Ostende, musee dart moderne, cobra post cobra, 1991. Asger jorn was born as asger oluf jorgensen vejrum on the 3rd of march, 1914. May 08, 2014 this comprehensive study of the great danish artist asger jorn offers new perspectives on the artist by renowned international researchers. Asger jorn was the principal danish artist involved in the formation of the cobra movement in 1948. Asger jorn 19141973 ivrogne, 1954 oil on masonite mounted on panel signed and dated lower left jorn, 54 and titled on left vertical edge ivrogne 48 x 60 cm 18,72 x 23,40 in. The complete set of atkins thorough work on the cobra artist. This set is the peak among all the biographies written on asger jorn, nothing is left unturned, and the introduction you receive during the study of these magnificent books, of asger jorn and the cobra movement, is simply the best you will ever get. Asger jorn is acknowledged to be one of the great artists of the postwar years.
The museum displays works by karel appel, pierre alechinsky, and asger jorn, the movements leading exponents. Sep 06, 2012 trailer the cobra collection 5dvd 2009 duration. Asger jorn and guy debord, cobra and the situationists and dubuffet in parallel. Cobra movement for concentrating more on painterly style than on arts political. In them, he discusses the position of art in relation to science, technology, philosophy, social problems and politics in the 19th and the 20th. The danish artist asger jorn actually asger oluf jorgensen but he changed 1945 his last name to jorn was born 1914 in vejrum in struer. Asger jorn, keramik danish edition danish hardcover 1991. Five years later he decided to exchange his homeland for. The open hide offers a concise overview of the diverse accomplishments of danish artist asger jorn 19141973.
Asger jorn le soleil memmerde im sick and tired of the sun 1961 a new researchbased exhibition of danish artist asger jorns works opens up for new interpretations of his cultural contribution. Former collection fedeli, milan collection jean pollak, paris exhibitions. Asger jorn, restless rebel, statens museum for kunst, denmark cat. During 1947 and 1948 he was a part of the surrealismerevolutionaire group in paris and brussels. Asger jorn is one of the greatest postwar danish artists whose paintings have made their mark on both the danish and international art scene. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Isbn 9780942461046 9780942461046 museum of art, 1988. Jun 07, 2019 memoires 1959, guy debord with asger jorn asger jorn. Jorn, a founding member of cobra an acronym for copenhagen, brussels and amsterdam, remains one of denmarks most influential painters. The bestknown works by danish artist asger jorn 19141973 are eccentric, quasiabstract paintings featuring wildly distorted faces, figures, and animals executed with feverish brushwork in.
Asger jorn was a danish contemporary artist, painter, sculptor, ceramic artist as well as author. This book provides an amusing, rather unusual introduction to this highly unconventional figure of europes postwar artistic avantgarde. Danish artist asger jorn 191473 was one of the most important exponents of modern nordic art. Asger jorn paintings for sale asger jorn art value price guide.
Both of his parents were teachers and they were fundamentalist christians. Pierre alechinsky, asger jorn, corneille and the tongue alechinsky and cobra pierre alechinsky. Asger jorn was incredibly prolific as an artist, creating artworks across all mediums, creating painting, sculpture, ceramics and collage. He was a founding member of the avantgarde movement cobra and the situationist international. Artists from the cobra group you should know widewalls. The spontaneity and highly expressive character of his work define it as genuine cobra painting. Restless rebel, statens museum for kunst, februaryjune 2014. A leading figure of the postwar avantgarde, danish artist asger jorn has long been recognized for his founding contributions to the cobra and situationist international movements yet art historical scholarship on jorn has been sparse, particularly in. Even more impressive in my estimation is his theoretical work. Together they had left that group, and became fellow founders of the cobra. Nov 24, 2016 asger jorn was incredibly prolific as an artist, creating artworks across all mediums, creating painting, sculpture, ceramics and collage.
Asger jorn jorn, asger used books, rare books and new books. Cobra museum voor moderne kunst amstelveen, netherlands. A leading figure of the postwar avantgarde, danish artist asger jorn has long been recognized for his founding contributions to the cobra and situationist international movements yet art historical scholarship on jorn has been sparse, particularly in english. Situating the danish artist asger jorn s work in an international, postworld war ii context, karen kurczynski offers an account of the essential phases of this prolific artists career, and addresses his works in various media alongside his extensive writings and collaborations. During that time, he met belgian poet christian dotremont. The museum of modern and contemporary art in strasbourg has thus. See available prints and multiples, paintings, and works on paper for sale and learn about the artist. Vejrumjutland 1914 aarhus 1973 the danish artist asger jorn, actually asger oluf jorgensen, was born in vejrum near struer on march 3, 1914. He wrote the book held og hasard fortune and the game of chance, which he. Homage to asger jorn on the fortieth anniversary of the cobra group. He was central to the european development of expressive, abstract painting, and at the same time a founding member of the politically engaged situationist international, where he criticized his colleagues in the avantgarde. More editions of homage to asger jorn on the fortieth anniversary of the cobra group. In 1941, he wrote the key theoretical essay, intimate banalities, published in helhesten, which claimed that the future of art was kitsch and praised amateur landscape.
