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Fighting Back the Darkness - from the Daisy McCrackin Record Shoot God Willing
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Fighting Back the Darkness - 2011 from the Daisy McCrackin Record Shoot 'God Willing' 30x40cm
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

"when darkness yields", Abstract, Collaged Monoprints, Watercolor, Botanicals
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "when darkness yields" is an original piece by Cassie Normandy White and is made
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Fabric, Ink, Monotype

"No One s Fool" Curly-Haired Woman on Dark Red, Purple and Blue Scape
By Katherine Fraser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "No One's Fool" is an original artwork by Katherine Fraser and measures 46"h x 38"w. This oil on canvas work marks a new chapter in Fraser's practice as she shifts...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"A Minor Key" Dark Blue and Purple Colorscape With Female Portrait in Profile
By Katherine Fraser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "A Minor Key" is an original artwork by Katherine Fraser and measures 24"h x 18"w. This oil on canvas work marks a new chapter in Fraser's practice as she shifts ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Woods and Winds 2 ( abstract, landscape, red, yellow, neutral, dark, texture)
By Rachelle Krieger
Located in New York, NY
While Rachelle Krieger hints at elements of landscape across her canvases spherical shapes for rocks and boulders, dynamic lines climbing up and across the canvas for trees—she is re...
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Vinyl, Wood Panel

Woods and Winds 1 ( abstract, landscape, red, yellow, neutral, dark, texture)
By Rachelle Krieger
Located in New York, NY
While Rachelle Krieger hints at elements of landscape across her canvases spherical shapes for rocks and boulders, dynamic lines climbing up and across the canvas for trees—she is re...
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Vinyl, Wood Panel

"Hanging Gardens of Babylon 6" acrylic signed dark abstract deep cryptic mellow
By Ananda Kesler
Located in Milwaukee, WI
born in Haifa, Israel. In 2002 she received her BA in Fine Art from the University of Iowa. She has
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Borneo 5: stilt house architecture in dark night water landscape, Southeast Asia
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
connectedness of humanity, Dixon blurs the lines between commercial and fine art photography with a creativity
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Coast to Coast Seven - Golden Yellow Mustard Dark Violet Blue Gray Stripes, 2022
By Audrey Stone
Located in Kent, CT
light gray surround a deep, dark violet center. Signed, dated and titled on the verso. Audrey Stone has
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Dark Skies over Derwent Water in the English Lake District by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Dark Skies over Derwent Water in the English Lake District by British Artist, Rex Preston. This is
Category

1970s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Wandering out in the dark -Daniel Erban, 20th Century, Outsider Figurative paint
By Daniel Erban
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on paper Signed Unique work
Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Dark Mixed Media on Woven Fabriano Painting "Growth is Worth Celebrating"
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

Radiating from a dark cloud… by Sara Jimenez
Located in New York, NY
Sara Jimenez Radiating from a dark cloud..., 2018 Pigment print on Hotpress 40 x 80 inches Edition
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Digital Pigment

As seen in Apple TV series~Dark Matter~Number 2 by David Gamble
By David Gamble
Located in Chicago, IL
decades-long career spanning the editorial, journalistic, and fine art realms, Gamble has photographed
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

C Print

Fox Hunt (2021), oil on canvas, dark landscape, flowers, garden, floral, night
By Fabricio Suarez
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Fox Hunt (2021), oil on canvas mounted on panel, landscape, skyscape, nightscape, night sky, moon, flowers, garden, florals Painting is 20" high by 16" wide (frame is not included)....
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas, Panel

What Lies Beneath (2021), oil on linen, dark landscape, flowers, garden, night
By Fabricio Suarez
Located in Jersey City, NJ
What Lies Beneath (2021), oil on linen, landscape, skyscape, nightscape, night sky, moon, flowers, garden, florals Painting is 20" high by 16" wide (frame not included). Oil paintin...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel, Linen

End of the Chase (Dark Version) 1 of 6 - figurative, resin and wood sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
synthetic hair. The colour palette is appropriately earthy and rich—dark gray, green, bronze and burgundy
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Dark Oaks by Barry Cawston 120x100cm C-type Print Mounted to Aluminium
By Barry Cawston
Located in Coltishall, GB
An avenue of ancient oaks… – Cawston’s landscapes are filled with delicate harmonious tones. They resonate feeling and leave the viewer rapt, lost in the detail as if listening to t...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

C Print, Photographic Film

Bruce Springsteen- "Darkness on the Edge of Town"
By Frank Stefanko
Located in Mount Pleasant, SC
Bruce Springsteen for the Cover photograph of "Darkness on the Edge of Town" album. Haddonfield
Category

