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* "Hvad er et ornament?", ''Dansk Kunsthaandvterk'' 21:8, Copenhagen, 1948. {{da}} | * "Hvad er et ornament?", ''Dansk Kunsthaandvterk'' 21:8, Copenhagen, 1948. {{da}} | ||
** [[Media:Jorn_Asger_1948_2011_What_Is_an_Ornament.pdf|"What Is an Ornament?"]], in Jorn, ''Fraternité Avant Tout'', 2011, pp 196-212. {{en}} | ** [[Media:Jorn_Asger_1948_2011_What_Is_an_Ornament.pdf|"What Is an Ornament?"]], in Jorn, ''Fraternité Avant Tout'', 2011, pp 196-212. {{en}} | ||
− | * ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=16957 Pour la forme | + | * ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=16957 Pour la forme: ébauche d’une méthodologie des arts]'', Paris: Internationale situationniste, 1957; repr. as ''Pour la forme: ébauche d’une méthodologie des arts précédé de Dix années d’art expérimental: Jorn et son rôle dans l’invention théorique par G.-E. Debord'', pref. Guy Debord, Paris: Allia, 2001, 157 pp. {{fr}} |
− | * with Guy Debord, ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=7925 Fin de Copenhague]'', 1957. | + | * with Guy Debord, ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=7925 Fin de Copenhague]'', 1957; repr., Paris: Allia, 2001. {{fr}} |
− | * with Guy Debord, ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=15185 Mémoires]'', 1958. | + | * with Guy Debord, ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=15185 Mémoires]'', 1958. {{fr}} |
* ''[[Media:Asger_Jorn_Modifications_1959.pdf|Modifications: R.A. Augustinci présente vingt peintures modifiées par Asger Jorn]]'', Paris: Galerie Rive Gauche, [May 1959], [16+4] pp. Catalogue. [https://situationnisteblog.com/2018/09/07/asger-jorns-modifications-1959/] {{fr}} | * ''[[Media:Asger_Jorn_Modifications_1959.pdf|Modifications: R.A. Augustinci présente vingt peintures modifiées par Asger Jorn]]'', Paris: Galerie Rive Gauche, [May 1959], [16+4] pp. Catalogue. [https://situationnisteblog.com/2018/09/07/asger-jorns-modifications-1959/] {{fr}} | ||
− | * ''[[Media:Jorn_Asger_Critique_de_la_politique_economique_Suivie_de_La_Lutte_Finale_1960.pdf|Critique de la politique économique suivie de La Lutte Finale]]'', Paris: Internationale Situationniste, [1960], 38 pp. | + | * ''[[Media:Jorn_Asger_Critique_de_la_politique_economique_Suivie_de_La_Lutte_Finale_1960.pdf|Critique de la politique économique suivie de La Lutte Finale]]'', Paris: Internationale Situationniste, [1960], 38 pp; repr., Paris: Sens & Tonka, 2001. {{fr}} |
* ''[[Media:Jorn_Asger_Value_and_Economy_Critique_of_Political_Economy_and_the_Exploitation_of_the_Unique_1962.pdf|Value and Economy: Critique of Political Economy and the Exploitation of the Unique]]'', Scandinavian Institute of Comparative Vandalism, 1962, 99 pp, [http://www.generation-online.org/h/fh_situationists.pdf PDF]. {{en}} | * ''[[Media:Jorn_Asger_Value_and_Economy_Critique_of_Political_Economy_and_the_Exploitation_of_the_Unique_1962.pdf|Value and Economy: Critique of Political Economy and the Exploitation of the Unique]]'', Scandinavian Institute of Comparative Vandalism, 1962, 99 pp, [http://www.generation-online.org/h/fh_situationists.pdf PDF]. {{en}} | ||
* ''[[Media:Jorn Asger Open Creation and Its Enemies 1994.pdf|Open Creation and Its Enemies, with Originality and Magnitude (on the System of Isou)]]'', trans. Fabian Tompsett, London: Unpopular Books, 1994, 47 pp. Trans. from ''Internationale Situationniste'' 4 & 5. {{en}} | * ''[[Media:Jorn Asger Open Creation and Its Enemies 1994.pdf|Open Creation and Its Enemies, with Originality and Magnitude (on the System of Isou)]]'', trans. Fabian Tompsett, London: Unpopular Books, 1994, 47 pp. Trans. from ''Internationale Situationniste'' 4 & 5. {{en}} | ||
