v. Paintshooter Carl Beck
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Jeg havde fornøjelsen af at bevidne Leonora Christinas første indsejling i Rønne havn her til morgen.
Tillykke Bornholm, måtte den nye færge bringe masser af glade turister til øen!
Leonora Christina ankommer til Rønne havn from Carl Frederik Waage Beck on Vimeo.
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I just finished hanging my new exhibition at Café Munchies near Forum, Copenhagen.
Now it’s time for an impromtu vernissage! Enjoy the painting of Lars Løkke Rasmussen below.
He happens to be our current prime minister btw.
The Press statement that went out is attached below the picture:
Kunstige valgplakater
Pressemeddelelse:
Med udstillingen Blah – Blah – Blah, markerer kunstneren Carl Beck sit ståsted i en international kreds af kunstnere. Som stifter af den Københavnske gren af ”the Stuckist movement” undersøger Carl Beck aktuelle samfundsmæssige problemer med afsæt i det figurative visuelle udtryk. Beskueren lades ikke i tvivl om hvad motivet forestiller, men budskabet er dog åbent for fortolkning. Hvorfor afbildes Helle Thorning Schmidt f.eks. som dominatrix med sin mand Stephen Kinnock i et bur ved siden af? Carl Beck giver med sine malerier et bud på de problemstillinger samfundet kæmper med:
”Demokratiet eksisterer ikke længere, hvis det nogensinde har gjort det! Kan hr. og fru Danmark i deres gode tro hævde at de har reel indflydelse på fordelingen af de 179 mandater? Det er en illusion, og derfor undrer det heller ikke, at mange vælger at blive hjemme på valgdagen. Magt korrumperer – det her er mit forsøg på at skrælle facaden af vores politiske system.”
Carl Beck stiller med sine kontrafaktiske portrætter af Helle Thorning Schmidt og Lars Løkke Rasmussen spørgsmålet – Ved du hvem du stemmer på?
Virkeligheden er ikke altid som facaden angiver, det er dette vi som vælgere må forholde os til.
Nedtaget under rydningen af Brorsons kirke:
Carl Beck har en række samfundskritiske udstillinger bag sig, bl.a. udstillingen ”Frelservalg” som kunne ses i Brorsons kirke, da denne var besat af en gruppe Irakiske Flygtninge. Denne udstilling tog ligesom den aktuelle afsæt i individets politiske stillingtagen. I kirken kunne man således se portrætter af såvel Barack Obama som Mahmoud Ahmadinejad der hang prominent til venstre for alteret.
Malerierne ved siden af alteret blev af sikkerhedshensyn nedtaget da politiet ryddede kirken.
Fakta:
Carl Beck er tidligere finansmand i Saxobank og officer i Forsvaret.
Carl Beck er autodidakt billedkunstner og arbejder til daglig som marketingkoordinator på Bornholm.
Carl Beck blogger om kunst og samfund på paintshooter.dk
Udstillingen ”Blah – Blah – Blah” kan ses alle dage indtil 14/6 på The Munchies – Rosenørns Allé 32, 1970 Frederiksberg C.
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Springtime on Bornholm
We have finally set up camp. Not only that, I have committed to start in a new position as the social marketing guy at destinationen. It’s the perfect crime – doing what I love and getting paid for it. What’s more, the product I’m selling is the island I love – Bornholm.
Bornholm has had a tough time ever since the primary industry, fishery, shut down during the 80s. Several other major work places are now gone, tilemaking closed, agriculture has become machine run. The population peaked at fifty some thousand after WW2, but is now around 43000 and diving.
Tourism accounts for just shy of 9% of the local economy and unemployment fluctuates wildly between winter and summer when most of the temp jobs are available.
Tourism, and its derived effects, is now one of the main job creators. Boosting tourism and attracting visitors is therefore one of the best ways of making the local economy grow organically. I’m proud to be a part of this mission, and I draw huge motivation from it.
What else could be done to boost Bornholm?
Take a look at the swedish island of Gottland. The Swedes have a better understanding of what it takes to sustain the outer rims of their country. Massive subsidies of transportation, mainly ferries, placement of higher education institutions have made it more attractive for businesses to settle and for high school graduates to stay put.
Sure help from parliament would be instrumental, but as they say, change starts from within. I’m going to work on April 4th.
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Founder of the "Copenhagen Stuckists", Carl Beck has since 2005 emerged as a controversial community activist artist working under the pseudonym "Paintshooter"
As a former FX-trader in the global currency markets, Carl Beck has now turned his attention to the individual in a globalized world. The work of Carl Beck has hung in group and solo shows in Denmark and France. 
