The Lunatic Future for the Depressed Planet and the Flanet: Learning from the late work of artists who figured out how on earth to keep going.
Novo Nordisk Foundation
National Gallery of Denmark
Why is late work often deemed oblique compared to the early work by an artist? Why aren’t ageism and the stereotyping surrounding the idea of generations in the arts discussed more? How do some artists find the incentive to continue their work in spite of numerous obstacles? And is there hope to find for all generations in the late work of artists who had worked out how not to give up? We live in a world where climate crisis is real and where there is a growing sentiment of hopelessness and exhaustion among us. Perhaps precedent lies in the precarious lives of artists who have come before; those who have continued in their work in spite of crisis and resistance, or a lack of almost every apparent sign of encouragement, including recognition. From a starting point of the ´late work’ of visual artists, this artistic research will take place between a perceived lack of future that’s intergenerational, and those artists who continued working in spite of a lack of energy and prospect.
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