Artist Duo
BARKING DOGS UNITED
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2009
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Human Dollz

2008

What We Is Want What You Want
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2007
Bis Auf Weiteres...

2006
On A Spaceship With No Fuel And No Future
Carwash
iForgive / iForget

2005
The Wild Bunch
Barking Dogs United: What We Want Is What You Want
Solo Exhibition
15.05.08 - 28.06.08, Schalter, Berlin, Germany.

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For what we want is what you want, Barking Dogs United have replaced the floor of Schalter with one made up entirely of skateboards. All the boards remain functional, complete with grip tape, trucks, and wheels, creating an unstable and ever-shifting ground to stand on. Quite literally, the boards give and roll slightly with viewers as they move through the space, inviting a physical sense of insecurity to enter the work.

Barking Dogs United's work is often trained on questions about art's role and function in contemporary culture. Do we view the artist as a social activist dedicated to articulating society's ills, or an entertainer? What relationship does the artist have to the art market, galleries and audience? Who can or should we answer to, and to what end? Salmon and Arvanitis locate their work in the shuffle between order and chaos, self-promotion and humility, individual prerogative and global responsibility. And, as the exhibition title suggests, the work invites us to have it both ways, without offering an explicit answer or question.

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