Martin Bigum (b. Copenhagen 1966)
“Voyeur” from the series “Literary Body”, 1999. Signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Acrylic on canvas. 190×135 cm. Unframed.
Literature: The artist's website, martinbigum.dk, ill. under the section “Works”, “Literary Body” (1994–1995). Literature: Martin Bigum: “Min personlige kunsthistorie” (My personal art history), Gyldendal, Copenhagen 2014, reproduced full page p. 141, mentioned p. 140. Exhibited: “Martin Bigum - The Adventures of Art”, Kunsthallen Brandts Klædefabrik; Herning Kunstmuseum; Randers Kunstmuseum and Portalen i Greve, 28 June 1997–22 March 1998 (labels on the reverse). Exhibited: “Martin Bigum - Min egen kunst 1989–2014” (My own art), Det Nationalhistoriske Museum, Frederiksborg; Bornholms Kunstmuseum and Trapholt, Kolding, 30 January 2015–3 April 2016 (labels on the reverse). Exhibited: “Martin Bigum, 140 works 1989–2016”, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj (label on the reverse). Provenance: Private collection, Denmark.
Exhibition text attached to the reverse:
“At one point i lived in the street Sundevedsgade in the Vesterbro district of Copenhagen. Opposite me loved a young couple who never looked out of the windows. I was provoked by the way they didn't seem interested in the surounding world, but lived intirely in their own universe. on the other hand I was fascinated by their all-consuming inward-looking happiness”.
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