"Antiwrinkle Cream - No Thanks"
"Sveskepålæggelse" - "Prune Healing"
Plum trees take time to grow - so do plums.
Prunes take time to mature (from dried plums) - so does Prune Poetry.
7 years ago I participated in a group exhibition at
Camden Arts Centre in London - the title was "Working with Thek" which referred to a simultaneous exhibition by the American artist Paul Thek.
My work sprang from falling in love with one single work of his - a painting on newspaper called "3 Prunes on a Plate":
Since then I have secretly let a collection of Prune Poetry mature in my kitchen cupboard - and NOW - dadadada - finally it's ripe and ready to (r)eat.
So if you happen to find yourself at
Overgaden neden Vandet in Copenhagen this weekend, you shouldn't miss out on Prune Press' latest release: 'Prunes & Prisms' - a very creased and wrinkled piece of .... (come and taste for yourself).
Here are some extracts:
From the back: