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lovely, dark and deep #57
By Carolyn Monastra
Located in New York, NY
Edition of 5
Carolyn'Monastra's series called "lovely, dark and deep,” excerpted from Robert Frost
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
$1,320 Sale Price
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lovely, dark and deep #8
By Carolyn Monastra
Located in New York, NY
Edition of 5
Carolyn'Monastra's series called "lovely, dark and deep,” excerpted from Robert Frost
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
$1,320 Sale Price
20% Off
lovely, dark and deep #22
By Carolyn Monastra
Located in New York, NY
Edition of 5
Carolyn'Monastra's series called "lovely, dark and deep,” excerpted from Robert Frost
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
$1,320 Sale Price
20% Off
lovely, dark and deep #6
By Carolyn Monastra
Located in New York, NY
Edition of 5
Carolyn'Monastra's series called "lovely, dark and deep,” excerpted from Robert Frost
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
$1,320 Sale Price
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lovely, dark and deep #28
By Carolyn Monastra
Located in New York, NY
Edition 1 of 5
Carolyn Monastra's series "Lovely, Dark and Deep,” excerpted from Robert Frost poem
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
$1,320 Sale Price
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Comfortably Dark - black and white fine art botanical photography, edition 20
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
A single bloom, stripped of sentiment, stands quiet in a field of darkness. Splatters break the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Comfortably Dark - black and white fine art botanical photography, edition 5
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
A single bloom, stripped of sentiment, stands quiet in a field of darkness. Splatters break the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Kind of Blue: contemporary abstract AbEx painting in dark blues w/ purple, green
By Joseph McAleer
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a jazz-inspired, contemporary abstract expressionism acrylic on canvas painting in the
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Rose in the Dark
By Stephanie Peek
Located in Burlingame, CA
contemporary floral still life painting of a rose at night. The series takes its inspiration from
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Dark Side of the Canyon
By Travis Walker
Located in Bozeman, MT
For the last 10 years Travis Walker has made landscape paintings about Jackson Hole, a place that never ceases to inspire him to pick up his brushes. He works on location, capturing ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Released, male nude, dark colors
By Audrey Anastasi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
dark, enigmatic, and some might say, unsettling, place. These figures could be heros and heroines of
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Only Dark is Darkest
By Eric Hesse
Located in Fairfield, CT
Hesse describes of his work, "encaustic is the perfect paint with which to explore this balance between control and chaos. In trying to wrestle a recognizable image from a fluid and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Wood Panel
Still life with bottles - XXI Century, Contemporary Monotype Print, Dark colors
By Siergiej Timochow
Located in Warsaw, PL
first private art galleries in Poland. For over 30 years, the gallery has been presenting contemporary
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Cardboard, Monotype
Even in Darkness, There Is Light
Located in Zofingen, AG
Even in the hardest moments, when darkness seems to engulf everything, if you pause, listen, and
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Plaster, Acrylic
The Dark Knight, Vol. 8
By Tony Dagradi
Located in New Orleans, LA
thought-provoking.
STATEMENT
My decades-long career in contemporary jazz directly informs my work as a
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media
Beauty Even In Darkness, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Brent Hanson
Located in Yardley, PA
Painting is part of my new Corona Collection. Sides are painted black, art is varnished with a
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Cherry Trees and Dark Sky, black and white art landscape photography
By Gerald Berghammer
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Cherry Trees and Dark Sky, Austria - no. 18176
Row of trees at the field with big clouds
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Verdant, abstract green painting, light green, dark green
By Lisa Fellerson
Located in New York, NY
Lisa Fellerson’s paintings provoke an interplay and tension between line, shape, and color. With no preconceived idea in mind, she begins by dripping, scrapping, and gouging acrylic ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$5,840 Sale Price
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Untitled (Dark Clouds)
By Nick Turner
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print
Signed and numbered, verso
11 x 16.5 inches
(Edition of 15)
24 x 36 inches
(Edition of 10)
40 x 60 inches
(Edition of 7)
This photograph is offered by Clamp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Light in Time of Darkness, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Irit Epstein
Located in Yardley, PA
between the external world and the essence of my being. :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Carla Goldberg, Dark Blue Bubble, 2021
By Carla Goldberg
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Carla Goldberg
Title: Dark Blue Bubble
Medium: Cast and Poured Resin, Enamel, Plexiglass
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Enamel
Dark Green Moon
Located in Red Bank, NJ
Dark Green Moon by Ellen Martin
Outer Space, Moon, Skye,Earth Tones, Bright Colors
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée
Dark memories of whence She came (Hellebore, Anemone, Fritillaria)
By Frances F. Denny
Located in New York, NY
Dark memories of whence She came (Hellebore, Anemone, Fritillaria)
2023
Signed, titled, dated, and
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Julie Mehretu
Easy Dark
By Julie Mehretu
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Easy Dark poster for Julie Mehretu’s exhibition at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art is a
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Offset
$360 Sale Price
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Inazuma m1, Cobalt, Dark Blue Tree Branches, White Mylar
By Jackie Battenfield
Located in Kent, CT
Tree branches in dramatic hues of dark blue are striking against the pristine white background of
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Mylar, Acrylic
The woods are lovely, dark and deep…
Located in Zofingen, AG
The woods are lovely, dark and deep…
A forest in snowfall. A space both shadowed and luminous. It
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Plaster, Acrylic
Dark Secrets
Located in New York, NY
Art and completed the Professional Certificate in Photography at Rockport College, Maine in 2000. She
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Wood, Paper, Ink
Viridian with Dark Pewter - small dark green, teal, white, floral still life oil
By Jennifer Hornyak
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Art. In 1961, she moved to Montreal where she studied at McGill University, the Musée des beaux-arts
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Under her dark veil
By Monica Zeringue
Located in New Orleans, LA
of Art, Contemporary Arts Center, and the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art with a solo exhibition, as well
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paint...
