‘Would you like to be the Official Pink Stormtrooper of Sweden?’
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Following on from Art Wars Sweden that opened in Gothenburg in January Art Wars founder and artist Ben Moore is now calling for applicants to take on the identity of the ‘Official Pink Stormtrooper of Sweden’.
Applicants must be over 18 and live in Sweden, can be either male or female and be willing to attend a special ceremony in Gothenburg on the weekend of April 11-12 where they will be officially awarded the honour of becoming the ‘Official Pink Stormtrooper of Sweden’ and be issued with the armour and helmet and an official Pink Stormtrooper Passport.
This person is then free to live life as the Pink Stormtrooper in Sweden when and how and they see fit.
3e Vaningen Arts Center have agreed to dedicate a solo show to exhibit the documentation of the life and experiences of the ‘Pink Stormtrooper of Sweden’ and a video / photo diary will be kept up to date on the official Art Wars website.
If you would like to be the ‘Official Pink Stormtrooper of Sweden’ please email info@artwars.net by no later than the 23rd March with a brief description of yourself and why you want to be the Pink Stormtrooper (no more than 200 words) with a photo of yourself and details of your height.
As part of his ongoing art practise Moore plans to issue every country where Art Wars takes place with one official Pink Stormtrooper.
Ben Moore became the first official Pink Stormtrooper in 2007 and remains the official pink Stormtrooper of the United Kingdom.
Various performances and installations can be viewed on artwars.net and include ‘Tate Storm’ 2008 where Moore entered the Tate Modern and stood uninterrupted for over 4 hours convincing visitors and staff that he was a piece of sculpture. See video clip here.
During the G20 London Demos in 2009 Moore entered a riot in the City of London in a pink suit and Stormtrooper helmet. Later on that year Moore carried out a Pink Stormtrooper strip tease outside the houses of parliament. see here
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A series of Stormtrooper helmets from the ongoing Art Wars Sweden Exhibition are now available to bid on in an auction supporting the Missing Tom Fund and Missing People Sweden.
Swedish artists including Charlotte Gyllenhammar, Carl Michael von Hausswolff, Carolina Falkholt, Makode Linde, Linda Spåman, Peter Johansson of Sweden and Bea Szenfeld, are participating in ‘Art Wars Sweden’ at the Arts Centre at Carnegie sugar mill at Gothenburg harbor that opened in January. See photos from the opening event on our facebook page www.facebook.com/artwarz
The auction closes March 29th 2015 at 4 pm.
You can make a bid by e-mail: info@artwars.net
To place a bid you need to supply the following information:
Your name, address, phone number (preferably mobile so we can easily reach you) and an e-mail address.
Specify the name of the artist, and how much you would like to bid. The starting bids for all works are £315 / $470 Current bids are displayed below. You can view up to date bidding here. |
Agnetha Sjogren 'Hero' 2014
Vintage comic strip,
Current bid: £400 / $600
Carl Michael von Hausswolff,
'Untitled' 2014, Metal, lacquer, ashes, Current bid: £385 /$580
Carolina Falkholt, 'Untitled' 2014,
Mixed Media,
Current Bid: £315 / $470
Christian Partos 'Untitled' 2014
Mixed Media
Current Bid: £315 / $470
Maria Miesenberger 'Outbreak of an I(dentity)', 2014
Current Bid: £580 / $870
Pal Svensson 'Men Wars' 2014,
Mixed Media
Current Bid: £400 / $600
Radmila Knezevic 'Army of
Flowers' 2014, Mixed Media
Current Bid: £315 / $470
Tobias Bernstrup 'Untitled', 2014
Mixed Media
Current Bid: £315 / $470
Charlotte Gyllenhammar
'Au 79, face-centered cubic' 2014
Covered in 23 1/4 carat gold Current Bid: £470 / $710
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Art Wars Works Available to buy
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JOANA VASCONCELOS
‘Crochet Vader’, 2013
Acrylic Capped ABS Storm Trooper helmet
Azores Crushed Lace
310 x 310 x 325 mm
Signed by Joana Vasconcelos
'Once Warriors'
ARTIST: NANCY FOUTS
Cold cast resin and spray paint and acrylic paint
320 x 320 x 345 mm
 ‘StormOffSki'
BEN MOORE
Stormtrooper helmet
6000 Swarowksi Xilion Rose Crystals
320 x 320 x 330 mm
'OUTCAST (BLACK)'
BEN MOORE
Vacuum formed black acrylic capped ABS storm trooper
helmet mould. Framed. Artist Ben Moore
65 x 65 x 21cm
Edition of 10
Framed Art Wars helmet cast
by Ben Moore
Fibreglass, Gold Leaf
40 x 50 cm
'BALDOFFSKI'
ARTIST: BEN MOORE
SILICON
310 X 310 X 325 MM
'STORM HENGE'
ARTIST: RYCA
POLYESTER RESIN, ACRYLIC PAINTS AND FLOCK
320 X 310 X 425 MM
'TROOPER ROD'
ARTIST: INKIE
SPRAY PAINTS, PERMANENT MARKER
310 X 310 X 325 MM
'FORCE PAINT'
ARTIST: ELMO HOOD
SPRAY PAINTS
310 X 310 X 325 MM
'2 STROKE TROOPER'
ARTIST: JOE RUSH
MOTORBIKE ENGINE PARTS, DOOR HINGES,
SPANNER, SHOW MAKERS LASTS,
CAR SUSPENSION STRUTS, BICYCLE HANDLEBAR YOKE.
510 X 510 X 625 MM
Signed Art Wars Print
by Jake and Dinos Chapman
Edition of 10
50 x 70 cm
Signed Art Wars Print
by Hayden Kays
Edition of 10
50 x 70 cm
SIGNED ART WARS PRINT
BY BEN MOORE
100 x 100 x 125 mm
Melted and crushed Acrylic capped ABS Stormtrooper helmet.
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