{"id":33660,"date":"2019-07-18T11:49:58","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T11:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artzealous.com\/?p=33660"},"modified":"2019-07-18T17:48:03","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T17:48:03","slug":"new-art-on-top-of-old-art-how-the-danes-are-becoming-brave-fearless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/new-art-on-top-of-old-art-how-the-danes-are-becoming-brave-fearless\/","title":{"rendered":"New Art on Top of Old Art: How the Danes are Becoming Brave & Fearless"},"content":{"rendered":"

Above: Artist Christian Elovara Dinesen and kids making an intervention on a public sculpture. Photo: Raaderum.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Many Danes might think they are brave and fearless – like Vikings, but really, they are not. Not when it comes to art at least. When talking about art, many Danes become scared and silent \u2013 maybe even a bit shaky. Okay, to be fair to my fellow countrymen and women, I think it\u2019s not only the Danes, who are like that. I experience the same in the US and many other places. The invisible \u2018wall\u2019 that exists between art and people, make some people think art is something that should be looked at and admired from a certain distance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Who put that wall up in the first place – and why? It taps back into the idea of the artist as a genius and the artwork as something that display and give insight into a higher truth, but that conversation is not so important here and now. What I\u2019m interested in is how<\/em> to break the wall down.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Let me tell you about an exhibition I curated last year for Raaderum – inviting 8 artists to make new art on top of existing public art across Denmark. The idea was to explore art as a tool to make art more accessible and engage people in art in a more free, playful and fearless way.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is how it looks when framing Paul Ingemann\u2019s public sculpture \u201cTermini\u201d with an artwork in the shape of a frame made by artist Tanja Nellemann Kruse.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The artist <\/span>Christian Elovara Dinesen<\/span><\/a> made a series of led-light videos, a light installation and a led-party performance on top of a large sculpture called \u201cTermini\u201d made by architect Paul Ingemann. The idea developed from the art bench being used as a site for parties among the kids in the town. Something that the town\u2019s adults and the police had not appreciated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The fun thing is that Paul Ingemann did actually want his sculpture to be used for parties and when Christian and the young kids threw a big techno party at the bench during the exhibition, he came and drank Bacardi Breezers with them. Many adults came and saw how the site was perfect for parties, that it might not be so wrong afterall to have a party on a sculpture once in a while. Perhaps art is a great way to get together and let go of old assumptions?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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