Untitled: Pissing

With Untitled:Pissing, Åsdam follows a tradition in art history, which, by focussing on certain body parts and functions, has resulted in a series of extremely famous artworks. We can think of Gustave Courbet’s L’Origine du Monde or Marcel Duchamp’s urinal. In this, formally speaking, ingenious work, Åsdam is not primarily concerned with urination as a phenomenon, but his repetitive visualization of a urinating, clothed man allows for an expanded analysis of concepts such as masculinity, intimacy, sexuality, homophobia, shame and loss of control. What Åsdam really is aiming to confront here, is the continuously dominating patriarchal structure in our society. (Grete Årbu)