Colonel and the Yes Men at Gallery Poulsen, Copenhagen

Colonel and the Yes Men at Gallery Poulsen, Copenhagen

Gallery Poulsen, Contemporary Fine Arts

January 7, 2010


ARTISTES DE GARDE / HEADQUARTERS and DIAGNOSIS
Until 22 January, 2010


Frederiksholms Kanal 4, st. th.
1220 København K
+45 – 40 15 55 88
info [​at​] gallerypoulsen.com

http://www.gallerypoulsen.com

” WE HAVE TO RUN BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE “

Gallery Poulsen acts as a Headquarters where Thierry Geoffroy, in collaboration with an investigation team consisting of artists, journalists, and hired detectives, will create artworks that comment on everything that happens around them in the context of the international climate conference COP15 during the December month and all important issues like “RECESSION REGRESSION REPRESSION.” In January, every day includes new strategies, and every day the exhibition will change form and content. The atmosphere in the gallery will most of all resemble that of a fire station. Artists, journalists and detectives are constantly ready to respond to new events and gather new evidence.

Among the guest-artists of Thierry Geoffroy’s Artistes De Garde at Gallery Poulsen, is the activist artist duo The Yes Men. On http://www.emergencyrooms.org/garde.html you can keep up with which other artists might join the exhibition, or even which NGO. The site will be regularly updated.

THIERRY GEOFFROY / Colonel, is most known for his “Emergency Room” format. His work often incorporates a degree of unpredictability. Central to the philosophy of Thierry Geoffroy seems to be the concern that contemporary artists have an obligation to confront current thematics – “emergencies.” This is especially evident in the Emergency Room and the Critical Run format whose goal is to train the collective ” Awareness Muscle.”

THE YES MEN is a group of “culture-jamming” activists who pose as corporate mouthpieces to draw media attention to vital issues of corporate accountability and free market “business as usual” thinking in our government and culture.

GALLERY POULSEN is a gallery for international contemporary art with a focus on the political and the challenging rather than the decorative and the complacent, exhibiting work that often breaks the ruling conventions of the art scene.

The Hypocrisy installation is supported by The Danish Arts Agency.

Gallery Poulsen, Contemporary Fine Arts
Frederiksholms kanal 4, st. th.
1220 København K
+45 40 15 55 88
info [​at​] gallerypoulsen.com
http://www.gallerypoulsen.com

The exhibition run until January 22nd 2010.

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