Dr. Lakra: Untitled (Dude), 2005

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK.- The Arken Museum of Modern Art will present Mad Love – Young Art from Danish Private Collections, on view 15 September – 9 December 2007. A large number of private Danish art collectors have opened their doors to ARKEN Museum of Modern Art in Copenhagen. Thus allowing the museum a unique opportunity to show a different and frisky picture of contemporary art just now. The result is presented in the museum’s autumn exhibition MAD LOVE.
135 works by 70 different artists, from stars on the international art firmament to those who have yet to receve the institutional seal of approval. ARKEN’s exhibition MAD LOVE – Young Art from Danish Private Collections presents the result of a series of Danish art collectors’ “mad” love for art. Big names such as Danish Olafur Eliasson, German Jonathan Meese, American Jenny Holzer and South-African William Kentridge meet young talents like South Korean Suejin Chung, British David Shrigley and Mexican Dr. Lakra. Lire la suite http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=20935