+ | * ''Discours aux pingouins et autres écrits'', Paris: Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, 2001. {{fr}} | ||
+ | * ''La Genèse naturelle: sur la situation singulière qu’occupent dans l’humanité les mâles'', Paris: Allia, 2001. {{fr}} | ||
+ | ** ''A Génese Natural: Sobre a Situação Singular dos Machos na Humanidade'', trans. Marta Lança, Lisbon: Antígona, 2014, 122 pp. [https://antigona.pt/products/a-genese-natural] {{pt} | ||
* ''Fraternité Avant Tout: Asger Jorn's Writings on Art and Architecture, 1938-1958'', ed. Ruth Baumeister, Rotterdam: 010 Publishers, 2011. {{en}} | * ''Fraternité Avant Tout: Asger Jorn's Writings on Art and Architecture, 1938-1958'', ed. Ruth Baumeister, Rotterdam: 010 Publishers, 2011. {{en}} | ||
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Asger Oluf Jorn (born Asger Oluf Jørgensen, 3 March 1914, Vejrum, Jutland, Denmark – 1 May 1973, Århus, Denmark) was a Danish painter, sculptor, ceramic artist, and author. He was a founding member of the avant-garde movement COBRA and the Situationist International.
The largest collection of Asger Jorn's works—including his major work Stalingrad—can be seen in the Museum Jorn, Silkeborg, Denmark. Jorn willed his property and the works of art located inside to the Municipality of Albissola Marina (Savona), so that the italian museum called Casa Museo Jorn was created for displaying his works.
Publications
- "Hvad er et ornament?", Dansk Kunsthaandvterk 21:8, Copenhagen, 1948. (Danish)
- "What Is an Ornament?", in Jorn, Fraternité Avant Tout, 2011, pp 196-212. (English)
- Pour la forme: ébauche d’une méthodologie des arts, Paris: Internationale situationniste, 1957; repr. as Pour la forme: ébauche d’une méthodologie des arts précédé de Dix années d’art expérimental: Jorn et son rôle dans l’invention théorique par G.-E. Debord, pref. Guy Debord, Paris: Allia, 2001, 157 pp. (French)
- with Guy Debord, Fin de Copenhague, 1957; repr., Paris: Allia, 2001. (French)
- with Guy Debord, Mémoires, 1958. (French)
- Modifications: R.A. Augustinci présente vingt peintures modifiées par Asger Jorn, Paris: Galerie Rive Gauche, [May 1959], [16+4] pp. Catalogue. [1] (French)
- Critique de la politique économique suivie de La Lutte Finale, Paris: Internationale Situationniste, [1960], 38 pp; repr., Paris: Sens & Tonka, 2001. (French)
- Value and Economy: Critique of Political Economy and the Exploitation of the Unique, Scandinavian Institute of Comparative Vandalism, 1962, 99 pp, PDF. (English)
- Open Creation and Its Enemies, with Originality and Magnitude (on the System of Isou), trans. Fabian Tompsett, London: Unpopular Books, 1994, 47 pp. Trans. from Internationale Situationniste 4 & 5. (English)
- Discours aux pingouins et autres écrits, Paris: Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, 2001. (French)
- La Genèse naturelle: sur la situation singulière qu’occupent dans l’humanité les mâles, Paris: Allia, 2001. (French)
- A Génese Natural: Sobre a Situação Singular dos Machos na Humanidade, trans. Marta Lança, Lisbon: Antígona, 2014, 122 pp. [2] {{pt}
- Fraternité Avant Tout: Asger Jorn's Writings on Art and Architecture, 1938-1958, ed. Ruth Baumeister, Rotterdam: 010 Publishers, 2011. (English)
Documentary films
- Asger Jorn, dir. Ejner Johansson, 1983.
Literature
- Karen Kurczynski, "Expression as Vandalism: Asger Jorn's 'Modifications'", RES: Anthropology and Aesthetics 53-54, Spring-Autumn 2008, pp 293-313.
- Karen Kurczynski, The Art and Politics of Asger Jorn: The Avant-Garde Won't Give Up, Ashgate, 2014, 261 pp. Introduction.
- Ruth Baumeister, Asger Jorn in Images, Words, and Forms, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015.