Time Bomb is an original hand-signed artwork by Dutch artist Dadara, born Daniël Rozenberg, dating from 1998.
Executed in acrylic paint on paper, the work measures approximately 36 × 27 cm / 14.2 × 10.6 in. It is presented in a plexiglass frame measuring 40 × 31 cm / 15.7 × 12.2 in, with approximately 2 cm / 0.8 in of framing added on each side.
The 1998 date places Time Bomb within an important early period in Dadara’s career. After graduating from the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam in 1992, he became closely involved with the emerging electronic dance and underground culture of the Netherlands, producing flyers, record covers, live paintings, and other visual work before developing a broader contemporary-art practice.
Dadara’s work from this period is characterized by bold graphic imagery, surrealism, humor, and a critical interest in modern society. His wider practice has repeatedly explored themes including money, control, freedom, technology, dreams, communication, and the systems that shape everyday life.
The title Time Bomb suggests themes of tension, urgency, danger, and the pressure of time. While I could not locate a published interpretation of this specific 1998 work, these ideas fit naturally within Dadara’s broader visual language, in which familiar symbols are often transformed into playful but unsettling reflections on contemporary culture.
Other documented original Dadara works from 1998 were also executed in acrylic on hard paper, supporting the broader material context of his painting practice during this period.
As a unique, hand-signed original from 1998, Time Bomb offers an early example of the combination of humor, graphic directness, and social commentary that would continue throughout Dadara’s later paintings, installations, sculptures, and public projects.
A strong original work for collectors of Dadara, Dutch contemporary art, Amsterdam underground culture, 1990s visual culture, socially engaged art, and early works by the artist.
