Dan Colen - New Now New York Wednesday, September 28, 2022 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Peres Projects, Berlin
    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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signed and dated "Daniel Colen 2008" on the overlap; further signed and dated "Daniel Colen 2008" on the stretcher; further signed "Daniel Colen" on a label affixed to the reverse of the backing board
oil on canvas
36 x 24 in. (91.4 x 61 cm)
Painted in 2008.

Estimate
$10,000 - 15,000 

Sold for $11,340

Contact Specialist

Avery Semjen
Head of Sale, New Now
212 940 1207
asemjen@phillips.com

New Now

New York Auction 28 September 2022