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THANKSGIVING (DARK)
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
THANKSGIVING (DARK), and it is FROM THE EDITION OF /LIV. Signed in pencil by Mr. Agam. Offered unframed, in
Category
1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Dark Moon 6
By Joe Brubaker
Located in Mill Valley, CA
A cedar, black paint, and graphite powder mixed media abstract piece by Joe Brubaker.
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Cedar, Graphite
Dark Moon 5
By Joe Brubaker
Located in Mill Valley, CA
A cedar, black paint, and graphite powder abstract mixed media piece by Joe Brubaker.
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Cedar, Graphite
Dark Matter VI
By William Fares
Located in New York, NY
Hand-signed and dated on the back
Custom contemporary frame dimensions: 40" x 40"
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Dark Horse 11.30.15
By John O
Reilly
Located in San Francisco, CA
creative freedom—a freedom echoed in the representations of the mountains and soaring birds.
The dark
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Found Objects, Paper
How I Prayed in Prague - contemporary, fabric, print, dark colours, film stills
By Aline Schwibbe
Located in Berlin, DE
Memory and past trauma play a significant role in Aline Schwibbe’s varied practice. Schwibbe revisits fragmented memories which she considers to be in a cyclical occurrence rather th...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Mixed Media
Materials
Fabric, Oil Pastel, Digital
Dark Water 1049.15
By John de Wit
Located in Seattle, WA
Artist John de Wit first worked with glass at Pilchuck Glass School in the 1970s before graduating with a degree in glass and ceramic design from California State University. His ski...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
"La porte" Abstract Contemporary Door Dark Brown Hole Black Space Profoundness
By Antoni Tàpies
Located in MADRID, MD
After a few years of paintings related first with the Surrealism and then with povera art, in the
Category
1960s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Dark Moon VI
By Joe Brubaker
Located in Mill Valley, CA
A wall sculpture made using cedar, black paint, and graphite powder,
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Cedar, Acrylic, Graphite
Dark moon 5
By Joe Brubaker
Located in Mill Valley, CA
A wall hanging sculpture made from cedar, black paint, and graphite powder.
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Cedar, Acrylic, Graphite
Dark Moon 2
By Joe Brubaker
Located in Mill Valley, CA
The wooden carved figures of Joe Brubaker echo sources of inspiration from Spanish colonial Santos and retablo objects to Egyptian tomb figure and Buddhist stone carvings. In recent ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Cedar, Acrylic, Graphite
Dark Matter VII
By William Fares
Located in New York, NY
Hand-signed and dated verso
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Illustration Board
"Dark Pines" Wolf Kahn 28 × 39.5" Contemporary Landscape
By Wolf Kahn
Located in Cleveland, OH
Wolf Kahn
"Dark Pines"
28 × 39.5"
Silk screen,
Signed by artist in pencil
Ed 108
$1900
Wolf Kahn
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Color-Field Landscape Prints
Materials
Screen, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
"Ridge R" contemporary abstract fun painting geometric nature earthy dark green
By Amanda Andersen
Located in Hamburg, HH
horizon line touched by wind and weather patterns. This piece has large areas of dark forrest green and
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Dark Father Accretion Vase
By The Haas Brothers
Located in New York, NY
Dark Father Accretion Vase (2014)
Hand-thrown vase with porcelain slip in Light Syzurp glaze
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
By the Skin of my Teeth - contemporary, fabric, print, dark colours, film stills
By Aline Schwibbe
Located in Berlin, DE
Memory and past trauma play a significant role in Aline Schwibbe’s varied practice. Schwibbe revisits fragmented memories which she considers to be in a cyclical occurrence rather th...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Mixed Media
Materials
Fabric, Oil Pastel, Digital
Darkness my Old Friend
Located in Doral, FL
A different interpretation of darkness through a unique combination of materials. Created with
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mahogany
Darkness original Tao Art serigraphy by Miguel Angel Batalla
By Miguel Angel Batalla
Located in New York, NY
Sensually Primitive series of serigraphies of original Tao Art paintings by Miguel Angel Batalla
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper
Dark Bar
By Peter Anton
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Clay, Resin, Wax, Wood
Between Light and Dark
By Laurel Bustamante
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Between Light and Dark, 2014
gouache and acrylic on panel
5 x 7”
12-1/4 x 13-1/4" -fr.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Dark Sunrise with Gull
Located in Monmouth, GB
(born Suffolk, 1945) is a household name in British art. She was the First Artist in Residence at the
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Night at Uwajima, Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Mixed Media Blue Dark Collage
By Antoine Puisais
Located in London, England
. It is a small dark blue contemporary collage on linen canvas with a neutral design and authentic, raw
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Paint, Mixed Media, Digital, Pigment
Transection (turquoise/dark blue)
By KX2: Ruth Avra and Dana Kleinman
Located in San Diego, CA
was leveraged to the international art scene with an invitation to represent the United States at the
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Blessing dark
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
YAACOV AGAM, Blessing Dark, Serigraph hand signed and numbered /LIV size: 85 x 69 cm / 33.4″ x
Category
1980s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
$2,499
Dark Matter
By Jang Yong Sun
Located in New York, NY
/where does it exist?” Reading into contemporary scientific theory, we know that the elements that make
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Transection (blue/dark blue)
By KX2: Ruth Avra and Dana Kleinman
Located in San Diego, CA
brushed aluminum with enamel paint. Bottom has a flat edge for safe placement. Signed on the bottom.
