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Lars Morells engelske udgave af bogen om Asger Jorn - The Art of Asger Jorn, og med i købet hans bog om Asger Jorn på Læsø (værdi kr. 200,-)
The Art of Asger Jorn - før 450,- + Asger Jorn på Læsø (værdi 200,-)
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The Art of Asger Jorn is the first major work about one of Denmark’s most important painters, Asger Jorn (1914-1973). It is not a typical biography depicting the outline of his life. Rather, the book sheds light on Jorn’s artistic production: Who he was inspired by, which artistic movements he was in contact with, and – not least – what his paintings depict.
This is also the focus of The Art of Asger Jorn in which Lars Morell, a Danish historian of ideas, analyzes Jorn’s paintings. The author concludes that Jorn’s paintings do not depict anything specific. Indeed, it is as if Jorn seized them in the midst of transformation, where the subject is turning into a new subject. Morell finds that the paradoxes and transformations characteristic of the works were influenced by the ever-changing nature of Jorn’s own life.
Asger Jorn was born in Denmark, but spent the majority of his artistic life abroad with workshops in both Paris and the Italian city of Albissola, famous for its skilled ceramic artisans. While abroad he discovered his great connection to the Nordic culture, and through his work with ceramics, he gained the necessary experience to liberate the colours of his paintings. While first and foremost a painter, he refined this artform by interacting with a variety of other art forms. The Art of Asger Jorn is thus not just a book about a single artist’s work, but also a book about the mindset of modern art.
Lars Morell (born 1956) has published several books in Danish about artists and works of art from the 20th century in particular. In English he has previously published The Artist as Polyhistor about the Danish artist Per Kirkeby.
Bogen udkom på dansk i 2014 (ikke omfattet af tilbuddet her) - Asger Jorns kunst
Asger Jorn på Læsø - Maleren Asger Jorn, køber på en togrejse på vej op igennem Jylland den 31. januar 1964 Bangsbohave på Læsø, ubeset – af en tilfældig medrejsende i toget – en ejendom med 25 tønder land ud mod havet. Han sætter over en årrække huset i stand og brugte det som atelier til sin død i maj 1973. Jorns ophold på Kattegatøen var helt specielt, fordi hans gallerist, Børge Birch, også erhvervede en ejendom på øen. I de år var der et fornøjeligt og produktivt samspil mellem de to. Bogens forfatter kunsthistorikeren Lars Morell, fortæller levende om Jorns tid på Læsø, gæsterne, vennerne, huset og det liv der var her.
"Idehistoriker Lars Morell er kommet på Læsø hvert år gennem 15-20 år.
I denne nye og gennemredigerede udgave af bogen har Lars Morell samlet al sin viden om de ni år, fra 1964 til 1973, da Asger Jorn havde en gård på den del af øen, som hedder Bangsbo.
Fordi Lars Morell er kommet der gennem så mange år, har han haft
adgang til utallige kilder, som i de fleste tilfælde er døde nu. Hver en sten
er vendt, og dette er ganske enkelt BOGEN om Asger Jorn på Læsø".
- Niels Trangbæk, Boggalleriet
