Dan Colen (B. 1979, Leonia, NJ) is a contemporary American artist who’s aesthetic embodies the youth culture that he himself inhabits. His work takes on a variety of forms: graffiti sculptures appropriating low-culture ephemera, scrawled text paintings, trompe-l’oeil imagery, and installations involving photographs of his friends, many of them artists in their own right. This generous collaborative spirit is a hallmark of much of Colen’s work. Drawing from elements such as mass media, childhood games, comic strips, and even candy wrappers, Colen’s work combines this oft-mined genre with an exuberant appreciation for the undervalued and overlooked.
Published by Karma
100 Pages
21.5 x 28 cm
Colour Offset
Edition of 500
2013
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