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The Dough Warrior project, Catalogue - Stalke

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… One could say it also<br />

points to another area the art<br />

world currently concentrates<br />

on, namely the artist. But<br />

what kind of figure is he then<br />

if art can be outlined to an<br />

extent that an informal<br />

conversation becomes the<br />

artwork <strong>The</strong> romantic figure<br />

disappears completely –<br />

typically the male painter<br />

who staggers and fences<br />

with brushes. This figure has<br />

already been fiercely<br />

challenged and it is here, on<br />

the small plot of land, where<br />

the <strong>Dough</strong> <strong>Warrior</strong> treads. If<br />

he is unable to guide the<br />

brushes into the buckets of<br />

paint he merely lifts the<br />

bucket and paints. It is both<br />

comical and tragic, and is<br />

one of many stories portraying<br />

the difficulties of being an<br />

artist…<br />

… Man kan sige det er jo<br />

også med til at pege på en<br />

anden ting, som kunsten i<br />

disse år har fat i, nemlig<br />

kunstneren. Hvad er han<br />

for en figur, hvis kunsten<br />

udgrænses i en sådan grad,<br />

at man kan sidde og have en<br />

diskussion, og dét så er<br />

værket. Da forsvinder den<br />

romantiske figur helt væk,<br />

typisk den mandlige maler,<br />

der står og fægter med<br />

penslerne. Og den er jo allerede<br />

voldsomt udfordret og<br />

dér – lige ind på den parcel -<br />

træder dejkrigeren altså. Og<br />

kan han ikke styre penslerne<br />

ned i bøtterne, da tager han<br />

bøtten op og maler. Det er komisk<br />

og tragisk, og det er<br />

endnu en fortælling blandt<br />

mange om det besværlige<br />

ved at stå på det sted, der<br />

hedder ’en kunstner’…<br />

Hexagonal Cyclops, 2000.<br />

Photo series of 5 images.<br />

70 x 100 cm. Edition of 5 + 1 AP.<br />

100 x 150 cm. Edition of 1 + 1 AP.<br />

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