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that determine why some artists and art works are canonized, while others are disregarded. The focus of the article is a marginalized group of contemporary Danish artists, named passionists, who have deliberately chosen to oppose the prevailing standards of art production. These standards are based on the tradition of the avant-garde, which itself forms a canon within art historiography today.
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The passionist artists are concerned with the continuation of pre-avantgarde painting traditions without turning into a repetition of these works. They are not simply postmodernists because they actually take the content and the techniques of these traditional paintings seriously. The content focuses
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How does canonization affect contemporary art and the definition of cultural heritage? This subject is right now topical in
Denmark, where the Ministry of Culture recently issued a much debated canon of Danish culture. This article looks behind the concept of canonization and examines the structures
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Created as a reaction to contemporary conceptual art, in particular the YBAs, Passionist art is born independently of the will of the artist, with no driving concept or message. The artist finds out what he created once it's done. The work is born from the artist's heart and soul, unfiltered by the
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There are now thousands of
Passionist artists all over the world, making French Passionism the first movement of the 21st century, and the first ever to be created by women and followed by artists of all genders, styles and media, all over the world.
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of riddles, yearning, and solemnity. That does not mean they lack humour, but their paintings are meant to be taken seriously. There is a tendency to create very dark paintings hence the title
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as an attempt to categorise talents outside the avantgarde canon, that did not fit into any known art category. They are referred to as the black sheep of the contemporary art scene.
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Passionists include Cat MOSS (France/UK/US), Metcuc (France), Sasha MOON (Ibiza & Bali Fashion) Bhex (South Africa), Jaded Lifestyles (London)
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With its roots firmly planted in abstract expressionism, Passionism also encompasses other art forms like photography, fashion design, music and film.
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Sanderhoff (2006): This is not a canon. Canonization and its effect on contemporary art. In Nordisk Museologi 2006/1. pp. 74–88.
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