#colen

[softnoisedry]

Dan Colen, OH!, 2011 (via trulyvincent.com)

[kerlyl]

Lâu ngày không trở lại nhưng mà toi thích người khác rồi, dù thực sự mọi thứ bây giờ đang rất tệ nhưng mà toi sẽ cố gắng!

[huariqueje]

The Swirl - Dan Colen, 2006.

American b. 1979 -

Pastel and charcoal , 55.9 x 45.7 cm.

[warhead]

[haveyouseenthismovie-poll]

[esqueletosgays]

BACURAU (2019)

Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho & Juliano Dornelles Cinematography: Pedro Sotero

[mentaltimetraveller]

Dan Colen A Slip of the Tongue 2010 chewing gum on canvas 122 x 92.5 cm (48 x 36 3/8 in)

[gameraboy2]

Beatrice Colen, Richard Eastham, Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner cast photo from Wonder Woman (1975)

[alexanderpearce]

typa shit ive been on

[topcat77]

Dan Colen

[terminusantequem]

Dan Colen (American, b. 1979), TO BE TITLED, 2010. Chewing gum on raw canvas, 243.8 x 243.8 cm

[thegeekyartist]

Re: anti-intellectualism and those modern art posts floating around

Last week in my art class we discussed abstraction, both objective and non. The students had a pretty neutral reaction to objective abstraction (abstract art that has a tangible subject - think Picasso), but when we got to the non-objective abstract art (probably what pops into your mind when you think "abstract art"), things got heated.

They absolutely hated it. All of it. I showed Mondrian's Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow ("This is stupid. It's just lines."). I showed Jackson Pollock's Convergence ("I could do that. What's the point?"). I showed Robert Rauschenberg's White Painting (abject rage). Just to name a few.

Now, don't get me wrong. I love discussing this. It's perfectly acceptable to have a reaction to fine art like this. However there was NO understanding or critical thinking about the pieces, even when I explained the meaning and process and context for each one. They firmly believed that art like this was entirely pointless because it didn't have a subject or message. They weren't even open to the idea. I even had one student leave.

Flash forward to this week. We had a student return to class after being sick. She missed the abstract lesson and discussion, but had a previous piece that she completed for homework and wanted to share. It was a digital collage that sort of resembled a flower. She said "It doesn't really mean anything, I just made it and I liked it." And all the students were praising it during critique. So I asked them, "Last week you said that art without deeper meaning isn't really art. That there needs to be a clear message and purpose for it to be 'good'. So why is this one different?"

No one had an answer for me.

Capitalism has poisoned our minds into believing that the only art that has worth is art that serves a higher function -- to inform, to entertain, to sell a product. It has to be 'good', it has to be 'pretty'. There is no art for the sake of art anymore. And it's affected our ability to look at artwork from the past through an objective lens. It's much easier to call something stupid than to ask yourselves the tough questions -- Who made this? Why did they make it? How did they make it? What was the reception and what did that mean for art moving forward?

You don't have to like abstract art. It's not a question about liking anything, in fact I'm sure (I'm positive) many of the abstract artists expected their work to be hated. But the point is that sometimes the meaning isn't in the artwork itself, but rather how we react to it and where this art sits in regard to what came before it and what was created after.

What is art? What is the line between 'good' and 'bad'? And who are we to decide when and where to draw it?

[jordi-gali]

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Dash Snow & Dan Colen 

[ouottoresende]

bacurau, 2019.

[nerds-yearbook]

On February 16, 1977, the first season of Wonder Woman ended. This marked the last episode on ABC (seasons 2 and 3 were on CBS), the last episode to take place during the World War II era, and the last appearances in the series of Wonder Girl, General Blankenship, and Etta Candy. ("Wonder Woman in Hollywood", Wonder Woman, TV, event)

[casualist-tendency]

Dan Colen (American, b. 1979), Sick Sick Sick, 2016, 236.2 x 188 cm