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PATRICK LUNDEEN, TEENAGE DOG, 2012, acrylic on linen with hair, 73 ins x 49 ins; 185.4 cms x 124.5 cms

PATRICK LUNDEENTEENAGE DOG, 2012acrylic on linen with hair 73 ins x 49 ins; 185.4 cms x 124.5 cms Provenance:Private Collection, New YorkLiterature:Lundeen, Patrick, interview by Pan Wendt. Patrick Lundeen: Tragicomic. Confederation Centre of the Arts, May 2013.Note:While Lundeen admittedly works with a "lowbrow aesthetic" (using human hair, flags, rugs, posters, and magazines as materials), he hesitates in calling himself a pop artist. Using sinister humour and a child-like aesthetic, Lundeen works to decipher and manage the overwhelming dependence of culture on media and images. The artist's mask series is inspired by the carnivalesque atmosphere of Coney Island, neon coloured kaleidoscope patterns, MAD magazines and a nostalgia for these colourful childhood memories. In a 2012 interview he explains, "I love masks and how they can transform people. Or how they become totemic for collective fears or desires." The masks become a map of experiences and observations, capable of transforming these singular memories into a collective experience.Lundeen is a Canadian artist now living and working in Brooklyn, New York. Receiving his MFA from Concordia University in Montreal, Lundeen has exhibited work all over Canada, Chicago, New York, and Sweden, with 13 solo exhibitions. Teenage Dog (2012) was featured in his first New York City solo show, Good For You Son. His work is also a part of the permanent collection at the Glenbow Museum in Calgary, and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts Art Bank in Edmonton.