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Dan Attoe — Complicated Animals
Dan Attoe

Complicated Animals

Attoe's neon work renders his signature hand-lettered text and spare figurative imagery in glowing, buzzing light, blending the aesthetic of roadside signage with existential rumination. The phrase "Complicated Animals" pulses with an electric warmth that is simultaneously inviting and unsettling, speaking to the contradictions inherent in human nature. Attoe's use of neon transforms a simple declaration into a luminous meditation on what it means to be a thinking, feeling creature driven by base instincts.

Medium
neon

🔨 Auction Lot

Contemporary Day Sale

July 3, 2014

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Dan Attoe, Complicated Animals

Attoe's neon work renders his signature hand-lettered text and spare figurative imagery in glowing, buzzing light, blending the aesthetic of roadside signage with existential rumination. The phrase "Complicated Animals" pulses with an electric warmth that is simultaneously inviting and unsettling, speaking to the contradictions inherent in human nature. Attoe's use of neon transforms a simple declaration into a luminous meditation on what it means to be a thinking, feeling creature driven by base instincts.

Medium
neon
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Bold, Installation, American, Text-Based, Neon, Luminous, Whimsical, Light Art, Animals, Contemporary

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