Contemporary Color Photography
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.
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Style: Contemporary
Artist: Patty Carroll
Bird in Hand by Patty Carroll, 2023, Archival Pigment Print
Located in Dallas, TX
Bird in Hand by Patty Carroll presents a chaotic scene. A woman sits in a neutral toned room, surrounded by colorful birds. Botanical patterned curtains...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Leafing Home by Patty Carroll, 2023, Archival Pigment Print
Located in Dallas, TX
Leafing Home by Patty Carroll presents a chaotic botanical scene. A woman sits on top of suitcases covered in tropical leaves. She wears leaf printed clothing, and is surrounded by palm, monstera, and banana leaves. This theme is reflected in her environment, with tropical printed curtains...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cooking the Goose by Patty Carroll, 2017, Archival Pigment Print, Photography
Located in Dallas, TX
Cooking the Goose by Patty Carroll presents a chaotic scene. A woman is stuck in an oven, her arms reaching out from the burners and legs kicking out...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Puzzled by Patty Carroll, 2022, Archival Pigment Print, Photography
Located in Dallas, TX
Puzzled by Patty Carroll presents a vibrantly colored chaotic room. A woman stands hunched over a table overflowing with puzzle pieces. Stacks of puzzle boxes surround the room, wit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Flower Child by Patty Carroll, 2022, Archival Pigment Print, Photography
Located in Dallas, TX
Flower Child by Patty Carroll presents vibrantly chaotic scene. A woman leans back in her couch, covered with yellow and orange flowers. Her floral patterned dress matches the color ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Rest of Her Life by Patty Carroll, 2022, Archival Pigment Print, Photography
Located in Dallas, TX
Rest of Her Life by Patty Carroll presents a luxurious gold and black room with gold decor. A woman lie backwards on the bed with her body twisted in a seemingly unnatural way. Calla...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sour Grapes by Patty Carroll, 2023, Archival Pigment Print, Photography
Located in Dallas, TX
Sour Grapes by Patty Carroll presents a chaotic scene, a room filled by grapes, vines and wine bottles. A woman lies back in her chair, covered in the grapes and vines overtaking the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Gone Postal by Patty Carroll, 2023, Archival Pigment Print, Photography
Located in Dallas, TX
Gone Postal by Patty Carroll presents a chaotic scene, a room filled with orange, yellow and green luggage and scattered with postcards seeming to fall from above. A woman lies amids...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cutting the Cord
Located in Sante Fe, NM
The subject is the conflation of women and the home. In the previous “Anonymous Women: Draped” photographic series, a lone woman is hidden in a vignette within the drapery, where she performs domestic trickery. The photographs are vignettes of women hidden behind drapes containing one figure and drapery, with an occasional prop or piece of furniture. In this series, “Reconstructed,” the woman becomes part of her domestic trappings and activities. I am creating narrative, full-size, still-life images comprised of many objects. “Reconstructed Series” is a commentary on our obsession with collecting, accumulating designing, and decorating, inviting hilarity and pathos about our relationship with “things.” They are installations made in the studio for the camera that play with color, space, and scale, and use household objects as subject matter. We are making a life-size box in the studio as a substitute for the home. A mannequin substitutes for the woman, who is camouflaged among her domestic objects in the space. The final outcome is a photograph and/or a short video.
