Dan Flanagan

Nora, 2024213 x 182cm22000 USD

Details

MaterialGalleryLocation

acrylic, oil, and spray paint on canvasHarper'sNew York City

Description

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The artwork features the word "DOCENT" in large, bold letters against a plain white background. The minimalist composition and striking monochromatic ...

design create an impactful visual statement. The use of clean, uppercase typography and the absence of other elements give the piece a sense of simplicity and directness. The title "DOCENT" suggests the work may comment on the role of a museum guide or educator, inviting viewers to consider their own relationship with art and cultural institutions. Through its pared-down aesthetic, the artwork encourages contemplation and a focused engagement with the central typographic element.

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Artist

Dan Flanagan

B.1983, American

Mixing formal qualities of Abstract Expressionism, Classical Renaissance painting and Graffiti, Dan Flanagan creates engrossing canvases which demand the viewer's attention. Each piece hosts intense gestural markings, swathes of color and precise linework. A sense of raw immediacy is recorded through dripping paint marks, footprints and smudges. Working within a spirit of non-conformism, acrylics, oils and spray paints are applied to the canvas with knives, tubes, rough brushes and palettes. Markers, crayons and pens are also added to the mix, and remains of polyurethane foams swell the dimensions of the heavily layered paintings. There is a balance between intention and accident within Flanagan’s paintings, as he switches between modes of action painting, and ...

more contemplative, decisive registers within each work. Some pieces possess a somewhat manic, central compositional orbit for example, whilst others operate more subtly within the peripheries of the canvas. This blurring of influences and methodologies creates works which are all incredibly unique, some possess an immense electrical charge, whilst others are softer and more melodic in tone, using gentler palettes and offering more negative space. The distinct visual lexicon developed by Flanagan unites all these pieces together, as he continues to craft emotive and immersive paintings.