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Dark, Mild, or Light
By Leslie Allen
Located in Mill Valley, CA
oil on cradled canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Light to Dark Shroud
By Emily Payne
Located in Mill Valley, CA
At the heart of Emily Payne's work is drawing. Even her large hanging wire sculptures are like drawings in 3 dimensional space. By reducing things to their simplest elements, she fin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Board
Seeing in the Dark
By Charles Eckart
Located in Mill Valley, CA
Abstract encaustic oil painting.
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dark Magnolia No. 4
By Jeri Eisenberg
Located in Ketchum, ID
This three paneled triptych on Kozo paper, is filled with lush light and exemplifies Jeri Eisenberg's experimental and subtle approach to photography.
Jeri Eisenberg works primarily...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Wax, Mulberry Paper, Archival Pigment
Bob In The Dark
By Herb Greene
Located in New York, NY
11x14
Limited Edition
Next available edition printed upon purchase.
Other sizes available. Please allow 4 weeks for production.
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Dark Magnolia, no. 2
By Jeri Eisenberg
Located in Ketchum, ID
This four paneled peice on Kozo paper, is filled with lush light and exemplifies Jeri Eisenberg's experimental and subtle approach to photography. This is an archival pigment print, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Wax, Archival Pigment
Dark Reservoir
By Wayne Thiebaud
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sheet: 28" x 32" (71.1 x 81.3 cm)
Image: 20" x 25" (50.8 x 63.5 cm)
Edition of 20 + 10 artist proofs
Signed, dated and numbered on lower recto; titled on lower right verso
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Aquatint, Drypoint, Etching, Paper
Dark Magnolia, No. 4
By Jeri Eisenberg
Located in Jackson, WY
Jeri Eisenberg works primarily with non-traditional and alternative photo-based techniques. She represses or subverts traditional photography's emphasis on the representational quali...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Archival Pigment, Encaustic, Rice Paper
Dancing in the Dark - unique abstract contemporary silver gelatin b&w photogram
By Kimberly Schneider Photography
Located in New York, NY
One-of-a-kind alt process silver gelatin print. Made with flowers, glitter, sand and more. From my multi-award-winning "Metamorphosis" series.
I began making alt process photograms ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Glitter, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Photogram, Silver Gelatin
"Peeling off the Darkness" oil portrait woman with red flower in dark hair
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Rachel Bess
Peeling off the Darkness, 2015
oil on panel
18" x 14.5" unframed
25.25" x 22" framed
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Double Croix Dark Tapies Cross Numbers Red Black White Abstract Contemporary
By Antoni Tàpies
Located in MADRID, MD
After a few years of paintings related with the Surrealism, first, and then with povera art, in the
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Aquatint
The Psalm - Dark Silver
Located in WOOLLAHRA, AU
Leanne Thomas is a Sydney based artist known for her floral oil paintings. Previously an art
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Water Bottle (Dark Blue)
By Rachel Owens
Located in New York, NY
in a variety of colors, more in line with retail expectations than art world norms.
Owens’s work
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Resin
Paris Smiles in Darkness
By Jim Dine
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Etching on paper, signed and numbered by the artist - (W. C. 219) - - Please note that for delivery of this artwork inside the EU, there is an additional 19% VAT
Category
20th Century Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
House With Dark Windows #1
By Susanne Wellm
Located in New York, NY
of Fine Arts (Houston, TX), Portland Art Museum (OR), Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts (Japan
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Dark Knight
By Andy Burgess
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Andy Burgess
Dark Knight, 2023
ink on paper collage
7" x 5" unframed
11" x 9" framed
Andy
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Dark Pink Delphos Dress
By Isabelle de Borchgrave
Located in San Francisco, CA
a 1994 visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York, she dreamed up the idea of paper
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media, Paper
Seeing in the Dark No. 4
By Charles Eckart
Located in Mill Valley, CA
Abstract encaustic oil painting.
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Dark Island, " Modern, Summer Landscape, Acrylic Painting
By Gregory Hardy
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
This contemporary, modern landscape scene, depicts a summer scene with dark green trees that cover
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Zhou Jinhua - Dark Age No. 1, 2009
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Zhou Jinhua - Dark Age No. 1, 2009 Oil on canvas.
Zhou Jinhua's artwork focuses on space and
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
LIGHT FROM THE DARKNESS
By Esterio Segura
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Beach, CA) and the Latin American Art Museum (England). Known for his eclectic and transgressive
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Better light a candle than curse the darkness
By Patrick O
Reilly
Located in Belfast, GB
Better light a candle than curse the darkness
Bronze
24 3/8 x 8 5/8 x 4 3/8 in
62 x 22 x 11 cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Every Dark Cloud Has Silver Lining painting Original embellished gold leaf
By Magnus Gjoen
Located in London, GB
, where he expertly manages the balance between old and contemporary.