Growing up in the suburbs of Chicago provided the basis of all of my work, and I continually seek to come to terms with it. I grew up when suburban life was idealized; the home was a place of perfection and harmony, free from the harsh realities of the city, without crime, or messy interiors, where everyone’s drapes and sofa matched, where people were normal, without dark little secrets. It was at a time when the “woman’s place...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Atomic Kitchen by Patty Carroll, 2023, Archival Pigment Print, Photography
Located in Dallas, TX
Atomic Kitchen by Patty Carroll presents a chaotic scene, a teal and aqua decorated kitchen with green plants and produce spilling out of the fridge. A ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cutting the Cord by Patty Carroll, 2023, Archival Pigment Print, Photography
Located in Dallas, TX
Cutting the Cord by Patty Carroll is a 22 x 22 inch archival pigment print, available in an edition of 15 This sheet size of this photograph is 30 x 30 inches, and the image size is ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hawaiian Hangover
Located in Sante Fe, NM
The subject is the conflation of women and the home. In the previous “Anonymous Women: Draped” photographic series, a lone woman is hidden in a vignette within the drapery, where she performs domestic trickery. The photographs are vignettes of women hidden behind drapes containing one figure and drapery, with an occasional prop or piece of furniture. In this series, “Reconstructed,” the woman becomes part of her domestic trappings and activities. I am creating narrative, full-size, still-life images comprised of many objects. “Reconstructed Series” is a commentary on our obsession with collecting, accumulating designing, and decorating, inviting hilarity and pathos about our relationship with “things.” They are installations made in the studio for the camera that play with color, space, and scale, and use household objects as subject matter. We are making a life-size box in the studio as a substitute for the home. A mannequin substitutes for the woman, who is camouflaged among her domestic objects in the space. The final outcome is a photograph and/or a short video.
Growing up in the suburbs of Chicago provided the basis of all of my work, and I continually seek to come to terms with it. I grew up when suburban life was idealized; the home was a place of perfection and harmony, free from the harsh realities of the city, without crime, or messy interiors, where everyone’s drapes and sofa matched, where people were normal, without dark little secrets. It was at a time when the “woman’s place...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hawaiian Hangover by Patty Carroll, 2023, Archival Pigment Print, Photography
Located in Dallas, TX
Hawaiian Hangover by Patty Carroll is a 22 x 22 inch archival pigment print, available in an edition of 15. This photograph features a mannequin wearing colorful Hawaiian patterned c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Duller Tha Dishwater by Patty Carroll, 2023, Archival Pigment Print, Photography
Located in Dallas, TX
Duller Than Dishwater by Patty Carroll is an archival pigment print, available in an edition of 15. This photograph features a mannequin in the sink, reaching for dishes in the dishw...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Pot and Pans
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 10
Signed by Patty Carroll
From the series, Anonymous Women
Patty Carroll is an American photographer who has taught and practiced photography since the 1970’s. Her photography is characterized as vivid and boldly colored. Where her earlier works include typologies and portraiture, her new work symbolically expresses the domestic roles of women, via the series, Invisible Women.
She earned a BFA in Graphic Design from the University of Illinois and in 1972, she graduated with a Master of Science in Photography from the Institute of Design at IIT, Chicago. Since receiving her MS in Photography, Carroll has been teaching photography at universities worldwide. She has been a professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Columbia College and the Royal College of Art in London, among other schools. Carroll’s photography has been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, The Art Institute in Chicago, White Box Museum in Beijing, and The Photographers Association in Ningbo, China.
Her work has received many merits, publications, and grants. In 2014, she was listed in Photolucida’s “Top 50...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Panther
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Anonymous Women: Domestic Demise
In the latest narratives, “Domestic Demise,” the woman becomes the victim of domestic disasters. Her activities, obsessions and objects are overwhel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Framing Her Life (and Plants)
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 15
Signed by Patty Carroll
Paper size: 30 x 30 in., Image size: 22 x 22 in.
From the series, Anonymous Women
Patty Carroll is an American photographer who has taught and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hold Her Horses
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Anonymous Women: Domestic Demise
In the latest narratives, “Domestic Demise,” the woman becomes the victim of domestic disasters. Her activities, obsessions and objects are overwhel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Accessories
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 15
Signed by Patty Carroll
Paper size: 30 x 30 in., Image size: 22 x 22 in.
From the series, Anonymous Women
Patty Carroll is an American photographer who has taught and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Plant Lady
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 15
Signed by Patty Carroll
Paper size: 30 x 30 in., Image size: 22 x 22 in.
