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Artworks
Bjarne Melgaard
Allen Jones Remakes (Suite of Three Figures), 2013Fiberglass resin, human hair, leather, sheep skin,
steel (base), acrylic paint, enamel paint, glass, luciteHat stand: 132 x 38,1 x 154,9 cm
Chair: 68,6 x 101,6 x 83,8 cm
Table: 147 x 76 x 66 cm
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In his installations Bjarne Melgaard combines painting, film, animation, photography, fashion and other objects that demonstrate his ability to create expressive, highly sensual spaces. His art deals with the dark...In his installations Bjarne Melgaard combines painting, film, animation, photography, fashion and other objects that demonstrate his ability to create expressive, highly sensual spaces. His art deals with the dark side of humanity and provides an insight into parallel worlds that exists alongside the world of normality. Artist points to problem areas that have been marginalized by society and which we perhaps prefer not to be confronted with.
Artist’s most famous work are appropriations of a similar Allen Jones series from 1969. The pop art sculptures Jones made in the late 60s, which use women — literally — as furniture, reflect the attitudes of its time and now is represented as a part of Tate collection. Questioning the power of representation, Melgaard investigates the psychological attitude of society to the problems of sexism, racism and the use of the female image in the mass media and pop culture.Exhibitions
Naturally Naked. Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Moscow. Aug–Dec, 2019
Pop Sculpture / Pop Culture, Leila Heller Gallery. Sep 18–Nov 15, 2014
Empire State, Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Paris. Nov 16, 201–Feb 15, 2014
Empire State, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome. Apr 23–Jul 21, 2013
Gang Bust: William N. Coply and BFBC, Inc. Venus Over Manhattan, New York. Apr 11–Jun 22, 20139of 9
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