july, 2022
*Marshall: Dan Wahl Participatory Exhibition Don't Doubt Your Horses
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Marshall Lyon County Library
- 201 C St
Event Details
Dan Wahl Don't Doubt Your Horses a participatory exhibition Exhibiting at the Marshall-Lyon County Library* 201 C Street, Marshall, MN 56258 July 14 - August 26, 2022
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Event Details
Dan Wahl
Don't Doubt Your Horses
a participatory exhibition
Exhibiting at the Marshall-Lyon County Library*
201 C Street, Marshall, MN 56258 July 14 - August 26, 2022
In-Person Reception Wednesday, July 27 from 9:30 am- 11 am in conjunction with the Petting Zoo & Carnival at the Marshall-Lyon County Library*
*Please note: This exhibit will NOT be at the SMAC downtown gallery location on 3rd street.
Virtual Reception Thursday, August 4 at 5:30 pm Join Zoom Meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84913766476?pwd=cExSQ1VqM2piQmozQnNDdy83UjRVUT09
Meeting ID: 849 1376 6476
Passcode: 415122
If joining by landline, find your local number: https://us06web.zoom.us/u/klz9ljlAp
Please let SMAC staff know if you request any information or accommodations to attend in-person or virtual event by emailing info@swmnarts.org or you can visit our Access Page for more information as well: https://swmnarts.org/access/
---- This activity is funded, in part, by an appropriation from the MN State Legislature with money from the State's general fund and its art and cultural heritage fund that was created by vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008. ----
Dan Wahl Artist Statement
Don’t Doubt Your Horses is an interactive exhibition that includes your drawings with mine. It has been in development for 7 years, beginning with the 400 Horses Project. Born from a desire to understand the equine body structure, the 400 Horses Project began as a drawing exercise. I set out to create 400 horse drawings from January 1 to December 31, 2015. All was going well until I got blocked a few months into the project. I journaled and meditated and drew my way through the artist’s block. Then came a truly unexpected idea. I discovered that the project was not about making horse drawings. It was about liking the horse drawings. If the project was to be completed at all, I would have to accept all the horses. Every drawing, every horse. This was much easier said than done. The shift of focus from the act of drawing to the act of liking necessitated a deeper appreciation for the horses themselves. In order to accept them I had to let them be who they were. Who they are. This approach to the project began raising essential questions about standards and aesthetics. What is “bad art”? What drawings would artists hide in their sketchbooks? What horses would be crumpled up and thrown away? In the end, it seemed right to include every single drawing in one exhibition. The phrase “Don’t Doubt Your Horses” traveled along with some of the more adventuresome horses who were harder to like. I repeated the phrase to myself. Without that mantra some of these horses might never have come into being.
Dan Wahl Bio Dan Wahl is an artist and writer from the prairie land of southwest Minnesota. He thanks all people, past and present, who hold the land in their hearts. For several decades he has been asking friends, acquaintances, and strangers, “Could you please draw me a horse?”
Time
July 14 (Thursday) - August 26 (Friday)
Location
Marshall Lyon County Library
201 C St
Organizer
Southwest Minnesota Arts Councilinfo@swmnarts.org PO Box 55, 509 West Main Street, Marshall MN 56258
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