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Beyond Death
© Bjarne Melgaard
Beyond Death
Beyond Death
Photo: Prallan Allsten/Moderna Museet

Beyond Death

by Bjarne Melgaard
Artist (Norge, född 1967)
Alternate Title
  • Bortom döden
Date2011
Medium30 drawings - ink and coloured crayons on paper
DimensionsPapper: 29,9 x 21 cm ( Komponenter 1,6,7,10,14,16,18,19,21-30) Papper: 27,9 x 21,6 cm ( Komponenter 2-5,8,9,11-13,15,17,20)
ClassificationDrawings
Credit LinePurchase 2013 funded by The Gerard Bonnier Foundation
On view
Stockholm
RoomGallery 01:18
Object NumberMOM/2013/49
CollectionsThe Gerard Bonnier Collection
About the artworkBjarne Melgaard’s work Beyond Death raises the question of how contemporary art history has related to the disease AIDS. Melgaard was commissioned by the Office for Contemporary Art Norway to participate in the 2011 Venice Biennale. For the exhibition, Melgaard presented an educational series discussing the history of and contemporary aspects of the AIDS crisis and its reflection within contemporary art. Through these discussions, Melgaard explored how AIDS has become a lens through which some of the key transformations shaping today’s world can be viewed, particularly in relation to identity formation, the use of violence, and the potential for collective action.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Några komponenter signerade 'Bjarne Melgaard' eller 'Bjarne Melgaard 2011', några osignerade.