Tejn (artist)

TEJNs gallery sculptures typically demands a more extended effort to interpret, than his street art sculptures, which he often gives a layer of a more digestible nature, allowing it to communicate with an audience passing by on foot or bike.

The highly symbolic works typically debate philosophy, politics or existentialism, suggesting a form of self-appraisal among the audience.[1]

Based in Copenhagen, TEJN's street art has made its mark on most bigger European cities.[2] He is best known by his trademark: "Lock Ons"[3] which are site-specific sculptures or statues, typically welded in recycled iron and chained in the street without permission,[4] often mounted to urban furniture with a bicycle lock.[5] His second most preferred media is paintings on paper, pasted up with wheatpaste on a wall.[6][7] TEJN also makes installations,[8] stencil-art, and conceptual art.[9]

TEJN finds metal scrap for his sculptures in urban areas and uses some of it in its original form. The rest is shaped and welded into figurative objects that express a narrative deadopen for interpretation.[10]

The iron is later "given back to the street" as street sculptures, in the same areas where he originally collected the material.

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  Iron sculpture
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  Iron sculpture

• Artist description in English by Danish curator (gallery homepage)
• Official homepage