Asger Jorn : without boundaries / herausgegeben von Dirk Luckow ; mit Beiträgen von = with contributions by Siegfried Gohr [and five others] ; Übersetzungen (Deutsch-Englisch) Anthony DePasquale, Bram Opstelten, Katherine Vanovitch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Luckow, Dirk, editor.

Gohr, Siegfried, writer of supplementary textual content.

Deichtorhallen Hamburg, host institution.

Language:

English

French

German

Subjects (All):

Jorn, Asger, 1914-1973--Exhibitions.

Jorn, Asger.

Jorn, Asger, 1914-1973--Themes, motives--Exhibitions.

Jorn, Asger, 1914-1973.

Themes, motives.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

159 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 28 cm

Other Title:

Without boundaries

Place of Publication:

Köln : Snoeck, [2018]

Language Note:

Parallel texts in German and English.

Summary:

In his colorful paintings, Danish painter and writer Asger Jorn (1914-1973) creates dynamic pictorial worlds that demonstrate in part a humorous and playful lightness yet also an apocalyptic melancholy. Driven by his keen interest in Scandinavian tradition, not least in response to the adverse times, Asger Jorn has tirelessly painted and written, while also creating an extensive body of ceramic works. In his paintings he uses an exceptionally powerful imagery that oscillates between abstraction and figuration. Throughout his career, Asger Jorn was in contact with many of his fellow artists. He was both a founding member of the CoBrA group and later of the Situationist International. The extensive book on the exhibition offers a comprehensive selection of around 60 works, with a focus on the period between the 1930s and 1970s. Major works such as 'Sans bornes' from 1959/60 and 'Im Anfang war das Bild' from 1965/66 are presented and discussed in detail. The variety of media used in his oeuvre comes to the fore in key themes and motifs that run through his entire artistic practice. These works are an eloquent testimony to the intensity and continuing relevance of his work, and are unquestionably part of the canon of 20th-century art.

Contents:

Grusswort der Dänischen Ministerin für Kultur = Greeting of the Danish minister for culture / Mette Bock

Vorwort = Foreword / Dirk Luckow

Asger Jorn - Without boundaries / Dirk Luckow

Asger Jorn oder der Künstler würfelt = Asger Jorn or the artist rolls the dice / Siegfried Gohr

Evolution détournée Asger Jorns politische Menagerie = Evolution détournée Asger Jorn's political menagerie / Petra Lange-Berndt

Asger Jorn und der Norden, die Avantgarde gibt niemals auf = Asger Jorn and the north, the avant-garde won't give up / Thorsten Sadowsky

Den politiske Jorn / Axel Heil & Roberto Ohrt.

Notes:

Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany, 22 June-23 September 2018.

Written contributions by Siegfried Gohr, Axel Heil & Roberto Ohrt, Petra Lange-Berndt, Dirk Luckow, Thorsten Sadowsky.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contains:

Jorn, Asger, 1914-1973. Works. Selections.

Asger Jorn.

Asger Jorn. English.

ISBN:

9783864422461

3864422469

OCLC:

1047622672