About

Jacob Dahlgren wears striped t-shirts and makes paintings and video pieces based on them. He eats tinned food, and makes sculptures of delicious colours from the cans. He can make a piece of sculpture from Ikea clothes hangers or a relief from disposable plastic cups. Saws, pencils and carpenter’s rules turn into art in his thoughts and hands.

With each of his intelligent, amusing and visually fascinating works, Dahlgren proves to us that everyday life contains the potential for art. He processes the everyday experience, reminding us that it is worthwhile to look around you. In a sense, he …