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STALKE OUT OF SPACE PROJECT NO. 7

A new generation of artists made its mark on Danish corporate art associations.

A total of twelve major Danish corporate art associations (Kreditforeningen Danmark, Den Alm. Danske Lægeforening, ITT, Sparekassernes Datacenter, PBS, Næa Lindberg, Codan, Danmarks Nationalbank, Politiken, Ballerup Rådhus, and J. Lauritzen and Hedeboegnens Kunstkreds) collaborated to present a traveling exhibition with the artist collective BAGHUSET.

The traveling exhibition took place during 1992–93, during which approximately 10,000 people had the opportunity to engage with the exhibited works. The project was specifically designed as an exhibition for corporate art associations, and one of its main objectives wasto ensure that a broad audience hadthe chance to encounter the art. Since the general public does not often visit galleries, the galleries and their exhibitions were relocated to where the audience was. This enabled broader outreach efforts that galleries, limited by the constraints of art institutions, often failed to achieve.

The artists from BAGHUSET(Jes Brinch, Peter Holst Henckel, Joachim Koester, Peter Neuchs, Lars Bent Petersen, Christian Schmidt Rasmussen, and Peter Rossell), all in their mid-twenties, representeda new generation of artists who, since the mid-1980s, had worked within a tradition centered on concepts such as pop, concept art, and appropriation. This tradition questioned the role of institutions, the placement of art in modern production, and the artwork’s capacity to create meaning.

In recent years, BAGHUSET had madeits mark both individually and as a group, nationally and internationally.

The exhibition opened to the public on Tuesday, January 7, at 7:30 PM at Hedeboegnens Kunstkreds, Poppel Alle 12, 2630 Taastrup.

The community center was open daily.

Sam Jedig