Pudel
Artist
Kjartan Slettemark
(Norge, 1932 - 2008)
Alternate Title
- Poodle
Date1975
MediumSuit in synthetic material, mannequin, video
Dimensions200 x 86 x 62 cm
30:00 min
Classification
Credit LinePurchase 2002 funded by The Gerard Bonnier Foundation
On view
StockholmRoomGallery 01:14
Object NumberMOM/2002/235
CollectionsThe Gerard Bonnier Collection
About the artworkKjartan Slettemark’s poodle costume is no ordinary sculpture. It is a reminder of a series of unique performances. What is left is the costume, a couple of films and photographs and the stories from those who were there. In March 1975, Slettemark performed as a poodle at the opening of the new Kunsthalle in Malmö, and was quickly ejected by the police. This apparently innocuous dog thereafter appeared as an infiltrator and alter ego for the artist on unforgettable occasions. Slettemark, dressed as poodle, submitted himself as a work of art to the yearly Spring show at the Liljevalch gallery. In 1976 in New York, people were invited to "Vote Poodle!" in the American presidential elections.
Selected exhibition history
Blir du lönsam, lille vän? Svensk konst 1945-1979 i Moderna Museets samling
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Samlingsutställning 2019-2022 (den 1 februari 2019 - den 27 augusti 2023)
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Kjartan Slettemark (den 7 september 2002 - den 27 oktober 2002)
Steninge Slott Kulturcenter, Märsta
Samlingsutställning 2004 - 2011 - I vår tid (2004 - 2011)
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Bibliography
KjARTan, Millesgården 1996
Hjärtat sitter till vänster. Svensk konst 18´964-74, ed B Karlsson, U Kihlander och O Åstrand 1998 s.34
Come Closer - Kunst der 90er Jahre aus Skandinavien und ihre Vorläufer, ed. Maria Lind 1998,s.125ff ill
Like Virginity Once Lost Five Views on Nordic Art Now, ed D Birnbaum och JP Nilsson 199 s. 14 ill. 33
Cecilia Widenheim, Tidningen M MMV:s tidskrift 2003