By applying glazed layers in combination with hard-edge painted lines, Mullen creates layered images that figuratively communicate abstract concepts. When creating illusionistic forms he can, to some degree, illustrate an abstract idea or phenomenon, turning abstraction on its head. Driven by a sense that abstract art does not simply reproduce perceived outward reality but can be instead a transference of that which lies beyond our visual comprehension. It’s an artistic form -- if one follows Kandinsky's take -- that is the result of “an inner necessity”. Mullen creates a complex affect that manages to suggest the incarnation of something grand and vast yet also perhaps just that; a suggestion and not a reality. An illusion, and not the truth. As a devoted craftsman who meticulously creates all of his work without digital or mechanical aids, he still manages to create the impression of reproducibility, which is precisely what he seeks to highlight in an era of mass consumption.
The work of Daniel Mullen is represented worldwide and is part of numerous international collections.
Representation:
Frank Taal Galerie Rotterdam, NL
Kogan Amaro Gallery Sao Paulo, BR Zurich, CH
Elan Fine art Vancouver, CA
Gray Contemporary Houston, US
Marian Cramer Projects Amsterdam, NL
Art Rotterdam 2020 - Frank Taal Galerie
Art Rotterdam 2020 - Frank Taal Galerie
Solo exhibition In A Realm of Luminescence at Elan Fine Art, Vancouver, Canada September - November 2019
The Frankies Choice #2 - December 2019 - Frank Taal Galerie
Solo exhibition In A Realm of Luminescence at Elan Fine Art, Vancouver, Canada September - November 2019