Jens Galschiøt
Jens Galschiøt (* 1954 in Frederikssund, Denmark ) is a Danish artist. His most famous work is the series of sculptures of the Pillar of Shame.
Life
Galschiøt was born in Frederikssund 1954. In 1973 he moved to Odense and graduated in 1978 trained as a fitter at the Lindoe shipyard from. Skills as a silversmith and sculptor, he taught himself. In 1985 he set up his workshop in Odense, a gallery and sculpture garden.
With his wife Colette Markus he has three sons.
AIDOH
In 1995 Galschiøt at the World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen, the project AIDOH. The acronym stands for Art In Defence Of Humanism ( Art in Defense of Humanism ). He wanted to create a forum for artists worldwide who want to use their art to the defense of humanism and human rights. For worldwide implementation so far lack the resources, which is why in the context of AIDOH he been acting alone.
Artistic work
Impressed by the images of the Berlin Wall in the autumn of 1989, designed Galschiøt a sculpture with pieces of wall to commemorate this event. From the city of Berlin, he received two pieces of wall, but he could not find sufficient support for a statement as a memorial in Berlin. The model was exhibited at the Haus am Checkpoint Charlie, the Berlin Wall pieces are together with human sculptures of the work in the Sculpture Garden, Odense.
At the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, he initiated the Art- Happening SevenMeters.net. From 13 November to 19 December 2010, several art projects were carried out. This includes the installation of seven meters line in Copenhagen, an installation made of thousands of red blinking lights that marked over a distance of 24 kilometers, the height of seven meters above sea level, the potential sea level after the ice all the Greenland ice sheet. The Mermaid, the symbol of Copenhagen, he put in the water over the sculpture Survival of the Fattest. It represents an obese Justice, sitting on the back of an emaciated African man who stands up to the hips in the water. It should be a symbol of the double standards and the self-righteousness of the rich world. With her balance she sits on the starving man, the symbol for the Third World, and acts as if they would exercise justice and do what is best for him. Other installations in the context of Seven Meters: The pulse of the earth ( pulse of the earth ) and Wandering Refugees ( Wandering Refugees) at the Bella Centre metro station at the entrance to Climate Change Conference, Freedom to Pollute ( freedom to pollute the environment) and Balancing Act ( balancing act ). Seven meter was simultaneously an adaptation in Mexico by the artist Emmanuel Cruz.