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Daughter of the Dark - contemporary abstract portrait - mixed media - impasto
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Daughter of the Dark" features hues of black, yellow and orange. 30 by 23.5 inches framed Sachi
Category

2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Archival Paper

Orange with Pink Quince (dark) Contemporary Still-Life of Chinese Porcelain
By Sasja Wagenaar
Located in Utrecht, NL
When you look at this painting "Orange with Pink Quince (dark)" by Dutch artist Sasja Wagenaar
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Nocturne (Square Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting in Dark Blue Citron)
By James O Shea
Located in Hudson, NY
collage. Notes about the art: O'Shea's compositions of layered colors and shapes, seeming architectural
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

THE ABDUCTION - Contemporary Figurative Mixed Media Painting, spray paint, dark
By Eleanor Aldrich
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
"The Abduction" paints a more sinister picture than what is typically seen from Eleanor Aldrich. A bullseye is placed on a child abductor as Aldrich provides her commentary on the mo...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Enamel

The Dark Side
By William Seabright
Located in Morton Grove, IL
cardboard, paper, and oil mounted onto canvas
Category

Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Cardboard, Mixed Media, Oil, Paper

Give Me Fire To Light The Darkness, 21st Century Contemporary Oil Paint Portrait
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
The German artist Tania Rivilis lives and works in Aachen. We will exhibit her expressive and colorful works for the first time during the exhibition "Storytellers" from 20 Septembe...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Perfect Darkness 4544
By Kate Salenfriend
Located in Napa, CA
Chaos.” Completely at home in the Napa Valley, where art and nature abound, Salenfriend’s
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Egyptian Violet Folds - Pair (folds, dark art, fabric, textile arts, wall mount)
By Chloe Hedden
Located in Quebec, Quebec
, dynamism, wall sculpture, abstract art, minimalism and contemporary minimalism, pastel, rough, biomorphic
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Fabric, Linen, Mixed Media, Vinyl

"Tree Line Sublime" contemporary impasto oil painting of dark forest landscape
By Emily Persson
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Tree Line Sublime" is a contemporary oil painting of a dark forest landscape. Persson works
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dark Blue Contemporary Abstract Painting Beneath The Depths by Kevin Burton
By Kevin Burton
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Beneath the Depths' by Kevin Burton is a beautiful atmospheric contemporary abstract painting. The
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Silver, Gold Leaf

The Light in the Darkness by Sharon Hockfield, Contemporary Floral Painting
By Sharon Hockfield
Located in Atlanta, GA
art lessons at the Mint Museum as a young child, won numerous high school art awards and dabbled in
Category

2010s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Divine Darkness
By Janna Watson
Located in Denver, CO
project (and distinct, stylistic signature) that speaks to a contemporary milieu in which abstract
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Panel

Wine Dark Sea IX
By Brian Buckley
Located in New York, NY
Cyanotype on albumen-coated watercolor paper (Unique) Signed, verso This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. “Ghost Ship” is a series of unique, large-scale c...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Color

Dark Orange No 35
By Ivo Stoyanov
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A red-orange orthogonal is stamped over an energetic ground of charcoal with indigo highlights in this bold canvas. Artist Ivo Stoyanov combines acrylic paint, marble dust, pigments ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Dark Clouds at Dusk
By Pauline Ziegen
Located in Santa Fe, NM
of depth. She is also drawn to the perceptual elements and materials of Chinese and Japanese art. “I
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

CONTEMPORARY ABSTRACT Animals Dark Red Text Ukranian Artist Anna Veriki 2024
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
and metaphorical. When an author demonstrates his art, he exposes himself to the viewer," the artist
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dark Flower on Yellow
By Anastasia Faiella
Located in Napa, CA
Minnesota, where she earned her Bachelors degree in Art History. “ In my work as an abstract oil painter, I
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Graphite

Easy Dark
By Julie Mehretu
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Published by Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Offset

Growing Darkness Taking Dawn
By John Garrett Slaby
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Growing Darkness Taking Dawn" is an original acrylic and flashe painting on panel by John Garrett
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel, Vinyl

Darkness IV, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By David Sipko
Located in Yardley, PA
:: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil

