A lump of history: according to myth, "The Great Castration Event" took
place in the Vatican in 1857. The Pope ordered all phallic imagery to be
removed from Vatican sculptures in order to curb lust among papal employees.
The Phallus was to be exchanged for the fig leaf. In the light of the
cultural history of nudity, the artist Flemming Rolighed has made a cast of
the male pubic hair from the sculpture "Agnete & Havmanden". Here we find
the designation of nudity being questioned: censorship is never constant, it
is always with us when art is at issue.

Flemming Rolighed completed his art studies at the Jutland Art Academy in
Aarhus in 2008. His art often deals with themes such as sexuality, gender
and identity. He has conducted a number of solo exhibitions, as well as
taking part in the group exhibition 'Lost & Found'.


The current exhibition is curated by Joacquín Zaragoza.