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An artist who also works in dialogue with art history to give it new meaning is Henrik Lund Jørgensen. The Danish West coast and the dramatic sea was the motif and scenery for the Danish open-air painter Michael Ancher as well as for Henrik Lund Jørgensen. He appropriates the same composition as the classical Skagen-painter, but he does not depict fishermen risking their life for the catch of fish. (“Will he round the point” and “The crew is saved”). Instead we meet refugees from a refugee-camp at Hanstholm in his photographs, video and found objects.
The refugee-camp Lund Jørgensen visited many times is situated next to hundreds of bunkers left from Second World War II. Many years in between history and today. The bunkers remind about fear, uncertainty and politics. The sea reminds about people trying to escape across it and people who dies trying. Few people are alive to tell about their memories of the war. The refugees are safe now, but anonymous, marginalized and have no public voice in society.
“From refugee camps around Europe empty postcards are sent home to tell of one’s whereabouts. By not writing any name or message, one safeguards both oneself and one’s family. Note that a dot on the back of the postcard marks the location of Hanstholm.” (caption for sketch, Lund Jørgensen).
Who tells the story of a refugee lost and disappeared in the sea between let’s say Africa and Greece?
Where is his or her memories, who keeps them alive?
His show recently ended at Norrtälje Konsthall, but you can watch some works on his website www.henriklundjorgensen.com
Daniel Hoflund also got inspiration from an old painting in his installation at Kalmar Konstmuseum earlier this year. The widow of a sailor sitting with her elbow on her knees, gazing out on the sea. The video, photographs and objects dealt with loss and disappearance on the sea.
Henrik Lund Jørgensen quotes Balzac:
Isn’t it rather, all things considered, that I remain suspended on this question, whose answer I tirelessly seek in the others face: what am I worth?
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