Here is a great insight into a great exhibition curated by Sonia Taborda for Art Basel, featuring three of the most influential artists of this generation. The Trilogy Exhibition features works from Ryan McGinley, Dan Colen and the late Dash Snow. None of the works on display are actually for sale, but shown is an entirely private collection by two Portuguese collectors. Open until December 8 at the The Ring Art Center one piece of work by each artist will be auctioned off on Saturday, with all proceeds going to charity.

Take a look at more images over at Highsnobiety.

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New York’s finest, Dan Colen, Nate Lowman, and Dash Snow  present a new joint show entitled Three Amigos, in Rome. Organisers Massimo De Carlo and Ludovico Pratesi split the show amongst 3 locations Dan Colen at Palazzo Rospigliosi, Nate Lowman in the American Academy in Rome, and Dash Snow at the Museo D’Arte Contemporanea Roma (MACRO). The once in a lifetime show runs through till December 11th and is worth the journey.

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NYC Artist Dan Colen put his mark on Fashion’s Night Out by installing a mural for the Details Guild that reads “OH GOD!” The mural, which was finished last night as festivities in the Meat Packing District began, is the 6th edition of the Details Guild and is in a partnership with The Whitney Museum of American Art.  Colen will be creating a limited edition piece of work that will go on sale later this month with all proceeds going to The Whitney’s Education Programs, including the Whitney’s Youth Insights program, the nationally acclaimed arts education and community outreach program for New York City high school students.

Located on West 13th Street across from The Standard Hotel.

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It was just last week that OHWOW launched its latest show in LA, a gathering of key artists who have been a part of the Post 9-11 art scene. The progress and climb of this group of artists throughout this era has been massive, the result a huge show in terms of its profile around the world. The exhibition was about much more than just showing off their success, it was about remembering how important the scene and friendships have been throughout this time. Exclusively for W Magazine, Dan Colen and Aaron Bondaroff discuss their personal stories of the time. An extract is below, read the rest here.

DAN COLEN: We all met around 9/11. We were just kids then. Ten years ago, I was living with Ryan [McGinley] on East 7th Street. It was the kind of apartment where a lot of people congregated. This was when we were becoming close with Aaron. We kind of naturally fell in together. It was pretty fluid. But still, I think when 9/11 happened we hadn’t really become close yet—not like the way we were with Dash [Snow] and Agathe [Snow]. And Terence [Koh] was just showing up around then. Pretty soon after that, Nate [Lowman] came around. He was just another kid. I didn’t know that he was the artist Nate Lowman. It’s funny, I knew of Nate Lowman the artist, and I actually thought he was a mid-career artist. I thought it was the best work I’d seen in so long, and I figured it was some 40 year-old man …

AARON BONDAROFF: I think it was more at Agathe’s apartment in the Lower East Side where she was actually doing those dinner happenings and bringing a lot of people together. I think that was really the moment where we all kind of got together.

DC: That’s right. Agathe was really close with Nate.

AB: Agathe’s mother had a restaurant on Prince Street called La Poème, and I saw her hanging out there a lot with Dash. I realized that a lot of these guys were connected to each other. They started hanging out in the basement of this restaurant.

DC: In 2003, Ryan and I moved out of 7th Street to Canal Street. And Dash was on Avenue C, which was a pretty big spot too. We spent a lot of time there. But when we moved down to Canal Street, Maccarone Gallery was down the block from us, so I started seeing Nate around again. [Lowman is represented by the gallery.] I thought maybe he was an installer there or something. I kind of approached him one day at the local café just to say what’s up. I asked him if he worked at the gallery. And he was like, ‘No, I show there.’ And I was like, ‘You’re Nate Lowman, whoa.’ That’s how we officially met. Then we got introduced to Adam McEwen and Aaron Young. And Michelle [Maccarone] moved her gallery, and Terence moved into her building. So then there was this whole thing around Canal Street—Terence had this entire building; Ryan and I were up the block; Nate was kind of living with us; Aaron Young’s studio was right over there [in Soho]; and Dash had moved to the Bowery then. So we were all in this really tight vicinity. Aaron’s store [aNYthing] opened up down there, too.

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Following our initial preview, here is a look inside Dan Colen’s latest exhibition entitled “Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are!”. Always doing things in his own unique way, this installation consists of some outlandish pieces from imagery of the artist himself to canvases resembling bird droppings or a slew of chewing gum stuck, now a signature of Colens work. With this exhibition dedicated to his late friend Dash Snow, someone who he thrived of at the peak of the Downtown New York scene over the last decade Colen has continued the path and this makes for a must see if in the area.

The Carlson Gallery / 6 Heddon Street / London / W1B 4BT / England

Thanks to Hypebeast for the images.