darkness
light, Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper
By Edward Zelinsky
Located in Yardley, PA
Part of a series done in 2020. Is there a Pandemic influence? On everything... Making this art is
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
The Dark Hedges, beech trees, Ireland, black
white fine art photography print
By Gerald Berghammer
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art Landscape Photography. The Dark Hedges, unique beech tree avenue in
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Easy Dark By Julie Mehretu
By Julie Mehretu
Located in Dubai, Dubai
Easy Dark
By Julie Mehretu
2017
Medium: Offset Lithograph
Paper Size: 55 x 35.25 inches ( 140 x
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
In the Dark of Morning, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nicole Daniah Sidonie
Located in Yardley, PA
applicable, at the time of delivery. :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Dark Ceramic Sculpture with Texture, Laura Pasquino
Jar
Located in Bruxelles, BE
CWART — Jar embodies Laura Pasquino’s deeply personal approach to contemporary ceramic sculpture. The
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Dark Sun No. 7
Located in New York, NY
art of film itself.
The photographs are alive with psychological and surreal elements, probing the
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Dark Sun No. 9
Located in New York, NY
art of film itself.
The photographs are alive with psychological and surreal elements, probing the
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Dark Sun No. 58
Located in New York, NY
art of film itself.
The photographs are alive with psychological and surreal elements, probing the
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Dark Sun No. 20
Located in New York, NY
art of film itself.
The photographs are alive with psychological and surreal elements, probing the
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Corvette on a Dark Desert Highway, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
By Anthony Dunphy
Located in Yardley, PA
,Hotel California opening line. :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Dark Ceramic Sculpture with Texture, 2025 -
Coal scuttle
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Created specifically for the exhibition Timeless Remnants in Knokke, "Coal scuttle" is part of Laura Pasquino’s new ceramic series.
Rooted in ancient traditions yet free from narra...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Dark Sun No. 64
Located in New York, NY
art of film itself.
The photographs are alive with psychological and surreal elements, probing the
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
35x26" - Dark City - Mixed Media on Paper
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Portilla's work as symbolic of the potential for the ability to hold and receive.
Dark City
35x26 in.
Mixed
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Donkey - Figurative Animalistic Sculpture Bronze Patina Dark
By Pavel Quoytcheff
Located in Sofia, BG
artist Pavel Quoytcheff.
About the artwork:
NEW MOVEMENT & STYLE: Contemporary
Edition : Unique
Weight
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
35x26" - Dark City - Mixed Media on Paper
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Portilla's work as symbolic of the potential for the ability to hold and receive.
Dark City
35x26 in.
Mixed
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Tessa (figure, gestural, dark colors, acrylic painting)
By Carole Eisner
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic on linen
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Linen
$14,400 Sale Price
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Kihti, Finland (Dark tide)
By Pentti Sammallahti
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Finnish Literature Society and the Uusimaa Province Art Prize. Sammallahti’s work can be found in museum
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Sentries by Monica Denevan. Silver gelatin photograph. Dark wood frame
By Monica Denevan
Located in Coltishall, GB
Photographie, and Art Photo Index (photo-eye).
Monica has won numerous awards including The International
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Paper, Silver Gelatin
Summer by Monica Denevan. Silver gelatin photograph. Dark wood frame
By Monica Denevan
Located in Coltishall, GB
Photographie, and Art Photo Index (photo-eye).
Monica has won numerous awards including The International
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Paper, Silver Gelatin
Renewal by Monica Denevan. Silver gelatin photograph. Dark wood frame
By Monica Denevan
Located in Coltishall, GB
Photographie, and Art Photo Index (photo-eye).
Monica has won numerous awards including The International
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Paper, Silver Gelatin
David Burdeny - Dark Water, Point Roberts, 2004, Printed After
By David Burdeny
Located in Stamford, CT
space into sublime observations on how the contemporary world is still pregnant with mystery and
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Kihti, Finland (Dark tide)
By Pentti Sammallahti
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Finnish Literature Society and the Uusimaa Province Art Prize. Sammallahti’s work can be found in museum
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Odalisque on the Dark Side of the Moon
By William Nelson
Located in Greenwich, CT
In Nelson’s Odalisque on the Dark Side of the Moon he transports the reclining figure from Jean
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Under the Dark Cloth
By Mark Klett
Located in Sante Fe, NM
The photographs date from 1987 to 2006, and were made in the deserts of central and southern Arizona. The originals are 16”x20” gelatin silver photographs printed from 4”x5” Polaroid...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
"The Dark Passenger", Figurative, Ceramic, Sculpture, Painted, Stoneware
By Alessandro Gallo
Located in St. Louis, MO
subcultures they belong to and the habitat we share.” - Artist Statement
"The Dark Passenger", Figurative
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Paint
Dark Impressionist Monochrome Figurative Oil Painting "Road
s Scholar"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A unique oil painting, drawing heavily from the post-impressionist movement. A beautiful, gloomy monochrome nighttime figure, typical of Glanville's work.
Oil on stretched canvas, re...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
And the Light Shines in Darkness, and Darkness Comprehended it Not
By Amy Friend
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In the Dare alla Luce series, I initially responded to a collection of vintage photographs, retrieved from a variety of sources both personal and anonymous. Through hand-manipulated ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Holi by Romain Langlois - Figurative bronze sculpture, dark, man, spiritual
By Romain Langlois
Located in Paris, FR
Holi is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Romain Langlois, dimensions are 62 × 24 × 23 cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
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
- 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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