Context is the material

Working across mediums, cultures and spaces. Every project is built on the same principle: control the context, shift the perception.

Nothing has fixed meaning. Value, authority, and relevance are social constructs, all shaped by context. How something is framed determines how it is perceived. Thomas Hanscomb Studio exists to test that, over and over, at different scales.

Artist Thomas Hanscomb doing guerilla marketing in a church
Thomas Hanscomb displaying his artwork in a museum

Worldwide collector community. 75+ million views across social media. "Exhibitions" at the Louvre, Tate Modern, and ARoS.

Pink Border, site-specific installation by Thomas Hanscomb
Thomas Hanscomb art displayed at Tate Modern in London
Artist Thomas Hanscomb in a museum

About Thomas Hanscomb

Thomas Hanscomb (b. 2001) is a Danish conceptual artist based in London. His work tests how context decides what something is worth.

Bread and salami hung without permission in SMK, ARoS, Trapholt and Tate. 500 pixelated bricks placed near the Mona Lisa. A pink toilet on the Israeli–West Bank border. A fake gallery with real collectors.

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Over the counter

Objects that weren't supposed to be art. Context decided otherwise.

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Thomas Hanscomb featured on TV 2 Kosmopol

Art of the People in TV2

How bread and salami sold for €10,000.
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