In bangladesh, he tried to turn the traditional illustrations of the book covers. 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. Heart herning museum of contemporary art museum jorn natural history museum of. Herning museum of contemporary art, formerly herning kunstmuseum. The creative dialectic in karen blixens essays book. In the beginning was the image asger jorn in the canica art collection author. Museum jorn, silkeborg rummer en stor international samling af eksperimenterende kunstnere fra det 20. There are excellent parking facilities at museum jorn. You can enjoy your food in the indelukket area where there are picnic tables available. Aktuelle udstillinger herning museum of contemporary art. It is placed really beautiful just by the river and the woods in silkeborg. A bunker museum is now located in the beautiful park and in the old sanatorium buildings houses an art. Asger jorn is one of the greatest postwar danish artists whose paintings have made their mark on both the danish and international art scene.
Asger jorn willed his property and the works of art located inside to the municipality of albissola marina savona, so the italian museum called casa museo jorn was created for displaying his works. Asger jorn in images, words and forms paperback september 15, 2014. Museum jorn silkeborg 2020 all you need to know before. Asger jorn 19141973 was, through and through, a wild artist, a situationist, experimentalist and provocateur. Thermo mugs with one of asger jorns lithographs as a motif.
He was a painter, ceramic artist, book and manifest author, printer, sculpturer, he did murals in e. 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. The drawings were carried out in a dark studio with a torch in front of an open camera. Catalogo della mostra tenutasi presso il silkeborg kunstmuseum, 1983.
Aktuelle udstillinger heart museum of contemporary art. Alternative languages asger jorn, the artist as a social activist. Herning museum of contemporary art, formerly herning kunstmuseum, was founded in. Remember to take care of each other keep distance and wash your hands.
Asge r jorn willed his property and the works of art located inside to the municipality of albissola marina savona, so the italia n museum called casa m useo jorn was created for displaying his works. Testo in inglese, francese e danese di michael rasmussen. We have now made it possible to pick up the book at museum jorn s main entrance. The eye in the mask, socle du monde biennial, herning, danemark. There is a small cafe and shop if you would like a coffee or buy some books about asger jorn.
Carlhenning pedersen and asger jorn, african cobra artist ernest mancoba and several. Museum jorn silkeborg all you need to know before you go. The generosity of a private art collector now enables heart to show no less than 14 works by asger jorn, most of which have never before been on display at any danish museum. Dear guest in relation to the joint national effort to combat the spread of coronavirus museum jorn has decided to close the museum from thursday, march 12, up to and including monday, march 30, 2020. In 2010 the museum underwent a major renovation and changed its name to museum jorn, silkeborg. Dear all of you who follow our daily excerpt from the book 100 jorn experiments we can do at home at the kitchen table. The largest collection of asger jorn s worksincluding his major work stalingradcan be seen in the museum jorn, silkeborg, denmark. Asger jorn s writings on art and architecture, 19381958.
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. The golden pictures of the north from early middleages author. The eye in the mask spans 2000 m2, taking up the entire museum and spilling. We have put a table with books in front of the museum translated. The largest collection of asger jo rn s worksincluding his major work stalingradcan be seen in the museum jorn, silkeborg, d enmark. Explaining translations of subjects from german to english. The text offers a scholarly introduction, followed by a series of.
One of the most recognized 20thcentury painters emerging from denmark, asger jorn was an artist best known for his paintings, lithographs and etchings. Unfortunately it is not possible to enjoy brought food inside the museum. During the light drawing asger jorn had support from his sketch book. Asger jorn, the museum and me oberg photographics blog. Dotremont ode to denmark this fall, the general secretary of cobra, belgian artist christian dotremont, is invited to herning. The former sanatorium, silkeborg bad served as headquarters for the nazi german gestapo during wwii. Dotremont, along with asger jorn, was one of the founders of cobra. We offer nordic and finnish gifts such as asger jorn 11 light drawings. The museum is beautiful and gives the jorn paintings a beautiful house. Notebook with solid covers, lineconditioned sides and black rubber band. We found we didnt particularly like his paintings, but did like his tapestry and mosaic work, and, in particular, his prewar lino cuts, most of which had not been seen until a. The making of memoires is the subject of fulllength book by troels andersen curator of the silkerborg museum of arts. Asger jorn english translation of creation ouvert published by unpopular books. Asger jorn herning performance analysis, upcoming sales.
In 2009, it reopened in new premises designed by the american architect steven holl. The motif on the cover is a series of drawings by asger jorn s sketchbook from 1941, when he systematically worked with variations on the same abstract shapes and thus developed his motifs. Silkeborg was the home city of cobra painter asger jorn, and many of his most famous paintings can be seen there. Gerd presler other informations texts by troels andersen and wieland schmied in german and english. Museum jorn, silkeborg gudenavej 79, 8600 silkeborg, denmark rated 4. A modern cobra forum was designed so that visitors now can immerse themselves in the museum s extensive research material on and by asger jorn in electronic media and in books. Herning museum of contemporary art, herning, denmark mutualart. Asger jorn, composition poul grinderhansen, text in german 356 pages, illustrated kr. Asger jorn, the most renowned of the cobra painter, started his friendship with borge birch in 1930.
He was a founding member of the avantgarde movement cobra and the situationist international by bus or train silkeborg is situated 45 km from the city of arhus. Suffice to say that debord and jorn had worked together two years earlier after stealing a large stock of magazines and newspapers, they spent a drunken afternoon collaging elements together. Asger jorn cobra museum of modern artcobra museum of. Museum jorn, silkeborg ny video om asger jorn facebook. Herning museum of contemporary art, formerly herning kunstmuseum, was founded in herning, denmark, in 1976. Asger jorn 11 light drawings book 52,00 culturenordic. Asger oluf jorn 3 march 1914 1 may 1973 was a danish painter, sculptor, ceramic artist, and author. Asger jorn 11 light drawings nordic and finnish gifts. Katalog over arbejder tilhorende silkeborg kunstmuseum a catalogue of works in the silkeborg kunstmuseum asger jorn on. Heart herning museum of contemporary art museum jorn natural.
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