biography of Asger JORN (1914-1973)
Personal data
Birth : 03/03/1914 - Vejrum, Denmark
Death : 05/01/1973 - Aarhus, Denmark
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Denmark
Address
New York NY New York, United StatesEducation
1936 – 1937 :
Pupil of / student of Fernand LÉGER 费尔南‧雷杰 [ 1881-1955 ]
Professional data
Work and Life
1962:First solo exhibition in New York NY, USA
1955:Lives and works in Paris, France and Albisola, Italy
1952:Settles in Albisola, Italy
1951:Returns to Danemark
1948:First solo exhibition
1947 – 1948:Travels to Djerba, Tunisia
1946:Travels to Sweden
1936:Travels to Paris, France
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : Mural painting 
Print-Multiple : 
Sculpture-Volume : Installation 
Drawing-Watercolor : Collage 
Tapestry : Movements and styles
ExpressionismCobra
Abstraction
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2002
Galleri Faurschou – Copenhagen, Denmark
2002
Fundacio Antoní Tàpies – Barcelona, Spain
2002
ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst – Ishøj, Denmark
09/13/2002 – 01/15/2003
2001
La planète Jorn
MAMCS Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain – Strasbourg, France
10/19/2001 – 01/13/2002
1998
Cobra Museum voor Moderne Kunst – Amstelveen, Netherlands
1998
Kunstforeningen – Copenhagen, Denmark
1998
Galleri Henrik Kampmann – Copenhagen, Denmark
1998
1997
Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kultur-Stiftung – Munich, Germany
1997
Galerie Frahm – Copenhagen, Denmark
1997
1996
Galerie Delaive – Amsterdam, Netherlands
1996
Pinacoteca Casa Rusca – Locarno TI, Switzerland
1996
Kunsthandel Frans Jacobs – Amsterdam, Netherlands
1996
1994
Kunsthalle Nürnberg – Nuremberg, Germany
1994
Schirn Kunsthalle – Frankfurt, Germany
1994
1993
Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst – Oslo, Norway
1993
1992
Gallery Françoise Knabe – Frankfurt, Germany
1992
1973
Kestner Gesellschaft – Hanover, Germany
1973
1964
Kunsthalle Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
1964
1948
Galerie René Breteau – Paris, France
1948
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2007
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : Galerie Applicat-Prazan – 16 Rue de Seine – Paris, France
2004
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Galerie Jeanne Bucher – 53 rue de Seine – Paris, France
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galerie Haas & Fuchs – Niebuhrstrasse 5 – Berlin, Germany
2003
Art Cologne, n° 37
Cologne, Germany
10/29/2003 – 11/02/2003
Represented by : Die Galerie – Grüneburgweg 123 – Frankfurt, Germany
FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Galerie Bernard Cats – 15 rue Ernest Allard – Brussels, Belgium
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie Haas & Fuchs – Niebuhrstrasse 5 – Berlin, Germany
Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n°15
Frankfurt, Germany
04/27/2003 – 05/01/2003
Represented by : Galerie Sander – Prinz-Christians-Weg 16 – Darmstadt, Germany
ArtBrussels – 21st Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/04/2003 – 04/08/2003
Represented by : Galerie Moderne Silkeborg – Hostrupsgade 39 – Silkeborg, Denmark
2002
FIAC, n°29
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/24/2002 – 10/28/2002
Represented by : Galerie Jeanne Bucher – 53 rue de Seine – Paris, France
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Marie José Van de Loo – Maximilianstrasse 29 – Munich, Germany
The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Galleri Faurschou – St. Strandstraede 21 – Copenhagen, Denmark
ART2002 – The 14th London Contemporary Art Fair
Business Design Centre – London, United Kingdom
01/16/2002 – 01/20/2002
Represented by : Anthony Hepworth Fine Art Dealers – 1 Margarets Buildings Brock Street – Bath, Avon, United Kingdom
2001
FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Galerie Borzo – 21 Verwersstraat – Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Bernard Cats – 15 rue Ernest Allard – Brussels, Belgium
Sthml Art Fair 2001, n° 21
Sollentunamässan – Sollentuna, Sweden
03/08/2001 – 03/11/2001
Represented by : Galleri Faurschou – St. Strandstraede 21 – Copenhagen, Denmark
Arte Fiera – Mostra Mercato d’Arte contemporanea
Quartiere Fieristico – Bologna BO, Italy
01/25/2001 – 01/29/2001
Represented by : Galleria Maggiore – Via d’Aglezio 15 – Bologna BO, Italy
2000
ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 7
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
10/05/2000 – 10/08/2000
Represented by : Tornabuoni Arte – Tornabuoni Arte Via Fatebenefratelli 36 – Milan MI, Italy
Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 12
Frankfurt, Germany
03/24/2000 – 03/27/2000
Represented by : Die Galerie – Grüneburgweg 123 – Frankfurt, Germany
Sthml Art Fair, n°20
Sollentuna, Sweden
03/09/2000 – 03/12/2000
Represented by : Galleri Faurschou – St. Strandstraede 21 – Copenhagen, Denmark
1999
Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Galerie Haas & Fuchs – Niebuhrstrasse 5 – Berlin, Germany
Group exhibitions
2003
Sept Lieux – Sept Matières
Hôtel du Département, Centre d’Art Présence Van Gogh, Château de l’Empéri, Galerie du Conseil Général des Bouches du Rhône, Musée de l’Arles Antique – Marseille, France
10/17/2003 – 01/15/2004
Cobra in de Hermitage: The Past of the Present
Stedelijk Museum – Amsterdam, Netherlands
05/16/2003 – 09/30/2003
Carte blanche à Valère Novarina
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
04/23/2003 – 06/09/2003
2002
Cobra… et son héritage
Salle Chemellier – Angers, France
10/12/2002 – 11/24/2002
1964
Documenta III
Museum Fridericianum, Orangerie, Alte Galerie – Kassel, Germany
06/27/1964 – 10/05/1964
1959
Documenta II – Kunst nach 1945
Museum Fridericianum, Orangerie, Schloss Bellevue – Kassel, Germany
07/11/1959 – 10/11/1959
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Books
2001
Cobra – COpenhague BRuxelles Amsterdam
Publisher: Editions Gallimard – 5 rue Sébastien-Bottin – Paris, France
Author: Stokvis Willemijn
2001
ISBN : 207011693X
Periodicals
2002
MCDONOUGH Tom – The Many Lives of Asger Jorn
in: Art in America n° 7 p. 56
New York NY, United States
07/2002
ROSSIGNOL Claude – Asger Jorn
in: Art Press n° 276 p. 80
Paris, France
02/2002
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