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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]].  
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* ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=16957 Pour la forme. Ébauche d’une méthodologie des arts]'', Paris: Internationale situationniste, 1957; repr., pref. Guy Debord, Paris: Allia, 2001, 157 pp.  
 
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* with Guy Debord, ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=7925 Fin de Copenhague]'', 1957.
 
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* with Guy Debord, ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=15185 Mémoires]'', 1958.
 
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* http://www.guggenheim.org/component/flippingbook/book/174
 
  
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The largest collection of Asger Jorn's works—including his major work ''Stalingrad''—can be seen in the [https://www.museumjorn.dk 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 [http://www.museodiffusoalbisola.it/index.php/it/sedi-museo/50-casa-museo-asger-jorn Casa Museo Jorn] was created for displaying his works.
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[[Image:Jorn_Asger_Pour_la_forme_1957.jpg|thumb|200px|''Pour la forme'', 1957, [https://monoskop.org/log/?p=16957 Log].]]
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==Publications==
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* "Hvad er et ornament?", ''Dansk Kunsthaandvterk'' 21:8, Copenhagen, 1948. {{da}}
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** [[Media:Jorn_Asger_1948_2011_What_Is_an_Ornament.pdf|"What Is an Ornament?"]], in Jorn, ''Fraternité Avant Tout'', 2011, pp 196-212. {{en}}
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*{{a|Jorn1957}}''[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}}
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* with Guy Debord, ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=7925 Fin de Copenhague]'', Bauhaus Imaginiste, May 1957, 40 pp; repr., Paris: Allia, 2001. {{fr}}
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* with Guy Debord, ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=15185 Mémoires]'', Paris: Internationale Situationniste, Dec 1958, [64] pp; 2nd ed., Copenhagen, 1959; repr.,  Jean-Jacques Pauvert aux Belles Lettres, 1993. {{fr}}
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** ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=15185 Mémoires]'', trans. Ian Thompson, 2015. Facsimile trans. {{en}}
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* ''[[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}}
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* with Guy Debord and Jacqueline de Jong, [[Media:Debord De Jong Jorn Hands Off Alexander Trocchi 1960.jpg|''Hands off Alexander Trocchi!'']], Paris: Internationale Situationniste, 7 Oct 1960, [1] p, [http://www.notbored.org/hands-off.html HTML], [https://www.cddc.vt.edu/sionline/si/handsoff.html HTML]. [https://www.boo-hooray.com/pages/books/4587/jacqueline-de-jong-guy-debord-asger-jorn/hands-off-alexander-trocchi] [https://situationnisteblog.wordpress.com/2014/10/13/hands-off-alexander-trocchi-1960/] {{en}}
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*{{a|Jorn1960}}''[[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}}
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** ''[[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}}
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* with Jacqueline de Jong, ''You or Not You Who Else?'', 1964. Artists' book of pencil drawings. [https://www.boo-hooray.com/pages/books/4563/boo-hooray-asger-jorn-jacqueline-de-jong/you-or-not-you-who-else/?soldItem=true]
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* ''[[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}}
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* ''Discours aux pingouins et autres écrits'', Paris: Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, 2001. {{fr}}
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* ''La Genèse naturelle: sur la situation singulière qu’occupent dans l’humanité les mâles'', Paris: Allia, 2001. {{fr}}
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** ''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}
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* ''Asger Jorn: la planète'', Paris: Adam Biro, and Strasbourg: Musée d’art moderne et contemporain, 2001. Catalogue. {{fr}}
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* ''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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* ''Jorn International'', ed. Jørgen Sørensen, Aarhus: ARoS Kunstmuseum, 2011. Catalogue. {{da}}/{{en}}
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* with Jacqueline de Jong, ''The Case of the Ascetic Satyr: Snapshots from Eternity'', New York: JdJ/D.A.P., 2015, [48]+56 pp. Artists' book. A companion volume includes essays on the piece by Kevin Repp, Marc Lenot, Roberto Ohrt, Karen Kurszinsky and Axel Heil. Review: [[Media:Marcus Greil 2016 Missive Giving On Asger Jorn and Jacqueline De Jong.pdf|Marcus]] (Artforum). [https://estherschreuder.wordpress.com/2015/11/28/asger-jorn-jacqueline-de-jong-the-case-of-the-ascetic-satyr/] [http://www.artbook.com/9781938922862.html] {{en}}
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==Documentary films==
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* ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH2TjHGZ9nM Asger Jorn]'', dir. Ejner Johansson, 1983.
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==Literature==
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* Laurent Gervereau, ''Critique de l’image quotidienne: Asger Jorn'', Paris: Cercle d'art, 2001. {{fr}}
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* Karen Kurczynski, [http://www.jstor.org.sci-hub.tw/stable/25608823 "Expression as Vandalism: Asger Jorn's 'Modifications'"], ''RES: Anthropology and Aesthetics'' 53-54, Spring-Autumn 2008, pp 293-313.
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* Karen Kurczynski, ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=21090 The Art and Politics of Asger Jorn: The Avant-Garde Won't Give Up]'', Ashgate, 2014, 261 pp. [http://lust-for-life.org/Lust-For-Life/_Textual/KarenKurczynski_TheArtAndPoliticsOfAsgerJornTheAvantGardeWontGiveUp-Intro_2014_25pp/KarenKurczynski_TheArtAndPoliticsOfAsgerJornTheAvantGardeWontGiveUp-Intro_2014_25pp.pdf Introduction].
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* Knut Stene-Johansen, ''Nødinnganger: studier i Asger Jorn: essay'', Oslo: Scandinavian Academic Press, 2014, 263 pp. [https://strandbergpublishing.dk/boger/noeddinnganger/]. Review: [https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/spartacus.no/sap-stage/press/ANLGR0A%24_2707_KunstPluss%202-2014%20JORN.pdf Flor]. {{no}}
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* Ruth Baumeister, ''Asger Jorn in Images, Words, and Forms'', Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015.
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==See also==
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* [[Imaginist Bauhaus]]
 
* [[Situationist International]]
 
* [[Situationist International]]
  
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* [http://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/VisWeilbach.do?kunstnerId=974&wsektion=biografi Jorn in Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon] {{da}}
 
* [http://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/VisWeilbach.do?kunstnerId=974&wsektion=biografi Jorn in Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon] {{da}}
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Revision as of 20:15, 13 November 2019

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.

Pour la forme, 1957, Log.

Publications

  • 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. [5] {{pt}
  • Asger Jorn: la planète, Paris: Adam Biro, and Strasbourg: Musée d’art moderne et contemporain, 2001. Catalogue. (French)
  • Fraternité Avant Tout: Asger Jorn's Writings on Art and Architecture, 1938-1958, ed. Ruth Baumeister, Rotterdam: 010 Publishers, 2011. (English)
  • Jorn International, ed. Jørgen Sørensen, Aarhus: ARoS Kunstmuseum, 2011. Catalogue. (Danish)/(English)
  • with Jacqueline de Jong, The Case of the Ascetic Satyr: Snapshots from Eternity, New York: JdJ/D.A.P., 2015, [48]+56 pp. Artists' book. A companion volume includes essays on the piece by Kevin Repp, Marc Lenot, Roberto Ohrt, Karen Kurszinsky and Axel Heil. Review: Marcus (Artforum). [6] [7] (English)

Documentary films

Literature

See also

Links

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