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2013

Out100: Bjarne Melgaard

Artist

Photography by Danielle Levitt

The Norwegian-born, New York-based artist has flaunted his massive, messy, possibly mad installations, paintings, and sculptures in a rapid series of group and solo shows -- like this fall's "Bjarne Melgaard: Ignorant Transparencies" -- that have left the art world alternately disgusted, confused, and obsessed. The New York Times called him a "projectile vomiter"; New York magazine said work like his homage to gay porn stars who died young distinguishes Melgaard from the glut of aggressive bad-boy art-makers.

Photographed at Gavin Brown's Enterprise in New York City on September 16, 2013

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As Windsor explains in her interview: "I've become a kind of hero in the community...It's great fun for me, because we grew into a real community...If I had to survive Thea, what a wonderful way to do it. I live in this community full of love and joy, and I'm sure Thea would be proud and pleased as hell how I'm living."

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