The title Every Dark Cloud Has
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
My Hand with Glow in the Dark Powder
By Caleb Charland
Located in New York, NY
science and art in curious experiments designed to further his understanding of the world. Unlike his
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Bette Davis in "Dark Victory"
By George Hurrell
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of actress Bette Davis in a fur coat for her role in "Dark Victory", circa
Category
1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Photo composition with flowers and butterflies, dark background, Intemporel
By Ysabel LeMay
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Art Museum in San Antonio, Couture Galleri in Stockholm, Verve Gallery in Santa Fe, Living with
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Day Dreaming - Little Girl sitting under White Flowers, Glow In The Dark
By Veronica Green
Located in Milton, AU
darkness. So using a symbolic language similar to what we find in the world of fairy tales, the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Auroras of the Desert Skies: Lightness
Darkness II
By Christine Nguyen
Located in Denver, CO
David B. Smith Gallery is pleased to welcome Long Beach, CA and Denver, CO-based artist Christine Nguyen for her introductory solo exhibition with the gallery, Lightness Within the C...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Organic Material, Spray Paint
Auroras of the Desert Skies: Lightness
Darkness III
By Christine Nguyen
Located in Denver, CO
David B. Smith Gallery is pleased to welcome Long Beach, CA and Denver, CO-based artist Christine Nguyen for her introductory solo exhibition with the gallery, Lightness Within the C...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Organic Material, Spray Paint
Don
t Get It Twisted- Concrete, Steel, Gray, Dark, Freestanding Sculpture, Large
By Desmond Lewis
Located in Nashville, TN
The complex intricacy of the dark black steel branching upward from the rough gray concrete adds
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Concrete, Steel
Darkness in the Absence of Light, Pink
By Bruce French
Located in London, GB
, love and death in the contemporary
world. Bruce expresses the human form in a raw, natural state
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
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On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate piece of contemporary dark art for your needs in our varied inventory. In our selection of items, you can find Contemporary examples as well as a Abstract version. Making the right choice when shopping for an item from our selection of contemporary dark art may mean carefully reviewing examples of this item dating from different eras — you can find an early iteration of this piece from the 18th Century and a newer version made as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add a choice in our collection of contemporary dark art to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of black, gray, brown, beige and more. There have been many interesting object in our assortment of contemporary dark art examples over the years, but those made by Shayne Dark, Stefanie Schneider, Isabelle Menin, Eve Stockton and Mary Judge are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. Frequently made by artists working in paint, paper and fabric, these artworks are unique and have attracted attention over the years. A large option in this array of contemporary dark art can be an attractive addition to some spaces, while smaller examples are available — approximately spanning 0.4 high and 2.5 wide — and may be better suited to a more modest living area.
How Much is a Contemporary Dark Art?
The price for a piece of contemporary dark art in our collection starts at $112 and tops out at $150,000 with the average selling for $3,090.
A Close Look at Contemporary Art
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.
Questions About Contemporary Dark Art
- What is contemporary art?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
Contemporary art denotes work created by 21st-century artists.
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 21, 2024In contemporary art, conceptual art is a movement that began in the 1960s. Artists producing conceptual art assign more importance to the idea behind the art than to the piece itself. An example is Joseph Kosuth’s One and Three Chairs, a piece consisting of a real chair, a photograph of a chair and the dictionary definition of the word chair. When the work was displayed, Kosuth included instructions for any chair to be photographed and then displayed beside its image. In this way, the chair itself is not the artwork. Rather, the art comes from examining the way the object, image and words provide competing and complementary definitions of what a chair is. Find a large selection of fine art on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 26, 2024The meaning of contemporary art is art produced by living artists. The category typically includes works created in the late 20th century as well as in the 21st century. Given its timeliness, contemporary art often responds to current issues and themes that are relevant to an everyday audience. Contemporary art succeeded modern art, which is art made during a period that began in approximately 1850. On 1stDibs, shop a wide variety of contemporary art.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
Contemporary art encompasses painting, sculpture, photography, installation, performance and video art, among other genres.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 16, 2024Contemporary art is important because of how it responds to the current moment. Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. Through their works, contemporary artists provide commentary about social issues, history and the human condition. By engaging with contemporary art, viewers can gain a deeper understanding of the world and new perspectives. On 1stDibs, shop a wide range of contemporary art.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
Contemporary art has no defining feature or characteristic.The term simply refers to recent creations.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 26, 2024The difference between modern art and contemporary art comes down to age. Contemporary art refers to art produced by artists who are still alive or were active during the 1960s and later. Modern art is the term for artworks made between 1850 or 1860 and 1960. On 1stDibs, shop a large collection of modern and contemporary art.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
The term contemporary is applied to art by 21st-century artists; modern art refers to works created from the1880s and through the 1960s.
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