DAN CHRISTENSEN "SPARK", 1983Dan Christensen (1942 2007) is recognized as a leader in American experimental abstraction. After completing his BFA at the Kansas City Art Institute in 1964, he moved to New York City, where his career immediately blossomed. In the late 1960s Christensen was championed by renowned critics such as Clement Greenberg, as one of the most original abstract painters, which resulted in his works being placed in many major museum collections, such as the

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tragedy and depravity throughout New York City in the 1930s for Acme newspapers

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for artists such as Joanne Tod

they made a significant contribution to postmodern and conceptual art in Canada and beyond

mingling with ochre

a form that is revisited and eventually created in metal

disguises and costumes to explore how woman are perceived

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often pairing the animal with a moral lesson

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75"W (artwork)