Dan Colen - Under the Influence New York Thursday, September 19, 2013 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    ACRIA, AIDS Community Research Initiative of America

  • 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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Moments Like This Never Last

2010
chromogenic print, in 2 parts
each 15 x 20 in. (38.1 x 50.8 cm.)
Signed, numbered and dated "Dan Colen 2010 2/3" on the reverse of each print. This work is number 2 from an edition of 3.

Estimate
$5,000 - 7,000 

Sold for $4,750

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Under the Influence

New York 19 September 2013 2pm