Dan Colen
Dan Colen
Daniel Colenis an 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSculptor
Date of Birth3 December 1979
CountryUnited States of America
believe conceive function hard matter serves work
It's such a weird self-confidence that an artist has - to conceive of this thing that serves no function and say, 'I'm going to really work hard for it and give it and it's just going to matter to people.' You really have to believe it all on your own.
believe hard-work self-confidence
Its such a weird self-confidence that an artist has - to conceive of this thing that serves no function and say, Im going to really work hard for it and give it and its just going to matter to people. You really have to believe it all on your own.
abstract dip line painting using watching work
A lot of my work is about what's abstract and what's pictorial. Is it bubblegum, or is it an abstract painting using bubblegum? The energy comes from walking that line and watching things dip this way and that.
barrier complex destroying high hope work
A lot of my work is about equalizing things and kind of destroying any barrier between what's high and low, or what's deep or what's shallow, complex or simple. I hope I'm ever-changing.
bodies work
The different bodies of my work end themselves when there's no more discovery to be had.
I used to kind of go for it, right? Like, I'd be the one who would say, 'All right, there's Kate Moss. I'm going to try to make out with her.'
possess
I've always been interested in moments of disbelief... I don't know if they possess any magic, but they do have something.
hope
At the end of the day, you can't have a vision; you have to have a hope. This is where the miracle comes in.
energy far knew love next painting pick scared somebody three
Love is important. I didn't have the energy to be giving it to somebody else in a way that they deserved, and I knew that. So I've always been scared to go too far with somebody I care for because I knew there would come a day when I'd need to pick up and finish a painting for the next three months. That day is inevitable.
against
It's such a paradox. You come from this place where you want fame; you don't want to be bourgeois, but you want to be successful. You want to be accepted, but you also want to be going against the grain. You want to be on the outside, but you want to be on the inside.
family nature takes
It takes a lot of help - nature, friends, family, craftsmen - for me to make what I make.
spiritual eye thinking
I think that artworks are like these spiritual objects: I think that they have energies and powers beyond what the eye can see.
successful want fame
Its such a paradox. You come from this place where you want fame; you dont want to be bourgeois, but you want to be successful. You want to be accepted, but you also want to be going against the grain. You want to be on the outside, but you want to be on the inside.
art class art-class
Art class was my thing, but not any other class.