Asger Jorn: restless rebel

Abstract

The work of the internationally acclaimed artist Asger Jorn (1914-1973) has been exhibited throughout the world. Jorn was one of the originators of the international artists' association Cobra, which rebelled against conventional art and fought for a free expression of creativity. He was central to the European development of abstract painting and politically active throughout his life. This lavishly illustrated volume addresses the contradictions in Jorn's oeuvre as part of a deliberate artistic strategy; it presents the heterogeneity of his artistic project.

Contents

Foreword / Peter Nørgaard Larsen -- Introduction / Helle Brøns and Dorthe Aagesen -- Asger Jorn in, on and about surrealism / Steven Harris -- Art for the people / Dorthe Aagesen -- From word-pictures to the wild architecture of the book / Klaus Müller-Wille -- Human beasts / Hal Foster -- Folk art, science fiction and the matter of painting / Helle Brøns -- A thing finished is a thing dead / Ruth Baumeister -- Fin des modifications / Roberto Ohrt -- An abstract art that does not believe in abstraction / Karen Kurczynski -- Vandalist revival: Asger Jorn's archaeology / Niels Henriksen -- Poking tongues / Henrik Holm -- Biography / Anna Vestergaard Jørgensen.