silkscreen prints, Brannon paired representations of potted plants with grim subtitles such as Sick Whore and How It All Ends, in keeping with his thematic interest in pathology and personal struggle. Brannon’s sculptures exhibit a similar pictorial simplicity, often executed in few colors and with meticulous attention to symmetry and balance. Like a stage set for the performance of a play set...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph, Screen

Celadon Muse
Located in New York, NY
Brice Marden Celadon Muse 2003 Two color etching / one color lithograph 22 x 30 inches; 56 x 76 cm Edition of 45 Signed, dated, and numbered in graphite (lower recto) Frame available...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Etching, Lithograph

RED #1, Nude Color Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
RED! #1 by David Jay 40" x 60" Archival Pigment Print Edition of 5 + 2AP 2016 Although a great deal of David jay body of work focuses on often hidden aspects of the human condition. ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Color, Plexiglass, Archival Pigment

Pression - large, expressive, person, figurative, aluminum outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A single figure stands precariously on a narrow ‘ledge’…back pressed against a frame, one leg raised and arms out wide as if trying to find balance. This is the engaging work of Quebec Sculptor Paul Duval. His large outdoor sculptures...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Metal

Ravenna I
Located in Lyons, CO
Color lithograph, Edition 25 Italo Scanga was a painter, sculptor and printmaker. After a childhood spent in Italy, Scanga matured as an artist in his adopted home, the United Sta...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Triangle - tall, modern, abstract, contemporary, aluminum outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Quebecois sculptor Stephane Langlois finds inspiration in the architectural heritage of the world. Many of his abstract sculptures are shaped like the towers and church spires that d...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Metal

Bloodvein Monolith - large, illuminated, limestone and glass outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The staggering natural beauty of the Canadian landscape inspires sculptor David Perrett. On canoe trips, the Hamilton-based artist became captivated by t...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Limestone

Athabasca - tall, white, geometric, modern, outdoor steel sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A pillar of stainless steel is coated white in this minimalist outdoor sculpture by Philippe Pallafray. The sculpture is designed with jagged polished cracks in the steel that glint ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Stainless Steel

Cosechando Alcachofas (harvesting artichokes), by Juan Fuentes
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: linocut Year: 2021 Image Size: 13 x 18 inches Edition size: 10 Young migrant worker harvesting artichokes. As a cultural activist/artist/printmaker, Juan Fuentes has dedica...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Linocut

The Cat
Located in Lyons, CO
Color woodcut with hand coloring, Edition 15. John Buck is both a sculptor and a printmaker. He works with two interrelated bodies of work: carved wood, assemblage and bronze sculptures, and large, multicolored woodblock prints. Since beginning his collaboration with Bud Shark in 1983, Buck has explored the expressive possibilities of woodblock in more than 40 different prints. In The Cat...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Woodcut

Black Flower, Desert Flower. Italy. Martha Graham Dance Company Dancer. Photo
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Black Flower / Desert Flower – Italy, 2011 by Guilherme Licurgo Archival Pigment Print Medium image size: 35 in. H x 23 in. W Edition of 10 + 2AP Unframed Desert Flower is a proje...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Color, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

They were authentic Vespa riders in Rome 65/100 - figurative, bronze sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Australia’s Gillie and Marc, the contemporary artist duo continue to create their popular, humourous dogman, rabbit-woman hybrid imagery in this new bronze sculpture. The playful hum...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Abstract Dancers, White 1, 2019 by Giles Revell - Photography, Contemporary
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order and lead times are between 15-20 days. A stunning and dynamic Archival Pigment Print by contemporary British photographer Giles Revell...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment

Storm - large, dark, smoky, atmospheric abstracted landscape, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Painterly swipes and drips light up an atmospheric sky in this dynamic acrylic by Lynne Fernie. The fiery horizon adds to the sense of brewing storm. Lynne Fernie is a Toronto artist...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Dark Orange No 44 - bold abstract shapes, marble dust, acrylic, wax on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A shock of saturated orange dominates the canvas in this dramatic mixed media composition from Ivo Stoyanov. Thickly applied visible brush strokes add texture and the white backgroun...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Wax, Acrylic, Canvas, Mixed Media

