Abstract artwork with geometric shapes and bold colors on a gray background

Overload - Acrylic / Mixed Media on Canvas - 24” x 24”

$2,000.00

Title: Overload
Artist: Dan Forlenza
Medium: Acrylic / Mixed Media on Canvas
Year: 2025
Size: 24" h. x 24” w. x 1.5"
Frame: none

Channeling the raw intensity of street art and the structured fragmentation of cubism, Overload depicts a stylized, robot-like entity caught in a moment of static tension. The central figure is constructed from heavy black outlines and blocks of white, ochre, and crimson, creating a jarring yet cohesive composition. Radiating lines surround the head like a halo of chaotic energy, suggesting an internal monologue manifesting outward—a visual representation of sensory or cognitive saturation. It is a bold exploration of modern anxiety and identity, perfect for contemporary collectors.

A square-format contemporary painting titled Overload depicting a central, abstract figure that resembles a skull or a mask. The figure is painted in stark white with heavy black outlines, featuring mismatched eyes—one a concentric target, the other a wide white circle with a black pupil. The mouth is a rectangular grimace revealing teeth. The body is segmented and skeletal, blocked in with beige and red. The background is a textured dark grey, punctuated by abstract geometric shapes and white, halo-like spikes radiating from the figure's head. The color palette is limited to black, white, grey, deep red, and mustard yellow.

Original Painting signed by the artist.

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Dan Forlenza is a multidisciplinary artist based in Woodstock, New York, where he is an active artist member of the Woodstock Artists Association & Museum. Working primarily in acrylic and mixed media on canvas, his practice explores the psychological weight of the modern human condition through the lenses of Pop Surrealism and Figurative Neo-Expressionism.

Forlenza’s roots in figurative and narrative art run deep. He was nationally published as a featured comic artist for King Features Syndicate in the weekly publication The New Breed and as the co-creator of the sci-fi graphic novel SUPERBUG. Today, he translates that strong illustrative foundation into highly tactile, loosely painted canvases. His current work relies on raw, expressive brushwork to challenge the hyper-curated aesthetic of the modern attention economy, offering a tangible rebellion against an increasingly oversaturated world controlled by algorithms.

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