ART AND POLITICS OF ASGER JORN, THE. The Avant-Garde Won’t Give Up

Author: Kurczynski, Karen
Country: England
Language: English
Year Published: 2014
No. of pages: 261
Illustrations: 16 Color Illustrations. 54 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 10” x 7”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 9781409431978
Biblio/Bio: Bibl.
Code: 6994

Price: $125.00

A leading figure of the postward avant-garde, Danish artist Asger Jorn has long been recognzed for his founding contributions to the Cobra and Situationist International movements - yet art historical scholarship on Jorn has been sparse, particularly in English. This study corrects that imbalance, offering a synthetic account of the essential phases of this prolific artist’s career. it addresses his works in various media alongside his extensive writings and his collaborations with various artists’ groups from the 1940s through the mid-1960s. The author reframes our understanding of the 1950s away from the Abstract Expressionist focus on individual expression, toward a more open-ended conception of art as a public engagement with contemporary culture and politics. Extensively researched and profusely illustrated.