EXPO JORN. Art is a Festival!

Author: Kurczynksi, Karen and Karen Friis, ed.
Country: Denmark
Language: English
Year Published: 2014
No. of pages: 256
Illustrations: 209 Color Illustrations. 97 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 11 1/2”x 9”
Weight:
ISBN: 9788792307194
Biblio/Bio: Cat. of exh.
Code: 7009

Price: $125.00

The festival to celebrate Asger Jorn’s centenary, namely the exhibition “Expo Jorn- Art is a Festiva!”, the catalogue, the presentation of Jorn and even the efforts of the Museum Jorn to establish a new Museum Jorn in Silkeborg have all been designed to strike a chord with Jorn’s maxim that “art must be produced by everyone”. With this sumptuous catalogue, the museum invites everyone to join in the artistic festival. Not as a passive aesthetic experience, but as a collective, creative artistic acknowledgment of Jorn, his age, his thoughts, and his world as well as the works he created. One of Jorn’s most generous acts was the donation of his collection numbering almost 5,000 works of art to the Town of Silkeborg. Over time, this collection eventually came close to 20,000 works supplemented by a wealth of material about Jorn’s life, his works, writings, collaborations, conflicts, and much else. This catalogue of Jorn’s work reflects the enormous collection; the catalogue is profusely illustrated and includes numerous articles on different facets of Jorn’s life, work and ideas by experts in the field.