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Dan Colen

American • b. 1979

Biography

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.

Insights

Dan Colen is represented by Gagosian.
His work is featured in several public collections, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, de la Cruz Collection Contemporary Art Space, Miami and Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, among others.

"At the end of the day, you can't have a vision; you have to have a hope. This is where the miracle comes in."

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2 February 2023 | Musée Magazine 
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From Our Archives: Dan Colen
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5 October 2022 | Art Observed 
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New York – Dan Colen: “Lover, Lover, Lover” at Gagosian Through October 22nd, 2022
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22 September 2022 | Artnet 
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Wet Paint in the Wild: Gagosian Director Adam Cohen Armorys Hard With Dan Colen and Rashid Johnson
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31 August 2022 | The Brooklyn Rail 
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Dan Colen with Amanda Gluibizzi
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22 August 2022 | Autre Magazine 
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Read Our Interview Of Dan Colen From Issue 13: Biodiversity

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Big Bang
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Untitled
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Sick Sick Sick
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Robert Downey Jr., Robin Bird, Rob Zombie
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Does Anybody Got an Alibi?
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#8
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#2
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Oy Vey (3)
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#2
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Terbuckity-buckity!
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Smoke Em If You Got Em
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I can go steady with any girl I please
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The Dead Don't Die
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Oy Vey (3)
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I'm Gonna Be Sick
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One Potato, Two Potato, Three Potato, 4 ...
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I Hate Work
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Great Big Kiss
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I Knew Nothing
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True Love
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Barbed Wire
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CURVE
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Burn the House Down
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Spill the Blood
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