The Hunger March

[1] To remind people of the issues the world is facing, Galschiøt created 27 sculptures of starving African kids out of bronze.

[3] In May 2001, in the center of Odense, a bronze sculpture of an emaciated 12-year-old black boy, with a large pair of shining new Nike shoes, was set up so that it appeared to watch the well-fed Danes rushing by.

Galschiøt stated "With this sculpture, I'll pinpoint the hypocrisy of companies who in their lifestyle commercials are linking their brands with concepts such as freedom and equality and at the same time are cynically exploiting and oppressing the workers who make the products.

[5] In the summer of 2002, a crowd of 27 starving African boys cast in copper started a tour throughout Denmark to protest against the government's cutback of development aid.

Hundreds of volunteers took part in the creation of the sculptures in the artist's workshop, and subsequently in the mobilization of the boys all over the country.