{"id":148949,"date":"2024-05-07T12:22:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T10:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dnm.symbiotisk.net\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=148949"},"modified":"2025-03-13T13:29:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T12:29:05","slug":"the-astronaut-portrait","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/dnm.symbiotisk.net\/en\/event\/the-astronaut-portrait\/","title":{"rendered":"The Astronaut Portrait"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Astronaut Portrait<\/h1>\n
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Spectacular, Experimental, and Painted on Glass. Portrait of Astronaut Andreas Mogensen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Denmark’s beloved astronaut, Andreas Mogensen \u2013 space traveler, commander, and resident on the International Space Station (ISS) for nearly 200 days \u2013 has been portrayed for the National Portrait Gallery at Frederiksborg \u2219 Museum of National History during his time in space. The portrait was created by Danish artist Maria Wandel and was unveiled at Frederiksborg on Saturday, May 4, 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Weightlessly Floating in Space<\/h3>\n

The astronaut portrait is painted on glass and depicts Andreas Mogensen \u2013 perhaps \u2013 carrying the secrets of the universe. Artist Maria Wandel has broken all the traditions of painted astronaut portraits: Gone is the classic American astronaut portrait, where the astronaut is depicted post-return in full space suit, broadly smiling with the helmet in their lap. Wandel has created an experimental and spectacular astronaut portrait of Andreas Mogensen surrounded by an abstract interpretation of the universe.<\/p>\n

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By using glass as the canvas, Maria Wandel has encapsulated Andreas Mogensen in the space, Cupola, where Mogensen is seen sitting, weightlessly floating, while calmly and gently smiling at the viewer. The glass can be interpreted as the membrane that separates the astronaut from the infinite universe. Beyond the glass lies the universe.\u00a0In Wandel’s interpretation, the universe is an abstract, colorful space. In his hands, Andreas Mogensen holds a box with an infinite perspective and a circle of gold leaf. Could this be the secret of the universe? The artist leaves it up to us to imagine what Mogensen is holding.<\/p>\n

The astronaut portrait can be experienced in the museum’s section for 20th and 21st-century art. Also, see images from Wandel’s process and hear the artist discuss her work.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Niels Bohr’s Nobel Prize Medal<\/h3>\n

Andreas Mogensen brought various cultural artifacts on the Huginn mission. For example, Niels Bohr’s Nobel Prize medal from 1922. Bohr received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on atomic theory. Andreas Mogensen showcased the Nobel Prize medal during an inflight call with the recipients of the 2023 Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry. Now it is back at Frederiksborg, where it can be seen along with the astronaut portrait.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Draw Space Rockets and Astronaut Portraits<\/h3>\n

We all have an image of space and the universe. And most of us have seen pictures of Andreas Mogensen in full astronaut gear or floating weightlessly around the ISS.<\/p>\n

In the exhibition, we invite children, and adults if they wish, to sketch their version of an astronaut portrait of Andreas Mogensen. Perhaps he is floating in the Cupola. Maybe he is sitting in the space rocket, or perhaps he is sitting under a starry sky<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Aage Bohr og Ben Mottelson. By Mogens Andersen\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t