Now Available! | Dan Witz Mardi Gras Major Work
We’re proud to announce the availability of a major work from one of the most respected and enduring figures in contemporary street and fine art
Dan Witz
Mardi Gras 1
Part of The Bug Show Series
56” x 92”
Oil on Canvas
This monumental painting captures the chaotic beauty, intimacy, and psychological density of a Mardi Gras crowd at full tilt, rendered with Witz’s signature hyperreal precision. At this scale, the piece becomes immersive. Every face, gesture, and layered costume reveals itself slowly, pulling the viewer into a world that feels both celebratory and unsettling
Chicago-born and Brooklyn-based, Dan Witz is widely regarded as a pioneer of the street art movement, with a career spanning over four decades. From early interventions in the urban landscape to his now iconic hyperrealist crowd scenes, Witz has consistently pushed the boundary between public and private, illusion and reality
His Bug Show series of which Mardi Gras 1 is a standout example, explores the primal energy of human gatherings. Beneath the surface spectacle lies something more instinctual: anonymity, desire, tension, and transformation
Witz’s process is as layered as the work itself. Combining digital imaging with traditional oil glazing techniques rooted in the Dutch masters, he achieves an uncanny depth, light, texture, and flesh rendered with almost photographic intensity, yet unmistakably painterly
We most recently presented Witz as a special project at SCOPE Miami this past December, where his monumental scale work Brooklyn Heights sold, reinforcing the strength of his market and the demand for his most ambitious paintings
His work has been exhibited at major institutions including the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Modern Art (New York), and the Indianapolis Museum of Art, and has been featured in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, TIME Magazine, and New York Magazine. He also appeared in Exit Through the Gift Shop, further cementing his place in the history of contemporary art
This is a rare opportunity to acquire a museum caliber painting from one of the most important artists working today
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