Image series 01 / 2015: Asgar Jorn
Quirky, Funny Creatures
28 December 2014
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By: Bettina Pfleging
Extensive and famous is the work of Asger Jorn, the major Danish artist of the 20th century. He played a prominent role in the development of the European avant-garde of the postwar period. Gradually, he invents a captivating painting which is sometimes conciliatory, sometimes critical, but always fresh, colorful and experimental. His recurring motifs include bizarre creatures from a fantastic wildlife.
In his 100th year of birth, the exhibition presents his previously little-known collages from 1956 and his décollages of 1964, 1968, 1969 and 1971. For the first time there are approximately sixty works from five different countries in one exhibition. His works are distinctive, vivid clashes outside of genre and material boundaries, showing its typical profound joke in picture.
„Ganz schön gerissen! Asger Jorns Collagen und Décollagen“
25 October 2014 to 18 January 2015, Kunsthalle Emden
Asger Jorn. Blue Monday, Ausschnitt, 1961, Tafelmalerei, 50 × 40 cm; EasyDB, Universität Bern, Institut für Kunstgeschichte
Asger Jorn. The abominable snow man, Ausschnitt, 1959, Tafelmalerei, 146 × 114 cm; EasyDB, Universität Bern, Institut für Kunstgeschichte
Asger Jorn. Pferde (Heste), Ausschnitt, 1941/42, Öl auf Leinwand, 90 × 100 cm; Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Kunstgeschichtliches Seminar, Humboldt-Universität Berlin
Asger Jorn. In the wing-beat of the swans, Ausschnitt, 1963, Tafelmalerei, 199,7 × 301 cm; EasyDB, Universität Bern, Institut für Kunstgeschichte
Asger Jorn. Stupid pig – a selfportait, Ausschnitt, 1955, Tafelmalerei, 55 × 46 cm; EasyDB, Universität Bern, Institut für Kunstgeschichte
Asger Jorn. The disquieting duck, Ausschnitt, 1959, Tafelmalerei, 54 × 46 cm; EasyDB, Universität Bern, Institut für Kunstgeschichte
Asger Jorn. Violet and orange bird, Ausschnitt, 1956, Collage, 53 × 41 cm; EasyDB, Universität Bern, Institut für Kunstgeschichte
Asger Jorn. Roi nègre tirant la langue devant les Pas de Calais, Ausschnitt, 1968, Décollage, Berlin; bpk – Bildportal der Kunstmuseen, Bildagentur für Kunst, Kultur und Geschichte, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin
