Else marie hagen biography of barack

Else Marie Hagen

Work from Det Synlige (The Visible).

“The challenge that lies in spatiality and site-specific possibilities is an essential element that comes strikingly to view in the installation Cover from 2010.

The space is dominated by a shiny pink podium covered with paper which is torn at one end. It is formed in the shape of an L and covered in paper of the same color. At each end of the podium photographs are hanging, partly or completely packaged in the same pink paper that is wrapped around the podium.

One photograph depicts the same podium with a model teetering on its edge, indicating that this podium is a catwalk.

Else marie hagen biography of barack

The model stands with eyes closed, clothed in disheveled layers. This creates a measure of disquiet in the otherwise serene, pastel pink and flesh-toned surroundings. We notice that the subtle tearing in both the models clothes and the paper on the catwalk creates a tense conflict between what is cov