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Steffen Jørgensen: Cherry Picking
(Dirty Hands (Pig Cheese)), 2021. Wallpaper paste, acrylic paint, spray paint, and vinyl on MDF, 80 x 50 cm.
The work Cherry Picking (Dirty Hands (Pig Cheese)) by Steffen Jørgensen has the format of a painting but by further examination, the work rather appears as a relief. Jørgensen has shaped wallpaper paste
on an MDF board to create grooves and elevations. Using acrylic and spray paint on the relief’s elevations, the work looks like a moon landscape where craters and dark deep holes appear on the image surface. Jørgensen works alone as an artist but also has continuous collaborations parallel to his own artistic practice. Thus, he is part of the artist collective YEARS, and he has a close collaboration with the American French artist Will Benedict. Cherry Picking (Dirty Hands (Pig Cheese)) is a work that Jørgensen has produced as part of his own artistic practice. The work is also part of a large series but is not as overall characteristic of the artist’s work. He is mainly oriented toward installation and video, and he often creates tableaus where the two mediums are presented in prolongation of each other.
Steffen Jørgensen (1983, DK) has graduated from Funen Art Academy and Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Vienna.
He collaborates with Will Benedict and is a member of the artist collective YEARS. He has exhibited nationally and internationally, alone and in a large context, at Charlottenborg Art Hall, DK; Paris Internationale, FR; Bianca D’Alessandro, DK.
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