“Floating #12”, 2018. Signeret. Pigment print på Tirages Baryté, 1/5 + 2 AP. 53×40
The “Floating” series takes its departure in photographs taken in the Parisian neighbourhood of Stalingrad, which in 2016 saw two thousand migrants living in the street. For two months Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen went to this area to speak with people living there and to make a visual response to the inhumane situation. He took a series of photographs of people who were completely covered with blankets, and imagined that the moments where migrants are able to sleep were the only parts of their daily routine where they could ease their exhausted minds and bodies and metaphorically float away from their hopeless situation. Each covered person is removed from their context in the street of Paris and placed to levitate in a void. The blankets are often adorned with patterns, words or symbols that contribute their own narratives to the images and perhaps to the people behind the covers. A person is sleeping under a Union Jack flag hinting at a desire to get to Britain, two people sharing a Spiderman sleeping bag making the western superhero appear deflated and deconstructed. A person’s blanket looks like a leaping tiger, another person’s sleeping bag has imagery of migrating penguins, while two people are sleeping under a blanket adorned with flowers - their positions make them resemble a butterfly in flight.
A selection of 10 “Floating” images was part of the Tunisian Pavilion in Venice Biennale 2017. Another 12 images from the series were part of the artist’s solo exhibition in Galeria Presença, Porto in 2018. In the spring of 2019 Larsen showed 18 images from the series in an exhibition at the British School at Rome. In October 2019 Larsen was invited to present the“ Floating” series to participants in Morten Goll’s Democracy Class at Trampolinhuset. It was an incredibly touching and inspiring ‘workshop’ and it is for that reason I donate a “Floating” image to the auction.
Bemærk venligst:
Auktionen bliver afholdt til støtte for Trampolinhuset, der i knap 10 år har fungeret som samlingssted for flygtninge med fokus på at udvikle medborgerskab gennem jobindsats og kulturtilbud. Alle indtægter går ubeskåret til Trampolinhusets indsats for flygtninge, og Bruun Rasmussen opkræver hverken køber- eller sælgersalær i forbindelse med auktionen.
Værket kan besigtiges på eftersyn lørdag den 22. august kl. 10:00–12:30 i Charlottenborgs festsal, Kongens Nytorv 1, 1050 København K.
Der kan bydes på værket på hjemmesiden frem til den 22. august kl. 12:55. Herefter overføres alle bud til den Traditionelle auktion, der afholdes fra kl. 13:00 i Charlottenborgs festsal.
Vi følger myndighedernes retningslinjer og afholder den Traditionelle Auktion ud fra visse restriktioner og forholdsregler. Antallet af pladser er derfor begrænset til 100. Ønsker du at reservere en plads, skal tilmelding ske til Tone Olaf Nielsen på mail: tone@trampolinhuset.dk senest fredag den 21. august kl. 12. Angiv venligst dit fulde navn i mailen.
Udlevering af det købte kunstværk kan finde sted i Charlottenborgs festsal i op til en time efter auktionens afslutning. Herefter kan det, fra og med den 24. august, afhentes hos Bruun Rasmussen Kunstauktioner på adressen Baltikavej 10, 2150 Nordhavn.
Please note:
The auction is held for the benefit of the Trampoline House, which for almost 10 years has served as a meeting place for refugees with a focus on preparing them for citizenship through job training and cultural events. All the proceeds from the auction will go towards the Trampoline House’s work with refugees, and Bruun Rasmussen will not be charging fees from buyers or sellers in connection with the auction.
The work can be viewed at a preview on Saturday 22 August between 10 am and 12:30 pm in the Assembly Hall of Charlottenborg Palace on Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen.
You can place a bid on the work here on the website until 12:55 pm on 22 August. All bids will then be transferred to a Live Auction, which will be held at 1 pm in the Assembly Hall at Charlottenborg Palace.
We are following the guidelines of the Danish authorities and will conduct the Live Auction at Charlottenborg with certain restrictions and regulations. Due to COVID-19 a maximum of 100 seats are available. You can make a reservation by email to Tone Olaf Nielsen: tone@trampolinhuset.dk no later than Friday 21 August at 12 noon. Please state your full name in the email.
You can pick up the purchased artwork in the Assembly Hall at Charlottenborg Palace up to an hour after the auction has concluded. After this time, the artwork can instead be picked up on 24 August or later at Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers of Fine Art at Baltikavej 10, 2150 Nordhavn, Copenhagen.
Bruun Rasmussen har ikke besigtiget værket, hvorfor der ikke foreligger en standsbeskrivelse
Please note: The item is subject to the Anti-Money Laundering Act. In the event of a hammer price of DKK 50,000 or more, including buyer’s premium, the buyer must submit a copy of a valid photo ID and proof of address in order to collect the item.
Trampolinhuset charity auction, 22 August 2020
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