DAN CHRISTENSEN "CLOUD / FLAGS" 1979 mickalene thomas limited edition Often invoking poses and compositions

Often invoking poses and compositions of classical art

Nowhere is this more apparent than in "Side by Side"

rapid line work and the intensity of her colors

or absurd renditions of group self-portraits

using the three-dimensional surfaces as a canvas for exploring his favorite motifs

DAN CHRISTENSEN "CLOUD / FLAGS" 1979 mickalene thomas limited edition Often invoking poses and compositionsDan Christensen (1942 2007) is widely recognized as one of Americas foremost color abstractionists. Over the course his lengthy career, Christensen was devoted to exploring and expanding the constantly shifting trends of 20th century abstraction. Christensen established his reputation at the end of the 1960s, by using spray guns to create colorful stacks, loops, and lines in his artworks. This body of work was considered by the legendary art critic