Julian Dashper

Untitled (after Thomas Hart Benton) (2006)

19 secSingle channel / Digital Video / Colour / Sound

In the studio of Thomas Hart Benton, a canvas prepared by Benton on the day he died.

"…As a kiwi on catch-up pilgrimages I have visited many overseas art shrines, though never the studio of Thomas Hart Benton (an influence on our regional painters). When Dashper filmed this site, he could have aimed at high production values (as he usually does), but kept to a tourist video. It shows a studio frozen in time, with a canvas prepared by Benton on the day he died. Also implied is the leap in art history associated with Benton’s best-known student, Jackson Pollock, so change is imminent on the blank canvas, emphasised by the alternating blank screen of the canvas…"

Roger Horrocks in 'Dashper Time', an essay for the exhibition 'Four Times Painting', Adam Art Gallery, 2007.

    Installation view of Untitled (after Thomas Hart Benton) (2006) Julian Dashper, at Massey University (2016)

    Other works by Julian Dashper

    A few people play instruments together in a studio.
    Julian Dashper

    Studio Songs (1998)

    Documentation of artists and performers making music in the artist's studio which is recorded by Dashper.

    Studio Songs
    The artist and an assistant hang his CV along a wall, it appears all black.
    Julian Dashper

    Untitled (Black C.V.) (1999)

    The artist and an assistant place Dashper's C.V. on the wall as a live event documented by the camera.

    Untitled (Black C.V.)
    A painting in the shape of an O ring is hung in a gallery.
    Julian Dashper

    Untitled (O) (2003)

    A 1 second image displays every 15 seconds, to be installed with a second video showing a 1 second image every 15 minutes.

    Untitled (O)
    A sign at night under dim streetlights.
    Julian Dashper

    Untitled (The Last 15 Seconds of the Last Venice Biennale) (2007)

    A brief document of the closing of the Venice Biennale.

    Untitled (The Last 15 Seconds of the Last Venice Biennale)
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