Mark
Dion
Mark Dion: Deconstructing Knowledge, Challenging Perception Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, in 1961, Mark Dion’s artistic journey began amidst the echoes of a once-thriving whaling port and the remnants of its industrial past. This formative environment profoundly shaped his approach to art – a deliberate …
A portrait built from Mark Dion's own colours
Every 1 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.
