Dag Erik Elgin
20.3.-5.4.15
Galleri Opdahl, Stavanger
Paintings of handwriting
Paintings of drawings
Paintings of drawings of paintings
For years, Dag Erik Elgin has spent his evenings drawing everyday objects from his home. And then he paints the drawings onto canvases. And the canvas is carefully prepared with that exact color. Even everyday motives from famous paintings are included, like food painted by Manet and Goya.
But the first paintings I see are of names in handwriting. Not just any handwriting, but that of Picasso, when he wrote down interesting artists that could be included in the 1913 Armory Show. It turned out that his intuition was quite accurate about who would later be famous artists.
Picasso's List / (Armory Show 1913)
Evening Drawings / Abendzeichnungen
Evening Drawings / Abendzeichnungen
Evening Drawings / Abendzeichnungen
Evening Drawings / Abendzeichnungen
Evening Drawings / Abendzeichnungen
