Dan Colen - New Now London Thursday, July 13, 2023 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Massimo de Carlo, Milan
    Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2014

  • Exhibited

    Deurle, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Three Blind Mice: Dan Colen, Nate Lowman, Rob Pruitt, 2 February - 23 March 2014

  • 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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Lot offered with No Reserve

Zombies on Broadway

signed with the artist's initials and numbered 'DC - 0131' on the stretcher
dirt and grass on canvas
414 x 264.2 cm (162 7/8 x 104 in.)
Executed in 2010.

Estimate
£10,000 - 15,000 

Sold for £8,890

Contact Specialist

Charlotte Gibbs
Associate Specialist, Head of New Now
+44 20 7901 7993
CGibbs@phillips.com

New Now

London Auction 13 July 2023