Per opens his first statue exhibition in May
Written by tevensso on April 1, 2008 to Exclusive and Per Gessle.
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Art is not just short for Arthur it seems after all. In the footsteps of Marie Fredriksson, Per will open an art exhibition of his own in May, coincidentally with the re-release of "The World According to Gessle." We have previously seen Per's drawings in the "Mazarin" album booklet and he even created a painting for an auction in 2003, but this exhibition will be something completely different. It's entitled, "The Art According to Gessle."
"I've always liked the classic Greek statues. Michelangelo's David and all that, you know. I even have a couple of antique statues in my house," Per says to The Daily Roxette. "So I thought, what the heck, why shouldn't I get my hands dirty and try to re-create that magnificient style. It's not that popular these days, but I don't think I need to worry about that, do I?" Per says with a crooked smile.
Per has transformed a room in his house in Halmstad into a studio where he works exclusively with Ferrara marble imported from Italy. Like all the great masters, he actually has an assistant doing much of the actual sculpting. Per provides direct supervision and instruction.
Per will be interviewed about these new works on Kulturnyheterna on SVT2 at 19:00 CET today. The program is also broadcast on SVT Play on the Internet.
Editor's Note: As many of you guessed from the Dateline… this was indeed our April Fool's joke. Thanks to Jastrow for the photo! – LEO
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24 comments
Strest said on April 1, 2008 04:32:
Yeah, I read about it in the local paper a couple of days ago. Could be quite an interesting exhibition.
There’s just one thing I’m kinda skeptical about though. I really fail to understand why he’d he want to have speakers inside the statues (which, according to the article, will be playing old PG hits).
gyllene_tjej said on April 1, 2008 07:16:
A great one as usual! Thanks a lot for a smile on my face.
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Baby-C said on April 1, 2008 08:57:
Yea, happy April fools! And the best of it all... “Strest” trying to provide some credibility to the article by stating it’s been in the local newspaper already a few days ago, which, if it was true, would make this news article here look a bit more true than it is.
HA HA HA HA HA.
rox-kuryliw said on April 1, 2008 09:29:
mmm he has someone doing it and he gives direction lol, seems a cop out to me lol odd!
Secretkeeper81 said on April 1, 2008 09:47:
If I were Per, I’d go for the Carrara marble though! That’s definitely the top!! ;-)
roxtexanet said on April 1, 2008 12:30:
You got me (-: I didn’t even clue in at the “...like all great masters” part! Duh!
whateveriam said on April 1, 2008 12:55:
@crashroxer - save your effort, it’s lies, damn lies I tell yee!
ChrisWilliams said on April 1, 2008 17:00:
haha, in all honesty I believed it up until the line “Like all the great masters, he actually has an assistant doing much of the actual sculpting.”
Ltheroxettefan said on April 1, 2008 20:15:
Haha, it wasn’t really a surprise it was a joke, I came here to read just because I wanted to see what was the 1st April joke this year ;-)
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randall said on April 3, 2008 14:41:
“So I thought, what the heck, why shouldn’t I get my hands dirty and try to re-create that magnificient style”... “yeah, right” :-p
Lennon said on April 4, 2008 20:30:
The best jokes have a punchline saying that it was not a joke at all...
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AURYTE said on April 5, 2008 06:09:
@ettexor: it’s a pure joke... or should we make a petition asking Per to make an exhibition “The Art According To Gessle” LOL
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P-p-p-pelle said on April 7, 2008 16:49:
if it’s an april fools... why is it still on line on april 7th?
Jud (moderator) said on April 8, 2008 04:42:
Why not? We added a comment to explain it’s April fools, as we do every year.
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nusaderenda said on April 10, 2008 15:53:
Haha, I actually believed it! Thought he was going crazy, of course, but that’s not unusual for old stars.
AURYTE said on April 11, 2008 05:31:
@nusaderenda: who knows, maybe Per gets inspired by this article!
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RJ1976 said on April 1, 2008 04:32:
Ehmmm.... 1. April ... Anyway. This one is simple to see its a joke :-S ... But Funny :-)