Dan Colen - Modern & Contemporary Art New York Wednesday, July 17, 2024 | Phillips
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  • Provenance

    Peres Projects, Berlin
    Gagosian Gallery, London
    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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Cocksuckers, blews, mews, pews, & stews

signed and dated twice "Dan Colen '07" on the overlap; signed "Dan Colen" on a label affixed to the reverse
chewing gum and gum wrappers on canvas
22 x 28 in. (55.9 x 71.1 cm)
Executed in 2007.

Estimate
$8,000 - 12,000 

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Modern & Contemporary Art

New York Auction 17 July 2024