FORTUNE – Two days before the opening of the exhibition, the museum which had loaned the sum to the Danish artist discovered the empty boxes and the white canvases. The museum director will take action against Jens Haaning as soon as the exhibition ends in January.
ER with AFP –
70,000 euros. It is the sum of banknotes loaned by a Danish museum to an artist who was to use them to reconstruct one of his old works representing one year’s salary in Denmark and Austria. But instead of sticking the tickets on a canvas, Jens Haaning finally decided to keep the small fortune for himself.
“Two days before the opening of the exhibition, we received a message from Jens telling us that he had not produced the works on which we had agreed”, explained the director of the museum, Lasse Andersson. Instead, the artist said he would send more “titled Take the money and get out“, told the head of the museum to AFP.
Empty boxes and white canvases
When the boxes opened, the employees noticed that this was exactly what the plastic surgeon had done: the money was not there and the fabrics had remained white. After the amazement, Lasse Andersson laughed and the museum decided to present the two works as part of its exhibition on modern work. “They offer a humorous approach and lead to reflect on the way in which we value work”, he justified.
The artist, for his part, defended his gesture, evoking a way of affirming “that we also have the responsibility to question the structures of which we are part”. “If these structures are completely unreasonable, we must break with them”, Jens Hanning justified in a press release.
Read also
- Who was Christo, the contemporary artist who posthumously “wraps” the Arc de Triomphe?
- “Something of”: the astonishing sculpture by the artist Bertrand Lavier in homage to Johnny Hallyday
For now, Lasse Andersson has chosen to focus on the artistic merit of the two paintings, while acknowledging that he does not despair of seeing one day the ones he had commissioned. But after the last day of the exhibition, January 16, his considerations will no longer be aesthetic or philosophical. “We will take the necessary steps to ensure that Jens Haaning respects his contract and returns the money”, he stressed. For his work, Jens Haaning had received 10,000 crowns (1340 euros), to which is added an exhibition bonus.
On the same subject
The most read articles
Home energy diagnostics: a bad surprise for owners
Donald Trump’s “terrifying anger” told by his former spokesperson
Anti-Covid vaccine: what do we know about the side effects of the 3rd dose?
LIVE – Covid-19: the number of new daily cases down 14% over one week
Unemployment insurance reform: what are the new rules for calculating the allowance?
Download Alabanzas De Adoracion – Muevete En Mi Album Mp3 Zip
Download Woodkid – Warm Core – EP Album Mp3 Zip
Download downstairs J – basement, etc… Album Mp3 Zip
Download Matt Cappy – Tales of the Tape Album Mp3 Zip
Download Lil Mill – Sketch of a Black Man 4 Redemption Album Mp3 Zip
Download Various Artists – Street Toughs Riddim Album Mp3 Zip
Download Verschillende artiesten – Love, Victor: Season 2 (Original Soundtrack) Album Mp3 Zip
Download Polyester the Saint – P-Legit : The Master Peace Album Album Mp3 Zip
Download Dillinger – Under the Blue Light Album Mp3 Zip
Download Big Mont – The Green Tape Album Mp3 Zip
Download Johnny Reid – Home – EP Album Mp3 Zip
Download City Park – About To Album Mp3 Zip
Download JOHNNY NABU – Liebe Gruess – EP Album Mp3 Zip
Download Laurent Wolf – No Stress (feat. Eric Carter) [Stereoclip Remix] – EP Album Mp3 Zip
Download Cornetto – Cornettazos, Vol.2 Album Mp3 Zip
Download Kankan – ##B4rr – EP Album Mp3 Zip
Download Various Artists – Aesthetic 13 – EP Album Mp3 Zip
Download Northern Lite – JA Album Mp3 Zip
Download Luca Fucci – Damaged Album Mp3 Zip
Download Start Rap – Não Tem Mais Volta Album Mp3 Zip
Download SwitchBacK HC – Batendo de Frente – EP Album Mp3 Zip
Download Lxandra – Careful What I Dream Of Album Mp3 Zip
Download NEY LIQA – Fade to Black – EP Album Mp3 Zip
Download Stone Foundation – Is Love Enough? (Deluxe) Album Mp3 Zip
Download Luiz Bonfá – Le ore dell’amore (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Extended Version] Album Mp3 Zip