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Tue Greenfort: Environmental Art for Social Change

Tue Greenfort, a Danish artist born in 1973 and based in Berlin, Germany, is known for his interdisciplinary practice focusing on environmentalism and social critique with a touch of humor. His works explore ecology, economics, and sustainable development, challenging our perspectives on environmental issues. Greenfort's art communicates deep reflections on humanity's role in the world and the interconnectedness of progress and our place in the environment. Explore his works in exhibitions worldwide.

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Tue Greenfort: Environmental Art for Social Change

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  1. Tue Greenfort

  2. WHO IS TUE GREENFORT? • Tue Greenfort is a Danish artist who was born in 1973. He lives and works in Berlin, Germany where he is represented by KÖNIG GALERIE. • He studied at the Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste (Städelschule), Frankfurtand at the am Main and at Academy of Fünen, Denmark. • He is an environmentalist, artist, and activist. • His interdisciplinary practice is both direct action and social critique.

  3. WORKS OF THE ARTIST

  4. HIS INTENSIONS • His work looks at natural and technical cycles with a great deal of critical commitment and an equally large helping of profound humour, with ecological viewpoints at the centre of his interest. • He is fascinated by the dynamics in the natural world and work often evolves around ecology and its history, including the environment, social relations, and human subjectivity.

  5. He is helping art institutions lower their energy costs. • Greenfort’s works reflect his interest in issues of ecology and economics: thinking in global terms, he examines our approach to environmental protection and biodiversity, to resources and sustainable development in view of dwindling supplies of certain materials, relating these themes to the system of art.

  6. HOW HIS WORKS ARE COMMUNICATING? • “How do we define our role in the world?” – Tue Greenfort • He sees humanity as a marginal part of a far greater whole and who identifies a close link between the question of progress—be it technical, cultural or interpersonal—and our ability to rethink our position in the world.

  7. WHICH GALLERIES REPRESENTS THIS ARTIST? Solo presentations: Berlinische Galerie (2012), South London Gallery (2011), Kunstverein Braunschweig (2008) Secession, Vienna (2007). He has also participated in numerous international exhibitions at institutions: Kunstverein Hannover (2011), Royal Academy of Arts, London (2009), BonniersKonsthall, Stockholm (2009), the Fondazione Morra Greco, Naples (2008), SkulpturProjekte Münster (2007) Witte de With, Rotterdam (2006).

  8. REFERENCE • http://tuegreenfort.net/bio • https://www.secession.at/en/exhibition/tue-greenfort-2/ • http://www.koeniggalerie.com/artists/7609/tue-greenfort/works/ • https://www.artsy.net/artist/tue-greenfort • https://www.wdw.nl/en/our_program/exhibitions/tue_greenfort • https://www.flashartonline.com/article/tue-greenfort/

  9. THANK YOU!Fetine Sel Tuzel

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