From the series, Anonymous Women
Frame not included.
Patty Carroll is an American photographer...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Red Red Wine
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 15
Signed by Patty Carroll
Paper size: 30 x 30 in., Image size: 22 x 22 in.
From the series, Anonymous Women
Patty Carroll is an American photographer who has taught and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Panther
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 10
Signed by Patty Carroll
Image size: 38 x 38 in.
From the series, Anonymous Women
Patty Carroll is an American photographer who has taught and practiced photography sin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Kissing Frogs
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Anonymous Women: Domestic Demise
In the latest narratives, “Domestic Demise,” the woman becomes the victim of domestic disasters. Her activities, obsessions and objects are overwhel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cowgirl by Patty Carroll, 2020, Archival Pigment Print, Photography
Located in Dallas, TX
Cowgirl by Patty Carroll depicts a woman, dressed in a cowboy hat, sitting and looking down at her desk. She is surrounded by Western themed decor; metal objects, stars, horns and le...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Staired Down
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 15
Signed by Patty Carroll
Image size: 22 x 22 in.
From the series, Anonymous Women
Frame not included.
Patty Carroll is an American photographer who has taught and pract...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
White Christmas Awry
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Anonymous Women: Domestic Demise
In the latest narratives, “Domestic Demise,” the woman becomes the victim of domestic disasters. Her activities, obsessions and objects are overwhel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Mad Mauve by Patty Carroll, 2018, Archival Pigment Print
Located in Dallas, TX
Mad Mauve by Patty Carroll presents a monotoned scene. A figure reclines in a mauve chair, draped with mauve fabric that falls from the ceiling. The figure...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Eden
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 15
Signed by Patty Carroll
Paper size: 30 x 30 in., Image size: 22 x 22 in.
From the series, Anonymous Women
Frame not included.
Patty Carroll is an American photographer...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Vanitas
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Anonymous Women: Domestic Demise
In the latest narratives, “Domestic Demise,” the woman becomes the victim of domestic disasters. Her activities, obsessions and objects are overwhel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Veggies
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Anonymous Women: Domestic Demise
In the latest narratives, “Domestic Demise,” the woman becomes the victim of domestic disasters. Her activities, obsessions and objects are overwhel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Games
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Anonymous Women: Domestic Demise
In the latest narratives, “Domestic Demise,” the woman becomes the victim of domestic disasters. Her activities, obsessions and objects are overwhel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Money Honey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Patty Carroll has been known for her use of highly intense, saturated color photographs since the 1970’s. Her most recent project, “Anonymous Women,” consists of a 3-part series of s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Mad Mauve
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Patty Carroll has been known for her use of highly intense, saturated color photographs since the 1970’s. Her most recent project, “Anonymous Women,” consists of a 3-part series of s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Golden Girl
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Anonymous Women: Domestic Demise
In the latest narratives, “Domestic Demise,” the woman becomes the victim of domestic disasters. Her activities, obsessions and objects are overwhel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Puzzled
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Anonymous Women: Domestic Demise
In the latest narratives, “Domestic Demise,” the woman becomes the victim of domestic disasters. Her activities, obsessions and objects are overwhel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Written Off
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Anonymous Women: Domestic Demise
In the latest narratives, “Domestic Demise,” the woman becomes the victim of domestic disasters. Her activities, obsessions and objects are overwhel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
World on Her Shoulders
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Anonymous Women: Domestic Demise
In the latest narratives, “Domestic Demise,” the woman becomes the victim of domestic disasters. Her activities, obsessions and objects are overwhel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Shopping
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Anonymous Women: Domestic Demise
In the latest narratives, “Domestic Demise,” the woman becomes the victim of domestic disasters. Her activities, obsessions and objects are overwhel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Meaty
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Anonymous Women: Domestic Demise
In the latest narratives, “Domestic Demise,” the woman becomes the victim of domestic disasters. Her activities, obsessions and objects are overwhel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lollipopped
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Anonymous Women: Domestic Demise
In the latest narratives, “Domestic Demise,” the woman becomes the victim of domestic disasters. Her activities, obsessions and objects are overwhel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Home On the Range
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Anonymous Women: Domestic Demise
In the latest narratives, “Domestic Demise,” the woman becomes the victim of domestic disasters. Her activities, obsessions and objects are overwhel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Card Play
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Anonymous Women: Domestic Demise
In the latest narratives, “Domestic Demise,” the woman becomes the victim of domestic disasters. Her activities, obsessions and objects are overwhel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Saddled Down
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Anonymous Women: Domestic Demise
In the latest narratives, “Domestic Demise,” the woman becomes the victim of domestic disasters. Her activities, obsessions and objects are overwhel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Newsie
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 15
Signed by Patty Carroll
Paper size: 30 x 30 in., Image size: 22 x 22 in.
