Joakim works with fragments that together form the notion of a narrative — a format highly dependent on a receiver — an audience. However, the show at StudyforArtplatform is also a wrestle with the conditions for his practice, the outcome, the reception, and an attempt to listen to the urgency of the works themselves. What do they wish for?
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Sordid plaza
Pebbled path
sonkos
golonk
verhaal
Presume, it is a they: character, setting, a glimpse of a scene.
You wonder within - you are what you dream. While, Ruby (day news) told me:
Art takes time. Thus listen well.
What isn’t found will never be quelled.
So, study for art. Draw your platform. Seek out a friend.
What matters the most
are what we tell.
I often think of Goggo and Jamba. In the late 19th century, there were no applications to write, instead they’d walk through the city in the hope of finding their acceptance within a saloon. A sort of institution for upcoming artists which also functioned as a bar and a social melting pot. Works were spontaneously hung on the walls and the audience would enter mere hours after the exhibition was put together. A brief gathering which contrasted itself to their otherwise solitary agenda of the artists. Their works opened a window in the murky space, illustrating or giving a notion of life beyond the place of the exhibition. Gobbängen, Sarabrill, Twaggus and the unsettled bed. Art mimicked life. As such, this is my letter to the young artist:
An artist that can’t write english is not an artist.
The urgency of the work is not a craving of the critic.
Intellectualism does well when there is time.
Time is given to the artist with a friend at the culture pages.
Don’t mistake taste for truth.
Leave jealousy at the door.
The work might pull your leg during the opening.
This is my sonkos course. An investment in the goloon. They are roundest in the morning.
— Joakim Derlow
Selected Solo
Exhibitions
2023; ”Gömt i Snö”; Konstakademien; Stockholm, Sweden
2022; ”Rekaviður / Reka Við”; Kling & Bang; Reykjavik, Iceland
2022; ”Dear Friends (DPM)”; intervention; Kunstfort Vijfhuizen; The Netherlands
2022; ”How To Not Be Seen”; performance; iii; Den Haag, The Netherlands
2022; ”Vivl”; W139; Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2021; ”No Straight Paths”; web based comics project; Nordiska kulturfonden
2021; ”Kaikki On Ohi / Bo”; Konstdax; Stockholm, Sweden
2021; ”Gazpacho”; Baerum Kunsthall; Oslo, Norway
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023; ”Sans Dieu, Sans Maître, Sans Roi, Sans Droits”; 15 jaar Verbeke Foundation, Verbeke Foundation; Kemzeke, Belgium
2021 ;”Prospects”; Van Nelle Fabriek; Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Selected Grants
and Awards