Dan Colen - New Now New York Wednesday, March 3, 2021 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Gagosian Gallery, New York
    Private Collection
    Phillips, New York, March 7, 2013, lot 2
    Acquired at the above sale 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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Oy Vey (3)

signed, titled and dated "Dan Colen 2010 "OY VEY (3)"" on the reverse
steel studs on canvas
36 x 30 in. (91.4 x 76.2 cm)
Executed in 2010.

Estimate
$12,000 - 18,000 

Sold for $25,200

Contact Specialist

Patrizia Koenig
Associate Specialist, Head of New Now Sale
20th Century & Contemporary Art pkoenig@phillips.com

New Now

New York Auction 3 March 2021