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Danish Sculptor, Jens Galschiot's Tells the West to Step Off Africa's Back

by AIDOH.dk




Danish Sculptor and activist, Jens Galschiot routinely stakes his art to fan a debate 
about the imbalanced distribution of the world's resources and about the ethical 
foundations of our civilisation. On various occasions, he has participated in international 
NGO events, such as the European Social Forums in Paris and London. He has put up 
a Pillar of Shame in Hong Kong, Mexico and Brazil to denounce massacres on pro- 
democracy dissidents, on indigenous peoples and on landless peasants. The projects 
are financed through sale of Galschiot's bronze sculptures to art collectors. And now,
he has embarked on another such project.

An event of the controversial sculptor Jens Galschiot has cost the life of a Danish cow. Together with an armada of sculptures the dead cow has headed for the Town hall square of Copenhagen to join the 'Global Week of Action', a campaign to denounce the unfair international trade. Jens Galschiot will launch his sculptural manifestation from Wednesday 13 to Monday 18 April, 2005.
 

The local network for the campaign has invited the controversial artist to the Danish 
capital. The aim is to fan a debate about the unfair international trade agreements 
preventing the developing countries from access to the world market and hence, enable 
sustainable economic development. Throughout the week meetings, concerts and 
manifold events will take place in Copenhagen. Worldwide, 80 countries are joining the 
campaign.


The sculptural manifestations will start on Wednesday 13 April at 4 pm with a concert 
with Blue Foundation, Powersolo, Al Agami & Caroline Henderson, Ibrahim Electric 
and many others. Galschiot's sculptures will make up the scenography: Hunger Boys 
in copper, two huge masks and an enormous Western woman (Justitia) sitting on the 
back of a starving African man. During the concert the sculptures are hissed 9 m above 
the square to highlight the imbalanced world trade. Previously, the sculptures have 
joined manifestations in Paris and London. The huge woman in copper with the telling 
title Survival of the Fattest will remain on the square until Monday. Placed on Greek 
pillars, three metres high, she will look down on the passers-by who may mirror 
themselves in the self-righteous sculpture that is spotlighting the western world's 
hypocritical stance on international trade. A plate on the pillars says:

"I'm sitting on the back of a man
He is sinking under the burden
I would do anything to help him
Except stepping down from his back."

...So speaks Justitia, Western goddess of justice...


Friday about 1 pm, Galschiot returns to the Town hall square to put up a pair of 
scales, 8 metres high. On the one arm he will hang up the dead cow by its legs, 
on the other he will place a number of Africans (in copper). The sculpture will point 
up the grotesque fact that each cow in the EU receives a subvention of $800 USD 
to block the poor countries from selling their products on the European market. The 
rich countries agricultural subventions mount to $360 billion USD a year, more than 
5 times the Western development aid. For this extravagance a typical European 
family pays about $2000 USD a year. This grotesque situation maintains and 
deepens the imbalance in the world, Galschiot says about his piece of art. The scales, 
the cow and the Africans will remain on the square until Monday.

About the Author:   The press release was sent by AIDOH.dk. You can find out more about the sculptures or the artist or about Global Week of Action from these links. 
Contact: Jens Galschiot, tel. +45 6618 4058, mail aidoh@aidoh.dk
Global Week of Action: http://www.april2005.org
Danish campaign: Helle L. Severinsen, tel. +45 3022 0318, hls@ms.dk 
and Joes Mikkel Christensen, tel. +45 2890 8244, jchristensen@ms.dk




 


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