ConspirActu A Danish artist has been ordered to repay a museum after operating off with its cash upon being commissioned to create a chunk of art work however as an alternative submitted two empty canvases titled “Take the Cash and Run.”
In 2021, Jens Haaning was given the equal of almost $84,000 in Danish kroner and euro banknotes by the Kunsten Museum of Trendy Artwork in Aalborg.
He has now been ordered to repay round $70,600 and one other $11,000 in court docket charges.
Individuals stand in entrance of an empty body hung up on the Kunsten Museum in Aalborg, Denmark, on Sept. 28, 2021. (Getty Photographs)
“I’m shocked, however on the similar time it’s precisely what I’ve imagined,” Haaning advised Danish public broadcaster DR on Monday.
For its exhibition on labor situations and cash, entitled “Work It Out,” the museum commissioned Haaning to recreate two of his earlier items, which featured banknotes hooked up to a canvas representing the typical annual wage in Denmark and Austria. In addition to lending him the notes, the museum additionally paid him $3,900 for the work.
When the museum obtained the finished artworks, they were blank.
A lady stands in entrance of an empty body hung up on the Kunsten Museum in Aalborg, Denmark. The artist, Jens Haaning, has been ordered to repay the museum for taking its cash not creating any art work and as an alternative submitting clean canvases titled: “Take the Cash and Run.” (Getty Photographs)
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“The art work is that I’ve taken the cash,” Haaning advised DR on the time. “I encourage others who’ve simply as depressing working situations as I to do the identical. If they’re being requested to provide cash to go to work, then take the cash and run.”
The museum stated Haaning broke an settlement on how one can use the cash. The artist disputed the allegations.
“It’s not theft, it’s a breach of contract, and the breach of contract is a part of the work,” he stated on the time.
