Sunday, June 13, 2010

ARTIST : JOHN DAHLSEN

ART WORKS BY JOHN DAHLSEN

“Pastel Series” (9 Panels)
Date: 2003
Medium: Found objects behind perspex
Size: 44 cm (h) x 44 cm (w) each


“Thong Totems”
Date: 2000
Medium: Stainless steel, steel and found objects ( rubber thongs )
Size: 2.2m (h) x 30cm (w) each ( 5 in total )


"Bottle",
Date: 2000
Medium: Stainless steel, steel and found objects(rubber thong)
Size: 4.5m (h) x 1.5m (w)




John Dahlsen is a contemporary Australian installation artist, noted for works based on flotsom found along the Australian shoreline. His work 'Thong Totems' (based on recycled rubber flip-flops found along the beach) won the 2000 Wynne prize for landscape, and he represented Australia at the 2003 Florence Biennial. Dahlsen's works have also been included in Sculpture by the Sea He studied at the Victorian College of the Arts and at the Melbourne College of Advanced Education.

SOURCE : http://www.johndahlsen.com/

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