Andreas Nemo
Denmark
I am born and have lived my childhood and youth in Denmark. A quick trip to France in 1972 led to love and marriage and after a few years I was admitted at the Art academy, where I graduated as a painter and graphic artist.
Life took another turn. After 20 years the marriage was over and I went home to Denmark, studied literature, art history and modern culture, and even though I was over 70, I didn’t think I had finished my education, so when a brand-new Master in sexology was created at the university of Aalborg, I got admitted.
For some years I had an art school at home during the winter and exhibitions in the summer. After 10 years I was a little tired of that. So - as the concept of artmoney appealed to me: it was a good concept and marketable. The imagination is huge, the material is free and there is no censorship. The content in the small formats is as diverse as it can possibly be.
So I found a former hair salon near the harbor where the cruise ships dock, and friends helped to make the gallery ready. I invited people and after a short time I had 40-50 exhibitors and opened the world’s first Artmoney gallery on 1st of June 2023.
It quickly became incredibly popular. Journalists came by and wrote about it. It appeared on television. The guests from the cruise ships came. The locals dropped in. Sales went smoothly.
A sympathetic part of the whole concept was precisely the low price and the social aspect. No censorship. Lots of community and creative and enterprising artists.
It didn’t go as well as we hoped. The artmoney concept was taken over by new owners who focused on the American market so artmoney was largely shut down in its current form. I was banned from calling me Artmoney gallery and was tipped off the concept.
Otherwise, I had my head full of new initiatives for events based in the gallery, but after a few months - illness struck - I had to close the gallery.
The future? ARTGOLD took over from Artmoney and continued to create art the democratic way. I am invited to be PR inspirator in ARTGOLD. I look forward to it.
Life took another turn. After 20 years the marriage was over and I went home to Denmark, studied literature, art history and modern culture, and even though I was over 70, I didn’t think I had finished my education, so when a brand-new Master in sexology was created at the university of Aalborg, I got admitted.
For some years I had an art school at home during the winter and exhibitions in the summer. After 10 years I was a little tired of that. So - as the concept of artmoney appealed to me: it was a good concept and marketable. The imagination is huge, the material is free and there is no censorship. The content in the small formats is as diverse as it can possibly be.
So I found a former hair salon near the harbor where the cruise ships dock, and friends helped to make the gallery ready. I invited people and after a short time I had 40-50 exhibitors and opened the world’s first Artmoney gallery on 1st of June 2023.
It quickly became incredibly popular. Journalists came by and wrote about it. It appeared on television. The guests from the cruise ships came. The locals dropped in. Sales went smoothly.
A sympathetic part of the whole concept was precisely the low price and the social aspect. No censorship. Lots of community and creative and enterprising artists.
It didn’t go as well as we hoped. The artmoney concept was taken over by new owners who focused on the American market so artmoney was largely shut down in its current form. I was banned from calling me Artmoney gallery and was tipped off the concept.
Otherwise, I had my head full of new initiatives for events based in the gallery, but after a few months - illness struck - I had to close the gallery.
The future? ARTGOLD took over from Artmoney and continued to create art the democratic way. I am invited to be PR inspirator in ARTGOLD. I look forward to it.
Jeg er født og opvokset i Danmark. En hurtig tur til Frankrig i 1972 førte til kærlighed og ægteskab og efter få år kom jeg ind på Kunstakademiet som maler og grafiker.
Livet tog en ny drejning. Efter 20 år var ægteskabet ovre og jeg tog hjem til Danmark, læste litteratur, kunsthistorie og moderne kultur, og selvom jeg var over 70 synes jeg ikke, at jeg var færdiguddannet, så da en helt ny Master i sexologi blev åbnet på Aalborg Universitet, blev jeg tilmeldt.
I nogle år havde jeg en kunstskole hjemme igennem vinteren og udstillinger om sommeren. Efter 10 år var jeg lidt træt af det. Og konceptet artmoney appellerede til mig: det var et godt koncept og salgbart. Fantasien enorm, materialet frit og ingen censur. Indholdet i de små formater var så forskelligt som overhovedet muligt.
Så jeg fandt en tidligere frisørsalon nær havnen, hvor krydstogtskibene lagde til. Venner hjalp med at gøre galleriet klart. Jeg inviterede folk og efter kort tid havde jeg 40-50 udstillere og åbnede verdens første Artmoneygalleri den 1. juni 2023.
Livet tog en ny drejning. Efter 20 år var ægteskabet ovre og jeg tog hjem til Danmark, læste litteratur, kunsthistorie og moderne kultur, og selvom jeg var over 70 synes jeg ikke, at jeg var færdiguddannet, så da en helt ny Master i sexologi blev åbnet på Aalborg Universitet, blev jeg tilmeldt.
I nogle år havde jeg en kunstskole hjemme igennem vinteren og udstillinger om sommeren. Efter 10 år var jeg lidt træt af det. Og konceptet artmoney appellerede til mig: det var et godt koncept og salgbart. Fantasien enorm, materialet frit og ingen censur. Indholdet i de små formater var så forskelligt som overhovedet muligt.
Så jeg fandt en tidligere frisørsalon nær havnen, hvor krydstogtskibene lagde til. Venner hjalp med at gøre galleriet klart. Jeg inviterede folk og efter kort tid havde jeg 40-50 udstillere og åbnede verdens første Artmoneygalleri den 1. juni 2023.
Det blev hurtigt utroligt populært! Journalister kom og skrev om det. Vi kom i TV. Gæster fra krydstogtskibene kom ind. De lokale droppede også ind. Salget gik strygende.
Det sympatiske ved hele konceptet var netop den lave pris og det sociale aspekt. Ingen censur. En masse fællesskab og kreative og idérige kunstnere.
Det gik ikke så godt som vi håbede. Artmoney konceptet blev overtaget af nye ejere, som fokuserede på det amerikanske marked, så i det store og hele blev artmoney lukket ned i sin nuværende form. Jeg blev forbudt at kalde det Artmoney galleri og blev smidt ud af konceptet.
Jeg havde ellers hovedet fuldt af nye initiativer til events for galleriet, men efter nogle få måneder - sygdom slog til - måtte jeg lukke galleriet.
Fremtiden? ARTGOLD tog over fra Artmoney og fortsatte med at skabe kunst den demokratiske måde. Jeg er inviteret til at være PR inspirator for ARTGOLD. Jeg glæder mig til at komme i gang.
Det sympatiske ved hele konceptet var netop den lave pris og det sociale aspekt. Ingen censur. En masse fællesskab og kreative og idérige kunstnere.
Det gik ikke så godt som vi håbede. Artmoney konceptet blev overtaget af nye ejere, som fokuserede på det amerikanske marked, så i det store og hele blev artmoney lukket ned i sin nuværende form. Jeg blev forbudt at kalde det Artmoney galleri og blev smidt ud af konceptet.
Jeg havde ellers hovedet fuldt af nye initiativer til events for galleriet, men efter nogle få måneder - sygdom slog til - måtte jeg lukke galleriet.
Fremtiden? ARTGOLD tog over fra Artmoney og fortsatte med at skabe kunst den demokratiske måde. Jeg er inviteret til at være PR inspirator for ARTGOLD. Jeg glæder mig til at komme i gang.
artmoneygalleriet Bornholm 1.6.2023 - 1.6.2024
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