DAN WOLGERS
TORSO (SELF PORTRAIT) I-VII
Lars Bohman Gallery has the pleasure to present its tenth exhibition with Dan Wolgers. Wolgers is well known for his absurd reinterpretations of everyday objects, as well as Dadaistic pranks. His work is at once humorous and deeply serious and points to actual economic and social relations. The playful relation to language is something of a hallmark in Wolgers' art – and the titles show Duchampian puns and verbal tour de force as well as an ambiguous and vandalistic attitude towards the master works of art history.
The exhibition consists of a series of seven bronze sculptures entitled Torso (self portrait) I-VII. A quick glance is followed by surprise – what do these works actually depict? What we see is just as the title suggests a self portrait, but as with a Rorschach ink blot we cannot help the associations leading to Courbet's scandalous L'origine du monde and Duchamp's Étant donnés. Furthermore the title gives both a hint of formal classicism and of the romantic tradition with the artist in the centre of the creative act. But Wolgers calls a stop to this pretentious fiction by letting the self portrait, in true Dadaistic spirit, take the shape of an image that oscillates between the face of the artist and a woman's womb.
A catalogue with a text by the artist is available. A monumental Torso, more that 3 meters high will be placed at Stadsgården in central Stockholm spring 2009. Autumn 2008 Dan Wolgers will receive the Prince Eugen Medal, awarded for outstanding artistic achievement.
Dan Wolgers was born in Stockholm in 1955 where he also lives and works. He has made numerous solo exhibitions in Sweden and abroad as well as recently participating in "The Artist as a Young Dog", Bror Hjorths hus, Uppsala, and "Retro", Kalmar Art Museum. He is represented in numerous public collections such as Göteborg Art Museum, Malmö Art Museum, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, the Museum for Contemporary Art KIASMA, Helsinki, Västerås Art Museum, Dunkers Kulturhusand Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall.
For further information, please contact the gallery.
TORSO (SELF PORTRAIT) I-VII
Lars Bohman Gallery has the pleasure to present its tenth exhibition with Dan Wolgers. Wolgers is well known for his absurd reinterpretations of everyday objects, as well as Dadaistic pranks. His work is at once humorous and deeply serious and points to actual economic and social relations. The playful relation to language is something of a hallmark in Wolgers' art – and the titles show Duchampian puns and verbal tour de force as well as an ambiguous and vandalistic attitude towards the master works of art history.
The exhibition consists of a series of seven bronze sculptures entitled Torso (self portrait) I-VII. A quick glance is followed by surprise – what do these works actually depict? What we see is just as the title suggests a self portrait, but as with a Rorschach ink blot we cannot help the associations leading to Courbet's scandalous L'origine du monde and Duchamp's Étant donnés. Furthermore the title gives both a hint of formal classicism and of the romantic tradition with the artist in the centre of the creative act. But Wolgers calls a stop to this pretentious fiction by letting the self portrait, in true Dadaistic spirit, take the shape of an image that oscillates between the face of the artist and a woman's womb.
A catalogue with a text by the artist is available. A monumental Torso, more that 3 meters high will be placed at Stadsgården in central Stockholm spring 2009. Autumn 2008 Dan Wolgers will receive the Prince Eugen Medal, awarded for outstanding artistic achievement.
Dan Wolgers was born in Stockholm in 1955 where he also lives and works. He has made numerous solo exhibitions in Sweden and abroad as well as recently participating in "The Artist as a Young Dog", Bror Hjorths hus, Uppsala, and "Retro", Kalmar Art Museum. He is represented in numerous public collections such as Göteborg Art Museum, Malmö Art Museum, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, the Museum for Contemporary Art KIASMA, Helsinki, Västerås Art Museum, Dunkers Kulturhusand Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall.
For further information, please contact the gallery.