Danish CoBrA; Asger Jorn & Carl-Henning Pedersen : Cabinet #05
Bar Am is very pleased to present Danish CoBrA; Asger Jorn & Carl-Henning Pedersen in Cabinet
Asger Jorn (1914-1973)
Asger Jorn was one of the greatest post-war Danish artists whose work has made a mark on the danish as well as the international art world. Born as Asger Oluf Jørgensen in Vejrum, in the western part of Jutland, to teacher parents, Jorn was co-founder of both the avant-garde CoBrA group and later the Situationist International. Best known for his paintings, lithographs, and etchings, where he experimented with spontaneous and semi-figurative representation. Carl-
Henning Pedersen (1913-2007) A key member in CoBrA, Pedersen was born in Copenhagen to a working-class family and was one of the leading Danish post-war artists. He was known as the “Danish Chagall”. Inspired by Surrealism, Pedersen and his friend Asger Jorn were the originators of “Spontaneism” which led to the birth of CoBrA. CoBrA (1948-1951) Formed at Café Notre-Dame in Paris, in 1948, CoBrA was a highly influential art group which only existed for three years. Some still consider it the last major avant-garde movement of the last century and the catalyser behind European abstract expressionism.
