The Dough Warrior

http://www.sorendahlgaard.com/dwstudiopainting.html

PAINTING MAKES A STEP INTO THE OVEN.

Daniel Buren

In a way gesture to me has become a profound influence. The only way i can project a clear sense of unadulterated expression is to apply hold brush, apply paint and make contact with both on a surface. This mode of creation is at the centre of all my ideas.

I want there to be an underlying affiliation with nonsensical brushstrokes and mark making. There are artists that were achieving this in the 1980's like Basquiat and even before that like Kiefer. These artists gave virtue to the subconscious becoming the fore runner for the idea. First there is gesture then there is idea.

I was told about this artist in my tutorial and have enjoyed the paintings more that the conceptual artworks that Buren has been making with stripes. These paintings contain a complex method of layering and mark making - INSTINCT / IDEA.

The Path of the Avant-Garde

Having a strong interest in gesture and Expressionist art I found this guy - 'The Bull'. This affectionate nickname belongs to the Japanese artist Ushio Shinohara:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZgD1am-SgQ&feature=related

'The Bull' is a performance artist, the film shows him in full boxing attire punching a blank canvas. He was a prominent figure in the avant-garde and one of the founding members of the Neo-Dadaism Organizers in the 1950's & 60's.

The instinctual mark making and the performance itself can re-adjust the constraints of painterly art practice. Still paying homage to the gestures and passion that painters use in their work, such sculptures as the Skelton Rider Licking Strawberry Ice Cream Accompanied by Woman, Rabbit, and Frog (Just After Terrorist Attack on New York), 2004 shows the referencial methods and style of artists that 'The Bull' admired.


Shinohara was a post-war child who's parents instilled a love for Van Gogh, Cezanne and Gauguin. He found a deep relationship with the culture that had defeated his country and developed the Americanisation and disregard for social convention within it.

Annette Messanger

I went and saw 'The Messangers' show at the Hayward this year. Originally i went to see the Mark Wallinger's show 'The Russian Linesman' but ended up being far more taken back by Annette Messanger's works and ideas.

A avid collector of strange objects and curious fancies her work ranged from painting, collections, conceptual collages, installations, mechanical puppetry and drawings. What i loved about this show were the hanging works. There were drawings, paintings and photographs that hung together and formed a complete spectacle that was greater than the sum of its parts.

Great show with inspired ideas.

Billy Childish

Billy Childish is a romantic. His work reflects the love a painter has for paint and his brushes. This artist has become a cult figure who will life on in the minds of arts lover a lot longer that Hirst and Emin.

I like Childish's paintings, infact I believe that as a painter his subject matter and various styles offer more passion than many conceptual artworks. As well as the 'anti' vision he distils with his work and views it is apparent to me that Childish has far more to offer to the world than just his art.

Childish was also involved with the Art Hate Week, a cultural confusing campaign that called for a collective 'call for direct action against the mass acceptance of art as a false economy for the smug manipulative elite'.


http://www.billychildish.com/home.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/video/2009/sep/02/billy-childish-artist-punk-poet

Frank Auerbach

I have always loved Auerbach's paintings. I see them more like paint-sculptures that have a life created for them in layers of time and paint. It is exciting to see them too as you realise that they are like the earth's crust; alive!

In his work there is constant re-evaluation of what is being represented. The scrapping off of paint and the thick application make the images versatile and sometimes hostile towards aesthetic. However all the works have a intimate relationship visible which makes me wonder how long he takes on each painting and whether each is as traumatic for him as the last?

LONG LIVE AUERBACH!

Nigel Cooke

Stumbled upon this guy when I was at a gallery. The guy behind the desk showed me Nigel's work after i showed him some Illjoseph's work (http://www.flickr.com/photos/illjoseph). Was a good swap of interests!

I like his dystopian and cerebral conflicts in his paintings.