European Parliament Occupied by the Homeless**
*The artist and activist Jens Galschiøt (DK) joins the homeless
organizations to put focus on the great number of homeless in Europe by
visiting the European Parliament 12th to 16th April.
*Galschiøt has created 13 big bronze sculptures of homeless people, all in
natural size. These very heavy sculptures are by now on their way to the
European Parliament to act as the start signal for a debate in all member
countries about the conditions under which the homeless have to cope.
*It has been a huge task to cast and create the many sculptures on which I
have worked for two years. But they are intended to initiate a dialogue and
put these problems on the agenda, and that makes it all worthwhile. I do not
think that homelessness should exist anywhere in the EU, says Jens
Galschiøt. Bronze sculptures are usually put up to honor kings and other
important powerful persons. I have chosen to act the other way round and use
the noble material and my art to tell the story of the back side of society
and that way give voice to these people who are normally ignored.
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