Asger jorn willed his property and the works of art located inside to the municipality of. This comprehensive study of the great danish artist asger jorn offers new. A key artist in the european postwar avantgarde, asger jorn worked within several, sometimes conflicting art movements. The study reframes our understanding of the 1950s, and foregrounds the idea that the sensory address of art and. Dokumentation seines malerischen werkes texte zur kunst german edition. Kronprinsese mary til udstilling med asger jorn duration. Guy debord and asger jorn were the key cofounders of the situationist international. One of the most recognized 20thcentury painters emerging from denmark, asger jorn was an artist best known for his paintings, lithographs and etchings. Book description a leading figure of the postwar avantgarde, danish artist asger jorn has long been recognized for his founding contributions to the cobra and situationist international movements yet art historical scholarship on jorn has been sparse, particularly in english. A catalogue record for this book is available from the british library.
Asger jorn was born asger oluf jorgensen in vejrum, denmark, on march3, 1914. See more ideas about cobra art, artist and abstract. Expressions and experiences of gender in the work of asger jorn, in october. A comprehensive biography of the artist is also included, along with photographs and other. Asger jorn, the sun is pissing me off le soleil memmerde, oil on canvas, 162 x cm. He was also a founding member, with guy debord, of the situationist. Art historian karen kurczynski notes that during the 1940s50s jorn s work was propelled by a complex. Cobra mouvement artistique pictural le monde des arts by asger jorn. Helle brons is an art historian who lives and works in copenhagen working on a phd on asger jorn at the university of copenhagen, the statens museum for kunst, and museum jorn. Asger jorn grew up in a home where he was the second oldest of six children. Through his work, this danish author experimented with the spontaneity of the line and semifigurative representations aspects of jorn s practice that put him in a position to be a cofounder of the avantgarde cobra group in the year of. Jorn began his artistic career as a painter in paris, and he became radicalized after joining the communist resistance movement during the second world war. Asger oluf jorn 19141973 was a danish painter, sculptor, ceramic artist, and an author, and also a founding member of the avantgarde movement cobra. It was after the cobra group came to an end that jorn started a particularly productive period in his writing.
Pigen i ilden, 1939, text by genia katz rajchmann, illustrations by jorn. Danish artist and author asger jorn, along with guy debord, played a pivotal role in the early development of the revolutionary movement situationist international. He was a painter, sculptor, ceramist, graphic artist, lithographer, theorist and philosopher, and is seen as one of the key figures of the cobra movement. He was born in vejrum, in the northwest corner of jutland, denmark, and baptized asger oluf jorgensen. What is so wonderful is that, at a special moment in time, cobra has gathered together artists from different countries, with different cultures, with a different upbringing. The second publication in the louisiana library series, from denmarks louisiana museum of modern art, is an indepth look at that institutions impressive asger jorn collection. The beinecke also has a number of cobra publications, jorn s artist books, as well as journals, such as internationale situationniste, to which jorn contributed. Asger jorn 19141973 was a danish painter, sculptor, ceramic artist, author and a founding member of the avantgarde movement cobra and the situationist international. As kid, he received private painting lessons from the painter martin kaalundjorgensen and he mainly draw landscapes and portraits. Asger oluf jorgensen was born on 3 march 1914 in vejrum in the western part of. Jorn began writing about the relationship between art, architecture, and life. Karen kurczynski, the art and politics of asger jorn the avantgarde. At age 16 he started painting portraits and landscapes. Asger jorn was a danish artist and cofounder of the cobra group alongside karel appel.
Edited by acclaimed jorn scholars axel heil and roberto ohrt, the book comprises over 75 images of jorn s work, each with complete provenance, exhibition and literature history. Author of the cobra library asger oluf jorn 19141973 was a danish painter, sculptor, ceramic artist, and an author, and also a founding member of the avantgarde movement cobra. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive. See more ideas about cobra art, collage art and artist. Asger jorn cobra museum of modern artcobra museum of. Jorn edited monographs of the bibliotheque cobra before disassociating. In the late 1950s asger jorn becomes internationally known as both an artist and pioneer, whose generous and unselfish spirit is the starting point for a wide range of artist communities. Asger jorn project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. He was a founding member of the avantgarde movement cobra and the.
Asger jorn paintings for sale asger jorn art value price. Asger jorn on the author ager jorn and his five books from the scandinavian institute of comparative vandalism and index to asger jorns five books from the scandinavian institute of comparative vandalism, copenhagen 2009. Asger oluf jorn 3 march 1914 1 may 1973 was a danish painter, sculptor, ceramic artist, and author. Suddenly we all heard the same music at the same time, and it is. Oct 24, 2014 pierre alechinsky, asger jorn, corneille and the tongue asger jorn tentoonstelling cobra museum.
Asger jorn receives an education for teaching from 193035, but already makes his first steps in painting during this time. The open hide offers a concise overview of the diverse accomplishme. Wikipedia entry introduction asger oluf jorn 3 march 1914 1 may 1973 was a danish painter, sculptor, ceramic artist, and author. During the second world war he protested against germanys occupation of denmark by becoming editor of the antinazi magazines helhesten hell horse and.