20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

As Seen in ~DARK MATTER~ Losing Myself In You (Platinum Leaf) - Bronze Sculpture
By Boky Hackel-Ward
Located in Chicago, IL
fragility. Boky's first exhibition, "SOMEWHERE WITHIN", opened at Hilton Contemporary in Chicago in May
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Mind Map Nine, Dark Indigo Blue, Olive Green, Ochre Pink Geometric Shapes, White
By Rebekah Andrade
Located in Kent, CT
Geometric shapes in dark indigo blue, olive green, orange, pink and teal are cheerful against a
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Tissue Paper

Night, purple, blue, black landscape painting, unique work on canvas, dark color
By John Hogan (b.1800)
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Night, purple, blue, black landscape painting, unique work on canvas
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Crayon, Acrylic

Ceramic Bunny Person: He’s love and light and all things bright and dark
By Ashley Benton
Located in New York, NY
, sharp curves, love, loss, vulnerability, blue skies, dark clouds, deep water and pretty little things
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Glaze, Underglaze

Borneo 6: urban city architecture in dark night with gold tones, Southeast Asia
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
connectedness of humanity, Dixon blurs the lines between commercial and fine art photography with a creativity
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Field and Orchard (Land and Skyscape with Open Field and Dark Treeline)
By David Konigsberg
Located in Hudson, NY
Field and Orchard (Land and Skyscape with Open Field and Dark Treeline) by David Konigsberg 2025
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Dark Orange No 41 - bold, abstract shapes, marble dust, acrylic, wax on canvas
By Ivo Stoyanov
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Stoyanov's paintings have a fresco-like quality, the taut surface of the canvas polished to a fine smooth finish. The work has a very clean edge and does not require framing. His wor...
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Dark Flora #5, May Foxgloves, A floral arrangement of wild flowers and plants
Located in London, GB
Dark Flora #5 - May Foxgloves, 2020 Archival Pigment Print, Mounted on Aluminium, in bespoke Oak
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Glass, Wood, Photographic Paper, Color

Still life with Books and a Dark Blue Opalina Vase, Antwerp. Color photograph
By Michael James O’Brien
Located in Miami Beach, FL
, from still lifes and portraits to art documentation. He still uses film and works in medium and large
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

As seen in ~DARK MATTER~ Losing Myself In You (Gold Leaf) - Bronze Sculpture
By Boky Hackel-Ward
Located in Chicago, IL
fragility. Boky's first exhibition, "SOMEWHERE WITHIN", opened at Hilton Contemporary in Chicago in May 2019
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Gold Leaf

Heath Ledger - Celebrity Artwork by Johnny Depp, A Knights Tale, The Dark Knight
Located in Manchester, GB
nostalgia with contemporary aesthetics. Executed using a combination of silkscreen and archival pigment
Category

2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Screen

"Denial", Figurative, Flora, Dark Romanticism, Magic Realism, Relief Print
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Printmaking at the Kansas City Art Institute in 2015, followed by her M.F.A. at Northern Illinois University
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Ink, Woodcut

I Will Not Allow The Dark Skies To Affect Me
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
David Shrigley, I Will Not Allow The Dark Skies To Affect Me, 2025 22 colour screenprint with
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Prints

Materials

Screen

Portrait of a Woman with Dark Hair in a Purple Dress in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Woman with Dark Hair in a Purple Dress in Acrylic on Paper Bold painting of a woman
Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Ocean Pass, Illuminated Paper Lanterns on Dark Water, Acrylic on Panel
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD 1988 “Contemporary Photography Exhibition” West Chester Art
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

Dark Hedges, Old Beech Trees, Nature - limited signed print
By Gerald Berghammer
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art Landscape Photography. The Dark Hedges, unique beech tree avenue in
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Digital Pigment

Petites Natures #6 contrasted beige dark color abstract flower nature photo
By Isabelle Menin
Located in New York, NY
, OFF Art Fair – Brussels, Kunstraï – Amsterdam, MIA Fair - Milan – Italy, Setup Contemporary Art Fair
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

C Print

Dark Flora #, Horsetail, A floral arrangement of wild plants and flowers
Located in London, GB
Dark Flora #6 – Horsetail: Foraged from a damp, boggy area of woodland in mid-summer. It includes
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Color

Dark Hedges - Ireland - Tree Avenue - Monochrome - Limited Edition Photography
By Gerald Berghammer
Located in Vienna, Vienna
intensively studied to create photographic art at the highest level. Besides the craft of photography itself
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Digital Pigment

