The Dough Warrior project, Catalogue - Stalke

Slide paintings.
Installation view.
Slade School of Fine Art, London, 2002.
Human paintbrush techniques no. 2.
Paintings measure 122 x 244 cm each.
Wall Riding, 2001
Human paintbrush techniques no. 1.
Slide painting, 2002
Performance still.
Wall Riding, 2001.
Video stills.
… It says something about
Søren Dahlgaard, about him
specifically, but it also says a
lot about an individual at a
difficult time or place in
history. These days there are
many who paint, but only a
few years ago in the year
2000 it was relatively “new”.
I’m not saying that he painted
at the time, but you must
relate to it. Painting is in one
way or another the history of
art or a story within the
history of art which we as
individuals must either throw
a lump of dough at, paint over
or do something to. This is
because it’s the strongest
trend, and one that has been
elevated by the state and
collectors to the grandest
within the old hierarchies...
… Det siger noget om Søren
Dahlgaard, om ham specifikt,
men det siger jo meget om en
figur et sted i historien, hvor
det har været svært. Nu er
der enormt mange, der maler,
men bare tilbage i år 2000,
der var det altså stadigvæk
lidt nyt. Nu siger jeg ikke, at
han malede dengang, men
man må forholde sig til det.
Maleriet er på en eller anden
måde den der kunsthistorie
eller historie i kunsthistorien,
som alle bliver nødt til enten
at kaste en klat dej efter eller
male hen over eller gøre et
eller andet ved. Det er, fordi
det er den stærkeste strømning,
det er også den, der er
blevet løftet op af staten og
samlerne som det fornemste i
de gamle hierarkier …
Human Cannonball model, 2002.
Edition of 3. 40 x 50 x 30 cm.
Human paintbrush techniques no. 3.
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