Thomas Hanscomb
| Thomas Hanscomb | |
|---|---|
| File:Thomas Hanscomb.jpgFile:Thomas_Hanscomb.jpg Thomas Hanscomb, 2025 | |
| Born | June 5, 2001 |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Danish |
| 💼 Occupation | Conceptual and performance artist |
| Known for | Art of the People, Just Bricks, Pink Border |
| 🌐 Website | thomashanscomb |
Thomas Hanscomb (born 5 June 2001) is a Danish conceptual and performance artist, known for the art projects Art of the People, Just Bricks, and Pink Border.[1][2][3] He has collaborated with and been mentored by the Chilean-Danish artist Marco Evaristti.[3]
Career
Art of the People
Art of the People is an ongoing project in which Hanscomb, without permission, hangs framed objects in exhibition halls at major Danish museums, including the National Gallery of Denmark, ARoS Aarhus Art Museum, and Trapholt.[4] The project serves as a commentary on the exclusivity and value systems of the art world.[1]
Social media followers took part in the process by voting on which object should be hung next and at which museum the action should take place.[5] This audience involvement has been described as an attempt to democratize the art experience and give the public direct influence over the creation of the works.[1]
The interventions have been filmed and shared on social media, where they quickly went viral — including one video with over 2.3 million views.[5] Related works have been sold for up to DKK 75,000.[5]
Just Bricks
In 2021, Hanscomb co-founded the NFT project Just Bricks with Ivan Petrus and Emil Bjørn.[2] The project consisted of 500 unique, pixelated brick images on the Ethereum blockchain, which were sold for millions during the peak of the NFT market.[6] The project had a turnover of DKK 1.7 million in 2021 and DKK 600,000 in 2022.[2]
The group also conducted actions where they hung images of bricks at the Louvre in Paris and Tate Modern in London as a commentary on how institutional context affects the definition of art.[2] Just Bricks was covered by Zetland[7] and Børsen in relation to a subsequent tax case.[8]
Pink Border
In 2024, Hanscomb participated in the project Pink Border, created in collaboration with Marco Evaristti and Ivan Petrus.[3] The work consisted of a pink-brick toilet, split by the wall between Israel and Palestine, placed near Bethlehem. The piece was designed as an apolitical commentary on the senselessness of the conflict.[3] The project was carried out under risky conditions, with the artists being interrogated multiple times and risking imprisonment.[3] Pink Border has since been shown at the People's Meeting on Bornholm and the Culture Meeting on Mors.[3]
Style and themes
Hanscomb works at the intersection of conceptual art and performance art, often employing happenings and unauthorized interventions in institutional settings.[1][7] His works explore how banal objects and symbolic installations can attain art status through narrative, context, and audience encounters. Social media is a central part of his practice, where documentation and interaction are integrated into the lifecycle of the works.[5]
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Det er en fuckfinger til kunsteliten". TV 2 Kosmopol. 14 August 2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Nicklas Krarup (2024). "Thomas, Emil og Ivan solgte mursten for 1,7 millioner". Ekstra Bladet+.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Cecilie Anne Spottog Petersen (15 July 2024). "Unge mænd risikerede fængsel for deres pink toilet". Fyens Stiftstidende.
- ↑ "Fynbo hængte objekt op på Danmarks største kunstmuseum – nu sælger han værker for svimlende beløb". TV 2 Fyn. 14 August 2025.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Sælger objekt for 75.000 kroner: "Det er en fuckfinger til kunsteliten"". TV 2 Nyheder. 14 August 2025.
- ↑ "Virtuelle mursten er blevet handlet for millioner, men er der tvivl om, hvorvidt kryptokunst er fremtiden". Dagbladet Information. 21 November 2022.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "De skabte en digital mursten". Zetland. 2022.
- ↑ "De skabte en digital mursten – nu er de endt i skattemareridt". Børsen. 2023.
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