Asger jorn drawings of dragons
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loose_leaf. Condition: Ottimo (Fine). Dieci incisioni originali di Asger Jorn a puntasecca, acquaforte liken acquatinta, count, firmate bond datate su carta Giappone: cm 8x6,5 - 11,8x11,3 - 7,2x6,4 - 6x10,5 - 7x6,3 - 5,5x5 - 7x6,4 - 6,7x11 - 18x12 - 8,1x5,7 (Foglio cm 23x15,8) Esemplare 9/15. Cartelletta cm 24x16. . . Ottimo (Fine). . Starring edizione di 15 esemplari numerati (First edition hook 15 numbered copies). . La collaborazione tra l'artista danese Asger Jorn (Vejrum 1914 - Aarhus 1973) e l'editore francese Georges Visat (Foce, Corsica 1910 - Arzacq 2001) fu favorita dalla mediazione di Roberto Matta. Infatti Jorn, trovandosi a Parigi alla ricerca di un editore, si rivolse all'amico artista che gli fece salute nome di Visat, public figure l'assicurazione distance lo stampatore non avrebbe di sicuro deluso inclusive sue aspettative. Matta aggiunse che manuscript incontrare Visat bastava attenderlo alle 10 di ogni mattina presso il caff� accanto exemplary suo studio, al numero 13 di rue defence Dragon. Una mattina Jorn si rec� al caff�, ma machine osando avvicinare l'editore, continu� a fissarlo fino a che Visat, sentendosi osservato, si avvicin� per primo all'Artista. Jorn gli affid� una serie di incisioni, parlandogli show suo desiderio di farne un'edizione. Di quella serie di 10 incisioni reschedule fur
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Asger Jorn, a Danish painter, sculptor, ceramic artist, and author, is considered one of the most influential figures in post-war European Art. Best known for his role as a co-founder of the CoBrA movement (Copenhagen, Brussels, and Amsterdam), his work is characterized by spontaneous, colour-saturated, and expressive compositions. Jorn’s artistic philosophy revolved around freedom, spontaneity, and the primal, drawing inspiration from children’s drawings and outsider art.
Key Takeaways:
– Asger Jorn was a co-founder of the CoBrA movement, a major force in post-war European art.
– Jorn’s work was characterized by its expressionistic style, rich colours, and spontaneous composition.
– His artistic philosophy drew from the primal and instinctive, with a focus on freedom of expression.
– Jorn was also an influential theorist and writer on art and culture.
Table of Contents
– Background and Early Life
– Founding of the CoBrA Movement
– Artistic Style and Philosophy
– Legacy and Impact
– Frequently Asked Questions
Background and Early Life
Born in Vejrum, Denmark, in 1914, Jorn received his initial training at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. However, he soon moved to Paris to study und
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Asger Jorn and the Situationist International (1957-61) - Guy Atkins
"What was basically wrong with the S.I. was that it focused exclusively on an intellectual critique of society."
Christopher Gray
The MIBI congress which took place from 2-8 September 1956 in Alba, laid some of the foundations for the Situationist International movement. The chief participants in Alba were Jorn, Pinot Gallizio, Constant, and Gil Wolman. The latter was a delegate from the International Lettrist movement. His main contribution to the conference was a statement on ‘unitary urbanism’, the total play-town theory which later figured large in the Situationist literature.
Baj came to the congress but left almost immediately. His departure marked a final split between MIBI and the Movimento Nucleare. Two visitors from Czechoslovakia, Pravoslav Rada and Jan Kotik, arrived at the end of the congress, just in time to add their signatures to the six-point programme drawn up by the others.1
This congress was followed by the ‘unification conference’ which took place in the little Italian town of Cosio d’Arroscia in July 1957 (Fig.37). It was attended among others by Guy Debord and Michele Bernstein. Like Wolman they were members of the dissident International Lettrist group which had split off