Some of the world’s most acknowledged artists participate in the exhibition It’s Urgent!, which is displayed on advertising panels throughout Denmark during the spring election for the EU Parliament and the Danish Parliament. The exhibition is arranged by Heartland Festival and Kunsthal Charlottenborg and curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist.

Hans Ulrich Obrist has multiple times been voted number 1 in the art world by the respected art magazine ArtReview that every year makes a top 100 list of the art world’s most influential people. Hans Ulrich Obrist, who is director at Serpentine Galleries in London, performed last year in conversation with Salman Rushdie at Heartland Festival and has curated the exhibition ‘TAKE ME (I’m Yours)’ at Kunsthal Charlottenborg previously.

The exhibition is scheduled to be shown in the streets of Denmark during the upcoming election for both the EU Parliament and the Danish Parliament. It is no coincidence, because never has the artists’ voice been more necessary in the political debate than right now, Hans Ulrich Obrist explains:

“If there was ever a time that the world needed artists, it is now. We need their radical ideas, visions, and perspectives in society”.

The participating artists originate from various places in the world:
Etel Adnan (Lebanon/USA), Sophia Al-Maria (Qatar/USA), Tania Bruguera (Cuba), Tony Cokes (USA), Olafur Eliasson (Denmark), Hans Haacke (Germany), Lauren Halsey (USA), Eileen Myles (USA), Precious Okoyomon (England), Wolfgang Tillmans (Germany), Rirkrit Tiravanija (Argentina/Thailand) & Nora Turato (Croatia).

The works are exhibited on AFA JCDecaux’s advertising panels throughout Denmark in May and June, and the works are presented together during Heartland Festival from 30 May – 1 June 2019 and subsequently in the court yard of Kunsthal Charlottenborg from 18 June – 11 August 2019.

The exhibition is organized by Kunsthal Charlottenborg and Heartland Festival in collaboration with AFA JCDecaux. Supported by The Danish Art Foundation and the Obel Family Foundation. Heartland’s art programme is supported by The Beckett Fonden and Øernes Kunstfond.

En række af verdens mest anerkendte kunstnere kommenterer den aktuelle politiske situation på reklamepaneler rundt i hele Danmark. Det sker som del af Heartland Festival og Kunsthal Charlottenborgs udstilling It’s Urgent! kurateret af Hans Ulrich Obrist.

Hans Ulrich Obrist er flere gange blevet kåret som kunstverdenens nummer 1 af det respekterede kunstmagasin ArtReview, der hvert år laver en top-100 liste over kunstverdenens mest indflydelsesrige personer. Hans Ulrich Obrist, der til daglig er direktør på Serpentine Galleries i London, optrådte sidste år i samtale med Salman Rushdie på Heartland Festival og har tidligere kurateret udstillingen ’TAKE ME (I’m Yours)’ på Kunsthal Charlottenborg.

Udstillingen er planlagt så den vises på gader og stræder over hele Danmark midt under den forestående valgkamp til både EU Parlamentet og det danske Folketing.

De deltagende kunstnere kommer fra mange forskellige steder i verden:
Etel Adnan (Libanon/USA), Sophia Al-Maria (Qatar/USA), Tania Bruguera (Cuba), Tony Cokes (USA), Olafur Eliasson (Danmark), Hans Haacke (Tyskland), Lauren Halsey (USA), Eileen Myles (USA), Precious Okoyomon (England), Wolfgang Tillmans (Tyskland), Rirkrit Tiravanija (Argentina/Thailand) & Nora Turato (Kroatien).

Værkerne udstilles på AFA JCDecauxs reklamepaneler over hele Danmark i maj og juni og udstillingen vises samlet under Heartland Festival fra 30. maj – 1. juni 2019 og efterfølgende i gården på Kunsthal Charlottenborg fra 18. juni – 11. august 2019.

Udstillingen er organiseret af Kunsthal Charlottenborg og Heartland Festival i samarbejde med AFA JCDecaux. Støttet af Statens Kunstfond og Det Obelske Familiefond. Heartlands kunstprogram er støttet af Beckett-Fonden og Øernes Kunstfond.