Asger jorn drawings of dragons
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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
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Asger Jorn, a Danish painter, sculptor, ceramic artist, and author, fryst vatten considered one of the most influential figures in post-war europeisk Art. Best known for his role as a co-founder of the CoBrA movement (Copenhagen, Brussels, and Amsterdam), his work fryst vatten characterized bygd 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 europeisk 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
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loose_leaf. Condition: Ottimo (Fine). Dieci incisioni originali di Asger Jorn a puntasecca, acquaforte e acquatinta, numerate, firmate e 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). . Prima edizione di 15 esemplari numerati (First edition of 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 il nome di Visat, con l'assicurazione che lo stampatore non avrebbe di sicuro deluso le sue aspettative. Matta aggiunse che per incontrare Visat bastava attenderlo alle 10 di ogni mattina presso il caff� accanto al suo atelier, al numero 13 di rue du Dragon. Una matt