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MOCA’s new feel since Jeffrey Deitch took over as director continues to roll out, and the connections are obvious in this new show curated by artist George Helms and friend Robert Branaman, they pulled together a familiar group of younger artists who are all familar with Deitch, the likes of Rita Ackermann, Ryan McGinley, Dan Colen, Ari Marcopoulos, Agathe Snow, Kathryn Andrews and others will be a part of the show entitled ‘Xenophilia (Love of the Unknown)’ which runs from July 10th through till October 2nd.

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Practicing in the new millenium, these New York based-artists, friends and collaborators, are brought together by a sense of community and shared history. Their relationships with each other cemented fully over the last ten years – a decade spent sharing ideas, studios, apartments, and themselves. This intimate connection not only informed their respective practices, it also influenced their creative progressions. The loose society of downtown New York provides affirmation that the bond created making art together proved a powerful factor in the voice and vision of these artists.

Creating imagery, which at times expressed a rebellious spirit and freedom, also responds to their experience of these ten tumultuous years. The Post 9-11 artists’ work runs the gamut: defiant, irreverent and destructive; sublime, utopian, and filled with emotion. Two former studio mates and room mates, Dan Colen and Ryan McGinley exhibit the polarity. A painting of tar and feathers adhered to canvas by Dan Colen, Blop!, 2011, appears chaotic and abject. It references the barbaric and archaic act of punishment and interjects a strong sense of materiality with the use of unconventional media. Conversely, Ryan McGinley’s photograph, Tom (Golden Tunnel), 2010, is a surreal and cinematically arranged image of a nude, male figure in a train tunnel. It is as transcendent in its ethereal treatment as it is existential in its choreography and open-ended narrative.

These brief examples articulate that as a whole, the work in this exhibition is effective in its ability to translate the myriad reactions possible in light of a connected reality. No two experiences can be exact in their expression, however, their aesthetic approaches, although disparate, present a visual memoir of a defining era. Reluctant in yielding to definition, yet decidedly American, Post 9-11 characterizes the mood and complexities of a decade.

Ryan McGinley, Tom (Golden Tunnel), 2010. C-print, 72 x 100 inches. Courtesy of Team Gallery and the artist.

Dan Colen, Blop!, 2011. © Dan Colen. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery. Photography by Robert McKeever.

Opening Reception: Thursday, June 30, 6–9 PM
June 30 – August 27, 2011

OHWOW
937 North La Cienega Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90069

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Close friend of the late Dash Snow, Dan Colen has compiled a new body of works for an exhibition in honor of Snow. Entitled “COME OUT COME OUT WHEREVER YOU ARE”, the exhibition opens at Carlson Gallery on May 19 making for a must see.

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Following our initial preview of this remarkable exhibition entitled ‘Save the Date’ which also marked the opening of the Agnès b. store in NYC, here is a greater look at the works on the opening night. Featuring works from the likes of Dan Colen, Dash Snow, Ryan McGinley, Suitman, Rostarr, Harmony Korine, Young Kim and Jose Parla amongst others the store makes for a must visit.

Thanks to Arrested Motion for the images.

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Including Dan Colen, Ryan McGinley, Suitman, Rostarr, Harmony Korine and Jose Parla, this exhibition entitled ‘Save the Date’makes for a must see when the doors of Agnès b. open on April 1.

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From his recent show entitled ‘Peanuts’ in Oslo, Dan Colen releases his newest book. The Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art exhibition was Colen’s biggest solo exhibition so far. Colen’s artistic production encompasses photographs, painting and sculptures, and includes, among other things, Disney motifs and chewing gum on canvas, painted sculptures, graffiti-inspired text paintings, large installations, etc… With a New York downtown touch called “Bowery school” style.

The Book is 17 x 24 cm in size, 240 pages of Full-color in Paper back available at colette now.

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Thanks to Anders Lindholm. Source:  colen.afmuseet.no

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colette have provided the platform for another well known creative mind to showcase his talents with this very interesting installation. Dan Colen has creating this piece of work comprised exclusively of bicycle entitled “En Grève” showing the intertwined bikes “on strike”. On showcase for one week only, the meaning of the installation refers to the bike unwilling to move and being unleashed into society and realising their potential as transportation in Paris.

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OHWOW have released another great book from one of their illustrious names from their community Dan Colen, with this book entitled Out Of The Blue published by Gagosian. Out Of The Blue focuses on the artist’s legendary series of paintings based on a single image of Geppetto’s worktable. Each image is made unique by the inclusion of different phrases eminating from the smoke in the blown out candle from the image. Signed copies available exclusively online and at OHWOW stores.

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Along with Marc Newsom opening his “Transport” exhibition at the Gagosian Gallery, renowned New York native Dan Colen will open an installation on the highly coveted walls. Entitled “Poetry” perhaps we can expect some romance from this latest collection of works from an artist who often goes to the boundaries with his work. Dan Colen “Poetry” Exhibition opens on September 25 at Gagosian Gallery.

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