Dan Colen - New Now New York Tuesday, February 28, 2017 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Gagosian Gallery, New York
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Artist Biography

    Dan Colen

    American • 1979

    American artist Dan Colen has spent most of his career asking himself questions about the editorial decisions artists have to make when creating a scene from scratch on canvas. In his early work, Colen painted mundane interiors punctuated with fantastical elements. This manifested as part of a growing curiosity in the ethereal or divine intervention.

    Colen subsequently stepped away from paint as material and started using found objects as mediums with which to paint. Among these, Colen has used chewing gum, street trash, confetti, feathers, flowers and dirt. This methodology allows Colen to abandon control and create in a more free-form, subconscious manner.

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The Space Between Dow Jones and Jim Jones

titled "THE SPACE BETWEEN DOW JONES & JIM JONES" on the overlap
paper, confetti and Beva on canvas
47 1/2 x 35 1/4 in. (120.7 x 89.5 cm.)
Executed in 2010.

Estimate
$30,000 - 40,000 

Sold for $81,250

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New York Auction 28 February 2017