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 | | "Art In Defense of Humanism" | He was born in 1954, in Frederikssund, he is married and has three children. Certificate as a construction blacksmith in 1978. He is self taught silversmith and sculptor. He settled in Odense in 1973 and opened his 2000 m2 large studio in 1994, which contains a bronze foundry, a workshop, a gallery and a sculpture park.
Internationally, Galschiot could be characterized as one of the most significant Danish artist of late modernity(after 1980). His artistic production covers a wide field of expression; from jewellery and small danity figures to gigantic politically empathic sculptures. He is among the best-known Danish artists abroad. His reputation extends from Hong Kong, and Mexico to Germany, Spain and the USA. Apart from clothing sculptures Jens Galschiot creates international happenings to highlight the present unbalance of the world. The first of its kind was 'My inner Beast' from 1993, which was erected in 20 European cities, as a reminder to us all that Humanism is merely a thin coating disguising the potential brutality of our nature as human beings, and that it is a constant struggle to preserve and improve the results Humanism has achieved so far. Another example is 'The pillar of Shame', which symbolizes the opression of human rights; the first time it was erected was in Hong Kong in 1997 and in Mexico in 1999.
On the occasion of H. C. Andersens' 200th years anniversary in 2005, he has been asked by politicans, industrialists and citizens to make a suggestion for a sculpture in honour of the great poet of our city.
In the Name of God 2007: The sculpture depicts a crucified pregnant teenage girl in natural size. There will be various versions cast in copper. Some of the sculptures are naked – others are wearing clothes covering the intimate parts of the body, to avoid a futile dispute about nudity that in some countries might derail the debate. The sculpture can be displayed in different ways. It can be mounted on a cross or standing on tiptoe o
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| Name: Jens Galschiot | | Age: 55 | | Country: |  Denmark |
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| |  | Orange in Hong Kong
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The authorities of HongKong had tried to obstruct the painting of the sculpture by denying the Danish artist Jens Galschiot and his staff access to Hong more...Kong as they landed in the airport on April 26. The expulsion has caused wide discussions in Hong Kong about whether China is now introducing their own visa rules and censorship on to Hong Kong. The Danish artist has been in Hong Kong several times before and is known for making peaceful art installations. He has put up The Pillar of Shame which has become a renowned memorial about the massacre on the Tiananmen square in Beijing 1989.
The Chinese Democracy Movement decided to paint the sculpture orange by themselves to put focus on Human Rights in China and show support to the world wide project TheColorOrange about using Orange in connection to the Olympic Games 2008 to boost the awareness about the Human Rights violations in China.
This video about the event in HongKong has been produced by Niller Madsen, 'Odense ser Rødt' less
Added: May 27, 08
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|  | I Guds Navn - KBH
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På trods af kulden en kold decemberdag er en nøgen korsfæstet gravid teenager alligevel udstillet foran domkirken i København.. Med denne skulptur forsøger more...kunstneren Jens Galschiøt at fremme budskabet om bredere og bedre oplysning om præventionsmidler m.m. i den tredje verden. less
Added: Oct 26, 07
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| |  | Guldkalven
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- For at anklage de uetiske investeringer i belgiske banker.
En 8 meter høj bibelsk guldkalv belagt med 24 karat guld førte an i et optog af artister, more...en klovnehær, sambadansere og borgere i den belgiske by Chent. less
Added: Oct 26, 07
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|  | Fundamentalismens Pris
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To universitetsstuderende finder Jens Galschiøts værker yderst interessante. Især den gravide teenager på korset har fanget deres opmærksomhed og i den more...grad rettet mod den kristne fundamentalisme... less
Added: Oct 26, 07
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| |  | My inner beast and Silent Death
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Beast - mounting of one-ton heavy black concrete sculptures in famous places in twenty cities across Europe. The sculptures represent a pig in human clothes. more...The project has been called the biggest art happening in Europe. The purpose was, in an untraditional way, to focus on the increasing violence, intolerance, racism and persecution of minorities, that Europe witnessing these years.
The Silent death - a happening highlighting the absurdity of the global imbalance and the double standard of morallity in the western world. It was carried out during the UN's social summit in Copenhagen 1995. 750 figures of children(a total of 5 tons) were fettered to benches, lamp posts etc. all over the city. The figures were made of cloth and stuffed with gravel. Their size was like 3-9 year old children. They symbolized the 35.000, who die every day, because of hunger and lack of medicine, primarily in the poorest countries. less
Added: Oct 26, 07
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|  | Pillar of Shame - Hong Kong(GB)
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The first Pillar of Shame was set up in Hong Kong on June the 4th 1997 to denounce the crackdown of the democracy movement 1989 in Bejing.
Setting up more...the pillar ahead of the hand-over on 1st July, was a way of placing the sculpture on Chinese territory. Expressing an overt accusation of the old men's regime in Bejing, it functions as a litmus test of the authorities' vow to respect human rights and free speech in Hong Kong. less
Added: Oct 24, 07
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| |  | Jens i Palæstina
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Jens Galschiøt tog til Palæstina for at sætte sig ind i den alvorlige konflikt, der udspiller sig mellem Israel og Palæstina. I forsøget på at gøre en more...forskel i denne er han på jagt efter folk, der til daglig lever i og med denne splittelse, men som han selv opsøger humanisme og tilgivelse så vidt muligt. less
Added: Oct 24, 07
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|  | The Octopus Robe
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A movie about the sculpture, which is created on the Octopus Robe, designed by one of the world's most renowned Haute Couture designers, Danish Erik Mortensen. more...As early as 1989 Mortensen and Galschiot agreed on a co-operation of transforming the art of Haute Couture into sculptural art. However, the idea did not take concrete form until 1998, when the school for Fashion and Design of Odense requested the two artists to create a sculpture for the new buildings of the school. (this movie is in Danish). less
Added: Oct 24, 07
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| |  | Pillar of Shame - Hong Kong
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The first Pillar of Shame was set up in Hong Kong on June the 4th 1997 to denounce the crackdown of the democracy movement 1989 in Bejing.
Setting up more...the pillar ahead of the hand-over on 1st July, was a way of placing the sculpture on Chinese territory. Expressing an overt accusation of the old men's regime in Bejing, it functions as a litmus test of the authorities' vow to respect human rights and free speech in Hong Kong. (this movie is in Danish) less
Added: Oct 24, 07
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|  | Pillar of Shame - Mexico(DK)
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On the occasion of 1st May 1999 the Pillar of Shame was set up on the Zócalo in the Mexican capital. For two days the sculpture towered in front of the more...parliament to pillory the opression of the indigenous people. less
Added: Oct 24, 07
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| |  | Pillar of Shame - Brazil
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On April the 17th 2000 a Pillar of Sahme was erected in front of the parliament, on the square of three Powers in the Brazilian capital. The sculpture more...was set up in commememoration of the 19 landless peasants who were killed by the military police in the northern state of Pará on April 17th 1996.
On May the 1st the Pillar of Shame, dubbed 'nobel prize of injustice', was set up for good in Belém, capital of the nothern state of Pará, where the Eldorado massacre had taken place in connection with a land occupation.
The sculpture was set up in the wake of fierce scuffles, between protestors against impunity and the police. (this movie is in Danish) less
Added: Oct 24, 07
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|  | Sculptures by Jens Galschiot
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An introduction to the work of Jens Galschiot with pictures of selected sculptures by the political artist. Impressive music will join the picture serial.
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