please return, 2014. Sound installation with sign. Photo: Stuart Whipps
“Îcon priznts a ny xibišn v wrc bî A C Dolvn, wn v Nōwe’z most prominnt ātists. Ʈru a vrayti v mīdia – pêntñ, insṭlešn, film n sând – š z cnsrnd isnšli wɖ ɖ repṛzentešn v sblîm načṛl fwsz. In ɖs rspct š îdntifîz wɖ ɖ rnând nîntīnʈ senčri Nōwījn pêntr Pedr Balca (1804–1887), huz wrc z olso includd in ɖ xibišn.
Peder Balke, A ship off a coast in stormy sea, 1844. Oil on canvas. Courtesy The Hearn Family Trust. Photo: Stuart Whipps
Peder Balke, A ship off a coast in stormy sea, 1844. Oil on canvas. Courtesy The Hearn Family Trust. Photo: Stuart Whipps
Peder Balke, Stormy Sea (c. 1870). Oil on wood. Copyright The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway.
Peder Balke, Stormy Sea, c.1870. Oil on paper on wood board. Courtesy The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo. Photo: Stuart Whipps
Peder Balke, Northern Lights over coastal Landscape, c.1870. Oil and paper on cardboard. Courtesy The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo. Photo: Stuart Whipps
In hiz landsceps v nwɖn Nōwe, Balca’z hymn subjcts r dwōft bî ɖer srcmstansz, az sml figrz in ɖ landscep, or ɖer prezns z implîd bî modist dwelñplêsz or bôts at ɖ mrsi v ɖ sì. Ẇlst šẹrñ Balca’z wrldvy, Dolvn’z vižn z mr ôvrtli fiḷsoficl, dīlñ wɖ ɖ nêčr v psepšn n ɖ sbconšs funẋnñ v memri n fīlñ. It z significnt ɖt š fôc̣sz on densli multīsenṣri sičuešnz, in ẇč hr mn subjct z at wns vri preznt n reẓnnt wɖ lost tîm.
In sfpwtrit, Brlin februar 1989 Lofoten august 2009 (2010), an 8mm film on vidio, w si ɖ ātist in a tlñ daylog wɖ hrslf acrs tîm. Ɖ ŕlı̣r fŭtij wz šot in West Brlin, ovrlcñ ɖ rivr Spri ẇč, in ŕli 1989, wz pāt v Īst Brlin. Standñ cold n nêcid, az š trnz ɖ camra arnd hr wêstlîn untl ɖ rol v film z yzd p, ol ɖ tîm š z biyñ wočt bî Īst Jrmn bwdrṗlis. Ɖ lêtr fŭtij, filmd twenti yirz on, fīčrz Dolvn mcñ ɖ sem jesčr wɖ a camra on a mântintop in nwɖn Nōwe, in ɖ ẇît lît v an Āctc sumrnît, ovrlcñ ɖ sì. Ɖs slfpwtrit z ostnsbli an ātwrc abt ɖ wrld bynd, ẇlst biyñ sentrd on ɖ ātist, n hr plês in tîm.
A ny siriz v pêntñz bî Dolvn aludz t Balca ɖru its mīdı̣m – ɖ leyrd aplicešn v culr on aḷmiňmpanlz, sml-scêl n miniṃlist. Bt rɖr ɖn reprizntñ blīc landscep, ɖ mix v jeso, cadmı̣m-orinj n ẇît ýlpênt rzults in a hymn scintôn. Ɖ panlz ber ɖ wūndz v hamrbloz, struc hād bî ɖ ātist intu ɖ srfisz ɖt š hz cerfli priperd. Ɖz r ɖ imfatc trêsz v an ātistc act ɖt rfŕz at wns bʈ t ɖ mācs w mc n ɖ mācs md on s ʈru a lîftîm.
[…]”
A K Dolven, please return, 2014. Sound installation with sign. Photo: Stuart Whipps
A K Dolven, please return. Installation, Ikon Gallery, 2014. Photo: Stuart Whipps.
A K Dolven, please return. Installation, Ikon Gallery, 2014. Photo: Stuart Whipps
A K Dolven, please return. Installation, Ikon Gallery, 2014. Photo: Stuart Whipps
A K Dolven, please return. Installation, Ikon Gallery, 2014. Photo: Stuart Whipps.
A K Dolven, please return. Installation, Ikon Gallery, 2014. Photo: Stuart Whipps
A K Dolven, please return. Installation, Ikon Gallery, 2014. Photo: Stuart Whipps
A K Dolven, please return. Installation, Ikon Gallery, 2014. Photo: Stuart Whipps.
A K Dolven, please return. Installation, Ikon Gallery, 2014. Photo: Stuart Whipps
A K Dolven, please return. Installation, Ikon Gallery, 2014. Photo: Stuart Whipps
A K Dolven, please return. Installation, Ikon Gallery, 2014. Photo: Stuart Whipps
A K Dolven, please return. Installation, Ikon Gallery, 2014. Photo: Stuart Whipps
A K Dolven, just another puberty, 2014. Oil on aluminium. Photo: Stuart Whipps
A K Dolven, A4 black I, 2014. Oil on canvas. Photo: Stuart Whipps
A K Dolven, A4 double horizon, 2014. Oil on aluminium. Photo: Stuart Whipps
A K Dolven, vertical on my own, 2011. 16mm film transferred to HD video projection with sound. Photo: Stuart Whipps
A K Dolven, vertical on my own, 2011. 16mm film transferred to HD video projection with sound. Photo: Stuart Whipps
A K Dolven, vertical on my own, 2011. Installation Bo Bjergaard, Copenhagen
A K Dolven, liberty, 2008. Video installation and wall drawing (detail). Photo: Stuart Whipps
A K Dolven, liberty, 2008. Video installation and wall drawing (detail). Photo: Stuart Whipps
A K Dolven, liberty, 2008. Video installation and wall drawing (detail). Photo: Stuart Whipps
A K Dolven, self portrait, berlin februar 1989 loften, August 2009, 2010. Two 8mm films transferred to 2-channel video on monitor. Photo: Stuart Whipps.