I Will Not Allow The Dark Skies To Affect Me
By David Shrigley
Located in Bristol, GB
22 Colour Screenprint with Varnish Overlay on Somerset Tub Sized 410gsm Paper Edition 47 of 125 76 x 56 cm (29.5 x 22 in) Signed, numbered and dated on the back Mint. Minor imper...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Prints

Materials

Screen

The Stories that Create Us #13, 2021 Mixed Media Painting Dark Blue Yellow Green
By Laurie Barmore
Located in Gilroy, CA
In this work by Laurie Barmore, the artist's hand is exceedingly present. Using strong strokes of blue and pink creates its own essences of form atop washes of whites and green. Spil...
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Wood Panel

Tyler Shields - Dancer In The Dark, Photography 2013, Printed After
By Tyler Shields
Located in Stamford, CT
contemporary celebrity culture he has become a creative tour de force in the photography and film industries
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, C Print

"Dark Spark" (FRAMED) Photography 20" x 16" in Edition 1/15 by Aaron Mcpolin
By Aaron McPolin
Located in Culver City, CA
"Dark Spark" (FRAMED) Photography 20" x 16" in Edition 1/15 by Aaron Mcpolin Size framed: 22" x 18
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Pink with Yellow Scape - small, dark green, purple, 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

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Eric Kanigan - Diners, Darkness, and Dives, Photography 2023, Printed After
Located in Stamford, CT
darkness, with no audience. And it’s the mystery of these marvels that keeps me coming back." Available
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Platinum, Silver Gelatin

I Will Not Allow The Dark Skies To Affect Me By David Shrigley
By David Shrigley
Located in Dubai, Dubai
I Will Not Allow The Dark Skies To Affect Me By David Shrigley David Shrigley is a British visual
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

SpotOn (vessel, flora, organic, silver leaf, dark, chine colle, monoprint)
By Karin Bruckner
Located in New York, NY
solo exhibition at Susan Eley Fine Art titled, “Keeping Memories”. Artist Biography: Karin
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Monotype

JEANE Signed Lithograph, Fashion Portrait, Exotic Woman, Dark Sunglasses, Gloves
By Nico Vrielink
Located in Union City, NJ
depicts an energetic contemporary female fashion portrait of a standing young woman dressed in a tight
Category

1980s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Tending to a Perishing Bloom", Figurative, Dark Romanticism, Relief Print
Located in Philadelphia, PA
the Kansas City Art Institute in 2015, followed by her M.F.A. at Northern Illinois University in 2019
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Ink, Woodcut

Dark Hedges, tree avenue, mystical forest, black white photography, landscape
By Gerald Berghammer
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Dark Hedges, majestic avenue of beech trees in
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Digital Pigment

David Shrigley - I Will Not Allow The Dark Skies To Affect Me
By David Shrigley
Located in London, GB
David Shrigley I Will Not Allow The Dark Skies To Affect Me, 2024 Screenprint on 300gsm BFK Rives
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Prints

Materials

Screen

Red Light, Landscape, Seascape, red, blue, green, yellow, dark colors, triptych
By Rachel Burgess
Located in New York, NY
for Contemporary Art at Snug Harbor and the Seoul Museum of Art.
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Monotype

I Will Not Allow The Dark Skies To Affect Me By David Shrigley
By David Shrigley
Located in Dubai, Dubai
I Will Not Allow The Dark Skies To Affect Me By David Shrigley David Shrigley is a British visual
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Prints

Materials

Screen

Dark Square - iPhone drawing, pigment print, blue, grey, wall, window
By Sean Scully
Located in Köln, DE
Since Sean Scully figured out to draw on the iPhone display, these drawings are published as archival pigment prints. The depictions is the same as in his paintings and prints but th...
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Pigment

Dark Flora: Fly Argaric, May Foxgloves Autumn Weald - 3 x Framed Prints Set
Located in London, GB
Inspired by Victorian era taxidermy dioramas, 'Dark Flora' is a series of photographs using wild
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Glass, Oak, Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment

Seascape Five, Bright Pink, Dark Cobalt Blue Ocean Waves Woodcut Print
By Eve Stockton
Located in Kent, CT
This woodcut print evokes the peacefulness of ocean waves depicted in bright pink and deep, dark
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Woodcut

Seascape Five, Bright Pink, Dark Cobalt Blue Ocean Waves Woodcut Print
By Eve Stockton
Located in Kent, CT
This woodcut print evokes the peacefulness of ocean waves depicted in bright pink and deep, dark
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Woodcut

Woman in the Dark - Original Lithograph by R. Chapelain-Midy - 1975
By Roger Chapelain Midy
Located in Roma, IT
Woman In The Dark is an original colored lithograph realized by the artist Roger Chapelain-Midy in
Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

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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.

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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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