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5 unusual facts about Jens Galschiøt


Jens Galschiøt

The Hunger March (2002): 170 cm high copper sculpture installation, consisting of 27 starving boys.

Mayor Edmilson Rodrigues declared at the inauguration: "Despite of resistance from the elite, we stick to our promise of setting up the Pillar of Shame as a symbol opposing oppression and violence that is taking a toll of lives and depriving people of

In the 1960s, the buildings were built for the Næsby Car Body Factory and served for many years as one of the largest garages at Funen, but in the context of the economic crisis in the late 1990s the factory closed, and the buildings stood empty for five years.

Las Abejas

In 1999, a Danish artist named Jens Galschiøt installed a statue known as the Columna de Infamia, or the Pillar of Shame, as a reminder of the massacre of members of Las Abejas that had occurred at Acteal.

Ofelia Medina

In 2007 she came to Denmark, playing in Århus, københavn and odense at the gallery of Jens Galschiøt.



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