dinsdag 28 april 2009

Denemarken...



When a country falls in love with itself, Elmgreen & Dragset, 2008.
" By presenting the Little Mermaid in duplicate, they deprive her of symbolic value and show her as what she really is: an old bronze."


1 opmerking:

CPH zei

Ik heb dat precies al ergens anders gelezen...

"...In the absence of the mermaid, we would have a handful of Chinese artists to reinterpret the little mermaid on the spot where she normally sits.

In Copenhagen, Danes rarely check out the mermaid - it is mostly the domain of... well... Chinese tourists! So for six months, we would actually have a new excuse to go there."

(Uit de exhibitie Yes is More, Danish Architecture Center, maart 2009)