Dan Colen
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Daniel Colen (born 1979) is an American artist based in New York. His work consists of painted sculptures appropriating low-cultural ephemera, graffiti-inspired paintings of text executed in paint, and installations.
Early life and education
Born in 1979 and raised in Leonia, New Jersey.[1][2] His father, Sy Colen, a wood and clay sculptor, was a participant in the 2006 reality TV show Artstar. Colen attended Solomon Schechter Day School, and was raised Jewish.[3] Colen graduated with a B.F.A. in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2001.[4] After graduation he moved to the East Village in Manhattan, and by June 2006 he became a known artist.[3]
Work
In his work, Secrets and Cymbals, Smoke and Scissors: My Friend Dash's Wall in the Future (2004), Colen built an exact replica of a section of poster, photo and flyer-covered wall from friend Dash Snow's apartment.[5] Each piece of visual material was handmade and attached to a Styrofoam copy of the wall.
In 2007, Dash Snow and Colen shredded phone books in Jeffrey Deitch's SoHo gallery for an installation called Nest or Hamster Nest.[6][7] He was described by The Guardian as a "bad boy of post-pop New York".[8]
Personal life
Colen was close friends with artists Dash Snow and Ryan McGinley.[9] When Snow died in 2009 of a heroin overdose, Colen was greatly impacted and said he was determined to end his own addiction.[6][8]
Exhibitions
- Potty Mouth, Potty War, Pot Roast, Pot is a Reality Kick, Gagosian Gallery, New York, 2006[10]
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- Whitney Biennial, New York, 2006[11]
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- No Me, Peres Projects, Berlin, 2006. Solo exhibition.[12]
- Dan Colen – Works from the Astrup Fearnley Collection, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway, 2018. Solo exhibition.[13]
Collections
Colen's work is held in the following collections:
References
External links
- ↑ Haramis, Nick. "Everything & Nothing: Dan Colen Reveals There Are Two Sides to Every Story" Template:Webarchive, BlackBook (magazine), October 1, 2010. Accessed March 31, 2011."The 31-year-old artist was born in Leonia, New Jersey, where, as a teenager, he befriended photographer Ryan McGinley at their local skate park."
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- 1979 births
- Sculptors from New York (state)
- 21st-century American painters
- 21st-century American male artists
- 21st-century American sculptors
- American male sculptors
- Living people
- Artists from Leonia, New Jersey
- Rhode Island School of Design alumni
- 20th-century American sculptors
- 20th-century American painters
- American male painters
- 20th-century American male artists