Lot 2378
DENIAL (Canadian, b. 1976), Community 2013
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
24 x 35 3/4 in.
Private Collection, Raleigh, North Carolina
Inner State Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
Acquired from the above
Daniel Joseph Bombardier, known under his pseudonym DENIAL, is a Canadian pop and mural artist whose aerosol and stencil based works have been challenging contemporary politics, capitalism, consumerism and the human condition since his entry into the graffiti and street art movement in 1999. The moniker DENIAL was adopted as a pointed commentary on the advertising, political and media messages that contemporary society so readily accepts without question, and has since grown into a global street campaign of over 500,000 stickers, placards and murals bearing his signature alpha-numeric tag D3N!@L. A self-described subversive punk pop artist, Bombardier uses comedic expression, wit and provocative imagery to hold a mirror up to the comfortably numb consumer masses, simultaneously poking fun at the absurdities of modern life while challenging traditional notions of graffiti and public art through dynamic and often satirical visual subversions that are as unforgettable as they are disarming.
This painting was featured in "Company of Thieves," a landmark joint exhibition between Ben Frost and DENIAL held at Detroit's Inner State Gallery in 2013. The exhibition brought together two of contemporary art's most provocative voices in a bold exploration of appropriation, presenting confronting and unflinching re-imaginings of a society in cultural and political free fall.
Good estate condition.