Floating Leaves on Dark Water
By Gregory Hennen
Located in Kent, CT
Gregory Hennen Floating Leaves on Dark Water, 2015 oil on panel
 12 x 12 inches $3000
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Floating Leaves on Dark Water
By Gregory Hennen
Located in Kent, CT
Gregory Hennen Floating Leaves on Dark Water, 2015 oil on panel 12 x 12 inches $3000.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Contemplative Bull 6/500 (Dark Patina)
By Giuseppe Palumbo
Located in Napa, CA
, wit, and humor. By applying classical techniques to his contemporary subjects, Palumbo’s textured and
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Lovely, Dark and Deep 3996
By Kate Salenfriend
Located in Napa, CA
Chaos.” Completely at home in the Napa Valley, where art and nature abound, Salenfriend’s
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Dance To The Radio Disco (Dark)
By Ben Eine
Located in Manchester, GB
Dance To The Radio Disco (Dark) 2018 65 x 65 cm 25.59 x 25.59 in Four-layer Screenprint on
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Screen

SOUTH BEACH BEAST (FRAMED Neon/Grow In The Dark 1 Of A Kind ART Masterpiece)
By Mauro Oliveira
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
to life magnified 10 X over. Framed included and also part of the art ,"South Beach Beast" is the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Resin, Neon Light, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Deer on Dark Green
Located in Bozeman, MT
Contemporary Art and the de Young Museum. Her North American Wildlife series celebrates the American treasure
Category

2010s Expressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

Pink III (on dark green)
By Stephanie Peek
Located in Burlingame, CA
Dark and mysterious wild rose, 'Pink', from Stephanie Peek, whose florally inspired oil paintings
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

A Little Fish in the Dark
By Olympio
Located in East Hampton, NY
This mixed media painting by listed artist Olympio instantly recalls the spirit of works by Basquiat. Hailing from Togo's capital of Lomé, Olympio had an upbringing that nurtured an...
Category

16th Century Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Antonio Saura-Dark Figure with Hat-10.75" x 8.5"-Lithograph-1967-Contemporary
By Antonio Saura
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Derives from a publication of 33 first edition lithographs in four colors, all completed for the final (6th) edition of The Situationalist Times: International Parisian Edition, prod...
Category

20th Century Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Fulton Ryder After Dark
By Richard Prince
Located in Toronto, Ontario
associate him with The Pictures Generation, Post-Modernism, or appropriation art, his contribution is
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Dark Dahlia with Orange Moth
By Carmen Almon
Located in New Orleans, LA
, Louisiana. She uses copper sheeting, brass tubing, steel wire and enamel paint to create botanical art
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Brass, Copper, Enamel, Steel

Dark Anemones
By Gary Bukovnik
Located in Burlingame, CA
Contemporary Art Museum, Shanghai The Today Art Museum, Beijing-The Xiamen Museum of Art, Xiamen-The Tianjin
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Water...

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Whirligig Cs3, Dark Eggplant, Pink, Brown Botanical Frangipani Tree Branches
By Jackie Battenfield
Located in Kent, CT
Layers of foliage in shades of dark eggplant and brown with little clusters of bright pink flowers
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Mylar, Acrylic

Dark Light By Patrick Hughes
By Patrick Hughes
Located in New Orleans, LA
engagement, Hughes is among the leading figures in contemporary British art. In Dark Light, Hughes evokes
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Dark Woven Mixed Media Painting "Natures Bounty"
By Anushka Kempken
Located in Cape Town, ZA
unique contrast of yellow leaves against the dark sky immediately captivated her. However, the piece
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Archival Paper

It s Wild, Horizontal Botanical Mylar Tree Painting, Purple, Dark Teal, Brown
By Jackie Battenfield
Located in Kent, CT
Layers of foliage in luminous hues of bright, vibrant purple grace dark teal green and brown
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Mylar, Acrylic

Night Window Monticello Ave, Houses at Nighttime Black Dark Gray, Yellow Windows
By Sophie Treppendahl
Located in Kent, CT
potted plants including a succulent and cactus is silhouetted in the darkness. Signed and dated by artist
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Spun Sugar, Horizontal Botanical Mylar Tree Painting in Light Blue, Dark Brown
By Jackie Battenfield
Located in Kent, CT
Layers of foliage in soft, luminous hues of blue from pale periwinkle to dark indigo grace dark
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Mylar, Acrylic

Spun Sugar, Horizontal Botanical Mylar Tree Painting in Light Blue, Dark Brown
By Jackie Battenfield
Located in Kent, CT
Layers of foliage in soft, luminous hues of blue from pale periwinkle to dark indigo grace dark
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Mylar, Acrylic

