Jens Galschiøt

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Jens Galschiøt

Jens Galschiøt (* 1954 in Frederikssund , Denmark ) is a Danish artist. His best known works are the series of sculptures of the Pillar of Shame and the dialogue project Abraham's children .

Life

Galschiøt was born in Frederikssund in 1954. In 1973 he moved to Odense and completed an apprenticeship as a locksmith at the Lindoe shipyard in 1978. He taught himself skills as a silversmith and sculptor. In 1985 he set up his workshop with gallery and sculpture garden in Odense.

He has three sons with his wife Colette Markus.

AIDOH

In 1995 Galschiøt started the AIDOH project on the occasion of the World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen. The acronym stands for Art In Defense Of Humanism ( Art in Defense of Humanism ). He wanted to create a forum for artists worldwide who want to use their art to defend humanism and human rights. There are currently no funds for global implementation, which is why he has so far acted alone within the framework of AIDOH.

Artistic work

Pillar of Shame outside Hong Kong University, recorded in 2009

Impressed by the pictures of the fall of the Berlin Wall in autumn 1989 , Galschiøt designed a sculpture with pieces of wall to commemorate this event. He received two pieces of the wall from the city of Berlin , but he did not find sufficient support to erect it as a memorial in Berlin. The model was exhibited in the house at Checkpoint Charlie , the pieces of the wall are together with human sculptures from the work in the sculpture garden in Odense.

On the occasion of the UN climate conference in Copenhagen he initiated the art happening SevenMeters.net . Various art projects were carried out from November 13th to December 19th, 2010. These included the installation of the seven meters line in Copenhagen , an installation made up of thousands of red flashing LEDs , which over a distance of 24 kilometers marked the height of seven meters above sea level, the potential sea level after all the ice in Greenland had melted. He juxtaposed the mermaid, the symbol of Copenhagen, with the sculpture Survival of the Fattest . It depicts an overweight Justitia sitting on the back of an emaciated African man who is up to his hips in the water. It is meant to be a symbol of the double standards and self-righteousness of the rich world . With her scales she sits on the starving man, the symbol of the Third World , pretending to be doing justice and doing what is best for him. Other installations as part of SevenMeters: The pulse of the earth and Wandering Refugees at the Bella Center subway station at the entrance to the climate conference, Freedom to Pollute and Balancing Act (balancing act). SevenMeters also found an adaptation in Mexico by the artist Emmanuel Cruz .

In 2015 he realized the project Abrahams Kinder , which deals with the monotheistic religions: Islam , Christianity and Judaism .

In 2017 he designed 70 bronze sculptures for the socio-cultural ship project on escape and migration “ Arriving safely with safety ”.

Awards

  • 1994: Jubi-pris of the Pædagogisk Medhjælperforbunds for My Inner Beast
  • 1994: Funktionærernes og Tjenestemændenes Fællesråds Kulturpris
  • 1995: Gelsted / Kirk / Scherfig Foundation for Pillar of Shame
  • 1996: Korsløkke Ungdommelige Gejst og Glædes Pris
  • 1997: The Golden Shovel by Danish Radio for an exceptional contribution to cultural life to the cultural life
  • 2001: Industri– og Handelsforeningens Æreshåndværkerpris
  • 2002: Artist Prize of the Danish Confederation of Trade Unions
  • 2002: Scharnberg Prize
  • 2005: Bjoern Afzelius Prize

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.aidoh.dk/new-struct/Happenings-and-Projects/2011/Fundamentalism/DE-Concept.pdf
  2. ^ People behind SevenMeters.net (Eng.), Ab. January 20, 2010
  3. ↑ Anna Kaminsky (Ed. On behalf of the Federal Foundation for the Processing of the SED Dictatorship ), Ronny Heidenreich: The Berlin Wall in the World. Berlin-Story Buchhandlung & Verlag, Berlin 2009, p. 38 ISBN 978-3-86855-023-8
  4. ↑ Homepage sevenmeters.net (English), down. January 30, 2010.
  5. ↑ http://www.fundamentalism.dk/en/wp-content/uploads/Koncepts/DE_koncept_Farve_270614.pdf
  6. ^ Art project: A refugee boat moored at the Nordsternpark pier WAZ from August 21, 2017 . Retrieved August 24, 2017
  7. ↑ Original project description . Retrieved August 24, 2017

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personal data
SURNAME Galschiøt, Jens
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Galschiøt Christophersen, Jens
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Frederikssund , Denmark