Mobius H3 12/50 - smooth, elegant, black granite, abstract sculpture on plinth
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Smooth-surfaced, black granite flecked almost imperceptibly with copper and white has been engineered into an elegant Mobius strip by sculptor Jeremy Guy. This sculpture is number 12...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Granite

After Rain - large, colorful, contemporary, painted steel, outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The vivid colours and dynamic form of Philippe Pallafray’s ‘After Rain’ metal sculpture marries industrial materials with shapes inspired by nature. Each cylinder of this gorgeous po...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Steel

Mixed Flowers, by Dan McCleary
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: Etching and aquatint Year: 2016 Image Size: 15.5 x 8.25 inches Edition of 15, signed and titled by the artist McCleary was born in Santa Monica, California. He graduated fro...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Etching

Snowberries, etching and aquatint by Dan McCleary
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: Etching Year: 2010 Image Size: 16.5 x 11.5 inches Edition of 20, signed and titled by the artist McCleary was born in Santa Monica, California. He graduated from Loyola High...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Etching

Lilacs
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: Etching and aquatint Year: 2016 Image Size: 15.5 x 11.5 inches Edition of 25, signed and titled by the artist Lilacs in a simple glass vase with reflections. McCleary was b...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Sherlock #2 by Kevin Horan, 2012, Archival Pigment Print, Portrait Photography
Located in Dallas, TX
This portrait by Kevin Horan features a side profile of a white curly haired goat, from Horan's series Chattel. The photograph is signed, titled, dated and numbered by Kevin Horan, i...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Las Ventas #2 by Esteban Pastorino Diaz, 2006, Digital C-Print, Photography
Located in Dallas, TX
Las Ventas #2 by Esteban Pastorino Diaz depicts a bull fighting ring in Madrid, Spain. The matador and bull stand in the center of the ring, waiting in anticipation for the other to ...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital

Man Mediates at Auschwitz by Steve McCurry, 2005, Digital C-Print
Located in Dallas, TX
Man Meditates at Auschwitz by Steve McCurry depicts a man sitting in the middle of train tracks at the Memorial and Museum Auschwits-Birkenau in Poland. The tracks lead back to the g...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital

Sherlock #1
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 8 Signed, titled, dated, numbered and copyright. Kevin Horan is a photographer based in Langley, Washington, USA. He is working on projects which look at animals as peopl...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Dandy in the garden of black roses &Terrifying night of the first transformation
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Dandy in the garden of black roses & Terrifying night of the first transformation, 2016 by Ramonn Vieitez Watercolor and Gouache on canvas Overall size: 19.7 H x 31.4 W in. Individu...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Watercolor, Gouache

Ian and Oliver Hartt, Portraits
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Ian and Oliver Hartt, Diptych, 2016 by Ramonn Vieitez Watercolor and Gouache on canvas Overall size: 15.7 H x 23.6 W in. Individual Size: 15.7 H x 11.8 W in. Signed on the back by th...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Watercolor, Gouache

Jeremy Abbott and Oliver Hartt, Portraits
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Jeremy Abbott and Oliver Hartt, Diptych, 2016 by Ramonn Vieitez Watercolor and Gouache on canvas Overall size: 15.7 H x 23.6 W in. Individual Size: 15.7 H x 11.8 W in. Signed on the ...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Canvas, Watercolor, Gouache

Ian, Jeremy Abbott and Adam, Triptych. Portraits
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Ian, Jeremy Abbott and Adam, Triptych, 2016 by Ramonn Vieitez Watercolor and Gouache on canvas Overall size: 15.7 H x 35.4 W in. Individual Size: 15.7 H x 11.8 W in. Signed on the ba...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Canvas, Watercolor, Gouache

Yearning 2/9 - male, nude, figurative, statuette, bronze sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
At once expressive, and elegant, William Hung creates dynamic sculptures that explore the human condition. With this intimate piece, cast in a rich bronze, an athlete balances on one...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Contemporary art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary art available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Stefanie Schneider, Tyler Shields, Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde, and Richard Heeps. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Contemporary art, so small editions measuring 0.02 inches across are also available.

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