Portrait - rich, dark, expressive, figurative abstract, oil on linen
By Mel Davis
Located in Bloomfield, ON
classic portrait, Montreal born artist Mel Davis has captured dark eyes framed by dark brown hair, a
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Evening Chorale Cs2, Vertical Botanical Tree Painting on Mylar, Pink, Dark Brown
By Jackie Battenfield
Located in Kent, CT
Layers of foliage in shades of dark pink and dusty rose grace dark umber branches with hints of
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Mylar, Acrylic

Sotto Voce, Blue, Violet, Dark Purple Botanical Tree Painting on White Mylar
By Jackie Battenfield
Located in Kent, CT
leaves in deep, dark purple on the pristine white background of this horizontal painting in acrylic on
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Mylar, Acrylic

Darkshine Cs1, Vertical Botanical Painting on Mylar in Dark Gray and Light Brown
By Jackie Battenfield
Located in Kent, CT
Layers of foliage in dark gray grace delicate light brown branches on the pristine white background
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Mylar, Acrylic

Braid, Abstract Geometric Painting, Coral, Dark Violet, Gray, Yellow
By Jenny Kemp
Located in Kent, CT
the painting’s individual personality is found. Jenny Kemp received her BS in Art from the University
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Acrylic, Canvas

Sky Clad, Blue, Dark Teal, Umber Brown Botanical Tree Painting on White Mylar
By Jackie Battenfield
Located in Kent, CT
Layers of foliage in shades of light blue and dark teal and navy grace delicate dark umber brown
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Mylar, Acrylic

Dark Mixed Media on Woven Fabriano Painting "Gateways"
By Anushka Kempken
Located in Cape Town, ZA
This unique artwork is created through interweaving strips of painted fabriano paper in order to create a complex composition with depth and texture. The artwork is framed and floate...
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Gold Leaf

The Dark Wave natural abstract oceanscape, beach, wave landscape realism
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
Flower Paintings/ Contemporary Realist Gallery, S.F., CA 1995: Facing Eden: 100 Years of Landscape Art in
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Eventide, acrylic on paper, imagined architectural form, dark colors
By James Isherwood
Located in New York, NY
James Isherwood lives and works in New York City, but his paintings are filled with architectural dwellings sourced from elsewhere. In a commentary on luxury real estate, Isherwood h...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Blue, Long Skinny Horizontal Gloss Dark Blue Navy Color Fields
By Susan English
Located in Kent, CT
composition. Hues of dark blue meet and merge in soft horizontal planes of color. The gloss of English's
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Panel

Two Blues Cs, Vertical Botanical Mylar Tree Painting in Light Blue, Dark Brown
By Jackie Battenfield
Located in Kent, CT
Layers of foliage in luminous hues of bright, cyan blue grace dark brown branches against the
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Mylar, Acrylic

Peering In, surreal oil painting, figures in bathroom, dark
By Kathy Osborn
Located in New York, NY
Kathy Osborn paints highly detailed, interior scenes, inspired by imagery from the Post-War era of the 1950s and 60s. Osborn’s multi-step process begins with a meticulous arrangement...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil, Board

Springtides, Large Abstract Painting with Undulations, Blue, Teal, Dark Red
By Margaret Neill
Located in Kent, CT
and dark red by Margaret Neill investigates the properties of abstract curvilinear forms found in the
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Seated Couple - Sculptures Figurative Sculptures Man Woman Bronze Patina Dark
By Pavel Quoytcheff
Located in Sofia, BG
. The bronze is covered with dark brown patina. It is created by the Bulgarian artist Pavel Quoytcheff
Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Bronze

Mystic Circle - dark, intimate, abstract, cubist, tondo, acrylic on linen
By Otto Rogers
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Dark passages of black, and umber frame a painterly dove grey strip at center of this cubist
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Acrylic

Deacon - dream-like landscape in dark green, mauve, turquoise
By Peter Hoffer
Located in Bloomfield, ON
widely at art fairs in Basel, Toronto, New York, Stockholm, London, Milan, Amsterdam and Hong Kong. His
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Epoxy Resin, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Seated Woman With Folded Leg - Figurative Sculpture Dark Bronze Patina
By Pavel Quoytcheff
Located in Sofia, BG
covered with dark brown patina. It is created by the Bulgarian artist Pavel Quoytcheff. About the artwork
Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Bronze

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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.

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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.

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Questions About Contemporary Dark Art
  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019

    Contemporary art denotes work created by 21st-century artists.

  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 21, 2024
    In 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, 2024
    The 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, 2024
    Contemporary 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, 2024
    The 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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