Dan Colen - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale New York Thursday, November 17, 2016 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Peres Projects, Berlin
    Acquired from the above by the present owner in May 2008

  • Exhibited

    New York, Asia Song Society, Sack of Bones, March 24 - May 2, 2008

  • 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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Va-va-va-vorticism

chewing gum on canvas
31 x 25 in. (78.7 x 63.5 cm.)
Executed in 2008.

Estimate
$30,000 - 50,000 

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

New York Auction 17 November 2016