After Lars Vilk’s death, voices have been raised for the Modern Museum to include the artist’s Muhammad drawing.
But now the museum’s superintendent Gitte Ørskou gives notice – it will not happen.
” I am surprised that several leading art critics so cross-confidently think that it is so obvious to include works which is based on hateful and offensive iconography in the Modern Museum’s collection ”, she writes in a debate article in Sydsvenskan .
The question was raised early after the artist Lars Vilks and two policemen died in a traffic accident on Sunday.
What will happen to his work “The Prophet Muhammad as a guide dog”?
Several voices meant that the Museum of Modern Art would include the work in its collection. Earlier this week, the museum’s superintendent Gitte Ørskou could not provide an answer to the question.
– If we get into the situation that we have to take a stand on it, I will enter into a dialogue about how we would represent the long, complex and important the story of freedom of expression around the work, she told Kulturnytt in P1 .
” It is beyond any doubt that the drawings are made as a deliberate provocation with the intention of creating spectacle in a time that was and is strongly marked by xenophobia and Islamophobia ”, she writes and continues:
” That they have really become as a magnet for hatred and threats, discussion and debate make them absolutely an interesting phenomenon of their time – but that does not automatically make them interesting art “, she writes .
Photo: TT NEWS AGENCY “Not his proudest moment”
She is worried that the discussion about “The Prophet Muhammad as a patrol dog” completely overshadows the rest of Lars Vilk’s art.
” I do not consider the Muhammad cartoons to be his proudest moment ”, she writes.
When the Modern Museum hesitated to accept the work, Kulturnytt’s art critic Mårten Arndtzén thought that the museum should rethink the issue.
– They would do the freedom of speech a favor by recognizing the elephant in the room, namely the security issue. What would it cost to show this work and are we prepared to pay the price, he told P1.
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