Untitled

About this work

This painting is a dark, almost all-black square with faint, ghostly shapes in the center. The edges look rough, like wood grain, and the middle has a few lighter smudges that could be faces or shadows. The artist used charcoal on paper, which makes the lines soft and smudged. It’s hard to tell what’s supposed to be there—maybe nothing at all. If you like this kind of mysterious, dark art, check out scumbling.