This year marks the 300th anniversary of Denmark's colonization of Greenland, and young forces in Greenland's artistic life are in full swing with the showdown with the colonial legacy. But is Denmark only interested in Greenlandic contemporary artists when the exhibition theme is Greenland or the Arctic?
Artists and art historians identify answers to that question the September edition of BKF's trade magazine BILLEDKUNSTNEREN, which has just been released. Here below you will find selected articles.
Greenlandic artists are overlooked in Danish art life
Julie Edel Hardenberg: From the series Whitewashed. 2021.
The artists Yvette Brackman and Bettina Camilla Vestergaard publish a self-help and debate book about how we can create a more inclusive and respectful working environment in the art world. They talk about their work with the project Art Different Communities in a large interview with the magazine BILLEDKUNSTNEREN. Read along here:
Desired: A more respectful and caring art world
Visual artists Bettina Camilla Vestergaard and Yvette Brackman. Photo: Rine Rodin.
How has your working life, finances and mental health been affected by almost a year and a half of corona-related restrictions, shutdowns and aid packages? We asked members of the Visual Artists Association (BKF) about this, and the answers rolled in from all parts of the country. Read along here:
6 out of 10 visual artists have not applied for aid packages
Den Frie 21 (Exhibitions) was one of the many exhibitions that never managed to open to the public due to corona shutdowns. Photo: David Stjernholm.
A completely mistaken decision that risks slowing down many other art projects in the public space. This is the opinion of the Association of Visual Artists (BKF), that helps the visual artist FOS in a matter of principle regarding artist VAT. Both BKF and the Academy Council call on the politicians to update the artist VAT scheme.
Artist stuck in tax dispute over social sculpture
FOS: Your success is your amnesia. Decoration for the Efterslægtens HF center. Photo: Torben Eskerod.
BKF's chairman Nis Rømer writes an editorial about the late effects the art world is experiencing in the wake of corona:
Late sequels and the time of the big agendas
Trade journal BILLEDKUNSTNEREN sent to all members by post. Do you want to subscribe but are not a member of BKF? Then send an email to bkf@bkf.dk Subscription for non-members costs NOK 300 for four annual publications.
Editor: Miriam Katz mk@bkf.dk
Layout: Laura Silke and Mai Boline Bjerre.
On the front page, September 2021: Julie Edel Hardenberg: The chair last (2020)
Find the online version of this and previous editions of the trade journal BILLEDKUNSTNEREN on Issue here…