Artist
Elmgreen & Dragset
Artist
Michael Elmgreen
(Danmark, född 1961)
Artist
Ingar Dragset
(Norge, född 1969)
Alternate Title
- Pojkscout
Date2008
MediumMetal bunk bed, lamps, pillows, sheets, wool blanket, foam rubber mattress
DimensionsYttermått: 183,5 x 204,5 x 75,5 cm (72 1/4 x 80 1/2 x 29 3/4 in.)
ClassificationInstallations
Credit LinePurchase 2012 with contribution from The Friends of Moderna Museet (Nordic Collection)
Object NumberMOM/2012/52
CollectionsNordic Collection, Moderna Museets Vänner
The artwork is not on display
About the artworkBased on Christian values and military organisation, the Scouts have become one of the world’s largest youth movements. The Boy Scouts raise young boys to become responsible members of society and good, heteronormative fathers. The distraction of girls is kept at a distance. Temptations are to be avoided during the sexual awakening of puberty. But what happens if you are attracted by your own gender in that environment? Sharing a bed with someone means the possibility of sexual activities, but the narrow berths of a bunkbed effectively combats excessive intimacy between two people. In a subversive gesture, Elmgreen & Dragset have turned the beds towards each other, opening up for new opportunities, if only in the imagination.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Osignerad Selected exhibition history Samlingsutställning 2019-2022 (den 1 februari 2019 - den 27 augusti 2023) Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Osignerad Selected exhibition history Samlingsutställning 2019-2022 (den 1 februari 2019 - den 27 augusti 2023) Moderna Museet, Stockholm