From the series, Anonymous Women
Patty Carroll is an American photographer who has taught and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Staired Down
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Anonymous Women: Domestic Demise
In the latest narratives, “Domestic Demise,” the woman becomes the victim of domestic disasters. Her activities, obsessions and objects are overwhel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Valentine
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Anonymous Women: Domestic Demise
In the latest narratives, “Domestic Demise,” the woman becomes the victim of domestic disasters. Her activities, obsessions and objects are overwhel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Plantlady
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Anonymous Women: Domestic Demise
In the latest narratives, “Domestic Demise,” the woman becomes the victim of domestic disasters. Her activities, obsessions and objects are overwhel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Staired Down by Patty Carroll, 2020, Archival Pigment Print
Located in Dallas, TX
Staired Down by Patty Carroll presents a chaotic scene. A woman tumbles down the stairs, with her arms and legs flailing. Her purse spills out above her head, covering the floor with...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Seeing Red
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Anonymous Women: Domestic Demise
In the latest narratives, “Domestic Demise,” the woman becomes the victim of domestic disasters. Her activities, obsessions and objects are overwhel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Reading Green
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Anonymous Women: Domestic Demise
In the latest narratives, “Domestic Demise,” the woman becomes the victim of domestic disasters. Her activities, obsessions and objects are overwhel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sunflower Girl
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Anonymous Women: Domestic Demise
In the latest narratives, “Domestic Demise,” the woman becomes the victim of domestic disasters. Her activities, obsessions and objects are overwhel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Golden Years
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Anonymous Women: Domestic Demise
In the latest narratives, “Domestic Demise,” the woman becomes the victim of domestic disasters. Her activities, obsessions and objects are overwhel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Political Party
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Anonymous Women: Domestic Demise
In the latest narratives, “Domestic Demise,” the woman becomes the victim of domestic disasters. Her activities, obsessions and objects are overwhel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Fan Club by Patty Carroll, 2021, Archival Pigment Print, Photography
Located in Dallas, TX
Fan Club by Patty Carroll is an archival pigment print, available in an edition of 15. This photograph features a mannequin reclining in a green chair, fanning herself while being su...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Halloween Hell
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Anonymous Women: Domestic Demise
In the latest narratives, “Domestic Demise,” the woman becomes the victim of domestic disasters. Her activities, obsessions and objects are overwhel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Red Red Wine
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Anonymous Women: Domestic Demise
In the latest narratives, “Domestic Demise,” the woman becomes the victim of domestic disasters. Her activities, obsessions and objects are overwhel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Absinthe Absent
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Anonymous Women: Domestic Demise
In the latest narratives, “Domestic Demise,” the woman becomes the victim of domestic disasters. Her activities, obsessions and objects are overwhel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Pride Home
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 15
Signed by Patty Carroll
Paper size: 30 x 30 in., Image size: 22 x 22 in.
From the series, Anonymous Women
White frame: 31 3/4 x 31 5/8 x 2 in.
Patty Carroll is an Amer...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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