[January 20th 2003]
Press release


The leisure club MOGADISHNI is pleased to announce "Solo" by Gillion Grantsaan
January 24 - February 22, 2003
Opening reception: Friday, January 24, 6-10pm

The leisure club MOGADISHNI
Artillerivej 40 building 9 entrance b 4th floor
DK-2300 Copenhagen S
+45 32543535
mail@mogadishni.com
www.mogadishni.com

Gillion Grantsaan is a young artist from Surinam, south America, raised and educated in Holland but based in Copenhagen. Grantsaan wishes to link his ancestral culture with the european culture. He wants to make art which communicates across borders and cultural background and points back to his roots and forward in relation to a classic, Western European avantgarde notion. Gillion Grantsaan works in different media such as collage, photography, drawing, and installation. In his installations he often creates sculptural constructions in wood which partly changes the structure of the room.

Grantsaan produces images that expose his political ideas and at the same time are cutting edge as he writes in his text, Negative Choise?. He continues: "All I want to say is that if I die famous without taking up the whole quest, they will print calendars, agendas and napkins with my most famous images and turn me into dutch folklore, erasing my skin colour, history, and battle. They will neutralize me. Dream A’ and C’ must keep me awake and away from this nightmare and keep me on the righteous path of freedom, justice, and fame." (Quote from NEGATIVE CHOISE?, 2001)

We welcome you in the gallery.

For more information and pictures check out www.mogadishni.com


The exhibition is kindly supported by The Danish Council of Visual Art.